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Thursday, November 20, 2008
Is Buffett Worried? No, but Somebody Is
Warren Buffett professes never to worry about a position, even if it's down 50%.
Since he never strays outside his famous "circle of competence," except maybe for that US Air investment a few years back, Buffett figures he knows more than the market thinks it does, manic-depressive as that market tends to be. "You use the market to serve you and not to instruct you," he told one young investor from India at the Berkshire annual meeting this year.
So the odds are good that Buffett himself is not breaking a sweat over his own stock's 40% decline since his late September cavalry-to-the-rescue investment in Goldman Sachs.
After all, who knows more about Berkshire than Warren Buffett?
Still, somebody out there is indeed breaking a sweat about Berkshire, and not just the company's stock. Credit default swaps in Berkshire—insurance against a default by Berkshire—have been climbing ever since the market began its September swoon, and suddenly spiked in the last few days.
Specifically, the Berkshire 5-year CDS began the month of September at about 100, climbed to just over 250 a week ago, and cruised to 481.7 yesterday, according to our Bloomberg. (This means somebody was paying $481,700 annually to insure against a default on $10 million of debt for five years.)
Why does this matter?
Well, credit defaults swaps have been an excellent early warning indicator of trouble at nearly every financial company that now no longer exists in their previous forms. And the reason is quite simple: companies doing business with highly leveraged financials can buy credit default swaps in those financials in order to hedge the risk of a collapse.
This is exactly what happened with AIG. According to the recent, excellent Wall Street Journal account of AIG's final days, Goldman Sachs reportedly was buying credit default swaps in AIG to hedge their counterparty risk well before that firm hit the wall. So by keeping an eye on movements in credit default swaps, shareholders get a good look at where the bond market thinks the company is going.
And in the case of Berkshire, the bond market is worried.
Most strikingly, Triple A-rated Berkshire's CDS are trading higher than several considerably lesser lights in the insurance realm, including Allstate (301.7), Progressive (252.3) and Odyssey Re (158.3).
Which begs the question, who is buying credit default swaps in Berkshire Hathaway, and why?
Taking the last question first, the most obvious reason is Berkshire's heavy exposure to derivatives, particularly the $37 billion notional value stock market put options Buffett sold for nearly $5 billion when the world markets were substantially higher than today, and on which Berkshire has taken mark-to-market losses of nearly $2 billion already.
In addition to the market index puts, there is another $11 billion in notional value worth of credit default obligations on Berkshire's books.
All told, Berkshire entered the crisis with nearly $50 billion of theoretical derivative exposure. This may seem ironic, given Buffett's early warnings against derivatives as an asset class ("ticking time-bombs," he called them five years ago), but Buffett is no shrinking violet when it comes to making money off whatever comes his way that fits in that circle of competence of his. "We have at least 60 derivatives," he told shareholders two years ago, "and believe me: we'll make money on all of them." And his shareholders believed him.
But somebody, now, does not.
Who might that somebody be? For starters, the firms (insurance companies, most likely) who purchased those index puts from Berkshire might be getting nervous that, since the crisis has not let up, they should hedge their exposure to Berkshire.
Or it might be insurance companies that have purchased reinsurance from Berkshire (Berkshire does a huge business in catastrophic reinsurance—hurricanes and such), hedging their exposure in case the "Oracle of Omaha" suddenly loses his touch.
Time will tell if Mr. Market is instructing us, or not.
Jeff Matthews
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- Adam J Davis said...
Great post and great information. Time will only tell how Buffett's positions will pan out. However...
His advantage is a strong and growing capital base (many cash flowing sub. companies) and a decidedly focused approach against the "smart money" that is betting against him. BRK, like a double-hulled ship, can take a few shots and keep heading straight.
It would seem that the institutional managers taking the other side can't "get fired" for buying this type of insurance. Although, as a whole, many of these institutions haven't really had a hot streak to speak of recently.
- Anonymous said...
rumor is hedgies were going long Sr Secured bank debt and short BRK. Not sure if I understand that but its moving. good note
- Dan E said...
The reason I read this blog, in addition to the odd tale of unhelpful stock calls, is for your $.02. This is a neat story about the activity in Berkshire, but I'd appreciate it more with your opinion in it. Especially given all the homework I'm sure you've recently done on Berkshire and WB.
- Jeff Matthews said...
Dan, I never give opinions on stocks, if that's what you're asking for. Never have, never will.
Assuming your asking my opinion on what's really going on...for what it's worth, seems likely to be real buying by Berkshire counterparties, not speculators betting on the S&P going to zero by the year 2019 (when the index options start maturing) and Berkshire getting stuck with a $50 billion write-off.
But more informed opinion is welcome.
- Anonymous said...
Jeff - in this market crowded "safe" stocks are getting killed. I would bet 99% of the holders are long BRK due to WB and CM and the past track record and trust them but what about holders who need liquidity? Fido could trim 1k shares a day and raise some cash not denting the 25k they hold but the absence of buyers in this tape could see BRK closer to 5000 vs 10000 fairly easily. And think if others trimed 100 shares too a day - plenty of those types of holders too. My point is that WB might be faced with a lack of buyers for BRK as I was told a few years back "don't be shocked to see someone ask for their money back from your fund...when you never could have imagined they needed money." I'd be a seller...
- Dan E said...
Good point about not recommending stocks. I hadn't thought about it that way, but I can see how a comment on a change in value could be taken as your endorsement to sell/buy. I guess what I was looking for was your opinion on Buffett's derivative investment (smart / foolish / don't know). But again, I can see now how that might be seen as a vote for/against Berkshire, so understood if that's off limits.
- whydibuy said...
And maybe is a sign of the intense panic sweeping the markets over anything other than a treasury. If I recall, those S&P options were very long term, 15 or twenty years and they were European options; exercisable only at maturity. No chance of a early call and the mark to market is a non cash accounting adjustment. Buffett hasn't lost a dime and is earning on the float from the put premiums. Yes, hes playing history that says no one ever lost money on stocks over a 7 year period but today past history is no guarantee of future performance. As we're seeing.
- Anonymous said...
I really wondered for a long time why Buffett bought that stake in GS. Sure, Goldman is the best choice in financials, but everybody could make that choice, that's not a real WB pick. He got favorable terms, sure - but only time will tell if good enough.
So I came to the conclusion that this is just a planned loss before Congress and US citizens start turning towards him: "Hey, you are drowning in liquidity! I think we need to force you to invest into some companies that WE choose..."
Now WB can say: "Hey I tried but it didn't work either..."
- Jack Straw said...
Pandit's comments came during a morning conference call with his staff. During the call, Pandit said "rumor mongering is at the heart of our problems," and he reiterated that Citigroup's capital position is very strong.
How come whenever a company is going down, some type of "rumor mongering" is always the first excuse a CEO comes up with? Yeah Vikram, I'm sure this is all just a bad game of telephone.
- Anonymous said...
One potential thought on the Goldman investment is Goldman was Berkshire's main "prime broker" if there is such a thing for them, where they structured this derrivatives contract, among other things. Perhaps Buffett had some self-interest in keeping Goldman around; not sure where the company holds its securities, but if I had to guess I'd say Goldman.
As for the CDS blowout, perhaps this a contrarian indicator that we are in the depths of fear and irrationality. In my view, Berkshire is more credit worthy than the U.S. government.
- Anonymous said...
While your comment about negative CDS activity in companies that have subsequently failed was interesting, I think it is also misleading in implying it has predictive value. You only mention the failures this activity predicted but you do not mention any negative CDS activity that did not accurately predict failure. How many firms expreienced negative activity but then did not fail or thereafter experienced a recovery in CDS outlook? Don't ask me, though, I am too lazy to do the actual work...just wondering if you did.
- Jeff Matthews said...
"Rational" raises a good question, and the answer is, "very few" financials have survived serious, sustained spikes in their credit fault swaps.
Morgan Stanley is the most dramatic example of a company surviving a CDS warning signal, thus far: the MS CDS blew out to 1,200 in early October before collapsing back to the 400 level...although they have recently spiked to 531.7.
Still, MS equity is well below its levels during the halcyon, pre-CDS spike days.
- invstmnt said...
This post is on May 4, 2009.
Warren Buffett gave you, at Saturday's shareholder meeting, the answer to your speculation about the equity puts being the possible cause of the CDS activity.
He said that as the market was dropping and Berkshire's written puts were increasing in value, the counterparty had to by more CDS on Berkshire to insure further the unrealized gain against credit risk of Berkshire not being able to pay.
Very curious when one considers that Berkshire probably has a better credit picture than the other side of the CDS the counterparty used.


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COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Blue Jackets are limping into their five-day break after another surprising loss to one of the NHL's worst teams.
Sven Baertschi sparked a four-goal second period for Vancouver, Jacob Markstrom had 27 saves and the Canucks rallied to beat Columbus 5-2 on Friday night.
The Blue Jackets also lost 3-1 to Buffalo on Thursday night despite outshooting the Sabres 45-29. Columbus got off to a strong start against Vancouver before the decisive second period. The Blue Jackets now get some time to recover while still holding onto second place in the Metropolitan Division.
"It'll leave a bad taste in the guys' mouths for sure," Columbus captain Nick Foligno said. "But this break probably comes at a good time for us where we can get away, recharge and know that we have a chance here to get some energy for a big push in February, March and April."
Seth Jones put Columbus up 1-0 during a strong first period, but Vancouver powered ahead in the second. Baertschi, Erik Gudbranson, Brandon Gaunce and Alexander Edler scored, and Jake Virtanen added an empty-net goal with nine seconds left in the third to help the Canucks snap a five-game skid.
Thomas Vanek and Henrik Sedin each had two assists for Vancouver, which won for just the third time since Dec. 7.
Sergei Bobrovsky let in four of the Canucks' 12 shots in the second period, although he was the victim of some unfortunate bounces. He finished with 24 saves. Matt Calvert also scored for Columbus.
"We worked hard today for 60 minutes and it showed," Markstrom said. "This is how we have to play every night."
Early on, though, it looked as if the game might go the Blue Jackets' way.
At 4:33 into the first period, Foligno found Jones wide open at the top of the right circle, and the All-Star
"I like how we stuck with it," Vancouver coach Travis Green said. "I didn't feel a sense of panic on the bench."
Baertschi tied it with his ninth goal on a power play 1:19 into the second. Vanek set it up with a nifty behind-the-back pass across the goal mouth, and Baertschi swept it in from a sharp angle. Gudbranson gave the Canucks the lead at 5:38 when he beat Bobrovsky from the right point.
The Canucks got another power-play goal at 14:31. Gaunce broke his stick on the shot, but the puck slipped in between Bobrovsky's pads. The fourth goal came at 17:15 when Edler's shot deflected off the skate of defender Markus Nutivaara.
"It was a funky second period, that's for sure," Columbus coach John Tortorella said. "You have to make your puck luck. We had a lot of luck and a lot of it was bad in that second period. We've just got to reset ourselves here and try to find our way."
Calvert made it 4-2 with 7:25 remaining, but the Blue Jackets couldn't get closer.
NOTES: Henrik Sedin has 18 assists in his last 19 games. His twin brother and line mate Daniel Sedin has two goals and three assists in the last four games. ... Vanek has five goals and eight assists in the last 10 games. ... Columbus F Sonny Milano missed his second game with an unspecified upper-body injury. ... Vancouver D Chris Tanev returned after missing two games with facial injuries. He lost six teeth after taking a puck in the mouth against Toronto on Jan. 6. ... Vancouver scratched D Derrick Pouliot, D Alex Beiga and F Michael Chaput. ... Jones extended his point streak to four games with the first-period goal. ... Foligno had assists on both Columbus goals.
Vancouver: At Minnesota on Sunday night.
Columbus: After the five-day break, Blue Jackets host Dallas on Thursday night.
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Wednesday, 2 June 2010
GIVEAWAY: Hourglass
This is my first giveaway in honour of reaching 100 followers. By way of thanks I have bought an Hourglass Prodigy Lipgloss in the shade Hypnotic, this was a shade that was on my list to buy so thought I may as well buy you something that I want :)
Its described as a metallic Burgundy with a hint of bronze, it certainly looks different in the tube so who ever wins it, I'll be interested to know how the colour applies on.
Here are the rules:
1.To enter you must be one of my followers and just submit a comment on this post.
2.The giveaway will close on the 9th June 2010 5pm UK time, and the winner will be picked via one of those random number generator things. I'll annonce the winner on my blog so that you can email me your address details.
This is open to all countries, as I know quite a lot of my followers are not UK based.
Good Luck x
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In a scene from one of my favorite Irish films, The Commitments – the story of a young soul band forming in 1980's Dublin – three of the band members are trying to come up with a name for their group.
"How about 'And, And, And'!" says one of the lads.
I mention that because it seems lie something of a lifestyle choice here in Ireland. Everyone seems to be/do more than one thing. A grocer-and-member of the county council, a publican-and-lifeboat captain, the farmer-and-builder for example. Last week we took our bicycles to be reassembled by the local publican-and-bike repairman. As we don't yet have a car – and we know how walking can be with MS – the bikes make for easy transportation, a walker on the days when balance precludes actually riding and the flip-out baskets on the back make carrying groceries (yes, from the grocer-and-MP) back home from the shops.
While I'll not pass judgment on the work of the bicycleman (he is after all, a publican and I do want to get a decent pint now and again), let's just say that my bike will need a tune-up once the proper bike shop opens back up in the spring (as I have neither the tools nor the mechanical inclination to figure out how to fix the issue)
While Caryn was riding further and further ahead of my on our first trip back from town, I noted that my breaks needed major adjustment. The rear brakes weren't deployed completely, so I could still pedal and make my way along the road. Each crank, however, took more effort than it should have – even in the lowest gears – and, though I tried my hardest, I just couldn't keep up.
Something unseen to my eyes was dragging against my efforts. Somewhere in the workings of the machine that carried my, a small glitch was holding me back…making me tired…slowing me down.
I needn't, for those living with MS, put any finer point on the analogy. Living life with multiple sclerosis can sometimes be like riding along with the brakes on. Try as we might, it takes more for us to go just as far and sometimes it's just more than we can give to get only part of the way.
These brakes do not stop us, however. We pedal on; we work very hard to get our load to its final destination. We know this.
The important lesson for me this day was learned as I cranked and huffed and cursed the damned breaks past the last of the row-cottages at the end of the town. The sun broke from behind the stone buildings and the town's harbor glittered in the clear winter air. Birds picked into the muddy flats that the receding tide had laid bare for them to forage. The cold smell of the sea mingled with a warm incent of turf fire smoke from the chimneys and met the freshness of the rain I hoped to beat to my door.
I came to realize that the living part of a life with MS goes on around us every day. While the brakes of this disease may slow us down, may make nearly everything more difficult and cause some parts of life to be just damned impossible, it is important for me to look around and to live around.
We can chose to focus on the fact that the breaks slow us down or we can chose to see the journey - a little slower, a little more difficulty, and perhaps not as fully as before – for the old saying that life is the journey not the destination is one of life's truest realizations… multiple sclerosis or not.
Wishing you and your family the best of health.
You can also follow me via our Life With MS Facebook page, on Twitter, and in our group on MS Connection.org. Also, check out our bi-monthly MS blog for the United Kingdom, look for our very special new monthly blog for the National MS Society, and don't forget to check out TrevisLGleason.com.


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Lady Gaga and Six More On-Stage Accidents
Lady Gaga's concussion is the latest injury to rock the music world.
June 12, 2012 -- intro: The show must and does go on, as Lady Gaga proved last weekend when she was struck in the head by a pole and kept on rocking during a performance in Auckland, New Zealand.
Gaga briefly left the stage before returning to perform another 16 songs, telling the audience, "I want to apologize, I did hit my head and I think I may have a concussion. But don't you worry, I will finish this show."
Videos of the incident show a male dancer accidentally hitting Gaga in the head with a metal set piece while taking it off the stage. Gaga, who was performing "Judas," briefly staggered and rubbed her head before walking off the stage. She was back a short time later.
Tara Savelo, the singer's make-up artist, tweeted about the incident on Sunday: "Gaga has a concussion but she is going to be okay. She wants u to know she loves u. I'm taking care of her. Can't believe she finished the show."
As music artists know, these on-stage hazards are all part of the show. Click through for six more on-stage mishaps.
quicklist: 1 title: Sugarland text: Just as Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush were about to take the stage at the Indiana State Fair last August, a powerful storm blew through the area and a huge gust of wind ripped down the stage scaffolding. Seven people that were killed, dozens more were injured. Numerous victims of the stage collapse filed a massive civil lawsuit on Nov. 22 claiming Sugarland and the companies involved with the construction of the stage were negligent and contributed to the accident. Sugarland has denied all accusations against the band, saying it had nothing to do with the stage's construction. In a statement to ABC News in February, Sugarland's manager Gail Gellman said, "Sadly when a tragedy occurs, people want to point fingers and try to sensationalize the disaster. The single most important thing to Sugarland, are their fans." media: 16542327
quicklist: 2 title: Marie Osmond text: Marie Osmond suffered an accident of a different kind. During a March performance on a Bahamas cruise ship, she laughed so hard after an audience member's question that she peed on herself -- and the stage. Unashamed, Osmond exclaimed, "I just peed my pants! Oh ship!" She then used her dress to mop up the spot where she had her accident until someone brought her paper towels. Doubled over with laughter, her brother Donny Osmond told the audience, "We promised you an experience. You got it!" media: 16542370
quicklist: 3 title: Pink text: At the 2010 Grammy Awards, singer Pink showed Cirque-du-Soleil-type skills when she performed a trapeze act while singing "Glitter in the Air." Trying a similar move in July that year during a concert in Nurnberg, Germany, Pink fell out of her harness and hit a metal barricade. She was immediately rushed to the hospital, where she later tweeted, "I am so so so sorry to end the show that way. I am embarrassed and very sorry. Getting xrays. I hope it at least looked cool!!!" Later she explained on Twitter that she, "didn't get clipped in2 harness correctly, drug me off stage, fell in2 barricade " Amazingly, the singer suffered no broken bones, just serious soreness. media: 16542439
quicklist: 4 title: Steven Tyler text: "Love in an Elevator" just does something weird to Steve Tyler. In 2009, the Aerosmith frontman fell off stage while performing the song in South Dakota and had to be airlifted to a local hospital after suffering minor head, neck and shoulder injuries. The following year, it happened again in Toronto. Fortunately for Tyler, he emerged unscathed the second time around and was helped back on stage by fans and Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry. Living it up when he's going down, indeed. media: 16542408
quicklist: 5 title: Jimmy Buffett text: Jimmy Buffett's 2011 fall off a concert stage in Sydney, Australia, was made all the more ominous by the line he sang before taking a tumble: "It's been a lovely cruise, I'm sorry it's ended." Luckily, that wasn't last call for the "Margaritaville" singer. Buffett spent a night in the hospital after being knocked unconscious and was released the following day in good spirits, according to hospital staff. media: 16542380
quicklist: 6 title: Bret Michaels text: Bret Michaels took a big blow to the head while performing at the 2009 Tony Awards. As the Poison frontman walked off stage, he was hit by a piece of scenery that knocked him to the ground. Photos of his fractured nose and busted lip went viral online, and Michaels later sued the Tonys claiming that the accident forced him to cancel scheduled Poison concerts and contributed to a life-threatening brain hemorrhage he suffered 10 months later. In May, Michaels settled with the Tonys and all the parties named in the lawsuit for an undisclosed sum of money. media: 16542338


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RICHMOND, Va. – The VCU Baseball team suffered a 4-2 setback to George Mason in the series finale on Sunday afternoon at The Diamond.
The Rams overall record now stands at 17-15, including a 6-9 mark in CAA play, while George Mason improves to 22-11 and 9-6 in the league.
"I thought George Mason did a great job of executing when we gave them the chances early in the game and that was the difference today," said VCU head coach Paul Keyes. "We had some late chances, but just couldn't seem to come away with the hits when we needed them. It was their weekend, they did a great job of making the plays or coming away with the big hits when they need them, so a lot of credit goes out to George Mason."
After being held scoreless in Saturday's contest, the Rams pulled ahead early tallying the game's first run in the bottom of the first inning. Sophomore outfielder Bill Cullen swung on Mason pitcher A.J. Johnson's first offering, and sent the ball over the left fielder's head for a leadoff triple. The Colonial Heights, Va., native now has eight triples on the season, which matches the VCU single-season record for triples. A groundout to the second baseman by junior infielder Jordan Weymouth allowed Cullen to score and gave VCU a 1-0 advantage.
The Patriots did all of their damage in the top of the fourth inning, pushing across four runs in the frame off three hits. It would be all the offense George Mason would need the rest of the way.
The Rams cut the lead to two in the bottom of the seventh inning, as sophomore Chris Ayers led the inning off with a single through the left side. Following a strikeout, senior catcher Nick Abrahamson laced a single to right field to put runners on first and second. Senior outfielder Paul Nice drew a free pass on a hit-by-pitch to load the bases for the Rams. Cullen followed with a sacrifice fly to center, which allowed Ayers (pictured right) to score and cut the deficit to 4-2.
The Rams were unable to overcome the deficit, despite outhitting George Mason for the second day in a row.
VCU freshman pitcher Heath Dwyer suffers the loss for the Rams, while Johnson notched the victory for the Patriots.
The Rams will continue play at The Diamond this Tuesday, with a non-conference matchup against VMI at 6 p.m.


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1 Principles of joint-bridging triangular external fixation topenlarge
A joint-bridging triangular external fixator consists of a Steinmann pin running through the calcaneal tuberosity. A rod is fixed to each end of the pin and connected to the partial frame on the tibial crest.
This triangular frame is extended into the foot to stabilize soft tissues, to fix the foot in a neutral position and to reduce the risk of secondary equinus deformity.
A joint-bridging frame is usually used for temporary stabilization, but may be used for definitive treatment if necessary.
Details of external fixation are described in the basic technique for application of modular external fixator.
Specific considerations for joint-bridging triangular fixation of the ankle joint are given below.
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AO teaching video: Tibia - Intraarticular fracture - Fracture fixation using Large External Fixator: Ankle-bridging Delta Frame
2 Patient preparation topenlarge
This procedure is normally performed with the patient in a supine position.
3 Safe zones for pin placement topenlarge
Inserting percutaneous instrumentation such as pins or transfixion wires through safe zones reduces the risk of damage to neurovascular structures.
For safe pin placement make use of the safe zones and be familiar with the anatomy of the lower leg and the foot.
4 Pin insertion (tibial shaft) topenlarge
Choice of tibial pin placement
Drilling a hole in the thick tibial crest may be associated with excessive heat generation and there is a risk the drill bit may slip medially or laterally damaging the soft tissues. As the anteromedial tibial wall provides adequate thickness for the placement of pins, this trajectory is preferable. A trajectory angle (relative to the sagittal plane) of 20-60° for the proximal fragment and of 30-90° for the distal fragment is recommended.
Alternatively, in order to avoid the frame catching on the opposite leg, the pins may be placed more anteriorly. The drill bit is started with the tip just medial to the anterior crest, and with the drill bit perpendicular to the anteromedial surface (A). As the drill bit starts to penetrate the surface, the drill is gradually moved more anteriorly until the drill bit is in the desired plane (B). This should prevent the tip from sliding down the medial or lateral surface.
5 Frame construction (triangular external fixation) topenlarge
Construction of tibial frame and insertion of Steinmann pin
Insert two pins in the sagittal plane and slightly medial to the anterior tibial crest at an adequate distance above the fracture zone. Connect them with a short rod and tighten the rod-to-pin clamps. Placement more proximally gives room for later definitive open fixation and avoids damaged soft tissue in the fracture zone. Place the pins far enough apart to ensure adequate stability.
Then insert a Steinmann pin, or a threaded pin, from medial to lateral through the calcaneal tuberosity. Take care to avoid damage to the posterior tibial neurovascular bundle.
Tibiocalcaneal connection
Connect each end of the calcaneal pin to one of the tibial pins with a rod using rod-to-pin clamps applied loosely enough to allow reduction of the fracture.
6 Reduction and fixation (triangular external fixation) topenlarge
Reduction by manipulating the calcaneal pin
Reduce the fracture by manipulating the calcaneal pin. After checking correct reduction with image intensification, fix the reduced position by tightening all clamps.
Connecting the rods
To stabilize the construct, the two tibiocalcaneal rods may be connected with a short rod using rod-to-rod clamps.
A bent Steinmann rod can be used as an alternative to a straight rod if needed.
Tibiotarsal transfixation
To keep the foot in a neutral position, one or two small pins should be inserted
- in one of the cuboids or
- in the first metatarsal or
- in the first and in the fifth metatarsal
and connected directly, or through a partial frame, with the tibial frame.
Alternative: Construct starting with a single tibial pin
To achieve a similar triangular construct, it is possible to start with one pin in the proximal third of the tibial crest instead of a partial frame.
Frame construction / reduction and fixation include the following steps:
- Insertion of the tibial pin
- Insertion of the calcaneal Steinmann pin
- Connecting the two pins medially and laterally with two rods
- Reduction by manipulating the calcaneal pin and fixation by tightening the clamps
- Insertion of a stabilizing pin in the tibia proximal to the fracture through a rod-to-pin clamp on the medial rod
- Tibiotarsal transfixation


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North Korea orders rocket prep after US B-2 drill
Published: 29th March 2013 10:53 AM | Last Updated: 29th March 2013 10:53 AM | A+A A-
North Korea's leader responded Friday to America's use of nuclear-capable B-2 bombers in joint South Korean military drills with more angry rhetoric, saying his rocket forces are ready "to settle accounts with the U.S."
The threats, while not an indication of imminent war, are most likely aimed at coercing South Korea into softening its policies, to win direct talks and aid from Washington, and to strengthen young leader Kim Jong Un's credentials at home.
Kim "convened an urgent operation meeting" with his senior generals early Friday, signed a rocket preparation plan and ordered his forces on standby to strike the U.S. mainland, South Korea, Guam and Hawaii, state media reported.
It is the latest in the litany of apparently empty threats that North Korea has issued, including highly improbable ones to nuke the United States. Experts believe the country is years away from developing nuclear-tipped missiles that could strike the United States.
Many analysts say they've also seen no evidence that Pyongyang's missiles can hit the U.S. mainland.
Still, North Korea remains unpredictable, and its threats do raise tensions given the kind of arsenal it has: short- and mid-range missiles that can hit South Korea. Also, Seoul is only a short drive from the heavily armed border separating the Koreas.
There are fears of a localized conflict, such as a naval skirmish in disputed Yellow Sea waters. Such naval clashes have happened three times since 1999.
Kim said "the time has come to settle accounts with the U.S. imperialists in view of the prevailing situation," according to a report by the North's official Korean Central News Agency. The stealth bombers' flight indicates that U.S. hostility against North Korea has "entered a reckless phase, going beyond the phase of threat and blackmail," Kim was quoted as saying.
Thousands of North Koreans turned out for a 90-minute mass rally at the main square in Pyongyang in support of Kim's call to arms. Chanting "Death to the U.S. imperialists" and "Sweep away the U.S. aggressors," soldiers and students marched through Kim Il Sung Square in downtown Pyongyang.
U.S. Forces Korea said that the B-2 stealth bombers flew from a U.S. air base in Missouri and dropped dummy munitions on an uninhabited South Korean island range on Thursday before returning home. The Pentagon said this was the first time a B-2 had dropped dummy munitions over South Korea, but later added that it was unclear whether there had ever been any B-2 flights there.
The statement follows an earlier U.S. announcement that nuclear-capable B-52 bombers participated in the joint military drills.
Pyongyang also uses the U.S. nuclear arsenal as a justification for its own push for nuclear weapons. It claims that U.S. nuclear firepower is a threat to its existence and that its annual military drills with South Korea are a preparation for invasion. Washington and Seoul say the drills are routine and defensive.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told reporters Thursday that the decision to send B-2 bombers to join the military drills was part of normal exercises and not intended to provoke North Korea. Hagel acknowledged, however, that North Korea's belligerent tones and actions in recent weeks have ratcheted up the danger in the region, "and we have to understand that reality."
In Washington, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said the U.S. was making sure its defenses were "appropriate and strong" as North Korea continues to test and seeks to extend the reach of its weaponry.
North Korea has already threatened nuclear strikes on Washington and Seoul in recent weeks. Earlier this month, it announced that it considers void the armistice that ended the Korean War in 1953.
But there were also signs that Pyongyang is willing to go only so far.
A North Korean industrial plant operated with South Korean know-how was running normally Friday, despite the North's shutdown two days earlier of communication lines ordinarily used to move workers and goods across the border. At least for the moment, Pyongyang was choosing the factory's infusion of hard currency over yet another provocation.
Pyongyang would have gone beyond words, possibly damaging its own weak finances, if it had blocked South Koreans from getting in and out of the Kaesong industrial plant, which produced $470 million worth of goods last year.
The Kaesong plant, just across the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone that separates the Koreas, normally relies on a military hotline for the governments to coordinate the movement of goods and South Korean workers.
Without the hotline, the governments, which lack diplomatic relations, used middlemen. North Korea verbally approved the crossing Thursday and Friday of hundreds of South Koreans by telling South Koreans at a management office at the Kaesong factory. Those South Koreans then called officials in South Korea.
Both governments prohibit direct contact with citizens on the other side, but Kaesong has separate telephone lines that allow South Korean managers there to communicate with people in South Korea.
Factory managers at Kaesong reached by The Associated Press by telephone at the factory said the overall mood there is normal.
"Tension rises almost every year when it's time for the U.S.-South Korean drills to take place, but as soon as those drills end, things quickly return to normal," Sung Hyun-sang said Thursday in Seoul, a day after returning from Kaesong. He is president of Mansun Corporation, an apparel manufacturer that employs 1,400 North Korean workers and regularly stations 12 South Koreans at Kaesong.
"I think and hope that this time won't be different," Sung said.
Technically, the divided Korean Peninsula remains in a state of war. North Korea last shut down communications at Kaesong four years ago, and that time some workers were temporarily stranded.
South Korea urged the North to quickly restore the hotline, and the U.S. State Department said the shutdown was unconstructive.


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Merchants of life
Each year, about 92,900 Americans die of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a progressive lung condition usually caused by cigarette smoking that makes it hard to breathe. One of 2014's statistics will be Eric Lawson, who succumbed to COPD at age 72 on Jan. 10.
Why is his death news? Mr. Lawson appeared as a Marlboro Man, the epitome of the rugged, healthy smoker, in print ads for the cigarettes from 1978-81. He smoked from age 14 until he was diagnosed with the disease that took his life.
Mr. Lawson's is one of more than 443,000 annual deaths in the United States that are attributable to smoking — 7,800 of those are Kentuckians. Aside from the personal tragedies and losses associated with those staggering numbers, smoking also costs billions of dollars in lost productivity and health care each year. It is an industry catering to misery.
While places like Kentucky, which pays dearly for smoking yet continues to dither and grapple with whether to enact a statewide smoking ban in workplaces, restaurants and bars (what is the hold up, people in Frankfort?), it is heartening to see a big player step forward and make some real news in the name of wellness:
CVS Caremark, the country's second-largest drugstore chain, announced Wednesday its 7,600 stores will no longer carry cigarettes, cigars and chewing tobacco after Oct. 1. The company expects the shift to cost $2 billion in revenue from cigarettes and other purchases made by smokers, but it is making the change to reflect its evolving profile as more than stores — rather as places people can go to improve their health.
The drugstore giant was presented with the nagging question of why it continued to sell tobacco products even as it teams with hospitals and doctors to provide health care services at its stores. The phase-out of tobacco is their big answer to that question.
"We've come to the conclusion that cigarettes have no place in a setting where health care is being delivered," CEO Larry Merlo told the Associated Press.
President Obama correctly hailed CVS' move as a "powerful example" for others to follow in reducing the nation's death toll from tobacco. And others should follow CVS' admirable decision to remove from its shelves a product that kills people in such prodigious numbers.
By the time cigarettes get finished with them, people don't look anything like the Marlboro Man — not even the Marlboro Man.


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Call me a rebel but I like eating salad for breakfast. Spinach is the featured ingredient in this smoothie bowl because it is a champion at providing many vitamins and minerals including the following inflammation-fighters: vitamins K, A, C and B6. It's also an excellent source of folate, magnesium, calcium and iron. I included vitamin C-rich strawberries to help with iron absorption. Most uniquely, spinach contains various plant compounds including kaempferol, which has been shown to reduce the risk of cancer, and nitrates, which have been shown to decrease blood pressure.
Avocado is the other green superfood featured in this breakfast bowl. A meta-analysis published earlier this year concluded that including avocado in our diets can assist in lowering total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol and triglyceride levels. Also, its omega-3 content can help lower inflammation.
P.S. This smoothie bowl is banana-free! Previously, frozen bananas were my not-so-secret ingredient for achieving a thick consistency, however, in an effort to decrease my banana consumption I have discovered dairy-free yogurt makes a great alternative. Do you have other ideas for replacing frozen bananas? Let me know in the comments below!
- 2 handfuls of spinach (organic if possible)
- 0.5 avocado
- 0.5 cup dairy-free yogurt (I use plain or vanilla coconut milk yogurt)
- 1 scoop pea protein powder
- dash of liquid like almond milk for easier blending (less liquid = thicker smoothie and, therefore, less sinking toppings)
- toppings: plum, strawberry (organic), cacao nibs, & spearmint
How to:
- Plan and prep your toppings so they are ready for decorating.
- Blend spinach, avocado, and yogurt together using a blender or food processor.
- Add protein powder and liquid (only enough to blend completely).
- Pour (or scoop) thick smoothie into a bowl. TIP: If I want it colder I sometimes pop it in the freezer now for about 20 minutes as I get myself ready for the day OR place a few ice cubes at the bottom of the bowl. Sneaky, right?
- Decorate with toppings and admire your work of art.
PCOS Powers:
- spinach = anti-inflammatory, low glycemic index, anti-cancer effects, excellent source of iron, magnesium, & calcium, avoid large amounts if prone to kidney stones or taking blood thinners
- avocado = anti-inflammatory, low glycemic index, high in fiber, may help lower LDL "bad" cholesterol and maintain normal serum total cholesterol levels, contains glutathione which has anti-carcinogenic properties and may boost immunity
- pea protein = helps decrease high cholesterol, manage blood sugar levels, helps build lean muscle mass
- low glycemic fruits (plums and strawberries) = help maintain blood sugar levels
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Are you finding club music too loud and too fast? Does it seem far too long since you saw old friends, or met new ones near your own age? You may be looking for a group like the Elderberries. The initiative behind this group comes from the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project's Elders Committee, and the Group's objective is to provide a social get-together for LGBT people aged 50-plus while at the same time giving the group information and support on subjects specifically related to LGBT Elder issues.
All events are potlucks, so get out your recipes!
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Launched in 1989 by Gianni Versace, Versus is the diffusion line from coveted label, Versace. Helmed by Versace vice president Donnatella Versace, Versus produces limited edition capsule collections in collaboration with different celebrated designers, taking on the same bold aesthetic as its parent-line with a rebellious, often athletic twist.
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Hypersexuality Disorder in Line to Become a Mental Diagnosis
Psychiatric association wants to add excessive sexual urges to mental disorders.
OCT. 16, 2012 -- He goes by the online name Candy Cane, and his sexual urges have taken over his life, escalating exponentially each day.
Married and the father of five children, the 51-year-old spends more than six hours a day Internet video-chatting, taking photos of himself and seeking out male and female partners.
Candy, a retired combat medic who lives in the Southwest, said he has survived two military conflicts, but nothing has been as challenging as fighting his addiction to sex.
"I have become reckless and uncaring about losing anything," said Candy, who was too embarrassed to use his real name. "I care more about my sexual urges than my family right now."
"I am losing control and I am going to end up with an STD or AIDS," he said.
Candy exhibits all the symptoms of hypersexuality disorder, a proposed medical diagnosis that psychiatrists hope will be part of the DSM-5, the latest version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
Dr. Martin Kafka, an associate professor at Harvard Medical School who is the primary author of the revisions to the DSM, said proponents hope the DSM listing would open the door to more research that might help people like Candy.
"If you review the empirical research literature in the last 20 years from a variety of perspectives, it looks at the problem and calls it by different names, but all of these names have a lot in common when describing the same phenomenon," said Kafka.
If approved, hypersexuality disorder will be defined as exhibiting repetitive, intense sexual fantasies, urges and behavior in association with the following criteria in adults:
-- excessive time consumed planning and engaging in sex
-- in response to a dysphoric mood state like anxiety, depression, boredom and irritability
-- in response to stressful life events
-- unsuccessful efforts to control or reduce such urges, disregarding risk for physical or emotional harm to self or others
The behavior must also cause "clinically significant distress or impairment" in a person's daily personal or work life.
"If this problem gets to the point where you are being labeled as a philanderer or a scoundrel or a nasty narcissist, and it happens there is a label of hypersexuality disorder that does validly describe the nature of your behavior, one possibility is reframing the problem and getting medical treatment," Kafka added.
But Dr. Allen Frances, professor emeritus of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke University in Durham, N.C., said the proposal is "a really stupid idea" that might lead those who misbehave to cry, 'It's not my fault.'"
"There may be some very small percentage of people who could qualify for addiction to sex, but if it ever became a diagnosis, it would be wildly misapplied," he said.
"Addiction implies that you keep doing it when there is no more pleasure and it causes harm. It becomes an excuse to misbehave."
Frances, who worked on the DSM-4, argues that too many "normal behaviors" have been viewed as illness.
"Medicalizing this sort of misbehavior is reducing personal responsibility and acting like there is a medical solution," he said. "There is very little scientific evidence and the boundaries are fuzzy."
Kafka admits that there is more clinical than scientific data on sexual hyperactivity, but including it as a disorder in the DSM-5 will open doors to that kind of research.
"By calling it an illness, you could be quite relieved that for something you have not really been able to control on your own, help is available," he said.
Candy, who finds support from others on the Experience Project website, admitted that he needs help, as he fought back tears sharing his story.
After reading the proposed DSM criteria for hypersexuality disorder, he said, "It describes me to an absolute T," adding that people would be less judgmental if his behavior is defined as a mental disorder.
A disabled vet with a back injury, Candy retired two years ago. His wife of 32 years works to support them, and so he is responsible for raising their two youngest children, ages 6 and 8. He loves his family, but his sexual urges have taken over.
While the children are in school, he goes online and lives a secretive life, dressing up as a woman and having online sex with men.
"I am on the Internet for about four hours, then I race around doing the dishes and then two more hours on the Internet," he said. "Then I spend 30 minutes dressing up as a woman and taking pictures."
For Candy, it all began when he "lost a child," blaming himself for the family tragedy. He said he slipped into a deep depression that emasculated him.
Sex Addict Spends Money Recklessly
Candy says he had not been physically abused as a child, but that his father kept pornography and once punished him for misbehavior by making him wear a dress outside for a day.
Now, he says he has spent money "recklessly," at least $5,000 on women's lingerie. "It's out of control," said Candy, adding that he feels appreciated by the men and women who respond to him online.
He says he satisfies his sexual urges by masturbating "more than once a day, sometimes until exhaustion."
His wife of 32 years is not aware of the extent of Candy's compulsions and he lies to her.
"I made up something when she found mascara on the sink," he said. "She knows I have a ton of pictures of myself dressed up as a woman and the curiosity is driving her insane."
He told her that the interview with ABCNews.com was with a psychiatrist.
Men rarely seek help on their own, according to Douglas Weiss, a psychologist who runs Heart to Heart, a counseling center in Colorado for sex addicts. Usually, the wives find out.
"They are checking their husbands' cache and websites," Weiss said. "There is porn blocker software. Men get caught quicker because of technology."
Women also have sex-addiction issues, Weiss said, but men are more apt to leave them before seeking help. Women are usually willing to "save the family," he said.
With a team of professionals, he runs 12-step programs, support groups and out-patient counseling.
An estimated 80 percent of people who are identified as hypersexual have been abused as children, Weiss said. Many, like Candy, have suffered trauma or abandonment or emotional neglect as children.
Some with sex addictions have what Weiss calls a "biological basis," with unhealthy attachments that form, often with exposure to pornography, which begin in early adolescence.
"They prefer the object of sex rather than relationship sex ... where they are present with a committed partner," he said. "It's like people who smoke who don't taste the food."
A smaller group of people have other mental imbalances, such as bipolar disorder, which manifests itself hypersexuality.
But that, according to the working draft of the DSM-5, would not meet the criteria for hypersexuality disorder, nor would repetitive behavior associated with the effects of substance abuse.
The key is getting help for both husband and wife, Weiss said.
"If he gets better and she doesn't, it doesn't work," he added. "There are three pieces: him, her and the marriage. Most men and women can forgive if there is plausible explanation."
As for Candy, he loves his wife, but that hasn't stopped him from risky online affairs.
And, for the first time last weekend, Candy set up a date and drove four hours from home to meet a woman in person for sex. She never turned up.
"It's so complicated and I don't understand it," Candy said of his hypersexuality.
"I am so ready for my wife's support, but how do I tell her without a divorce that I've done something she probably would never forgive me for? What would my adult kids say or do, disown Dad? Where do I turn?"
But he is convinced that his behavior is driven less by sexual impulse than the need for love.
"I don't feel appreciated anymore," he said, "because I don't love myself anymore."


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A deed recorded this afternoon with the Larimer County Clerk and Recorder marks the closing of the deal that transfers the Agilent Technologies Inc. campus to a Kentucky development company.
And a new name, the Rocky Mountain Center for Innovation and Technology LLC, appears on the document.
That entity, formed by Cumberland & Western Resources LLC of Bowling Green, Ky., will be tasked with redeveloping the 812,000 square feet of building space and 130 acres of land at the former Agilent site to accommodate technology manufacturing companies.
The city of Loveland has banked the $4.5 million that had been held in escrow since early November, in addition to a $500,000 deposit that C&W had made earlier, completing the $5 million purchase.
The purchase agreement gives the city about 120 acres of land for use as city open space, and nearly all the water rights the property has, together worth about 1.8 million.
The city in June bought the campus at the northeast corner of Taft Avenue and Southwest 14th Street for $5.5 million, meaning that Loveland has reaped a profit of more than $1 million, after six months worth of upkeep expenses for the Agilent campus.
C&W vice president Bill Murphree said the company would begin making improvements to the buildings and grounds at Agilent, and move toward housing new tenants there, shortly after the first of the year.
Check back here for more on this story.


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The top ranked teams in this year's Danske Bank Schools' Cup entered at the fourth round draw stage with two set to make their exit when the ties are staged on February 4.
Wallace High School will entertain Omagh Academy and Sullivan Upper (Holywood) will make the short trip to Campbell College when they were paired in the draw made during half-time at the European Champions Cup tie between Ulster and Bordeaux at Kingspan Stadium.
The game between Rainey Endowed and Regent House was postponed due to a frozen pitch and Friends' School and Coleraine face replay after a 10-all draw on Saturday.
The full fourth round draw is:
Friends' School or Coleraine Grammar School v Grosvenor GS
Dalriada School v Ballymena Academy
Down High School v Methodist College, Belfast
Belfast Royal Academy v Rainey Endowed or Regent House
Wallace High v Omagh Academy
Campbell College v Sullivan Upper
Royal Belfast Academical Institution v Ballyclare High
Enniskillen Royal Grammar School v Royal School Armagh
The quarter-final draw for the Schools' Bowl is:
Royal School Dungannon v Portadown College
Rainey Endowed or Regent House v Friends' School, Lisburn or Coleraine Grammar School
Lurgan College v Dromore High
Limavady Grammar v Bangor Grammar
And in the Trophy, the semi-final draw is:
Foyle and Londonderry College v Larne Grammar
Banbridge Academy v Antrim Grammar


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Bellagio's 2012 Epicurean Epicenter Series concludes on Saturday, November 10th. The final event of this amazing series will feature the cuisine of Bellagio Executive Chef Edmund Wong that will be paired with a selection of premium Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs from Patz & Hall Vineyards.
If you have not attended the Epicurean Epicenter Series as of yet, make sure you take in this finale as this is much more than a food and wine pairing. You aren't going to find a dining experience like this in Las Vegas as it has a Food Channel programming feel to it. The event is hosted by Director of Wine and Master Sommelier Jason Smith at Tuscany Kitchen – the AAA Five Diamond resort's high-tech, interactive exhibition kitchen. Jason will bring you insight from Chef Wong as he is cooking along with bringing you some insight from Patz & Hall Vineyards.
Unique to Epicurean Epicenter, the menu was designed to complement the featured wines – a reverse on the traditional pairing practice and a true testament to Bellagio's extraordinary wine program. The menu – created by Chef Wong and Master Sommelier Smith – features flavors that pair beautifully with Patz & Hall's Napa Valley artisan wines, including:
• Roasted Maine Lobster with chestnut and butternut squash and barley risotto vin blanc
• Wild Ocean Trout with warm red thumb potato and Lap Chong (Chinese sausage), pearl onion and cucumber blossom
• Medallion of Venison served with carrots, beets, celeriac and natural jus
• A trio of Farmstead Artisanal Cheese accompanied by almond-frosted grape and fig compote
Tickets are $175 per person and can be purchased by calling Bellagio's concierge at 866.906.7171.
This night is a combination of amazing food, perfectly paired wine and it makes for such an entertaining and unique experience that you will be talking about the Epicurean Epicenter Series for years to come.


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Faculty to ask Holden Thorp to stay UNC Chapel Hill chancellor
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Professors at North Carolina's flagship public university are trying to sway Chancellor Holden Thorp to change his mind about resigning in the face of multiple scandals.
Faculty leaders at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill called a special meeting Tuesday for professors.
They said they hope a resolution from the entire faculty might persuade Thorp from resigning next June and return to teaching chemistry.
About a dozen faculty leaders approved a statement saying Thorp's accomplishments have been overlooked in leading the campus through the state's financial troubles and other areas.
Thorp is dealing with multple scandals from football players accepting gifts, to no-show classes, to fundraisers traveling for personal reasons using donated money.
The News & Observer of Raleigh reported that Holden traveled on some questioned flights.
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Research about the effect of wine on cancer is pretty common. Witness the slew of attention resveratrol has received for being, among other things — like the fountain of eternal youth or your key to firm skin with no injections — an anti-cancer agent. We also see plenty of epidemiological research: the population studies that say things like "moderate red wine drinkers are less likely to develop lung cancer.
How these studies work is easy to understand. Cancer-like cells grown in dishes are bathed in resveratrol-containing solutions and observed afterwards (in vitro = "in glass;" the dishes are more likely plastic these days, but the Romans didn't have a word for plastic, gosh darn-it). Or whole organisms — mice, worms, humans — are fed resveratrol and observed afterwards (in vivo = "in the living").
In the "I haven't seen this before" file is an article released in preliminary form at Cancer Cell International a week or two ago that did things a bit differently. They bathed in vitro lung cancer cells in wine. Picture where your lungs are and where wine goes when you drink it. See the problem?
Wine per se never gets past your stomach. Just about everything we eat is broken down into component parts before being pulled out of the digestive tract and into the blood, with the indigestibles — things that can't be broken down and transported into the blood, like the cellulose in plants — being left to exit the other end. Where and how a compound makes the move from digestion to blood depends on the compound. Polyphenols, the class of chemical which includes tannins and anthocyanins that give wine astringency and color, respectively, are mostly absorbed in the small intestines. Resveratrol** and alcohol are both fairly unusual in being absorbed directly across the mucous membranes in the mouth and pulled into the bloodstream, which explains why we get drunk so fast as well as why it makes sense to treat cancer cells directly with resveratrol.
Bathing cancer cells in wine is therefore a thing that will never, ever happen in your body. I suppose that cancer patients could be given red wine via an IV, putting it directly into the bloodstream where it would have direct access to cancer cells. Intuitively this seems like a bad idea, though I couldn't say precisely why. I also don't know if that's what these scientists were getting at, or if this was just a "wonder what will happen if we try this" experiment.
It is interesting that very dilute red wine solutions — less than 1% — had specific anti-cancer effects. White wine was only effective at much higher doses – 2-5%. The effect (on specific signal transduction pathways; too complex to explain here) wasn't the product just of resveratrol or alcohol; the authors haven't yet figured out what specific wine components are responsible.
French hospitals include wine as part of patients' regular diets, which I've always thought was a much more sensible attitude to nourishing recovery than the insipid and very non-alcoholic slop served up in most American hospitals. Sipping slowly on a glass of red is likely to do you more good than using it to tint your IV drip pink, though who knows? Maybe that is indeed the next thing.
**Because resveratrol is absorbed in the mouth, drinking wine is an excellent way to get it into your bloodstream: sipping gives it time to be absorbed. Swallowing a concentrated pill is a terrible mode of delivery. When it's fast-tracked to the stomach — the pill bypasses those mouth membranes — very little resveratrol makes it out to where it can do any good. For a fantastic, if highly technical run-down of what we currently know about resveratrol, check out the micronutrient pages at the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State.


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Philip Seymour Hoffman: Intense actor who shunned media
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- He worked with broad range of directors
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Philip Seymour Hoffman never carried himself like a Hollywood star, which made him one of its brightest.
Bookish, intense and leery of the press, Hoffman, 46, who was found dead of a suspected drug overdose Sunday in his New York apartment, earned his greatest fame for his Oscar-winning turn in 2005's Capote and his recurring role as Plutarch Heavensbee in the Hunger Games franchise.
But he appeared on the radar of Hollywood's most respected directors years before that. If an actor can be measured by the caliber of filmmakers on a résumé, Hoffman's was spectacular.
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His directors included the Coen brothers in The Big Lebowski, Anthony Minghella for Cold Mountain, and he was a favorite of Paul Thomas Anderson, who cast him in Boogie Nights, Magnolia and Punch Drunk Love, among others.
Hoffman's first role was in television, as a defendant in Law & Order in 1991. He would make his film breakthrough in 1992 when he appeared in four movies, the biggest being Scent of a Woman, in which he played the morally questionable classmate of Chris O'Donnell.
Hoffman's love of performing included directing and the stage. He earned wide acclaim for his work on and off-Broadway. In the '90s he joined New York's Labyrinth Theater Company, whose other members include Ellen Burstyn, Bobby Cannavale, Ethan Hawke and the celebrated playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis. Hoffman also directed plays, earning Drama Desk nominations for helming Guirgis' Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train and Our Lady of 121st Street, in 2001 and 2003 respectively.
He earned both Drama Desk and Tony Award nominations for all three of his Broadway roles, in revivals of the American classicsTrue West (2000),Long Day's Journey Into Night (2003) andDeath of A Salesman (2012). Salesman teamed him with director Mike Nichols, with whom Hoffman had worked in an acclaimed 2001 Public Theater Shakespeare in the Park production ofThe Seagull, also featuring Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline and Natalie Portman.
He was a TV force as well, capturing an Emmy nomination for playing Charlie Mayne in the 2005 HBO miniseries Empire Falls. He also was set to play a middle-aged, social-media-phobic adman in Showtime's Happyish, due later this year. Only the pilot had been filmed.
But Hoffman's true medium was film, for which he would would earn scores of awards and nominations, including four Academy Award nominations and four Golden Globe nominations and one win for Capote. His other Oscar nominations included three supporting-actor nods for Charlie Wilson's War (2007), Doubt (2008) and 2012's The Master.
Though Capote made him an undisputed A-lister, Hoffman never shied from character roles, and he surprised critics with his range. He was arguably the best villain of the Mission: Impossible franchise with his turn as Owen Davian in Mission: Impossible III in 2006. He would direct Jack Goes Boating in 2010.
Still, Hoffman shunned many media requests, saying that he preferred for the public to see his character, not his own personality.
Hoffman's work on The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part I, due in theaters Nov. 21, was primarily finished, and he had about seven days remaining to shoot on the sequel, out Nov. 20, 2015. Distributor Lionsgate said Sunday that the death is not expected to alter the release dates of the film.
"Philip Seymour Hoffman was a singular talent and one of the most gifted actors of our generation," Lionsgate, which distributes the Hunger Games series, said in a release Sunday. "We're very fortunate that he graced our Hunger Games family. Losing him in his prime is a tragedy, and we send our deepest condolences to Philip's family."
The actor, who appeared in last year's documentary Salinger, had under-appreciated clout among his peers, says Salinger director Shane Salerno.
"To be honest, he was key in getting big names to participate" in the documentary about the author, Salerno says. "But when he agreed to do it, other people began getting on board."
Other stars would include Martin Sheen, Ed Norton and John Cusack.
"Once Phil signed up, it was like we had a seal of authenticity," Salerno says. "The interviews he gave were as good as the Yale professors we spoke with. You can't imagine how intellectual he was about film, stage, literature. He was as intellectual and warm as they come."
Hoffman is survived by his partner of 15 years, Mimi O'Donnell, and their three children. The family released a statement via Hoffman's publicist, Karen Samfilippo: "We are devastated by the loss of our beloved Phil and appreciate the outpouring of love and support we have received from everyone. This is a tragic and sudden loss and we ask that you respect our privacy during this time of grieving. Please keep Phil in your thoughts and prayers."
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Lucy Hale & Ashley Benson Celebrate 'Pretty Little Liars' 100th Episode with Entire Cast!
Lucy Hale and Ashley Benson arrive in style for the Pretty Little Liars 100th Episode Celebration held at W Hollywood on Saturday night (May 31) in Hollywood.
The ladies were joined at the event by their co-stars Troian Bellisario, Shay Mitchell, Ian Harding, Tyler Blackburn, Keegan Allen, Sasha Pieterse, Torrey DeVitto, Tammin Sursok, and Janel Parrish.
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This video program is an excellent resource for those who suffer from mild to moderate depression. The DVD is full of great content, and the main menu is organized into two sections: Lectures and Practices. The lectures are very well done, and they explain the neurological and psychological origins of depression and how yoga therapy (including breathing, chanting and mediation) can be used to treat this disease. There are two yoga sessions in the practice section: Physiological Rebalancing (51 minutes) and Shifting Mood and Self-Concept (38 minutes).
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Orlando police officer honored for rescuing boy
Officer Izzy Hernandez, 51, rescued boy from water at South Florida beach
ORLANDO, Fla. – The Orlando police officer who rescued a boy swimming in a lagoon in South Florida while he was off-duty was honored on Monday almost a year later.
Retired Officer Izzy Hernandez was recognized with the Jim Young Good Samaritan Award after his family outing in Jupiter Beach in 2011 turned into an unexpected rescue.
Hernandez said he and his two children were walking near a lagoon when they noticed a 10-year-old boy yelling in Creole, frantically pointing at rocks.
"That's when I saw the back of the swim trunks of a small child and his head was into the mangrove face down," said Hernandez.
Hernandez said his two children ran for help and he started trying to resuscitate the boy.
"Gave him a couple quick breaths and started wading and swimming up the channel," he said. "Every 5-7 yards I would stop and give him a couple of quick breaths."
Another person helped Hernandez get the 5-year-old to shore, where EMTs took over. Hernandez said the boy's family was at the beach to celebrate a birthday and called the 10-year-old boy who ran to Hernandez for help the hero.
"He's the one that needs gratification. He's the hero," Hernandez said. "He didn't leave his friend."
Hernandez said the 5-year-old's family was at the park celebrating a birthday.
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Millennials investors are the most fiscally conservative generation since the Great Depression, a study released by UBS on Monday shows.
Though 21- to 36-year-olds describe their risk tolerance as either conservative or somewhat conservative (34%), their average asset allocation is extremely conservative, with the average portfolio dedicating 52% to cash versus 23% cash for other investors, the study finds.
"Millennials seem to be permanently scarred by the 2008 financial crisis," said Emily Pachuta, head of Investor Insights, UBS Wealth Management Americas, in a statement. "They have a Depression-era mindset largely, because they experienced market volatility and job security issues very early in their careers, or watched their parents experience them, and it has had a significant impact on their attitudes and behaviors."
A good number of millennials, 45%, see saving money as crucial to success versus 39% of other investors. Most, however, do not see long-term investing as important, 28% vs. 52% for other investors.
In terms of where to turn to for investment advice, only 14% of millennials point to advisors, while 40% of other investors say they are open to working with professionals. In contrast, 62% of millennials are likely to turn to a partner or spouse for advice versus 55% of other investors.
The Depression Era mentality of younger investors, combined with advice they get from family members, is turning them into "a generation of savers who are skeptical about long-term investing and market chasing," the UBS study says. "Only 12% of millennials said they would invest found money in the market."
Still, money seems to matter to millennials, who say a household income of $220,000 defines success, and that increased funds would notably improve their happiness, specifically an additional $1 million.
"Conventional wisdom has categorized millennials as 'entitled' and 'lazy' because they have more than their parents and grandparents did. But this study counters that hypothesis," Pachuta noted. "They're conservative, similar to the WWII generation coming out of the Great Depression, not resting on their laurels, but rather working hard for their wealth and success, making sacrifices because they believe their goals are achievable."
The study included information collected from more than 4,160 investors. Those in the 21 to 36 age group had at least $75,000 in investable assets.
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According to plans sent out to shareholders, Tanti would receive INR 30 million ($485,000) a year, compared with INR 20 million in his current contract, if he is reappointed as managing director.
Indeed, Tanti only received INR 4.8 million ($77,600) last year due to restrictions put in place under the Companies Act due to the losses made by the company.
His term is due to expire in March and Suzlon has sent out postal ballots to shareholders for the approval of his reappointment and new remuneration package.
Some shareholders will no doubt baulk at the salary increase considering that total debt came to around INR 158 billion ($2.6 billion) in September 2013, up from INR 132 billion a year before.
Suzlon has slashed 3,000 jobs over the last financial year, a cut of 29%, with further headcount reductions planned.
Last year, the company entered into corporate debt restructuring in an effort to bring its finances under control. As a result, Tanti announced plans to reduce operational and staffing costs by 20% as part of the so-called project transformation.
For the third quarter of 2013, Suzlon posted a 16.5% decline in revenue but showed it had made some progress in cutting costs as operating and net losses were both reduced.