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The boom in unsecured credit saw regulation stacked in favour of lenders, which had a number of tools at their disposal to claw money back from overburdened consumers. But driven partly by a government crackdown on the runaway lending spree, banks – including African Bank – began to pull back on credit extension over the past year. And then the country's largest unsecured lender went belly-up.
In just a few short years, unsecured lending changed from being a buzzword to a near swearword as lenders tightened the tap on this kind of credit.
The latest Reserve Bank's Quarterly Bulletin shows growth in general loans and advances to the household sector (of which unsecured lending is the majority) began to drop sharply in 2013 and 12-month growth continues to recede, measuring just 3.5% in March, the lowest rate of growth since February 2005. This is in contrast to highs of annualised growth of 40% in mid-2011 and a boom throughout 2012.
But reports of reckless lending and abuse of garnishee orders became commonplace in headlines following the Marikana massacre. In August 2012 the Mail & Guardian reported how excessive and irresponsible lending had contributed to the socioeconomic problems experienced by workers on the platinum mines.
In November that year, the national treasury, following a meeting with the Banking Association of South Africa, made a number of commitments. These included formulating a standard to measure affordability that could then be incorporated into regulations and developing a framework for credit insurance practices that takes into account the full impact of all charges on affordability.
The treasury committed to engage with the department of justice about the abuse of garnishee orders and said it would suggest that their use be restricted to maintenance orders.
When lenders from mid-2013 began to tighten lending criteria, they publicly cited concerns about an oversupplied market and unsustainable growth rates as reasons.
But Jean Pierre Verster, an analyst at 36One Asset Management, said incoming affordability measures and caps on credit life insurance may have been a major factor, causing banks to tighten their lending criteria and to pull back on unsecured loans.
The first is the affordability criteria, which is to be objectively determined and applied to all unsecured lenders.
Secondly, Verster said, the capping of credit life premiums is also on the cards. Credit life settles any debts should the consumer die. "African Bank made extensive use of that and even owned the insurance company that issued it, which was exceedingly profitable," he said.
Credit life also had the ability to enhance the yield of a loan. "Essentially, it allowed African Bank to extend loans to people who were high risk," Verster said. But a crackdown on credit life could mean they could not charge the same all-in credit charge and needed to pull back on credit extension and tighten lending criteria, meaning less people would qualify, he said.
Draft regulations
On August 1, the National Credit Regulator released draft national credit regulations, including regulations on affordability, for public comment.
"African Bank is very much in the news now, but the banks have been pulling back from this very notably since the second quarter of last year," said Kevin Lings, chief economist at Stanlib. "It just stopped – the industry definitely made decisions to pull back."
Unsecured lending increased between 2010 and 2012, but by 2013 "clear problems were starting to manifest", said Lings.
"The banks started to look at the situation and started to scale that back. There was a notable fall in rate of increase by the end of 2013."
This year unsecured lending has seen almost no growth, added Lings.
The supply may have been cut off but demand for credit remains strong as rejection rates reported by retailers such as Truworths and Foschini are persistently high.
Ian Wood, vice-chairperson of MicroFinance South Africa, said there is always a demand for credit, especially as consumers find themselves under pressure as the economy gets worse and inflation grows faster than real wage increases. "[But] credit providers see the economy is worsening and they are forced to tighten up scorecards and criteria."
There are fewer credit-worthy consumers in tough times, he said. "You are going to lose the money one way or another; you have to tighten up in tighter economic climates."


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When I decided to go to art school to study animation, my older and wiser brother gave me some advice. He said that art is something that everyone wants, but no one wants to pay for. Because of this he warned me not to under value my work as an artist and to demand fair compensation for the work that I did. Well, soon after graduating I discovered another uncomfortable truth. (more…)

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Indian Butter Chicken (Murgh Makhani)
Butter Chicken is most of us favorite side dish order when we visit restaurants. But how about someone like me who stays abroad and limited options of Indian restaurants!? Yes, home cooking is the only option. And getting restaurant like food at home it self make our loved one so happy. So here is a mouth-watering Restaurant style Butter Chicken recipe with oven grilled chicken.
Butter chicken is an Indian side dish, cooked in mildly spiced cream and tomato based gravy with chicken cooked in Tandoor(clay oven),grilled in oven or pan-fried. Mostly served with tandoori roti/Naan or any other Indian bread like Layered Paratha , Chapathi or any bread of your choice. I served this finger licking Butter chicken with Onion paratha, which was also a delicious combo.
You can use left over tandoori chicken after a barbecue party or can make the chicken ready a head of time. Keeping chicken to marinate over night makes chicken more flavorful and tender.


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I had a root canal and fell in a hole.
My tooth had been hurting for a while, but of course it went acute on Friday night. I got through the weekend on ibuprofen and NyQuil, only to discover that my dentist doesn't work on Mondays. Good for him.
Bad for me.
As the pain grew worse, my confidence and optimism dissolved. My attention focused on my jaw and the ebullient happiness of the last two months dried up, leaving me feeling discouraged and ridiculous for even trying on such a dream. The pain radiated up through my skull. I didn't get a piece of business I was trying for (can you imagine?) and felt personally rejected. I had no inclination to write here; I had nothing to say. I felt like I'd fallen into a hole; like the solid ground of my new life had given way beneath me.
It was a bad couple of days.
As soon as that beloved dentist's needle slid into my jaw on Tuesday morning, I could feel the despair lifting. And there was my happiness underneath, a bit battered but still solid. The dentist chair I was sitting in decided to rise up on its own accord and the dentist, the hygienist, and I were laughing, and I was me again. (At least until the pain medicine wore off.)
Since that root canal, I've been thinking about how pain and stress dampens our happiness and confidence. My tooth was a bit like the frog in boiling water: at what point did the pain start affecting my outlook? Was it Friday, or had it been quietly eroding for days beforehand?
I've been thinking about what other frogs might be out there. Is there a quiet pain that I've become accustomed to taking its toll somewhere else in my life? If I dug it out, like a root canal, what new sources of energy and resilience might I find?
Boiling Water and a Frog
I had a root canal and fell in a hole.


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Cardiac resynchronization therapy for the treatment of heart failure in patients with intraventricular conduction delay and malignant ventricular tachyarrhythmias
Author + information
- Published online October 15, 2003.
Author Information
- Steven L Higgins, MD, FACC*,* (EPDocHiggins{at}msn.com),
- John D Hummel, MD, FACC†,
- Imran K Niazi, MD, FACC‡,
- Michael C Giudici, MD, FACC§,
- Seth J Worley, MD, FACC∥,
- Leslie A Saxon, MD, FACC¶,
- John P Boehmer, MD, FACC#,
- Michael B Higginbotham, MD**,
- Teresa De Marco, MD, FACC¶,
- Elyse Foster, MD, FACC¶ and
- Patrick G Yong, MSEE††
- ↵*Reprint requests and correspondence:
Dr. Steven L. Higgins, Scripps Regional Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, 9888 Genesee Ave., La Jolla, California 92038-0028, USA.
Objectives This study was conducted to assess the safety and effectiveness of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) when combined with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD).
Background Long-term outcome of CRT was measured in patients with symptomatic heart failure (HF), intraventricular conduction delay, and malignant ventricular tachyarrhythmias (ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation [VT/VF]) requiring therapy from an ICD.
Methods Patients (n = 490) were implanted with a device capable of providing both CRT and ICD therapy and randomized to CRT (n = 245) or control (no CRT, n = 245) for up to six months. The primary end point was progression of HF, defined as all-cause mortality, hospitalization for HF, and VT/VF requiring device intervention. Secondary end points included peak oxygen consumption (VO2), 6-min walk (6 MW), New York Heart Association (NYHA) class, quality of life (QOL), and echocardiographic analysis.
Results A 15% reduction in HF progression was observed, but this was statistically insignificant (p = 0.35). The CRT, however, significantly improved peak VO2(0.8 ml/kg/min vs. 0.0 ml/kg/min, p = 0.030) and 6 MW (35 m vs. 15 m, p = 0.043). Changes in NYHA class (p = 0.10) and QOL (p = 0.40) were not statistically significant. The CRT demonstrated significant reductions in ventricular dimensions (left ventricular internal diameter in diastole = −3.4 mm vs. −0.3 mm, p < 0.001 and left ventricular internal diameter in systole = −4.0 mm vs. −0.7 mm, p < 0.001) and improvement in left ventricular ejection fraction (5.1% vs. 2.8%, p = 0.020). A subgroup of patients with advanced HF (NYHA class III/IV) consistently demonstrated improvement across all functional status end points.
Conclusions The CRT improved functional status in patients indicated for an ICD who also have symptomatic HF and intraventricular conduction delay.
Heart failure (HF) is a syndrome that affects an estimated five million Americans, with 400,000 to 700,000 new cases annually (1). Frequently, life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias may also accompany this condition (2). Heart failure may be compounded in patients with intraventricular conduction delay possibly due to a loss of ventricular synchrony (3). It has been hypothesized that biventricular cardiac stimulation could improve hemodynamics by resynchronizing the ventricles in patients with intraventricular conduction delays (4). To distinguish between pacing therapy for traditionalindications and specific therapy for HF, the term "cardiac resynchronization therapy" (CRT) will be used to describe the therapy provided by these implanted systems.
Published studies suggest that short-term improvements in hemodynamics (5,6)and long-term improvements in functional status are possible with CRT (7–9). Previously published studies have been restricted to patients with symptomatic HF but without conventional indications for an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) or had relatively small sample sizes and lacked a concurrent control group. This study is the first to describe the results of CRT in a double-blind, randomized controlled study in patients with both symptomatic HF and ventricular tachyarrhythmias.
Study design
Major entry criteria for participation in the study include New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II to IV, left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) ≤35%, QRS interval ≥120 ms, and conventional indications for implant of an ICD. Patients could not be enrolled if they had atrial tachyarrhythmias or conventional indications for a permanent pacemaker. The full eligibility criteria have been previously described (10). Because of the immediate need for ICD therapy, investigators implanted the system first and then programmed the randomized therapy after a minimum 30-day period with no CRT. During this period, investigators were permitted to optimize pharmacologic therapy before initiating the randomized therapy. This step was added to reduce bias so that the observed changes could be attributed to CRT rather than changes in background medical therapy. The original study design (Phase I) was a crossover design with two three-month observation periods; its design and end point metrics of peak oxygen consumption (VO2), 6-min walk (6 MW) distance, and quality of life (QOL) using the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire have been previously described (10).
The study design was later modified (Phase II) due to regulatory concerns over morbidity and mortality associated with CRT and the length of follow-up in the randomized mode. However, no changes were made to the study's eligibility criteria. Both designs are shown in Figure 1. The sponsor elected to change the primary end point from peak VO2to a composite end point driven by events associated with worsening HF, and the study was changed from a crossover to a parallel design. A Heart Failure Events Committee (HFEC) adjudicated all deaths and hospitalizations.
Device description
The implanted system consisted of a pulse generator capable of providing both CRT and ICD therapy (Model 1822 Ventak CHF Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator or Model 1823 Contak CD device, Guidant Corporation, St. Paul, Minnesota). Initially, the left ventricle (LV) was paced with a commercially available epicardial pace/sense lead (Model 4965 CapSure Epi pace/sense lead, Medtronic Corporation, Minneapolis, Minnesota). A lead (Model 4510/4511/4512/4513 Easytrak coronary venous pace/sense lead, Guidant Corporation, St. Paul, Minnesota) that could be placed transvenously under fluoroscopic guidance using over-the-wire techniques in the coronary venous vasculature was later introduced. A cardioversion/defibrillation lead (Model 0125 Endotak lead, Guidant Corporation, St. Paul, Minnesota) was implanted in the right ventricle, and a pace/sense lead was placed in the right atrium for this three-lead CRT system.
Statistical methods
The primary end point was progression of HF, defined as a composite of all-cause mortality, hospitalization for worsening HF, and ventricular tachyarrhythmias requiring device therapy. It was postulated that the therapy would reduce the overall incidence of these events by 25%. The primary end point was analyzed such that patients in Phase I contributed data from a three-month treatment phase and patients in Phase II contributed data from a six-month treatment phase. Cox proportional hazard models were fit for the combination of events with the treatment effect adjusted for covariates chosen by the HFEC before primary end point analysis. These covariates included NYHA class, QRS interval, ischemic etiology, LVEF, and bundle-branch morphology. The Wei method was used to calculate a composite effect of the treatment and covariates (11).
The longitudinal (repeated measures) analysis method was performed on continuous variables to compare the difference in the sample means. This method accounted for the patterns of missing data, took full advantage of the correlation structure, and used all the data to estimate the model parameters (12). Model parameters were estimated using maximum likelihood (SAS/STAT Version 8.1, SAS Institute, Inc., Cary, North Carolina). Values of p < 0.05 were considered to be significant for all tests.
Patient disposition
A total of 581 patients were enrolled at 47 investigational centers in the U.S. from February 1998 through December 2000. All patients enrolled provided written informed consent approved by each participating center's Institutional Review Board, and procedures were conducted in accordance with each participating investigator's institutional guidelines. All patients were indicated for implantation of an ICD in accordance with American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines (13).
Of the 581 patients enrolled in the study, 14 patients either withdrew informed consent or were determined not to meet eligibility criteria and were withdrawn by the investigator before an implant procedure. Another 66 patients did not receive an investigational system because of the inability to place the coronary venous lead; they received a conventional ICD system instead. Thus, 501 patients were implanted with the investigational system, with 448 (89%) receiving a transvenous system and 53 (11%) receiving a transthoracic system.
Of the transvenous leads, 242 (54%) were in a lateral vein, 142 (32%) were in an anterior vein, and 59 (13%) were posterior. Lead location was not recorded for the remaining five patients (1%). Of the leads placed transthoracically, 24 (45%) were placed apically, 14 (26%) were placed lateral, 11 (21%) were placed anterior, and 4 (8%) were implanted in a posterior position. Of the patients implanted, 222 were enrolled in Phase I (51 patients receiving transthoracic leads) and 279 were enrolled in Phase II (two patients receiving transthoracic leads).
Ten patients died and one withdrew within the 30-day post-implant recovery period before the randomized therapy could be programmed, leaving 490 patients available for analysis. Two of the 10 deaths were perioperative, with one death attributed to pulseless electrical activity resulting from defibrillation threshold testing and the other due to incessant ventricular tachycardia (VT) during the implant procedure. Of the remaining eight deaths, five were due to pump failure, two were attributed to cardiac causes unrelated to pump failure, and one was due to unknown cause as adjudicated by the HFEC. None of the latter eight deaths were attributed to the implant procedure. Patient demographics at the time of implant are reported in Table 1. The two randomized groups were balanced with no statistically significant differences with respect to baseline characteristics.
Influence of post-implant recovery period
All patients were in NYHA class II to IV at the time of entry into the study. During the post-implant recovery period, investigators were permitted to adjust or initiate HF medications to stabilize the patients' condition before implementing the randomized therapy. Many patients demonstrated significant symptomatic improvement with medical therapy during this period. Of the 328 patients who presented in NYHA class III/IV, 131 (40%) improved to NYHA class I or II, whereas 30 of 162 (19%) NYHA class II patients worsened to NYHA class III/IV during this period. Thus, after investigators had the opportunity to optimize medical therapy, 227 patients were in NYHA class III/IV and 263 were in NYHA class I/II before the office visit in which the randomized therapy was initiated.
Baseline predictors of improvement
Significant interactions of the five covariates chosen by the HFEC were found with the secondary end points (Table 2) as part of a post hoc analysis, but no interactions were found with the primary end point. The NYHA class, measured at the time of the randomization visit, was found to be the most consistent predictor of improvement with CRT across the functional status end points. Demographics for the NYHA class III/IV patient population are presented in Table 3. Results for all patients are presented in Table 4and are stratified by NYHA class I/II and NYHA class III/IV at the conclusion of the post-implant recovery period.
Progression of HF
Of the 245 patients randomized to CRT, a total of 79 events were observed, comprised of 11 deaths, 32 patients with at least one HF hospitalization, and 36 patients with at least one ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation (VT/VF) event. This result is compared with 94 events (16 deaths, 39 patients with at least one HF hospitalization, and 39 patients with at least one VT/VF event) observed in 245 patients randomized to no CRT. Relative reductions that were favorable to CRT were seen in all components. However, the overall relative reduction in composite HF progression of 15% with CRT was not statistically significant (p = 0.35). No statistically significant reductions were found when stratified into NYHA class I/II (12% reduction) or NYHA class III/IV (22% reduction). Kaplan-Meier curves illustrating time to event for both all-cause mortality and all-cause mortality plus HF hospitalization are shown in Figure 2.
Peak VO2, 6 MW, QOL, and NYHA class
In the all-patients group (Table 4), CRT significantly improved peak oxygen consumption (p = 0.030) and 6MW distance (p = 0.043). The improvement in NYHA class did not achieve statistical significance (p = 0.10). The QOL improved more in those patients randomized to CRT than in patients randomized to control, but this change did not achieve statistical significance (p = 0.39).
Patients with NYHA class III/IV demonstrated improvement in peak VO2(p = 0.003), 6 MW distance (p = 0.029), NYHA class (p = 0.006), and QOL (p = 0.017). Patients with NYHA class I/II showed no significant improvement in any of these parameters.
Echocardiographic data
Cardiac resynchronization therapy was associated with significant decreases in LV dimensions in the all-patients group. The LVIDdwas significantly improved (p < 0.001) as was left ventricular internal diameter in systole (LVIDs) (p < 0.001). The LVEF also significantly increased with CRT (p = 0.020). Decreases in LV dimensions were also noted in NYHA class III/IV patients with CRT in left ventricular internal diameter in diastole (LVIDd) (p = 0.001), LVIDs(p = 0.002), and LVEF (p = 0.029). Patients in NYHA class I/II demonstrated significant reductions in LVIDd(p = 0.024) and in LVIDs(p = 0.014) with CRT.
All-cause mortality
A total of 109 deaths were reported throughout the study (27 deaths during the study treatment phase and 70 deaths during the long-term follow-up phase) and were adjudicated by an independent events committee. Of the 109 deaths, 47 (43%) were due to pump failure, 21 (19%) were non-cardiac, 9 (8%) were arrhythmic, 2 (2%) were ischemic, and 2 (2%) were cardiac in nature but of unknown etiology. The remaining 28 (26%) deaths had insufficient documentation for the committee to adjudicate cause of death. Operative mortality, defined as death from any cause within 30 days of the implant procedure, accounted for 12/567 (2%) of patients who underwent the implant procedure. Total survival at one, two, and three years was 85%, 74%, and 70%, respectively.
Spontaneous ventricular tachyarrhythmias
There was no statistically significant difference in the incidence or frequency of ventricular tachyarrhythmias when comparing CRT with no CRT. Of the 245 patients programmed to CRT, 36 (15%) received appropriate treatment of ventricular tachyarrhythmias with 25 (10%) having VT alone, 7 (3%) having VF alone, and 4 (2%) having both VT and VF. Of the 245 patients programmed to no CRT, 39 (16%) received appropriate device therapy. Ventricular tachycardia alone was reported in 27 (11%) patients, VF alone in 6 (2%) patients, and both VT and VF in 6 (2%) patients.
When excluding patients who had no VT/VF episodes, those patients randomized to CRT had a median of 2.5 episodes while those randomized to no CRT had a median of 2 episodes during the therapy evaluation phase. The device delivered antitachycardia pacing in a biventricular fashion. Spontaneous monomorphic VT was successfully treated with biventricular antitachycardia pacing in 927 of 1,053 (88%) episodes.
Progression of HF
The present study is the first report of CRT with an ICD in a double-blind, randomized, clinical study in a patient population with an ICD indication and symptomatic HF and intraventricular conduction delay. Although relative improvements in HF progression were observed that were favorable towards CRT, the magnitude of improvement was not statistically significant.
The primary end point analysis was based on an expected rate of HF events. The study was not adequately powered to detect a statistically significant difference because the actual event rate observed was approximately half that expected in the original study design. In addition to the relatively brief follow-up period of three months for Phase I patients, the widespread adoption of HF medications, such as beta-blockers and spironolactone, after the publication of positive clinical trial results and an evolution in HF management that focused on increased outpatient surveillance may have contributed to the reduction in expected events. Many patients responded positively once medical management was optimized before randomization. This improvement in status made it more difficult to show benefit in healthier patients while reducing the statistical power to show improvement in those who remained in NYHA class III/IV despite optimizing HF medications.
Secondary end points
Although this study was negative in terms of its primary end point, several important findings were observed about functional capacity, QOL, and reverse remodeling. Peak VO2, which was the primary end point of the original study design, and 6 MW distance both demonstrated statistically significant improvements. Although angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and beta-blockers have been proven to reduce mortality and hospitalization, these agents generally do not improve exercise tolerance (14–16). Thus, CRT appears to complement existing pharmacologic therapy by improving functional status without evidence for increased morbidity or mortality.
Echocardiographic analysis also revealed a statistically significant improvement in LV dimensions and LVEF. These findings are important because they provide evidence for reversal of the remodeling effects of HF. Interestingly, significant reductions in LV dimensions were noted in NYHA class I/II patients. Future studies may demonstrate benefit in patients with dyssynchrony but without overt symptoms by preventing remodeling.
Comparison with other studies
The results of two other studies, Multisite Insync Randomized Clinical Evaluation (MIRACLE) and InSync ICD (also referred to as "MIRACLE ICD"), have recently been publicized (17,18). These two studies enrolled patients with intraventricular conduction delay, LV dysfunction, and symptomatic HF while on stable HF medications. Patients without an ICD indication were enrolled in MIRACLE; those with an ICD indication were enrolled in InSync ICD.
The studies were similar in that CRT consisted of biventricular stimulation with LV stimulation from a lead placed in the coronary venous vasculature. All three designs called for patients to be randomized to CRT or no CRT for a six-month period, and all used similar methods for quantifying changes in functional status (peak VO2, 6 MW, QOL, NYHA class, and echocardiography).
Dissimilarities in the studies were related to the patient populations (NYHA class II to IV in Contak CD and InSync ICD vs. NYHA class III to IV in MIRACLE) and how baseline testing was performed. Patients in the advanced HF subgroup of the Contak CD study most closely correspond to the patient population in MIRACLE and the NYHA class III/IV subgroup of patients in InSync ICD for whom results were reported. In Contak CD, baseline testing was performed post-implant after a minimum 30-day waiting period, whereas the other two studies had most baseline tests performed pre-implant. Finally, the major difference in the studies was the use of mortality, hospitalization, and VT/VF events as the primary end point in the Contak CD study, whereas the MIRACLE and InSync ICD studies selected 6 MW, NYHA class, and QOL as co-primary end points.
All three studies showed directional improvement in mortality with CRT, but none achieved statistical significance or were powered to detect a difference. Similarly, all three studies demonstrated that CRT was safe. Improvements in functional capacity were highly consistent among the functional status end points when comparing the advanced HF subgroup with the results from the other two studies. Thus, the results of the published studies are highly concordant in demonstrating the safety and effectiveness of CRT across trials with similar patient populations.
Study limitations
Patients were studied in a randomized mode for only six months, with some patients followed for only three months. Ongoing studies with longer follow-up intervals, such as the Comparison of Medical Therapy, Pacing, and Defibrillation in Chronic Heart Failure (COMPANION) and CArdiac REsynchronization in Heart Failure (CARE-HF) studies, are expected to determine long-term benefit (19,20). Applicability to patients with arrhythmias besides VT/VF is not well known, and it is unknown if the results can be generalized to patients with chronic atrial fibrillation, chronotropic incompetence, and sinus bradycardia. Furthermore, CRT was delivered in an atrial synchronous manner (i.e., VDD mode). The effects of atrial pacing as well as adaptive-rate pacing delivered with the DDD(R) modes were not studied (Appendix).
The authors acknowledge the assistance of the clinical engineers and clinical heart failure team that helped make this study possible.
Primary Investigators:A. Almquist, S. Bailin, U. Birgersdotter-Green, M. Burke, H. Calkins, D. Callans, M. Chisner, J. Coman, C. Costeas, A. Curtis, T. Edel, K Ellenbogen, M. Faddis, C. Fellows, J. Franklin, R. Freedman, F. R. Gilliam, M. Gold, W. K. Haisty, J. Herre, R. Kinn, B. P. Knight, H. Kopelman, A. Leon, B. Lerman, P. Ludmer, S. Mester, C. Movsowitz, A. Pacifico, V. Payne, E. Prystowsky, L. Rosenthal, S. Saba, C. Schuger, P. Wang, B. Williamson, S. Winston, M. Wish.
Heart Failure Events Committee:J. Boehmer, M. Carlson, T. De Marco, B. Jaski.
Core Laboratories:E. Foster, M. Higginbotham, L. Saxon.
☆ The study received financial support from Guidant Corporation, St. Paul, Minnesota.
- Abbreviations
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- heart failure
- Heart Failure Events Committee
- implantable cardioverter defibrillator
- left ventricle/left ventricular
- left ventricular ejection fraction
- LVIDd
- left ventricular internal diameter in diastole
- LVIDs
- left ventricular internal diameter in systole
- New York Heart Association classification
- quality of life
- oxygen consumption
- ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation
- 6-min walk
- American College of Cardiology Foundation
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- ↵Packer M, Cohn JN, editors. Consensus recommendations for the management of chronic heart failure. Am J Cardiol 1999;83:1A–38A
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Mearhbarrow | mbs: First steps (9/10)
Mearhbarrow was first founded in 1902 when it started out as a racing stable for thoroughbreds.The facilities were closed during the Second World War and reopened as a private stable in 1947, its services expanding into a riding school in 1957. The school was then purchased by Mark Boone in 1983 who started taking the centre's focus back towards competing. In 1990s half of the ownership moved to Maura Broughton, and the other half was later inherited by Boone's godson Isaiah Pace.
Today the facility focuses on breeding fine Warmbloods for show jumping and eventing, and Andalusians for dressage with the occasional coldblood trotter or an Akhal Teke racer to honour the stables' history as a racing stable. Currently we have two large stables, three training fields and several large pastures for our horses, as well as a foaling shed. There's also a cross-country course nearby and several long bridleways cross the fields and woodlands.
Show Jumping
Name Breed Gender Picture 2nd discipline For stud For lease Horses MBS Atlas British WB Stallion None Y N MBS/R Oceanborn British WB Gelding None N N MBS Sing It Away British WB Mare None N N RDEC Van Victo Dutch WB Stallion None At request N Ponies Dumbo Flies GHA Grade Pony Stallion None Y N MBS Jupiter Rising British Sports Pony Mare None N N TLM Sky's The Limit Welsh B Mare None N N
Name Breed Gender Picture 2nd discipline For stud For lease Horses Attila Oldenburg Stallion Show Jumping Y N MBS Carmina British Sports Horse Mare None N N Skyfarer XIV British WB Gelding Show Jumping N N ES Rodheatte Knabstrupper (Sport) Mare Show Jumping N N Luqman Akhal Teke Stallion Flat racing (retired) Y N MBS Mahtsheed Akhal Teke Mare None N N MBS Ricasso Dutch WB Stallion None Y N Oh, Lady Dahl T British WB Mare None N N
Name Breed Gender Picture 2nd discipline For stud For lease Horses MBS Dorado Andalusian (PRE ) Stallion None Y N MBS Detente Bala Andalusian (PRE ) Stallion None Y N YR Excelso de la Rosa Andalusian (PRE ) Stallion None N N MBS Equador Andalusian (PRE ) Stallion None N N Diamantes de la Reina Andalusian (PRE ) Mare Eventing (retired) Y N Flying Dutchman American WB Mare Carriage driving Y N MBS Flying Wish British WB Mare None N N MBS Pandora Andalusian (PRE ) Mare None N N fixstern Trinidad Andalusian (PRE ) Mare None N N
Show Hunting
Name Breed Gender Picture 2nd discipline For stud For lease MBS Daisy May British WB Mare None N N MBS Chardonnay Dutch WB (Gelderlander) Mare None N N
Name Breed Gender Picture Discipline For stud For lease MBS Gülbahar Akhal Teke Stallion Flat Racing N N MBS Polina Akhal Teke Mare Flat Racing N N MBS Håbrand North Swedish trotter Stallion Harness Racing Y Y MBS Rövardottern North Swedish trotter Mare Harness Racing N Y
Name Breed Gender Picture 1st discipline 2nd discipline For stud For lease
On loan
Name Breed Gender Picture To: Ends MBS Gjestar Fjord horse Stallion Carriage Driving Dressage MBS Valkyria Fjord horse Mare N/A N/A
Mearhbarrow Staff & grounds
Show Jumping
Name Breed Gender Picture 2nd discipline For stud For lease FX Valeriano British WB Stallion None N N FX Aaron British WB Stallion None N N Ponies FX Highest Hopes Sports Pony Mare None N N Prospect FX Bay-B British WB Mare None N N FX Ben Hur Stallion None N N
Name Breed Gender Picture 2nd discipline For stud For lease Meloso de Cor VC Spanish Sports Horse (CDE) Stallion None N N FX Diamante En Bruto Spanish Sports Horse (CDE) Mare None N N MBS Anatoile Spanish Sports Horse (CDE) Stallion Dressage N N Pharaohh Akhal Teke Stallion None N N
Name Breed Gender Picture 2nd discipline For stud For lease FX Buenaventura Spanish Sports Horse (CDE) Stallion None N Y
I won this fantastic liver chestnut Akhal Teke stallion at a raffle hosted by Maize Winters few months ago on another forum. He's an import, and that caused us some trouble when it turned out that his papers had been lost in the mail. Suddenly, we had an unregistered, and seemingly unnamed horse in our hands! Luckily we were able to sort things out with relatively little hassle, and the exotic boy here, named Pharaohh (possibly due to his character) will have his registration pending soon enough, and you'll be seeing him in the show ring in no time! His final discipline is still open, so in order to determine if he's more dressage, jumping or full-on eventing prospect we are trying him out in eventing at first like with our other Tekes. Pictured here in front of our brand new facilities in Wales!
While the blog is still something of a WIP, comments are allowed, even encouraged!
Adam Lavoie
What a lovely bunch, your facilities look amazing! Can't wait to see more of your Spanish Sports Horses
Two peas in a pod
The Christmas before last we were pleasantly surprised by Dorian Clay who so kindly gave us a new chestnut Andalusian colt with a wonky blaze and socks as a Christmas present. This strong two-year-old horse was born in Spain and is the offspring of our very own Golden Boy, Dorado, and was named Nebuchadbezzar after the fourth king of Babylon. He certainly seems to think himself the king of the hill!
Last Christmas Elaine Rose surprised us with a...chestnut Andalusian colt with a wonky blaze and socks! Jaws dropped more than once when Cristallo HX was unloaded from the trailer, and I wasn't the only one who got a sudden feeling of déjà vu - it hasn't been too long since we got another set of unexpected "twins" when MBS Anatoile and Oh, Lady Dahl T were first seen side by side. Call it Christmas miracle! Our dressage team is largely dominated by Spanish wonders these days, and even more so once Cristallo's registered. Stay tuned for more updates!
Lidija Rotherford
They are Spanish wonders indeed! Btw I love your presentation with the photos and all!
@Lidija-Rotherford said in Mearhbarrow | Fixstern // mbs: Two peas in a pod:
They are Spanish wonders indeed! Btw I love your presentation with the photos and all!
Thank you! ^^
Petra Wyngaard
I have to agree with Lidija, I love being able to put a face to the name with your presentation The expressions on your boy's faces are just too precious, kings of the hill
Callixta Rosella PR Committee
I remember the raffle you got Pharaohh from, they were all so handsome but you definitely got a stunner there!
@Petra-Wyngaard Thank you! I wish I could post more about the boys but the Grey Horse Valley world has been nerve-wreckingly laggy lately and it takes a lot out of the fun. Maybe I'll do that once Cristallo's been registered.
@Callixta-Rosella I definitely did! It was so hard trying to decide which one to apply for, but there was something about Pharaohh that speaks to me. If my memory serves me right he's the third horse I've won in a raffle, the other two being MBS/R Oceanborn and Dumbo Flies GHA, and I've bee very happy with them all.
FX Bay-B
Bay-B is a bay British WB mare with minimal tobiano markings out of MBS Daisy May (British WB) by MBS Ricasso (Dutch WB). She receives a +3 bonus in show hunting and +2 in eventing, and debuts in the Morgan Park Horse Trials. Pictured here with Dani who usually rides the ponies but borrows her from time to time. A late afternoon hack took the pair to the cross-country course, and with the trials coming up they decided to try a couple of jumps.
FX Dreamweaver
Dreamweaver is a striking International Sport Horse by MBS Gülbahar (Akhal Teke) out of Diamantes de la Reina (PRE). So far she receives a +2 bonus in dressage and +1 in eventing, but her sire also gives a +2 flat racing bonus. We were originally planning on starting Gülbahar and the rest of our Tekes in Eventing already, but they've all done so well on racetracks that we have postponed that plan. Dreamy has already won us all over with her sweet, sociable character. Whenever the water buckets are filled or lost horseshoes being searched, she follows people around like a big dog, apparently believing that she's helping. More often than not, she isn't. So far six buckets, two riding crops and one glove have been lost after she's decided that they're obviously meant to be her playthings.
FX Golden Girl
A Spanish Sport Horse filly by MBS Dorado (PRE) out of MBS Daisy May (British WB). She receives a +3 bonus in both dressage and show hunting. It's still unclear whether we'll ultimately keep her, lease or sell her now that we are moving away from show hunting in favour of our jumpers team, but time will tell. She has a good conformation she's inherited from her dam, and her light golden coat makes her a real beauty and gives her some extra breeding value in the future. At the moment she is, however, too young for her training to start and so all her days are spent learning how to be a horse in the small herd consisting of her, Bay-B, Dreamweaver, FX Diamante en Bruto and our ponies.
Tuhlaajapoika FX
I've been telling myself and everyone for ages now that I need a Finnhorse but neot once have I managed to get one for myself. This cannot abide! May I introduce Tuhlaajapoika FX ("Prodigal Son") who's to join our Welsh team, though his discipline is still undecided. He's a 3-year-old silver dapple bay stallion, born and raised in Southern Finland. More (and better) pictures coming soon.
Tuhlaajapoika is based on a RL Finnhorse of the same name. I know his breeder (I actually learned to ride on a Shetland pony mare she owned!) and remember being a bit afraid of him when I was a kid and he was this big, unpredictable stallion I wasn't allowed to approach. These days he's a 25-year-old gelding (we were both born in 1992, perhaps that's one reason why I remember him so well), and instead of silver bay he's actually a chestnut.
I almost forgot - Mearhbarrow has a new website! The old one I coded myself by using Webs (the account I'd created several years back when the site still allowed the HTML option instead of the WYSIWYG method that's now everywhere) but it has lately stopped working (security checks that keep crashing, I'm constantly being logged out, and their customer service is only reserved for those who pay for it) and so I switched over to Wix. Each horse now has its own profile page that's no longer embedded in an iframe. If you have a horse from us, please update their links! Thank you!
The new site address is http://triveliini.wixsite.com/mearhbarrow
Callixta Rosella PR Committee
What a gorgeous Finnhorse, I must admit I'm in awe of how many letters are in his name! He's so handsome though!
@Callixta-Rosella Thank you! Tuhlari's name is somewhat on the longer side, Finnhorse naming rules state that the horse's name should be maximum of 18 characters (spaces included) and in max four parts. As a matter of fact I think Nebuchadnezzar's name is even longer : D Though Tuhlari does win on the number of letter As.
It also says in the rules that the name should be "easily pronounceable". Now that one may just depend on who you're talking to!
Luna Andrews
Finnhorse mentioned in a title, this must be a bait for you, Luna
But oh my gosh, he looks absolutely stunning! What a tukkajumala he is! I seriously can't wait to see more of him. And yay for more Finnhorses in the community
PS. Where is that gorgeous curly mane from?
@Luna-Andrews said in Mearhbarrow | Fixstern // fx: Youngsters and our first Finnhorse! (2/22):
Finnhorse mentioned in a title, this must be a bait for you, Luna
It totally was.
But oh my gosh, he looks absolutely stunning! What a tukkajumala he is! I seriously can't wait to see more of him. And yay for more Finnhorses in the community
In my opinion, a Finnhorse that's not 70% mane is not a proper Finnhorse at all. Gimme that hair!
PS. Where is that gorgeous curly mane from?
The mane is a crimped double mane by Sugar's Legacy Stables.
What is and what almost was
It's been two years since I joined Equus. A lot has happened during that time, many a plan has been changed or scratched completely, and I've got to watch my facilities turn from a small family farm to a gigantic estate, and see sims and horses grow and develop. It often makes me a bit nostalgic when they do well in a show and have gone from newly created foundations to champions reaching for the leaderboard top-10, or whenever a new foal is born and I'm reminded of the day my horses were just old enough to start competing themselves and I had no idea what I was doing.
I'm taking this update to looking back at how far we've come and speculate what's still waiting for us right around the corner.
This is a big update. Be warned.
Looking back
Before After Main stable At first the main facilities consisted only of two small stables on one single lot. The plan changed while I was waiting to be approved on ES and I created bigger facilities in a new world (sadly I don't have a picture of these) before creating Grey Horse Valley 1.0, 1.5 and the current 2.0. We went from ~8 stalls to a multi-lot equestrian centre with a sister centre and ~40 horses surprisingly fast. And my original plan had been sticking to just the few! The third stable, originally intended for stallions, no longer exists. In the early days we also only had one arena as opposed to the 3 outdoor arenas and two indoor arenas we have now. Gosh, the image quality is terrible. Picture on the right showing our largest turf arena and a bit of the covered arena. Our very first foaling shed! Sadly due to technical issues I'm not able to take a picture of the one we have now, but on the right is the shed 1.5 that resembles the one we have now. Here's our main stable 1.5 and 2.0. Not much has changed, the box stalls have been redesigned, the walls have a new layer of wood and the ceiling are now supported with rafters. The space used to be open at first, but we needed somewhere to put all the hay our horses eat. Nowadays there are also grooming stalls in the middle of the wide aisle.
What is
Before After MBS Atlas That's right, folks - Atlas was meant to be a skewbald at first! But then I got Attila and Chardonnay and I figured that three tobianos is too much for a beginner (especially with all the rare colour limitations there was at the time). I also stumbled across a photo of a gorgeous blood bay, and that was Atlas' new me. If my memory serves me right he was the first horse I got for ES, the others being Attila, Chardonnay, Dorado, Flying Dutchman, Skyfarer, Håbrand, Valkyria and Equador. Flying Dutchman Flying Dutchman was meant to be a Standardbred harness racer (just look at that dreadful conformation! God!), but for some reason I changed her into an American WB instead and she eventually became a Dressage State Champion and a Regional Champion in carriage driving, you go, girl! MBS Håbrand MBS Equador Equador was one of the first horses we registered, and has matured exceptionally well if you ask me. He was meant to be a dressage horse but since nothing came out of it I sold him off to try his luck in Working Equitation, only to recently reclaim him. Nowadays he's part of our show jumping team, and it's starting to seem like we finally nailed his discipline! MBS Dorado I really had a thing for dreadful conformations two years ago. Not much has changed about Dorado, aside from the fact that nowadays he at least looks like a horse. I'm still not perfectly happy with how he turned out, but not every horse is perfect. MBS Ricasso Now here's something you people don't know - Ricasso was originally named Gainsborough (seriously, what was I thinking? Was Winsborough already taken?). He was also the "foundation I never wanted" because I wasn't planning on registering his dam Chardonnay. He was yet another of the surprise foals that kept on appearing when I played the game in the story mode (I had to disable that since I ended up liking the foals too much). He had one blue eye at first but that one had to be changed since he doesn't carry splash. MBS Daisy May Daisy was the first of my "accidental foals", and even better - she was a twin! Sadly her brother passed away soon after birth, but she made it into adulthood. She, too, was a bit wonky-looking at first but as she matured she turned out a real beauty after all! Tuhlaajapoika FX "Tuhlari" was meant to join our team a long time ago, although back then he was a flaxen chestnut named Talventakoja ("Wintersmith"). However, for some reason I decided that the time wasn't right for a Finnhorse just yet.
What almost was
The idea Why scratched? This is Luca, a Shetland pony gelding older than the sky itself who was meant to be the mascot of our stables and to calm the nerves of our show horses. We kept him as a lawn ornament for a while (version 1.0) before giving him away when we moved, mostly because there was really no point to him. These are the Arabians Sultan Al-Sharq (black) and Laheeb (chestnut). I have no idea why I got them in the first place, I've never been that into Arabians but for some reason I thought they'd make good Endurance horses. Maybe they did - I sold them in-game not soon after, they just didn't do it for me. Quiescent was a grey PRE mare I originally got as a broodmare, but ended up selling her later. Soshone, nowadays named MBS Bell of the Ball, is a black varnish roan Appaloosa mare who was to become Millie Grey's Western horse, but when I gave up on the idea of opening a Western section I ended up selling her to Lindsey Warren who gave her coat a stunning update. Nowadays Millie is into Eventing and has done very well with her horses Oh, Lady Dahl T, ES Rodheatte and MBS Carmina. MBS Frisky Triumph was a Standardbred meant to be used for harness racing, but the idea was scratched was some reason and I only ended up keeping Håbrand, although I have no idea why. Perhaps I just felt that the facilities were lacking colder blood, who knows. Nowadays our only harness racers are Håbrand and his offspring MBS Rövardottern, both Swedish Coldblood trotters. MBS Will if I Want aka Wilson was an Oldenburg gelding and one of the first I decided to sell on ES (but ended up selling him in-game due to no interest (which incidentally was also to become the reason I had to cancel most future sales)). I don't know why I didn't keep him, I'm not at all disappointed in how he looks. I suppose I simply had too many foundations at the time. Maybe he'll be reincarnated someday! This is Cannonball, a British WB mare and MBS Daisy May's doppelganger. Their similar looks was probably the reason I ended up leaving her behind when we moved from the farm to Grey Horse Valley.
Memory album
Some of the oldest pictures found in the folder One of the first pictures of all the mares we had back then. From left to right, Frisky Triumph, MBS Gjestar few weeks since birth (he's for sale, by the way!), Soshone, Flying Dutchman (front), Valkyria and Daisy May. MBS Valkyria and MBS Gjestar. One of the first edits of MBS Dorado! MBS Daisy May (left) and her unnamed brother. Back then I didn't tweak my foals at all, and it shows. These days I pay more attention to the conformation of the parents which leads automatically to better looking foals (even with the Sims genetics). Dorado, pictured in front of the stable 1.0. Tuisku and Chardonnay's first local SJ show before she was registered on ES and became a Show Hunter (and, nowadays, also a jumper). An ancient training picture from the first farm. MBS Equador in the arena of the stable 1.5.
Show entries
Before After The picture on the left is Attila's first ever T-show entry from Sunset Valley GP 2015 (4th place), and the on the right is from Texas Rose Horse Trials 2016 (5th), both are non-edited. Attila's jumping quite a bit higher these days, and even Devon has a bit better form. Here in-between they also entered the Roaring Heights International show and placed 6th. We've been told that navy blue is not Attila's colour (which is blatantly false, by the way. Navy blue brings out his eyes). The comparison here isn't that fair because we have two different ponies here, and it's not like I haven't entered TLM Sky's The Limit (left) to other edited T-shows as well (I did - and they've even won!). However, here I wanted to show the edited pony show jumping T-show entry I like the least versus the one I like the best (on the right). The one on the left is from YRC Halloween Fair 2015 where I first tried some a bit heavier editing on the horse (and failed miserably), but somehow Jillian and Sky ended up taking the second place. The one on the right is from Vilhelmsborg European Pony Trials featuring Jillian and Dumbo Flies GHA, placing 2nd this time as well. This is if not the first then among the first five edited T-show entries I ever did. On the right in comparison is MBS Dorado's last T-show entry. I think the one on the left is from Cecil Dressage Showcase where we placed 7th. The other one's from Deodoro Dressage Festival - where we also placed 7th! Truly some things never change.
The future still hold many more adventures for us, both good and less great. There are new foals to be born and raised, shows to be won and lost, titles to be gained, and most importantly memories to be made. Thank you for riding with us these two years! I'd also like to thank all of you who have bought a horse from us or who have an offspring from one of our horses in your stable at the moment, I hope you'll continue having great time with them.Also, sorry again for the monster update!
Lidija Rotherford
This was so interesting to read!
Love that the new facilities are much greener
And the "What almost was" section had me feeling bad for those horses a bit but they're just pixels haha
@Lidija-Rotherford Thank you! I just wish I remembered enough to write something a bit more coherent than the occasional comment of each picture, but like most people I tend to like to pretend that I never started but instead was born with the skills and plans I have now and so I didn't really save anything from the early days.
And you're not alone - I sometimes miss the old pons, too!
Luna Andrews
Wow, this was such a nice idea! I should definitely go through my old photos (and by old I mean pics that I took way before I started to publish stuff) and make something similar some day!


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We: Arundhati Roy
"Nationalism of one kind or another was the cause of most of the genocide of the twentieth century. Flags are bits of colored cloth that governments use first to shrink-wrap people's brains and then as ceremonial shrouds to bury the dead. When independent- thinking people (and here I do not include the corporate media) begin to rally under flags, when writers, painters, musicians, film makers suspend their judgment and blindly yoke their art to the service of the Nation, it's time for all of us to sit up and worry."
"This is an unusual kind of underground production. An anonymous sympathiser has edited a video recording of Roy's speech over 64 minutes, interspersing an impressive array of archival footage to illustrate themes and specific historical events. Contemporary music overlaid throughout the piece shifts the mood and quickens the pace. The result is a visual essay rather than a traditional documentary, perfectly suited to its creator's intentions, which is to spread the anti-imperialist, social justice politics of Arundhati Roy everywhere." (Excerpt from website)
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Me and the big roan, we leave fast.
A long trot to check some waters,
Look around,
Lope some circles,
Learn some stuff.
The evening is iridescent.
Just before dusk that light, luminous, rises,
And expands…
Mother Earth lit from within.
Reminds us that her heart will beat strong
Long after we are gone.
A bluebird herd escorts me down the draw
Dipping and diving around our shoulders.
They're talking about leaving, too.
It's the time.
The chill is coming on.
Ol' Roany, he don't care,
He just likes to go.
I'm thinking South would be a
Good direction…
Except I'd miss all this,
And that glow
…In the evening.


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Odd Side Ales in Grand Haven this Saturday
Clouds and I will be making our first appearance at Odd Side Ales in Grand Haven, MI this Saturday from 9-midnight. The big lake is frozen, and people are flocking to the coast to see the monstrous ice waves and caverns. Come watch the sunset then head over to Odd Side Ales for an evening of acoustic stories and songs. They also make exceptionally good beer at Odd Side. That's a huge plus.


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Normally one of the only male celebrities we would see sitting front row and parlaying backstage at New York Fashion Week is Kanye West. However, this year it's all about NBA and NFL ballers.
Kanye West is all about fashion, so we know why he's usually in attendance. Several sources says he opted to visit Paris instead. Amare Stoudemire and his collaboration with designer Rachel Roy explains his presence, and recently Dwayne Wade stated he wanted to get into his own clothing line at some point. Kris Humphries is more than likely just there to support his wife Kim Kardashian, and the rest of the 6 and 7 footers are more than likely just enjoying the shows?
NBA player Shawn Marion and his wife Giancola sat front row at the Bebe Black Fashion Show
Amare Stoudemire and Dwayne Wade at the VEVO Music Meets Fashion event at The Darby Restaurant
Carmelo Anthony Russell, and Angela Simmons front row at Tommy Hilfiger
Chris and Adrienne Bosh backstage at Lacoste and Amare Stoudemire at Richard Chai
Dwayne Wade chats it up with Vogue Editor-In-Chief Anna Wintour at Rag & Bone Spring 2012
Kris Humphries and Kim Kardashion at Jill Stuart and Abbey Dawn by Avril Lavigne


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Special smaller inlay sheets exist for this product but they are no more expensive than a standard Amaray sheet.


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There's a huge variety of brands on YouTube and lessons to learn from the ways they tell stories and build communities.
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CORRIE NIELSEN SS13: The Perks of Being a Flower
Fringe award winning Corrie Nielsen's SS13 show was certainly one of the most looked-for ones in the first day of this London Fashion Week. "I've put my all into this collection. It's probably my most stressful to date, but it will be the most remarkable!" stated the rousing Central Saint Martins graduated designer days before the show. It certainly was.
Jungle ambient music immersed the crowd in an exotic world where the models emerged wrapped in pastel palette luxurious metallic silks, walking unhurriedly the catwalk in sculptural shapes. Among paradise bird chirps, statement lightweight red carpet ready dresses which would delight Florence Welch – who's regularly dressed with Corrie Nielsen designs- appeared along with tailored separates with the indispensable signature tie-neck blouse. After a couple of lily a-like headdresses and a palm tree embroidered dress, it soon became clear botanic was the reigning motif.
The floral story idea started out with the time Corrie Nielsen spent in the quintessentially British Royal Botanic Gardens. It's this impressively beautiful outdoor space in London where she started cultivating the floral story that she decided to plant in her studio based in the vaults of Somerset House, precisely the venue where the show took place. Even Florilegium, a Medieval Latin word which means the gathering of flowers, chosen by the designer to summate her latest collection already suggested the Leif motif.
But it was not all about the perks of being a delicate flower, it was the mysterious wild character of nature which was portrayed. Opposed to the subtle fine layers of silk there was the complexities of petals, sepals and anthers recreated in intricate shapes and exaggerated elements like peplums and jacket bosoms. The most primary aspect of the flora was depicted in restricted sleeved coats which wrapped up the models in a rigid cocoon.
The endpoint of the show was an avant-garde dip-dyed wedding dress in a gradient of grey with large sculpted petals at the waist followed by trailing swathes of layered ivory silk. This showpiece condensed both the calm and the dramatic hues that filled the collection. The charm wild nature lures us in with and the complexity that might sometimes go unnoticed but Corrie's modern coutourier skills masterly brought out.
By Marta F. Diaz-Alejo


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Bringing the Best Research to Ohio State
The OSUCCC – James attracts some of the brightest minds in cancer research, and Pelotonia dollars help them continue their research when they arrive. Recent recruits include these prominent researchers:
Kellie Archer, PhD, is a professor and chair of the Division of Biostatistics in the College of Public Health. She also is a member of the Molecular Biology and Cancer Genetics Program at the OSUCCC – James. Her primary research area has been the development of statistical methods and computational algorithms for analyzing genomic data. She came to Ohio State from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), where she directed the VCU Massey Cancer Center Biostatistics Shared Resource.
Allan V. Espinosa, MD, is in the College of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, where he has clinical and research interests in neuroendocrine malignancies and thyroid cancers. He performed translational research on thyroid cancer as a postdoctoral researcher at the OSUCCC – James, and then transitioned to clinical training in Internal Medicine at Ohio State Wexner Medical Center. After completing a fellowship in Hematology/Oncology at Vanderbilt University, he served the communities of northern Maine, where he was in charge of the Hematology/Oncology clinics at Cary Medical Center, Northern Maine Medical Center and Millinocket Regional Hospital.
Valerie Grignol, MD, is a surgical oncologist in the College of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology. She joined the Ohio State medical faculty after completing her fellowship training in surgical oncology here. Grignol treats patients suffering from breast cancer and sarcoma. Her research interests focus on clinical trials and outcomes for sarcoma patients.
Clara Lee, MD, MPP, is in the College of Medicine, Department of Plastic Surgery, and in the College of Public Health, Division of Health Services Management and Policy. She also is in the Cancer Control Program at the OSUCCC – James. As a plastic surgeon, she specializes in microsurgery and cancer reconstruction, including breast, sarcoma and melanoma. Her research focuses on understanding and improving how patients and providers make decisions about cancer surgery. She came to Ohio State from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Stephen Lessnick, MD, PhD, is in the College of Medicine and directs the Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders at Nationwide Children's Hospital, where he leads a team of pediatric researchers working to better understand childhood cancer and to transform diagnostic and treatment strategies. Lessnick also is in the OSUCCC – James Molecular Biology and Cancer Genetics Program. He came to Ohio State from the University of Utah and Huntsman Cancer Center.
Wayne Miles, PhD, is in the College of Arts and Sciences, Division of Molecular Genetics, and a member of the Molecular Biology and Cancer Genetics Program at the OSUCCC – James. His research focuses on understanding how loss of the retinoblastoma 1 (RB1) tumor-suppressor gene changes the transcriptome and proteome of cancer cells. He was recruited to Ohio State from Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and Harvard Medical School.
Jeffrey VanDeusen, MD, PhD, is in the College of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Oncology, where he has a clinical and research focus on breast malignancies. He also serves as associate director for community network relations at the OSUCCC – James. Before coming to Ohio State, he was medical director of the Adena Cancer Center in Chillicothe, Ohio. While there, he and his staff designed and launched a free lung cancer screening program. He presented its successful execution at the national Lung Cancer Screening Conference.
Monica Venere, PhD, is in the Department of Radiation Oncology and a member of the Molecular Biology and Cancer Genetics Program at the OSUCCC – James. The overarching goal of her research is to elucidate points of fragility for glioblastoma (brain cancer) using cell and molecular biology as well as animal models, and to exploit these findings to develop new treatment modalities and improve current therapies. She was recruited to Ohio State from the Cleveland Clinic.
Claire Verschraegen, MD, MS, former director of Hematology/Oncology at the University of Vermont, is a professor and director of the Division of Medical Oncology in the College of Medicine's Department of Internal Medicine. She also is associate director for translational research at the OSUCCC – James. Verschraegen specializes in rare cancers, including mesothelioma, metastatic melanoma, sarcomas and gynecologic malignancies, along with the study of new anticancer drugs and treatments for solid tumors.


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Welcome to the first of Potts Print (UK)'s Client Profiles, which puts a spotlight on one of our valued clients and gives you an insight into their lives and loves, as well as what to expect on the menu if they ever appeared on Come Dine With Me! Today I've had a chat with Sonali … Continue reading
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Wear It Pink 2013 (Part Two)
Well done to everyone at Potts Print (UK) who took part in Wear It Pink today. We have raised £500 through donations and cake stall sales, which will be donated to Breast Cancer Campaign. Happy Friday 😉 Laurie Cansfield Corporate Communications Manager Potts Print (UK) The first Carbon Balanced Printing Company in the North of … Continue reading
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Wear It Pink 2013 (Part One)
Sometimes a finger of fudge is just enough for our Brian. She's only had two cupcakes and our Danielle's gone off the rails! Dunno what's going on here like… Tuck shop and cake stall open for business 🙂 Fifty shades of pink (well, four). Chris came in straight from the gym this morning. The creatives … Continue reading
Potts Goes Pink
It's Wear It Pink day at Potts Print (UK) today, and even our website has gone pink! Have a look at http://www.potts.co.uk (plus @pottsprintuk and @pottsgreenprint if you're on Twitter too). Laurie Cansfield Corporate Communications Manager Potts Print (UK) The first Carbon Balanced Printing Company in the North of England Follow us on Twitter | Facebook … Continue reading


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Idle Smart is a proprietary start stop technology for day cabs that maintains fleet uptime by:
Maintaining and recharging batteries
Protecting against fuel gelling
Requiring no driver interaction
Features & Benefits
Battery Protection
Battery Protect™ allows fleets to monitor batteries and run the engine for a desired amount of time when voltages get low. Fleet managers and drivers can simply use Idle Smart's Android tablet or remote management capabilities to program a voltage threshold and run time. Fleets have the flexibility to set parameters based on battery type, condition and hauling operations. The key does not have to be in the ignition to enable Battery Protect and access is password protected at all times.
- Battery voltage range: 11.2v to 12.7v
- Recharge run time range: 10 to 120 minutes
Cold Start Guard
With Cold Start Guard™, fleets have the ability to have their trucks start at a specific coolant temperature and run until the desired engine coolant temperature is reached. Drivers or fleet managers simply use Idle Smart's Android tablet or remote management capabilities to program a starting temperature, ideal coolant temperature, and restart interval.
- Engine Coolant range: 50° to 180°
- Engine runs until desired coolant temperature is reached
- Engine restart intervals: 1 to 24 hours
Remote Management
Fleet managers can easily manage and change device or fleet-level parameters from their desktop. Whether accounting for individual driver preferences or making seasonal adjustments for the entire fleet, it can all be done from anywhere and at any time with Idle Smart.
Performance and Diagnostics
Fleets of all sizes will benefit from Idle Smart's real-time performance metrics and diagnostic capabilities that show truck- and fleet-level operational results. As a result, fleet managers can quickly and easily determine areas of focus and, as importantly, make the necessary changes on the spot to ensure optimal performance. With Idle Smart, fleets get actionable data, not just data for data's sake.
Whenever a safety condition occurs that may cause Idle Smart not to start the truck, Idle Smart will send out an automatic text message to your service department displaying the truck and the issue that has occurred.
Idle Smart is always wirelessly connected allowing the fleet to modify any parameters wirelessly through the Idle Smart remote dashboard. Since Idle Smart is always enabled and monitoring the battery voltage and coolant temperature, not driver interaction is required or needed.
By design, Idle Smart is always enabled and monitoring your truck. Idle Smart is designed for no driver interaction and the driver won't have any access to any of the parameters.
Idle Smart has a physical on/off kill switch in the dash of the truck and a remote kill switch through the remote dashboard. This allows a fleet manager to disable an Idle Smart device wirelessly at anytime.


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Title: Head - Heart - Hands
Duration of the programme: 30 ECTS
Semester start - semester end:
Spring semester:
Primo February - medio June
Autumn semester:
Medio-August to Medio-December
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Study location: Aarhus. Read more about Campus Aarhus C
Language: English
During the semester in Head - Heart - Hands you will increase your capabilities for social care work. You will develop skills to carry out social care work and use creative subjects as a method in social education work.
The overall aim in this semester is to work on improving creativity and aesthetic learning methods and living conditions by means of innovative processes and solutions.
The programme alternates between the following three areas:
In English conducted module, Head - Heart - Hands, consists of three parts: 1, 2 and 3 correlating the Module 9 etc.
Read about Course modules
The evaluation of the semester is graded by 'Approved' or 'Not approved', based on the student's active participation and two-three compulsory assignments for each module.
The minimum requirement to apply for the course, is to have passed the first two semesters at bachelor's level at your relevant university or another institute of higher education.
With regards to language proficiency, it is required to have an English level, spoken and written, equivalent to B2, according to the Common European Framework.
Learn how and find the application form here.
N.B. The application system will open for applications for 2020/2021 on February 1 2020. If you have any questions in the meantime you can always contact firstname.lastname@example.com
If you are studying at an institution with a bilateral partner agreement with VIA University College, your particitation in the exchange programme is tuitionfree.
Students who are not eligible for an Erasmus scholarship, can contact the International Counsellor for more information
It might be helpful for you to talk to the international counsellor before applying.
Please contact Anne-Mette Nystrøm Søndergaard, who will help you get the right informations.
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The exchange programme Head - Heart - Hands is located at Campus Aarhus C.
We provide tutors and buddies for Head - Heart - Hands
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On April 22, CAPTRUST Senior Director of Strategic Wealth Rush Benton spoke on a panel regarding advisor acquisitions in Atlanta at the Schwab Insight to Action workshop. This workshop was designed to help advisors plan for eventual business ownership succession. The panel focused on topics such as acquisition process, key points of differentiation, firm valuation, portfolio firm growth, and post-acquisition management. Rush offered his insight on topics including ownership and control structure, operations, and compensation of selling advisors. This event follows his participation in another discussion regarding mergers and acquisitions presented by Fidelity on April 21 in Boston.
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CAPTRUST Financial Advisors is an independent investment research and fee-based advisory firm specializing in providing retirement plan and investment advisory services to retirement plan fiduciaries, executives, and high-net-worth individuals. Headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., the firm represents over $170 billion in client assets with offices in Alabama, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Virginia.


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FRAMINGHAM, Mass., Oct. 4, 2016 – Alzheon Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing new medicines for patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease and other neurological and psychiatric disorders, today announced that the company will be making presentations at several healthcare and scientific conferences in Asia during October, highlighting biotechnology innovation and drug development for Alzheimer's disease.
BioCentury China Healthcare Summit
- Title: Panel: International Perspective: Voices from Abroad
- Presenter: Martin Tolar, MD, PhD, Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Alzheon
- Date: Tuesday, October 18, at 5:05 p.m., local time
- Location: Grand Hyatt Shanghai, Shanghai, China
10th International Congress of The Asian Society Against Dementia
- Title: Symposium: Phase 3 Development of ALZ-801: Targeting Amyloid Pathology of Alzheimer's Disease with an Oral Anti-Aggregation Agent
- Presenters: Serge Gauthier, MD, FRCPC, Director of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Unit at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, and member of Alzheon's Scientific Advisory Board;
Susan Abushakra, MD, Chief Medical Officer of Alzheon;
Martin Tolar, MD, PhD, Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Alzheon
- Date: Saturday, October 22, at 12:00 noon, local time
- Location: Hangzhou Haiwaihai Crown Hotel, Hangzhou, China
China Renaissance Healthcare and Life Sciences Leadership Summit
- Title: Panel: Overseas Biotechnology Sector
- Presenter: Martin Tolar, MD, PhD, Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Alzheon
- Date: Thursday, October 27, 2016 at 3:15p.m.– 4:30 p.m., local time
- Location: Dongjiao State Guest Hotel, Shanghai, China
About Alzheon
Alzheon, Inc. is committed to developing innovative medicines by directly addressing the underlying pathology of devastating neurodegenerative disorders. Our lead Alzheimer's clinical candidate, ALZ-801, is a Phase 3-ready, first-in-class, small molecule oral inhibitor of amyloid aggregation and neurotoxicity – hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease. ALZ-801 is a novel prodrug that builds on the safety and efficacy profile of the active compound tramiprosate, which has been evaluated in clinical trials involving over 2,000 Alzheimer's patients. Our clinical expertise and technology platform is focused on developing drug candidates using a precision medicine approach based on individual genetic and biological information to advance therapies with the greatest impact for patients.
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In the decade after the October Revolution of 1917, in the invigorating and alarming atmosphere of scientific, technological, and political revolutions, Russian artists and writers sought to glimpse and creatively embody the promise that the future might hold. The world was rapidly changing, and artists did not want to lag behind. While some wished to stand in the vanguard of revolutionary transformations, others believed it was their duty to warn against the thoughtless embrace of various technological and political utopias. In this seminar we will explore arrange of artistic responses– some positive, others negative, some reactionary, others inspired –to the radical socio-political experiment initiated by the nascent Soviet government and to the idea of a new, rationalistic, collectivist society that was in the air at the time and looked as if it could actually become a reality on Russian soil. We will read and discuss excerpts from the earliest anti-utopia of the twentieth century, Yevgeny Zamyatin?s novel /We/, along with some short utopian works by such diverse writers as Alexei Gastev and Velimir Khlebnikov.
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Many travellers are searching for What Can You Do In Hua Hin In September, Most of the activities to do in Hua Hin are geared towards family fun by the seaside. Most Thais view Hua Hin as an elegant and romantic gateway holiday destination, which is a notion that started close to a Century ago when the well-to-do and members of the Royal Family would spend their holidays there. Due to this, you will find countless beautiful seaside villas, houses, and various attractive vintage summer palaces lining the Hua Hin landscape. You can find What Can You Do In Hua Hin In September travel information.
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What Can You Do In Hua Hin In September, Typically, Hua Hin is stuffed with people getting a break from the crazy Bangkok lifestyle on weekends and since it is merely a short drive away, it offers retained its popularity. The towns charming feel is perhaps the best attraction of Hua Hin. Listed below are the very best 10 things you can do in Hua Hin.
Maruekhathaiyawan Palace (Cha-Am)
This year seaside palace like most of Hua Hin was constructed in the early 1920s during King Rama VIs reign. An Italian architect designed it and it also features latticework, many verandahs, as well as covered boardwalks. One of the many charming features of the complex is actually a beautiful passage from your boardwalks resulting in the sea.
Cicada Market
Cicada Market offers handmade crafts, art, and great times. With its open-air market concept, Cicada brings Hua Hins artistic talents together as well as those that love having the ability to express themselves freely. Besides the crafts market, you will additionally look for a beer garden, art gallery, and live music.
Khao Takiab
In Prachuab Kirikhan province, Khao Takiab is probably the greatest attractions. A translation of Khao Takiab is Chopstick Mountain but you might hear people think of it as Monkey Mountain due to monkeys that reside onto it. The Mountain also houses a hilltop temple with amazing views of Hua Hin. A huge bell sits at the outset of the hike up to the temple followed by your flight of stairs on the main shrine forming a pagoda-like structure.
Santorini park Cha-Am
Santorini Park succeeds in bringing some the gorgeous Greek Island to Cha-Am. It has managed to get every piece of information right for example the colorfully painted windows, classic whitewashed buildings, on the domed towers and stone-paved paths. A fantastic lineup of restaurants, shops, and the theme park signifies that good times happen to be in store for many.
The Venezia Hua Hin
The latest attraction and theme shopping village in Hua Hin will be the Venezia. It follows the growth in popularity and visible success of other similar weekend destinations in Thailand. Kao Yais Palio was probably among the triggers for that epidemic frenzy for beautiful villages combined with Hua Hins Santorini Park, and Bangkoks Asiatique.
Phraya Nakhon Cave
Just about the most mysterious and mystical landmarks of Thailand is the magnificent Phraya Nakhon cave. However, only a handful of travelers ever get a chance to snap a picture of it. This is because quite simple: it is hidden within a difficult to reach cave and simply few dedicated visitors ever make the effort to go to it. People who do put in the effort get to love a stunning view resembling something out of a scene in an Indiana Jones movie. The cave is located inside the Khao Sam Roi Yot National park, which is a 45-minute drive south of Hua Hin. To arrive at the cave you first of all ought to drive to a small village of Bang Pu sitting through the beach and from there you may have a boat or trek. The trek is half an hour above the hill leading on the Laem Sala beach.
Black Mountain Water Park
Black Mountain Water Park promises to offer a fun-filled day for anybody wanting to get a huge splash including families. This park has 9 different water slides, beach pool, lazy river, kids pool, a wave pool, and a lot more. Most of these are positioned on the vast mountain hugging landscape that fronts a guy-made lake about 10 km north of Hua Hin. The identical people behind the Black Mountain Golf Course are the ones that own and manage this type of water park in fact it is the highest attraction within their portfolio. It is actually situated opposite the golf course, on a local road passing through Baan Silapin and Wat Huay Mongkol.
Plearn Wan Shopping Village
This themed shopping complex is found not not even close to Klai Kang Won Palace. It unique brown wooden building has multiple shops, a caf้, and guestrooms all decorated in 1960s Thai style. The complex is open daily for dining and shopping from about 10:00. The village is renowned for its live music, nang klang plaeng or outside movies, and temple fair festival running every evening from Friday to Sunday.
Hua Hin Night Market
The Hua Hin Night industry is situated in the middle of town in between the Railway line and Petchkasem Road plus it encompasses one street. The market comes to life from 18:30 when traders start lining the street with their stalls selling all types of merchandise. A fantastic choice of seafood restaurants line the street that hosts the night time Market and draw a great deal of attention through the visitors.
Hua Hin Railway Station
The Hua Hin Railway station was constructed throughout the reign of King Rama VI. It is only a short distance from the center of town. The railway station combined with the adjacent royal waiting room are indisputably beautiful. The brightly painted wooden buildings are Thai in design and concept and somehow manage to possess a Victorian feel to them. You ought to go look into the railway station even though you dont arrive by train. It is photogenic, quirky, and charming.
Hua Hin is really an incredible place to visit with many different attractions and many things to do. This article has looked on the top actions to take in Hua Hin. Hua Hin is actually a magical place that should be on everyones bucket list. What Can You Do In Hua Hin In September
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