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The most exciting part of E3 is now over. Each of the major players has hosted a conference, giving everyone a look at their gaming line-up over the coming months. Here we look at what we saw and rate each of them out of 10. How did mega publisher EA do this year?
Tom Orry - Editor
Need for Speed Most Wanted, Crysis 3, Medal of Honor Warfighter, SimCity, Dead Space 3 and FIFA 13. That's a great line-up of games. Sure, Medal of Honor has a lot to prove, but the rest are established, quality franchises that any publisher would be proud to own. In short, I thought EA's line-up was extremely good. I even like the look of Dead Space 3, despite online commentators getting worked up about how it looks like Lost Planet. For the record, I liked Lost Planet too.
Again, the show lacked anything in the way of amazing announcements. Dead Space 3 and NFS Most Wanted were both known about ahead of time, and the UFC deal is about as interesting to me as a partnership with One Direction would have been. But all the demos were great. I'm especially excited about Most Wanted as developer Criterion is easily one of the best devs working on arcade racers in the business. I'd hoped to see something on Insomniac's Overstrike, and a small part of me wanted a sequel to Dante's Inferno, but other than that it was top stuff from EA.
Score: 8/10
Martin Gaston - Reviews Editor
EA does the same trick every year - they say they're not going to be big and flashy but instead they're going to showcase some excellent games. And it works on me every year: Most Wanted looks fantastic, I think Sim City could be something genuinely special, and even the multiplayer reel for Medal of Hono(u)r: Warfighter managed to make me perk up towards a game I previously had no feelings for. I'm not a big FIFA or Madden player, either, but if I was I'd probably be fairly interested in this year's iterations. Good job, then, EA - I'm sure the Internet will roast you over hot coals for not trying to unveil any new IP, but I imagine I'll have a nice time playing your games this year - and that's pretty much the only thing I give a toss about.
Score: 7/10
David Scammell - Staff Writer
Oh, Dead Space. What happened to you? As a die-hard fan of the original Dead Space and its horrifyingly claustrophobic, fear-of-being-alone atmosphere, the debut of Visceral's third action-horror failed to set my pulse racing anywhere near the way the team may have intended. Why are we rolling about a vast icy wasteland? What's with the bromance? Heck, why on Uxor are we shooting at a big drill? Maybe the loss of Glen Schofield really has made an impact this time around.
But disappointing Dead Effect: Gears of Two: Lost Planet Edition or not, EA's conference was still arguably one of the better conferences of the show. Despite falling out with many of its consumers, EA still has - in my opinion - the best IP catalogue of any publisher. Mass Effect, Need For Speed, The Sims, SimCity, Battlefield, Crysis, Medal of Honor, and - yes - Dead Space, not to mention the silly amount of sports titles it has under its wings. And bar a couple of slip-ups, all are of the utmost quality - an enviably impressive achievement.
Stealing the UFC licence away from THQ, though, was the biggest headline of the night and a huge win for EA, particularly after the comments made by UFC chief Dana White back in 2009. ("I'm telling you straight-up, I'm at war with [EA]," he said after EA announced cage fighter MMA, reportedly threatening fighters with a ban from the UFC should they sign with EA Sports rather than THQ's licensed game.) But there he was on stage, rubbing shoulders with EA Sports president Andrew Wilson. He did look like he was going to punch his lights out at one point, though.
And the hits kept pouring in: FIFA 13, Crysis 3 and NFL 13 each banged out one after the other, although too much time seemed devoted to discussing Battlefield 3 Premium, EA's new Season Pass Plus of which details leaked out weeks ago.
SimCity was a particular highlight, of mine. I actually had the pleasure of seeing a demonstration of it a month or so ago, and though I'm not typically a PC gamer, this could be the game to get me to upgrade. With that said, though, its interface looks remarkably like something that could easily be ported to console. Time will tell...
I thought we'd see The Sims 4 in there somewhere, too. Maybe next year?
But it was the reveal of Need For Speed: Most Wanted that was the clincher. If you'd heard my slip-up on the podcast, you'd know that I knew it was coming, but the anticipation for its reveal was made all the sweeter when Most Wanted turned out to be Burnout Paradise 2.0. Criterion will never admit this, of course, but Most Wanted appears to have far more in common with Paradise than it does any other Need For Speed, with its superb social connectivity and brilliantly fun racing and chasing making it look like one of the stand-out games of the show. I have high hopes for this being Criterion's best game yet.
So, a good show all round marred only by a worrying first look at Dead Space 3. Reassuringly, though, while everyone else seems fairly hesitant to announce new titles for this generation, EA continues to have a superb line-up ahead. And when the next-generation does eventually roll around, I'd expect them to be waiting at the head of the queue, too.
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Gardena, CA (March 4, 2005) - Clarion Corporation of America, a leading manufacturer of mobile entertainment systems, is proud to announce that its new Navigation In-Car Entertainment system (N.I.C.E.) is a finalist for "Best Aftermarket Product" in the 2005 Telematics Update Awards.
The awards ceremony will be held the eve of the Telematics Update 2005 Conference and Exhibition (May 16) at the Detroit Marriot Livonia. Clarion is competing against four other companies, including Motorola, LoJack, and Parrot.
"This is a very special honor for us," said Sally House, Vice President of Marketing for Clarion. "N.I.C.E. is truly a product of the future, and it's nice to see Clarion receiving this type of recognition."
In its third year, the awards ceremony recognizes companies working to advance the concept of telematics, an ever-evolving term that refers to automobile systems that combine global positioning satellite (GPS) tracking, and wireless communications for automatic roadside assistance and remote diagnostics.
Clarion's N.I.C.E. encompasses much of that concept and more, including GPS navigation, music storage and playback, mobile video and Sirius Satellite Radio control. Features for this transportable "infotainment" solution include a seven-inch digital TFT LCD screen, built-in 20GB hard drive, 2.0 and 1.1 USB ports, a rear-view camera port and reverse-trigger wire, A/V input and cable, built-in FM transmitter, speaker, and GPS antenna.
The M.S.R.P. for N.I.C.E. is $1,399.
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Bright Makeup: Yellow, Orange, & Red
Does anyone else find it hard to get back into the swing of things? Whenever there's been a disruption to my usual day-to-day routine (traveling for business, vacation, getting too sick to move, etc.), I just find it so difficult to fall back into my schedule! Grrr!
I'll be heading over to MAC once they open (boo, being on the west coast!) to pick up the four missing items from Liberty of London and will update the review once I've done that. Who else is visiting their local MAC to grab some Liberty of London goodies?
You will need the following…
- Eyes: Sugarpill Goldilux ChromaLust (metallic gold base), Sugarpill Buttercupcake Eyeshadow (primary yellow), Sugarpill Flamepoint Eyeshadow (bright orange), Sugarpill Love+ Eyeshadow (nearly matte red), MAC Femme-fi Eyeshadow (neutral highlighter), Urban Decay Lucky 24/7 Liner (copper), MAC Plushlash Mascara (black)
- Face: Korres Tinted Moisturizer (Honey)
- Cheeks: MAC Prim & Proper Blush (soft pink-nude), Laura Mercier Polished Radiant Creme Cheek Colour (champagne-pink highlighter)
- Lips: MAC Ever Hip Lipstick (orange-peach), MAC True Babe Lipglass (bright pink)
- Brushes: 226 (fluffy crease brush), 219 (pointed crease brush), 249 (flat, firm brush), 239 (fluffy shadow brush), 116 (dense blush brush), 188 (small stippling brush)
- Substitutes: Femme-fi = Shroom; Prim & Proper = Tenderling, Ever Hip = Ravishing; True Babe = Pink Poodle
For eyes, start by applying Goldilux as your eyeshadow base with the 239 and water-based mixing medium (or water). Using the 239, apply Buttercupcake eyeshadow on the inner third of the eyelid. Next, apply Flamepoint eyeshadow on the middle third of the eyelid and lightly blend with the inner corner. Darken the outer third of the lid with Love+ eyeshadow with the 239, gently brushing it into the lower crease. Lightly blend Love+ eyeshadow, with the 239, on the outer corner and lid. Lightly tap and brush Flamepoint eyeshadow directly above the crease to soften. To finish the eyeshadow look, sweep Femme-fi eyeshadow as a highlighter on the brow bone. Bring everything together by applying Lucky eyeliner on the lower lash line. Finish by sweeping lashes with Plushlash mascara.
For cheeks, apply Prim & Proper blush to the apples of the cheeks and sweep upwards towards the temple with the 116. Highlight cheeks with Polished cheek colour with the 188 for a soft sheen.
For lips, apply Ever Hip lipstick first, and then layer True Babe lipglass for a complementing lip.


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Album Review: Hot Chip, "Made In The Dark"
Dancey, electronic Indie from across the pond. Personally, I was a little bit disappointed; this record isn't as dynamic as their old stuff, a little too sterile for my taste, and the slow stuff does nothing for me. Still, if you want to compel booty-shaking, this record is certainly capable of it.
Play: 2++(killer breakdown), 3++(good set-ender), 4, 9+(sweet vocal hook), 10++(great slow jam), 13+ (cute)


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Special training programs may prevent ACL tears, knee injuries
Athletes, especially women, are at risk of the ligament tears. But there are ways to help avoid them.
How to tell if your knees are at risk
By Chris Woolston
June 29, 2013
An athlete crumples to the ground untouched, yelling in pain and grabbing her knee. It's a scene that plays out daily on soccer fields, basketball courts and volleyball courts.
In 2011, Maddie Tantillo, a 29-year-old semi-pro soccer player for the San Diego Sea Lions, was making a move she'd made countless times before — planting with her left leg before running right — when her left knee buckled. "Everyone said I'd be fine," she says, but an MRI showed otherwise. "I had torn my ACL."
The ACL — the anterior cruciate ligament that connects the kneecap to the tibia — tears remarkably easily. Every year, about a quarter of a million Americans undergo surgery to repair the ligament.
For all of the talk about torn ACLs in the NFL or NBA, Tantillo could be the real face of the injury. Female athletes are nearly four times more likely than males to tear their ACLs. "So many women and girls are playing sports these days," says Dr. Natalie Voskanian, assistant clinical professor of sports medicine at UC San Diego. "This injury can end their season, and it can end their [participation in a] sport."
The rash of torn ACLs has inspired researchers around the world to take a closer look at the knee and the anatomy of the injury. After working with many thousands of young athletes and watching countless hours of game video, experts have made discoveries that can protect all athletes, male and female, professional and amateur. "These are devastating injuries with severe, long-lasting consequences," says Timothy Hewett, director of research for sports medicine at Ohio State University. "We need to prevent every ACL injury that we can."
Hewett has studied enough videos to know the classic scenario: After a jump or a sudden stop, a player lands on one leg with a flat foot and a completely straight knee. The knee immediately starts caving inward while the foot is still firmly planted to the ground, creating a violent torque that can easily snap the ACL. About 70% of ACL tears happen without any sort of contact with an opponent.
To clear up a couple of common myths: It's not "wide hips" or hormones that make women and girls so prone to knee injuries. Instead, Hewett says, the injuries seem to be linked to bad habits and strength imbalances that are especially common in female athletes. By correcting these flaws through targeted exercises and training, athletes of either gender can protect their knees and greatly improve their chances to stay in the game.
For starters, many athletes — male and female — need to learn how to land "softly," Hewett says. That means landing on the ball of the foot with the knee slightly flexed. "ACLs don't tear when the knee is flexed," he says.
Bad habits can be unlearned, but that's just the start. Hewett says many athletes also have to address dangerous weak spots. For example, female athletes often need to strengthen the hamstring muscles on the back of the thigh. Hewett has found that women and girls with weak hamstring muscles often compensate with their quadriceps muscles when they jump or make sudden moves. That's risky because the quad muscles stiffen the knee and pull the tibia forward while the ACL tries to hold it back, an internal tug-of-war that can strain the ACL.
Armed with a better understanding of the root causes of knee injuries, Hewett and others have developed training programs specifically designed to protect the ACL. And the efforts have definitely paid off. A 2012 study by Hewett and colleagues published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine combined the results of 12 attempts to prevent knee injuries in female athletes. Overall, women and girls who participated in the programs were about 70% less likely than other athletes to suffer a non-contact ACL injury.
In a recent experiment in Sweden, teenage girls from 49 soccer teams went through a nine-month regimen designed to improve balance, stability and knee strength. An additional 48 soccer teams didn't get any extra training. Overall, only three girls who went through the training suffered knee injuries that season, compared with 13 girls from teams that didn't.
As the Swedish study shows, it takes lot of work to prevent a handful of injuries. Hewett's own study estimated that more than 100 female athletes would have to undergo extensive training to prevent one non-contact ACL injury.
Voskanian adds that training could be much more effective if coaches and trainers could target the athletes who are most likely to suffer knee injuries.
The exercises do far more than just protect the knees, she says. "They improve fitness, agility, balance and strength." In certain circles, those benefits might be the real selling point. "Some coaches aren't as interested in injury prevention as they are in performance."
Of course, women who play recreational basketball, volleyball or soccer generally don't have a personal trainer or coach. But they can still try a training program on their own. Voskanian recommends the online PEP (Prevent Injury and Enhance Performance) program — including videos and training tips — offered by the Santa Monica Sports Medicine Foundation (smsmf.org). video
Tantillo, who was sidelined for seven months by her injury, is already doing what she can to prevent ACL tears. "I think more about my moves. I'm a little more conscious about how I land or plant my foot." But Tantillo isn't just a player. She's also a college and high school coach, which means she has a chance to save other players the pain that she went through. "I use an ACL prevention warm-up, and they know how to cut properly and how to land."
Article found here
Prevent. Perform. Recover.
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Jet lag is caused by flying in an airplane and crossing one
or more time zones, such as traveling east to west or west to east. Crossing
time zones disrupts the body's biological "clock," or 24-hour rhythms (circadian rhythms). Sleep patterns are one of these
rhythms. Jet travel across time zones may make it hard for you to fall asleep
or stay asleep at night and stay awake during the day. Jet lag also can cause
fatigue, irritability, and indigestion.
The symptoms of jet lag
may take from one to several days to go away. Jet lag usually lasts longer when
you fly east than when you fly west.
Melatonin is a hormone the body makes
that regulates the cycle of sleeping and waking. It is not known if taking melatonin to help
"reset" your sleep and wake cycle helps with jet lag.
There are other things you can do to decrease
the effects of jet lag. Be rested before you leave, and try to walk around
during the flight so that you are not confined to cramped spaces for long
periods of time. Do not drink alcohol, but drink lots of water, because the air
in airplanes tends to be dry. Vitamins and herbal remedies that can be bought
without a prescription can also be tried to help reduce jet lag. Going outdoors
during the day may help fight jet lag by resetting your circadian
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In fact my HV said if he feeds again within 2 hours to put him back on the same breast, she seems really worried that he's only getting the watery milk.
There's so much conflicting info out there.
In fact my HV said if he feeds again within 2 hours to put him back on the same breast, she seems really worried that he's only getting the watery milk.
There's so much conflicting info out there.
WHAT is with these HVs???!!! We have so many mamas come here with CRAZY breastfeeding advice from their HVs. And feeding on only one breast at a time is crazy, when there's a concern about weight. Using one breast per feeding or for more that one feeding in a row is called block feeding. It's what a mom does when she has oversupply, because leaving milk sitting in the unused breast cues the body to reduce supply.
When a baby has issues with weight gain, the quality of milk (i.e. proportion of hindmilk vs. foremilk) is of far less concern than the quantity of milk. A baby will grow well on foremilk alone, provided she gets enough of it. And there's really no such thing as foremilk and hindmilk- just milk. Relatively low in fat at the beginning of the feeding, relatively and progressively higher in fat as the breast empties. All milk contains everything a baby needs to grow and develop. So I would immediately go to nursing on both breasts, and see if anything changes.
Nursing, pumping, cloth-diapering, babywearing, working professor mama with the awesomest SAHD ever.
wow, good catch mommal.
op i suggest you please report your experience with this hv. I don't think its her fault, i'm starting to think they must be improperly or under trained as regards normal breastfeeding. It can be confusing. sadly even pediatricians and breastfeeding helpers get this wrong sometimes too.
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Argh! Thanks ladies that makes more sense. I'm so tired of all the conflicting advice from HVs and midwives!!! Really worried I'll have damaged my supply now.
I'm trying so hard!!
My baby has been feeding non-stop the last few days and I assumed it was a growth spurt, now I'm worrying that he's just trying to up my supply again.
You are trying hard, or you would have given up already! Don't let this discourage you. If your supply did take a hit, you can definitely bring it back up again by nursing on both breasts and nursing as often as baby is willing. And it sounds like he's willing, which is great!
Yeah he's definitely willing!! Ugh. Should I pump more as well to up my supply?
I wouldn't necessarily go down that road yet. Just nurse on both breasts at a feeding, nurse as much as possible, give it a few days, and see if anything changes. Could you possibly see a lactation consultant, preferably an IBCLC?
I've been pumping some mornings anyway so OH can give him a bottle, we'll need to introduce one at some point so wanted him to be accustomed to taking a bottle. He always wants more from me after he's taken it though!
I don't know about seeing a lactation consultant. How would I go about it? And what would they do?
Oh and he's had less dirty nappies the last few days since I had this advice. I thought that it was a normal progression as he gets older, and he's still had lots of wet nappies, but now I'm really worried he hasn't been getting enough.
And what's worse is if he hasn't put on enough weight by Friday they want me to consider formula! Ugh ugh ugh


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Faith Jacobs was adopted at the age of ten by the Jacobs,...
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Hey I'm Vanessa Flores I'm 18 I meet Justin Bieber when I was 14 we were really close friend then we were more than friends but I had an accident and ended up in the hospital then i heard Justin left four years later i started working undercover and that's when we meet again.
will he remember her? Will they fall again?
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Laguna Beach resident, Ron Taybi, Utilizing unsurpassed craftsmanship, paired with a background in engineering, he creates provocative fine art, architectural art, and furniture of masterful symmetry and design. His inspirational pieces cultivate powerful international reaction. After attending California Polytechnic State University in Southern California and the University of California, Berkeley, earning degrees in both chemical engineering and business management, Ron Taybi decided to pursue his cherished artistic career. His dedication to the creation of genuinely inspiring artwork, paired with his educational background, are instrumental to his artistic success.
The eve of the Closing Ceremony in Sochi event had private arts, press unveiling gala, complementary drinks, appetizers from Grill Cafe Mediterranean Grill, and featuring live ballet from the South Coast Ballet Theatre group, and live classical music. The Ballerina is a very graceful figure. He named it 'Gracious — the Beacon of Peace.' The reason he called it that is because it represents as a token of appreciation to Sochi for being hospitable and bringing the people of the world together in peace and brotherly competition and sportsmanship giving us a glimpse of what the future world is going to be like when we are at peace.
"Gracious – Beacon of Peace" has been accepted by the Olympic host city and will be placed on the roadside entrance near Sochi's brand new Ballet Museum at "Nadezhda" villa, a former home of Russian ballet patron Sergei Khudekov. Gracious is the first large-scale, international, art endowment, since the Statue of Liberty in 1886. 23-feet tall, 18-feet long, 8,000+ pounds, 1,000+ pieces of steel and LED Light Illumination. Ron Taybi, founder of the Irvine-based metal works studio, Rami Designs present Gracious and also attended was Mayor of Irvine, Sukhee Kang. For more info on the artist and his work, here is the link, Ron Taybi.
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Mel Gibson is furious at producers of "The Hangover Part II" for booting him from the flick, sources say. Gibson's minor role as a Bangkok tattoo artist was seen as a comeback for his tattered career, but producers were quick to cut him loose when cast members objected to working with him. A source close to Gibson told us, "He doesn't understand why Mike Tyson, a drug user who turned his life around, was given a chance while Mel was kicked to the curb. Everybody deserves a second chance." Alan Nierob, who represents Gibson and Liam Neeson, issued a statement hinting at resentment over the firing. Nierob said Neeson will replace Gibson in the part, "pending clearance of cast and crew background check," he quipped. Gib son is embroiled in a legal battle with ex- girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva, who alleges he assaulted and threatened her.
'Hangover' ax burns Mel Gibson
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Dungeons & Dragons 3.5e
I am seeking 1 player to join a group that includes a cleric, druid and swordsage. I am looking for a mage or skilled character (bard, rogue, you get the idea). You are free to create NPCs within reason (teachers, parents, siblings, partners, ect) while writing your back stories, but if you give yourself the legendary Excalibur that you won in a game of poker, you might not get in :P
Books: I have almost all except setting books, but if there is something rare you want to use... Let me know what book you are looking in.
Level 3, 32 point, Gold standard (no more then 1/2 on one item)
LA +1 (if you ask me about it first)
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It was almost 300 years since the world ended, or so the elders say. It started with what they called the first of the superbugs... No vaccine or cure could be found to fight it. One by one, the medicines of the world seemed to stop to function, and a hundred years of medical knowledge seemed to slip out the window. Than machines started to break down... From the most complicated of supercomputers to the lowest of little gizmos that people seemed to take for granted. The large cities became death traps, as those whose skills were more suited for the office struggled to make it in this new world.


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It was just another morning in a valley of Afghanistan when a Houma native nearly lost his life.
It was just another morning in a valley of Afghanistan when a Houma native nearly lost his life.
On April 25, Brandon Gros, a 30-year-old U.S. Special Operations Marine, along with his Second Marine Special Operations Battalion, was scoping out a small Afghan village in search of Taliban insurgents.
The battalion arrived in five armored trucks they lined up just outside the village to keep watch.
A few Marines went on foot to patrol the area in a small cemetery a little less than 500 feet from the trucks.
Suddenly, the Marines took on fire from the Taliban and got pinned down, Gros said.
Brandon, who was still in the truck, said he fired off some hand-held mortar rounds, or giant grenades, and then ran into the cemetery to help.
"When I got into the cemetery, we were all fighting and shooting back," he said. "I pushed off to my right, trying to spread the fire out so they had to shoot in another direction."
That's when Brandon got pinned down in a shallow grave behind a small concrete wall in the cemetery.
But the high-powered bullets pierced right through the wall, and Brandon was trapped.
The big guns in the trucks were down, Brandon said, so an overwhelming spray of fire was out of the question.
In a desperate attempt to save himself and his fellow marines, Brandon got down on one knee and started blasting.
"I decided I was going to shoot as much as I could at them, and that's when I got hit in the face."
The bullet, which came from a 762 assault rifle, broke through Brandon's right cheek and came out his ear canal, splitting his ear in half.
"I spun around and hit the ground," he said. "I couldn't tell at the time where I was hit. I blacked out and went down. Within seconds I assumed I was dying."
Brandon said he was scared, but he was reluctant to panic.
"It wasn't painful," he said. "Maybe that's what made it easier. I just thought I was done. I thought that was it."
Then Brandon said he remembered hearing people screaming his name.
Though bullets were still flying, a military medic rushed over in the line of fire to help Brandon.
As the medic tried to attend to his wounds, he too was shot, but he kept trying to save Brandon.
Eventually, Brandon said one of the trucks backed up close behind them and provided some cover fire.
Brandon, bloody, disoriented and still under fire, began to crawl to the truck with one elbow while he kept pressure on his gushing face. The medic reached the truck first and pulled Brandon in.
As the truck sped off to reach a safe location for a military helicopter to land, another Marine who was providing cover in the back of the truck got shot, along with an Afghan army soldier, Brandon said.
"So I'm shot, they're shot, my medic's shot and we are all laying on top of each other trying to hold each other's wounds as we pull away."
Once secure in the helicopter, the marines were taken back to the base clinic where they received medical attention and then shipped to an American-run hospital in Germany.
Fortunately, Brandon said, the Marines and the Afghan soldier all survived.
From Germany, Brandon, a Terrebonne High School graduate who's been in the military for 11 years, was shipped to another clinic in Virginia where his adoptive parents, Curt and Rene Gros, and other family members were eventually flown out to see him.
Rene said she got the call that Brandon had been shot at around 5 a.m. April 26.
"They told me that he was OK but that he had been hit and was being flown to Germany," she said. "We were all terrified. It was not a good feeling at all."
Rene said she and the rest of the family didn't feel right until they saw Brandon safe in Virginia.
"They did a really good job of sewing him up," she said. "It's unbelievable. "We are so proud of him. We love him. But it was definitely a pretty rough experience."
But Brandon isn't out of the woods just yet. He has to stay in a physical therapy clinic in North Carolina for about a year and work himself back to health.
Brandon will likely never be able to hear out of his right ear again.
He also has vertigo, which leaves him dizzy and offsets his balance.
He will likely become medically retired from the military, he said. But if it were up to him, he'd go back to fight.
Brandon plans to move back to Houma when he's done with therapy and start the next chapter of his life.
"In south Louisiana we have something special," Brandon said. "We have common interests in the food we eat and the sports we enjoy. It's nice that I get to go back to that."


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Last weekend marked the halfway point of the RBS 6 Nations tournament, the annual clash of Europe's biggest rugby union sides; England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, France and Italy. The competition kicked off on the 4th February and Saturday's match, which may well have been the title decider, saw England come away victorious after a tough match against France, the only other undefeated side.
With the Grand Slam at stake and a nation's pride to play for, things are certainly hotting up. But if you don't know your tries from your touch-lines, your fly-halves from your full-backs or your scrums from your sin bins then fear not because here at ARKive we have decided to take a team-by-team look at the hottest rugby stars from the animal kingdom.
With a great deal of strength and 'pride', the obvious choice for England's animal rugby star is the lion. Fast and powerful, this predator is never afraid to make a tackle! As an England supporter myself I just hope our lions will give a performance to be proud of in the two remaining games!
Flamboyant and stylish, the red junglefowl would be sure to make an impression on the pitch. The rooster has been associated with France since the middle ages and with victories against Scotland and Ireland already under their belts, the French supporters will be hoping to be given something to really crow about in their remaining fixtures.
The majestic red deer would certainly make Ireland's team. In the rutting season the powerful males lock antlers, much like two players in a ruck. Using their size and strength to their advantage, the males push each other and try to throw their opponent off-balance by twisting, pretty impressive!
Fast and graceful, the red kite would be great on the Welsh wing, quite literally! Wings are the quickest members of the team and need to be agile enough to avoid opponents in order to score tries, something the red kite could do with ease to help Wales with their all important points difference.
While they may have traditionally been viewed as the 'underdogs' of the tournament, Italy are known for being tenacious, much like the beautiful grey wolf. This species knows the real value of teamwork, working together to bring down large and powerful prey (or opponents)!
A secretive and skillful hunter with a bit of a 'wild' streak, the Scottish wild cat would undoubtedly have the tactics and cunning to outwit its opponents on the rugby pitch. Although Scotland are yet to see a win, this stealthy feline from the highlands shouldn't be underestimated!
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BUTLER TWP — Three of the four top administrators of the Butler School District will resign at the end this school year.
Superintendent Mike Strutt, Assistant Superintendent Carolyn Cornish and business manager Cathy Rodgers all will retire in June 2014.
Rodgers, who usually does roll call for each vote, was tearful Monday night as she called for each school board member to approve the resignation list that included the three administrators.
Board President Don Pringle said, "It's going to stink to not have you here."
These officials have worked in the district for many years. Strutt worked in the district for 25 years, Cornish for 15, and Rodgers for 10 years.
Each of them worked in public schools between 35 and 40 years.


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By Greg Stobart
Tottenham are in talks with Schalke to accelerate Lewis Holtby's move to White Hart Lane and sign the midfielder in the current transfer window, Goal.com understands.
The German playmaker has signed a pre-contract agreement to move to Spurs on a free transfer when his deal expires at the end of the season, but the Londoners are now looking to push through a deal worth around €1.92 million this month.
Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas wants to improve his midfield options after Sandro underwent knee surgery that is likely to rule the Brazilian out for the rest of the season.
Villas-Boas also accepts that he is again unlikely to land top target Joao Moutinho from Porto and Holtby would add creativity to a side that looked short of ideas in their goalless draw with QPR last weekend.
Schalke are keen to strike a deal to sell the 22-year-old in January in order to ensure they receive a transfer fee for the player, who joined them from Alemmannia Aachen in 2009.
Sandro's injury has also forced Spurs to put Jake Livermore's loan move to QPR on hold as they consider signing more midfield reinforcements to boost their push for a top four finish. Scott Parker's return from injury has given Tottenham a welcome boost but Sandro has formed a formidable midfield partnership with Mousa Dembele in recent months.
The Brazilian landed awkwardly on his right knee against QPR last Saturday and underwent surgery in Barcelona after scans on the problem. Specialists will wait for the swelling to subside and assess the results of the surgery before pencilling in a return date.


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Re-posted from a thread on another forum, I know they won't mind:
Don't know if that would be a good title for this thread, since I don't know how many items I'll be posting here. The first link will be to Dan Lietha's facebook page, the second will be a screenshot of my reply in case Lietha goes "Ham" on me and starts banning and deleting.
Anyway, this is the first example.
-- https://www.facebook.com/dan.lietha.car ... 7134278872


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June 17, 1928 - June 29, 2013
Newburgh, NY
Antonia Scuadroni, of Newburgh, entered into rest on Saturday, June 29, 2013 at home with her family by her side. She was 85.
Daughter of the late Antonio and Angela (Santorufo) Palladino, she was born June 17, 1928 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Antonia was a beloved mother and Nona, well known for her famous Italian cookies and wonderful cooking. She had a great love for her family and friends and will be dearly missed.
Survivors include her sons: Nestor Gabriel Scuadroni and his wife, Norma of New Windsor, NY, Anibal G. Scuadroni and his companion, Susan Cawley Lynn of Hyde Park, NY and Claudio M. Scuadroni and his wife, Debra of Rock Tavern, NY; her sister, Carmen Felisa Garrido of Buenos Aires, Argentina; grandchildren, Valeria, Roman, Anibal, Jr., Liann, Erika and husband Jason Hurban, Nicolas, Paul and Francesca; and great-grandchildren, Justina and Justin. She was predeceased by her late husband, Elso Nestor.
Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, July 2nd at Brooks Funeral Home, 481 Gidney Ave., Newburgh. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 3rd in Sacred Heart Church, Newburgh. Entombment will follow in Cedar Hill Mausoleum, Newburgh.
To send a personal condolence or for further information, please visit www.brooksfh.com or call 845-561-8300.


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Ranolazine for Incomplete Vessel Revascularization Post-Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) (RIVER-PCI)
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01442038
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : September 28, 2011
Results First Posted : July 15, 2016
Last Update Posted : July 15, 2016
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|Condition or disease
|Coronary Artery Disease Angina Pectoris
|Drug: Ranolazine Drug: Placebo
|Phase 3
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|2651 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of the Effects of Ranolazine on Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Subjects With a History of Chronic Angina Who Undergo Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Incomplete Revascularization
|Study Start Date :
|October 2011
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|February 2015
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|February 2015
|Experimental: Ranolazine
Drug: Ranolazine
Subjects will receive ranolazine 500 milligrams (mg) twice daily for 7 days, followed by 1000 mg administered orally twice daily for the duration of the study.
Subjects receiving a moderate CYP3A4 inhibitor will receive ranolazine 500 mg or placebo administered orally twice a day for the duration of the concomitant therapy.
Other Name: Ranexa
|Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Drug: Placebo
Subjects will receive one tablet of matching placebo twice daily for 7 days, followed by two tablets of matching placebo twice daily for the duration of the study.
Subjects receiving a moderate CYP3A4 inhibitor will receive ranolazine 500 mg or placebo administered orally twice a day for the duration of the concomitant therapy.
- Kaplan-Meier Estimates for Time From Randomization to First Occurrence of Ischemia-driven Revascularization or Ischemia-driven Hospitalization Without Revascularization [ Time Frame: Baseline through end of study (average 90 weeks) ]Time to event distributions were estimated by the Kaplan-Meier (KM) method. 1 month = 28 days; 1 calendar year = 365 days.
- Kaplan-Meier Estimates for Time From Randomization to Sudden Cardiac Death [ Time Frame: Baseline through end of study (average 90 weeks) ]Time to event distributions were estimated by the Kaplan-Meier method. 1 month = 28 days; 1 calendar year = 365 days.
- Kaplan-Meier Estimates for Time From Randomization to Cardiovascular Death [ Time Frame: Baseline through end of study (average 90 weeks) ]Time to event distributions were estimated by the Kaplan-Meier method. 1 month = 28 days; 1 calendar year = 365 days.
- Kaplan-Meier Estimates for Time From Randomization to Myocardial Infarction [ Time Frame: Baseline through end of study (average 90 weeks) ]Time to event distributions were estimated by the Kaplan-Meier method. 1 month = 28 days; 1 calendar year = 365 days.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Written informed consent
- Males and females aged 18 years and older
- History of chronic angina defined as at least 2 episodes of anginal pain or discomfort in the chest, jaw, shoulder, back, neck, or arm that is precipitated by exertion or emotional stress, and relieved by rest or sublingual nitroglycerin, which occurred on at least 2 separate days and at least 14 days prior to PCI (in the case of staged PCI procedures, at least 14 days prior to the first PCI in the series). Participants may or may not have additional angina episodes within the 14 days prior to their first PCI in the series, as well as any time prior to Randomization.
PCI for any indication (ACS or non-ACS). For the purposes of stratification at randomization, ACS will be defined as hospitalization for anginal pain or discomfort within the previous 24 hours to their hospitalization with any one (or more) of the following criteria:
i. Elevated troponin or creatinine kinase-MB (CK-MB) consistent with myocardial infarction (MI), as reported by local laboratory and measured prior to index PCI ii. Electrocardiographic changes (including transient changes) comprising new or presumably new ST segment depression ≥ 0.1 mV (≥ 1 mm), or ST segment elevation ≥ 0.1 mV (≥ 1 mm) in at least 2 contiguous leads, or new or presumably new Left Bundle Branch Block
- Randomization within 14 days post-PCI. In the case of staged PCI procedures, randomization has to occur within 14 days of the last PCI in the series. Participants may be randomized starting on the day of PCI and anytime during the following 14 days. PCI is defined as an attempt to cross the lesion with a wire with the intention of performing revascularization.
- Post-PCI (post the last PCI for staged procedures) evidence of incomplete revascularization defined as the presence of one or more visually estimated ≥ 50% stenoses in one or more coronary arteries with reference vessel diameter of at least 2.0 mm, whether in the target vessel or in a non-target vessel regardless of the presence or absence of coronary collaterals. In the case of a participant post-coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), incomplete revascularization is defined as the presence of one or more visually estimated ≥ 50% stenoses in an unbypassed epicardial vessel with a reference diameter of ≥ 2.0 mm, or one or more visually estimated ≥ 50% stenoses in a bypass graft supplying an otherwise unrevascularized myocardial territory.
Clinically stable post-PCI. Participants randomized in-hospital on day of planned discharge or in clinic are considered stable. Participants randomized in-hospital prior to day of planned discharge must meet all of the following criteria:
i. CK-MB < 3 times the upper limit of normal (ULN) at least 3 hours post-PCI, or if ≥ 3 times the ULN with evidence of decreasing CK-MB (decreased by at least 20% from the prior measurement) as reported by local laboratory. If CK-MB is not available, a participant must have evidence of normal or decreasing troponin levels (by at least 20% from the prior measurement) at least 3 hours post-PCI, as reported by local laboratory.
ii. Systolic blood pressure ≥ 90 mm Hg and not receiving pressors or inotropes iii. No current requirement for an intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) or any left ventricular assist device iv. No current requirement for intravenous (IV) nitroglycerin
- Ability and willingness to comply with all study procedures during the course of the study
- Females of childbearing potential must have a negative pregnancy test at Screening (unless surgically sterile or post-menopausal) and must agree to use highly effective contraception methods from Screening throughout the duration of study treatment and for 14 days following the last dose of study drug.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Any future planned revascularization (including staged procedures) or possible planned revascularization (ie, planned stress test to assess the imminent need for additional revascularization). Future planned stress tests for purposes of monitoring are permitted but strongly discouraged. Participants may be enrolled after the last PCI in the staged series or once a decision is made not to perform a follow up PCI, as long as Randomization occurs within 14 days from the last PCI. If a participant has had a stress test post-PCI and prior to Randomization and no further intervention is planned, the participant may be enrolled within 14 days from the last PCI.
- Unrevascularized left main coronary artery stenosis ≥ 50%. Participants with a history of CABG to the left coronary system will be considered to have a revascularized left main if at least one graft is patent.
Major complication during or after the index PCI (in the case of staged PCI, the last in the series) including:
i. Major bleeding (TIMI Bleeding classification or any bleeding requiring blood transfusion of ≥ 2 units of red blood cells) ii. Coronary perforation requiring treatment iii. Procedural complication requiring surgery (including CABG or peripheral vascular surgery)
- Stroke within 90 days prior to Randomization, or any history of stroke with permanent major neurologic disability (eg, aphasia or significant motor dysfunction)
- Cardiogenic shock within 90 days prior to Randomization (transient decreases in blood pressure without clinical sequelae are not considered to be cardiogenic shock)
- New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III or IV heart failure
- Severe renal insufficiency as assessed by an estimated glomerular filtration rate < 30 mL/min/1.73m2 using the 4 variable modification of diet in renal disease (MDRD) equation per local laboratory (based on the last available measurement prior to Randomization, collected within 1 month prior to the index PCI [in the case of staged PCI, the last in the series])
- Liver cirrhosis
- Use of Class Ia, Ic, or Class III antiarrhythmics, except for amiodarone
- Current treatment with strong inhibitors of CYP3A
- Current treatment with CYP3A4 inducers or P-gp inducers
- Participants taking > 20 mg simvastatin daily or > 40 mg lovastatin daily who cannot reduce the dose to 20 mg once daily for simvastatin or 40 mg once daily for lovastatin, or who cannot switch to another statin
- Participants taking greater than a total of 1000 mg daily of metformin who cannot reduce the dose to a maximum total of 1000 mg daily (additional anti-diabetic medications may be added as clinically indicated to allow participants to decrease their metformin dose and maintain glycemic control)
- Previous treatment with ranolazine for > 7 consecutive days within 30 days prior to Randomization, or known hypersensitivity or intolerance to ranolazine or to any of the excipients
- Participation in another investigational drug or investigational device study within 30 days prior to Randomization (participation in registries is allowed)
- Women who are pregnant or breast feeding
- Non-coronary artery disease comorbid conditions (eg, advanced malignancy, severe aortic stenosis) which are likely to result in death within 2 years of Randomization
- Any condition that in the opinion of the investigator would preclude compliance with the study protocol
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01442038
Hide Study Locations
|United States, Alabama
|Cardiology, PC
|Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35211
|University of Alabama at Birmingham
|Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294
|Heart Center Research, LLC
|Huntsville, Alabama, United States, 35801
|United States, Arizona
|Scottsdale Healthcare
|Scottsdale, Arizona, United States, 85251
|Scottsdale Healthcare
|Scottsdale, Arizona, United States, 85258
|United States, California
|University of California San Diego
|La Jolla, California, United States, 92037
|Spectrum Clinical Research Institute, Inc
|Moreno Valley, California, United States, 92553
|Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System
|San Diego, California, United States, 92161
|John Muir Medical Center Concord Campus
|Walnut Creek, California, United States, 94598
|United States, Colorado
|South Denver Cardiology Associates, PC
|Littleton, Colorado, United States, 80120
|United States, Connecticut
|Yale University School of Medicine
|New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06520
|Cardiology Associates of Fairfield County, PC
|Stamford, Connecticut, United States, 06905
|United States, District of Columbia
|Washington Hospital Center
|Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 20010
|United States, Florida
|Zasa Clinical Research
|Atlantis, Florida, United States, 33462
|Cardiology Research Associates
|Daytona Beach, Florida, United States, 32117
|Broward General Medical Center
|Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, 33316
|University of Florida
|Gainesville, Florida, United States, 32610
|Michigan Heart, PC
|Hialeah, Florida, United States, 33010
|Jacksonville Heart Center
|Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 32207
|University of Florida Health Sciences Center-Jacksonville
|Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 32209
|East Coast Institute for Research
|Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 32216
|Mayo Clinic Jacksonville
|Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 32224
|Mount Sinai Medical Center
|Miami Beach, Florida, United States, 33140
|Florida Heart Institute
|Orlando, Florida, United States, 32803
|Cardiovascular Institute of Northwest Florida
|Panama City, Florida, United States, 32401
|Tallahassee Research Institute
|Tallahassee, Florida, United States, 32308
|Pepin Heart Hospital and Dr. Kiran C. Patel Research Institute
|Tampa, Florida, United States, 33613
|United States, Illinois
|University of Chicago Medical Center
|Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60637
|Gateway Cardiology, PC
|Jerseyville, Illinois, United States, 62052
|United States, Indiana
|Indiana Heart Physicians, Inc.
|Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46237
|The Indiana Heart Hospital
|Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46250
|Northwest Indiana Cardiovascular Physicians
|Valparaiso, Indiana, United States, 46383
|United States, Iowa
|Iowa Heart Center
|West De Moines, Iowa, United States, 50266
|United States, Kentucky
|Saint Joseph Cardiology Associates
|Lexington, Kentucky, United States, 40504
|United States, Louisiana
|Clinical Trials of America, Inc.
|Minden, Louisiana, United States, 71055
|Clinical Trials of America, Inc.
|Shreveport, Louisiana, United States, 71103
|United States, Maine
|Northeast Cardiology Associates
|Bangor, Maine, United States, 04401
|United States, Maryland
|Baltimore Heart Associates
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21215
|Union Memorial Hospital
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21218
|United States, Massachusetts
|Tufts Medical Center
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02111
|Saint Elizabeth's Medical Center
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02135
|Cape Cod Research Institute
|Hyannis, Massachusetts, United States, 02601
|United States, Michigan
|Oakwood Hospital and Medical Center
|Dearborn, Michigan, United States, 48124
|United States, Minnesota
|Essentia Health
|Duluth, Minnesota, United States, 55805
|Minneapolis Heart Institute
|Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55407
|Saint Cloud Hospital
|Saint Cloud, Minnesota, United States, 56303
|United States, Mississippi
|Cardiology Associates of North Mississippi
|Tupelo, Mississippi, United States, 38801
|United States, Missouri
|Gateway Cardiology, PC
|Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 63128
|Saint John's Regional Medical Center
|Springfield, Missouri, United States, 65804
|United States, New Hampshire
|Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
|Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States, 03756
|United States, New Jersey
|Holy Name Medical Center
|Teaneck, New Jersey, United States, 07666
|United States, New York
|New York Methodist Hospital
|Brooklyn, New York, United States, 11215
|Buffalo Heart Group
|Buffalo, New York, United States, 14215
|SJH Cardiology Associates
|Liverpool, New York, United States, 13088
|Columbia University Medical Center
|New York, New York, United States, 10032
|Hudson Valley Heart Center
|Poughkeepsie, New York, United States, 12601
|Stony Brook University Medical Center
|Stony Brook, New York, United States, 11790
|Central New York Cardiology
|Utica, New York, United States, 13501
|Westchester Medical Center
|Valhalla, New York, United States, 10595
|Buffalo Cardiology and Pulmonary Associates, PC
|Williamsville, New York, United States, 14221
|United States, North Carolina
|Asheville Cardiology Associates
|Asheville, North Carolina, United States, 28803
|Mid Carolina Cardiology
|Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, 28204
|Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Duke University Medical Center
|Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27705
|Carolina Cardiology Associates
|High Point, North Carolina, United States, 27262
|Wake Heart Research
|Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, 27610
|United States, Ohio
|Ohio Health Research Institute
|Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43214
|Cardiology Associates of Southeast Ohio, Inc.
|Zanesville, Ohio, United States, 43701
|United States, Oklahoma
|Oklahoma City Veterans' Affairs Medical Center
|Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, 73104
|South Oklahoma Heart Research
|Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, 73135
|United States, Pennsylvania
|The Heart and Vascular Center
|Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States, 15009
|Central Bucks Cardiology
|Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States, 18901
|Saint Vincent Health Care Center
|Erie, Pennsylvania, United States, 16502
|Veterans Administration Medical Center
|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15240
|Pinnacle Health System
|Wormleysburg, Pennsylvania, United States, 17043
|United States, Rhode Island
|Rhode Island Hospital
|Providence, Rhode Island, United States, 02903
|United States, Tennessee
|Research Associates of Jackson
|Jackson, Tennessee, United States, 38301
|University of Tennessee
|Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, 37920
|Centennial Heart Cardiovascular Consultants, LLC
|Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37203
|United States, Texas
|North Texas Healthcare System, Dept. of Veteran's Affairs
|Dallas, Texas, United States, 75216
|Humble Cardiology Associates
|Humble, Texas, United States, 77338
|Gamma Medical Research Inc.
|Mission, Texas, United States, 78572
|San Antonio Endovascular and Heart Institute
|San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78258
|Victoria Heart and Vascular Center
|Victoria, Texas, United States, 77901
|United States, Utah
|Utah Cardiology, PC
|Layton, Utah, United States, 84041
|United States, Vermont
|University of Vermont Medical Center, Fletcher Allen Health Care
|Burlington, Vermont, United States, 05401
|United States, Virginia
|Sentara Cardiovascular Research Institute
|Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 23507
|Landesklinikum Sankt Pölten
|Saint Pölten, Lower Austria, Austria, 3100
|Landeskrankenhaus Graz West
|Graz, Styria, Austria, 8020
|Innsbruck Universitaetsklinik
|Innsbruck, Tyrol, Austria, 6020
|Allgemeines Krankenhaus der Stadt Linz
|Linz, Upper Austria, Austria, 4020
|Medizinische Universität Wien
|Wien, Vienna, Austria, 1090
|Wilhelminenspital der Stadt Wien
|Wien, Vienna, Austria, 1160
|Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen Middelheim
|Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium, 2020
|Imelda Ziekenhuis
|Bonheiden, Antwerpen, Belgium, 2820
|ZOL Genk, Campus Saint Jan
|Genk, Limburg, Belgium, 3600
|Algemeen Ziekenhuis Sint-Jan
|Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, 8000
|Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sart Tilman Liège
|Liege, Belgium, 4000
|Canada, Alberta
|Royal Alexandra Hospital
|Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T5H 3V9
|University of Alberta Hospital
|Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2B7
|Canada, New Brunswick
|New Brunswick Heart Centre
|Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, E2L 4L2
|Canada, Ontario
|Hamilton Health Sciences, General Site
|Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8L 2X2
|Hamilton Health Sciences
|Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8L 2X2
|Scarborough Cardiology Research Associates
|Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, M1E 5E9
|Saint Michael's Hospital
|Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5B 1W8
|University Health Network
|Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 2C4
|Canada, Quebec
|Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal (CHUM)
|Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H2W 1T8
|Montreal Heart Institute
|Montréal, Quebec, Canada, H1T 1C8
|Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal
|Montréal, Quebec, Canada, H4J 1C5
|Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec
|Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, G1V 4G5
|Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke
|Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, J1H 5N4
|Czech Republic
|Karlovarská krajská nemocnice a.s.
|Karlovy Vary, Karlovarský kraj, Czech Republic, 360 66
|Krajská nemocnice Liberec a.s.
|Liberec, Liberecký kraj, Czech Republic, 460 63
|Fakultní nemocnice Brno
|Brno, Czech Republic, 625 00
|Fakultní nemocnice u sv. Anny v Brne
|Brno, Czech Republic, 656 91
|Fakultní nemocnice Olomouc
|Olomoucký kraj, Czech Republic, 775 20
|Fakultní nemocnice Královské Vinohrady
|Praha, Czech Republic, 100 34
|Všeobecná fakultní nemocnice v Praze
|Praha, Czech Republic, 128 08
|Fakultní Nemocnice v Motole
|Praha, Czech Republic, 150 06
|Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard
|Paris, Ile-de-France, France, 75018
|Hôpital Rangueil
|Toulouse Cedex 9, Midi-Pyrenees, France, 31059
|Centre Hospitalier d'Arras
|Arras, Nord Pas-De-Calais, France, 62022
|Centre Hospitalier d'Annecy
|Pringy, Rhone-Alpes, France, 74374
|Groupe hospitalier La Pitié Salpêtrière
|Paris, France, 75013
|Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
|Heidelberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, 69120
|Kerckhoff-Klinik GmbH
|Bad Nauheim, Hessen, Germany, 61231
|Asklepios-Kliniken Langen
|Langen, Hessen, Germany, 63225
|Städtische Kliniken Bielefeld gGmbH
|Bielefeld, Nordrhein-westfalen, Germany, 33604
|Sankt Johannes Hospital
|Dortmund, Nordrhein-westfalen, Germany, 44137
|Kliniken Maria Hilf GmbH
|Mönchengladbach, Nordrhein-westfalen, Germany, 41063
|Krankenhaus Der Barmherzigen Brüder Trier
|Trier, Rheinland-pfalz, Germany, 54292
|Vivantes Klinikum im Friedrichshain
|Berlin, Germany, 10249
|Kaplan Medical Center
|Rehovot, Reheoboth, Israel, 76100
|HaEmek Medical Center
|Afula, Israel, 18101
|Barzilai Medical Center
|Ashkelon, Israel, 78287
|Assaf Harofeh Medical Centre
|Beer Yahkov, Israel, 70300
|Rambam Medical Center
|Haifa, Israel, 31096
|Bnai Zion Medical Center
|Haifa, Israel, 33394
|Edith Wolfson Medical Center
|Holon, Israel, 58100
|Shaare Zedek Medical Center
|Jerusalem, Israel, 91031
|Hadassah Ein-Kerem Medical Centre
|Jerusalem, Israel, 91120
|Meir Medical Center
|Kfar Saba, Israel, 44281
|Western Galilee Hospital
|Nahariya, Israel, 22100
|Hillel Yaffe Medical Center
|Ramat Gan, Israel
|Tel Aviv Souraski Medical Center
|Tel Aviv, Israel, 64239
|Sheba Medical Center
|Tel Hashomer, Israel, 52621
|ZIV Medical Center
|Zafed, Israel, 13100
|Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo
|Bergamo, Italy, 24128
|Azienda Ospedaliera S. Sebastiano di Caserta
|Caserta, Italy, 81100
|Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi
|Firenze, Italy, 50134
|Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino
|Genova, Italy, 16132
|Fondazione Centro S. Raffaele del Monte Tabor, Ospedale San Raffaele
|Milano, Italy, 20132
|Azienda Ospedaliera "Maggiore della Carita" di Novara
|Novara, Italy, 28100
|A.R.N.A.S. Civico G. Di Cristina Benfratelli
|Palermo, Italy, 90127
|Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Parma
|Parma, Italy, 43100
|Ospedale Civile SS Annunziata ASL 1
|Sassari, Italy, 07100
|Catharina Ziekenhuis
|Eindhoven, Noord-brabant, Netherlands, 5623 EJ
|TweeSteden Ziekenhuis
|Tilburg, Noord-brabant, Netherlands, 5042 AD
|Academisch Medisch Centrum
|Amsterdam, Noord-holland, Netherlands, 1105 AZ
|Maasstad Ziekenhuis
|Rotterdam, Zuid-holland, Netherlands, 3079 DZ
|Ziekenhuis Rijnstate Arnhem
|Gelderland, Netherlands, 6815 AD
|4th Wojskowy Szpital Kliniczny z Poliklinika, Klinika Kardiologii
|Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland, 50-981
|American Heart of Poland S.A.
|Belchatów, Lodzkie, Poland, 97-400
|American Heart of Poland S.A.
|Chrzanów, Malopolskie, Poland, 32-500
|Szpital Uniwersytecki w Krakowie
|Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland, 31-501
|Centralny Szpital Kliniczny Ministerstwa Spraw Wewnetrznych i Administracji w Warszawie
|Warszawa, Mazowieckie, Poland, 02-507
|Instytut Kardiologii
|Warszawa, Mazowieckie, Poland, 04-628
|American Heart of Poland S.A.
|Kedzierzyn Kozle, Opolskie, Poland, 47-200
|American Heart of Poland S.A.
|Mielec, Podkarpackie, Poland, 39-300
|American Heart of Poland S.A.
|Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland, 43-316
|American Heart of Poland S.A.
|Dabrowa Górnicza, Slaskie, Poland, 41-300
|SPZOZ, SPSK nr 7 Slaskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Katowicach, Górnoslaskie Centrum Medyczne
|Katowice, Slaskie, Poland, 40-635
|American Heart of Poland S.A.
|Tychy, Slaskie, Poland, 43-100
|American Heart of Poland S.A.
|Ustron, Slaskie, Poland, 43-450
|SPZOZ, Szpital Wojewódzki we Wloclawku
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|Samodzielny Publiczny Szpital Kliniczny nr. 1 im. Przemienienia Panskiego
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|Republic Clinical Hospital № 2
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|Research Institute for Complex Issues of Cardiovascular Diseases
|Kemerovo, Russian Federation, 650002
|Medical Center "Alliance"
|Kirovsk, Leningradskaya Region, Russian Federation, 187342
|Regional Clinical Hospital
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|National Research Center For Preventive Medicine
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|City Clinical Hospital # 23 n.a."Medsantrud"
|Moscow, Russian Federation, 109240
|City Clinical Hospital #15 named after O.M. Filatov
|Moscow, Russian Federation, 111539
|University Clinical Hospital #1
|Moscow, Russian Federation, 119991
|City Clinical Hospital n.a. S.P.Botkin
|Moscow, Russian Federation, 125284
|City Clinical Hospital #5
|Nizhni Novgorod, Russian Federation, 603005
|City Clinical Emergency Hospital # 2
|Novosibirsk, Russian Federation, 630008
|Penza Regional Clinical Hospital n.a. N.N. Burdenko
|Penza, Russian Federation, 444026
|Federal Center of Heart, Blood and Endocrinology n.a. V.A.Almazov
|Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation, 197341
|Scientific and Research Institution Of Cardiology
|Tomsk, Russian Federation, 634012
|Volgograd Regional Clinical Cardiological Center
|Volgograd, Russian Federation, 400008
|Hospital Central de Asturias
|Oviedo, Asturias, Spain, 33006
|Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge
|L´Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain, 08907
|Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo, Meixoeiro Hospital
|Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain, 36214
|Hospital General Universitario de Alicante
|Alicante, Spain, 03010
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|Barcelona, Spain, 08035
|Hospital Clinic I Provincial de Barcelona
|Barcelona, Spain, 08036
|Hospital Clínico San Carlos
|Madrid, Spain, 28040
|Hospital Universitario La Paz
|Madrid, Spain, 28046
|Hospital Clínico Universitario Virgen de la Victoria
|Malaga, Spain, 29010
|Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla
|Santander, Spain, 39008
|Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valencia
|Valencia, Spain, 46010
|Universitetssjukhuset Örebro
|Örebro, Orebro, Sweden, 701 85
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|Falun, Sweden, 791 82
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|Surrey, England, United Kingdom, KT16 0PZ
|Saint Richards Hospital
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|Royal Victoria Hospital
|Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, BT12 6BA
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|Gilead Sciences
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|Responsible Party:
|Gilead Sciences
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01442038 History of Changes
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2011-002507-15 ( EudraCT Number )
|First Posted:
|September 28, 2011 Key Record Dates
|Results First Posted:
|July 15, 2016
|Last Update Posted:
|July 15, 2016
|Last Verified:
|June 2016
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Coronary Artery Disease
Myocardial Ischemia
Coronary Disease
Angina Pectoris
Heart Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Arterial Occlusive Diseases
Vascular Diseases
Chest Pain
Neurologic Manifestations
Nervous System Diseases
Signs and Symptoms
Sodium Channel Blockers
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An old railroad bed that stretches 1,000 feet west of Big Hill Road outside Sturgis to Garfield Road near Coldwater has become a hot bed for conversation.
Since summer, trail enthusiasts have been meeting to talk about what they'd like to do to the 19.37-mile stretch of old railroad in St. Joseph County and Branch County.
An old railroad bed that stretches 1,000 feet west of Big Hill Road outside Sturgis to Garfield Road near Coldwater has become a hot bed for conversation.
Since summer, trail enthusiasts have been meeting to talk about what they'd like to do to the 19.37-mile stretch of old railroad in St. Joseph County and Branch County.
The most recent meeting took place Oct. 1 in Colon. About 30 people, including Branch and St. Joseph County road commission, parks department representatives and municipal leaders, attended.
When the Indiana Northeastern Railroad Co. filed a notice of abandonment on Sept. 18 it triggered comments from trail enthusiasts and property owners.
The notice of abandonment was filed with the U.S. Department of Transportation, Surface Transportation Board, for the Branch-St. Joseph County portion of the old road branch.
On Oct. 10, it was reported by the Federal Register, the Daily Journal of the U. S. Government, that Indiana Northeastern Railroad Company (IN) filed a verified notice of exemption to abandon 19.37 miles of rail line.
No local traffic has moved over the line for years and there has been no formal complaint filed by a user of rail service on the line.
The issue of railroad abandonment is complicated. Sturgis City Commissioners had their introduction two weeks ago.
Jim Coury, a board member of Southwest Michigan Alliance for Recreational Trails, presented a 16-minute overview to city commissioners Oct. 10.
Coury brought up "railbanking," a unfamiliar term to most city commissioners.
Coury explained that railbanking is a condition allowing a railroad to "bank" a corridor for future rail use if necessary.
It takes place during the rail corridor abandonment process. A railbanked line is subject to possible future restoration of rail service.
Coury told commissioners there was a group in Branch County interested in submitting a letter of interest before the Oct. 18 filing deadline.
Beverly Ohm, who started the not-for-profit Branch Area Bike Association (BABA) 10 years ago, said her group would be remiss to ignore this opportunity and announced she is going ahead with the request for interim trail use.
Last week, Ohm did electronically file an intent to take responsibility for the rail corridor.
The request was made to the Surface Transportation Board in Washington, DC.
"What this does, if accepted, is allow us to have some time (approximately six months) to work out details with the railroad company for taking over responsibility for the corridor land," said Ohm.
"This decision will take several weeks or more. Until we hear an answer from the STB, nothing further will be done by BABA," Ohm continued. "After the decision, and if accepted, we will set up a discussion with landowners. Their questions, and concerns are valid and important to the whole process. I'm sure the landowners have many questions and concerns that will need to be addressed. And we intend to do that. My goal is a complete win/win situation between trail enthusiasts and opponents."
Coury said there are two organizations in Michigan that focus on developing trails. Along with SMART there is the Michigan Trails and Greenways Alliance based in Lansing.
Research from trail alliance websites show that if Indiana Northeastern Railroad were to sell its railroad property, the acquisition cost would be estimated at $500,000 to $1.2 million, according to Coury.
One mile of railroad property is typically 12 acres. Times that figure by 19-20 miles and it would equal nearly 240 acres. "Also, annual maintenance costs for a trail varies. When new, it's usually around $1,000 per mile," Coury said. "After 7 to 10 years, maintenance costs rise to $3,000 to $6,000."
According to the National Trail Association, annual maintenance would be estimated at $6,000 per mile or a total of $120,000 per year.
The abandoned railroad bed has 23 public road crossings to consider, 22 private crossings and one overpass.
The MDNR Trust Fund provides competitive grants for acquisition and development. Acquisition monies provided by the Trust Fund have gone over the million dollar range, depending on the fair market appraisal of the property being purchased. But public support would be crucial to cover other costs.
An organization taking on the challenge would also have to consider property owner impact, law enforcement operational oversight and legal liability.


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Near-surface temperature over land
Information about CRUTEM4: the land component of the global surface temperature dataset HadCRUT4.
CRUTEM4 is a dataset of maps of anomalies - the temperature relative to the average during a reference period - in near-surface land temperature for each month since January 1850. It is updated monthly with new data. This page covers the following topics:
How is CRUTEM4 produced?
The Met Office Hadley Centre and the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) of the University of East Anglia work together to produce CRUTEM4. This section provides some details about how this is done.
CRUTEM4 is based on an archive of monthly mean temperatures provided by more than 5000 weather stations distributed around the world. At present there are around 1300 monitoring stations that regularly contribute to CRUTEM4. The observation stations are operated by national meteorological services.
Each monthly average station temperature is converted to an anomaly by calculating the difference from the 1961 to 1990 average temperature of that month for that station. These anomaly data are then averaged onto a grid that divides the earth's surface into 'squares' that are all 5° in size in latitude and longitude. The value for each grid square is the average of all the station anomalies within it. The resulting map of gridded station anomalies is a global map of temperature differences from the 1961-1990 average for that month over land.
Each month, temperature measurements received from the monitoring stations are checked both by computer and manually to find and remove errors. Over longer time scales, errors in temperature records resulting from changes in measurement practice are identified and removed in a process that is known as homogenisation. While every effort is made to detect and remove errors in the data, scientists accept that with such a large quantity of information not every problem can be found. There is also some uncertainty involved with calculating an average that represents an area using temperature measurements made at discrete locations.
In order to understand the effect of these uncertainties, estimates are made of:
- uncertainties related to the accuracy of day-to-day temperature measurements;
- uncertainties with effects that can persist over a number of years such as uncertainties associated with changes in measurement practice;
- large-scale systematic effects such as due to the growth of urban areas;
- sampling uncertainties caused by the limited number of measurements available to calculate the averages over the 5º grid cells.
These are combined to tell us the overall uncertainty in the temperature anomaly value for each CRUTEM4 grid cell. They are also used to calculate the uncertainty in larger scale averages such as the average land temperature across the globe.
What does CRUTEM4 tell us?
The image at the top right shows a map of anomalies in temperature near the land surface in the most recent month of the CRUTEM4 dataset. The anomalies shown are the difference between the actual temperature and the average in the same month during a reference period of 1961 to 1990, so the map is showing where the land is currently cooler or warmer than it was during this reference period. See our Climate bulletins for information about what has happened in the climate of this month.
The data for each month of CRUTEM4 can be averaged together to give an estimate of the global average near-surface temperature anomaly for each year of the dataset. The results are shown in the time series plot on the right. The plot shows our best estimates of the annual average temperature anomaly for each year (black line) and the 95% confidence range for each (grey area). This confidence range represents how much certainty we have in the values. In 19 out 20 cases we expect the true value of the annual average temperature anomaly to be within this range.
Our page about Global surface temperature has discussion about features that can be seen in time series of near-surface temperature and also shows how changes in the temperature of the sea surface compares to the land.
Further information
The dataset is available for download from the Met Office Hadley Centre observations web pages.
A complete description of the dataset can be found in the following papers (a version of which is available at the link above):
Jones, P. D., D. H. Lister, T. J. Osborn, C. Harpham, M. Salmon, and C. P. Morice (2012), Hemispheric and large-scale land surface air temperature variations: An extensive revision and an update to 2010, J. Geophys. Res., 117, D05127, doi:10.1029/2011JD017139
P. Brohan, J.J. Kennedy, I. Harris, S.F.B. Tett and P.D. Jones, Uncertainty estimates in regional and global observed temperature changes: a new dataset from 1850. J. Geophys. Res, 111, D12106, doi:10.1029/2005JD006548.
Further information about CRUTEM4 can also be found at the CRU website.
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Addictions: Gambling
Lia Nower and Kyle Caler
Gambling disorder is a significant public health concern. The recent and continued proliferation of land-based and interactive gambling opportunities has increased both accessibility and acceptability of gambling in the United States and abroad, resulting in greater and more varied participation. However, there is currently no designated federal funding for prevention, intervention, treatment, or research, and states are left to adopt varying standards on an ad hoc basis. Social workers receive little or no training in screening or treating problem gamblers, though research suggests that a significant proportion of those with mental health and other addictive disorders also gamble excessively. Raising awareness about the nature and scope of gambling disorder and its devastating implications for families and children is a first-step toward integrating gambling into prevention, assessment and treatment education in social work. This, in turn, will increase the chances of early identification and intervention across settings and insure that social workers can lend a knowledgeable and credible voice to addressing this hidden addiction.
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Mansoo Yu and Rachel Fischer
Tobacco use is a major public-health concern in the United States. Intervention and prevention strategies for tobacco use are an urgent public-health priority because tobacco use is the single most preventable cause of death. To help social workers better understand tobacco use problems, this entry presents an overview, including definitions of terms, the scope and impact of tobacco use problems in terms of different segments of the population (that is, age, gender, race or ethnicity, geographic location, and education level or socioeconomic status), etiology of tobacco use (for example, biological or genetic; psychiatric; psychosocial; or environmental or sociocultural factors), policy history, tobacco prevention, clinical issues (such as cessation desire, treatment and success, or screening tools for tobacco use disorder and tobacco withdrawal), and practice interventions for tobacco use problems. Based on the information, the roles of social workers will be addressed.
Alcohol and Drug Problems: Overview
Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner and Richard Isralowitz
Social workers commonly encounter individuals and families that have problems resulting from alcohol and other drug (AOD) misuse, abuse, and dependence. This entry provides an overview of AOD problems in the general population and within such subpopulations as young people, the elderly, women, ethnic and racial minorities, and the gay and lesbian community. Clinical and policy responses to these problems in the United States, the roles of social workers in this field, and directions for the future are addressed.
Alcohol and Drug Problems: Law Enforcement and Legal Policy
Anna Celeste Burke
Historically, U.S. policy has been characterized by long-standing ambivalence evident in the changing emphasis placed on prohibition as the aim of drug policy, and in debate about the relative merits of various approaches to drug control. Often characterized as supply reduction versus demand reduction efforts, significant changes have occurred over time in these efforts, and in the emphasis placed on them. In the last quarter of the twentieth century, U.S. drug policy adopted a more prohibitionist stance, with increased reliance on a variety of law enforcement, and even military actions, to control the supply and use of drugs, even in the face of evidence for the effectiveness of prevention and treatment, and high costs associated with the burgeoning incarceration rates.
Alcohol and Drug Problems: Practice Interventions
Maryann Amodeo and Luz Marilis López
This entry focuses on practice interventions for working with families and individuals including behavioral marital therapy, transitional family therapy, and the developmental model of recovery, as well as motivational interviewing, cognitive-behavioral therapy, relapse prevention training, and harm reduction therapy. A commonality in these intervention frameworks is their view of the therapeutic work in stages—from active drinking and drug use, to deciding on change, to movement toward change and recovery. We also identify skills that equip social work practitioners to make a special contribution to alcohol and other drug (AOD) interventions and highlight factors to consider in choosing interventions.
There are a range of practice interventions for clients with AOD problems based on well-controlled research.
Alcohol and Drug Problems: Prevention
Flavio F. Marsiglia, David Becerra, and Jaime M. Booth
Prevention is a proactive science-based process that aims to strengthen existing protective factors and to diminish or eliminate other factors that put individuals, families, and communities at risk for substance abuse. Prevention is important because alcohol and drug abuse are a leading cause of morbidity, mortality, and health expenditures in the United States. Alcohol and other drug abuse is also associated with infectious diseases, chronic diseases, emergency room visits, newborn health problems, family violence, and auto fatalities. The comorbidity of drug and alcohol abuse with mental health disorders and HIV adds urgency to the development, evaluation, and implementation of comprehensive and effective prevention interventions. The social work profession plays a key role in substance abuse prevention, as it not only targets the use and abuse of alcohol and other drugs but also aims at reducing the related negative health and psychosocial outcomes and economic burden they produce on individuals and society at large.
Behavioral Theory
Beth Angell
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Joseph Walsh
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Carolyn I. Polowy, Sherri Morgan, W. Dwight Bailey, and Carol Gorenberg
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Suffolk senior Jake Cintolo has been playing baseball since before kindergarten. What keeps him coming back to the batter's box? The challenge.
"It's a game that when you fail seven out of 10 times, you're considered successful," he says of the game's appeal. "It's one game that you can never be perfect at. You can always be a little bit better."
The infielder took on a big challenge this summer when he played on the Winchester (Va.) Royals of the Valley Baseball League, an NCAA-affiliated league where college athletes play during the summer.
After a successful stint in the New York Collegiate Baseball League last summer and another stellar year for the Rams, the Royals seized on the chance to sign Cintolo for Valley League play way back in October.
Most of his teammates and opponents came from big Division 1 baseball schools like the University of Miami, William & Mary, University of South Carolina, and George Mason. But Cintolo more than held his own, finishing the season with a .288 batting average (third on the team) and an all-star team selection.
"I wanted to make a name for myself, Suffolk, and D3 baseball players," says Cintolo. "[Opponents] were always surprised I'm from some little D3 school in Boston. I definitely felt that other coaches, in the way they pitched me at the plate, showed they had respect for me as a baseball player."
Cintolo, a native of Wrentham, Mass., also got a heaping dose of Southern hospitality during his summer in Virginia. He stayed with a host family that has welcomed Royals players for more than a decade. And it was not uncommon for him to hear someone he didn't know ask, "Hey, Jake, how's it going?"—just because people knew he was on the team.
"That's one thing with being on the Winchester Royals—everyone knew who you were," says Cintolo. "It made you feel real welcome that they were behind you 100 percent. They took baseball very seriously."
Back on campus this year, Cintolo's top goal is to help lead the Rams to the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) championship. In the process, he's hoping to make a couple more entries in the record books, including Suffolk's all-time and single-season hits records and the GNAC all-time hits record. No big deal, right?
What's next for this marketing major after graduation? Perhaps unsurprisingly, Cintolo has diamonds in his eyes.
"I'm hoping to play at the next level," he says. "I'm going to do everything I can to make it, but if that's not one of my opportunities, I'd love to coach at the college level. I think I'd really enjoy it."


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Drive Angry Technical Review (UK - BD RB)
Two Nic Cage films in quick succession? Just what have I done to deserve this?
Milton (Nicolas Cage) is a hardened criminal who is seeking revenge against the Satanic cult that killed his daughter and plans to sacrifice his infant granddaughter, but there's just one problem: Milton is currently in Hell. Not the figurative kind you understand, he's literally in Hell. However, even the Abyss can't keep a bad-arse like Milton down and he escapes to track down the kidnappers, aided by a seriously fine firecracker of a waitress called Piper (Amber Heard) and her cherry red muscle car. It's not going to be easy though, as not only do they have to contend with evil cultists but also the enigmatic Accountant (William Fichtner), who has been tasked by the Devil to return Milton to the Pit.
The disc includes both 2D and 3D versions of the film, but I'm not equipped for 3D. I've made my feelings on the current 3D craze known elsewhere on the site, but in case you haven't read any of my other reviews it can be summarised thusly: by and large 3D is a gimmick that's being used to paper over the cracks in thinly written scripts. At least Drive Angry was filmed in native 3D rather than being post-converted, so if you do have the technology you will at least be getting the best available version of the process.
Anyway, as for the regular 1.78:1 (1080/24p AVC) widescreen transfer, well it's pretty spiffy. The film was shot digitally so there are no film artefacts to contend with, but neither are there compression issues, edge enhancement or noise reduction problems. It's a remarkably clean and modern looking image with a stylised colour palette and boosted contrast. Detail is generally exemplary throughout, the only exceptions being the gimmicky '3D' scenes, which can look a little off. Even so everything else looks so good it more than makes up for these brief sequences. Blacks are reassuringly deep and plenty of detail is retained in the shadows, ensuring that the viewer doesn't miss a thing during the film's climactic moments. Apart from the previously mentioned, glaringly obvious moments that were intended for 3D (mostly stuff flying directly at the camera) there's really not a lot to complain about here. As should be evident from the screen captures that accompany this review, it's a top transfer.
The solitary audio track is a brash DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 affair that is quite impressive, save for one or two things. There's some effective panning right from the opening moments, what with gunshots and flying hands (you'll see), with all five channels given plenty to do throughout. Aside from the obvious effects that accompany the numerous action set-pieces there are a lot of subtle ambient touches, from small things like the whistling wind and the sound of chirping insects on a highway at night-time, to the sound of rowdy patrons in a bar. The dialogue is also spread around the soundstage to neat effect at times, such as a flashback sequence in which the cultists' chants of 'Jonah' can be heard in the rears, while bass is very powerful, lending some serious punch to the livelier moments. However, I did have a problem with dialogue in a number of scenes, especially the opening ones. It's just too low in the mix, allowing the other elements to dominate it. Other than that it's a pretty effective track that should please action junkies.
The disc includes a modest collection of bonus material, including a commentary track by director Patrick Lussier and writer Todd Farmer, an 'Access Drive Angry' picture-in-picture track, the featurettes 'Milton's Mayhem' and 'How to Drive Angry', plus a selection of deleted scenes with optional commentary. The commentary is pretty informative and the PiP track is a neat little addition, even if the video segments are few and far between, but 'Milton's Mayhem' is just bizarre. It's basically a fast-forwarded version of the film that shows all of his kills and assigns points to them, which hardly makes for riveting viewing. The second featurette is better but the deleted scenes only about to ninety seconds worth of footage and aren't particularly memorable.
I really should have learned my lesson by now. My new mantra is 'if it stars Nicolas Cage, give it a wide berth'. Drive Angry is another misfire for the inexplicably popular star and it doesn't really do any of the supporting cast many favours either, save for perhaps William Fichtner who is probably the best thing about the movie. It's undoubtedly an homage to the grindhouse genre but there have been far better attempts in recent memory, with even the direct-to-video Machete proving more entertaining than this uninspired flick. Word has it that the script took eight weeks to write and went through no subsequent revisions, and it shows. It's loud, vacuous and insipid. I suppose there are people out there who are into just this sort of thing and more power to them. There are probably also a few people who will buy the flick simply because they're into 3D. Unfortunately I don't fall into either of those camps and I see no way in which a gimmick like depth perception could improve this film.
Oh, and another thing, this is the only Blu-ray I've ever seen that has a pause half way through the movie. It appears to be caused by the switch from one .mt2s file to another and it's more than a little annoying.
* Note: The images below are taken from the Blu-ray release and resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking individual images, but due to .jpg compression they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 4th July 2011
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English
Subtitles: English
Extras: Audio Commentary, Picture-in-Picture Track, Featurettes, Deleted Scenes
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Patrick Lussier
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Amber Heard, William Fichtner, Billy Burke, David Morse,
Genre: Action
Length: 104 minutes
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At The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, for more than 85 years, we have tried to "know the world." Our job is to prepare our graduates to be practitioners in every dimension of international relations: economics, finance, diplomatic history, politics, culture, security and many other disciplines. The challenges we face in this turbulent 21st century quite literally transcend borders – we must be ready to connect in every sense of the word.
We seek to build partnerships between nations, government agencies, and the public/private sector in order to be ready to shape international issues and events. Our extensive network of graduates today serves in every venue in the global milieu – heads of state and government, political leaders in power and opposition, judges, diplomats, senior military officers, corporate leaders at every level, international bankers, and development officials. The Fletcher School not only "knows the world," but is part of shaping it through the global work of our graduates.
Our curriculum represents deep connections and partnerships in the academic and international world. Our students can build their expertise with dual degrees at leading institutions of law, business, medicine, urban policy, nutrition, engineering and other disciplines around the world. With multiple degree programs from which to choose, our students can literally shape not only their academic preparation but also the fields into which they will ultimately matriculate.
We offer a superb faculty balanced between academic excellence and real world experience, as well as Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy, Master of International Business, Master of Laws in International Law and the powerful distance Global Master of Arts Program. Our one year Master of Arts program designed for mid-career or senior level professionals attracts extraordinary practitioners; and our highly regarded PhD programs represent a top international relations degree known around the world.
If you hunger to "know the world," come join us and help shape the international scene for the better in the years and decades to come. We are waiting for you … at The Fletcher School.


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