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Essential Haematology, 6th Edition
Essential Haematology, 6th Edition
ISBN: 978-1-118-29396-6 November 2011 Wiley-Blackwell 468 Pages
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Table of contents
Preface to the First Edition ix
How to get the best out of your textbook x
1 Haemopoiesis 1
2 Erythropoiesis and general aspects of anaemia 15
3 Hypochromic anaemias 33
4 Iron overload 50
5 Megaloblastic anaemias and other macrocytic anaemias 58
6 Haemolytic anaemias 73
7 Genetic disorders of haemoglobin 88
8 The white cells 1: granulocytes, monocytes and their benign disorders 108
9 The white cells 2: lymphocytes and their benign disorders 126
10 The spleen 142
11 The aetiology and genetics of haematological malignancies 150
12 Management of haematological malignancy 166
13 Acute myeloid leukaemia 178
14 Chronic myeloid leukaemia 191
15 The non-leukaemic myeloproliferative neoplasms 200
16 Myelodysplasia 214
17 Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia 223
18 The chronic lymphoid leukaemias 234
19 Hodgkin lymphoma 245
20 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 253
21 Multiple myeloma and related disorders 272
22 Aplastic anaemia and bone marrow failure 288
23 Stem cell transplantation 297
24 Platelets, blood coagulation and haemostasis 314
25 Bleeding disorders caused by vascular and platelet abnormalities 330
26 Coagulation disorders 345
27 Thrombosis and antithrombotic therapy 362
28 Haematological changes in systemic disease 381
29 Blood transfusion 397
30 Pregnancy and neonatal haematology 413
1 Normal values 424
2 World Health Organization classifi cation of tumours of the haematopoietic and lymphoid tissues 426
Index 431
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"This is a great introductory book on clinical hematology. I'd recommend it for anyone early in their medical training or practice, or for any established practitioner wanting a quick refresher course in the subject." (Doody's, 2 September 2011)
"Recommended by the British Medical Journal and supported by an online suite of resources, this well-resented full-colour text offers a comprehensive introduction to the creation and functioning of the major blood cells." (Times Higher Education Supplement, 24 February 2011)
"Much improved version. I liked the descriptive style where blocks of information gathered on same subject and easy for students to 'connect the dots'." (Athar Aziz, School of Environment & Life Sciences, University of Salford)
Reviews of the previous edition:
"This is a beautiful book ... packed with superb colour figures, laboratory and clinical illustrations, and is magnificently laid out. The text is clearly written, contains excellent, up-to-date background science, comprehensive clinical and laboratory data and sensible advice on the management of a full range of haematological disorders. My own students were delighted to see a copy and were unanimous in their view that this is a high quality bargain." (Journal of Clinical Pathology)
"The molecular and biochemical aspects of modern haematology are simply and clearly explained throughout, so encouraging students to read further from the comprehensive reading list at the end of each chapter.... It is a difficult book to fault and must take first place as the undergraduates' handbook for haematology." (British Medical Journal)
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- The sixth edition of the best-selling introductory haematology textbook
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- Provides complete compliance with the WHO haematological malignancies classification of 2008
- Thoroughly updated to reflect the latest research in this fast-moving fieldsuch as additions on tyrosine kinase inhibitors, lenalidomide, monoclonal antibodies and the oral anticoagulants,factor 10 and factor 2 inhibitors
- Further additions to the renowned clinical slide catalog including examples of PET-CT, molecular pathology and clinical signs
- Now contains summary boxes at the end of each chapter to aid understanding
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In 2006, Shirley Temple was given the 42nd Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achivement Award honor. A few weeks before she received the honor, the former child star talked on the phone from her home in Woodside, Calif. with Susan King about the award, and her life in Hollywood and afterwards.
When Shirley Temple Black walks onto the stage of the Shrine Exposition Hall on Sunday evening to receive the 42nd Screen Actors Guild lifetime achievement award for her movie career and humanitarian efforts, most of her young fans will probably be shocked to see she's a 77-year-old grandmother.
Because of television, video and now DVD, a whole new fan base of children around the world is enjoying her musicals from the 1930s -- and they're sending her bushels of fan mail, just as they did 70 years ago when the films were first released.
Every Halloween, she dons a witch's hat, wears a long, black dress and cackles loudly when she hands out candy to the trick-or-treaters. "They don't get scared," said Black. "But when I opened the door [last Halloween], one little girl said, 'Who are you?' And her mother said, 'That's Shirley Temple.' The little girl said, 'I didn't know you would be so old.' That kind of puts you in your place -- which is fine."
Black was the youngest actress to receive a juvenile Oscar and the youngest to put her handprints in the cement at what was then Grauman's Chinese Theatre.
The Santa Monica native began dancing at age 3, when her parents enrolled her at Ethel Meglin's Dance Studio in Los Angeles, and she was discovered there by director Charles Lamont. At the ripe old age of 4, she made her debut in the short "What's to Do?" and headlined a series called "Baby Burlesks," in which she parodied the likes of Marlene Dietrich and Greta Garbo.
But her career really kicked into gear when she signed with Fox -- she made 10 movies in 1934 alone.
Black sang and danced her way to stardom in such films as "Bright Eyes" (in which she introduced "On the Good Ship Lollipop"), "Poor Little Rich Girl" and "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm."
From 1935 to 1938, she was even Hollywood's box office champ.
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But Black, whose husband of 55 years, Charles, died last August [2006], doesn't want to answer questions about her movies.
"All of these answers are carefully written out in the book," her autobiography "Child Star," she said politely but firmly. "It took me seven or eight years to finish."
She retired from films in 1949 but briefly returned to Hollywood in the late '50s and early '60s to do the anthology series "Shirley Temple's Storybook" and "The Shirley Temple Show."
Politics occupied much of her adult life. She ran an unsuccessful campaign for Congress in 1967 and was appointed U.S. delegate to the U.N. by President Richard Nixon in 1969. She held ambassadorships through the 1980s.
Having recently completed the second volume of her memoirs, covering her life since 1968, she warms up to talking about that period. She became interested in politics, she says, because she got to meet politicians and dignitaries, who visited her on the set.
She was in Prague, Czechoslovakia, in 1968, on a volunteer mission to invite the government to join a multiple sclerosis organization she'd co-founded, when Warsaw Pact tanks entered the city.
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She doesn't remember being frightened. "I am very stoic," she said. "I go through things very well. I drove a car [out of Prague] with lots of people in it and we had to go through soldiers with weapons drawn stopping us and checking us out. Then we would go on another few miles."
In her career as a diplomat, "the U.N. was the biggest test," she said. "I didn't know that everybody was wondering how I would be. If I had, I might have been uneasy." But she did her homework. "I read lots of books and studied a lot and got ready. At the U.N., I would take books back to my hotel and read until 2 in the morning and then get up at 7 and go back to work."
But it was her old movies, she said, that really helped her gain acceptance into the United Nations.
"One of the reasons why it was fairly easy was because all of the countries felt they knew me already because they had seen me on the screen so long. As I said, little Shirley helped open doors, and if I didn't perform the job I was given, the doors would have closed."


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From exhibitions held at Stanford's Green and UC Berkeley's Bancroft libraries last year, "Celebrating Mexico" depicts Mexico's 1810 independence from Spain, the 1910 Mexican Revolution, and the impact of these events on Mexican popular culture.
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- The Mexican Revolution in Postcards
Alejandro Murguia, professor of Latino studies at San Francisco State University, will discuss the Mexican Revolution of 1910 from the perspective of postcards depicting the conflict, and mailed all over the world.
Thursday, September 8. Latino/Hispanic Meeting Room B.
- Women in Mexican Independence
Discussion of the role of women in the struggle for Mexican independence. Talk in Spanish with Sarah Poot Herrera, lecturer at UC Santa Barbara.
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If the answers are "yes," then it can be a wonderful enriching experience for all of you. If the answer is "No," then it would reduce the experience of safety and transformation for everyone and I suggest coming with someone else who fits the bill or coming solo, an adventure which the majority of people do.
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With a deadline of Friday, March 26, Mayor Chris Beutler again encouraged residents to show their support for bringing the Google Fiber for Communities Program to Lincoln. The Internet search engine Google is planning to test an "ultra-high-speed broadband network" in one or more trial locations and is asking interested municipalities to submit applications.
The Mayor urged residents to visit Lnkup.org to submit comments directly to Google through a short online nomination. Through Lnkup.org, residents also can find out more about the City's application and become a fan of the City's Facebook page. Lnkup.org also can be reached through the City Web site at lincoln.ne.gov.
A group of leaders in business and technology sectors has worked with the City to develop Lincoln's application. On Monday March 22, the City Council voted 6 to 0 in favor of a resolution supporting the City's application.
At a news conference March 18, Mayor Beutler said the Google project "presents tremendous opportunities for economic development, entertainment, entrepreneurship and education."


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FAA Orders Grounding of Boeing Dreamliners in US After Japanese Incident
(NEW YORK) -- The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has ordered the grounding of Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets until their operators prove that batteries on the planes are safe. Several planes operated by overseas carriers have run into trouble recently, the latest because of a suspected battery fire on board.
The FAA order applied to the six 787s being flown by United Airlines, which will need to prove to the FAA that there is no battery fire risk on those planes.
"Before further flight, operators of U.S.-registered Boeing 787 aircraft must demonstrate to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that the batteries are safe and in compliance," the FAA said in a statement Wednesday. "The FAA will work with the manufacturer and carriers to develop a corrective action plan to allow the U.S. 787 fleet to resume operations as quickly and safely as possible."
The FAA's "emergency airworthiness directive" came after two Japanese airlines grounded their Boeing 787 Dreamliners following a forced emergency landing Tuesday.
An emergency airworthiness directive is one that requires an operator to fix or address any problem before flying again.
United Airlines responded Wednesday night with a statement: "United will immediately comply with the Airworthiness Directive and will work closely with the FAA and Boeing on the technical review as we work toward restoring 787 service. We will begin reaccommodating customers on alternate aircraft."
All Nippon Airways (ANA) said a battery warning light and a burning smell were detected in the cockpit and the cabin, forcing the Dreamliner, on a domestic flight, to land at Takamatsu Airport in Japan.
The plane landed safely about 45 minutes after it took off and all 128 passengers and eight crew members had to evacuate using the emergency chutes. Two people sustained minor injuries on their way down the chute, Osamu Shinobe, ANA senior executive vice president, told a news conference in Tokyo.
ANA and its rival, Japan Airlines (JAL), subsequently grounded their Dreamliner fleets. ANA operates 17 Dreamliner planes, while JAL has seven in service.
Both airlines said the Dreamliner fleet would remain grounded at least through Friday.
ANA said the battery in question during Tuesday's incident was the same lithium-ion type battery that caught fire on board a JAL Dreamliner in Boston last week. Inspectors found liquid leaking from the battery, and said it was "discolored"
Japan's transport ministry categorized the problem as a "serious incident" that could have led to an accident.
John Hansman, an MIT professor of aeronautics and astronautics, said, "If this was an actual fire, that's a major problem. And it would be a major problem even if nothing happened over the past week."
The FAA ordered a comprehensive review of the 787's design in a news conference Jan. 11 with Boeing. But the agency assured the public that the 787s were safe to continue flying while they looked into the fleet's design and safety measures.
After the latest incident, but before the FAA airworthiness directive, Boeing said, "We will be working with our customer and the appropriate regulatory agencies."
The Japanese Transport Ministry dispatched its own inspectors to Takamatsu Airport Wednesday. A spokesman said the Transport Safety Board and Civil Aviation Bureau will conduct separate investigations.
A fire broke out Jan. 7 on an empty JAL Dreamliner at Boston's Logan Airport after a non-stop flight from Tokyo. It took firefighters 40 minutes to put out the blaze.
One day later, a different Dreamliner jet owned by JAL sprang a leak from its number-one engine right before takeoff at Logan Airport, spilling about 40 gallons of fuel onto the runway. It had to be towed back to the gate before taking off later that day.
ANA cancelled a domestic flight to Tokyo Jan. 9 after a computer wrongly indicated there was a problem with the Boeing 787's brakes.
A 3-foot-long crack appeared in the cockpit window of an ANA 787 flying in Japan Jan. 11.
Another JAL Dreamliner leaked fuel while undergoing tests at the airport near Tokyo Jan. 13. It was the same plane involved in the Jan. 8 incident in Boston.
No one was injured in any of those incidents, but JAL has followed ANA's lead and also ordered their entire 787 feet to be grounded.
"As a result of the incident involving another airline's 787 in Japan today, to ensure safety, JAL has decided to cancel its 787 operations today," JAL said in a statement.
Six 787s have been delivered to the United States, all purchased by United, while there are 50 flying worldwide, including Poland and Chile.
"It's a rough couple weeks for Boeing and ANA," Hansman of MIT said. "I think clearly in the short term this type of bad press has been tough for Boeing. I think in the long haul, this is a good airplane. It's in a good market."
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Peter Harper and Sarah Norman
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Peter Harper was born in 1797 in Virginia. He died during 1828 in Alabama.
Peter married Sarah Norman in 1819 in Botetourt County, Virginia. Sarah was born in 1797 in Virginia. She died on 13 Jul 1885 in Alabama.
They had the following children:
Francis Harper was born in 1821 in South Carolina. He died in 1821 in South Carolina.
Barbara Harper was born in 1824 in South Carolina.
Rebecca Harper was born circa 1826 in South Carolina. She died in 1909 in Tennessee.


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Just a few minutes into our chat with L'Oréal Paris Celebrity Hair Stylist, Mara Roszak, we were plotting to make her our new best friend. The obvious reasons: she has great hair advice and some ridiculous styling skills. The bonus: she's sweet, cute and mega down-to-earth.
We asked her a ton of questions like "Which celebrity tresses had she worked on lately," and "what hair trends are going to be hot this season?" When we asked about rejuvenating our distressed strands and she started talking about the rinse-and-repeat regimen she suggests to her high-profile clients, we knew it was hair care gold. Our notes are below - you're welcome.
Step 1: Deep Condition Before You Get In The Shower
Coat your dry hair with your favorite conditioner (ours is Advanced Haircare Extraordinary Oil Conditioner) and tuck your strands into a shower cap. Don't forget to bring this conditioner into the shower with you, you'll need it again in step five.
Change up your deep-condition frequency based on your hair: If you have thicker strands you'll benefit from doing this routine more often – even every day. Thin-haired gals can stick to one treatment per week. If your coif is color-treated, swap out regular conditioner for a color-treated variety like Advanced Haircare - Color Vibrancy Nourishing Conditioner. Also note that deep conditioning can cause color to fade, so to help extend the life of your color you may want to try a biweekly regimen.
Step 2: Do Other Shower Stuff
Shave. Soap up. Exfoliate. Basically, do anything except wash your hair for three to five minutes. While you're keeping busy, the shower cap-steamy air combo will let your strands soak up the conditioner.
Step 3: Rinse
This step seems pretty straightforward, but there are ways to fail at rinsing. Your shampoo can only do its job (to clean) if there is nothing in the way, like residual conditioner. You're ready to move onto step #4 when you can run your fingers through your hair, from scalp to root, and not feel any remnants of product. Your strands should be detangled, but should not feel filmy.
Step 4: Double Up Your Shampoo
Concentrate on your scalp where natural oils are being produced, and work your shampoo through the roots to create a base lather. Now, rewet your head and add a dollop more shampoo to build your lather. Choose a cleanser that's sulfate-free like Hair Expertise OleoTherapy Oil Infused Shampoo. Okay... Now it's time to rinse thoroughly.
Step 5: Re-condition
Starting at roughly ear height, massage conditioner down to your ends. Then apply the same rinse technique as in step #3.
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A uranium core? A miniature sun? Molten lava? None of the above I'm afraid. Like the blacksmiths of yesteryear, the Cook-Air uses bellows, or in this case a fan, to provide an ample source of oxygen to fuel the flames.
Instead of a bottle of propane or other combustible gases, the Cook-Air uses simple compressed wooden pucks (made from recycled scraps) that burn inside a chamber that's fed air through a ventilation system. In just five minutes the grill can reach searing temperatures of up to 1,100 °F and is claimed to have the equivalent of 65,000 BTUs of power. For reference, your average backyard gas BBQ has around 30,000.
To keep the $200 grill portable, the electric-powered fan can be powered by AC, a car adapter, or eight D-sized batteries, which is probably going to add a bit more heft. But, who cares if it cuts down on the time you have to wait for a perfectly cooked steak? [Cook-Air via Gizmag]


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Free deposits and free withdrawals keep this bank solvent
Last year, Bruce Michalec's bank gave away $1.25 million. It was his busiest in 27 years, but 2013 is on track to break the 2012 record. That's because hunger and need are the forces that drive the growth of Anne Arundel County's central food bank.
Hunger is an everyday thing, says Michalec, whose bank started small back in 1985 with "a truck, a freezer and a place to put it all." That first place was a building rented from the Cedar Grove United Methodist Church in Deale.
From those small beginnings, the bank has grown to match the needs of the community. From food, the bank expanded to include furniture, in 1986, and medical supplies, in 1990. In 2004, the bank moved to the Crownsville Hospital Center. Now it needs more space.
As a young man, Michalec worked Washington, D.C. restaurants "that served presidents" until the Vietnam War pulled him away. But when he moved to Maryland in the mid 1980s, he was a young victim of age discrimination. Unable to find a job, he worked part-time with Tom Parlett at the federal food program Operation Food Sharing, which made quarterly food distributions.
But people who are hungry are hungry every day. So with a small group of concerned citizens, Michalec founded the Anne Arundel County Food Bank in 1985.
Given for Free
The Anne Arundel County Food & Resources Bank, as it is now called, supplies human needs from fresh bread to walkers to couches and cribs.
"I've even given away cars and boats. One day we will get an airplane," Michalec jokes. "Someone wants to give us one. They just don't know about us yet."
About half the food comes from federal food programs. The rest — and all of the other goods — is donated at food drives or by individuals, retail stores and the county school system. Volunteers, inmates and parolees sentenced to community service work with the staff to keep the bank in business day in and day out.
The Crownsville Hospital Center complex's old central kitchen is home base for the ever-growing bank. Walk-in freezers and refrigerators provide storage for fruits and vegetables. The old slaughter room still has the overhead conveyor system, but now it houses cribs, strollers and formula.
Room after room is bursting with food and goods to share. A room filled with supplies for the cooks at free-lunch programs is followed by one with pallets of sugar, water, trail mix and juice. Another is stacked almost to the ceiling with walkers and bedside commodes, while yet another holds row upon row of couches, dressers and desks.
The food bank has already expanded to two offsite food storage locations and an old gym in the hospital complex is brimming with more furniture. The bank is full to the overflowing.
All his deposits, Michalec gives away for free. Otherwise, he figures, if someone needs an appliance like a refrigerator, she will use her food money to buy it. He wants to make sure people can use their food money for food.
"The table me and my kids eat off of, he gave it to me," says Minnie Brown, a volunteer chef at the food bank. "He is a sweetheart."
In 2012 alone, the food bank fed more than 40,000 households through 79 pantries and soup kitchens that served over half a million meals. Over 120,000 people received food from the bank; 73 families got appliances and 364 families took home furniture and household items.
"He knows what people need because he needed those things himself," says Susan Thomas, the food bank's assistant manager. There were days when Michalec's family went without necessities, and now he has made it his life goal to make sure that no one in Anne Arundel County has to do the same.
"He is particularly affected by the children," Thomas says. "He has bought them shoes, clothes, school supplies — out of his own pocket."
Received with Gratitude
Michalec also helps people in ways that cannot be measured in dollars and cents.
Lawrence Totty found that out when he came to work at the food bank through a correction center work program. He was given responsibilities and challenges that improved his self-esteem. When Totty's sentence was served, Michalec offered him a job as a warehouse foreman.
"On October 2, 2013, I will celebrate two years of sobriety," Totty says, "something I have not been able to do since I was 13. If it had not been for Bruce, I would not have the life I have today."
Michalec has touched the lives of people he may never meet.
Sher Atkinson, of the Annapolis Middle School Backpack Buddies Program, credits an expanding program to the food bank. Each Friday, the program sends middle-schoolers home with a backpack of food for the weekend. Atkinson receives non-perishables (cereal, granola bars and snacks) from the food bank. "Now, with our limited budget, we can buy fresh fruits, which the kids don't get much of at home," Atkinson says. "Next year, we will be serving about 75 kids, something that wouldn't be possible without the help of the food bank."
As well as community thanks, Michalec has the loyalty of his board of directors. He has been supported by governors and county executives, across political parties. He could not have gotten to where he is today without the help of these supporters, Michalec says.
With those allies, the food bank has grown year by year by word of mouth and on a "food bank budget."
Michalec has even bigger dreams for the future. He hopes to find another building to store furniture, so people can come and shop. Working with Parlett, he imagines turning the entire old Crownsville Hospital Complex into a non-profit park, where other good-doing organizations can base their operations alongside his.
In the present, Michalec and the food bank will continue this economy of charity, offering goods and second chances.
"This place belongs to everyone. This is a place of redemption. This is a place to start again," Michalec says.
On May 16, Michalec is honored by his board at the annual meeting of member agencies for "27 years of incredible compassion, steadfast dedication, and hard work." Citations from Governor Martin O'Malley, Speaker of the House Michael Busch and Senator John Astle and a letter of gratitude from Congressman Steny Hoyer will make the honor official.


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Alright, brand new to these forums and brand new to GSLP, but not new to training so I figured I'd post here. I am starting GSLP on Monday but wanted to introduce myself and give a little background:
I've been lifting since around Fall of 2006. Didn't really know what I was doing. Followed friends, read stuff online, but basically just did 3 sets of 10 for everything- no clue on progression or programming. About fall of 2009 is when I started to get it together. I started learning about powetlifting and wanted to do a meet, so I did a basic block periodization and 5/3/1 to prepare. Since then I have done 5 meets total, however my most recent meet was a disaster as I totaled nearly 40 lbs less than my previous best total when I was planning on totaling 30-60 lbs more than my previous best. Part of this was because I was planning on doing the meet single ply and had spent the better part of this year training for that, but about 6 weeks out decided to go raw since I was having trouble with my bench shirt. I had lost a lot of low end strength during my geared training and just didn't plan for it at my meet. So, after the meet I randomly came across GSLP. I had seen it before but didn't know much about it. I started reading up on it and immediately bought the book (actually, the e-book/hard copy/shirt combo. The program seemed like everything I was looking for. I have done 5x5, the Texas Method, 5/3/1, 5/3/1 for powerlifting, Westside and other random routines. I always prefer simplicity and bang-for-my-buck, and I look for inclusion of the movements that I feel are important. GSLP had it all and has made me excited to train again. I still plan on competing in powerlifting, but I need something different as I didn't really like WSB and I didn't see a lot from 5/3/1. So, I know that was long-winded, just wanted to be thorough. I'll put my stats below and I'm using some conservative starting numbers seeing as how my raw strength is down (plus I suck at benching and only started overhead pressing a month ago).
Name: James
Age: 29
Height: 6'
Weight: 220-225
Best Squat: 435 w/knee wraps
Best Bench: 248 paused
Best Deadlift: 512
My starting numbers will be 305 on the squat, 205 on the bench, 375 on the deadlift, and 115 on the press. I will bump these up depending on how the first week goes.
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A jay in the park
It was probably the number of oak trees in the park that attracted the jays in the first place. In autumn they tirelessly collect and cache acorns. One of them is uncommonly bold and has a passion for peanuts. He only eats about 10%. The rest are carefully buried in the ground or stuffed into pine cones. A roomy crop is useful for carrying away the booty.
The jay has meticulous habits. After burying the peanut, he carefully camouflages the spot by rearranging leaf litter and bark. This usually flummoxes the spying magpies.
He's equally meticulous when eating the peanuts. The shell is pierced, the first nut carefully put aside, and the second one retrieved. Before eating a nut, the thin red skin is also deftly removed.
When excited, the jay raises his crest, momentarily transformed.
Last spring, his crest was raised a lot – the stresses of parenthood.


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(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), an inspection conducted under subsection (a) of this section shall extend to all things within the premises or conveyance inspected (including records, files, papers, processes, controls, and facilities) bearing on whether the requirements of this chapter applicable to the chemical substances, mixtures, or products subject to subchapter IV of this chapter within such premises or conveyance have been complied with.
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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Author: James
Work: The Fire Next Time, "Sonny's Blues, " and "The Rockpile"
Bo Wu uses an inquiry approach to help students understand three works by James Baldwin. Sparked by their personal interests, the students research topics related to these works and collaborate to produce group Web sites.
To prepare for the lesson, view The Expanding Canon video program 3 – Part II. Online, review the Session 3 theory overview, strategies, information about the authors and literature, resources, and the downloadable print guide. Read James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time, "Sonny's Blues," and "The Rockpile" -- excerpt available in the print guide. Additionally, you may want to explore the following links for information about creating Web sites.
Home Page of Litstudies.com and ThinkQuestNYC.org
The Web site created by Bo Wu and her students.
The Internet in Action
Advice for teachers interested in creating Web sites.
Teachers will need the following supplies:
Standards for the English Language Arts
Day 1
1. In order to get students thinking about their personal connections to a literary text, Bo Wu asks her students to keep a journal (in a notebook and/or online) of questions or topics that interest them. She prompts them with questions, such as:
2. Wu explains that students will be working in small groups to research James Baldwin on the Internet, and then, as a group, they will choose a focus related to one of the three works and create a Web site about Baldwin. Wu asks her students to generate questions that might help them decide what they are going to research. She suggests they think about what they would like to know about an author that might help them understand his or her works.
3. Wu then divides the student-generated questions into some general topics. She tells her students that they will begin their projects with some research about Baldwin's life and works. She asks students to explain online research techniques, asking questions such as:
4. Students describe their experiences researching James Baldwin's works and discuss what they've learned.
5. Based on their research, students write down a topic connected to James Baldwin that they would like to research, along with an explanation of why they have chosen this topic. Wu encourages students to develop two questions that indicate what they want to learn about the topic.
6. Students share their questions aloud, and the ensuing discussion helps students focus their questions.
7. Students research their questions on the Internet, taking notes, making connections, and summarizing as they find information. Wu asks them to continue this research at home, reminding them that they can use the Internet at the public library. Finally, Wu explains that they will be synthesizing their research with that of other members of their group at the next class.
Day 2
1. Wu greets her students by reminding them that the class Web site has a summary of what they covered in class previously. She then asks students with similar topics to sit together, pool information, and create a report that represents the interests and research of the group.
2. As a homework assignment, Wu asks the students to read the Baldwin essay or story on which their group has chosen to focus, based on their research. She also asks students to write in their online journal, responding to the reading. Wu provides the students with questions to help focus their responses, such as:
Day 3
1. Wu begins the class by asking her students to share their journal entries from the night before.
2. Next Wu explains to the class that they are going to start building a Web site about James Baldwin. She tells the students that this Web site is a digital portfolio students can fill with material of their own choosing. Prompting students to generate ideas for information and features they can put on their Web site, she asks questions such as:
3. Wu asks the students to decide within their groups what they want to put on their Web sites.
4. Finally, each group creates a Web site.
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FINA4200 - Portfolio Management
Summer 2019
This course is an advanced investments course. Much of the course is devoted to the concept of risk, methods for modeling risk, and advanced asset valuation models which incorporate risk. Theories and models of risk and valuation are used to analyze and construct investment portfolios for individuals and for financial institutions. Topics include the capital asset pricing model, factor models of risk, arbitrage pricing theory, bond duration and convexity, and option pricing models. Software proficiency in spreadsheet is required.
Prerequisites -- FINA3100 (FN340).
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SCA Green Guide
What is the SCA Green Guide?
The Green Guide is a series of digital booklets, published in modules that will cover key strategies for cafe operators in energy conservation, waste reduction, water conservation, and toxics reduction. Green Cafe Network is providing technical assistance for the Guide's content, with key research and expertise from the Food Service Technology Center (FSTC).
Green Guide Module 1
Energy Use & Reduction Steps
Module 1 focuses on energy use and reduction tips including lighting, refrigeration, cooking appliances, auxiliary equipment and hot water systems & HVAC. Many of the tips included are considered "low hanging fruit" with regards to saving money and lowering the impact of your business. This module provides an easy path to starting your journey towards more sustainable energy practices. Available as a PDF.
Green Guide Module 2
Water Conservation Steps
Module 2 offers cafe owners cost-effective strategies to curb water waste in their cafes without reducing the quality of the coffee, the performance of the equipment, the cleanliness of the kitchen, or the overall customer experience. Tips cover performing a water assessment, identifying and preventing leaks, reverse osmosis water filtration, dish washing machines, and much more. Available as a PDF.
Green Guide Module 3
Waste Reduction & Recycling
Module 3 offers cafe owners offers cost-effective strategies to curb the amount of waste a cafe produces. Tips cover performing a waste audit, developing a plan, engaging your staff in the effort, recycling, composting, and much more. Available as a PDF.
About the Partners
Green Cafe Network:
Green Cafe Network's mission is make sustainability mainstream by greening the coffeehouse industry. In addition to their sustainability consulting and education services, GCN has built a growing network of member cafes across the United States that are committed to running green businesses. Visit www.greencafenetwork.org.
The Food Service Technology Center (FSTC):
The FSTC is the industry leader in commercial kitchen energy efficiency and appliance performance testing. Operated by Fisher-Nickel, Inc., the FSTC provides expertise in commercial kitchen ventilation, water heating and building energy efficiency, including lighting, glazing and HVAC. FSTC's goal is to provide education, viable resources and up-to-date information at no cost, helping commercial kitchen operators save energy and enjoy substantial savings. Visit www.fishnick.com/.


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- Heavyweight
Haye: Price has Klitschko qualities
British heavyweight David Price draws parallels with the division's megastars, the Klitschko brothers, according to compatriot David Haye.
Haye lost to Wladimir Klitschko in a world title unification fight in 2011 and is currently courting his older brother Vitali for a career swansong later in 2013.
While the 32-year-old Londoner has made it clear that he is not interested in fighting Price or fellow Brit Tyson Fury before he retires, he has offered his support to the former.
Price had a stellar 2012, winning all four of his bouts by knockout, and will be back in the ring on February 23 to fight American Tony Thompson in his home town of Liverpool.
But Haye believes it will not be long before the 29-year-old Price will be challenging for a world title, saying it could happen in the next two years.
"I sparred with David Price since he was an amateur... he's got all the tools that a Klitschko has," Haye told Sky Sports News.
"He ticks all the boxes. With the right guidance within the next two years he should be knocking on the door. I'll be long retired by then with my pipe and slippers."


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The BEST tire for All Season sport performance. I have these on both my 2015 BMW 550i M Sport staggered set up and 2000 Z3 2.8 M Sport. Ride can be harsh on bumps and potholes but otherwise smooth. The cars corner extremely well and the 550 RWD has performed well in 2-3" of snow! Rain traction is insanely good. Look on Tire Rack and you will find there is no better tire for performance sedans. Anyone who complains did not get the correct tire for their car.
Best tires I every had. Handles super well in rain and snow. Take pot holes well no side wall issues. Tires wear well I have own a few setts of these.
I bought these to replace summer only tires thinking that a bit of all season ability is not a bad thing in Wisconsin where it can snow even in early or late summer. I will say the tires are incredibly grippy in a corner. Far better than what I had. When cornering at the limit, the tire would release and reconnect in a pulsing manner - the tire just wants to hold and the limits are very high for an all season radial. That said, the pulsing was disconcerting. The tire was initially very quiet. But, Quattro is notoriously hard on tires and I probably should have rotated them more fanatically than I did - but work gets in the way. So, now they're very noisy. The related problem is fast wear. I drive hard very infrequently - mostly highway miles at steady state so I should get reasonable wear out of any tire. However, in exchange for the grippiness, tire wear is very rapid. While these have higher limits than the OEM summer tires I had, I have gotten less than 25% of the mileage out of them. So, I wont be purchasing them again.
These tires handle great in both wet and dry conditions! - better than any other tires I've driven on. Steering is very responsive and the tires are stable when pushed hard in the turns. Traction is exceptional. I haven't taken them into snow conditions yet and will rarely do so. The tires are pretty quiet, except on occasional rough concrete, and are a little quieter than the prior generation of A/S 3s I replaced.
Two sets within 60 days. Both sets shipped to Dealer were out of round. Dealer in both cases did their best to make it right but flat spots were too pronounced. Michelin's solution? Buy (their) more expensive tires. No thanks. Soon as these POS wear out, I'm buying another brand.
Just a little over 1000 miles on the new A/S 3+ tires. Great traction and handling! - as expected. Wet and dry cornering is outstanding. And these are a little smoother and quieter than the prior generation of A/S 3's they replaced (both V rated). I haven't hit any deep puddles at speed yet, though the prior model was very good at not hydroplaning. Driving in snow will be very rare. I got over 45K miles on the prior A/S 3's and hope to get at least that many on the new model.
The Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 3+ is a performance all-season tire that offers the grip, performance, and feel of a summer tire with the climate capability needed for below freezing temperatures.
Dry transaction is equivalent of what one would expect of summer tires, eliminating the tire squeal and looseness associated with a general touring all-season. This is complimented with a reinforced sidewall, communicating the road surface vividly throughout a proper, factory hydraulic steering setup and stably articulating on the road.
Wet transaction is also excellent, offering no evidence that suggests any danger of loosing traction. Relative to the Michelin Premier A/S which feels the same in all the conditions, the Pilot Sport A/S 3+ allows one to feel the differences of current road conditions to drive accordingly.
Snow traction has yet to be determined, but is expected to perform at or above expectations to the Continental DWS06.
the worst tires ever. The set of 4 bought 2 years ago. One of them exploded after my first longer trip (after 800 km), have to buy the fifth one because they said it was not tire fault. Now after two years and less then 40,000 km they are totally worn and flat, so I have to buy new set. I complained to Michelin, but of course all is lost in cyber world and hundred of documents you have to have in order to be partially reimbursed and only if you go again with Michelin.
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Equipment requirements for MTB courses
Equipment requirements for MTB courses
It goes without saying that everything you bring should be in good working order. Of course, you wouldn't want to be unable to complete the course because your equipment failed! We don't expect your stuff to be expensive, shiny or new, but it does need to do the job it is intended for, and to fulfil the requirements of the course. For example, please bring a mountain bike as stated, not a hybrid, cyclo-cross or road (?) bike.
Your own equipment should include
- Mountain bike with tyres to suit the terrain and expected ground conditions
- Clothing for riding for two or three rides (depending on your course format). This should be appropriate for the season and include for inclement weather (we will still go out) so should include for full arm and leg cover.
- Gloves to suit the season
- Helmet - this should be cycle suitable, CE marked and in serviceable condition
- Spare clothing to carry on rides
- Waterproof jacket and trousers (not necesarily for riding in)
- Personal bike repair kit. We suggest a minimum of pump, tyre levers, a couple of tubes, puncture repair kit and a simple multi tool
- Personal first aid kit and personal medical support where needed
- Water bottles or bladder
- Pens and paper
- Towel and wash kit
- A bike lock to secure your bike when not in use
- Pipe lagging, or padding to protect your bike from damage during transit to and from rides, where used
- Where available, safety or cycling suitable eyewear
Additional equipment you should bring where you have it
Where you don't currently own these items, as a Leader, you will need to either own them in the future, or have them accessible to you (e.g. through work).
Trail Leader Delegates
Where attending the Trail Leader course, please don't buy these especially for the course as the ideal attributes of these will be discussed during your course, however, where you already have these, please bring them with you.
Technical Leader Delegates
Where you already hold the Trail Leader qualification, you will be expected to bring all of the below items other than the local map (which will be provided).
- Local topographical map at a useful scale (1:25,000, 1:40,000 or 1:50,000)
- Navigation compass
- Whistle
- Small rucksack
- Cycle computer
- Personal survival bag (8" by 4" poly bag)
- Group shelter
- Maintenance tools and bike stand
Go-mtb Orientation Delegates
You will need to bring evidence of your existing qualification, and also to register on the Go-mtb website in advance of your course. The details of how to do this are in your pre-course information.
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Sweet Potato Currant Waffle
Prep Details
Servings: 5
Calories per serving: 360 per serving
Prep time: 45 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Total time: 1 hour
1 pound sweet potatoes (about 2 medium), peeled and cut into 1-inch chunks
1/2cup orange juice
1 cup whole-wheat pastry flour
1/2cup all-purpose flour
2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp ground allspice
1/3 cup currants
2 tbsp maple syrup
1 tbsp unsalted butter, melted and cooked until light brown
1 1/2 cups lowfat buttermilk, at room temperature
1 large egg, beaten
2 tbsp crystallized ginger,finely chopped
1/4 tsp kosher salt
4 large egg whites, room temperature
1/4 tsp cream of tartar
1. Put the sweet potatoes in a medium saucepan and cover with the orange juice and ½ cup water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer until the potatoes are tender, 25-30 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, whisk the flours, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, and allspice together in a large bowl. Whisk in the currants. Make a well in the center of the mixture and set aside.
3. Preheat the oven to 250F. Put a rack on a baking sheet. Set aside.
4. Drain the tender sweet potatoes and discard the liquid. Put the potatoes in a mixing bowl and add the syrup and butter. Using an electric mixer on low speed, beat just until the potatoes break up. Do not overbeat; they should look well mashed but not fluffy.
5. Add the buttermilk, egg, ginger, and salt. Using an electric mixer on medium speed, mix just until well blended.
6. Lightly spray the waffle iron with cooking spray. Preheat the iron.
7. Wash and dry the beaters. In a small glass, stainless steel, or copper mixing bowl, use an electric mixer on medium-low speed to beat the egg whites just until foamy. Gradually add the cream of tartar and continue to beat until soft, glossy peaks form, increasing the speed gradually.
8. Pour the sweet potato mixture into the well in the center of the flour mixture. Stir just to blend. Spoon about 1/3 of the beaten egg whites over the batter; gently stir to combine. Spoon the remaining egg whites over the batter and use a spatula to gently fold the whites until they are combined with the flour mixture.
9. Gently spoon the batter into the hot waffle iron, filling to the manufacturer's directions. Do not overfill. Bake until the waffles are golden brown and firm to the touch, about 8 minutes. Serve immediately.


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Location: Wichita, KS
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 1:56 pm
Post subject: 7624-Jungle Duel Review
Here is my first review, so be gentle.
Here is the front of the box.
Top of box showing figs.
Back of box.
As usual, the cover of the instruction booklet is the same as the box cover.
Here's the guts of the box, two bags of parts and the fabric tent cover.
Indy has a new hairpiece in this set.
Whoops! Guess I should've read the instructions before putting the minifigs together.
Indy is the same as the first wave. No grey stubble on this 60 year-old adventurer!
Here's a page from the instruction booklet. Nothing fancy, similar to the other Indy sets.
A couple yellow pieces that don't fit with the color scheme of the other sets.
Once putting together the sword rack, the yellow lightsaber rod is not seen anymore.
The two yellow teeth are only seen when the camp table is split.
The camp table uses the teeth to sit atop a white 1x2 plate with door rail.
Here is the table together.
Here is the table split.
Here is the whole set.
The back of the tent.
The bottom of the tent.
I've never had a tent before so it would've been nice to have instruction to fold the tent cover sides along the pre-fabbed creases before putting the tent cover on.
Close-up of the new ants and fire place.
Supplies in crate.
Fireplace and the two extra pieces of the set.
The sword rack, that spins on a turntable.
Break-apart table with bench.
Minifigs with weapons, although the instructions don't actually show which blade goes with whom.
Whole set together.
Nothing really difficult with the build except for the tent cover issue mentioned earlier.
The new female hair and face and nice. Now we have a non-smiling, non-scared female face.
Believe Mutt's face and hair are new, but not sure. His torso is nice, and I'm glad it doesn't have any flesh, so it can be used for mini-fig MOCs easier.
It would've been nice to have a different Indy, maybe one without his jacket or even have some grey in his stubble and eyebrows.
The new ant pieces are cool. More creatures to be used in MOCs.
About the only problem I saw was the break-apart table, which doesn't work to well. You actually have to slide the pieces apart a little to make to make them fall down. Not a big deal, though.
Overall, a nice set with decent minifigs for the price.
Posted the following info in the "New sets spotted" thread: Set was found at Wal-Mart mixed in with the Motorcyle Chase sets. It is a $10 set. Wal-Mart has it for $9.96.
I also saw the Crystal Skull Temple set, two to be precise, but didn't buy that one.
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Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 2:01 pm
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Post transfer from the former thread...
xwingyoda wrote:
Tks batsamd for the great review
Where did you get that set ?
Shouldn't that review be in the review forum ?
Its really a great set and I do need several copies for a future layout !!
I love the new parts: Irina nd Mutt's hairpiece, the bicolor ants.
The set is great with nice accessories and loads of weapons: I'm happy they included a golden katana in that set since I didn't have one yet.
The set as a whole looks great !!
I still have a few grips:
* another same Indy... G how many do we need ?
* no commie soldier. That is the worse IMO. We will already have Mutt and Irina in 2 other sets (7627 Temple of Kotor and 7628 Peril in Peru)
* the knives are dark bluish grey onstead of chrome (yeay I know about the cost reduction in sets...)
Athos wrote:
Mutt Williams, eh? I wonder what that does to the theories that Mutt was Indy and Marian Ravenwood's son?
Steve, who's going to swing by Walmart at lunch to look for some new sets...
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Location: Singapore
Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 12:34 am
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I just saw this in the store today and was literally shivering. Thanks to my Dad for getting it for me with only a wee bit of grumbling. I didn't expect to see it in Singapore so soon! Here's the review.
For the smallest set in the awesome new Crystal Skull range, this one sure packs some punch! First of all, it's plenty value of money, containing three minifig representations of three of the main characters in the film. Irina Spalko and Mutt Williams also come with awesome new hairpieces. Also what's nice it that despite the relatively low piece count, this set looks like it includes quite a lot, which it does. It's always to see another of the very rare tents, and all the accessories add a very cute touch as well. The new spiders (or are they ants?), intricately desigined and amazingly coloured, look awesome, and it helps that there are three of them. The table that breaks in half during battle is a nice touch too, and unlike many sets this size, it doesn't look very thrown together. This is a must-have if you're on a relatively tight budget for all its admirable aspects.
Ironic, huh.
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Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 11:50 am
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Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but seemed the best place to ask this.
I am getting ready to splurge on an Indy impulse set. Which one do you guys think I should get: This one, or 7620 Motorcycle Chase? I will likely get the other one for Christmas. Thanks in advance.
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Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 3:08 pm
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Well, this is a tough question to answer. It all really boils down to what you want in each of the sets.
The Motorcycle Chase has:
A Nazi Guard
Two Motorcycles
Henry Jones Sr.
The Jungle Duel has:
Mutt William's hair and head (Great for MOCs)
a Tent
3 Cutlasses
I would get the jungle duel myself. It's much better for playability, and it has a lot of useful peices as well.
Well, time to face the new world at FBTB II...
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Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 4:10 pm
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Don't forget Motorcycle Chase also has the guard station and two of the new small cube-like crates (while Jungle Duel also has one of the older, larger crates, plus three ants).
I have one of each myself, and personally intend to get more of both. I might suggest that if one were planning on getting one of them now and the other in a few months, that one start with Motorcycle Chase, on the grounds that it's been out longer (and hence might be deemed more likely to be discontinued sooner) - and more importantly, it takes place first (Motorcycle Chase covers a scene in 1938, while Jungle Duel covers one - well, a variation of a scene, anyway - in 1957).
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Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:11 pm
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Well, I'm going to Wal-Mart this weekend. I intend to buy Jungle Duel, if they have it. I just thought that since this was the only set that I will get until Christmas, I want to get one with more central characters, and it seemed they had equal playability. I took both opinions into account, but I decided to take Flynn's advice. Thanks for responding!
(Note: I will tell you when I get it, and I may post a review.)
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Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 6:57 pm
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Okayyyyyyyy, strike what I said in the previous post. I am getting neither. Why? Because I saw Peril in Peru leave S@H, so I grabbed it up quick on toysrus.com. It should come in 6-9 business days from now. I'll do a review if there isn't one yet.
P.S: Those who are afraid of my reviews because I include no pix, I will be sure to get a FlickR or Brickshelf
, before I get the set. I will then add pix to my other two reviews, MagnaGuard Starfighter and UCS AT-ST.
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Mammograms. Mammograms. Mammograms.
Get 'em when you should — every year starting at age 40, or earlier if close family members have had breast cancer. And practice "breast awareness," knowing what is normal for your body.
Good advice for all women.
It's especially important that black women get that message and heed it.
The risks are clear: Black women had a 41 percent higher death rate than white women from 2005 to 2009, although the death rates were similar in the early 1980s for black and white women, according to the American Cancer Society.
The reasons are varied, but lifestyle and access to health care are among them.
"We know mammograms save lives," says Dr. Elisha Robinson, a breast surgeon with Rockford Health System. "We need to pick up the cancer sooner in the earlier stage to improve prognosis. Education is key."
Robinson has attended church Bible study groups to get the word out, and the health system she works for has held fireside chats.
Yet who'll pay for mammograms? And who'll help a black woman who doesn't have transportation get across town to get them? These are still valid questions in Rockford.
The Silver Lining Foundation offers free mammograms for women who are under- or uninsured, says Joan Colombi, nurse manager for the Women's Center at Rockford Health System. Those who qualify call annually to qualify each year.
The center has distributed fliers about the program at places including Rockford City Market, and Fifth Third Bank has set up an information table in its lobby.
Last month, the Black Healthcare Initiative Coalition presented the Silver Chalice Challenge Community Health Expo, in part to provide a roundtable discussion about breast cancer. Free clinical breast exams by a doctor were offered.
Those who got the exam were awarded 100 points in a competition that pitted churches against each other. Because of the importance of getting breast exams and the propensity of women to shy away from getting a breast exam at the expo, the points were 10 times those awarded for getting blood pressure tests, coalition President Dorothy Reddic says.
Catherine Brown, 62, of Rockford has never missed getting a mammogram.
Doctors "found a spot" in 2008 in her right breast that, after an exam in 2011, required 33 radiation treatments. She says her last exam in September showed she is cancer-free.
Helping black women understand the importance of healthy lifestyles and getting mammograms is something Brown advocates through the annual Purple Tea, a luncheon that draws hundreds of black women dressed in all shades of purple to learn more about cancer, including breast cancer.
"We don't eat right. We are obese. A lot don't have access to transportation to get across town to get fresh fruit," she says.
"And they say 'I don't want to get my breast mashed (in the X-ray machine), so when they find the cancer, it's in the third or fourth stage because they won't go" for a mammogram.
At the Purple Tea, typically in April, "we have doctors come in and talk about nutrition. Don't eat fried food, eat baked food."
Brown says organizers mostly make people aware of Purple Tea through word of mouth, including at church, but they also send emails to women from the mailing list of a local Illinois representative who had gathered names for a Mother's Day event.
Dr. Charles Washington preaches preventive health care, including getting mammograms, from the pulpit at Mount Calvary Church of God in Christ in Freeport, where he is pastor.
"We do it from the pulpit because we want people to know it is very important," the family practitioner in Rockford says.
Along with preaching healthy practices, the Freeport church hosts health screenings and seminars. "We are very sensitive and aware that you have to have the physical body be in tune with the spiritual."
Get a free mammogram
Women who are underinsured or have no insurance can call the Silver Lining Foundation, 877-924-1126, to find out whether they qualify for a free mammogram screening.


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Daniela Schachter
- Career Highlights
- Vocalist and pianist
- Leader of the Daniela Schachter Quintet
- Member of the the Big "O" Orchestra, Deborah Latz Jazz Quartet, and the Katja Endemann Quartet
- Performances with Patti Austin, Terri Lyne Carrington, Regina Carter, Slide Hampton, and Christian McBride
- Recordings as leader include Purple Butterfly, Quintet, and I Colori Del Mare
- Compilations include A Jazz Christmas with Marian McPartland and Friends III, Jazz Magazine no. 58 compilation, and Jazziz Women 2001
- Recorded a live DVD from the Jakarta Jazz Festival
- Education
- B.M., Berklee College of Music
- Diploma, Conservatorio Francesco Cilea - Reggio Calabria
In Their Own Words
"I focus on harmonic concepts. I like for each student to know exactly what the harmony is and what the chords are. I really think that this is very important for both vocalists and pianists to know where they are in the form. So I'm very picky on that aspect."
"I like to start with a new tune that they have never heard or worked on to introduce a new technique. Sometimes for vocalists it's hard to work on their own tunes because they are used to singing them in a certain way—it's very hard for them to adjust or to improvise on the melody. Improvisation is a very important aspect of singing and playing, and I like to work on that with each student during private lessons."
"I work a lot as a leader and also as a side player, so I'm trying to teach students how to be a leader and how to be a side player. If I'm performing with my own group, I decide what to play. This is challenging in a way, because you have to think which tunes to put in your set list and how to organize a set that is not boring for the audience. At the same time, as a side player, you need to try to understand what the leader wants you to play. Even if you don't have the melody written, you need to try to use voicings that don't interfere with the melody. Don't play too much. Try to be more respectful of the leader. If you are playing for a vocalist, also try not to interfere with the melody or play too many fields that may distract the melody—give it more space."
"The Voice Department, like all the departments that I've been working with, has the privilege of having a variety of students that come from different countries. I feel that there is a really open-minded approach; everyone is open to hearing something different, from India, from China, from Japan, from Russia. I feel like this is unique at Berklee."


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Futurama The Movie: Benders Big Score (DVD)
Dwayne Carey-Hill
Just when you thought it was safeito watch something else!
Uncancel your plans for the future - Futurama is back! In this all-new, feature-length epic, evil nudist aliens send Bender on a rampage through time, forcing him - slightly against his will - to steal all of Earth's priceless historic treasures. Will the heroic Planet Express crew save the planet? Will Leela find true love? Will the ancient and terrible secret of Fry's buttocks be revealed? Find out when you watch Bender's Big Score, the greatest adventure of our time, and also the greatest adventure of several other times! In the words of a certain beer-fueled robot... "We're back, baby!"
Product Details
- Starring: Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Billy West, Tress MacNeille, Lauren Tom
- Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
- Language: English
- Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
- Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
- Number of Discs: 1
- Rating: Not Rated
- Label: Twentieth Century Fox
- Release Date: 11/27/2007
- Run Time: 89 minutes
Special Features
- Commentary by Matt Groening, David X. Cohen, Billy West, John DiMaggio, Phil LaMarr, Claudia Katz, Dwayne Carey-Hill, and Ken Keeler
- Futurama Returns!: A Live Comic Book Reading by the Futurama Cast
- Everybody Loves Hypnotoad: A Full-Length Episode of the Future's Most Popular TV Program
- Deleted Storyboard Scenes
- A Terrifying Message From Al Gore: Animated Promo for An Inconvenient Truth, Featuring Bender and Al Gore.
- Video Commentary by Al Gore, Matt Groening and David X. Cohen
- Bite My Shiny Metal X: A Mind-Shattering Futurama Math Lecture!
- 3D Models/3D Turnarounds
- The Script: Original First Draft - Spot the Differences, Meatbag!
- New Character/Design Sketches
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Maximum Heart Rate, HRmax
Heart rate is the measurement of the work your heart does. Heart rate can be expressed as the number of beats per minute or as percentage of your maximum heart rate. Heart rate can also be expressed as a percentage of your heart rate reserve, meaning the difference between your resting heart rate and maximum heart rate (HRR = HRmax - HRrest). In Polar software or during strength training, heart rate can be displayed as a graphical trend. (HRmax) is the highest number of beats per minute (bpm) your heart can reach during maximum physical exertion. It is individual and depends on hereditary factors and your age.
Why is my HRmax value important for training?
If you wish to reliably measure the intensity of your training, it's important to know how hard your heart can work when it's pumping at its maximum capacity. The more accurately you know your HRmax the more accurately you can define the heart rate limits or sport zones you need to use to get the optimal training benefit. If you overestimate your HRmax, the heart rate limits within which you train will be higher than they should be. If you underestimate your HRmax, then you will be training at too low intensities.
Most Polar models allow direct entry of a HRmax value. If you don't know your HRmax, most models use the age-based formula (220 - age = HRmax).
How will I know what my HRmax is?
It's important to differentiate between measuring HRmax and estimating HRmax.
Measuring HRmax
1. Laboratory test
Measuring heart rate during maximal physical effort in a laboratory test is the most reliable and accurate way to determine HRmax. The test is usually done by running on a treadmill or taking a bicycle test and it's supervised, often by a cardiologist or exercise physiologist.
2. Field test
You can do a field test together with a training partner. If you have some hard training under your belt from recent weeks, and know that you can hit a high HR without unusual discomfort, you can determine the HRmax yourself. Use your training computer to see how high a heart rate you can reach. If you see your heart rate go above the value suggested by the age formula, take this value as your HRmax. If later you go above it, update the HRmax value.
Note! For safety reasons we recommend you do the test with someone else present, be it a friend or your personal trainer. If you are unsure, consult your physician before undertaking the test.
Field test example
1. Warm up for 15 minutes on a flat surface. Build up to your usual training pace.
2. Choose e.g. a hill that will take more than 2 minutes to climb. Run up the hill/steps once building to as hard a pace as you can hold for 20 minutes.. Return to the base of the hill.
3. Run up the hill again. Get your heart going as hard as you can to be able to just about hold it there for 3 kilometers. Observe your highest heart rate on the display.
Note! Your HRmax is approximately 10 beats higher than the now-noted value.
4. Run back down the hill. Allow your heart rate to drop 30-40 beats per minute from where it was.
5. Run up the hill once again at a pace that you can only hold for 1 minute. Try to run halfway up the hills. Observe your highest heart rate. This brings you close to your maximum heart rate. You can use this value as your HRmax to set sport zones.
6. Make sure you cool-down for a minimum of 10 minutes.
Estimating HRmax
You can use different methods to estimate your true HRmax:
1. Age-based formulas
Age is often used as a predictive variable to estimate HRmax. It has been observed to be one single variable to most clearly affect HRmax value. It is also a variable that is easily available. Most formulas used to estimate HRmax have been deduced by comparing individual HRmax values in different age groups, so too the age-based (220 - age = HRmax) formula. In most cases formulas give a sufficient accuracy for determining training intensity.
Most Polar models have the age-based formula available in case you do not know your HRmax. If yours doesn't have it, you can estimate it yourself: 220 – your age = HRmax. Even with a margin of error, always related to estimations, the formula allows applicable determination of exercise intensity. You can update your HRmax value in every Polar product if you decide to get your HRmax measured or notice that you can go above the age estimate.
2. HRmax-p
If your HRmax has not been reliably tested and if your Polar training computer has the HRmax-p (predicted HRmax) feature, you can do Polar Fitness Test and use the given HRmax-p score as your HRmax estimation. See your product manual to know if your training computer has this feature.
What affects my HRmax?
Your HRmax is highly individual. It's largely determined by genetic factors.
Both cross-sectional and longitudinal studies show that age affects HRmax, the premise being that with age your HRmax goes down. Most formulas used to estimate HRmax have been deduced by comparing individual HRmax values in different age groups.
Endurance training may reduce your HRmax to a degree. More often than not, however, it has no impact on your true HRmax value.