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MOSCOW — Double suicide bombings struck the strife-ridden Russian republic of Dagestan on Wednesday, killing 12 people and injuring dozens.
The attacks came as a violent echo of Monday's bombings aboard Moscow's subway system, which left 39 dead and stirred fears that volatility in Russia's mostly Muslim Caucasus region is again seeping into the rest of the country.
Doku Umarov, who leads Islamic militants in Chechnya and other regions in Russia's North Caucasus, said in a video posted on a pro-rebel Web site that Monday's attacks were revenge for the killing of civilians by Russian security forces. Umarov pledged to continue attacks on Russian cities.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin again lashed out at militant groups and called for reinforcement of police ranks in the North Caucasus. "I don't rule out that the same terrorists were involved," Putin told a government presidium in Moscow. "We see this as a crime against Russia."
Wednesday morning's first bombing struck on Lenin Road in Kizlyar, the capital of Dagestan, which borders Chechnya. The driver of a Russian-made off-road vehicle ignored the commands of a police patrol to pull over, the Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev said. As the police sped closer to the explosives-packed car, the suicide bomber blew it up.
Once medical teams and additional law enforcement officers had rushed to the scene, a man in a police uniform walked into a group of police near an ambulance and blew himself up. At least seven police officers died, including the district police chief.


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Staff urgently needed for regular work within East London!
- Recruiter
- Chase Medical
- Location
- London (East), London (Greater)
- Salary
- Nurse Practitioner/Snr Community Matron £32-£55ph,Community Nurse/Practice Nurse £25-£40ph(inc hol)
- Posted
- 28 Jan 2014
- Closes
- 25 Feb 2014
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- Nursing Field
- Accident and Emergency, Community Care, GP Practice, Hospital, Private Healthcare, Public Service
- Function
- Matron, Nurse Practitioner
- Job Type
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Chase medical urgently requires Nurse Practitioner, Emergency Nurse Practitioner or Senior Community Nurse to fill high volumes of regular locum work in East London and the surrounding areas.
We currently have a new requirement in East London for Nurse Practitioners, Emergency Nurse Practitioners or Senior Community Matron. These particular shifts are Monday – Sunday, with flexible times to choose from within this period. The shifts will entail choosing patients to triage within an A&E setting, re-channelling patients to other pathways were appropriate. These shifts are on-going and are currently bookable up to the end of March!
Not suitable for you?
Know someone who may be interested?
YOU can earn £50 (or more!), by just referring a friend to Chase Medical
Do get in touch if you are free!
We also have various other projects available, with similar regular hours, for Practice Nurses & less senior Community Nurses, in the London area.
Our rates for Nurse Practitioners/Senior Community Nurses are £32 - £55 (inclusive of holiday pay) and Community Nurses / Practice Nurses are £25 - £40 per hour, (inclusive of holiday pay).
Once you become a member of our bank, you will be able to access our extensive shift lists (which are bookable up to 6 months in advance in some cases), and it can be perfect for CPD opportunities or additional earnings.
Interested in joining our bank?
You or your friends can contact Rebecca by phone on 0114 2757421 or by email email@example.com (just remind them to mention your name) or request a call back by following this link to our website: http://www.chase-medical.com/callback.php
Referring a friend is quick and easy too, just follow this link and fill in our quick form, on our website: http://www.chase-medical.com/referral.php
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VA Releases Veteran Suicide Statistics by State (9/15/2017)
WASHINGTON - Today, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) released findings from its analysis of Veteran suicide data for 50 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia.
Veterans with Disabilities Gear Up for Adventure at San Diego Summer Sports Clinic: National Adaptive Sports Event Marks 10th Year (9/15/2017)
WASHINGTON - Veterans from across the country are set to participate in the 10th National Veterans Summer Sports Clinic from Sept. 17-22 in San Diego, California.
VA to make beds available where possible to non-Veteran nursing home residents affected by Hurricane Irma (9/14/2017)
WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Dr. David J. Shulkin announced that VA is making beds available where possible to non-Veteran nursing home residents affected by Hurricane Irma.


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Daniel L Greenberg
Affiliation: University of California
Country: USA
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- Differences in brain volumes among males and female hormone-therapy users and nonusersDaniel L Greenberg
Department of Psychology, UCLA, Los Angeles, United States
Psychiatry Res 147:127-34. 2006..Results of the neuropsychological testing showed that HT users performed better on the Shipley Vocabulary Test than males did...
- Aging, gender, and the elderly adult brain: an examination of analytical strategiesDaniel L Greenberg
Psychology Department, University of California, 1285 Franz Hall, Box 951563, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Neurobiol Aging 29:290-302. 2008..Correlational analyses showed that men did not always have larger volumes despite their larger head size; women generally had larger volumes after adjusting for ICV. We found no age-gender interactions...
- Comment on "Detecting awareness in the vegetative state"Daniel L Greenberg
Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Science 315:1221; author reply 1221. 2007..Specifically, the activity could reflect unconscious reactions to the last word in the command, not conscious decisions to respond. A refined experimental design could clarify these issues...
- Hippocampal volume and incident dementia in geriatric depressionDavid C Steffens
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 10:62-71. 2002..762). Small left hippocampal size on neuroimaging may be a marker for dementia in depressed patients who have not yet met criteria for a clinical diagnosis of a dementing disorder...
- Stability in autobiographical memoriesDavid C Rubin
Psychological and Brain Sciences, Duke University, Box 90086, Durham NC 27707 0086, USA
Memory 12:715-21. 2004..The results are consistent with a constructive view of autobiographical memory, in which stable individual differences in cognitive style are important...
- Predicting memory decline in normal elderly: genetics, MRI, and cognitive reserveLarry A Tupler
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Box 3018, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Neurobiol Aging 28:1644-56. 2007..Age and sex did not enter into the model. We conclude that APOE-epsilon4 predicts longitudinal memory decline in healthy controls and that MRI morphometry of hippocampus adds slightly to predictive value...
- Hippocampal volumes and depression subtypesDaniel L Greenberg
Psychology Research, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02130, USA
Psychiatry Res 163:126-32. 2008..We conducted cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses of hippocampal volumes in atypical depressive, melancholic depressive, and control subjects. We found no effect of depression subtype on hippocampal volume or memory performance...
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- Neuroimaging of Autobiographical MemoryDaniel Greenberg; Fiscal Year: 2003....
- Autobiographical Memory Impairment in Semantic DementiaDaniel Greenberg; Fiscal Year: 2006..abstract_text> ..


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Jaylen Shaw leaving Gamecocks basketball program
Wed, 14 May 2014 03:17:06 GMT —
South Carolina Gamecocks guard Jaylen Shaw is transferring from the school after one season.
Shaw, who won the 2013 WPDE Mr. Hoop Zone Award as the area's top high school basketball player at Hartsville, has not yet decided on his next college destination. He has three years of eligibility remaining.
In his freshman season with the Gamecocks, Shaw averaged less than ten minutes of playing time over 28 games. He scored three points a contest.
Shaw's departure from the Gamecocks program is said to be a mutual agreement with South Carolina Head Coach Frank Martin.


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WASHINGTON (Mar. 8)
Israeli Ambassador Simcha Dinitz today described the projected U.S. delivery of six C-130 troop transport planes to Egypt as "a dangerous course of action" and urged those seeking a Middle East settlement to help divert Egyptian policy from one leading to war to negotiations for peace. Dinitz addressed the International Biennial Convention of B'nai B'rith Women at the Shoreham Americana Hotel, being attended by more than 1000 members from eight countries, including a group of more than 40 from Israel.
Referring to the American position in the Middle East, he said that Israel has never demanded exclusivity in its relations with the United States and never ignored the necessity of the United States to develop friendly relations with other countries in the Middle East. In particular he said, Israel was mindful of the importance the U.S. attaches to its relations with Egypt and the necessity to maintain a dominant American posture in the Middle East.
In this connection, Dinitz noted that the American position in Egypt has been greatly enhanced by the U.S. move to save the encircled Egyptian Third Army during the Yom Kippur War and to bring about agreements that facilitated the opening of the Suez Canal, the return of the oil fields to Egypt and the withdrawal of Israel from strategic sites in Sinai.
He also pointed to the large-scale economic assistance that the U.S. is providing Egypt, which he said will amount to $2 billion in the next two years as well as hundreds of millions of dollars in food supplies. The U.S. also has agreed in principle to supply Egypt with a nuclear reactor, he said.
"Israel has not objected to the development of political, economic and technological ties between the U.S. and Egypt, but when it comes to the sensitive field of a military supply relationship, Israel views it with great concern and sees in it a dangerous course of action."
The dangers of such a policy, Dinitz said, will not "allow the U.S. to preserve the balance or control the arms race." He added that "since Egypt received and continues to receive military equipment from other sources, any American military supply will be an additive and not a substitute to the Egyptian arsenal."
He pointed out that after the Yom Kippur War, Egypt received from the Soviet Union $1.5 billion in military equipment including fighter planes, missiles and artillery. Egypt, he said, "continues to receive military supplies from the Eastern bloc" to this day. In addition; it has contracted for hundreds of millions of dollars worth of arms from France, England and Italy, including planes, helicopters, missiles and electronic equipment.
During his recent visit to London, Dinitz said, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat himself announced an arms deal with Great Britain amounting to $1.2 billion. Sadat's recent tour of the Persian Gulf countries brought Egypt a billion dollars, he said.
"Those who strive for peace in the Middle East must help direct Egyptian policy away from relying on arms leading to confrontation and war, into relying on economic and social developments leading to negotiations and peace," Dinitz said. The Ambassador emphasized that Israel on its part will continue to do all possible to advance the cause of peace and alluded to Israel's readiness to negotiate peace agreements with the Arab countries surrounding Israel.
At the State Department, a reporter asked whether the Ambassador's remarks to an American audience constituted interference with U.S. domestic affairs. Spokesman Robert Funseth replied. "I am not really prepared to provide a judgement on that."
Funseth added that Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger, at a news conference in Atlanta on Saturday said, when asked in general terms about the subject of military supplies to Egypt, that the decision itself as to the establishment of a military relationship is a decision for the United States to make and not for someone else to make for the United States.
An Israeli Embassy spokesman, apprised of the question raised at the State Department, noted that the question was irrelevant since the Ambassador was not interfering in domestic affairs but speaking on a point on foreign affairs.
Meanwhile, President Ford told a group of radio interviewers today that plans to sell Egypt six C-130 transport planes would not upset the military balance between Israel and Egypt. Noting that Egypt had severed its military relationship with the Soviet Union, Ford said: "I think it makes it at least responsible for us to take a look at Egypt's military needs."
Observing that the Israeli-Egyptian military balance would not be upset by the sale of the C-130s the President stated: "This is a policy of trying to see that each country, Israel and its Arab neighbors, have a responsible balance between their military capabilities." He added that it was his opinion that this is a way for peace to be maintained in the Mideast "as we negotiate for a broader and further step" towards a peace settlement.
In a related development, U.S. Treasury Secretary William Simon left Cairo yesterday after telling Egyptian leaders that American aid to Egypt could total $1.85 billion in fiscal years 1976 and 1977 or during the 18 month period ending Sept. 30, 1977. Simon praised President Sadat for moving Egypt from state socialism to an economy permitting private investment. But he cautioned "There must be a clear signal to the international business community" that it is safe to invest in Egypt.


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I'm pretty sure all of you, who are using Windows Vista, have come along this new control:
It's called "Command Link" and it is used across many of the new wizards and dialogs included for Windows Vista. I was wondering how to include such controls in an own Windows Forms application (as for WPF I could just simply template a button).
While researching, I found out, that this command-link-button is a simple Win32 button restyled with a new button style (BS_COMMANDLINK). As Windows Forms buttons also wrap classic Win32 buttons, it is possible to restyle one of these for a command link button.
All you have to do is set the FlatStyle of the button to System and apply the BS_COMMANDLINK style to the Style property of the CreateParams of the button.
public class CommandLink:Button
const int BS_COMMANDLINK = 0x0000000E;
public CommandLink()
this.FlatStyle = FlatStyle.System;
protected override CreateParams CreateParams
CreateParams cParams = base.CreateParams;
cParams.Style |= BS_COMMANDLINK;
return cParams;
This will produce a basic command link, as shown above, including a text, but now description. To set a description text, you've got to send a special button WindowMessage BCM_SETNOTE:
SendMessage(new HandleRef(this, this.Handle),
IntPtr.Zero, "Note text");
Getting the content of the note text requires to messages BCM_GETNOTELENGTH, returning the length of the note, and BCM_GETNOTE, querying n+1 characters of the note text.
int length = SendMessage(new HandleRef(this, this.Handle),
IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero) + 1;
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(length);
SendMessage(new HandleRef(this, this.Handle),
ref length, sb);
return sb.ToString();
Finally you can also switch the default icon of the command link to a shield, to indicate an administrative operation.
To establish this, you can also use a message, BCM_SETSHIELD (but you have to remember the current value of it, as there is no BCM_GETSHIELD,..)
SendMessage(new HandleRef(this, this.Handle), BCM_SETSHIELD,
IntPtr.Zero, true);
I created properties to wrap these two messages, and packed it all up into a custom WinForms control! With this, all you need to do is drop a CommandLink into your form and set the properties to create forms like this:
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I have a 4 year old daughter and she has no respect for me or my partner at all. She disregards everything we say to her, never obey's us and she's always back-chatting and pulling faces behind my back. If she doesn't get her own way she screams and cries. Sometimes I wonder what the neighbors think when they hear her screaming... again! Any help or suggestions would be more than appreciated. I would prefer non-physical punishment!
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Nanny 911 or SuperNanny shows are great. We've used their methods for sitting in a time out area, she still sits in time out but the behavior has been much better. Both shows have books out, it's not just gimicky, these British Nannys don't mess around! Sorry to say, but a lot of British still use the "respect your parent" attitude to a great advantage to them, puts us in the US to shame! I would have NEVER spoken to my parents as my children's friends do, and I am only 34!
Good luck!
You need to read the book "Making Your Children Mind Without Losing Yours" by Kevin Lehman. It is based on a consistent consequence-based system,
The library is a wonderful resource. Our youngest boy is a challenge and whenever I feel that I cannot control the situation I hit the books. It is also helpful to praise her when she does good (even if you have to hide and keep a watch for such behaviour). The bad behaviour needs to have immediate consequences. Find out what her currency is - by this I mean what she really likes. If there is a particular show on TV, a toy or even a treat that would get her to listen. Having these items taken away until the behaviour changes. To assist in this you can also give her points for being good and she can win back the privilege of these items. One thing that I found in a book was to use the word "we" when discribing the behaviour that you don't like eg. "We do not scream in this house.".
Most kids believe that they have a right to everything in life - they really need to understand that what they get is not a right but a privilege.
Dr Phil is also good with instructions about kids and bad behaviour - you could borrow his book from the library.
Just remember the old quote "He who angers you, controls you". It is tough but you will get there.
Linda from Down Under (Australia)
wow a mother like me! there are no quick fixes i have 3 boys now almost grown and i found the best way to teach my child was to be the example and stay consistent. and to be willing to admit my own mistakes yes that means to humble myself in front of my child. and example i cant expect my child to listen to me if i don't listen to them. it really is that simple my children look up to me today because i took the time to listen and admit even i make mistakes and that doesn't make me bad sometimes mom even needs a time out trust your heart and teach your child how to treat you and i beleive praise is essential i make sure to compliment myself and others when we do something right and i have found i have changed behaviors in myself i didnt like and my children followed because we all want to be good and noticed. i even act out when i'm not getting enough attention from others or myself and take the time to teach your child to be good to herself. we all have the fundamentals inside us to create our own environment its a matter of choice and willingness to change. i really hope this helps you and your daughter.
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3/15/2014 - Starts: 9:30 AM - Ends: 2:00 PM
Panhandle Pioneer Settlement 17869 NW Pioneer Settlement Rd Blountstown, FL 32424
The 14th Annual Folk Life Days will be celebrated at the Panhandle Pioneer Settlement on Friday, March 14 and Saturday, March 15, 2014 starting at 9:30 am until 2:00 pm CDT. The Settlement will have all the cabins open and staffed with volunteers dressed in period clothing demonstrating the skills that our American pioneers had to have for daily survival. Our famous Ms. Frances Price will be making and cooking her luscious biscuits. There will be demonstrations of: how cracklin's are made; bread-making carving bowls; butter churning; soap-making; quilting, and much more. On Friday, March 14 is reserved for school-children and also homeschooled children to have the Settlement. On Saturday, March 15 is open to the public to enjoy the Settlement's living history museum and all the demonstrations of pioneer life. Our volunteers will give everyone a day they'll remember. Please call Diane Watson at (850) 674-2777, or email us at email@example.com for more information or to register your students for Friday's event.
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Finally, the bosses at the Bangalore city corporation have decided to make waste segregation at homes mandatory from October 1. And it took a garbage crisis of humongous proportions to push them to this edge. That's a fine move.
But what if you can't or won't? Commissioner Rajneesh Goel says the corporation staff, otherwise known as pourakarmikas or PKs, who pick up the garbage from your doorstep won't do it. And the BBMP will levy a fine of Rs 10. It's not clear how it'll go about collecting it but that's another story.
That's fine too, Mr Commissioner.
But big deal. Anyone who can't or won't has three options.
Change and just do it.
Dump the stuff on the nearest street corner.
Pay the fine every day and get the PK to take the stuff away (Rs 300 per month? Fine, by me! That's what many will say).
So, big deal, Mr Commissioner.
If he really wants to change the way the city and its people manage its garbage and make it a fine city, he has two options.
Persuade or crack down.
Persuasion hasn't worked so far, so he's really left with one option.
That's what Singapore did and that's why it's such a fine city. It's got fines, and stiff ones at that, for every possible civic offence, and then some. There's a fine mechanism to implement the law. Cracking down – it's done with a vengeance. We praise it, but we know there's a fine price to pay.
Previous chief ministers of Karnataka have often invoked the Singapore example to inspire Bangalore. It's a fine model to follow, but there's a catch. Are we ready for the fines?
So, if the commissioner wants to make segregation work, he's got to raise the stakes. And that means raising the fines – make them so unreasonably high that compliance will be immediate. It has worked in Singapore, maybe it'll work here. There are problems of scalability but Singapore wasn't built in a day. The commissioner will need enforcers but he can pay them with fines collected.
So now, that leaves us with two options.
Do our bit for the city.
Or pay stiff fines.
We do want a fine city, don't we?


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Alanna, they gotta get money cuz those bills sure don't stop coming for the month you're gone.
But for what B&N made, I DEFINITELY say they did the right thing back when they didn't shave their heads. Heck, Brandon's probably still trying to pay off college! Can you imagine dealing with a wig all the time? Without a ton of money? Meh. Now I'm really glad they didn't do it.


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Citywing's first flights to and from Gloucestershire (M5) Airport have taken off following the management buyout of Manx2.com at the end of 2012 The company, run by Managing Director David Buck, promise to focus on delivering the routes from Gloucestershire Airport to Jersey and the Isle of Man, with possible connections onwards to Belfast City.
Mr Buck said: 'All flight schedules and timings remain exactly the same All existing bookings with Manx2.com have been automatically and seamlessly transferred to Citywing.
'Our new Citywing branding reflects our plans to further extend the reach of our community-connecting services to other city-to-city routes outside the Isle of Man and is of more direct relevance to our broader activities, including the Cardiff-Anglesey and Gloucester-Jersey routes. Visit our new website, www.citywing.com' The Gloucestershire (M5) flights to Jersey are seasonal.


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Nail enamles £5.99*, Eyeshadow £6.49*, Effect 3D lipgloss £7.69*
This Spring, Bourjois is all about pastels. The new collection, 'Sweet Paris', is inspired by the world of patisserie; macaroons, cupcakes, you name it!
There's one new addition to their famous Round Pot Eyshadows called 'Sweet Pinks Marry'. The shade (above) is a lovely pastel, soft pink that looks lovely lightly dusted on the eyelid.
There are two new 3D lip glosses as well. Rose Chimeric is a frosty pink and Coral Idylliic which is a soft, golden coral. The lip glosses have a brush applicator which means it takes a little longer to apply but you get a really nice, glossy finish.
The two new candy coloured nail enamels are shade 25 and 26. The matching lid packaging is really nice and apparently these give you ten days without any chipping… I'll get back to you on that one!
The whole collection is really sweet… literally. It'll be available from Boots and Superdrug from mid April.
Are you a Bourjois fan? Before this I'd only tried the foundation and mascara. What's your favourite product of theirs?


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Discover Rome's famous Imperial Fora – with your private, expert guide. Your three hour itinerary will take you deeper into Rome's fascinating imperial past. Your private guided tour takes you through the monumental complex, dedicated to Mars Ultor in commemoration of Augustus's victory over his adoptive father Julius Caesar's murderers, Brutus and Cassius, at the Battle of Philippi in 42 BC.
Throughout the tour, you will be guided by an expert in History or Art History, Archeology or Architecture, who will help you discover the riches of the Imperial Fora.
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Dedicated by Augustus to Mars Ultor in 2 BC, the huge complex of the Imperial Fora commemorated Augustus's victory over his adoptive father Julius Caesar's murderers, Brutus and Cassius, at the Battle of Philippi in 42 BC. The Temple of Mars Ultor (Mars the Avenger) was the seat of Senate reunions connected to wars and triumphs, reflecting the military character of the god of war.
The Forum of Trajan is the largest, newest, and most impressive of the Imperial Fora. Built between 107 and 113, the forum was a celebration of Trajan's campaigns in modern-day Romania. The complex included a colossal equestrian statue of Trajan and a triumphal arch. The Forum of Trajan has a more complicated foundation than the other Imperial Fora. The piazza is closed with the Basilica Ulpia, main center of administration of justice and commerce. Of the largest basilica ever built in Rome (17m x 60m, or 196' x 55'), today just two rows of truncated columns and fragments of the friezes remain.
The three-floor, semicircular complex of Trajan's Market, built during the early 2nd century BC, is perhaps the first example of a shopping mall. The market had space for 150 shops, selling everything from imported fabrics to Eastern spices.
Recent scholarship has confirmed that the longstanding Roman fascination with pubs began here, with taverns that lined the street outside the market. Part of the vast structure housed public administration offices and a stock exchange. The ground and first floor rooms of the markets are home to an impressive, if crumbling display of sculptures from the imperial forum, including two colossal torsos of Nerva and Agrippa and part of a frieze of a griffin.
Julius Caesar was the first Roman leader to expand the city center outside the Forum proper, constructing the Forum of Caesar in 46 BC. The Forum was used as a meeting place for public affairs. The Basilica Argentaria was probably used as a specialized market selling bronze and silverware. In later ages the structure was used as a school.
The Imperial Fora were significantly impacted by an intervention during the Fascist regime in the 1930s. Mussolini ordered the large Via dei Fori Imperiali to be built straight through the archaeological site, connecting Piazza Venezia with the Colosseum. During the construction, the historical sites suffered irreparable damage, while many new findings were brought to light. The pollution and vibrations connected to the avenue continue to impact the antique ruins negatively, but so far none of the plans for protective measures have been successful.
Price (per group): € 224.66
Please note: Tour price does not include admission ticket to Trajan's Market and Forum, you will need to purchase a ticket separately. Tickets are available at the Museum of the Imperial Fora (www.mercatiditraiano.it) at a cost of €9.50/€7.50
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I was born in Milan, Italy in April of 1977 to Eritrean parents, who immigrated there in the 70's. Growing up in Milan in the 80's and 90's between two cultures Eritrean (East African) and Italian allowed me to develop a very eclectic taste in food and then moving to and living in NYC, the Big Apple just amplified it. Aside from being in the hospitality/food business, I am a fashion designer, and I always have had a very strong passion and hobbies in the arts, in all its forms.
I have been living in New York City for the past sixteen years. During those years, I worked in hospitality in the city, in different places and roles. Once, I was offered the job to open a business for someone else, in nearby Columbus Circle, which I accepted and completed successfully. There I learned if I could do it for someone else then I could do it for myself. Hospitality has been my bread and butter, but it also taught me that I am good at entertaining and understanding people's needs. Some would say "a people person"! It also allowed me to develop my passion for food which started when I was child. My parents are both great cooks in both Italian and Eritrean cuisine. In New York, I was also able to taste food from other cultures making also my culinary taste very eclectic. For all these years, I mainly lived Harlem, which became my home. I always loved the neighborhood and appreciated its architectural beauty. Here, now, in my neighborhood, I am ready to create something of my own, shaping it to be welcoming and unique.
I'll open my business as a cafe and offer the best of my experiences to cater to my community with the best of quality of products and services.
For about a year I have been in the start-up process, to open a gourmet café. Café' Nard will offer to its clientele (which will primarily be university's students, young professionals and people who live or work in the area) Italian cafeteria, fine teas and baked pastries baked daily for breakfast, gourmet sandwiches, soups and salads for lunch, and tapas with wine and beer for dinner.
After nine years of experience in New York city in the fine and casual dining industry, in various positions, and after successful opening a cafe with a concept similar to mine for someone else, I felt it was the right time to move forward. I would like to achieve financial success and prove to myself that I am the entrepreneur, others believe I am!
I have accomplished a lot on my own in the past year. While still working as a full time employee, I have found the right location for the concept, I have initiated the process of securing potential investors, and have done so by reaching only into my personal savings to recruit the business' finances. Someone once told me jokingly "don't ask for a loan at a bank, unless you are rich!" I thought it was funny then, I realized that it wasn't a joke! This process has been very discouraging at times, but I kept thinking, training and overcoming all the obstacles I've faced.
This opportunity will help me build a solid and long lasting business which is my ultimate goal. Once Café Nard is up and running new challenges and more responsibility will be knockings at my door and I, with your support, will be ready to face it all!
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In order to have a positional specificity, We made metal-deposited beads. Hemispherical part of polystyrene bead was covered with Cr, 1/4 part of sphere was covered with Au and the other part was polystyrene. First, deposited Au on the half of polystyrene beads. Second, deposited Cr on the half of polystyrene beads.
Carboxyl (COOH) microparticles can be used for covalent coupling of proteins by activating the carboxyl group with water-soluble carbodiimide. The carbodiimide reacted with the carboxyl group to create an active ester that was reactive toward primary amines on the DNA.
When we mix thiol-modified DNA and Pt or Au, they will be self assembly. Thiol-modified DNA and Au or Pt are organized naturally. Using this character, attached two kinds of DNA with Pt and bond another kind of DNA with Au.
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Neighbors claim New Castle dump a health threat
It's a dumping ground for trash, a breeding ground for diseases, but a playground for some children. That's how some neighbors describe an old industrial site in Henry County.
It is abandoned and filled with debris and old tires and it's putting a neighborhood at risk.
There is nothing like porch time for Thomas Pugh on a beautiful summer day, but just yards away, he says, "it's just piles of rubble, tires with water in them, standing everywhere. Mosquitoes."
It's an eyesore now threatening to become a health hazard for residents of the 25-block Westminster neighborhood. Eddie Hager is concerned too.
"I think the existing property is about five-and-a-half acres," he said, walking and pointing out areas of concern outside of the fence surrounding most of the site. "The kids are coming in from all sides and it's what is considered an attractive nuisance."
Heaps of old tires and charred debris sit abandoned, creating a breeding ground for danger. From ground shots taken by independent photographer Barbara Cross to video from Chopper 13 HD, it's a troubling view.
"There's all kinds of hazards over there. There's boards, nails, glass, there's open pits," Hager explained.
The problem is that ownership of the property keeps changing hands. It's a former Firestone brake plant turned recycling facility that's now an unofficial dump. Not even a fire at the facility forced a cleanup.
Last October, Steven Morehead, a Fort Wayne buyer snatched up the property during a tax sale for just $5,300. But what looked like a steal on paper could bring major headaches.
All of it is now a growing concern with the state's first West Nile Virus case of the season. Those who live here worry they are more at risk.
"He just says he wants to sell it. He has no plans for cleanup and that's where, as a community, we're stuck," added Hager.
"We were not aware of that," said Jammie Bane, the Environmental Health Director for Henry County.
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"I think we can eradicate the primary concern, mosquitoes breeding and it being a harborage," said Bane.
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A year ago, Tanika Dolfo spent her 14th birthday under the knife, having surgery to repair a detached labrum in her hip.
Compare that to this year, and the Langley teen — who turned 15 on July 9 — is getting ready to represent Team Fraser Valley in track and field at the upcoming B.C. Summer Games.
The Games run in Nanaimo this week (July 17 to 20).
"Going into this year, that was the one thing I really wanted, to be able to say I went to the Summer Games," she said.
"That is a pretty big deal for kids my age."
Dolfo is one of 98 athletes and 16 coaches, assistant coaches and adult supervisors named to the Fraser Valley team from Langley, Fort Langley and Aldergrove.
The last two years have been forgettable for Dolfo, largely due to the pain in her right hip.
The injury was likely a result of wear and tear on her body, likely from her time as a competitive gymnast, she figures.
Dolfo began in the sport at age four with the Langley Gymnastics Foundations and progressed through the competitive stream all the way to Level 3.
The pain had gotten so bad that while with her family watching older brother Braedon compete live at the 2012 Paralympic Games, she was in pain from walking around London and would need time to rest and recover.
And while it was at this point that she realized the extent of her injury, Dolfo was able to draw inspiration from the athletes she saw competing at the Paralympic Games.
"Seeing all those athletes with disabilities … look at where they are now because they didn't give up," she said.
"I looked at my life (and thought) even though this is a bump in the road, I shouldn't give up, I should keep going."
But with physiotherapy not alleviating the pain, Dolfo had to shut sports down completely two years ago.
In addition to gymnastics, Dolfo has been a long-time member of the Langley Mustangs Track and Field Club.
"It was really hard for me because I have grown up with sports being a big part of my life; this is what I love to do," she said.
"Sports are my passion and I couldn't participate the way I wanted."
She underwent surgery last July and spent the next couple of months on crutches.
One of the most difficult parts was being house-bound while her friends enjoyed summer excursions to the beach and into Vancouver.
Dolfo, meanwhile, spent her time first resting, and then rehabbing.
"It was a challenging time, but in the end, it was worth it," she said.
And there was no question Dolfo would return to sport, and while she loved gymnastics, the physical toll it had taken was too much for her to continue so she chose to focus on track and field.
"In my head (not returning to sport) was never really a choice," she said.
"I would never want to stop. (The injury) happened, but I am not going to let it stop me."
After two years away from the sport and 11 months following the surgery, Dolfo made a triumphant return.
Competing at the Mustangs annual Pacific Invitational Track and Field meet at McLeod Athletic Park in mid-June, she won gold in the hammer throw and bronze in the shot put, achieving personal bests in both.
"It was so exciting," she said. "For me, it was everything to be competing again and I was just really thankful for everyone who helped me get there.
"Without them, I wouldn't be here, it is just a really grateful feeling."
"I am not surprised," said Dwayne Lotnick, one of her long-time coaches with the Mustangs.
"She worked really hard."
And while some athletes are extremely focused — which she is — you can tell Dolfo enjoys the sport and has fun, he added.
Lotnick said he could tell there was some nervousness as Dolfo worked her way back, but eventually that vanished as her confidence grew.
"It is tough for athletes trying to come back … there is always that doubt," he said. "(But) when they get their confidence back, you just see it."
An injury can also serve the purpose of helping an athlete moving forward.
"They understand their body a little bit more and they understand it is a long road back and you have to work hard, you have to do all the little things."
Now that Dolfo is back in the swing of things, she is hoping to keep busy this summer.
In addition to the upcoming B.C. Summer Games, she is hoping to be selected for Team B.C. to compete at the Canadian Legion youth track and field championships, which will be held Aug. 15 to Aug. 17 at Langley's McLeod Athletic Park.
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Tanika Dolfo took the gold medal in the hammer throw at the Langley Mustangs' Pacific Invitational track and field meet at McLeod Athletic Park last month (June).


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The St. Louis Cardinals will send five players to the All-Star Game in New York on July 16.
Catcher Yadier Molina and outfielder Carlos Beltran were both elected to start for the National League. Molina led all NL vote-getters with more than 6.8 million votes, beating out San Francisco's Buster Posey. This will be Molina's fifth All-Star Game.
Beltran will make his eighth All-Star appearance. He received more votes than any NL outfielder.
Adam Wainwright was selected to his second All-Star team, but will not pitch in the game. He is scheduled to start against the Cubs on the Sunday night before the All-Star Game.
Matt Carpenter and Allen Craig were also selected as reserves. Both are first-time All-Star picks.


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Come Monday
1) What will you be doing come Monday (Labor Day)?
We're meeting two of my nephews and my niece's family for a baseball game. It's little E.'s first professional game, just over a month after his birth! We do not waste time with sports in this family. ;-)2) This song is about a performer who is "heading up to San Francisco for the Labor Day weekend show." When you think of San Francisco, what's the first thing that comes to mind?
The bridge. And then the clam chowder. And then of course, the hilly streets, the scenery around the Bay, earthquakes, flower children, Harvey Milk, fog... I really love that area of the country!3) As he sings, Buffett tells us he's wearing Hush Puppies casual shoes. What's on your feet as you answer these nine questions?
I have a silver ring on one toe. And there's nail polish, of course.4) So many Jimmy Buffett songs take place on or around the water. When was the last time you were on a boat?
It's been a very long time. I'm not a huge fan of small boats. I honestly think it might be 8 or more years since I was on a boat!5) Everyone knows Jimmy Buffett can write music, but he also has more than half a dozen books to his credit. What's the last book you read?
The last one I finished was Dan Brown's The Inferno on CD. I will go out on a limb here and say that you can all safely miss it. The last book I finished with my eyeballs was Emily the Strange : Piece of Mind. It was a fun kids' book.6) Jimmy's persona is that of a simple beach bum, but in reality he's a conglomerate, with his own beverage company, more than a dozen restaurants and a couple hotels. He's so successful he has several homes, including a luxury mansion in the Hamptons! If you, like Buffett, could just take off and spend Labor Day weekend anywhere, where would you go? Who would you take along?
I'll stay close to home this year--except for our excursion Monday. I had to leave work early today because of ominous silence at home.7) This weekend may offer a golden opportunity for napping and sleeping in. Do you snore?
My husband says I have a "ladylike little snore" sometimes.8) Labor Day was introduced to celebrate the achievements of the American worker. Yet this Recession has taken its toll on many of us laborers. Sam's brother, a movie projectionist, hasn't worked full-time in his chosen profession in more than a year. Is anyone close to you struggling with unemployment or underemployment? (If so, they are in our thoughts this weekend, too.)
I think my brother would probably say he's 'underemployed' but he's started his own consultant business, which he's wanted to do for awhile anyway. Otherwise, everyone else seems to have managed to find employment or keep their jobs.9) Onto something happier ... Labor Day traditionally marks the beginning of the new school year. When she was a kid, Samantha was crazy for her brand new box of 96 Crayola Crayons. It even had a sharpener in the back! What do you remember about preparing to go back to school? If you're a parent with school-age kids, are they ready?
I remember that my mom was not only too cheap to buy me the massive box of crayons (which we couldn't afford, I get it now), she didn't even buy Crayolas. I had such a deprived childhood. {waah waah waah}The big thing I remember every August was shopping for new school clothes, usually a couple of pairs of pants and several new tops. Once I was out on my own, working, it was a huge shock not to have that shopping trip (and the Easter outfit trip) all paid for by someone else!


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MONTEIRO, Janine Kieling; ESPIRITO SANTO, Fabiana Cobas do and BONACINA, Franciela. Values, ethics and moral judgment: an familiar business exploratory study. Psicol. Reflex. Crit. [online]. 2005, vol.18, n.2, pp.237-246. ISSN 0102-7972. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0102-79722005000200012.
This paper has investigated ethical principals, moral values and moral judgements into family business. Two gaúcha business, with 28 people each, have participated in. It was utilized a questionnaire and MJI. The methodology used was the analyses of content and frequency. The main results were: both business have code of ethics and it common knowledge. It was said that bad behavior must be revealed and both business would adopt corrective measures despite the fact that punishment is unequal. The transgressions that have been committed the most were: lie, stealing, sexual harassment, use of drugs during office hours, hiring unqualified people by indication, hidden information about the company, messages and e-mails control and requirement of overtime without payment. Values, responsibility, respect and honesty have been highlighted. Significant differences in moral judgment not been founded.
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Eugenio Ferreira is a Full Professor at the Biological Engineering Department, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, where he leads a research group on bioprocess engineering and computational biosystems. He has been working as Associate Dean for research of the School of Engineering of the same university (from 2010 to 2013) and is Director of the Ph.D. program on bioengineering (MIT-Portugal Program). From 2004 to 2010 he served as Vice-Chair of the Department of Biological Engineering and as Director of the M.S. program on environmental management. Professor Ferreira was the Chair of the Chemical and Biological Engineering Section, Portuguese Engineers Institution (from 2010 to 2013), the General-Secretary of the Portuguese Society of Biotechnology, and the Editor-in-Chief of Engenharia Química from 2006 to 2008. He is responsible for the Portuguese Portal of the Working Party on Education in Chemical Engineering of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering and is a Member of the IFAC Technical Committee on Biosystems and Bioprocesses. Also, he is a member of the Editorial Board of BioMed Research International, Chemical Product and Process Modeling, Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering, and Environmental Engineering and Management Journal. He was the Chair of the organization committee of the CHEMPOR2008, International Chemical Engineering Congress. In addition, he integrated the organizing committees of several conferences and the international program committees of more than 30 conferences. His supervision of students has involved 13 Ph.D. theses, with one of them being awarded the CUF Prize for the Best Chemical and Biological Engineering thesis in Portugal (2003), and 11 M.S. dissertations, leading to 7 ongoing Ph.D. research projects. Professor Ferreira has published 8 books and is the author of more than 135 international refereed papers and book chapters. In addition, at least 255 papers and communications in conferences have been published by him.
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A new study found that some for-profit Medicare health plans, which enroll the majority of Medicare beneficiaries, provide lower quality of care than not-for-profit plans. All Medicare health plans are required to report quality data using the Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS) each year to the National Committee for Quality Assurance. Researchers. Supported in part by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (HS10803), researchers analyzed the 1998 HEDIS file for performance on four clinical quality indicators. This included data from 294 health plans serving 303,718 Medicare beneficiaries during 1997.
Nearly two-thirds (64 percent) of the study health plans were for-profit. The quality of care was lower in for-profit health plans than not-for-profit health plans on all four HEDIS quality indicators studied: 67.5 vs. 74.8 percent of eligible women screened for breast cancer; 43.7 vs. 57.7 percent of diabetics given an eye examination; 63.1 vs. 75.2 percent of heart attack victims given beta-blocker medication following their heart attack; and 42.1 vs. 60.4 percent of patients given followup care after hospitalization for mental illness.
Adjustment for sociodemographic case mix and health plan characteristics reduced, but did not eliminate, the differences, which remained significant for all measures except beta-blocker medication after heart attack. The authors caution that for-profit plans should not be banned from enrolling Medicare patients, since some for-profit plans were high-performing, and the care they provide may be better than that provided by Medicare fee-for-service.
See "Quality of care in for-profit and not-for-profit health plans enrolling Medicare beneficiaries," by Eric C. Schneider, M.D. M.Sc., Alan M. Zaslavsky, Ph.D., and Arnold M. Epstein, M.D., M.A., in the December 2005 American Journal of Medicine 118, pp. 1392-1400.
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Moveable Feast: Film Facts
1993, 3/4 inch videotape: U-matic
29 minutes, Color
Description: This documentary follows a group of Italian-Americans from Boston's North End to their ancestral hometown, Sciacca, Sicily, to participate in the Feast of the Madonna del Soccorso (also known and celebrated in Boston as the Fisherman's Feast)
Copyright: 1992, Beth Harrington
Filmmaker(s): Beth Harrington
Produced by: Beth Harrington with Nancy Moloney and Debra Granik
Cinematography: Nancy Moloney, Beth Harrington, Debra Granik
Editing: Debra Granik
Acknowledgements: Advisor, Robert Orsi Original Music, Lee Harrington
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Giada de Laurentiis, the celebrity chef on Food Network's Everyday Italian and author of two New York Times best-selling cookbooks, is on the cover of this week's Page Six Magazine. The 38-year-old new mom talks about welcoming marriage and a child into her life, her sex appeal and her future projects.
Giada is married to Todd Thompson, a fashion designer for Anthropologie. The couple welcomed their first child, Jade Marie De Laurentiis Thompson, on March 29, 2008. Giada said she wasn't sure she'd ever get married or have children,
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Giada admits she dresses somewhat sexy on her show, but denies an intentional seductive approach,
"Porn? I'm not doing porn! What the hell are people talking about? [It's not] PBS-style cooking. I mean, I love Lidia [Bastianich], but [she's] kind of boring. And Mario Batali [I] love to death…but he's not romantic or sensual. Those are the things I bring to the table."
Giada's popular show, Everyday Italian, is now on a break but the celebrity chef has been 'cooking up' a plethora of other projects to fill her plate. She is working on a new show, Giada at Home and a fourth cookbook.
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Every child should be given opportunities — that's what Richard Barrera passionately believes.
The San Diego Unified trustee who represents a southern swath of the city had a school experience much like the 60 percent of the district's students who receive free or reduced lunches.
Barrera said he was one of about 30 El Cajon Valley High School graduates in his class of 350 to seek higher education.
"A lot of kids were, frankly, just written off," Barrera said about his classmates.
This fueled his quest to find more options for all students. He often thinks about what would have helped his classmates attend college or trade school when making school board decisions.
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Earlier this year, Barrera helped negotiate a contract to avoid laying off more than 1,500 teachers, with one of the caveats being that they forfeit raises scheduled for July.
He did this at the expense of his belief that teachers' pay should increase.
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"We've got unlimited potential in every individual" and the school system should be about recognizing that, he said.
Barrera sent his eldest son to San Diego Metropolitan Regional and Technical, better known as the Met at Mesa College, the only school in the district that melds standard classes, community college courses and internships in its curriculum.
In the fall, his younger son will attend Mount Everest Academy, another atypical program.
"I think its very important in the public school system to have a variety of options for kids," he said, adding that the traditional neighborhood model makes a lot of sense for most students.
"It's important for our education system to help students develop critical thinking skills."
He disagrees with the current emphasis on teaching for standardized tests as he thinks such teaching leaves students ill-prepared for the real world. "That's the least important set of skills."
Barrera previously worked as a community organizer, helping to revitalize low-income neighborhoods. He earned a bachelor's degree in American history from UC San Diego and a master's in public policy from Harvard.
He understands the difficulties facing many immigrant families. His mother was one generation removed from Ellis Island. His father gave up his career as a lawyer and municipal judge in Colombia and immigrated to the U.S. in 1962. He worked multiple jobs while going to school to learn English and earn a degree.
Barrera wants his tenure on the school board to be remembered for a more collaborative approach to decision making, and also for facing an immense fiscal crisis while protecting what's most important to students.
"We have a history of big, important decisions being made by people in this central office without doing much listening," he said.
Bernie Rhinerson, chief of staff for San Diego Unified, said, "Richard is a very passionate leader, extremely intelligent and strategic."
Rhinerson has worked with Barrera since he was first elected four years ago. Barrera is running unopposed for a second term this year.
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With woops, cheers and mortarboards flying, NJIT today awarded 2,643 degrees to the members of the class of 2013. This brings the total number of degrees awarded by the university to more than 74,678. The ceremony was held at Newark's Prudential Center. >>
Technology evangelist and Cisco System Senior Vice President Carlos Dominguez; and alums U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski, PhD, and Edward Cruz, principal of Hop Brook Properties, will receive honorary degrees at the May 20, 2013 NJIT commencement. The event, set for 9 a.m., will be held at Newark's Prudential Center. The university will confer close to 2000 doctoral, master's and bachelor's degrees on members of the Class of 2013. >>
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Roundup: Bears' Urlacher weighs in on Burress
Published: July 3rd, 2009 | Tags: Brett Favre, Brian Urlacher, Chicago Bears, Minnesota Vikings, Pittsburgh Steelers, Plaxico Burress, Roger Goodell, Santonio Holmes
As there's talk of the Bears backing off any pursuit of Plaxico Burress, LB Brian Urlacher told the Chicago Tribune he would have been open to the team adding the free-agent wide receiver, but he was surprised to hear the move was really being considered:
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Continuous Postoperative Use of Low-Dose Combined Oral Contraceptivesfor for Endometriosis-Related Chronic Pelvic Pain
Recruitment status was: Not yet recruiting
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Because ovarian sex steroids fluctuations during the menstrual cycle are implicated in the pathogenesis of the endometriosis-related chronic pelvic pain (CPP), the oral contraceptives (OCs) are used with non-contraceptive indication for this disorder.
To date, OCs are widely used as medical treatment in patients with endometriosis, in addition, they are recently experimented as post-surgical therapy. Traditional cyclic regimen, with 21 days of active pills with 7 days of placebo or suspension, is usually adopted. Furthermore, recent studies suggested that long-term continuous OCs use can be effective in the postoperative period both as second- and third- line treatments after cyclic regimen failure. In these studies a combined treatment with ethinilestradiol (0.02 mg) plus desogestrel (0.15 mg) were used and compared with baseline or ciproterone acetate.
A recent study showed a deeper ovarian and endometrial suppression with continuous OCs in comparison with cyclic OCs, providing a physiological rationale for continuous OCs use for noncontraceptive indications. Furthermore, to date, no study compared post-operative continuous versus cyclic OCs in patients with endometriosis-related CPP.
|Endometriosis Chronic Pelvic Pain
|Drug: Continuous OC (clormadinone acetate plus ethinil-estradiol - Belara®, Grunenthal, Milan, Italy) Drug: Cyclic OC (clormadinone acetate plus ethinil-estradiol)
|Phase 4
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|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double (Participant, Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Continuous Versus Cyclic Postoperative Use of Low-Dose Combined Oral Contraceptive Belara® for the Treatment of Endometriosis-Related Chronic Pelvic Pain: a Randomized Controlled Trial.
- Recurrence of pelvic pain [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
- Metabolic effects [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
- Ovarian effects [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
- Endometrial effects [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
- Bleedings characteristics [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
- Protocol adherence [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
- Satisfaction rate [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
- Adverse events [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
- Effects on cognitive function and mood [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
- Quality of life [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|May 2009
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|July 2010
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|May 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: Experimental group
Drug: Continuous OC (clormadinone acetate plus ethinil-estradiol - Belara®, Grunenthal, Milan, Italy)
Low-dose monophasic OC containing 2.0 mg clormadinone acetate plus 0.03 mg ethinil-estradiol (Belara®, Grunenthal, Milan, Italy) will be administered with a continuous regimen.
|Active Comparator: Control
Drug: Cyclic OC (clormadinone acetate plus ethinil-estradiol)
Low-dose monophasic OC containing 2.0 mg clormadinone acetate plus 0.03 mg ethinil-estradiol (Belara®, Grunenthal, Milan, Italy) will be administered with a cyclic regimen.
Detailed Description:
Premenopausal women with endometriosis-related CPP scheduled for laparoscopic surgery to our Academic Department of Gynecology will be consecutively enrolled. Subjects with hystologically confirmed endometriosis at laparoscopy (stage I-IV of the American Society Reproductive Medicine), a subjective severity of pelvic pain by using a visual analogue scale (VAS 1-100) of at least 70, and without immediate desire of pregnancy will be enrolled.
Briefly, all patients will undergo conservative laparoscopic surgery for endometriosis. Thereafter, a low-dose monophasic OC containing 2.0 mg clormadinone acetate plus 0.03 mg ethinil-estradiol (Belara®, Grunenthal, Milan, Italy) will be administered. Patients from the experimental group will be treated with a continuous regimen, while patients from the control group will receive the OC with a cyclic regimen consisting of 21 days of active pills with 7 days of placebo. The drug and the placebo will be similar and will be labelled according to the subject number. For the overall study-period, operators and patients will be blind to the treatment allocation.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 40 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Premenopausal state
- Endometriosis-related chronic pelvic pain
- Hystologically confirmed endometriosis at laparoscopy
- Subjective severity of pelvic pain by using a visual analogue scale of at least 70
- No immediate desire of pregnancy
Exclusion Criteria:
- Age ≤18 or ≥ 40
- Previous use of drugs for treating CPP (wash-out period of 3 months), with exclusion of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
- Contraindication to estro-progestin compounds
- Major medical diseases
- Psychiatric disorders
- Pelvic inflammatory disease
- Adnexal patologies
- Unability to complete the daily diary
- History of alcohol or other drugs abuse
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00844012
|Contact: Stefano Palomba, MD
|University of Catanzaro, Italy
|Not yet recruiting
|Catanzaro, Italy, 88100
|Contact: Fulvio Zullo, MD +3909613697180 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Principal Investigator: Stefano Palomba, MD
|Principal Investigator: Fulvio Zullo, MD
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|Fulvio Zullo, University Magna Graecia
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00844012 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|February 12, 2009
|Last Updated:
|March 10, 2009
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Pelvic Pain
Genital Diseases, Female
Neurologic Manifestations
Signs and Symptoms
Polyestradiol phosphate
Estradiol 3-benzoate
Estradiol 17 beta-cypionate
Estradiol valerate
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Contraceptive Agents
Reproductive Control Agents
Contraceptive Agents, Female
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