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After years of research and development, 5G commercial launches have started, bringing new opportunities to businesses and consumers.
In the November 2018 edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report we continue to deepen our analysis into what lies ahead for communications service providers as 5G hits the market. In 2024, we project that 5G will reach more than 40 percent population coverage and 1.5 billion subscriptions, making it the fastest generation ever to be rolled out on a global scale. In parallel, cellular IoT is making great strides – connections are set to pass the 4 billion mark by 2024, driven by strong uptake in North East Asia.


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This is a foam-covered road in coastal Queensland, Australia. What you'll notice first is a bus braving the foam to get its passenger in the rig… OMG WHERE DID THAT CAR FROM?
Everything in Australia is larger and scarier than anywhere else, including foam. We're just glad the two public servants standing near the edge of the foam weren't immediately killed.
We're also glad someone posted a great GIF of it.
(Hat tip to TheCroatianGuy!)

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According to this Reuters report, China Energy Conservation Investment Corp. plans to spend $2.5 billion (U.S.) over the next five years on biomass, energy-from-waste and other renewable energy ventures. The company, which is state owned, said it plans to take advantage of a new law that rewards those who move toward renewable energy and away from fossil fuels.
This could benefit Canadian and U.S. cleantech companies looking to export technology and expertise to China, but it's unclear whether China Energy will be open to outsiders. As a state-owned investor, it may favour local companies as a way to boost its own cleantech economy.
Hmmm, a tax policy that rewards renewable energy investments and punishes investments in older carbon-based systems and technologies. What a novel idea… eh, Canada?


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If I bypass any zone, window door, whatever it may be, I get a call from central station telling me they received a sensor trouble message naming the bypassed zone.
I am sure its a programming issue, but not sure what I did wrong.
I have a GC3, alarm.com and service through Buy2Gig.
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Goldman Readies Fund Business for 'Volcker'
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is going to have a tougher time milking one of its most-lucrative cash cows.
For 20 years, Goldman wooed clients to invest in its private-equity funds with the security blanket that the bank and its partners went along for the same ride. But that is about to change.
The looming "Volcker rule" is expected...


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Charlie Hunnam arrives at the premiere of his new movie, Warner Bros. Pictures' and Legendary Pictures' "Pacific Rim" at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.(Gregg DeGuire / WireImage)
In summer, the social scene can slow down, but red carpets were sizzling last week. Here are some of the eyecatching looks.
Charlie Hunnam looked sharp in a three-piece suit by John Varvatos at the Hollywood premiere of "Pacific Rim" on Tuesday.
"Pacific Rim" leading lady Rinko Kikuchi chose an embellished dress with slits up both sides of the skirt for the film's premiere. The dress is from Fausto Puglisi's fall 2013 collection.
Charles Luu, left, Mark Luu and Lance Luu of "Pacific Rim" sported summer-right light suits at the premiere.
Diane Kruger mixed two trends in the color-blocked dress with diaphanous skirt she wore to the Los Angeles premiere of FX's new series "The Bridge" on Monday.
Tennis player Novak Djokovic wore a skinny black tux at the London gala for his foundation on Monday night, while girlfriend Jelena Ristic showed her stripes in a ballgown by Oscar de la Renta.
Kate Hudson's embellished chiffon dress by Elie Saab featured a high-low hemline at the Novak Djokovic Foundation Gala in London on Monday.
Naomi Campbell turned heads in a form-fitting black gown featuring a spiky tiered skirt by Azzadine Alaia at the Novak Djokovic Foundation Gala.


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Blizzard no barrier to honors for Fairfielders' 80-year marriage
There's no denying true love. Even in the middle of the blizzard that dumped about 3 feet of snow on Connecticut last weekend, the enduring love of a Fairfield couple received national recognition.
The local couple, John and Ann Betar, received that recognition Saturday for 80 years of wedded bliss by Worldwide Marriage Encounter, which has offered weekend experiences for married couples and is considered the original faith-based marriage enrichment program.
The Betars were recognized by Diane and Dick Baumbach of Cape Canaveral, Fla., coordinators for the WWME's Longest Marriage Project, in an intimate ceremony Saturday. The event was held in the Fairfield home of Heather Mitchell, one of the Betars' grandchildren.
At the event, the Betars received three proclamations: One from WWME, one from Gov. Dannel Malloy and one from the U.S. House of Representatives. Another is forthcoming from President Obama, according to the Baumbachs, who have three other gifts for the Betars on behalf of WWME.
They will receive a personalized bible, a lighthouse and a figurine entitled "Endless Love." "The gifts represent faith, hope and love," Diane Baumbach said, then quoting from a Bible passage "and the greatest of these is love." The arrival of the gifts was delayed because of the snow storm.
Diane Baumbach said Worldwide Marriage Encounter offers married couples the opportunity to spend time together away from the busyness of the world to focus on each other, and offering tools for building and maintaining a strong, Christian marriage in today's world. But WWME is for people of all faiths or no faith, she said.
The Betars, so far, do not hold the record for the longest marriage in the United States. Rather, they were recognized as having the longest marriage from a pool of those nominated from around the country. Each year, since 2011, WWME honors one couple from each state and one overall couple. The Betars are the third to receive the overall honor.
"It's quite an honor. I don't know if we deserve all this but we'll accept it," said John Betar, 101.
"It's rewarding; it's nice," said his bride Ann Shawah Betar, 97. "I think it's a great organization because they are promoting people staying together; it's the principle of living good and trying to be good."
The Betars eloped in 1932 and celebrated their 80th wedding anniversary last Nov. 25.
The Betars had anticipated a gathering of about 50 people including family, friends and media. The storm held attendance to seven. "It was a very intimate group," Mitchell said, adding that the size of the gathering allowed for a sense of familiarity amid the formality of the ceremony, which seemed fitting for her grandparents.
"They see themselves as ordinary people," Mitchell said.
To others they are extraordinary. "I just love those two. I just think the world of them. They've made such a difference in my life," said family friend Dottie Bengoian of Fairfield, who joked that she defied Gov. Malloy's driving ban to attend the event. "I was going to get to that ceremony by hook or by crook," Bengoian said.
The Baumbachs braved the snow storm to conduct the ceremony, traveling from their home in Florida two days before the extreme weather paralyzed much of Connecticut. Their flight home was delayed by several hours so they were able to leave Sunday, but the trip to the airport was difficult; the bumpy ride serving as a reminder of the inevitable travails that couples face in a marriage.
Diane Baumbach said the Betars are a prime example of unconditional love. "You have your ups and downs but you're still together and you get through it and that's the way it should be. Hopefully, those who hear their story will go the extra mile and give their spouse a chance," Diane Baumbach said, instead of giving up on a marriage when times get tough. "There's so much stress placed on young families," she said.
"John and Ann are perfect examples. It gives us hope for us. We're married 46 years," said Dick Baumbach, who came up with the idea of the Longest Marriage Project.
The Betars have had their share of ups and downs, including the deaths of two children and a grandchild. "Adversity is when you lose your children, but life goes on, The Betars also faced a two-month evacuation after Superstorm Sandy slammed the Connecticut coast last October, and they were displaced for a few days by this most recent storm. But those are only minor inconveniences for a couple that has lived through the Great Depression, World War II and Sept. 11.
"We're back home and Mother's cooking," John Betar said of his wife, who at 97 years old still prepares his meals every day.
The Betars offered some advice to other couples. "Be considerate of one another and live within your means and be contented is about it, and life will take care of itself. We are fortunate to have all that we have and may everyone be as fortunate as we are," John Betar said.
Ann Betar said they wanted "love, peace and living normally." Life has been anything but normal since their 80th anniversary. Marriage longevity has brought national media attention to them. David Letterman made Ann and John Betar the topic of one of his Top-10 lists. Jimmy Kimmel, another late night comedian, mentioned the Betars on a recent show hiring two actors to portray them in a less-than-flattering way, but all in good fun. And TV host Kelly Ripa congratulated them on the "Live with Kelly and Michael Show."
Ann and John Betar said they will not do anything out of the ordinary for Valentine's Day this week. "Valentine's Day is a beautiful day to look at each other and say `I love you' again. But every day is Valentine's Day," Ann Betar said.
Bengoian can attest to that. She said the Betars are always "lovey dovey" with each other. "I love when couples are close and affectionate," she said.


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Angioedema may appear as a reaction to a substance (allergen).
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Monday, December 12, 2011
Tropical pineapple coconut muffin
The picture was a bit of an after thought, these were the last of the muffins. I think they lasted a whole 20 minutes and then they were gone.Super light and fluffy... a little taste of sunshine out of the oven!
Tropical Muffins
makes 12 muffins
1 3/4 cup flour
1/4 cup coconut flour
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp sea salt
1 banana- mashed
1 cup soy milk
2 cup fresh pineapple- chopped into small pieces
1 tsp apple cider vinegar
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 cup maple syrup
1/4 cup canola oil
1/4 cup walnut pieces
2 tbsp brown sugar
Preheat oven to 350 and grease muffin tin with butter or oil.
Mix dry ingredients in a bowl.
Mix wet ingredients in a bowl.
Combine wet into dry and mix well.
Scoop into muffin tin, sprinkle the walnuts and brown sugar on top.
Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until done
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I love all things tropical, so am glad I came across this post. The use of the coconut flour is unique and nothing beats a banana/pineapple combo. You also made a great choice in doing the nuts on top instead of a thick frosting. Yum! Have a great day.ReplyDelete
I made your muffins today for breakfast and we loved them! Both my son and my husband really enjoyed it and my son (who is 9) even commented on the fluffy texture :-) He likes pineapples and bananas and at his first bite he already declared these to be great!ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing your recipe!!
Thanks Tina!ReplyDelete
Ana...That's great that you made the muffins! I sometimes wonder if people actually make anything I post :P
What is not to love about pineapple and banana!
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Chestnut Mousse (Mousse aux Marrons)
Chestnut mousse, or mousse aux marrons in French, is to die for. In France, I would rarely make it as it is easier to buy the Marronsuis Nestle brand. It's as good as the homemade version. Unfortunately, it is not available in California. I found that my local store carries French chestnut puree, so I bought some and came home and made the delicious goodness right away.
Yields: 6 servings7 ounces chestnut spread, 2 small tins (2 x 100 g)
2 eggs
1 tablespoon sugar, to taste
1 cup heavy cream, cold
3/4 teaspoon agar agar powder, optional
1 teaspoon imitation brandy extract
1 pinch salt
1/2 cup vanilla chips
8 ounces mascarpone cheese
In a mixing bowl, whisk the mascarpone cheese to soften the product. Add the chestnut puree, vanilla and brandy extracts. Set aside.
In a mini bowl, dissolve the agar in 2 tablespoons of heavy cream. Set aside.
Beat the egg yolks with the sugar in a small stainless steel mixing bowl until all the sugar is dissolved.
Place the vanilla chips in small stainless steel bowl. Prepare a double boiler: Fill a saucepan with water, make sure the water barely covers the height of the stainless steel mixing bowl. I always like to add a little kitchen towel at the bottom of the saucepan. The saucepan won't jiggle and there won't be any splatter of water in your mixture. Bring the water to a boil then lower the heat to a gentle simmer. Place the stainless steel bowl in the saucepan and gently melt the vanilla chips at a low temperature. Add the egg yolk mixture and start whisking the egg mixture vigurously for about 3-5 minutes using an handheld mixer. Add the agar cream mixture and stir constantly. Remove from the heat.
Add the egg mixture to the chestnut mascarpone cheese.
Clean your handheld mixer in hot soapy water. In a stainless steel mixing bowl, place the egg whites. Add salt. Beat the egg whites for about 2 minutes to a medium speed. Increase to the maximum speed and keep beating for another 2-3 minutes until the whites are stiff. Do not overbeat or the texture will become grainy.
Pour 1/3 of the egg white mixture into the mascarpone egg mixture then gently stir everything to soften the batter. Pour the rest of the egg whites and using a wodern spoon, gently fold the egg whites into the mascarpone mixture to get an airy batter.
Clean your handheld mixer one more time in hot soapy water. Just make sure your handheld beater is clean prior to whipping the cream for an optimum result. The whipping cream should be whipped cold. Whisk the remainining heavy cream until soft peaks. Using a silicone spatula, gently fold the whipped cream into the mascarpone egg mixture to get an airy batter.
Plastic-wrap the container and place in the refrigerator at least 2 hours or overnight.
Garnish each mousse with a marron glacé.
Bon appétit!
Here's the version topped with a marron glacé. The pink in the back is cotton candy. Yum!
My local market carries chestnut purée but you can also find it online.
I prefer Guittard vanilla chips but if you can't find any, you can substitute with white chocolate chips.
This recipe yields 6 glasses or 12 chestnut torte (chestnut mousse topped sablé cookies). Bake each sable cookies in a 2.5-inch diameter and 1.5-inch high circle cutter (do not butter the circle cutters). Let the sable cookie cool down completely in the circle cutter. Then pipe the chestnut mousse onto the sable cookies to the top of the circle cutter. Plastic-wrap the circle cutters and place in the refrigerator at least 2 hours or overnight. Before serving, gently unmold the sable using a hairdryer (on low) or very carefully with a pairing knife. The combination of the two texture is divine!
The use of agar is optional. I used it so that the mousse would hold together when it's spread onto the sablé cookies.
Agar agar powder is a good gelatin substitute for vegans and vegetarians. It is derived from seawood and is cooked the same way you would use gelatin powder. It is widely used in Asia. I used it for my Vietnamese jello cake.
Marrons glacés are a French specialty and very popular during Christmas season. They are glazed candied chestnuts.
I piped the chestnut mousse into shot glasses and topped them with Italian ladyfingers.
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OPSWAT Reports on Antivirus Market Share
Quick, name the three antivirus vendors with the biggest market share worldwide. Did your list include Symantec? McAfee? Microsoft? If so, the actual results may surprise you. According to the latest report from OPSWAT the top three are Avast, Avira, and AVG. The Czech Republic plays home to Avast and AVG, while Avira originated in Germany. All three offer fully functional antivirus tools for free, which may in part explain their popularity.
OPSWAT's researchers didn't go out and survey people about what antivirus software they use. Rather, they took advantage of data gathered by the company's free AppRemover tool. AppRemover is designed to remove all traces of an existing antivirus installation and thereby avoid any conflict with installation of a new antivirus program. If the user opts in to sharing data, it sends a list of which antivirus products are installed back to OPSWAT. Over 350,000 such lists went into OPSWAT's report; apparently quite a few people opted in.
Worldwide and U.S. Winners
As mentioned, Avast, Avira and AVG topped the worldwide market share list. The rest of the top ten, in descending order, were: Microsoft, ESET, Symantec, Kaspersky, McAfee, Panda, and Trend Micro. Together the top ten own almost 88 percent of the market. Any individual vendor not in the top ten has a market share lower than Trend Micro's 2.22 percent.
In North America, Symantec rules the roost with 16.09 percent market share, followed by Microsoft, AVG, and Avast. Between them the top four own more than half the market. The remaining top ten, which range from just over 7 percent down to just over 3 percent, are: ESET, McAFee, Avira, Kaspersky, Panda, and Trend Micro.
Winning Applications
The previous stats reflect market share for a vendor, including all of that vendor's products. Looking at specific applications, the results are slightly different. In North America, OPSWAT found Microsoft Security Essentials on 14.58 percent of test systems. avast! Free Antivirus and AVG Anti-Virus Free hovered around 9 percent, and Norton AntiVirus, the first non-free product in the list, appeared on a bit over 7 percent of responding systems.
Worldwide the most prevalent applications were avast! Free Antivirus, Microsoft Security Essentials, Avira Free Antivirus, and AVG Anti-Virus Free. ESET NOD32 Antivirus and Norton Antivirus took the fifth and sixth slots respectively.
It's worth noting that the percentage of those using something other than one of the top ten is much higher in this list than in the list of market share by vendor. Over 35 percent worldwide and over 37 percent in North America use a product not in the top ten.
What's Your Windows?
AppRemover also reports which operating system is in use, and the report shows that Windows XP is still going strong. They found XP on almost 47 percent of North American computers and almost 49 percent worldwide. Windows 7's percentage was roughly 46 percent in both groups, while Windows Vista limped in with 6 percent in North America and a bit over 4 percent worldwide.
We Like Free
It's true that the audience selection for this survey isn't random, since it consists solely of AppRemover customers. The percentages actually reflect market share among users competent enough and aware enough to locate and install that utility. OPSWAT also notes that "not every security application is included in this report." Even so, it's very clear that free antivirus is popular, and I'd be very surprised if a survey using a totally random sample set suggested otherwise. Click here to view the full report on OPSWAT's website.
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Edit: Originally I asked this about a using a cube, but it is not a requirement to start with a cube, just how to end up with an icosahedron as on of the answers showed how to make dodecahedron a having started ith any shape.
I have a cube, and I need to cut/file it into a icosahedron; what are the cut lines?
Same question for other Platonic solids: is it easy to start with a cube and get other shapes, Or is it better to choose a different solid as a starting point? I am asking this question from a physical/practical point; otherwise one can very well start with sphere (it is hard to file/cut a piece of wood/metal into a sphere).


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First, to determine whether serum vitamin D levels were correlated with excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) in patients with or without vitamin D deficiency (VitDd). Second, to assess whether race affected the relation between vitamin D levels and EDS.
Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) was measured by immunoassay in a consecutive series of 81 sleep clinic patients who complained of sleep problems and nonspecific pain (25OHD < 20 ng/mL ' VitDd). Sleepiness was determined using the Epworth Sleepiness Scale score ([ESSs] ESSs ≥ 10 ' EDS). Correlations were assessed using Pearson r.
In patients without VitDd (25OHD ≥ 20 ng/mL), ESSs was inversely correlated with vitamin D concentration (r = 0.45, p < 0.05). The group consisted of 6% black patients, compared with 35% for the entire cohort. Among the patients who had VitDd (25OHD < 20 ng/mL), ESSs was directly correlated with 25OHD in black (r = 0.48, p < 0.05) but not white patients. In black patients, mean ESSs in patients with VitDd were higher and 25OHD levels were lower p < 0.05).
The results suggested the novel possibility that VitDd-related disease has a yet-to-be-identified mechanistic role in the presentation of sleepiness, sleep disorders, or both. Further research is needed to clarify the mechanism(s) involved in producing the complex relationships noted.
A commentary on this article appears in this issue on page 699.
McCarty DE; Reddy A; Keigley Q; Kim PY; Marino AA. Vitamin D, race, and excessive daytime sleepiness. J Clin Sleep Med 2012;8(6):693-697.
Understanding of the metabolic role of vitamin D has expanded greatly beyond its classically described effects on gut and bone, leading to reports of numerous non-classical diseases associated with insufficient supply of vitamin D.1 Recent reports showed that vitamin D had potent immunomodulatory activities2 and that low serum levels of vitamin D were linked to pulmonary disease,3 musculoskeletal pain,4 metabolic syndrome,5 hypertension,6 poor stress resilience,7 altered emotional functioning,8 and cognitive decline.9 Subjects classified as deficient in vitamin D generally exhibited more severe and/or chronic symptoms than subjects with smaller departures from the age- and gender-adjusted levels found in the clinically normal population.
More than half of the patients seen in our sleep medicine clinic who complained of sleep disruption and nonspecific somatic pain also exhibited vitamin D deficiency.10 The association was particularly strong among black patients. In a case involving idiopathic central nervous system hypersomnia, treatment of a deficiency in vitamin D resulted in a resolution of the clinical syndrome.11 These reports together with the rapidly developing perception of the ubiquitous role of vitamin D in metabolism suggest that suboptimal levels of vitamin D could cause or contribute to a pathologic level of centrally induced sleepiness, either directly or by means of chronic pain. Under the hypothesis that insufficient serum vitamin D was a causal or contributing factor in the development of excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), we would expect to find progressively lower levels of vitamin D among patients with progressively higher levels of EDS, at least in patients who exhibited only moderate hypovitaminosis D.
Current Knowledge/Study Rationale: Deficiency of Vitamin D is known to contribute to somatic pain symptoms and immune dysregulation (including inducing a relative elevation of circulating TNFα and NFκB, both of which can result in subjective sleepiness symptoms). It is therefore mechanistically plausible that deficiency of Vitamin D could contribute to poor quality sleep and/or symptoms of impaired wakefulness (such as excessive daytime sleepiness).
Study Impact: We found a significant, but complex, relationship between 25-hydroxyvitamin D and subjective sleepiness, as measured by the Epworth Sleepiness Scale, suggesting the possibility that Vitamin D deficiency may be a modifiable cofactor in the pathophysiology of excessive daytime sleepiness, sleep disorders, or both. Further research is needed to clarify these relationships.
Our first aim was to determine whether serum vitamin D levels were correlated with sleepiness in patients with or without VitDd. Our second aim was to assess the role of race in the relationship between vitamin D levels and sleepiness.
Consecutive new patients seen during routine consultation visits in an academic sleep medicine clinic between April 2008 and October 2010 were interviewed within the context of a full sleep medicine history and physical exam. During this encounter, patients completed a questionnaire in which they were queried about the presence of various symptoms potentially linked to sleep disruption, including moderate to severe musculoskeletal pain contributing to sleep disruption, daytime discomfort, or both. Affirmative responses were verified during the interview by a physician board certified in Sleep Medicine (DM). Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) surveys were completed by all patients as part of the same multi-item questionnaire. Those who answered affirmatively to the presence of pain and who agreed to undergo venous blood sampling for 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) were included in the study. ESS scores (ESSs) ≥ 10 were considered to indicate excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS). A total of 81 patients, all of whom were ultimately diagnosed with various sleep disorders (mostly obstructive sleep apnea) were included in the final analysis (Table 1). All research-related procedures were approved by the institutional review board for human research.
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Serum concentration of 25OHD was determined by immunoassay employing the manufacturer's specifications (DiaSorin Liason, Italy). A 25OHD < 20 ng/mL was regarded as indicating a vitamin D deficiency (VitDd).12
The correlation between the ESS score and serum 25OHD levels was evaluated using Pearson r. Mean serum levels were compared between races using the t-test. The significance level in both cases was p < 0.05.
In patients without VitDd (25OHD ≥ 20 ng/mL), sleepiness was inversely correlated with 25OHD levels (Figure 1). The portion of the cohort without VitDd consisted of only 6% black patients (2 of 34), compared with 35% in the entire cohort (Table 1). In this (predominantly white) portion of the cohort, vitamin D and ESSs were significantly correlated (r = 0.44, p < 0.05).
Epworth Sleepiness Scale score (ESSs) as a function of vitamin D concentration in patients without vitamin D deficiency (25OHD ≥ 20 ng/mL)
Among all patients with VitDd, the ESSs and 25OHD levels were uncorrelated. The VitDd portion of the cohort consisted of 26 black and 21 white patients. Mean ESSs among the black patients was significantly greater than among the white patients, and 25OHD levels tended to be lower (Figure 2). Taken as a group, there was no relation between 25OHD and ESSs (Figure 2A), nor did such a relation exist for the white patients alone. For black patients, in contrast, a direct correlation was seen, with higher 25OHD levels associated with higher ESSs (r = 0.48, p < 0.05) (Figure 2A, black patients). On average, the ESSs was higher among blacks (Figure 2B).
(A) Individual patients stratified by race. Black patients, r = 0.48 (p < 0.05). White patients (dashed line), r = −0.27 (NS). (B) Mean sleepiness ± SD. *p < 0.05.
Epworth Sleepiness Scale score (ESSs) as a function of vitamin D concentration in patients with vitamin D deficiency (25OHD
Increasing evidence from clinical and basic research suggests that a suboptimal level of vitamin D constitutes a condition that disposes patients to the development of various diseases apart from the classical descriptions of bony demineralization.1,13 The spectrum of disease associated with low vitamin D is likely to include diseases of immune dysregulation, one manifestation of which could be excessive daytime sleepiness mediated by components of inflammatory cascades (see below). We therefore expected that progressively lower levels of 25OHD would be correlated with increased sleepiness. Further, because increased skin pigmentation is an established risk factor for low vitamin D14—and logically would increase risk for diseases associated with low vitamin D—we also expected that the relation between 25OHD and sleepiness would depend materially on race.
Patients with a chief complaint of chronic nonspecific musculoskeletal pain have been shown to have low vitamin D levels in some,15–18 but not all19,20 studies. We chose to study the relationship between 25OHD and sleepiness in a group of patients we felt would have an elevated likelihood for low vitamin D. Our cohort consisted of patients seen in a sleep medicine specialty clinic for various reasons, but who all admitted to the presence of moderate to severe pain either disrupting sleep, impairing daytime function, or both. This criterion for inclusion has important clinical implications, in that patients were not required to seek care for the pain symptoms, nor were patients required to independently offer the complaint, but instead were only required to admit to its presence when asked. This not only creates a lower threshold for inclusion in the study, it also produces a cohort that is clinically heterogeneous, both in terms of the sleep-related diagnoses and with respect to the anatomic localization, duration, and severity of pain symptoms. In this admittedly diverse group, we asked whether sleepiness (as ascertained by ESS) was associated in a race-dependent manner with circulating 25OHD, and we found that it was. This is the first evidence of such a relationship which, if confirmed, has significant public health implications.
Sleepiness was inversely correlated with vitamin D concentration among those with 25OHD levels ≥ 20 ng/mL, a threshold traditionally felt to represent a lower risk for the classical diseases of bone demineralization (Figure 1).1 Black patients were scarcely present in this group, which prevented drawing conclusions regarding the relation between sleepiness and 25OHD among black patients. Among white patients, however, the observed inverse relationship between 25OHD and ESSs in a range assumed to carry low risk for classical deficiency disease (Figure 1) suggested that the spectrum of non-classical illness may include magnification of hypersomnia symptoms.
The cumulative burden of VitDd may influence how this deficiency state interacts with sleepiness symptoms. This concept was supported by the results from those with 25OHD < 20 ng/mL—the threshold considered to increase the risk for classical disease of vitamin D deficiency (Figure 2). This portion of our cohort was composed of 55% black patients, even though they represented only 35% of the cohort. Among all patients with 25OHD < 20 ng/mL, there was no significant relationship between 25OHD and ESSs. Among black patients, however, a significant direct relationship was found (r = 0.48, p < 0.05). The black patients also were significantly sleepier (Figure 2B).
The direct relationship between 25OHD and ESSs in black patients was unexpected, and ran counter to our original hypothesis of increasing sleepiness with lower 25OHD. One possible mechanistic explanation for this result involves a greater degree of sympathetic stimulation and/or activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal stress response axis, possibly due to increased pain in the context of a more severe burden of vitamin D deficiency-related disease. Another possibility involves an interaction between VitDd and other disorders, particularly obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). VitDd is correlated with chronic rhinitis,21 tonsillar hypertrophy,22,23 and nonspecific myopathy24–26—all of which are known to increase the risk for OSA—and therefore represents a plausible novel factor that could lead to more severe OSA, as ascertained by frequency of apneas or hypopneas or severity of intermittent hypoxia. We had no reason to speculate on such a relationship a priori, and consequently we did not collect data pertinent to OSA severity. The issue remains to be addressed.
The observation that ESSs and 25OHD levels < 20 ng/mL were correlated in black but not white patients suggests that a single blood draw may yield an incomplete picture of the true burden of disease. We previously showed that season of blood draw (summer vs. winter) was uncorrelated with VitDd in (~35% black, ~65% white) patients who admitted to nonspecific musculoskeletal pain during evaluation at a sleep medicine specialty clinic.27 In that cohort, however, white patients had higher mean summer 25OHD levels compared with winter levels (28.0 ± 13.5 and 23.1 ± 12.7 ng/mL, respectively). In contrast, there was no seasonal variation seen in black patients (12.7 ± 9.4 and 13.9 ± 6.0 ng/mL, respectively). These observations suggest the possibility that a year-round burden of chronic VitDd may be more severe in black patients, thereby providing a basis for understanding different presentations and/or consequences of chronic diseases.
VitDd may contribute to symptoms of sleepiness via known sleep regulating substances, for example, TNFα, whose importance has been shown in clinical and experimental studies.28,29 VitDd is also associated with upregulation of NFκB,30 which functions as a master switch for inflammation and a trigger of the cellular inflammatory cascade resulting from intermittent hypoxia associated with OSA.31 NFκB is also responsible for the regulation of numerous substances known to exert homeostatic sleep pressure, including prostaglandin D2.32,33 Thus VitDd may not only be a cofactor for the development of cardiovascular morbidity associated with OSA, but may also play a role in the pathogenesis of EDS associated with the disease.
The study limitations included the small cohort size and the relative clinical heterogeneity of the patients. The post hoc recognition of a potential relationship between vitamin D and OSA highlighted the need for data pertinent to this diagnosis. The lack of uniformity may have distorted the subjective experience of excessive sleepiness in an unpredictably variable manner from patient to patient, thereby obscuring the role of VitDd in the development of EDS symptoms. Further studies involving narrowed sleep disorder entry criteria (including quantification of severity of OSA) and quantification of pain location and severity levels would help clarify the connections between sleep disorders, EDS, vitamin D levels, and race.
This study was not designed to identify mechanisms. Low 25OHD may cause daytime impairment, but it is also possible that patients with severe sleepiness may exhibit behaviors that increase the likelihood of low 25OHD. For example, sun avoidance may lessen the biosynthesis of vitamin D, which is related to direct sunlight exposure. In this view, however, a linear inverse relationship would be expected for all patients, with higher ESS scores correlated with lower 25OHD values. Our discovery of a direct relationship among those with a greater burden of deficiency (i.e., blacks with 25OHD < 20 ng/mL) does not support the notion of sleepiness-related behavior provoking deficiency. Further studies would help clarify the biologic underpinnings relating 25OHD to sleepiness.
In conclusion, this is the first study to demonstrate a significant relationship between sleepiness and vitamin D. Though ESSs and 25OHD are related, the relationship is complex; the presence of VitDd changes the nature of this relationship compared to subjects without VitDd; among subjects with VitDd, the relationship between ESSs and 25OHD is markedly affected by race.
This was not an industry supported study. The authors have indicated no financial conflicts of interest.
This work was supported by the Department of Neurology, LSUHSC-Shreveport.
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"I am stumped about how to put together the furniture in my family room. It is 15-by-22 feet. On one short wall is a sliding glass door to the backyard. On the other short wall is the door to the garage. On one long wall is a fireplace flanked by built in bookcases on the top. On the other wall is an opening to the kitchen and a doorway to the hall.
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This study evaluated outcomes associated with treatment strategies for this nonagenarian population.MethodsTreatment and overall survival for patients 90 years and older with NSCLC in the National Cancer Data Base (2004-2014) were evaluated using logistic regression, the Kaplan-Meier method, and multivariable Cox proportional hazard models.ResultsThe majority (n = 4152, 57.6%) of the 7205 patients 90 years or older with stage I-IV NSCLC did not receive any therapy. For the entire cohort, receiving treatment was associated with significantly better survival when compared with no therapy (5-year survival, 9.3% [95% confidenc...
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Source Type: research
ConclusionsThe delay in surgical resection of StageIIIa NSCLC is not associated increased early mortality, however it is associated with worse 3-year post-resection survival.
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Source Type: research
Presentation and surgical management of a WHO grade II meningioma of the cerebellopontine angle: A case report and review of the literature
Publication date: March 2020Source: Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, Volume 19Author(s): Joel Kaye, Ahmed Meleis, Shabbar Danish, Zhenggang XiongAbstractMeningiomas are relatively slow-growing, typically benign tumors that arise from the arachnoid cells which form the meninges. They are the most common primary brain tumor and account for nearly one-third of all primary brain and spine tumors. Meningiomas can arise from any dural site, however they are infrequently found at the cerebellopontine angle (CPA). While WHO grade I meningiomas are benign and the slowest growing, WHO grade II meningiomas grow significantly faster, d...
We present a case of Moyamoya disease in an infant who presented with neurological symptoms including convulsions and motor deficits. He was misdiagnosed two times and finally investigated in a tertiary hospital with brain computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging showing affected vessels with typical pattern of Moyamoya diseases in the brain. He underwent surgical intervention and scheduled for follow up.
Assessing the association of tumor consistency and gland manipulation on hormonal outcomes and delayed hyponatremia in pituitary macroadenoma surgery
ConclusionsIn the current series, the factors which were associated with an increased rate of iatrogenic pituitary injury were: increased manipulation of the gland intra-operatively, a firm tumor consistency not amenable to suction or curettage, and larger pituitary adenoma size. Recognition of the heterogeneity of macroadenoma consistency and growth patterns and appropriate usage of intra- and/or extra-capsular tumor resection techniques may help mitigate the risk of surgical pituitary injury.
Conclusion. The hexane extract of L. apiculata leaves showed the lower MIC against S. aureus when compared with extracts obtained from other parts of the plant. The growth curve and the colonies count suggest a bacteriostatic activity of the L. apiculata leaves extract against Staphylococcus aureus. PMID: 31737073 [PubMed]
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Since yesterday, a group called 1 Million People Who Support Ellen for J.C. Penney has popped up, far surpassing the support of One Million Moms' Facebook "Likes" (now 42,634). As of press time, 1 Million People has 80,244 members and gaining. According to founder Cathie Winter Miller, the group only had 38 "Likes" yesterday, and a recent check of the group's page showed pages upon pages of Team Ellen comments in the last 20 minutes alone.
I didn't know anyone was tracking the numbers, this is fun. I thought that One Million Moms would continue to inflate themselves, limited only by the number of moms on planet earth– at my rough estimate, 2 billion. Maybe this mighty horde of moms is about to rise up and march on J.C.Penney, or maybe those busy women have more important things to do.
You know, this is a classic case of mis-information corrected by more information. Groups like the American Family Association have put the 'bully' in the bully pulpit for decades, and have always inflated their power and influence. They may have passed their peak. The current Republican lineup, all competing for the Christian vote, are an embarrassment to many Christians–who do not march in lockstep and were not all born yesterday either.
[for AFA, I tried to link to the organization's 'about us' page, but when I did it grabbed onto my computer like a Jehovah's Witness who won't get off your porch, and I had to do a security update. Coincidence? I don't know, but I won't visit them again unless I have time to re-start Firefox.]
IN RELATED NEWS: Who can forget the time world-famous author Jincy Willett named her novel, 'Winner of the National Book Award'? It's a well-known fact that Ms.Willett wears a scarf and dark glasses whenever she goes out, and survives death-defying car chases with paparazzi seeking photos they can sell to the tabloids. Of course, I don't have the numbers on that, but this is the internet, after all.


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Covering the Bases: Game 3
FIRST: En fuego. I mean, what else is there to say?
Vernon Wells: Three games. Four homers. Six runs. Seven RBIs. And one big smile as he trotted around the bases on Thursday.
"It's cool to hit homers, but I'm not going to hit homers all year long like that," Wells said. "So I'm going to enjoy them while they come."
We should take a cue from Wells himself and enjoy this while we can. Not even an Albert Pujols-Roy Halladay Hybrid Cybernetic Baseball Organism could maintain this type of pace all year long.
So enjoy it, Jays fans. Vernon Wells might "be back." He might not. We're still really early in the season. There is no denying that Vernon III is looking and feeling great in the batter's box right now.
Wells became the first player in Blue Jays history to launch at least one home run in three consecutive games to begin a season. The last time he accomplished the same feat in any stretch was August 2008.
SECOND: Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston made a couple mound visits today to talk things over with his pitcher — not to take him out. In the seventh, he headed out to calm down Ricky Romero after the young lefty threw a costly wild pitch and then issued a walk. Romero was admittedly rattled and said Gaston helped him regain his composure. In the ninth, Cito headed out to tell closer Jason Frasor not to let Hamilton beat him with the game on the line. "That's all I said to him, 'Just don't let him beat you,'" Gaston explained. Frasor got a game-ending groundout to pick up his second save in as many games.
THIRD: The Blue Jays threw five wild pitches in Thursday's win. FIVE. Not all of them appeared to be entirely on the pitchers, though. The wild pitch that led to Texas' lone run in the seventh came on an errant slider from Romero, but catcher Jose Molina did not get in front of the ball. "He's a pretty good catcher. It happens sometimes," Gaston said. The Jays are fortunate in only came back to bite them once in the 3-1 win. And another thing, Jays hitters struck out 13 times. That's all there is to say about that.
HOME: All spring long, Gaston preached that his club would be in good shape if the starters could last six or seven. Well, in all three games, Toronto's starters have gone deep enough to put the game in the hands of the late-inning relievers. Twice it worked (there was that blown save in Game 1). So far, though, that's a great sign for a Jays team that has a lot riding on its pitching staff this season. "Tat's what we're working for. If we can get to that seventh inning with the guys we have out there, we have a chance," Gaston said.
…off to catch a flight to Baltimore.
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Gold. You should trademark that right away!
@gsjays – i agreed with u on monday and i agree with u today that if ur gonna pinch hit, u dont bring in a guy tht has hit .235 over his career. And starting overbay wasnt tht great of a decision either (for 8 innings at least). But in the end, buck walked and overbay tripled in the 9th and scored an insurance run, so u cant really say they were bad decisions. Would i have made them? no. but if u keep rolling the dice, eventually you'll get a 7 or 11 (in this case he got both).
And it does seem like gaston is doing everything possible to make sure tht ruiz just sits on the bench.
So yesterday our supposed team leader Cito said there is no way, no how, he ever pinch hits for a regular because it destroys da players confidence….(which of course is a pure bull s.h.i.t statement-like these players are all kids).
Further, he said no way, no how, he ever puts in someone to play for Overbay against a left hander-he's a regular and he plays everyday.
This is in spite of the fact that Ovebay hasn't hit left handers since the beginning of time or the last 3-4 years which ever you want to go with.
This was all spouted to justify a crappy decision Cito made of not pinch hitting for Overbay against a left hander the previous day, in a situation that called out for it and in spite of the fact Overbay hitting against left handers just no longer happens.
His lack of a decision jeopardized the outcome of the game and of course our glorious leader was trying to find some cover for his very exposed derriere.
So fast forward one day and our glorious leader being as stubborn and pig headed as possible puts in Overbay to play against a guy he's never hit, not once, and still hasn't…
I suspect Cito was practicing his excuses in the dugout today of why Overbay didn't get a hit of the left hander Wilson-in spite of the fact he has never got one in the past, not once, never and of course not today-although he did hit a fly ball to the outfield today-a real achievement.
Then, a situation arises to switch hit for the catcher-a guy who hasn't quite figured out yet that you get in front of balls in the dirt, you don't try to pick them…
So what does our glorious leader do, stay with the boy that brought him to the dance as he suggested or switch.
Well he switched, problem is he didn't put in the game changer, a guy ( Ruiz) who could potentially put the game on ice-nope -ot our glorious leader, he put in Buck, cause he knew better than any one else that sooner or later good old Bucky would be needed, so why not put him in now.
Personally, I would have switched Moliana after he messed up the second or third passed ball and cost Romero an era, and I agree whole heartedly in switching him out….But excuse me, please someone justify to me why Ruiz wasn't used as the switch hitter and then put Buck in for the bottom half of the inning to catch. Was making two entries to the scorecard too much of an issue?
And why is it, the supposed rules for pinch hitting change each day just to ensure Ruiz doesn't play. Is there something I'm missing here??? Just asking.
Point is Overbay tripled against a right handed pitcher and the walk Buck got didn't bring in a run whereas Ruiz could have broke it wide open.
Your real point is if you keep making the wrong decision long enough sooner or later it might work out and that's exactly what happened today…Just don't bet the season on that decision making cause it's wrong, imo.
Well said GS!
Fact is, gs, I probably would have pinch hit Ruiz too. But then, I don't have access to the kind of stats that Cito does. I don't have a highly paid bench coach to advise me. I don't have over 45 years of playing the game at the very highest level. And I come nowhere near to feeling what Cito feels in his gut in certain situations. When all is said and done, the only fact that counts is the fact that the Jays won the series against a very tough team 2-1, and it would have been 3-0, but Frasor faced a very good heart of the order and he didn't have his best stuff that night.
Seriously, if i have to go through a whole season of GS second guessing cito's every effin decision, I will not be here much longer. Its been made clear no matter what Cito does gs won't approve, and I'm already sick of listening to the same old song and dance from gs. Boy, if only Cito had your knowledge. I know I usually don't sound off in this way at anyone in particular but I have sat back and hoped it would fade away, but apparantly every post by gs from now on will be cito directed. I understand we all have a right to voice our opinion, and gs's opinion is that he doesn't like cito, but does every post have to be so redundant? If he pinch hits for a guy, that was a mistake, if he doesn't pinch hit, he should be fired. This is total bs gs. Can't wait to hear you reply and tell me all the reasons I'm wrong and your right, as usual. After 3 games, we should be 3-0, with a team that is expected to finish dead last in the al east, maybe cito is doing something right, ever thought of that? Of course you haven't
I agree okgojays! Last year it was the gm(which might not have been a bad target) but cito deffinitly knows more about baseball than any guy who is sitting on their home computer complaining about a team who is 2 – 1!


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The Association's success absolutely depends on the members who step forward to volunteer their service in leadership positions. AAA is currently accepting nominations for posts on the Executive Board and a number of AAA Committees.
Each year, one third of the AAA Executive Board is renewed. This year the AAA Nominations Committee is seeking nominations for leadership positions that will be filled in the 2014 elections. View a complete list of open positions, the position descriptions, and the nominations form.
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MADISON, Wis. (Blugolds.com) – UW-Eau Claire softball player Amanda Fischer (So.-Wausau, Wis./West) has been named Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Position Player of the Year, leading this year's group of Blugolds on the All-WIAC team.
This season, Fischer leads the WIAC in stolen bases with 29 so far, which is tied for fourth best in school single season archives and is currently 10th best in the nation. She leads the Blugolds in runs scored with 35, tied for third most in the league, and also leads the team with six home runs. Fischer, an outfielder/catcher, is third on the team with a .385 batting average (40-for-104). This is the second year in a row Fischer was named to the All-WIAC team.
Along with Fischer's selection to the first team, Sarah Fern (Sr.-Brooklyn Center, Minn./Park Center), Jenny Hess (Sr.-Wisconsin Rapids, Wis./Lincoln), Zana Lorbetske (Fr.-Rhinelander, Wis./Three Lakes) and Emma Wishau (Jr.-Burlington, Wis./Waterford Union) were also named to the team.
Fern played firstbase this season and leads the team in batting with a .394 average (39-for-99) while also leading the Blugolds with 30 RBI. She has scored 11 runs and is tied for a team-high eight doubles. Fern leads the team with 168 putouts while she also had five assists with no errors. This is Fern's third selection to the All-WIAC team, her first at Eau Claire, but she was recognized at UW-River Falls in 2009 and 2010.
Hess played secondbase and is second on the team in batting with a .389 average (44-for-113) and with 22 stolen bases, which also ranks second in the WIAC and 30th in the nation. Hess has scored 29 runs, second most on the team, and has 11 RBI. Last year, Hess received All-WIAC honorable mention recognition.
Lorbetske, a righthanded pitcher, has appeared in 20 games and has an ERA of 2.20, fifth best in the WIAC and second best on the team. With 63.2 innings pitched, she has recorded 77 strikeouts and has a record of 8-3 with one save.
Wishau, a lefthanded pitcher, is fourth in the WIAC with a 2.05 ERA, which leads the Blugolds. She has an 8-3 record with one save, appearing in 18 games with 75 innings pitched. Wishau has 22 strikeouts this season.
Nikki Brooks (So.-New Richmond, Wis./St. Croix Central) received honorable mention status. Brooks primarily played in leftfield this season but also appeared in two games in the circle. She is fourth on the team with a batting average of .363 (29-for-80) and is fifth with 27 RBI.
Also honored was Karen Hansen (Sr.-Amery, Wis.) on the All-Sportsmanship Team, which was selected for individuals that displayed exemplary sportsmanship throughout the season. It included one member from each school. This season, Hansen appeared in 19 games primarily pinch running, while starting twice. Hansen was a team manager during her freshman and sophomore seasons before trying out for and making the team her junior year, only to tear her ACL in November, preventing her from participating. Hansen recovered from two ACL surgeries – one on each knee – plus an arthroscopic surgery on one knee and was able to be in uniform for her senior year.


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Personal Branding for Women: Highlighting Strengths
Women want to be just as successful as men are, but often they want to succeed in a different way. The generalization goes that women (more than men) tend to embrace the desire to want to live more authentically, and that translates into being more of who they are in the workplace.
Be your authentic self
Personal branding is about living your authentic self and building on natural talents and strengths. In general, some of the following characteristics may be more true for women as a group than for their male counterparts:
Socially oriented
Focused on community
Natural multitaskers
Awareness of visual identity
Strong verbal communicators
Empathetic and intuitive
Engaged in stories
Builders of deeper relationships
When a woman works on her personal brand, she needs to let go of the fear that these characteristics are bad things in the workplace (especially if she's in a male-dominated work environment). Often, male coworkers don't see these female qualities as intellectual or as worthwhile as the more male characteristics of individuality, facts, and logic.
These are the complex subtleties that women face every day in the workplace. As you refine your brand, you continually need to be true to yourself and to know how to play the game in your particular workplace.
In rapidly changing work environments, the rules aren't as clear for women about how to be who you are, what you should wear, and what qualities are acceptable. Building a female personal brand means focusing on your best self within the variables that you can control and not being afraid to be seen for your uniqueness.
Be confident in what you know
The story goes that there was a dinner with a group of partners in a professional services firm. The event was comprised of men and women about equally. One of the men at the table was a senior leader in the firm. The dinner table was much more social than others around. There was a lot of talking, laughing, and sharing of stories.
One of the women was telling a work story when the male senior leader said, "Do you know what is wrong with women?" The table gasped and all turned to him.
He continued with, "You are at least as smart as the men, maybe smarter, but you wait until you know how to do something at least 80 percent before you say, 'I can do that.' We men will say we can do something when we know it 25 percent. We are confident enough to know we will figure it out. If you want to get ahead in business, you need to have the confidence to say that you know how to do something much sooner."


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Sculptures by Pop Artist Icon Keith Haring Brighten WAG Rooftop
How do you hoist two 900-pound sculptures onto the rooftop of the Winnipeg Art Gallery? Very carefully and with a very large crane! Two colourful sculptures by American Pop artist Keith Haring are brightening up the WAG's rooftop sculpture garden until the end of September. These quintessential public works by one of the Pop movement's most important and recognizable artists capture his belief that "art is for everyone" with their accessibility, bold colour, and powerful symbolism that begs for interpretation.
"Raised in the climate of the Vietnam War and Civil-Rights movement, Haring was a natural activist who used his art to bring awareness to the issues of his time such as Apartheid and the AIDS and crack-cocaine epidemics," says Paul Butler, WAG Curator of Contemporary Art. "The 80's were also a prosperous time that fueled an unprecedented art market boom. The media embraced Haring and Warhol, making them household names. When Haring opened his own store called Pop Shop, he was criticized for 'selling out'. He defended his embrace of commercialism by stating that Pop Shop was simply another platform with which to bypass the art world establishment, making his work more accessible to a larger audience. Those same critics would be silenced once they discovered that Haring donated proceeds from Pop Shop to the AIDS cause."
Haring died in 1990 of AIDS-related complications but his legacy lives on through his public art and The Keith Haring Foundation.
The Keith Haring sculptures are presented as part of NGC@WAG, the WAG's ongoing partnership with the National Gallery of Canada. NGC@WAG began in January with the sound-installation Janet Cardiff: Forty-Part Motet and will continue in late September with The Clock, Christian Marclay's video installation which won the Golden Lion for best artwork at the 2011 Venice Biennial.
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