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Well I've came to the conclusion that I have a addiction. I just bought my fourth summit. And with all the parts I'm getting I think I can finish my #5 summit (built from spare parts).
What did traxxas do to me. Lol
What did all of you do to me. Lol
l_l O l_____l O l
If you build the 5th summit you're going to need to get more parts...just for spare
Unless your not running one of them n can just swap the batteries.
It's like a brushless system in a summit
You THINK you can Control it,but you can't...... It becomes a voracious monster that can't be stopped.the slope into madness is a slippery one.....
See ya there. Lol
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Mountains cant stop me
they have tried
l_l O l_____l O l
You might need a self help group! Oh wait we are a self help group...just not that kind.
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Lol that's why said what did all of you do to me. I see your mods and just can't stop. Lol. I stayed up till 4am last night cleaning and replacing worn parts in my new summit . Man I'm tired. All thata left is to check the servos and do a full clean.
l_l O l_____l O l
and i was thinking my 3 summits were over the top.
slash revo vxl x4 rally x2 ped 2wd slash vxl rus
Actually I think having more than one is a good idea because while one is being repaired / cleaned you have another ready to go. But 4-5 Summits? might be over doing it but you won't hear any complains from Traxxas.
Lol. I just went threw all my spare parts and I almost have everything i need to make a fifth summit. I'm just glad that the ol lady supports my crazy habits. I do know I need more batteries.
l_l O l_____l O l
Can you give some history behind each Summit? when you bot it, why, and which one do you drive and why?
Lol. So far to date I've spent a total of 525 for everything I got.
I got the red one on a trade. I bought a Toyota truck for some parts and sold the rest. I quadrupled my money and kept a bunch of stuff. A guy wanted the springs and rear axle and traded me for It. It was a month old. My whole intent was to sell it and make a profit. Well I put the batteries in and it was game over. I had to keep it. That's mine
My next one was the white one. My daughter goes everywhere with me playing with my summit or watching me play. Usually she will play with my biddies crawlers. So I was looking for a 1/24 crawler for her to go play cuz her Walmart rc car is not up to par.
On the back burner I've been trying to get rid of a muzzle loader I got 10 years ago for my birthday (one that I don't use) and ended up trading that for a ruger 10/22 rifle. And before I made that trade I was working on a deal with a guy on Craigslist that had a summit to trade me his summit for that 10/22. Lol. Yeah I haven't even got the gun it yet. So I made the trade on the guns called the guy with the summit and we made a trade with in 2 hours of eachother. I did have to throw in 75 bucks. Everything fell into place cuz that was going to me my daughters Christmas present.
The green one I got was actually bought from a guy on here but it was for my buddy. My buddy came up to me a few day before Christmas and asked If i want to to some trade work for it. I had to do 2 motor swaps in a samurai, one motor rebuild, a torque converter in a small blocks s-10, get his yota up and running, and fix a front locker and install some chromolly axles in a samurai. Cake for me. That one I ended up giving to the ol lady for Christmas.
So at this point I'm 75 bucks into all three.
Last one I got it the white proline gmc body and that one I picked up was Saturday. The only reason I bout it cuz it came with a ton of extra parts. The parts was worth more then the summit. I ended up talking the guy down from 600 to 450. I plan on selling that one in time. I have a couple friends that want one so ill either make them a good deal or keep it for them to play with. I'm not sure on what I want to do with it.
As for the parts one it will be used for spare parts.
l_l O l_____l O l
Awesome story! Interesting how your fleet got developed
I've got one summit to drive, one ERBE, more parts than I can keep count of , and two summits in unopened boxes. But I'm single. I'm simply amazed that you've still got the "ol lady". Ya'll must be doing something right. Keep on truckin.
And that means I can try different setups and eventually I will find out what's the best for our terrain.
TWO UNOPENED SUMMITS!!!!!! Self control. Want to sell one. Lol.
l_l O l_____l O l
What's funny is a year ago I dint want anything to do with rc cars and thought they were dumb. And now I have 11 and in the process of getting two more. I think after I get my next two (4x4 slash and a crawler) ill be done. Well until the ol lady and my daughter wants one like the next two. That's going to hurt.
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- Heritage Category:
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- List Entry Number:
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- Date first listed:
- 19-Apr-1961
- Date of most recent amendment:
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STOKE SUB HAMDON CP NORTH STREET (West side) The Priory, or Parsonage Farmhouse (Formerly listed as The Priory or Parsonage Farmhouse (Ruined portion))
19.4.61 GV I (Chantry House on O.S. Map). Originally the College Buildings of the Beauchamp Chantry, now private house. C14 et seq. Ham stone roughly cut and squared, ashlar dressings; Welsh slate roofs over stone slate base courses, costly with coped gables; stone slab chimney stacks. 'L'-plan. Mostly two storeys. East, roadside front, largely C17, of 4+4+1 bays. Southern section has lower roof, with a blank end gable to bay one, then mostly ovolo-mould mullioned windows in wave-mould recesses, under separate labels; two-light lower bay two, three-light lower bay three, and upper bay four, this latter being set into a coped gable; to upper bay two two-light chamfer-mullioned window without label: central unit taller, with mostly ovolo-mould mullioned windows in wave-mould recesses, most with hands rather than labels; four-light upper bay one, three-light upper bays three and four, one-light to upper bay two and lower bay three, and single-light lower bay four; to lower bay one a three-light hollow-chamfered mullioned window in chamfered recess: roof set lower to final north bay, which has a three-light ovolo-mould mullioned window above, without label, and a blocked window below; all windows have rectangular-leaded panes, with some iron-framed opening lights: other features this elevation include buttresses to left of bay one and right of bays two and four, centre block; to lower bay two in this block an ovolo-moulded cambered-arched doorway in wave-mould rectangular recess, with incised spandrils, the opening now blocked with a stall three-light window: to end north gable a bell turret of unusual detail, with stall side openings in the rectangular turret, and a cantilevered cover on the south side. North elevation probably c1444, prompted by Bishop Beakynton; five bays, of which bays one and three are projecting and gabled; bay one has three-light ovolo-mould mullioned window below, complete with label, above a trefoil cusped light in rectangular recess, with an ogee recess in the gable, pointed arch doorway in return; lower bay two has a two-light ovolo-mould window with label; thereafter the building is tall single-storey, with projecting porch with parvise over to bay three, having angled corner buttresses, moulded pointed arched doorway and trefoil-cusped light in rectangular recess above; bay four has a six-light hollow-chamfered mullioned window with label, four-centre arched lights with incised spandrils, above a shallow five-light window with ovolo-mould mullions, no label, the centre light being blocked; buttresses between bays four/five and then a three-light ovolo mould window to lower bay five; these last three bays have stone slate roofs, set slightly lower than main block. Inside, the north bay with bell-turret had the former chapel, and the west wing has a single- storyed open hall, which is unplastered, with mostly an earth floor, and has arch-braced collar-truss roof trusses with double purlins and arched windbraces, a blocked cambered-arched fireplace in south wall, and a gallery over a through passage at the east end; on south-west corner an extension with ovolo-mould windows, doorway and fireplace, but with ogee-arched niche in east wall, which may represent the priest's parlour: at the east end traces of a jointed cruck truss remain. The remainder of the house not inspected, but reported are a surviving piscina in the upper chapel wing, some panelling with initials TS 1585 (for Thomas Strode, who converted sole of the former service rooms into living room), and evidence that the three south bays represent part of the medieval priest's kitchen then detached from the main house. This surviving part of the college apparently the Provost's Lodging; before 1304 it may have been the rector's house: after 1518 it become a farm, which it remained until c1960. Major restorations carried out in 1967, and the house is now the property of the National Trust. Scheduled Ancient Monument, (Somerset County No 196).
(VCH vol III, 1974; leaflet published by National Trust, undated; Pantin, W.A, "Chantry Priest's Houses and other Medieval lodgings, Medieval Archaeology 3, 1959, 216-258; VAG notes, Unpublished SRO, September 1972).
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Books and journals
Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Somerset, (1974)
'Medieval Archaeology' in Medieval Archaeology, , Vol. 3, (1959), 216-258
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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LOWELL — Michael Herbert, the city's data analyst who created Lowell's database-management program to identify ways to improve city operations, will resign his position later this month to take a similar job in Newton.
Herbert will serve as Newton's director of performance management and will be expected to provide insight into how Newton can improve its municipal operations. His last day in Lowell will be Nov. 29.
Lowell City Manager Bernie Lynch said Wednesday Herbert's departure is a "great loss" to the city.
Lynch hired Herbert in May 2010 as the city's first data analyst and tasked him with developing the LowellStat program to track and evaluate the efficiency of city operations.
Herbert began by examining city's Department of Public Works and Division of Development Services.
Lynch credits Herbert for the $800,000 in savings the city is expected to accrue over three years by outsourcing maintenance in the Cemetery Department.
The manager said Herbert also identified a home-rule petition allowing the city to place liens on delinquent property owners for unpaid code-enforcement fines. It allowed the city to place $300,000 worth of liens, of which it has collected $90,000 to date.
"Mike has been a phenomenal asset to the city and a key member of the management team as we've worked to make city government more efficient, effective and transparent," Lynch said in a prepared statement.
"He's built a foundation for our data-driven management efforts though the LowellStat program and helped identify numerous ways to deliver services more effectively and at a lower cost."
In an interview, Lynch also pointed to Herbert's versatility as one of his strong suits.
When Human Relations Director Kellie Hebert left the city, Herbert was transferred in to the department to provide assistance. And earlier this year, Hebert was named Acting Parking Director following the termination of then-Director Chuck Carney.
"He had the ability to be imbedded in a department to help in times of need," Lynch said.
Herbert did not respond to a request for comment Wednesday.
The city's Lowellstat program will continue even after Herbert's departure and his job will be filled, said Lynch. He said he anticipates there could be several strong internal candidates for the job.
The city's new junior data analyst, Stephanie Oleksyk, could apply for the job. Lynch said he will look for a candidate the caliber of Herbert.
City Councilor Joseph Mendonca, the chair of the council's finance subcommittee, credited Herbert with identifying improvements that generated savings.
He also said Herbert's recommendation that the city hire an employee to conduct code-violation hearings helped citizens to have their complaints heard.
"I think he did a good job while he was here," Mendonca said. "The city manager will now have to make the case why we need to continue that function."
The creation of the LowellStat program and the data analyst to oversee it was not unanimously supported by the City Council.
The council voted 6-3 in 2010 to create the position with Councilors Rodney Elliott and Rita Mercier opposed, as well as then-Councilor Edward "Bud" Caulfield.
Herbert's effectiveness and his pay were also questioned during budget debate earlier this year.
Elliott, Mercier and Councilor Ed Kennedy voted to cut Herbert's pay from approximately $69,000 to $58,000. The other six councilors voted in opposition.
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Lane Kiffin and Ed Orgeron quickly turned Tennessee recruiting in a national superstar, but their noisy exit could not have come at a worse time and will leave the Volunteers worse off than when they took over.
National Signing Day is three weeks away and Tennessee doesn't have a real head coach, a defensive coordinator, or a lead recruiter. At least four—and possibly more of their 2010 incoming class have de-committed and may never end up on campus. Complicating matters even more is that this week is a "dead period," which means the school is allowed one and only one phone call (no visits or any other contact) to the prospects on their radar. Mid-year freshmen—who graduated high school early so they could enroll in school and join the team for spring practice—started classes on Wednesday.
Most disastrous of all? Rumors out of Knoxville are saying that the "Orange Pride" hostess program that lured recruits and an NCAA investigation is being "examined" and will likely undergo changes before next year. Don't expect a lot of older women at your high school games next fall, Champ.
All of that would be bad enough, even if Orgeron wasn't also actively trying to lure away his best recruits. He and Kiffin both fully admit that Ed called some of the 26 kids who had given verbal commitments to Tennessee, including some who were supposed to start classes this week. Orgeron says he was simply "answering questions" and informing them of their "options." One of the options, of course, being that they could drop out of Tennessee before starting classes and enroll at USC in the fall. The idea that he would paint himself as some wise, impartial counselor is more laughable than his atrocious acting in The Blind Side.
Did Orgeron break an NCAA rule by calling these recruits? Possibly. (If they attended just one class at Tennessee, they're off limits.) Is it unethical? Depends on if you think college sports are ethical. To Orgeron and Kiffin, of course, it doesn't matter. They brazenly committed multiple violations during their one year running Tennessee, drew criticism and censure from the SEC, and at least one major NCAA investigation over the hostess program. But that's not their problem anymore.
They inherited Pete Carroll's problems, which aren't really problems either, because they both understand that the NCAA is so weak that their petty violations don't matter. The publicity that they get for insulting other coaches or tearing off their shirts or making jokes about pumping gas far out weigh any punishment that could possibly come their way. Breaking the rules was good for business at Tennessee and it got them both the jobs they really wanted. Unfortunately, it's even better business at USC ... and that's bad for the Volunteers.
USC assistant called Tennessee recruits [LA Times]
Tennessee needs to move fast to stay competitive [CBS]
I Don't Think Lane Kiffin Will Be Moving Again For Awhile [SRI]


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NEW YORK -- In a symmetrical way, it was only fitting that Mariano Rivera threw out the ceremonial first pitch before the New York Yankees' first home game of the postseason Wednesday night as they faced the Baltimore Orioles in Game 3 of the American League Division Series at Yankee Stadium.
Yankees fans were loud as the stadium speakers blared his entrance song Enter Sandman.
The injured closer has certainly thrown a lot of last pitches for the Yankees during his 18-year career. He holds the major-league career saves record with 608 and his 892 games finished are also the most in baseball history.
Rivera was lost for the season after he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee May 4 while shagging fly balls during batting practice before a game at Kansas City.
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swat necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 53 diseños de 18 diseñadores freelance.
My partner company is looking for a fresh name / brand for their annual technology party. Cisco, Citrix, & others will demo equipment & software with spring cookout (ribs / chicken / beer) going in the background. The title is a tongue in cheek kind of a thing---so the various IT directors can say they are attending the world summit & also Cisco / Citrix folks feel good. Art must be clean & professional with a hint of humor.
Looking for a logo...branding idea for party. BCI is a large hardware infrastructure company. Microsoft Gold Partner / Cisco Gold Partner. Located in Jackson, MS. Territory central deep south--Memphis / Little Rock / Jackson / Birmingham / New Orleans / Mississippi Coast. Our group, Connect, is a programming partner with BCI.
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IMF Survey vol.30, No. 20, October 2001
- Weaknesses in the world economy Köhler outlines IMF's response to new risks posed by September 11 terrorist attacks
- IMFC, Development Committee meetings
- Group of Seven Economic leaders express confidence about future, unveil plan to combat terrorist financing
- Group of Seven economic leaders issue plan to combat financing of terrorism
- United Nations takes steps to eliminate international terrorism
- Institute of International Finance report IMF transparency will help resolve future financial crises
- Coverage of 1979'89 History traces IMF's coming of age as participant in international financial system
- Joint workshop Early dialogue between Bank and IMF staff is critical to success of civil service reform
- Information technology World Economic Outlook says IT revolution promises long-term benefits for global economy
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Super stylish DJ and stylist Pamela Katz is the perfect summer muse.
"I don't cut my hair. I like to look as natural as I can. When I moved to New York I walked into a few agencies – I was kind of lost at first, trying to figure out what I wanted to do and where I needed to be. The agencies told me to cut my hair and straighten it, and I was like 'yeah, no'. It's part of my personality! I think it makes me stand out. I don't really know any other blonde DJ that looks like me."
"I feel like I am in my element when I am in nature. I love walking barefoot, swimming in the ocean, having my hair all natural… I ski, I hike, I love doing yoga outside. I will try to move to the west coast soon. Considering New York being a concrete jungle, it seems like the right move."
"The perfect summer day would be waking up in Malibu, getting my hair braided in French braids, putting on a bikini and walking my bulldog on the beach together with my fiancé, listening to my favourite music. I'd end the day with dancing at a party, all dressed up."
"My dream DJ gig would be at a ranch in Montana or Aspen, for Ralph Lauren. I am getting married on a ranch in September – it has donkeys and all these wild animals on it! My fiancé and I have been together since I was 16. I am still crushing on him."
WHERE: New York
WHAT: Model, DJ and stylist
INSTAGRAM: @pamelakatz
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This is version 1.0 of our scorecard; it is out of date, and is preserved here for purely historical reasons. Please visit Surveillance Self-Defense if you're looking for recommendations on specific tools to use to ensure your privacy and security while we work on writing an updated guide to secure messaging. Again, you should not use this scorecard to evaluate the security of any of the listed tools, as many of them have been changed since the scorecard was last updated (some for the better, some for the worse).
Which apps and tools actually keep your messages safe?
In the face of widespread Internet surveillance, we need a secure and practical means of talking to each other from our phones and computers. Many companies offer "secure messaging" products—but are these systems actually secure? We decided to find out, in the first phase of a new EFF Campaign for Secure & Usable Crypto.
This scorecard represents only the first phase of the campaign. In later phases, we are planning to offer closer examinations of the usability and security of the tools that score the highest here. As such, the results in the scorecard below should not be read as endorsements of individual tools or guarantees of their security; they are merely indications that the projects are on the right track. For practical advice and tutorials on how to protect your online communication against surveillance, check out EFF's Surveillance Self-Defense guide.
Secure Messaging Scorecard
For years, privacy and security experts worldwide have called on the general public to adopt strong, open-source cryptography to protect our communications. The Snowden revelations have confirmed our worst fears: governments are spying on our digital lives, grabbing up communications transmitted in the clear.
Given widespread government surveillance, why don't people routinely use tools to encrypt their communications? Wouldn't we all communicate a little more freely without the shadow of surveillance?
It boils down to two things: security and usability. Most of the tools that are easy for the general public to use don't rely on security best practices--including end-to-end encryption and open source code. Messaging tools that are really secure often aren't easy to use; everyday users may have trouble installing the technology, verifying its authenticity, setting up an account, or may accidentally use it in ways that expose their communications.
EFF, in collaboration with Julia Angwin at ProPublica and Joseph Bonneau at the Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy, are joining forces to launch a campaign for secure and usable crypto. We are championing technologies that are strongly secure and also simple to use.
The Secure Messaging Scorecard examines dozens of messaging technologies and rates each of them on a range of security best practices. Our campaign is focused on communication technologies -- including chat clients, text messaging apps, email applications, and video calling technologies. These are the tools everyday users need to communicate with friends, family members, and colleagues, and we need secure solutions for them.
We chose technologies that have a large user base--and thus a great deal of sensitive user communications--in addition to smaller companies that are pioneering advanced security practices. We're hoping our scorecard will serve as a race-to-the-top, spurring innovation around strong crypto for digital communications.
Here are the criteria we looked at in assessing the security of various communication tools.
1. Is your communication encrypted in transit?
This criterion requires that all user communications are encrypted along all the links in the communication path. Note that we are not requiring encryption of data that is transmitted on a company network, though that is ideal. We do not require that metadata (such as user names or addresses) is encrypted.
2. Is your communication encrypted with a key the provider doesn't have access to?
This criterion requires that all user communications are end-to-end encrypted. This means the keys necessary to decrypt messages must be generated and stored at the endpoints (i.e. by users, not by servers). The keys should never leave endpoints except with explicit user action, such as to backup a key or synchronize keys between two devices. It is fine if users' public keys are exchanged using a centralized server.
3. Can you independently verify your correspondent's identity?
This criterion requires that a built-in method exists for users to verify the identity of correspondents they are speaking with and the integrity of the channel, even if the service provider or other third parties are compromised. Two acceptable solutions are:
An interface for users to view the fingerprint (hash) of their correspondent's public keys as well as their own, which users can verify manually or out-of-band.
A key exchange protocol with a short-authentication-string comparison, such as the Socialist Millionaire's protocol.
Other solutions are possible, but any solution must verify a binding between users and the cryptographic channel which has been set up. For the scorecard, we are simply requiring that a mechanism is implemented and not evaluating the usability and security of that mechanism.
4. Are past communications secure if your keys are stolen?
This criterion requires that the app provide forward secrecy, that is, all communications must be encrypted with ephemeral keys which are routinely deleted (along with the random values used to derive them). It is imperative that these keys cannot be reconstructed after the fact by anybody even given access to both parties' long-term private keys, ensuring that if users choose to delete their local copies of correspondence, they are permanently deleted. Note that this criterion requires criterion 2, end-to-end encryption.
Note: For this phase of the campaign, we accept a hybrid forward-secrecy approach with forward secrecy on the transport layer (for example through TLS with a Diffie-Hellman cipher suite) and non-forward-secret end-to-end encryption, plus an explicit guarantee that ciphertexts are not logged by the provider. This is a compromise as it requires trusting the provider not to log ciphertexts, but we prefer this setup to having no forward secrecy at all.
5. Is the code open to independent review?
This criterion requires that sufficient source-code has been published that a compatible implementation can be independently compiled. Although it is preferable, we do not require the code to be released under any specific free/open source license. We only require that all code which could affect the communication and encryption performed by the client is available for review in order to detect bugs, back doors, and structural problems. Note: when tools are provided by an operating system vendor, we only require code for the tool and not the entire OS. This is a compromise, but the task of securing OSes and updates to OSes is beyond the scope of this project.
6. Is the crypto design well-documented?
This criterion requires clear and detailed explanations of the cryptography used by the application. Preferably this should take the form of a white-paper written for review by an audience of professional cryptographers. This must provide answers to the following questions:
Which algorithms and parameters (such as key sizes or elliptic curve groups) are used in every step of the encryption and authentication process
The life-cycle of keys and the process for users to change or revoke their key
A clear statement of the properties and protections the software aims to provide (implicitly, this tends to also provide a threat model, though it's good to have an explicit threat model too). This should also include a clear statement of scenarios in which the protocol is not secure.
7. Has there been an independent security audit?
This criterion requires an independent security review has been performed within the 12 months prior to evaluation. This review must cover both the design and the implementation of the app and must be performed by a named auditing party that is independent of the tool's main development team. Audits by an independent security team within a large organization are sufficient. Recognizing that unpublished audits can be valuable, we do not require that the results of the audit have been made public, only that a named party is willing to verify that the audit took place.
We've discussed this criterion in depth in a Deeplinks post: What Makes a Good Security Audit?
Entries in the Secure Messaging Scorecard were checked with the listed projects and companies when the Scorecard launched on 2014-11-06. Updates will be made if the listees or others inform us of changes or inaccuracies. A log of all such changes is below:
- 2016-04-05 :
- WhatsApp's score was upgraded to reflect its completed rollout of end-to-end encryption.
- 2016-03-13 :
- Cryptocat was removed as the service has been suspended.
- 2015-11-03 :
- We credited Threema for completing a security audit (✓).
- 2015-10-30 :
- We removed Subrosa as the project was discontinued in October 2015.
- 2015-06-12 :
- We removed Secret as the service was shut down in May 2015.
- 2015-03-06 :
- We credited QQ for completing an independent internal security audit (✓).
- 2015-02-17 :
- We credited Telegram (both secret and regular mode) for undergoing a code audit in February 2015 (✓).
- 2015-01-29 :
- We have credited QQ for encrypting messages in transit (✓). Though QQ does not use TLS/SSL, which is considered best practice, they have implemented a custom protocol for message encryption in transit.
- We have clarified our scoring for forward secrecy (criterion #4).
- 2015-01-05 :
- We have split the scoring for Telegram into two rows: baseline Telegram and Telegram secret chats. Baseline Telegram chats are not end-to-end encrypted so that the provider can't read them (✘). Telegram secret chats are, and in addition Telegram now supports perfect forward secrecy so that messages can be securely deleted (✓)
- Wickr now provides the ability to verify contact's identities by exposing key fingerprints, which can be verified out-of-band or through in-band video. (✓)
- 2014-11-14 :
- RIM has told us that BlackBerry Messenger Protected uses an out-of-band passphrase exchange and EC-SPEKE to perform identity verification. (✓) RIM has also told us that BBM Protected receives security reviews by an internal security team. (✓)
- Viber has received a recent external security audit from EY Advanced Security Center. (✓)
- Pidgin has documented a number of auditing processes including regular use of static analysis tools and audits by a team at Cisco Talos. The Pidgin developers were clear that they do not know how thorough and complete these audits have been, but the audits nonetheless meet our criteria. (✓) Although auditing of Pidgin improves the security of the related Adium project (the projects share many components including libpurple, libotr, and libxml2), the Adium developers tell us that besides occasional static analysis by the developers themselves they are not aware of any independent auditing effort that addresses the Adium-specific code. So for the time being that project will not receive an audit checkmark.
- 2014-11-10 : Skype check mark for end-to-end encryption removed. (✘)
- 2014-11-04 : Snapchat app has audits from an internal security team. (✓)


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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
A video instructional series on the elements of music for college and high school classrooms and adult learners; 12 half-hour video programs, audiocassettes, CDs, and coordinated books
1. Sound, Music, and the Environment
What do different cultures mean by music? This program explores the definition of music from the sine wave to poetic metaphor, and the impact of the cultural environment on musics as different as Bosnian ganga and becarac singing; Tuvan throat singing; Irish, West African, Trinidadian, and Japanese musics; and Western chamber music, jazz, and rock.
2. The Transformative Power of Music
Music can inspire religious devotion, prepare individuals for war, motivate work, enrich play, and stimulate the passions. The musical healing ceremonies of the Kung people in Namibia and Botswana, Epirote music in traditional Greek weddings, and modern rock, gospel, and folk musics all reveal music's power to transform lives.
3. Music and Memory
As a dynamic link to the past, music allows us to recall and revive our different cultural heritages through the performances we participate in now. West African griots, the Walbiri people of Australia, folksingers of Ireland and Appalachia, and modern practitioners of early music show us how our musical pasts live again today.
4. Transmission: Learning Music
How we learn musical traditions and how we maintain, modify, notate, teach, and perform them for a new, younger audience are exemplified here in Indian classical music, African village drumming, and modern jazz and gospel.
5. Rhythm
Marking time and moving through our bodies, rhythm has a special relationship to both musical form and worldwide dance traditions. How rhythm structures music is examined through the American marching band, North Indian tala, Japanese shakuhachi tradition, West African drumming, and Afro-Cuban dance music.
6. Melody
Melody the part of music we most often remember — is examined here both scientifically and poetically, from a strict sequence of pitches to a group of notes "in love with each other." We see and hear melodies shaped, elaborated, and developed within Western classical music, the Arabic maqam tradition, Irish dance music and sean-nós singing, and Indian raga.
7. Timbre: The Color of Music
The tone color of music or "timbre," as we call it in the Western tradition is influenced by both technical and aesthetic factors. This program examines the creation and effects of timbre in jazz and Indian, West African, Irish, Bosnian, Indonesian gamelan, and Japanese musics.
8. Texture
The way different voices and instruments work together to produce the overall sound gives music its texture. This program examines texture in Japanese shakuhachi, Trinidadian steel band, Bosnian ganga, West African percussion, and modern Australian choral music.
9. Harmony
When two or more notes sound together, harmony occurs. This interaction of pitches, understood in vastly different ways around the world, is analyzed here in jazz, chamber music, Bosnian ganga singing, early music plainchants, and barbershop quartets.
10. Form: The Shape of Music
Form the way music is organized and structured from beginning to end guides composers, performers, and listeners in all musics. Here, the traditional Western sonata, the blueprints behind improvisational jazz, the narrative structure of traditional Japanese music, call-and-response forms in West African music and American gospel, and Irish fiddle tunes exemplify worldwide variations in musical form.
11. Composers and Improvisers
How are a composer and an improvisor alike? How are they different? The marriage between fixed elements and new variation is examined in American rock, Indian raga, classical and contemporary Western music, jazz, and Arabic classical music.
12. Music and Technology
New instrument types and new electronic media for distribution are obvious results of technology, but so were the first bone flute and the first stretched catgut. How technology affects music is examined here in a case study of the flute, and in an examination of developing recording and composing technologies where the roles of composer, musician, arranger, and conductor begin to fuse.
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WillyWampa wrote:I'd just like to comment on how much I'm liking this contest. Most of the models shown would fit beautifully into an expanded Midi-scale lineup of Starwars vehicles. It was too bad that TLG didn''t pursue this size of model more, despite what seemed to be a poor reception of the 2 official models that were released (likely due to being overpriced). The great thing about this size of models is that they are instantly recognizable and can easily be displayed without taking up a huge amount of space on a desk or shelf like the minifig scale sets do.
madLEGOman wrote:Boskk's Cap-2 Captivator!
Solo wrote:- Any vehicle from any of the films plus Clone Wars cartoon are eligible.
Solo wrote:Solo wrote:- Any vehicle from any of the films plus Clone Wars cartoon are eligible.
That does not qualify.
mjfirefly wrote:still a nice build though, and heaven knows there'd be confusion if the AST-5 ( http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/AST-5_Ar ... _Transport ) was allowed, seeing as the pilot of that stands up AND lies down...
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BCS National Championship Game curbstompee Notre Dame finished in first place, overall, in the first round of NCAA Football's anything-goes cover voting contest currently running on Facebook.
Defending national curbstomper Alabama also is in the list of 32 finalists, and currently is the top vote getter in the second round of balloting, ahead of perennial power Kentucky, and bowl-eligible programs like Navy and West Virginia.
From here, the field will be cut in half in each round until an overall winner is determined. A schedule sent out by EA Sports said the game will reveal "potential cover athletes" for eight candidate schools from January 23 to February 3. A winner will be crowned on March 8.
This all began with, technically, every NCAA
Division I-A Football Bowl Subdivision member eligible (there are 126). Apparently EA Sports has famous alumni and/or coaches at all these schools on speed dial if they're confident they'll have eight finalists with candidates willing to appear. God, I hope Kentucky's among them. I so want to see Hal Mumme on the cover of a video game.


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B.B. King backstage in Chicago by Herb Nolan
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Chevrolet Silverado Camping Accessories - Roam In Ur HomePosted in Features on September 1, 2006
How often have you considered quitting your job, hopping in your truck and heading for the hills? If you said daily, then you are not alone. But before you tell the boss to kiss your bumper goodbye, you may want to round up a few simple supplies to make living in the outback that much easier.
We recently spent a weekend away from one of America's urban armpits while escaping up to the outback, and if we hadn't needed to turn this story in we probably would have stayed out there for good. In fact, with a bit of quality pre-planning, a small cache of greenbacks, and a properly outfitted 4x4, you could easily hand in your resignation and cancel the lease on your roach-infested apartment for the good life of living in your truck.
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By dawn it was breakfast time. Nothing makes you hungry like sleeping in your truck listening to the rain patter on the roof and wondering how muddy the drive up the trail will be. We found that Coleman offers a full line of camping gear known as Dual Fuels that run off either camping fuel or unleaded gasoline, so we chose both a Dual Fuel lantern and a two-burner camping stove. Nothing beats a real lantern for family meals in the bush, and when you add a griddle to the two-burner stove, breakfast is better than at a Waffle House.
Speaking of breakfast, try out this little homebrew recipe. Fry some bacon on the grill and then let it sit under some paper towels and a sweatshirt to keep warm while you pour instant pancake batter (the just-add-water type) onto a hot griddle. Then simply roll the bacon up in the pancake and dip in syrup. Follow with some camp coffee and you'll be ready for a morning nap in no time. It may not be healthy, but at least you'll die happy.
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We recently found an old NATO-style fuel can at a surplus yard and brought it along for an extra 5 gallons of unleaded for the big-block, but unfortunately these tanks are hard to find and often outdated and rusty. However, we lucked out and found a brand-new matching water can from High Country Performance 4x4. This tank is lined especially for water, and was perfect for cleaning dishes and cold camp showers. If you're wondering about other bathroom situations, check out the "Trail Office" story (Aug. '06).


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I have about 40 hives (before 20 of them die this winter), produced and sold 2.1 tons of honey last year, and have been doing so for over 35 years.
Am I qualified and allowed to read and post in this forum?
Oh yeah, I own a one ton flatbed and two Bobcats.
Odfrank, Of course you can read and post to this forum, you don't need to even own a bee to read and post here, BUT we want to keep the discussion focused on the commercial aspects of large scale bee management. Other questions are better served by other forums.
I like it...
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Five years removed from his titanic 2,000-yard outburst, New York Jets running back Chris Johnson says he can reach those heights again in 2014.
"I'd just retire and not play anymore if I didn't feel like I was still capable of being a 2,000-yard back," Johnson told Seth Walder of the New York Daily News on Tuesday. "I know I have the ability."
Yet another sound bite perfectly suited for our burgeoning offseason tropes file.
During that distant 2,006-yard campaign back in 2009, the former Tennessee Titans star led the league with an outrageous 5.6 yards per carry. Johnson's not the same explosive back today. The occasional home run was tempered last season by his inability to make tacklers miss. Durability issues also helped sink Johnson's once-stellar yards per carry mark to a paltry 3.9.
Jets running backs coach Anthony Lynn won't shy away from riding the "hot guy," but New York saw enough from the hard-charging Chris Ivory last season to fully explore a committee approach that promises to keep Johnson's numbers at bay.
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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Although the Civil War is viewed today through the lens of the Union's ultimate victory, for much of the war that victory was far from certain. By examining the lives of the common soldier, as well as civilians on the home front, this workshop examines the uncertainty and horrible destruction in the war between the states.
Although Americans today view the Civil War through the lens of the Union's ultimate defeat of the Confederacy, for much of the war, the Union victory was far from certain. More
Rampant illness, shortages of supplies, poor camp conditions, and very high casualty rates quickly overshadowed the noble ideas that soldiers brought to the war. More
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Assessment of Dyslipidemia in Children and Adolescents
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After reading this article and answering the review questions the reader will be able to:
- Describe the importance of lipid screening for cardiovascular health in pediatric patients
- Order appropriate lipid screening tests and accurately interpret results
- Design a treatment plan for common patterns of pediatric dyslipidemia
Michael, a 12-year-old male, is seen in your clinic because his mother wants her son "checked out" because heart disease runs in the family. Michael's father recently underwent coronary artery bypass grafting at 33 years of age after developing severe chest pain. The father's total cholesterol (TC) was greater than 500 mg/dL. Michael's paternal grandmother died of a heart attack at the age of 52. Further review shows that Michael's BMI has been tracking along the 95th percentile but has recently started to increase. His mother reports that she has been scared to let him exercise because he might have a heart attack. Michael reports his favorite foods are pizza, ice cream, and macaroni and cheese. He drinks 2% milk and refuses to eat vegetables, as he considers them to be "rabbit food."
Michael's fasting lipid profile shows a TC of 320 mg/dL, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) of 254 mg/dL, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) of 45 mg/dL, and triglycerides (TG) of 80 mg/dL.
Case Discussion
Familial Hypercholesterolemia
Disclosure: The FDA has approved atorvastatin, rosuvastatin, simvastatin, fluvastatin, lovastatin, ezetimibe, and colesevelam for the treatment of pediatric heterozygous and homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia in children 10 years of age and older. Pravastatin is FDA-approved for the same indications in children as young as 8 years old. Any other descriptions of medication use in this article are off-label uses.
This patient meets clinical diagnostic criteria for Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH). FH is an autosomal dominant inherited disorder affecting 1 in 300 to 500 people, and is considered to be the most common life-threatening inherited condition. It is characterized by a markedly elevated LDL that is present from birth. Generally, HDL cholesterol and triglycerides are normal. FH should be suspected in a patient 20 years of age or younger if the untreated fasting LDL is ≥ 160 mg/dL or the total non-HDL cholesterol is ≥ 190 mg/dL, values that are substantially above the 95th percentile1.
The diagnosis is confirmed if the patient has a first-degree relative with premature atherosclerosis and an LDL > 200 mg/dL. Even in a screening population, if the LDL > 190, there is an 80% chance the child has FH.
The most common form of FH is caused by a loss-of-function mutation in the LDL receptor on hepatocytes, which is responsible for binding LDL and facilitating its metabolism in the liver3. The relative loss of receptor functionality is variable, hence, LDL levels and age of cardiovascular disease onset in patients with FH is also variable. Despite the variability, if untreated, approximately half of males and 25% of females will have a cardiovascular event before 50 years of age4.
In FH, lifestyle changes are critical to management but are almost never adequate to drop LDL levels back to normal. First-line therapy is a combination of lifestyle management with pharmacotherapy, usually a statin. Statins are FDA-approved for use in pediatric patients with FH as young as eight years of age. The goal of treatment is reduction of LDL below 130 mg/dL or a 50% reduction from baseline LDL (whichever is less aggressive), along with normalization of the rest of the lipid profile5. Rarely, pediatric patients will require additional cholesterol-lowering medications to reach goal levels.
In adults, the use of statin medications is remarkably effective at reducing cardiovascular mortality. The Simon Broome Familial Hyperlipidaemia Register Group showed impressive reductions in cardiovascular mortality (48% with primary prevention and 25% with secondary prevention), as well as a 33% reduction in all-cause mortality with statin use in their FH population6,7. In children with FH, use of statins leads to significant reductions in carotid intimal medial thickness, a well-validated surrogate marker for atherosclerotic burden in adults8. Even more importantly, a cohort of children with FH started on a statin between 8 to 18 years of age already have, only 10 years later, a lower cardiovascular event rate than their affected parents did at the same age9.
Despite the well understood, long-standing association with FH and ischemic heart disease10, FH is woefully underdiagnosed. In the US, less than 10% of patients with FH are appropriately diagnosed, and a smaller number still are appropriately treated2. Sensitivity and specificity of LDL cutoff values are much more predictive in pediatrics than they are with adult patients, and so a proper diagnosis in childhood can lead to appropriate diagnosis in other family members as well. The diagnosis of FH in one patient should prompt testing with a fasting lipid profile in all first-degree relatives.
Atherogenic Dyslipidemia
Overweight and obesity are well-established cardiovascular risk factors in adults, and pediatric obesity is linked to increased rates of dyslipidemia11. Unfortunately, the rising incidence of pediatric obesity in the United States is evident with approximately one-third of children classified as being either overweight or obese12.
Consequently, rates of pediatric dyslipidemia in the United States are rising.13 Previously, pediatric cholesterol guidelines have focused on identifying children with elevated LDL or with FH. However, the most common pediatric dyslipidemia is now atherogenic dyslipidemia, characterized by moderately to severely elevated TG, normal to mildly elevated LDL, and reduced HDL. Some estimates of incidence are as high as 1 in 100 children. It is most commonly associated with overweight or obesity, hypertension, fatty liver, and insulin resistance in the pediatric population. Table 1 compares features of atherogenic dyslipidemia and FH.
Table 1. Features of Atherogenic Dyslipidemia and Familial Hypercholesterolemia in the Pediatric Population
Atherogenic Dyslipidemia (AD)
Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH)
Monogenic (usually autosomal dominant)
Associated Conditions
Obesity, insulin resistance, hypertension
LDL Level
HDL Level
TG Level
While the standard treatment of atherogenic dyslipidemia is fairly intuitive, its execution is often not. Lifestyle modification is first-line treatment, including regular physical activity and limited "screen time" as well as a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol. Controlling intake of refined carbohydrates is also important, particularly in the setting of hypertriglyceridemia. Appropriate caloric intake is also important, particularly if the child is overweight or obese. Referral to a dietician experienced in treating children and families for medical nutrition therapy can be very helpful. Regular follow-up is important, and if dyslipidemias persist, then pharmacologic treatment may be recommended after careful consideration of a child's family history and cardiovascular risk factors. The vast majority of pediatric patients with dyslipidemia will not require pharmacologic treatment, but patients with a LDL ≥ 190 mg/dL or TG ≥ 500 mg/dL almost certainly have a primary dyslipidemia14 and should be considered for referral to or consultation with a specialist with experience in treating pediatric dyslipidemias.15
Why universal screening?
In 2011, new pediatric lipid screening guidelines were published in the Expert Panel on Integrated Guidelines for Cardiovascular Health and Risk Reduction in Children and Adolescents: Summary Report.15 These guidelines recommend routine universal lipid screening with a non-fasting TC, HDL, and non-HDL cholesterol at ages 9 to 11 years old and again at 17 to 21 years old. Children and adolescents with higher risk medical conditions or concerning family histories can be screened as young as two years old or at the time the medical condition or concerning family history is diagnosed. For higher-risk children, a screen should be considered every five years thereafter.
This change in recommendation from selective to universal screening is important. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) had revised their guidelines in 2008 in response to concerns regarding the epidemic of pediatric obesity and associated pediatric dyslipidemia. At that time, the recommendation was a fasting lipid profile for all children between 2 and 10 years old with identified family history or patient risk factors. These old recommendations indicated that a patient's family history should prompt screening if a parent, grandparent, aunt, or uncle had high cholesterol or cardiovascular disease, or if the family history was unknown. Any patient who was overweight or obese, or had hypertension, tobacco use, or diabetes also met screening criteria.16 However, in order for this type of selective screening program to work, the patients that meet screening criteria needed to be properly identified. There are no clear standards for accurate family histories, and accurate measurement and interpretation of blood pressure in children and adolescents can be challenging.
Furthermore, in order for a selective screening program to work, the screening criteria also need to be sensitive enough to detect affected patients. Unfortunately, this is not the case with pediatric dyslipidemias. One study screened LDL cholesterol in over 20,000 fifth graders and demonstrated that 71% of children in their study population met screening criteria. Dyslipidemia requiring pharmacologic treatment, however, was more common among children who did not meet screening criteria than among those who did.17 Another study of 678 children found the AAP screening criteria were only 54 to 66% sensitive in identifying children with a dyslipidemia.18 Therefore, significant lipid disorders in pediatrics are commonly missed, even if there is full compliance with a selective approach.
Universal Screening Recommendations
According to the Expert Panel, the initial screening test can be total and HDL-cholesterol, which are accurate in the non-fasting state. The non-HDL cholesterol can then be calculated using the formula non-HDL = TC – HDL. Evidence supports that lipid levels drawn before puberty have a high correlation with adult levels and are stable, unlike levels drawn during puberty. During puberty, hormonal changes have been associated with a decrease in LDL cholesterol levels, with fluctuations in HDL and TG. The Dietary Intervention Study in Children (DISC) showed an average decrease in LDL cholesterol of 23.3 mg/dL in boys and 10.6mg/dL in girls in Tanner stage 4 or 5 compared to their LDL levels at Tanner stage 1.19 As a result of these normal decreases in LDL during puberty, the sensitivity and specificity of predicting adult LDL levels based on levels obtained during puberty is compromised and indiscriminate testing leads to a high false negative rate of detection. Despite decreases in LDL cholesterol levels during puberty, guidelines use the same reference ranges for lipid profiles in adolescents as they do in children. This is because the recommended thresholds for initiation of lifestyle or medical therapy are the same for children and adolescents. Universal screening is not recommended prior to age 9 due to the minimal data regarding medication use in children less than 8 years old. However, if new risk factors are identified between 10 and 17 years of age, then targeted screening with a fasting lipid profile may be appropriate. A brief summary of screening recommendations based on age is shown in Figure 1. Acceptable ranges for fasting and non-fasting lipid profiles for patients 0-19 years of age is shown in Figure 2.
Figure 1. Pediatric Lipid Screening Recommendations
Adapted from: Kavey RW, Simons-Morton DG, and de Jesus JM, ed. Expert Panel on Integrated Guidelines for Cardiovascular Health and Risk Reduction in Children and Adolescents: Summary Report. Pediatrics 2011;128, Supplement 5.
Figure 2. Normal Non-fasting and Fasting Lipid Values for Children 0-19 Years
All values are mg/dL.
Adapted from: Kavey RW, Simons-Morton DG, and de Jesus JM, ed. Expert Panel on Integrated Guidelines for Cardiovascular Health and Risk Reduction in Children and Adolescents: Summary Report. Pediatrics 2011;128, Supplement 5.
Pediatric dyslipidemias are common and can be genetic or acquired. Two of the most common patterns of pediatric dyslipidemia are Familial Hypercholesterolemia, the prototype of inherited cardiovascular risk, and atherogenic dyslipidemia, which is generally seen in the setting of obesity and insulin resistance. Selective screening strategies, even with perfect implementation, have been shown to miss as many as half the children with a genetic or acquired dyslipidemia.
Cardiovascular disease is still the number one cause of death in the United States today. Effective intervention to address cardiovascular risk in childhood may represent our biggest opportunity to positively impact human health.
Referral Information
If you have a pediatric patient with a cholesterol disorder or you are concerned that a patient may have increased risk for early cardiovascular disease, the Pediatric Preventive Cardiology Clinic (PPCC) at the American Family Children's Hospital evaluates patients from infancy through early adulthood. We also have PPCC outreach clinics at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Appleton, Wisconsin and at Aspirus Hospital in Wausau, Wisconsin. Please call 608-263-6420 to schedule an appointment, or visit our website at www.uwhealthkids.org/cholesterol.
- Hopkins PN, Toth PP, Ballantyne CM, Rader DJ. Familial hypercholesterolemais: prevalence, genetics, diagnosis, and screening recommendations from the National Lipid Association Expert Panel on Familial Hypercholesterolemia. J Clin Lipidol. 2011;5(3 suppl):S9-S17.
- Familial Hypercholesteroaemia: Report of a second WHO Consultation. Geneva, 4 September 1998.
- Brown MS, Goldstein JL. A receptor-mediated pathway for cholesterol homeostasis. Science. 1986;232:34-47.
- Wiegman A, Rodenburg J, de Jongh S, Defesche JC, Bakker HD, Kastelein JJ, and Sijbrands EJG. Family history and cardiovascular risk in familial hypercholesterolemia: data in more than 1000 children. Circulation 2003;107:1473-1478.
- Goldberg AC, Hopkins PN, Toth PP, et al. Familial hypercholesterolemia: screening, diagnosis, and management of pediatric and adult patients. J Clin Lipidol 2011;5(3): 133-141.
- Versimissen J, Oosterveer DM, Yazzdanpanah M, et al. Efficacy of statins in familial hypercholesterolaemia: a long term cohort study. BMJ 2008;337:a2423.
- Neil A, Cooper J, Betteridge J, et al. Reductions in all-cause, cancer, and coronary mortality in statin-treated patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesteroleaemia: a prospective registry study. Eur Heart J 2008;29:2625-33.
- Rodenburg J, Vissers MN, Wiegman A, et al. Statin treatment in children with familial hypercholesterolemia: the younger the better. Circulation 2007;116:664-668.
- Braamskamp MJ, Kusters DM, Avis HJ, Wijburg FA, Kastelein JJ, Wiegman A, and Hutten BA. Patients with familial hypercholesterolemia who initiated statin treatment in childhood are at lower risk for CHD than their affected parents. Circulation 2013;128:A17837.
- Slack J. Risks of Ischaemic Heart-Disease in Familial Hyperlipoproteinaemic States. Lancet, 27 December 1969.
- McGill HC, McMaham A, Gidding SS. Preventing heart disease in the 21st century: implications of the Pathobiological Determinants of Atherosclerosis in Youth (PDAY) study. Circulation 2008;117:1216-1227.
- McGill HC Jr, McMahan CA, Herderick EE, Tracy RE, Malcom GT, Zieske AW, Strong JP. Effects of coronary heart disease risk factors on atherosclerosis of selected regions of the aorta and right coronary artery. PDAY Research Group. Pathobiological Determinants of Atherosclerosis in Youth. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2000;20(3):836-845.
- McGill HC, McMaham A, Gidding SS. Preventing heart disease in the 21st century: implications of the Pathobiological Determinants of Atherosclerosis in Youth (PDAY) study. Circulation 2008;117:1216-1227.
- Ose L. Diagnostic, clinical, and therapeutic aspects of familial hypercholesterolemia in children. Semin Vasc Med. 2004;4:51-57.
- Kavey RW, Simons-Morton DG, and de Jesus JM, ed. Expert Panel on Integrated Guidelines for Cardiovascular Health and Risk Reduction in Children and Adolescents: Summary Report. Pediatrics 2011;128, Supplement 5.
- Haney EM, Huffman LH, Bougatsos C, Freeman M, Steiner RD, Nelson HD. Screening and treatment for lipid disorders in children and adolescents: systematic evidence review for the US Preventive Services Task Force. Pediatrics 2007;120(1):e189-e214.
- Ritchie S, Murphy E, Ice C, Cottrell LA, Minor V, Elliott E, and Neal W. Universal versus targeted blood cholesterol screening among youth: the CARDIAC project. Pediatrics 2010;126:260-265.
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- Kwiterovich PO, Barton BA, McMahon RP, et al. Effects of diet and sexual maturation on low-density lipoprotein cholesterol during puberty: the dietary intervention study in children (DISC). Circulation 1997;96:2526-2533.