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Ooh boy. It's 10 days until Star Wars Episode VII hits cinemas. Exciting isn't it? Well it is now, but I wasn't so happy when Disney announced they were making new films. I kind of wanted Star Wars to stay 'finished', something I blame on George Lucas's insensate meddling (and Jar Jar fucking Binks). The man really is the best and worst thing to happen to the franchise. Let's keep him well away from everything else from now on, OK?
Anyway, let's get back to the reason we're all here: downloadable mobile software.
Android: Cardboard Camera (Free)
There's always something trying to change the way we take photos, whether it's 3D photography, Apple's WebM-like Live Photos, or panorama modes. Now the world seems to be heading towards 360-degree VR photography, which is what Cardboard Camera is all about.
The process is very simple, you have to hold your phone steady and spin around in a circle. While you're doing that, your phone is recording the surroundings ready to stitch them together into a single 360-degree photo. You're forced to keep the camera steady, and if you rotate too quickly it will glitch out and ask you to start all over again (it seems as though it might be easier to get things done with some sort of rotating stand gadget, really). Not that spinning in a circle isn't easy, but if you're like me you just don't have the patience to do it properly.
The on-screen status bar makes it nice and simple to track your progress, and prompts will tell you when you're moving too quickly. It does take a while though, and once you're done you have to wait a few minutes for everything to come together. It's simple enough, but again it's not for someone who has no patience. You also can't view your photos unless you have a VR viewer handy, so if you want to take advantage of this you obviously need something like Google Cardboard. If you don't then you're just stuck with a panorama shot.
If you've got the kit and you fancy mixing things up, then this is a handy app to take advantage of – especially if you're planning on going somewhere special and want to capture every last detail of the world around you.
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Yahoo Messenger: (Update) Yahoo's instant messaging app has had a hefty update with more modern features. Now it's got the option of 'unsending' messages, enhanced Flickr integration, animated GIF support, and mass photo sharing. [Free]
Happy ID: A smart ID app to help you identify who is calling you. It's not one for identifying nuisance callers ahead of time, but it does offer up some vital information in the form of on-screen sticky notes. [Free]
iPhone: Ginventory (Free)
This app has one function that it aims to do so well it almost borders on overkill. Ginventory is purely designed to ensure you can mix the perfect gin and tonic by using the right ingredients. It seem oddly specific, I know, but there's always one person who won't drink anything. In my experience their name is usually Grandma.
So does the humble G&T need an entire app dedicated to its crafting? That's up to you to decide, but Ginventory doesn't do things half-arsed. It's a complete encyclopaedia of gins, tonics, and garnishes stored in a very long list. Sadly that list doesn't differentiate between the three categories, either, so you can't filter what you see based on which of the three you have on hand. It does, however, clearly mark which one gin it uses – just in case you can't place the brand names.
The basic idea is that if you have a single ingredient you can locate it in the list and find out how it should be served. So if you see a particular brand of gin on sale just before Christmas, and you almost certainly will, you know exactly which garnishes and brand of tonic you should pick up at the same time. That way your mother-in-law can't whine about the rubbish drink you made her on Christmas Eve.
Here's one combination for you now. If you have Gordon's London Dry Gin lying around, it'll go well with Schweppes tonic and a dash of lemon zest. But that's just one combination of 16 offered by that particular brand of gin.
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Wunderlist: (Update) A well known to-do list manager, Wunderlist has just had an update that brings in a shiny new interface, and support for iPhone 6S/6S Plus features. [Free]
Hangouts (Update): Google's texting/IM service has just had an extra boost on iOS, and now you'll find improved notification support and the ability to quick-reply. [Free]
Hailo: (Update) A mini-cab app for those of you who don't like Uber, but still want to save a few quid. The app now accepts Apple Pay as a form of payment, but apparently only if you're catching a ride in London. [Free]
iPad: PNP Portable North Pole (Free, with in-app purchases)
Keeping your kids excited about the prospect of Christmas and Santa in the age of the internet might be a little bit tricky, but the digital age comes with some advantages - namely the chance to get Santa to send a personalised video message (and phone call) to your younglings.
The app is divided into two sections, the kids corner where they can play around, and the parents corner where all the magic happens. Obviously the parents corner is passcode protected as to not spoil everything, and since you don't have the choice of not setting a passcode, you can't accidentally leave it unlocked.
The kids' area is pretty standard. Obviously there's a space for the personalised messages from 'Santa', but there are some games as well. The games include colour-sorting presents, a talking elf, and shaking ornaments off the tree. The elf is a bit weird, since it just repeats things you say back to you in a deeper voice. Maybe this works better for kids, because with me being a grown-up it meant the happy elf on screen sounded more like Darth Vader than one of Santa's helpers.
Creating a video is nice and easy. Once you log in with the PNP account, you just fill out a bit of information about the child in question. Basic things like name, pronunciation, age, and gender. Obviously there are some names that it doesn't know how to say, and my imaginary child called Blob ended up being referred to as one of many pre-installed nicknames. After that you end up on a screen asking for a bit more information, like what the child does day to day (school etc) as well as the option to persuade them to fix one of their bad habits before next Christmas. Then the video will be created, nice and easily.
Basic videos are free, but there are 'premium' options available in exchange for real money. Calls from Santa also cost money, and there are 19 different scenarios for you to choose from ahead of time.
Christmas is only a couple of weeks away, so if you've got kids bored around the house then it's a nice thing to keep them quiet for a few minutes.
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Hotel Tonight: (Update) One of the big names in booking last-minute hotel rooms, now updated with some handy new features. The app will now tell you when staying a second night is a great deal, lets you make bookings for someone else, and now has even better Geo-rates. [Free]
Dark Sky: (Update) This one is an app that offers you incredibly local weather forecasts up to an hour in advance, so you have a good idea of what will happen weather-wise exactly where you are. It's just had layout tweaks adding things like notifications and a location search bar. [£2.99]
Windows Phone
It's never really a great week to use a Windows Phone device on the apps front, but this week was particularly bad. The only notable things we've seen in the last couple of weeks have been small updates, and no big releases. Here's a short rundown of what you should be aware of.
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WhatsApp: (Update) The latest update to WhatsApp brings with it the option to star your messages, and a brand new updated camera interface.
TuneIn Radio: (Update) For those of you who already went out to buy one of the new Lumia 950 phones, you should be aware that TuneIn Radio now has a universal Windows app. [Free]
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Rounds have been our focus for this weeks posting and this is my effort!
The base is the base of a circular frame which was coloured using distress stains and the tando masks, then using Joannes great technqiue showcased here I did three circles from the grab bag, mini butterflies and some tando cogs were also added. The border is a die cut and the texture paste was pushed thro' another tando mask!! a very circular creation!
TFL x
Sunday, 29 July 2012
Posted by Carol Plume at 07:00
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- Angelnorth said...
Looks fab, love all the different textures going on here!
- 29 July 2012 at 21:32
- Karen said...
Now I want to touch this to feel all the textures, its a fabulous piece Carol x
- 30 July 2012 at 11:31
- Dana Tatar {datatar} said...
Fun piece! I love all the textured layers! =)
- 30 July 2012 at 13:14
- Gez said...
Gorgeous Carol, the colour & textures look amazing.xx
- 31 July 2012 at 08:19
- sutty said...
So full of texture I love all the embossing :)
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Sub-Versions is my thesis in Concordia University's Media Studies (MA) program.
Over the past decade, the increased accessibility of software tools and online marketplaces has created a fertile ground for independent game development. Yet despite these new opportunities, a subculture of developers has opted to eschew modern game creation platforms to instead modify the games of their childhood. By repurposing and revitalizing a variety of "classic" titles, these video game hackers are pursuing an unusual definition of free-to-play – one where out of circulation games are redeveloped and redistributed illicitly.
For my thesis project at Concordia University, I will investigate the projects, tools, and communities that emerge from the practice of video game hacking. By combining interviews, textual analysis, and interative writing, I will purposefully and productively generate knowledge about the novel gameplay mechanics and narratives that emerge through video game hacking and the motivations that inspire hackers to challenge a variety of legal and technical barriers.


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Over the past three decades, China's economy has been developing at an unprecedented pace, and the world has been in constant changes. The growth of Legend Holdings can be attributed to the Country's opening-up and reform, our unrelenting efforts in summarizing and applying corporate management principles throughout our practices, and another important point - our pursuit of ever higher goals.
Vision is our aspiration. But to realize it will take a long period of time. It calls for unrelenting efforts from generations of Legend people. However, we have made careful calculations in setting such a Vision and stand ready to make whatever efforts it takes to accomplish it. Building great companies is our core business and core competitive edge. It is my sincere hope that, in the course of realizing our Vision, Legend Holdings can establish a stage without limit where all of our employees can show and apply their talent, and realize their dreams. At the same time, we will build a group of great companies for China, and make due contributions to the economic development of China and the world.
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Depending on who you listened to, 2017 was either going to bring growth and new beginnings or even greater trouble and turbulence than 2016. I was hoping for more of the former and less of the latter, but alas, that was not the way it turned out.
Except in a way it was – it was just that I had to wade through the turbulence to achieve the growth and new beginnings. I grew a lot in 2017, and here are the five most important things I learned:
When times are bad, you find out who your real friends are. And they aren't who you expect.
My mother became ill and died in 2017. And not much later, both of my dogs required expensive surgery. No one can do anything to change these events, but friends will make time to call and check on you. Friends will bring you dinner and a bottle of wine and listen patiently as you download. Real friends are a constant and visible presence in your life; they don't just leave you sad faces on Facebook. And I don't care what anyone says, there is nothing wrong with a good food hamper.
Focussing on the small demands of life help to keep you moving.
Regardless of your circumstances or what you feel about them, there are many small needs to take care of. Like clean underpants and dishes. These tiny tasks keep you moving; once you have washed the dishes, you have to dry them and put them away (or turn them over). And then maybe you will clean the sink, wipe down the benches, and take the rubbish out.
Tiny achievements set the stage for bigger ones.
Tiny tasks also build momentum for more important jobs. Maybe as you walk past your home office with the rubbish, you will notice that somehow, your home office turned into a pigstye. You might bring some order to the chaos (and another trip to the bin), answer some correspondence and start doing something about bringing in some money to pay the mortgage.
When times are tough, you need beautiful things around you.
When your life feels like a prolonged assault, beautiful things will sustain you. Maybe that's flowers on your desk, an inspirational painting on your wall, or a cashmere blanket to curl up in. It can be anything, as long as it shields you from the ugliness that surrounds you.
It doesn't matter how many times you fall down, or how long you stay down, only that you stand up again.
The world won't grind to a halt if you fall, it's far more likely to trample you underfoot as it rolls on over the top of you. You will be bruised and crumpled like Wile E. Coyote when you get up, and you will have a long way to go to catch up with your Road Runner. But only when you crawl back up to your feet will your whiskers uncrumple and your fur smoothe out. When you start looking towards the future, inspiration will hit, and you will be back at the ACME company looking for the latest in innovative Road Runner traps. If you don't get up, life will never improve.
Moving On
There is no doubt that some years are more difficult than others, but thankfully all things come to an end and 2017 is one of them. Somehow, I managed to finish my book. Some days, I just wrote a word or two, others I would be lost inside it for the day. But something wonderful grew from my suffering, and I choose to believe it will help others when they need it.
Thank goodness some are already predicting a happy and prosperous 2018!
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s that time of year again! The Cherry Blossom Festival is in full swing now. Full of dancing, food, and other entertainment, it is the highlight of any Spring D.C. tourists visit.
I am so lucky, to live in D.C. To be able to walk around campus,or down the street, and see the treasured cherry blossoms every single year I feel so inclined. I`m just so very privileged! If you get a chance, try to visit Japan or D.C. when the cherry blossoms are blooming. It is a gorgeous sight!
The Japanese have festivals and picnics to celebrate the blooming of these gorgeous trees. There is a festival around me as well!
The Cherry Blossom Festival attracts thousands of visitors each year to bask in the blooms and enjoy the Japanese embassy and other groups join together to create this rather humongous event. It is always fun for the tourists, though some locals tend to dread how it can swell our notorious traffic.
That said, the cherry blossoms themselves are lovely in many ways. Kwanzen cherry blossoms, which can only be seen in Japan and D.C., were received as a gift from Japan in honor of our countries' friendship. In times when some world leaders are not so great at building up international ties, it is nice to have this beautiful display to remind us that the bonds between countries rely on the people more than a piece of paper.
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[CAIRO] Egypt's government has increased science funding by almost a third this year, and has promised up to 50,000 new jobs in industry for young researchers, mainly to help with practical projects in the private sector.
|Egypt's researchers may see an abundance of new jobs – Patrice Cayré, IRD
The country's cabinet approved a budget for the 2011/12 financial year last week (1 June) that increases science research spending to US$90.5 million, from US$66.5 million last year.
The money will be shared between research centres, the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT) and the Ministry of Scientific Research, Maged El-Sherbiny, president of the ASRT and the assistant minister of scientific research, told SciDev.Net. He added the academy's budget will increase from US$2.5 million to US$13 million.
Part of the money will be spent on linking up with the industrial sector to recruit 40,000–50,000 researchers to work at universities, research institutions and private companies on research that can help develop solutions to practical problems. The government has asked ASRT to allocate the young researchers and recent graduates to appropriate research fields within the industry by the end of the year.
ASRT is now receiving applications from scientists and industries to determine research needs before committing an exact sum and setting a precise number of new jobs needed.
The former government, overthrown after Egypt's uprising earlier this year (25 January), did not prioritise scientific research, so links between science and industry were only marginal, said El-Sherbiny, adding that the new government aims to make science and research a cornerstone of developing the new Egypt.
Ali Hebeish, president of the Egyptian Syndicate of Scientific Professions — a professional organisation for Egyptian scientists — welcomed the increase in the science research budget. "The government [has] succeeded in transferring its statements about new science policies since the uprising to real deeds," he said.
Hebeish told SciDev.Net that "linking scientific research with industry's needs is a good step that will help in funding research and broaden the researchers' base, without putting burdens on the governmental budget".
Azza Serri Eldin, a researcher at the National Research Center (NRC) said: "Funds were always the main hurdle that the accomplishment of our research projects faced, as sometimes we had to pay some of our research expenses to finish them."
But Shehata Smeda, former chair of the Egyptian Chamber of Textile Industries at the Federation of Egyptian Industries, warned that the project should have continuous support from the government to succeed in the long run.
And, although this increase in funding from around 0.23 to 0.3 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) represents an important leap forward for scientific research in Egypt, El-Sherbiny said it was still not enough.
"Spending on scientific research should be about two per cent of the Egyptian GDP — it is not acceptable to keep it at just 0.3 per cent if Egypt is planning to rely on science and research as the locomotive of development," he said.
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How to Thread Pipe
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When working on an older home, it may be necessary to thread pipe when updates or repairs are needed. Pipe threader machines have evolved over the years and portable units are now relatively inexpensive and can be used by homeowners who choose to do their own plumbing rather than hiring a professional. Here's how to thread pipe.
- Most new pipe threader models have an on-board cutter, reamer, oiler, foot switch, stand and 115V operation.
1Purchase or rent a manual pipe threader machine from an equipment retailer.
- A die head will be attached to cut the thread.[1]
- Machines now have the ability to thread pipes made of different material, including various types of plastic or resin.
- A heavy duty pipe threader can also cut your pipe into workable sections.
- The pipe threading machine will be used to thread the end section of your pipe.
2Inspect the pipe threader before beginning and replace dies or any parts that show signs of wear.
- Worn or damaged dies can result in poor thread quality.
3Mount your pipe firmly in the pipe vise by placing it in the vise and then tightening until it is held tightly.[2]
4Cut the end of the pipe cleanly and squarely by using a pipe cutter.
- If you have an industrial pipe threader with cutting capability, use the machine to cut your pipe to length.
- Pipe cutters come with and without guides, which provide square alignment. It's better to use a guide, rather than estimating your cut.
- The pipe cutter will have a thin cutter wheel, which will slice through the pipe as you guide it in the space.
- Be sure to wear goggles and protective gear.[3] Steel may produce sparks.
5Ream the cut end of the pipe to remove any burrs from the cut using a reamer, which is a cylinder-shaped rotary cutting tool that you run smoothly across the freshly cut edges of the pipe to remove rough edges.
6Select your die head according to the size and type of pipe you are threading and the thread form you require.[4]
- Die heads come in different shapes and sizes that include different threads for pipes that have different diameters.
7Place the die head over the pipe on the threader.
8Press steadily on the front of the die head, while simultaneously pushing the handle down to start the threader.[5]
- Before placing too much pressure on the handle, check to be sure the ratchet pawl is engaged.
9Use your weight as leverage to apply pressure on the handle, while holding it firmly.
- Be sure to maintain proper footing and balance for maximum control.
- Never use a tool or mechanism to hold the handle in place in order to free your hands.
- This can be dangerous and could result in injury.
10Apply threading oil generously while threading.[6]
- Using an oil too thin as a substitute for threading oil can result in sub-standard threading.
11Cease threading when the end of the threading die is flat against the end of the pipe.
- When the die is even with the pipe, that means the correct threading size has been reached.
- If you continue pushing after this point, you will damage the thread.
12Reverse the ratchet mechanism and turn the die head in the opposite direction.
- Be careful to maintain control of the threader as the dies are removed.
- Threads can become damaged when the die head is being removed if you don't maintain control and move the piece smoothly.
13Stand the pipe on end and gently tap it to remove any particles that may be lodged within.
14Clean the pipe with a cloth, removing any oil.
- Be careful, the threads will be very sharp.
15Seal the threading with Teflon tape or a pipe thread compound when attaching the pipe to the connector.
16Clean the pipe threader machine thoroughly after use so the oils and metal pieces do not damage the machine, which could cause sub-standard threading during your next project.
Community Q&A
QuestionIs the die for standard pipe the same as for thick wall pipe?Community AnswerYes, the die is the same.
QuestionHow do I check the threads after cutting?Community AnswerI usually do a visual examination and then test out the threads. Clean all of the oil and metal shavings off the thread you made and look closely at them for burrs or chips. These won't be a deal breaker. You can shave off a burr if it is too big and chips won't be a problem unless they catch on whatever you are screwing onto the pipe. After I look at the threads, I usually take a fitting (preferably the one that will be screwed onto those threads) and put it on hand tight. If it catches anywhere, give the fitting a small turn with a wrench to see if you can break past whatever is stopping you. I like to check with a second fitting if the first doesn't go just to be sure.
QuestionDo the brass fittings need to be tightened using a spanner?Community AnswerSometimes. I like to tighten them a bit extra if the contents of the pipe are pressurized. If the fitting isn't a permanent fixture and will be removed and reused in the future, I only hand tighten it since brass is soft and it will warp over time.
QuestionWhat are the safety and health precautions that should be observed when I'm threading a pipe by hand?Community AnswerSteel pipe can be sharp, so you may want to wear gloves. Keep your fingers away from any areas where they might be pinched or cut., either by tools or the pipe. Make sure to wash your hands when you're finished threading a pipe.
QuestionIf I thread the whole pipe from both ways to create a knurled pipe, will the threads be sharp?ピカチュウCommunity AnswerYou can't thread the whole pipe, as the threads are tapered. You may get lucky and find a specialized straight thread pipe threading die, in which case you can thread the whole pipe, but you will have sharp threads.
QuestionWhat should I be aware of when working with pipe threader?Community AnswerMake sure you oil it enough. Maintain a steady 90-degree angle, and make sure the pipe is fixed in place. The metal shards are sharp, so having a bag underneath it if you're doing the work in a tight space is recommended. Also, consider wearing heavy-duty gloves to keep your hands from bruising.
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- The National Pipe Thread Tapered Thread is the U.S. standard for tapered threads used on threaded pipes and fittings.
- Be careful while you are doing a thread of pipe.
- If your pipe was metal, be cautious handling the shavings– they will be sharp!
Things You'll Need
- Pipe threader machine
- Pipe cutter
- Protective goggles
- Reamer
- Die heads
- Threading oil
- Cloth
- Teflon tape or pipe thread compound
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32pzriZO1xc
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32pzriZO1xc
- ↑ https://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/safety_haz/hand_tools/general.html
- ↑ https://www.dysoncentre.eng.cam.ac.uk/metal-working/threading
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E4dSuLti38
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E4dSuLti38
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Tuesday, August 1, 2017
First time I've seen someone arrested for fare jumping - more to the story for sure
6 comments:
- deepfish said...
An arrest for ANYTHING is remarkable.
- August 1, 2017 at 7:54 PM
- Lori Maszkowski said...
Maybe they could start arresting people for putting their feet or bags on the seats. Hey, a girl can dream.
- August 1, 2017 at 10:14 PM
- Outburst said...
Cuffed, for a fare evasion? There has to be more to the story. Used to be they'd take ID and write the guy a ticket. Cuffed implies something more serious.
- August 2, 2017 at 9:01 AM
- Squiggles said...
I've seen people cuffed when hauled off a train. Mostly because it started as a fare evasion and ended in an altercation.
- August 2, 2017 at 10:42 AM
- Rory said...
I agree there must be more to this then fare evasion. It could be anything from refusing to provide ID after being confronted for fare evasion all the way to committing some more serious crime on board the train, or possibly the officers could have run his ID through dispatch while writing him a ticket and found out he had a warrant out for his arrest.
- August 3, 2017 at 4:25 AM
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Well It seems to be fare.People shouldn't make police forced to arrest them.all of us should make this world a better place.Thank you very much for sharing.Keep posting
- August 16, 2017 at 3:02 AM


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Alison's Articles About Mindfulness
Mindfulness – Bringing Calm Aliveness and a Bit of Zen
Sufferers of Parkinson's Disease are turning to this readily available well-being practice to bring relief, calm, and energy back into their lives. Parkinson's Disease is a troubling degenerative disorder affecting the way that we move, think, and feel. Symptoms show...read more
What is the Difference Between Mindfulness and Meditation?
Interested in mindfulness but wondered what it's got to do with meditation and whether mindfulness is linked to certain spiritual traditions? In this short article you'll find a summary of some of the things mindfulness and meditation have in common and what distinguishes them from one another.read more
Mindfulness in intimate relationships
What are the characteristics of a good relationship? Couples that thrive, and partners who grow closer together over time have good amounts of these qualities: kindness, a willingness to listen, non judgement, empathy, thoughtfulness, goodwill, forgiveness and also...read more
What is a mindfulness coach?
What does a good mindfulness coach do? A good mindfulness coach is going to show you how to practise mindfulness in a way that will sustain you throughout your life, during times of challenge and in moments of joy. It can be fairly easy finding out what mindfulness is...read more
What is stress management?
Stress management versus reactive coping When stress happens our natural reaction is to rid ourselves of it as quickly as possible. Humans are neurologically hard-wired to avoid suffering, whether it's the irritation of a tedious traffic jam, or the more serious...read more
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Amstrad was founded in 1968 and the firm blazed a trail in the UK personal computer market.
It has been a core part of Sir Alan's business empire and has employed the winners of BBC's The Apprentice prime-time reality TV show.
So does the deal spell the end of Amstrad?
The Brentwood, Essex-based company will be owned by Sky, but Sir Alan will continue to run it for the time being.
Sir Alan explained: "It's not a case of letting it go, it's a case of moving the company on to something more positive.
"The good news for my employees is that they've now got a secure future with great opportunities," he told the BBC.
"The bad news is that I'm still going to be around for a while, so nothing changes at Amstrad."
So is Sky getting a good deal?
On the whole, analysts have backed Sky's move, saying it would help them gain a technological edge over their rivals.
Amstrad makes the decoder boxes that come with satellite TV systems and supplies about 30% of those used by Sky customers. Sky accounts for about 75% of Amstrad's annual sales.
Owning the company will allow Sky to have a greater say in how the decoder boxes are made, getting them tailored more specifically to their requirements.
Will Sir Alan have to find new business ventures?
He has been diversifying for a number of years already.
A lot of Sir Alan's wealth - which is estimated at £830m, placing him as the 84th richest man in the UK - is tied up in property, and is controlled by the Amsprop investment company run by his son Daniel.
He also owns the aviation firm Amsair, which charters planes for businesses and private travellers.
But where will the winners of The Apprentice work?
Well, the first two winners have already cut and run, but Simon Ambrose, the latest successful candidate, has started at Amsprop.
According to press reports, Mr Ambrose and Sir Alan are planning on building London's most expensive office and may bid for a prime site on London's St James's square.
Mr Ambrose is also training as a surveyor and will be in charge of developing a hotel and golf course near Stansted airport.
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The Mission of Bucks County Community College is to provide to the County's diverse population of learners comprehensive educational, training, and cultural opportunities that are accessible, affordable and convenient, and that will equip them to be successful and effective in their work and as citizens of the world.
Institutional statistical data was gathered from the U.S. Department of Education - Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, 2009-2010.
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Recorded at The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), February 2, 2014.Allison Cameron and D. Alex Meeks - [end of first set]
Full review to follow. If you ever twisted the dial back and forth between radio stations and thought you were composing your own symphony, you weren't wrong. And if you ever plucked at the strings of a ukulele or banjo and thought you were creating your own tune, you weren't wrong. Practice does make a difference though, as Allison Cameron proves. I'll have a bit more to say about this show in another forum, but for the moment it suffices to say that you should drop into The Tranzac, 1 to 3 p.m., on the first Sunday of every month and join Cameron in her sonic adventures.


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A pop song I heard on my kid's iTunes last week got me thinking...so, here…
I'm a Late-Bloomer to Herbal Medicine – And Just in Time
If the seasons were people, this year's Spring would be a late-bloomer. I'm getting a little fidgety waiting for some daffodils and tulips. Can you blame me? I've spent most of my life expecting Nebraska Spring to prove that winter doesn't last for-EVER.
The thing is, I can totally relate to a season that takes its time showing up. I've always been a little late to the party myself. Ever since I was a kid, I've been hopelessly behind in personal fashion, trendy fads and hairstyles (but that didn't stop me from trying to style my own hair for second-grade picture day).
And for someone who's always in a hurry and gets described as impatient about once a day, it surprises me as much as anybody that it took me so long to figure out my vocation. For Spring and me, it's been fits and starts the whole way. One day we're radiant and hopeful, the next, we're plunged into gray and gloomy.
I didn't figure out this herbalist thing until way after 40. By then, my younger sister was already retired, my brothers were well into their careers, and my friends were accomplished teachers, attorneys, dentists, and the types of professionals I was encouraged to be as a kid.
Then, like a fluky Spring snowstorm, the defining moment of my life came along out of nowhere. Instead of losing all hope of finding my calling, treatment and recovery from breast cancer planted the seed for my herbalist roots. Sitting in the chemo room watching the pink stuff draining into my veins, I hit the proverbial rock bottom. I finally gave myself permission to start healing all the wounds that got me there. Like those seeds in Yellowstone, the ones that need an intense fire to germinate, I needed a trial by fire.
It took me a few years to get it all straightened out, but some perennial force has kept me going and growing. I dug up buried emotional and physical pain, pulled it apart and used it as compost to grow into an herbalist. All those years of pain finally make sense. I like to think of my healing and recovery as the life experience I needed to appreciate the suffering my patients carry with them.
Yeah, I took my time, tried on a couple suits that didn't fit. Raised three kids I'm seriously proud of. It hasn't been a wasted life by any measure. And now, I get to put it all together with a lifelong curiosity and love of learning, into my work as an herbalist who's just emerging after a long winter (and some seriously bad hair days).
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LABADIE, Haiti — On a jungle-covered hill, about 25 Creole-speaking kindergartners chanted numbers inside a gleaming classroom, the ceiling laced with clotheslines of paper butterflies. Past noon, they spilled into the courtyard to dash across the gravel in a blur of blue and cream uniforms, each one embroidered with an anchor and the school's unusual name: "École Nouvelle Royal Caribbean," or the New Royal Caribbean School.
For years, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., the cruise line corporation based in Miami, has run a private resort on a sandy promontory nearby — a playground of lounge chairs, bars and even an alpine coaster that shoots guests though the forest.
The company has leased the 260 beachfront acres, about 90 miles north of the nation's capital, from the government since 1986. Several times a week, up to 7,000 people descend for the day when mega ships make berth here on a newly completed $34 million pier, offering a dizzying contrast to the poverty beyond the gates.
But in the wake of the January 2010 earthquake that devastated the capital, the cruise line evoked harsh criticism when it resumed docking pleasure ships at the resort for frolicking vacationers — just six days after the quake killed as many as 300,000 people, according to Haitian officials, and rendered more than a million homeless.
Then the company opened the cheery citrus-colored school complex just outside the resort's heavily guarded chain-link fences in October, a move Royal Caribbean representatives said it was considering before the disaster and the scathing press it received afterward.Continue reading the main story
"We've been there for a long time and of course the problems in Haiti are enormous, and it's hard for anyone to really make a significant dent in them," said Richard D. Fain, the company's chairman and chief executive. "We thought one of the places to start was with education."
Still, the assistance was "modest," he added. "We are a business. We're not a charitable organization."
Other projects include a water distribution system in the village of Labadie, said John Weis, an associate vice president. After the quake, the company donated around $2 million in aid and helped import relief supplies.
"I'm not saying we do this because it's a completely altruistic motivation," Mr. Weis said, "but I think that our management feels that we have a responsibility to make a difference down here."
While residents seem to agree that the school is a boon to the community, the praise is tempered by doubts. Its mountainous location is far from the towns it serves, and its failure to provide any meals — leaving many children hungry throughout the day — has critics wondering why the company has not done more.
The World Food Program provided some food, but the company discontinued lunch a few months ago, citing sanitary concerns in preparation. A kitchen is being planned, but for now only a handful of parents can afford to provide lunch for their children, several teachers said.
The vast majority of the 200 or so students do not eat anything from early morning until they get home after school, teachers said. Some students fall asleep at their desks from fatigue.
"The school was built for underprivileged kids, but the way the school is functioning, it is for the bourgeois," said Paul Herns, 29, who teaches fifth grade. He echoed a common sentiment: gratitude mixed with the feeling that the company, which had revenues of $6.8 billion last year, could do a lot better.
"Royal promised a school that was to be different from other ones in Haiti, similar to schools abroad," Mr. Herns said. "Where children are fed and have access to sporting activities and taught some English skills to speak to foreigners; where they can surf the Web. These services have not yet been provided."
Mr. Weis said meals were not promised.
The school itself is stunning and serene, a clean-swept haven from the several surrounding towns from which the students hail, where streets are choked with trash and the smoke of plastic bottles burning. It houses kindergarten through fifth grade and is run by a nonprofit group founded and led by Maryse Pénette-Kedar, a former minister of tourism and president of Royal Caribbean's operations in Haiti.
Students are chosen by lottery, and around 20 percent are children of the company's local employees.
"The vision is that we'll connect the education and the jobs together," Mr. Weis said. "We'll have a steady supply of well-educated people, and they'll be prepared to work on board the ship."
The school cost around $550,000 to build and equip, according to Mr. Weis, and Royal Caribbean spends nearly $200,000 each year to run it. For this school, there is a $5 a month tuition, a fee organizers say they imposed to create a sense of stewardship among the families.
It is certainly a far cry from local schools like L'École Nationale Mixte in neighboring Fort Bourgeois, where splintering desks teeter on dirt floors behind doors of rusted sheets of corrugated metal, and rain pours through the roof, canceling classes. But because of a decision to build on hilltop land controlled by the cruise line, rather than restore schools or build new ones within a community, it is also remote.
Many students commute piled into the backs of pickup trucks, or "tap-taps," the jalopies that serve as local taxis, which the company says it subsidizes, even though parents say they pay extra out of pocket. The company provided bus service but canceled it because the costs came to $15,000, the vehicles were shoddy and the rutted mountain roads are dangerous. It says it plans to restart and improve the service.
Some students like Rodman Decius, 13, whose mother, Immacula Caprice, 39, had her right foot amputated after an infection and cannot work, say they cannot always afford even subsidized transport. In late March after school, Rodman showed a reporter his hourlong commute marching home through jungle paths, at points clambering along a cliff face with a sheer drop to sea. His walk took him past several schools. He said he had last eaten 10 hours ago.
Residents like Eddy Hippolyte, a taxi driver, say that some people feel that rather than build a showpiece, the company should have improved existing schools.
But others, like Jacques Renelle, 37, who teaches kindergarten, are more supportive. "The overall good outweighs these irregularities," she said.
Mr. Weis is rankled by what he sees as the "give an inch take a mile" attitude he feels the company's charity work engenders. "We have a responsibility to the community that we're in," he says. "But it's not unlimited."
Ms. Pénette-Kedar agreed. "The state does not provide for its people, so you end up having to take responsibility — not the full responsibility, because that's not possible," she said. "It's not the job of the company, but you're there."
For students, who often spend recess kicking an empty plastic bottle around the school's outdoor tables, the shining school is not the only oasis they know. The cruise's resort lies just down the road, cut off by a fence. "I wish I could play there," Rodman says, "But I don't have any money."Continue reading the main story


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Nguyen L, Lander LR, O'Grady KE, Marshalek PJ, Schmidt A, Kelly AK, Jones HE. Treating women with opioid use disorder during pregnancy in Appalachia: Initial neonatal outcomes following buprenorphine + naloxone exposure. Am J Addict. 2018 Mar;27(2):92-96. doi: 10.1111/ajad.12687. Epub 2018 Feb 23. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29473258
Zheng, W., Nickasch, M., Lander, L., Wen, S., Xiao, M., Marshalek, P., Dix, E, Sullivan, C. (2017). Treatment Outcome Comparison between Telepsychiatry and Face-to-face Buprenorphine Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) for Opioid Use Disorder: A 2-Year Retrospective Data Analysis. Journal of Addiction Medicine, 11(2), 138–144. http://doi.org/10.1097/ADM.0000000000000287
Laura Lander, Kathleen Chiasson-Downs, Michael Andrew, Gerald Rader, Sheena Dohar, and Kimberly Waibogha, Yoga as an Adjunctive Intervention to Medication-Assisted Treatment with Buprenorphine+Naloxone, Journal of Addiction Research & Therapy 2017, 8:6, DOI: 10.4172/2155-6105.1000354
Keith J. Zullig ,Laura R. Lander, Samantha Sloan, Michael R. Brumage, Gerry R. Hobbs, Laurel Faulkenberry., Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention with Individuals Receiving Medication-Assisted Outpatient Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder, Mindfulness, April 2018, Volume 9, Issue 2, pp 423–429, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-017-0784-0
Zheng, Wanhong, Nickasch, Michael, Lander, Laura, Wen, Sijin, Xiao, Minchan, Marshalek, Patrick, Dix, Ebony, Sullivan, Carl. Treatment Outcome Comparison between Telepsychiatry and Face-to-face Buprenorphine Medication-assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder: A 2-Year Retrospective Data Analysis. Journal of Addiction Medicine. 11(2):138-144, March/April 2017. DOI: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000000287
Zullig, K, Lander, L, Sloan, S, Brummage, M, Hobbs, G, Faulkenberry, L. Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention with Individuals Receiving Medication-Assisted Outpatient Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder, Mindfulness. 8/2017. DOI 10.1007/s12671-017-0784-0
Lander, L & Marshalek, P. Opioid Use Disorder Among Pregnant Women: effective substance abuse treatment considerations. Paradigm. 21(4) 2017, 20-22.
Stabler ME, Long DL, Chertok IR, Giacobbi PR Jr, Pilkerton C, Lander LR. Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome in West Virginia Substate Regions, 2007-2013. The Journal of Rural Health, 2016 Feb, doi 10.1111/jrh. 12174
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Lander L, Marshalek P, Yitayew M, Ford D, Sullivan C, Gurka K. (2013) Rural Healthcare Disparities: Challenges and Solutions for the Pregnant Opioid-dependent Population. West Virginia Medical Journal Accepted for publication July 2013.
Shockey, A, Wilson CS, Lander L, Baretto, G, Szklarz, G, VanVoorhis, G, Minardi, J. (2013). The effect of rural upbringing and education on the intent of health professional students to work in rural settings. International Journal of Medical Education Volume 4, 18-25.
White RJ, Zullig KJ, Lander L, Shockley C, Pack RP, Sullivan C. (2012). The West Virginia Prescription Drug Abuse Quitline: Challenges and Lessons Learned from Running a Remote Quitline, Health Promotion Practice Volume 13(1), 81-89.
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Beautiful feet look more attractive in Pakistani High heels Collection 2017. In this post we will talk about new designs of ladies shoes. In this discussion we will also include the price of these sandals. It is the most important question arises in every girl's mind that what to wear today? She puts different accessories or things matched with her outfit. In the list of these things footwear comes first because of their importance. Every woman looks incomplete without wearing beautiful High heels 2017. After having matching footwear and handbag you will look perfect.
All these fashion things are the reason of your mind-blowing beauty. They will also act as a compliment for you. Extra heels are favorable for those women which have the short height. With the help of heels they can look tall and gorgeous. So it has become a fashion of our country to wear such types of shoes.
Best Designs of High Heels For Women 2017
A lady wants to look confident with her overall look in which dressing, hand bag, jewelry and sandals are including. Actually he wants to maintain her attitude in front of others. The sense of looking more pretty and stylish has been developed among young girls. They do not want to give you a chance to talk about them. Here you will find variety of new latest styles related to world's fashion. Now I am going to share trendy high heels pictures 2017.
Through this collection you can get lovely and fabulous footwear for wedding, functions and parties. Our fashion industry allows the fashion to increase and develop day by day. In this way we can get unique and distinctive things easily. These pictures contain almost all new styles which are now in fashion. All the famous designer artists feel proud to work in their fields. Few of them are strugglers too while others are champions. Have a look on more images of stylish high heels for ladies 2017.
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Chocobos are the cutest. It's true that some versions of Final Fantasy's famed mascot are more adorable than others. But we all know that the cutest chocobos say, "wark". Don't we?
What say you, TAY? "Kweh" or "Wark"? What's the better call for the lovable Chocobo? We will draw lines in the sands of the TAY as we did with the Great TAY Oreo War of 2016. All for funsies, of course.


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Arthur "Art" Mortvedt
Originally from North Dakota, Art Mortvedt came to Alaska in January 1974. He was a teacher in the village of Shungnak, Alaska, moved to living a subsistence lifestyle in a remote location in the Brooks Range, has been a pilot, guide, and dog musher, and at the time of his interview in 2002 was running the Peace of Selby Wilderness Lodge at Selby Lake in the Brooks Range. He met Demaris (Dee), his wife, while working at Jewel Cave National Monument in South Dakota, when she was on her way to be a teacher in Alaska. They were married in 1978. Art also has flown to remote locations around the world, including Central and South America, Antarctica, and Greenland. In 2009, he received the Lowell Thomas Award from the Explorers Club in honor of his accomplishments as an outstanding explorer.


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If you have a young child that gets up way too early, you have to try this awesome way to get your child to sleep in in the morning.
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These are some of our favorite things from Edison's toddler years.
Cool Stuff Hidden in Picture Book Illustrations
A number of times while reading picture books to my son, we have noticed cool little things hidden in the illustrations. Normally, it is just an object that you can find on every page if you look for it. Sometimes, it relates to the story, and sometimes it is just a little thing that the illustrator threw in for fun. Edison gets such a kick out of looking for them as we read. I know there have been many more, but these are the books I can think of off the top of my head. As I come across more,…
Toddler Books We Love: Best Books for 2 Year Olds
All kids are different, but we consider these to be some of the best books for 2 year olds.
Practice the Alphabet and Phonics with Scattergories
(I originally wrote this post when Edison was a toddler. This activity was fantastic for practicing the alphabet and phonics. Now that he is in preschool, we are still getting a lot out of it. Even though he knows his alphabet, the game is great for phonics practice and we have modified it to help with vocabulary too!) I have a lot of board games left over from when I was a kid, and I just can't wait until my son is old enough to enjoy them. Lately, I have started adapting some of the games to work for younger…
Toddler Toys We Love: Fisher-Price Stack & Roll Cups
These stackable, nestable, fit-together-and-roll-around cups are a fantastic (and inexpensive) toddler toy.
Toddler Toys We Love: Plan City Airport
The Plan City Airport is one of my toddler's favorite toys and it is easy to see why.
Toy Gift Ideas For Spirited Toddler Boys
Some of my spirited toddler boy's favorite gifts.
Great Educational Toys for Spirited Toddler Boys
Check out some of my spirited toddler's favorite educational toys.
Toddler iPad Apps We Love: My first Tangrams HD
My first Tangrams HD is a fantastic toddler iPad app which helps my 2 year-old practice his fine motor skills and shapes at the same time.
Toddler Toys We Love: Alphabet Puzzle Mat
Alphabet puzzle mats are one of our favorite toddler toys because it makes it easy and fun to teach your toddler the alphabet.


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Jochen Fassbender
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Meta-Analysis of Cardiovascular Outcomes Trials Comparing Intensive Versus Moderate Statin Therapy
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- Received January 23, 2006
- Revision received March 30, 2006
- Accepted April 4, 2006
- Published online August 1, 2006.
Author Information
- Christopher P. Cannon, MD⁎ (cpcannon{at}partners.org),
- Benjamin A. Steinberg, BA,
- Sabina A. Murphy, MPH,
- Jessica L. Mega, MD and
- Eugene Braunwald, MD
- ↵⁎Reprint requests and correspondence:
Dr. Christopher P. Cannon, TIMI Study Group, Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.
Objectives The purpose of this study was to conduct a meta-analysis that compares the reduction of cardiovascular outcomes with high-dose statin therapy versus standard dosing.
Background Debate exists regarding the merit of more intensive lipid lowering with high-dose statin therapy as compared with standard-dose therapy.
Methods We searched PubMed and article references for randomized controlled trials of intensive versus standard-dose statin therapy enrolling more than 1,000 patients with either stable coronary heart disease or acute coronary syndromes. Four trials were identified: the TNT (Treating to New Targets) and the IDEAL (Incremental Decrease in End Points Through Aggressive Lipid-Lowering) trials involved patients with stable cardiovascular disease, and the PROVE IT–TIMI-22 (Pravastatin or Atorvastatin Evaluation and Infection Therapy–Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction-22) and A-to-Z (Aggrastat-to-Zocor) trials involved patients with acute coronary syndromes. We carried out a meta-analysis of the relative odds on the basis of a fixed-effects model using the Mantel-Haenszel method for the major outcomes of death and cardiovascular events.
Results A total of 27,548 patients were enrolled in the 4 large trials. The combined analysis yielded a significant 16% odds reduction in coronary death or myocardial infarction (p < 0.00001), as well as a significant 16% odds reduction of coronary death or any cardiovascular event (p < 0.00001). No difference was observed in total or non-cardiovascular mortality, but a trend toward decreased cardiovascular mortality (odds reduction 12%, p = 0.054) was observed.
Conclusions Intensive lipid lowering with high-dose statin therapy provides a significant benefit over standard-dose therapy for preventing predominantly non-fatal cardiovascular events.
Numerous large, randomized, controlled trials have documented that cholesterol-lowering therapy with 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors (statins) reduces the risk of death or cardiovascular events in populations with or without a history of coronary artery disease, and across a wide range of cholesterol levels (1).
Recent trials have demonstrated that high-dose statins (also referred to as intensive statin therapy) appear to be more effective than standard-dose statins at reducing cardiovascular events, as seen in the PROVE IT–TIMI-22 (Pravastatin or Atorvastatin Evaluation and Infection Therapy–Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction-22) and TNT (Treating to New Targets) trials (2,3). However, 2 trials, the A-to-Z (Aggrastat to Zocor) and IDEAL (Incremental Decrease in End Points Through Aggressive Lipid Lowering) (4,5), had non-significant trends toward benefit of intensive statin therapy for their pre-specified primary end point, raising questions regarding the reliability of this observation. In order to determine more accurately the clinical utility of intensive statin therapy, we performed a meta-analysis of these 4 trials, which represent more than 100,000 patient-years of observation directly comparing high-dose versus standard-dose statin therapy.
We performed a PubMed search for randomized clinical trials comparing intensive statin therapy with standard-dose statin therapy, and carried out a hand search of references from these original articles and related reviews. Study selection criteria were randomized, controlled trials enrolling more than 1,000 patients that reported clinical outcomes as their primary end point. We intended to look at studies that were adequately powered to detect treatment effects on clinical events. Thus, similar to the Cholesterol Treatment Trialists' (CTT) review of placebo-controlled trials (1), the scope of our search was limited to those trials that randomized 1,000 patients or more and were sufficiently powered to detect clinical end points.
Four randomized trials were identified. The PROVE IT–TIMI-22 (n = 4,162) (2), A-to-Z (n = 4,497) (4), TNT (n = 10,001) (3), and IDEAL (n = 8,888) (5) trials yielded a population of 27,548 patients with either stable coronary heart disease or acute coronary syndromes (ACSs). These patients were randomized to standard-dose or high-dose statin, as determined by the individual trial: pravastatin 40 mg versus atorvastatin 80 mg in the PROVE IT–TIMI-22 trial; 10 mg versus 80 mg atorvastatin in the TNT trial; placebo followed by 20 mg simvastatin versus 40 mg followed by 80 mg simvastatin in the A-to-Z trial; and simvastatin 20 mg titrated to 40 mg versus 80 mg atorvastatin in the IDEAL trial. The following end points were compared across all of the trials: 1) the combined incidence of coronary death or non-fatal myocardial infarction (MI); 2) the combined incidence of coronary death or any cardiovascular event (MI, stroke, hospitalization for unstable angina, or revascularization); and 3) the incidence of stroke; and 4) the incidence of cardiovascular, non-cardiovascular, and all-cause mortality.
Statistical analysis
The absolute event rates through follow-up for mortality are presented for cardiovascular death and any cardiovascular events. Because different trials used varying definitions, subtle differences exist in the end point of coronary death or any adverse cardiovascular event. The IDEAL and TNT trials both included cardiac arrest with resuscitation as a major event. Furthermore, the TNT trial included only non-fatal, non–procedure-related MIs, and the definition of unstable angina varied (unstable angina requiring hospitalization in the PROVE IT–TIMI-22 and IDEAL trials, readmission for ACS in the A-to-Z trial, and documented angina in the TNT trial). In order to more closely mirror the definitions used in the TNT and IDEAL trials, the composite end point of all cardiovascular end points used for the PROVE IT–TIMI-22 and A-to-Z trials differs from that in the original manuscripts to include revascularization at any time and only coronary death. In addition, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) values reported are on-treatment means for the duration of the individual study (not medians, as reported for some trials), based on the intention-to-treat population. Thus, results presented here may appear to differ from those in the trials' primary publications.
A meta-analysis was performed of the relative odds based on a fixed-effects model using the Mantel-Haenszel method. Heterogeneity between individual studies was incorporated into the summary estimate and was influenced by trial sample size and the number of events observed. A random-effects model was also performed as a sensitivity analysis. Results are presented as odds ratios (ORs) with their 95% confidence intervals (CIs) and p values. A p value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant.
Study design and baseline characteristics for each of the 4 qualifying trials are shown in Table 1.The LDL cholesterol levels in each arm of each trial are presented in Figure 1.These values are based on the intention-to-treat populations. The mean on-treatment LDL cholesterol concentrations in the standard therapy arms ranged from 97 mg/dl (2.49 mmol/l) in the PROVE IT–TIMI-22 trial (2) to 104 mg/dl (2.67 mmol/l) in IDEAL (5). The differences in LDL between treatment arms within a trial ranged from a low of 23 mg/dl (0.59 mmol/l) in the IDEAL trial (5) to a high of 32 mg/dl (0.82 mmol/l) in the PROVE IT–TIMI-22 and A-to-Z trials (2,4), in part based on differences in the percentage of patients on statin therapy at baseline. The pooled analysis, in which approximately one-fourth of the patients were on prior statin therapy, showed that with standard-dose therapy, LDL cholesterol declined by 22% to a mean of 101 mg/dl (2.59 mmol/l), whereas with high-dose therapy, it declined by 42% to a mean of 75 mg/dl (1.92 mmol/l). This yielded a final difference in LDL of 25.7% (101 vs. 75 mg/dl) between the 2 treatment groups.
Individual and pooled analyses for coronary death or MI are shown in Figure 2.Although each trial individually had lower rates with intensive statin therapy when considered independently, only the TNT trial had a significant difference. The pooled analysis, however, yielded an overall significant odds reduction of 16% for coronary death or MI (9.4% vs. 8.0%, OR 0.84, 95% CI 0.77 to 0.91, p < 0.00001).
The risk of coronary death or any adverse cardiovascular events (MI, stroke, hospitalization for unstable angina, or any revascularization) was reduced significantly in the intensive statin group in 3 of the 4 trials and neutral in the A-to-Z trial (Fig. 3).The pooled analysis yielded a significant 16% reduction of coronary death or any cardiovascular events (32.3% vs. 28.8%, OR 0.84, 95% CI 0.80 to 0.89, p < 0.0000001).
Cardiovascular death tended to be lower in the high-dose groups in 3 trials, and neutral in the IDEAL trial. Pooling the data yielded a trend to reduction in cardiovascular mortality by 12% (3.8% vs. 3.3%, OR 0.88, 95% CI 0.78 to 1.00, p = 0.054) (Fig. 4A).Rates for non-cardiovascular death and total mortality were also compared. Although 1 trial (TNT) reported a non-significant increase in non-cardiovascular death in the intensive therapy group (3.2% vs. 2.5%), 1 trial was neutral (A-to-Z) and 2 showed non-significantly lower rates. The pooled rates revealed no significant differences between the 2 groups (2.4% in the standard-dose group vs. 2.5% in the intensive, OR 1.03, 95% CI 0.88 to 1.20, p = 0.73) (Fig. 4B). The effects on all-cause mortality demonstrated a trend toward benefit in the PROVE IT–TIMI-22 and A-to-Z trials, but a neutral effect in TNT and IDEAL. In the cumulative experience, there was a non-significant 6% reduction in all-cause mortality (6.2% vs. 5.9%, OR 0.94, 95% CI 0.85 to 1.04, p = 0.20) (Fig. 4C). Data for rates of stroke yielded a significant odds reduction of 18% (2.8% vs. 2.3%, OR 0.82, 95% CI 0.71 to 0.96, p = 0.012) when pooled across all 4 trials (Fig. 5).Each of the observations was similar when the analysis was performed with a random-effects model. For the end point of coronary heart disease death or MI, the random-effects model yielded an odds reduction of 16.5% (OR 0.835, 95% CI 0.77 to 0.91, p < 0.0001).
Severe adverse events, as reported by the trials in their original manuscripts, are listed in Table 2(6).
This analysis, involving more than 100,000 patient-years of observation, found a highly significant 16% reduction of coronary death or MI (p < 0.00001) and, similarly, a 16% reduction in coronary death or any cardiovascular events in patients receiving high-dose statin therapy versus those receiving standard-dose therapy (p < 10−12). Although there was also a favorable trend in reduction of cardiovascular death with high-dose statins, the predominant benefit was seen in preventing the non-fatal events of MI, stroke, unstable angina, and revascularization. These data underscore the significant clinical benefit of high-dose statin therapy over standard doses in patients with known coronary artery disease, whether treated immediately after an acute coronary event or in the stable secondary prevention setting.
Extrapolating these data indicates that for every million patients with chronic or acute coronary artery disease, such as those entered into these trials, treated for 5 years, intensive rather than standard statin dosing would prevent more than 35,000 cardiovascular events (including more than 14,000 coronary deaths or MIs). On the basis of our analysis, this yields a number needed to treat of just 29 patients (for 2 years following an ACS, or for 5 years in stable patients) to prevent a cardiovascular event. It should be recalled that these benefits are in addition to those achieved by standard statin therapy, which has been shown to be highly effective (1). Placebo-controlled standard-dose statin trials showed a reduction in cardiovascular mortality by 20%, and of major cardiovascular events by 25% (1). Thus, when the present analysis is considered in light of the meta-analysis of placebo-controlled trials, it is possible that the benefit of high-dose statins as compared with placebo could be a 40% reduction in cardiovascular events for the large number of patients at risk who are not currently on any statin.
Our data expand upon prior analyses of LDL reduction versus clinical event reductions. Although we did not have complete patient-level data to precisely gauge risk reduction per unit LDL reduction, our study is consistent with the previously published rates from the CTT meta-analysis, where roughly 1.8 mg/dl reduction in LDL led to a 1% reduction in cardiovascular events (1). Thus, the 26 mg/dl difference in LDL we observed in this analysis would be expected to lead to approximately a 14% decrease in cardiovascular events, and we observed a 16% reduction in events. However, this analysis is a comparison of LDL lowering using different doses of statins to reduce cardiovascular events. Because we lack patient-level data and because statins have been shown to reduce other markers of cardiovascular disease (such as C-reactive protein) (7), we cannot make any conclusions as to the expected risk reduction through other means of lowering LDL.
In determining current practice patterns of the use of statins, several surveys have shown underutilization of these agents (8–12). In some series, 40% to 50% of patients who have evidence of cardiovascular disease and are eligible for statin therapy by National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) III Guidelines do not receive any statin therapy. This was highlighted by the guidelines committee as a major national priority—to expand the use of statins to all eligible patients (13). In addition, studies of "real-world" clinical practice have indicated significant under-dosingof statins in high-risk populations (8). In 1 recent report, nearly half of the patients were receiving doses below those tested in clinical trials (e.g., 10 mg of simvastatin or pravastatin), which would be associated with smaller reductions in LDL and which have not been shown to reduce clinical events (8). Conversely, fewer than 5% were taking high-intensity statin therapy (80 mg simvastatin or 80 mg atorvastatin) (8–11). Although some studies have noted improvement in the prescription of high-dose statins in the past year in response to the PROVE IT–TIMI-22 trial (2,9), use remains quite low (5% to 15%) (12). With the substantial benefits of high-dose compared with standard-dose statin therapy seen in this meta-analysis, not only should physicians and health-care systems work to improve the percentage of patients on statins, they should ensure that patients receive the appropriate, evidence-based dose.
This meta-analysis also underscores the role of high-dose statins in preventing stroke. Although much attention in prevention of stroke has focused on antithrombotic therapy, few advances in this approach have occurred in recent studies (14). The meta-analysis of all placebo-controlled statin trials showed a relative risk reduction of stroke by 17% (1). Our data indicate that high-dose statins, compared to standard-dose statins, such as were employed in the previously cited meta-analysis (1), could significantly enhance that effect by an additional 18%, to yield an overall reduction of stroke by approximately one-third. This represents an important intervention for patients, most of whom do not have a history of cerebrovascular disease.
Concerns have surfaced about the possibility of an associated increase in non-cardiovascular mortality with high doses compared with standard doses of statins as a result of a trend toward increased non-cardiovascular mortality in the TNT trial (3,15). However, our pooled analyses, which included the TNT trial, found essentially identical rates in the high-dose (2.5%) versus the standard-dose (2.4%) groups (p = 0.73). In addition, the recent CTT review of 90,056 patients in 14 placebo-controlled trials found not only no increase in non-vascular mortality, but a significant 12% reduction in all-cause deaths (p < 0.0001) (1). Thus, much of the concern for both standard-dose and high-dose statin use and non-cardiovascular death seems to be merely chance observation in an individual trial or anecdotal evidence, but not supported by the totality of the evidence.
Therefore, results of this meta-analysis should have substantial implications for both physicians and their patients. In an effort to provide for maximum reduction of cardiovascular events, intensive statin therapy should be considered in the same realm as other proven therapies such as smoking cessation and aspirin use for secondary prevention (16,17). Accordingly, we believe these data support the NCEP's 2004 amendment to the Adult Treatment Panel III Guidelines (13,18) and should provide the impetus for the guidelines committee to consider upgrading the target of 70 mg/dl from "optional" to "recommended" for high-risk patients (such as those enrolled in these trials), thereby maximizing the opportunity to achieve the benefits of intensive statin therapy demonstrated here.
Study limitations
Although 27,548 patients is the largest analysis of intensive statin therapy to date, it remains underpowered to detect a statistical difference in cardiovascular death and total mortality (19). An additional trial comparing 80 mg of simvastatin to 20 mg of simvastatin, SEARCH (Study of the Effectiveness of Additional Reductions in Cholesterol and Homocysteine) (20), is ongoing—and this trial combined with our meta-analysis should provide further information on these 2 important end points. The duration of treatment and follow-up differed between the trials, but was relatively long-term for each of the respective conditions (2 years for the ACS trials, and 5 years for the trials of stable coronary artery disease). However, similar differences in duration of trials are present in most other meta-analyses, including the overview of prior statin-versus-placebo trials where durations ranged from 3 years (in several trials such as ASCOT [Anglo-Scandinavian Cardiac Outcomes Trial] [21], CARDS [Collaborative Atorvastatin Diabetes Study] [22], and PROSPER [PROspective Study of Pravastatin in the Elderly at Risk] [23]) to 5 years (in others). We did not have individual patient data, and thus could not assess the degree of LDL lowering versus clinical benefit as was done in the CTT analysis, but this latter collaborative group is in the process of collecting the data to carry out such an analysis. We cannot determine from this analysis whether the benefit is seen because high-dose statins were used or because low LDL levels were achieved. Thus, we are not able to say, if a patient achieved an LDL of <70 mg/dl using moderate-dose statin, whether outcomes would be better if a higher-dose statin were used (which would achieve an LDL of even lower). Ongoing trials are addressing whether further reductions can be seen with even higher-intensity LDL lowering. Finally, we did not assess cost-benefit in this analysis; these analyses are ongoing in individual trials and should be useful to determine the cost (or potential savings) associated with the observed clinical benefit of this more intensive secondary prevention strategy.
Intensive lipid lowering with statins provides a significant benefit over standard-dose statin therapy for preventing non-fatal cardiovascular events, including stroke, with a trend toward decreasing cardiovascular mortality as well. These data support a broader use of intensive statin therapy for patients with stable coronary heart disease, as well as those with a recent ACS.
The PROVE IT–TIMI-22 trial was sponsored by Bristol-Myers Squibb and Sankyo Co. LTD, and the A-to-Z trial was sponsored by Merck. Dr. Cannon currently receives research grant support from Merck, AstraZeneca, and Schering-Plough, and serves on advisory boards and/or is a consultant to AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Schering-Plough, Pfizer, and Sanofi-Aventis. Mr. Steinberg is a research fellow supported by The Stanley J. Sarnoff Endowment for Cardiovascular Science, Inc., Great Falls, Virginia. Dr. Braunwald receives research grant support from Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merck, Pfizer, and Schering-Plough.
- Abbreviations and Acronyms
- A-to-Z
- Aggrastat-to-Zocor trial
- acute coronary syndrome
- confidence interval
- Cholesterol Treatment Trialists
- Incremental Decrease in End Points Through Aggressive Lipid-Lowering trial
- low-density lipoprotein
- myocardial infarction
- National Cholesterol Education Program
- odds ratio
- Pravastatin or Atorvastatin Evaluation and Infection Therapy–Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction-22 trial
- Treating to New Targets trial
- Received January 23, 2006.
- Revision received March 30, 2006.
- Accepted April 4, 2006.
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