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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) -- Tropical Storm Harvey intensified Thursday into a hurricane that forecasters said would be the first major hurricane to hit Texas in 12 years.
Sustained winds reached 80 mph (129 kph) more than a day before landfall was expected late Friday between Port O'Connor and Matagorda Bay, a 30-mile (48-kilometer) stretch of coastline about 70 miles (110 kilometers) northeast of Corpus Christi.
Forecasters said a "life-threatening" storm surge along with rains and wind were likely as Harvey was intensifying faster than previously forecast. A major hurricane means winds greater than 110 mph (177 kph).
As of midday Thursday, Harvey was about 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Corpus Christi, moving to the north-northwest at about 10 mph (17 kph) .
Once Harvey makes landfall, it's possible the storm then could just stall inland for as many as three days, exacerbating the threat of flooding brought by tropical downpours, the National Hurricane Center said. Some forecasts indicated rain totals over several days extending into next week could exceed 24 inches (60 centimeters).
Harvey would be the first major hurricane to hit Texas since Rita in 2005.
Numerous cities were shipping in sandbags, extra water and other items ahead of the storm.
In Corpus Christi, dozens of people were waiting in line early Thursday at a local Sam's Club. Down the coast in South Padre Island, Dave Evans took advantage of the free sandbags, noting he and his fianci live in an older house prone to flooding.
"The master bedroom floods every time the rain gets very strong. I think our home is below sea level," Evans told The Brownsville Herald.
Alex Garcia, of Corpus Christi, was buying bottled water, bread and other basics in Sugar Land, a Houston suburb, after dropping his daughter off at college.
He said grocery items likely were more available in Houston than back home, where Garcia, a beer distributor salesman, said stores were "crazy."
"We'll be selling lots of beer," he laughed.
Garcia's house is about 3 miles (5 kilometers) from the bay. While a seawall offers some protection, "It floods in Corpus all the time," he said.
"Harvey is looking like it's going to just meander around the area," National Weather Service meteorologist Penny Zabel said. "It's going to hang out for a few days, and that's why we're looking at such high rainfall amounts."


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Isn't that right Chris!
that is a 100% right jamie. For those of you who dont know what were talking about, i had one come in this weekend that came from my blindside as i was looking the other way with the binoculars. Well i heard the footprints and looked behind me and there one was. It was so close that it hit my rifle and tipped the damn thing over . I was so shocked and suprised besides almost taking a duece in my pants, instead of grabbing the shotgun that was right next to me i grabbed the rifle that was tipping over and of course the minute he hit the brush i shot and missed and never to see him again. It was fricken caos. Of course it was a pup!!!


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Current News
Park Board Update 12-8-14
December 8, 2014
Biennial Budget Approved
The Board of Park Commissioners passed the 2015-2016 Biennial Budget.
View the PowerPoint presentation and the complete Executive Director's Recommended 2015-2016 Biennium Operating & Capital Budget:
Executive Director's Recommended Budget 2015-16
Budget Study Session Public Hearing - Powerpoint Presentation
Eastside Community Center Gets a Major Boost
Bryan Flint, executive director of the Greater Metro Parks Foundation, informed the commissioners that his foundation's board voted to undertake a $4.5 million capital campaign for Eastside Community Center, which is under development.
Eastside Community Center is expected to cost about $30 million, and GMPF's campaign will contribute significantly to making the community center a reality. The foundation's first campaign meeting already has taken place. Construction is planned for 2016.*
Read the Eastside Feasiblity Study
*Eastside Community Center is part of the 2015-2016 Capital Improvement Work Plan. Learn more about the work plan.
Foundation Partnerships Renewed
The board voted to renew memorandums of understanding with the Greater Metro Parks Foundation and the W.W. Seymour Conservatory Foundation.
"I love these partnerships," Board President Tim Reid said. "Just caring and passionate people that love the park district."
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Cosmos – Guzo Lou [Producer]
Guzo, part of a dope group, Tre Leji, comes out with his solo beat tape. Guzo is such a music head and understand it by all his influences from Jazz, to soul, to hip hop, and you can clearly hear it in his production. Check out the tape and his Thght Process Interview below.
UTW-Who are you?
Guzo Lou-Guzo Lou/Luchini/Marlon James/Marlonius Funk, I go by many names, but first and foremost I am a human being. Well not really…but we won't get into that. My latest project "Cosmos" was released by a character named Guzo Lou, who seems to show up mostly when I'm focusing on my hip-hop influenced, or electronic inspired music.
UTW-What is your passion?
Guzo Lou-Music is my passion. I enjoy doing all sorts of things, but the only thing I can truly say I have ever really been passionate about is music. Listening to it, playing it, recording it, just being around it. I also love playing around with old analog gear, vintage instruments, and strange recording techniques…making sounds that haven't been created before.
UTW-What's your biggest accomplishment to date?
Guzo Lou-That's a tough questions to answer, because I see all of my accomplishment as stepping stones, helping me to get to where I want to be down the road. Some great personal accomplishments of mine have been being able to perform alongside acts like The Pharcyde, The Digable Planets, 9th Wonder, Raekwon…etc. Truly a blessing.
UTW-Perseverance is key in proving to yourself AND any detractors out there. We tell em' "You thought wrong" what else would you like to say to any doubters right now?
Guzo Lou-I actually have absolutely nothing wrong with doubters, or as everybody likes to call them "haters." If something doesn't impress me i'm not going to pretend like it does. I like to keep it REAL at all times, and I like to think other would people will do the same for me. That being said, if you're going to dismiss something before you've even given it a chance…you're probably not worth anyone's time anyways. Positivity and good music. That's what I'm about.
UTW-Thanks for everything, where can people find your work and get in contact with you?
Guzo Lou-Thanks to you. Mad love to everyone who's been supporting myself and the new album, and to everyone who helps make the Toronto music scene one of the best in the world.
Follow me on twitter @guzolou and my crew @treleji
The new album "Cosmos" can downloaded for free at www.guzolou.bandcamp.com
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It has always been a given that life will constantly have its ups and downs. Sometimes you can try your absolute best but that still may not be good enough. Many kids fail to grasp this life lesson because at a young age they are taught that the only way to succeed is to keep succeeding and to never fail. This concept is instilled at such a crucial point in their life that by they time they get older its hard to get rid of.
A majority of this problem is based on parents constantly giving their children rewards for the littlest and unnecessary things. It is understandable that parents just want their kids to be acknowledged for the good that they do in order to encourage the behavior and keep them motivated but that's not the way to do it. Kids need to learn that failure is a key part to success and that winning or getting recognized is not always going to happen. Getting handed a trophy even after losing, teaches children that failure doesn't exist because even if they lose they still win.
Author Ashley Marryman, seconds this notion by agreeing with the idea that handing out trophies for everything undermines kids' success. She also claims that the purpose of competition isn't to win but to improve. If a kid were to lose a game, yes they would be bummed, but they would also be motivated to win the next one; if they were given an award right then and there they would think that's all the effort they need to give in order to get the big prize in the end.
Back in elementary school and middle school, teachers and coach would always hand out so many award certificates for unimportant things that each one became less special than the one before it. I now have a collection of them in my attic and not once do I ever look at them and feel like those awards shaped who am today, they only awards that I admire are the ones I got when I worked hard for something. They are so many people that are just given awards, ribbons, or gifts just by attempting to do something and putting in a small amount of effort. A majority of that should just be expected, there shouldn't have an award for it; there is no way one can learn to improve if they are given praise before they even accomplish the real goal.


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[Games] Divinity: Original Sin
The game was officially released on 30th June 2014. It was actually scheduled for release at the end of 2013 but it was delayed over and over again, and finally made it appearance mid year of 2014. If you one the gamers that were waiting for this game. you'll know that this game was also partially funded through crowd-funding using the Kickstarter campaign. The campaign was started on 27th March 2013. The game was developed and published by the Larian Studios.
We have been wanting to write about this game since it came out, but, damn, this game is so good. I actually ended playing it through several times because apparently when they marketed the game to be 'open world', they really meant it. If you are fan of the Divinity game series, then you'll know that this is not the first time Divinity gets to be Diablo-like game. The first two Divinity games was also third person view role playing adventure games. The only difference is that, the battle in this game is in the form of turn-based, and the whole battlefield environment is highly interactive.
The game is a prequel to Divine Divinity, meaning that whole story is totally fresh and new. In term of atmosphere, I think its similar to the Beyond Divinity, because you'll control 2 main characters. But in total, you'll be having 4 characters in your group. The first 2 characters are the main ones and simply known as the Source Hunters. You'll later will meet other secondary characters called Madora, Jahar , Bairdotr, and Wolgraff. After you unlocked your Homestead (yes, you are going to have your own homestead), you can hire henchmen by replacing the secondary characters.
You might not going to believe this, but the plot was incredibly interesting with a whole lot of twists and contradictions. The story started when you and your partner (the Source Hunter team) was hitching a ride on a ship to Cyseal to investigate a murder. Apparently, someone name Councillor Jake was murdered and your Order suspected foul play such as Sourcery (this is not a typo) might be involved.
Once you got there, turns out the port city of Cyseal is being besieged by Orcs on the south with Undead scourge on the north. There are Legionnaires stationed in Cyseal but they won't be much help with their hand full of keeping order in the city and fending off invaders. You'll be exploring the city for information and joined by the Madora and Jahan (Bairdotr and Wolgraff are only available if you have the DLC The Bear and Burglar). You can actually skipped the secondary characters if you wanted to, depend on your preference.
But bear in mind that this game is non-linear. As in, you can do what on which sequence whenever or how you are going to do it. You can even attacked the NPC if you wanted, though the whole town might end up being hostile to you. So regardless of whether or not you met with the secondary characters, you can proceed with investigating the case that brought you to Cyseal in the first place. By the way, Councillor Jake was a married man, so obviously everyone would pointing fingers to the prime suspect, his wife.
As you continue you investigation, more people will ask for your help because, you know, if the Legion can't handle a problem, then only the Source Hunter (which is you) they can depend on. Heck, even the Legion asked for your intervention to handle the Orc's invasion and the Undead scourge. But all of these things, are only the tip of the iceberg. There are larger plot at play here. The plot thickens when you first arrived at your homestead by magical means. Where is your homestead you asked? Its located at the End of Time, an entirely different plane of dimension.
Despite of being a non-linear game, the developer however did take some measure to prevent the issue of over-leveling. The monsters and enemies will not re-spawned after being killed. It is however, possible for you to venture to places that might be too much for the you. So early in the game, you might feel a little bit lost as to where you should go. Not to mention, some quests might have different way of finishing, so you might going to make a bad decision. Like, a really bad one.
For example, in The Councillor's Wife quest, you can actually ended up arresting Esmeralda, the councilor's wife, by pinning the blame of her husband's murder on her. Though, the truth is actually far from it. You'll be surprised when you know who was actually the real murderer. Its going to blow your mind. But then again, the councilor's death is actually pretty plain compared to the whole conspiracy that going on in the world of Rivellon. I cannot believe that I actually spend several hours in Cyseal trying to find the murderer,
So you really need to explore the whole place, and save a lot. Thankfully this game allows you to save literally anytime in the game, including when you are having a conversation with an NPC. This also allows to save before you make an important decision in conversation or before you open up a barter window so you can randomize the items offered. Oh yeah, by the way, almost every single NPCs that you'll meet can be bartered with. So before you start killing NPCs to see what they dropped, you can just strike a conversation and barter with them instead.
For combat system, the game emphasis on a well laid-out strategy. Because the game's environment is highly interactive, a simple puddle could turn the tide of your battle. For example, ice magic can freeze the puddle and caused anyone who tried to cross it to lose footing and knocked out. You can set the ground on fire by pouring oil around, and you can even electrified any wet surfaces to stun you enemies.
It is important for you to learn to utilize your surrounding, in order to trap and thin out your enemies, because you won't be able to 'level up some more and try again'. You can explore to other places and seek to out-level your enemies, but most of the time, you won't be able to do so. Once you cleared a place of the enemies, the only way to progress is to deal with whatever left right in front of you, because the monsters won't be re-spawned.
There are also crafting and smithing. There are whole lot combinations and recipes, and it is possible for you to literally go through the game without even learning how make a pizza. Yes, you can make a pizza in this game. I myself didn't even know that I can actually sharpen my weapon with whetstones until my second play-through.
This game truly earns it high-rating. Although I must admit, this game is actually not perfect. As you progressed through the game, you'll get this vibe that the game seems unfinished. Its also riddled with bugs, though most of it have been solved by Larian Studios through patches and updates.
Good thing this game have a lot of room for expansion and improvement. Because the game is shipped with editor software that will allow you to create your own story or mods. Larian Studios also released DLC for this game, the first being The Bear and Burglar, so you can expect the game content to be increased in the future with more quests, and in-game story line.


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Whew! There is nothing more Irish than spending St. Patricks Day in Dublin. And that's just what we did. We Americans love feeling a little Irish on that day, don't we? So, hubs and I thought it would be brilliant to head across the pond to Ireland for the biggest Irish celebration ever. It seemed like an awesome idea to begin with, but little did we know it was also the single most busy day and time of the year in Ireland! Oops, my bad.
I'm not saying you shouldn't experience this once in your life, but if you do, there are some things to be aware of.
1. Book your hotel early! Waiting late in the game means you'll end up spending a lot more €€€ on a room. Our room cost us three times as much per night as it normally would have. Stay outside the city for better rates. Hotels out of city center are still close enough to the city by train or bus and you'll save yourself a lot of money.
2. Dress warm! I can't stress this enough. This year it was cold and wet. That made for a sucky, uncomfortable morning. If you're a lightweight and hate cold weather, make sure you break out your Northface and/or rain jacket. You'll thank me for this later.
3. Wake early for the Paddys Day parade and get to a good spot downtown before 10 am for the 12 noon parade kick off. If you're really clever and early, find a coffee shop with window views off the street and you'll stay warm and dry during the parade with choice seats! 😉 Check the local paper or web for the parade route and scope out your spot beforehand.
Side Note: most of the parade goers are tourists. Where do the locals go? I've no idea.
4. Doc Martin boots were MADE for UK and Ireland. Nothing better for traipsing through cobblestone streets, stones, wet, mud like a sturdy pair of Docs.
5. Expect drunk, shoulder-to-shoulder, selfie-taking college students everywhere. Dublin on Paddys Day is like Mardi Gras in New Orleans..without the boobs.
6. Temple Bar? Sure..knock yourself out. Literally.
7. And watch where you walk, there is most likely throw-up outside every pub sidewalk post Paddys Day morning.
Read: What to pack for a trip to Ireland
8. Don't rent a car if you're not planning to go anywhere else. Not only is it €55 per day, you don't really need it. Train and public transit is pretty great in Dublin.
9. If you want to eat, arrive at a pub early otherwise, you'll probably not get any food.
10. Think outside the box for parade day. There are parades all over Ireland for Paddys Day celebration. Try Cork, Killarney, Shannon, Galway, Midleton for a more authentic, village celebration without the crowds.


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Could One of These Brands Be the Next Zara?
5 Australian clothing lines to keep your eye on
Remember the first time you heard about Zara? Or stumbled into Topshop? Chic, affordable pieces from across the globe--kind of blew your mind, right? Well, that's also how we felt when we discovered these five Australian brands. With fresh and (dare we say?) budget-friendly styles and U.S. shipping, these lines are about to become household names.
Maurie And Eve
The clothing line worn by bloggers around the world. This Sydney-based label looks surprisingly high-end at a fairly reasonable price point. (Dresses don?t cost more than $200.) We love the Altuzarra-esque envelope skirt ($136), and we think we've found our go-to wedding attire in this column dress ($129).
As soon as we slipped on a pair of these velvety-soft shoes ($130), which happen to be unisex, we knew it was love. Hobes, started by Melbourne native Georgia Hobart, is a line of waterproof, lightweight (less than a pound) footwear designed to stand up to any environment. (They make amazing travel companions.)
If ridiculously comfortable basics are what you're after, look no further than Elk. It's stocked with breezy pieces like this Tencel shirtdress ($155) and well-made footwear á la these leather oxfords ($189); this is the type of clothing you'll want to live in all year long.
Bless'ed Are The Meek
We first spotted this line on Chronicles of Her blogger Carmen Hamilton and immediately felt the need to know more. Since then, we frequent the site (to the designer's other label, BC) for all things trend-driven, like this little matching set (starting at $130). P.S. It's winter in Australia, so don't be surprised to see coats front and center.
Finders Keepers
All about effortlessly cool prints and exaggerated shapes, Finders Keepers was founded by the same company that owns the ever-popular Cameo label. Lucky for us, Nasty Gal and ASOS often sell its clothing so we can snag this party-ready jumpsuit ($161) with guaranteed free shipping.


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text: BR5-49Arista Perhaps because it has such a deep, rich heritage, country music should have more room for bands that honor that tradition. Well, score one for Hank\u0027s team. BR5-49 (the phone number for Junior Samples\u0027s used car lot on TV\u0027s Hee Haw) broke through in 1997 and is the perfect antidote to the \u201cnew country\u201d artists whose music is more pop than country. Lead vocalists Gary Bennett and Chuck Mead trade off on songs that plumb various country music styles and off-shoots. Western swing gets a nod with \u201cLittle Ramona (Gone Hillbilly Nuts).\u201d \u201cOne Long Saturday Night\u201d is solid rockabilly and \u201cChains of This Tow\u201d is pure Tex-Mex. \u2014 John Hassan


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text: Irvine-based Taco Bell Corp., which has used its quirky talking Chihuahua advertising campaign to spur recent quarterly sales increases, will begin selling plush Chihuahua toys in its restaurants. The 6-inch stuffed animals--which bark familiar Taco Bell advertising phrases such as "Yo quiero Taco Bell" when their stomachs are squeezed--will be sold for between $2.99 and $3.99. Taco Bell, which earlier licensed the popular image for retail products ranging from pens to plush toys to T-shirts, also is considering additional licensing opportunities. "We're going to think long and hard about what categories to enter because the key is to preserve the power of the marketing icon," spokesman Peter Stack said. "We want to ensure that the advertising remains the primary focus." Industry observers say the promotion is different in that most in-store promotions, such as the "Star Wars" characters, are generated by Hollywood movies.


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Today at work I attended a training about how to handle settlements in the energy imbalance market (EIM). It was a long training, but that is not the point. The point is that this is a new market place that has developed in recent years for industrial suppliers of power to be able to ramp up and ramp down their generation as the grid demands. One of the main reasons that this market has developed is because of the large addition of variable renewable energy (VRE). VRE is energy like solar and wind that has large swings in its output.
In my post 'The Energy Storage Challenge' I talked about how we need to develop more storage technologies and increase their presence in the market. That is still very true but until we get to that point the energy community has come up with this solution to get us through the transition. The idea is that we can look at the bigger picture of all of the electricity available on the grid. Then when the sun goes down or some clouds cover a certain area, this EIM can dispatch more power from another generator that is also on the grid.
This is a pretty good temporary solution, and it allows the grid to remain stable but it means we are still heavily reliant on non-renewable energy sources. Basically for every megawatt of wind or solar energy that is produced, we still have to have 1 MW of coal or natural gas to offset it. So we are still dependent on these other technologies. This dependence will continue until we are able to transition into mode where we can generate extra solar energy in the day and store it so that we can use it at night time.
I think this blog post went a little into the weeds but if you have any thoughts on the EIM please leave a comment below.
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I am often asked about how attorneys are paid on Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) (technically non-attorney representatives are paid the same way, but see about the "Dangers of Non-Attorney Reps in Social Security"). First, any fee charged or collected by a representative must be approved by the Social Security Administration. It is a federal crime otherwise!
Car accidents: SUV driver allegedly causes fatal crash
Even when motorcycle riders wear helmets, they remain vulnerable. Motorists are protected by the bodies of cars that are specially designed to absorb the impact of car accidents while motorcyclists are exposed to injuries that can be catastrophic. When a group of helmet-wearing motorcyclists were recently involved in a Tennessee crash, two lost their lives and six suffered injuries.
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) - Auxiliary Beneficiaries
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits may be paid directly to a disabled worker or another person may draw benefits as a result of that worker. Auxiliary beneficiaries encompass dependency and survivor benefits that first require a wage earner who met entitlement requirements. The following are types of auxiliary beneficiaries:
Injuries due to animal bites in the limelight
May 18 is the beginning of the annual National Dog Bite Awareness Week in the United States. Annually, in the United States, at least 4.5 million people suffer injuries after being bitten by dogs, and children make up at least half of this number. It is quite shocking to think so many people are bitten yearly, and the statistics put most of the blame on irresponsible dog owners. Fortunately, Tennessee residents who are bitten have the right to take legal actions against those irresponsible owners.
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Today, even compared to ten years ago, useful resources for the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or SSI attorney are everywhere. The cost can range from nothing for readily available materials on the internet to hundreds of dollars for multi-volume treatises. Apart from traditional resource material (paper or electronic), an attorney now also has more wide ranging opportunities to connect to other attorneys and professionals practicing disability law or an allied profession. None of the resources mentioned below are meant as an advertisement or endorsement, but are exemplary, with the realization that many more probably exist that are equally good.
Authorities join in prayer after horrific Tennessee car wreck
Tennessee authorities are still investigating the cause of an accident that led the first responders remove their hats and bow their heads - perhaps in prayer. The tragic car wreck led to the death of six people, and injuries to three others. An infant was among the deceased.
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To claim for workers' compensation, do I need a lawyer?
One would think that getting the compensation you are entitled to after a workplace injury should happen without any hassle, but this is not always true. Injured workers may find that if their claim is handled incorrectly they do not receive the full benefits they are entitled to, or they may even receive nothing. If you are injured at your workplace in Tennessee, you may benefit from consulting with an attorney to help you with your workers' compensation claim to ensure you receive the full benefits due to you.
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DENVER, CO – America's favorite pastime has a new field of dreams in Lamar.
The City of Lamar will receive a Lottery Starburst Award for using Lottery proceeds to build a new Four-Plex ballfield. The project was completed in 2016 and utilized more than $1 million in Lottery funds from two Lottery beneficiaries; Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) and the Conservation Trust Fund.
The award will be presented at the under-10 baseball tournament in Lamar on July 6.
With increased demand for adequate softball and baseball facilities, the city partnered with the community college and school districts to develop a new Four-Plex that is easier to maintain, ADA-compliant, and meets modern playing standards. Lottery funds covered more than half the project cost which includes four new ballfields, a concession stand, restrooms, announcer's booth, dugouts, bleachers, scoreboards, sprinkler systems, and new lighting.
The new complex also has a positive economic impact as it allows the southeast Colorado community to host local, regional, and state tournaments, and two Babe Ruth World Series tournaments, bringing teams from as far east as North Carolina and Connecticut.


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Apart from the obvious doctrinal associations with Christmas, keeping the 1st January as the feast of Mary, the Mother of God has the feel of placing the coming year under her patronage.
I want to say something in favour of the idea of Mary as patron, as someone we cry out to when things are tough. I've fallen back myself on the kind of folk religion which whispers a Hail Mary or touches her icon, a type of prayer that an earlier, more sophisticated and more stupid, version of myself would have decried. There is something very human about claiming the patronage of Mary – we're reaching out to one of us (and she is one of us, the sillier excesses of saccharine piety have never quite been able to hide the peasant women), asking for help. We're reminded that we're never alone; David Cameron's pernicious ideological slogan "we're all in it together" was not true of British society, it is true of the communion of saints. More than that though, because Marian devotion has flourished at a popular level, for all its many problems, it has had the capacity to preserve parts of religiosity underplayed by official theology and liturgy. A case in point is emotion – I don't mean the soppy fake emotion of Victorian hymns to our Lady – I mean the fear and longing, the desire and the pain, of the anguished cry for help, all there in the words "Mary, pray for me". That patriarchal society genders emotion as female means, I think, that in our present situation Mary is a uniquely natural recipient of this kind of prayer – before anyone supposes this blasphemous, remember that part of belief in the Incarnation is belief that Christ, as a human being, is limited, in particular he is limited by being male, but not female.
The patronage of Mary shows us to be fully human, with needs and emotions, and to exist in community with others. That is what we are called to be by our creation and redemption, and it is good to be reminded of it at the beginning of the year.


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City breaks are one of my favourite ways to travel. There's nothing quite as exciting as jetting off for a weekend to explore a new (or favourite) city.
These shorter holidays give you just enough time to immerse yourself in a new city, see the sights, meet the people, and, most importantly, eat ALL the food, without having to take too much time off (save those holidays for another adventure!).
For me, they are perfect.
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My name is Min Renee but I go by minwren online. I am happily married, have one daughter, and live in North Carolina. I enjoy reading, photography, singing and anything techy! I would buy all the gadgets if I had the funds! I hope to one day be a professional photographer….if not full time, then at least on the side! I also dream of being a Librarian but that would require more college…which is more money…so…*sigh*.
My favorite things to photograph are nature scenes, animals (especially my pets), and capturing people when they aren't paying attention. 🙂
I am a beginner at photography and am excited to learn all I can about it! This site is just a place for me to show some of my favorite photos I've captured and share my resources with you. I hope you enjoy your visit at my little home on the web!


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International double degree
Mundus Urbano produces advanced graduates who can innovatively address the complexities of the phenomena facing the world's urban populations, mostly in developing countries and emerging economis. The consortium structure of the program allows students to pursue a double degree in International Cooperation and Urban Development with specialisations in Development Economics (Rome), Sustainable Emergency Architecture (Barcelona) or Urban Planning (Grenoble).
Since the programme started in 2007 it has produced more then 200 graduates. These work in academia, in public institutions, in international- or in non governmental organisations.
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Being a student of the Master Program Mundus Urbano "International Cooperation and Urban Development" from 2012-14 has been an immensely valuable learning opportunity for me. The program provides a holistic understanding of the complex challenges surrounding urban development throughout the world. The program modules are very well structured and the range of subjects and issues tackled deal with both theoretical and practical concerns. The presence of a diverse student body and international faculty made this one of the most important learning experiences of my life, and opened up avenues and opportunities previously unfathomable to me. During the course of the program, we participated in international workshops, learnt from various experts in the field, and also got the opportunity to develop our research and professional skills. I hope the program continues to grow better in the future and help students all over the world contribute towards innovative urban solutions.
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Mundus Urbano offered me the opportunity to study with young professionals who came from diverse contexts, most of which are facing very similar challenges to the ones I encountered working in Colombia. The programme created a space for us to be able to reflect on our previous experiences and collectively investigate innovative solutions while offering an unconventional approach to learning. Throughout the programme there is a strong core group of students and visiting lecturers come with their expertise on different topics to contribute to the ongoing discussion. This experience has not only given me a global perspective on urban issues but has also prepared me to work in a multidisciplinary and multicultural environment.
Please refer to the main site of the programme for more information
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Master of Science International Cooperation in Urban Development (M.Sc. Mundus Urbano)
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- By getting stool on your fingers and then touching your mouth
- By putting objects that have stool on them into your mouth (such as sex toys)
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The threshold of a regional war inched closer with Israel's bombing attack on Syria, writes Ahmed Eleiba
Islamist activists threaten to escalate their campaign against the national security apparatus, reports Omayma Abdel-Latif
The Coptic stance towards the policies of the current regime was shown during this year's Easter celebrations, writes Michael Adel
Anger is on the rise towards the Muslim Brotherhood across Egypt's governorates, Ahmed Morsy reports
Anba Moussa, the Coptic bishop for youth affairs, doesn't hide his displeasure at the recent attacks on Copts. He spoke to Michael Adel
The Shura Council, whose constitutionality remains at risk, is scheduled to discuss amendments to the judicial authority law next week, Gamal Essam El-Din reports
But how free is the Egyptian press, Mohamed Abdel-Baky asks on World Press Freedom Day
Opposition forces are viewing the recent cabinet reshuffle as further complicating Egypt's political crisis, writes Gamal Essam El-Din
The government is continuing its attempts to curb opposition activists in Egypt, writes Ahmed Morsy
The National Salvation Front is heading a drive to form a parallel government to give people the chance of choosing between alternatives. Will it succeed, asks Reem Leila


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Russia has denied interfering with evidence at the site of a suspected Syrian chemical weapons attack that drew Western military retaliation.
In an interview for BBC's Hardtalk, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said: "I can guarantee that Russia has not tampered with the site."
Concern about tampering was raised by the US envoy to the international chemical weapons watchdog.
International inspectors are trying to reach the site in Douma, near Damascus.
The watchdog, the OPCW (Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons), has been meeting behind closed doors in The Hague to discuss the alleged attack on 7 April.


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Ask anyone trying to buy a home today, and the vast majority will launch into a story about a bidding war. Demand for housing has returned, but housing supply has not, and the numbers are only getting worse.
The supply of homes for sale nationally in June fell 6.5 percent from a year ago, according to a new report from Zillow, a real estate listing and analytics company.
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Affinity Sutton and Circle housing associations completed their merger on November the 30th 2016 to create Clarion Housing Group. The Group immediately threatened to de-recognise the unions. This led the unions jointly o ballot for industrial action with 98% of Unite members willing to take strike action. management followed with a divisive staff survey, giving a choice between a staff forum and each of the unions. The unions jointly won the vote, however management decided to create a new staff forum and recognition only one union, Unison. Unite are challenging this whilst also campaigning on the issues members that concern our members, including restructures, sick pay, workloads and pay. This has already resulted in a victory following a campaign resisting cuts to sick pay with the right to sick pay reinstated in full.
Someone's Been Leafletting at Clarion!
We are also putting in a pay claim after consulting members for 4%. More details on this and other issues in the most recent Clarion Unite Newsletter.
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Meet the Fourth Grade Teachers:
Mr. Anderson-
Welcome to fourth grade. I am Russ Anderson and I am beginning my 15th year at Emerald Hills. Last year I taught a 4th and 5th grade split, but I have taught 5th grade for most of my years here, as well as 6th grade and Physical Education. Before life as a Laker, I spent eight years as a middle school and Physical Education teacher. Baseball is my other passion and I was the head coach at Olympic College and the University of Puget Sound. I received my bachelor's and master's degrees from Southern Oregon University. Life is keen in Room 16!
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Hi! My name is Betsy Draggoo, returning to 4th grade at Emerald Hills after an enjoyable year as Language Arts specialist. Previously I spent two years teaching 4th grade at the International School of Myanmar in Yangon, Myanmar (Burma), one year at Emerald Hills teaching 4th grade, and two years at Sumner Middle teaching 7th grade language arts/social studies. I have my Bachelors degree from the Art Institute of CA- San Diego, and Masters in Teaching from Seattle Pacific University. My loves in life are my family and dog, traveling, cooking/eating, soccer, art/design, and the ocean. I am so excited to be stepping back into the classroom focusing on enriching reading and writing skills for students by creating a love for literacy, building a strong foundation for math, and integrating social studies and science throughout the whole year. Feel free to contact me with any questions, concerns or just to say hello. Thanks so much!
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Hi! I am Mrs. Sage and I am so glad to be here for my second year at Emerald Hills. Last year I was the Dean of Students (which was only a one year position) and I am overjoyed that I was asked to return to teach fourth grade (it's my favorite grade!). I have my National Boards in English Language Arts and a Masters in Educational Technology. My favorite things to do are write (I'm currently working on my second children's novel), travel, hike, and zumba. I live with my husband, daughter, dog, cat, and fish in Edgewood. Please feel free to contact me any time. You'll get the quickest response from email, but you can call or send a note too. I'm looking forward to getting to know all of you!


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This course is for individuals who want to go beyond the norm and use special advanced techniques to conserve their vital, yet limited, life energy in order to live a long healthy life and even cure diseases previously thought to be "incurable".
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We eat, breathe, and sleep in order to generate life energy. Yet, we deplete life energy through our daily activities including eating, digesting, breathing, and exercising. With life energy we live; without it we die. Therefore, life energy is too precious to waste, even when expended by normal bodily functions.
There is an extraordinary practice which allows us to eat and breathe less than normal thus retaining our vital energy while also capturing tremendous energy from the universe.
Only the body can cure its illnesses. All medicines and other remedies are the tools which coax the body into curing itself. If these conventional methods are ineffective in curing disease, then we must turn to unconventional methods to collect, conserve, and focus life energy to heal and cure our illnesses. This course explains how to do this in your daily life.
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You will learn methods which use less vital energy yet generate tremendous life energy.
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Anyone who has tried everything to cure their disease without success.
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Sunday (19 November) night's 'Blue Planet II' shone a light on the effect plastics are having on the oceans.
And while the whole episode presented viewers with jaw-dropping statistics and facts, there was scene in particular that pulled at the heartstrings.
As Sir David Attenborough explained that plastic dumped in the sea breaks down and becomes toxic, a whale pulling her dead newborn, and refusing to leave it behind, was shown.
"The calf may have been poisoned by the mother's own contaminated milk," Attenborough explained.
Unsurprisingly, viewers in living rooms up and down the UK were left completely distraught:
Following the episode, BBC Earth shared advice for anyone who wants to do their bit for the environment, encouraging viewers to clean nearby beaches and try to eat only fish that have been caught sustainably.
There are three more episodes of 'Blue Planet II' to come and the next installment will focus on the green seas and the forests and meadows within them (!).


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Kaplan-Meier curves indicate the composite end point of death or hospitalization because of cardiovascular disease in 94 patients with heart failure (HF) with clinically significant symptoms of depression (BDI score ≥10) compared with 110 patients with HF without depression (BDI score <10). Note: P = .02 comparing patients with and without depression, based on proportional hazards models including adjustment for age, HF etiology, left ventricular ejection fraction, N-terminal pro–B-type natriuretic peptide, and antidepressant medication use. BDI indicates Beck Depression Inventory.
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Sherwood A, Blumenthal JA, Trivedi R, et al. Relationship of Depression to Death or Hospitalization in Patients With Heart Failure. Arch Intern Med. 2007;167(4):367–373. doi:10.1001/archinte.167.4.367
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Depression is widely recognized as a risk factor in patients with coronary heart disease. However, patients with heart failure (HF) have been less frequently studied, and the effect of depression on prognosis, independent of disease severity, is uncertain.
Two hundred four outpatients having a diagnosis of HF, with a ventricular ejection fraction of 40% or less, underwent baseline assessments including evaluation of depressive symptoms using the Beck Depression Inventory and of HF severity determined by plasma N-terminal pro–B-type natriuretic peptide. Cox proportional hazards regression analyses were used to examine the effects of depressive symptoms on a combined primary end point of death and hospitalizations because of cardiovascular disease (hereafter referred to as cardiovascular hospitalization) during a median follow-up of 3 years.
Symptoms of depression (Beck Depression Inventory score) were associated with risk of death or cardiovascular hospitalization (P<.001) after controlling for established risk factors including HF disease severity, ejection fraction, HF etiology, age, and medications. Clinically significant symptoms of depression (Beck Depression Inventory score ≥10) were associated with a hazard ratio of 1.56 (95% confidence interval, 1.07-2.29) for the combined end point of death or cardiovascular hospitalization. Contrary to our expectation, antidepressant medication use was associated with increased likelihood of death or cardiovascular hospitalization (hazard ratio, 1.75; 95% confidence interval,1.14-2.68, P =.01) after controlling for severity of depressive symptoms and for established risk factors.
Symptoms of depression were associated with an adverse prognosis in patients with HF after controlling for HF severity. The unexpected association of antidepressant medications with worse clinical outcome suggests that patients with HF requiring an antidepressant medication may need to be monitored more closely.
Heart failure (HF) is characterized by markedly compromised cardiac function, high rate of complications, and decreased life expectancy.1 Impaired cardiac function and neurohumoral activation are the defining characteristics of HF that contribute to clinical deterioration, and the focus of interventions has generally been on improving circulatory function and on blocking the renin-angiotensin and sympathetic nervous systems.2 Depression is widely considered a significant psychosocial risk factor in patients with coronary heart disease.3 Depression is associated with a substantially increased risk of developing HF in individuals at risk4 and has been associated with adverse outcomes in patients with established HF. In a study by Jiang et al5 of 374 hospitalized patients with HF who underwent screening for depression, those with major depression were approximately twice as likely to die or be rehospitalized within 1 year. Similarly, Vaccarino et al6 reported that severity of depressive symptoms was related to death or functional decline at 6-month follow-up in 391 hospitalized patients with HF. Murberg and Furze7 recently reported findings of 6-year follow-up in 119 patients with HF in whom symptoms of depression at baseline were predictive of death. Because depression in patients with HF is related to disease severity, however, there remains uncertainty about the extent to which depression, independent of HF severity, is related to adverse clinical outcomes.8 In the last few years, B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and N-terminal proBNP (NT-proBNP), which are released from the cardiac ventricles and have vasodilator and diuretic effects, have emerged as standard diagnostic and prognostic markers of HF.9,10 In the present prospective study of 204 outpatients with HF, we used NT-proBNP to adjust for HF severity in evaluating whether symptoms of depression were related to death and hospitalizations during 3 years of follow-up.
Because depression has been associated with worse prognosis in various populations with cardiac disease, there also has been considerable interest in identifying effective treatments for depression in these patients. There is some evidence that antidepressant drugs are associated with reduced mortality after acute myocardial infarction (MI)11 and with improved cardiac function and fewer adverse events in patients with acute coronary syndromes.12 However, to our knowledge, the effects of antidepressant medication on outcomes in patients with HF have not been studied. Therefore, we also assessed whether antidepressant medication use at baseline was associated with death and hospitalization during 3 years of follow-up.
This was a prospective observational follow-up study of nonhospitalized patients with HF recruited from outpatient HF clinics in central North Carolina. We performed baseline medical and psychosocial assessments as potential predictors of events, including death and hospitalizations. Patients were followed up for a median of 3 years.
The study sample consisted of 204 patients recruited from HF programs at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from January 19, 2000, through December 20, 2002. Inclusion criteria were as follows: left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of 40% or less documented within the last year by angiography, nuclear wall motion study, or echocardiography; and New York Heart Association functional classes I through IV for at least 3 months. Exclusion criteria were as follows: pacemaker dependency, uncontrolled hypertension, MI, percutaneous coronary intervention, or coronary artery bypass grafting within the last 3 months. To enable stabilization of patients' conditions with potentially new treatment regimens, a first visit to the HF clinic was also an exclusion criterion. Of the estimated 1000 patients with HF seen at the program clinics during the study enrollment period, only patients meeting eligibility criteria were invited to participate in the study, and more than 80% of these patients consented to participate. The study was approved by the institutional review board of Duke University Medical Center, where all assessments were performed. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants before the study.
Clinical information and medical history were obtained from medical records. Current medications were documented as medications being taken at the time of baseline assessments and included both cardiac and psychotropic medications.
After 20 minutes of seated relaxation, blood was collected from an antecubital vein in a 5-mL phlebotomy tube containing EDTA. Samples were placed on ice and cold centrifuged at 1000g for 10 minutes. The resulting plasma was pipetted into plastic vials and frozen and maintained at −80°C until assay. The NT-proBNP measurements were performed within 4 hours of thawing using an electrochemiluminescence immunoassay (Elecsys proBNP; Roche Diagnostics Corp, Indianapolis, Ind) in accord with the manufacturer's instructions. The analytical measurement range for the assay is 5 to 35 000 pg/mL, and typical day-to-day imprecision has a coefficient of variation of less than 5%.
The LVEF was determined using 2-dimensional echocardiography. Apical 4-chamber and 2-chamber images of the heart were acquired by a single sonographer using an ultrasound machine and were stored as digital loops. The endocardial borders of the left ventricle in the 2 views were traced by a single experienced echocardiographer (A.L.H.) using customized software (Access Point 2000; Freeland Systems, Westfield, Ind), and ventricular volume and ejection fraction were computed using the biapical Simpson rule.
The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) is a 21-item self-report measure of depressive symptoms.13 A score of 10 or higher is indicative of clinically significant symptoms of depression.14 The BDI is not an instrument used to diagnose depression but to assess the severity of depressive symptoms. We selected the BDI because increase in depressive symptoms and not just major depressive disorder assessed by clinical interview is associated with greater risk of adverse events in patients with cardiac disease and in healthy individuals.3,15 Moreover, a BDI score of 10 or higher has been associated with poorer prognosis in a variety of populations with cardiac disease.16,17
Patient medical records were reviewed yearly on the anniversary of obtaining baseline assessments by trained research assistants (K.S.J. and R.T.) blinded to the patients' depression status. Patients also were contacted annually by mail and asked to indicate whether they had been hospitalized during the past year and to provide consent for retrieval of their medical records for each hospitalization. The primary end point was defined as the time to death or hospitalization because of cardiovascular disease (hereafter referred to as cardiovascular hospitalizations), whichever occurred first, during follow-up. Patient deaths were verified through hospital and emergency medical services records. Cardiovascular hospitalizations included the following: occurrence of MI or stroke, treatment of worsening HF, and cardiac surgery including coronary artery bypass grafting, heart transplantation, and defibrillator or pacemaker implantation. To develop a fuller understanding of the relation of depression and clinical outcomes, we also considered all-cause death or hospitalization as a secondary composite end point. In addition, because it is the most objective end point, we considered all-cause death separately, even though it involved fewer events and reduced statistical power than when it was combined with hospitalizations, to examine the extent to which findings for it were reflected in the composite end points of death or hospitalizations.
Cox proportional hazards regression models were used to examine the relationship between baseline characteristics and events (death and hospitalizations) during follow-up. Heart failure etiology, NT-proBNP, LVEF, age, BDI score, and antidepressant medication use were evaluated in the originally planned models. To assess the robustness of the planned models, other potential factors (including race/ethnicity, sex, body mass index, and smoking status; New York Heart Association functional class; presence of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, or hypercholesterolemia; MI; blood pressure and heart rate; hemoglobin, serum urea nitrogen, total cholesterol, glomerular filtration rate [modified Cockroft-Gault equation]; use of a defibrillator; and use of β-blocker, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, and nitrate concentrations; diuretic, or statin drugs or warfarin sodium) were eligible for entry into the models by stepwise selection (significance level for entry into the model = 0.1). For Cox regression analyses, NT-proBNP and BDI scores were trimmed at the 95th percentiles, NT-proBNP was expressed as NT-proBNP/1000 pg/mL, and age was expressed as age/10. Kaplan-Meier plots were constructed to illustrate the association between baseline characteristics and event-free survival.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study sample are given in Table 1. Patient mean age at baseline was 56.8 years (age range, 27-88 years). Of 204 patients, 31.9% were women, and approximately half (53.9%) were of minority race/ethnicity. Most patients were taking a β-blocker (88.7%) or an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (87.2%). The BDI score at baseline ranged from 0 to 37 (mean score, 10.3). Characteristics for patients with clinically significant depressive symptoms (BDI score ≥10) compared with minimal depression symptoms (BDI score <10) are given in Table 1, with associated P values comparing these 2 groups. At baseline, 21.1% of patients were taking antidepressant medications, including selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (n = 35), tricyclic or tetracyclic agents (n = 4), or monoamine-oxidase inhibitors (n = 4); most patients (75%) taking an antidepressant drug were receiving no more than the daily recommended dose. Patients taking an antidepressant at baseline (n = 43) were comparable to patients not taking an antidepressant (n = 161) for most of the characteristics in Table 1; however, patients taking an antidepressant drug evidenced more depressive symptoms (BDI score, 13.2 ± 7.2 vs 9.6 ± 5.6; P<.001), were more likely to be taking a β-blocker (97.7% vs 86.3%; P = .04), and had lower hemoglobin levels (12.8 ± 1.5 vs 13.4 ± 1.6; P = .02). All characteristics given in Table 1 were included as candidates for stepwise selection in the extended predictive models.
The mean follow-up was 3 years (range, 2-5 years); no patients were lost to follow-up. During follow-up, 54 patients (26%) died and 126 (62%) were hospitalized at least once, including 98 (48%) hospitalized because of cardiovascular disease. Multivariate Cox proportional hazards regression analysis revealed that NT-proBNP was associated significantly with death or cardiovascular hospitalization (hazard ratio [HR], 1.28; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.16-1.42; P<.001; note HR for 1000 pg/mL change in NT-proBNP) in the planned model comprising age, HF etiology, LVEF, NT-proBNP, BDI score, and antidepressant use (Table 2). Increase in depressive symptoms also was strongly associated with increased risk of death or cardiovascular hospitalization (BDI score HR, 1.06; 95% CI, 1.03-1.09; P<.001; HR for each 1-point change in total score on the BDI scale). Patients taking antidepressants (n = 43) were more likely to die or be hospitalized because of cardiovascular disease compared with patients not taking antidepressants (HR, 1.75; 95% CI, 1.14-2.68; P = .01).
The Figure compares patients with HF with clinically significant symptoms of depression (BDI score >10; n = 94) with patients with HF without symptoms of depression (BDI score <10; n = 110) for our primary end point of death and cardiovascular hospitalization (BDI score ≥10; HR,1.56; 95% CI, 1.07-2.29; P =.02). For patients taking antidepressant drugs, NT-proBNP values were comparable to those in other patients (1479 ± 1693 pg/mL vs 1476 ± 1845 pg/mL). Although patients taking antidepressant drugs had higher BDI scores than patients not taking antidepressant drugs (13.2 ± 7.2 vs 9.6 ± 5.6; P<.001), the finding that antidepressant use was associated with increased risk for events included adjustment for depression severity in the statistical model.
The stepwise selection of all other baseline characteristics extended the model by including resting heart rate (HR, 1.03; 95% CI, 1.02-1.05; P<.001) and anticoagulant medication use (HR, 1.59; 95% CI, 1.07-2.39; P = .02). However, the role of all variables in the planned model, including depressive symptoms (HR, 1.06; 95% CI, 1.03-1.10; P<.001) and antidepressant medication use (HR, 1.68; 95% CI, 1.06-2.64; P = .03), remained unaltered in the extended model, confirming that they were robust. Values for age, HF etiology, and LVEF are given in Table 2.
In our planned model comprising age, HF etiology, LVEF, NT-proBNP, BDI score, and antidepressant use, elevated NT-proBNP (NT-proBNP/1000 pg/mL; HR,1.23; 95% CI, 1.12-1.35; P<.001) and age (HR, 1.18; 95% CI, 1.00-1.39; P = .045) were associated with all-cause hospitalization or death (Table 2). Depressive symptoms and antidepressant use also were associated with increased risk for all-cause hospitalizations or death (BDI [1-point change in total score] HR, 1.06; 95% CI, 1.03-1.09; P<.001; anitdepressant use HR, 1.57; 95% CI, 1.06-2.34; P = .024; Table 2). Resting heart rate (HR, 1.02; 95% CI, 1.01-1.04; P = .007) was subsequently added to the model through stepwise selection. However, its addition did not alter the role of the other variables in the planned model, including depressive symptoms (BDI HR, 1.06; 95% CI, 1.03-1.10; P = .002) and antidepressant use (HR, 1.50; 95% CI, 1.00-2.24; P = .055).
When we considered all-cause death as a single end point, NT-proBNP was strongly positively related (HR, 1.42; 95% CI, 1.24-1.64; P<.001). Both increased depressive symptoms (HR, 1.05; 95% CI, 1.00-1.10; P = .06) and antidepressant medication use (HR, 1.79; 95% CI, 0.96-3.34; P = .07) exhibited trends toward increased risk of death that were consistent with those noted for the primary end point of death or cardiovascular hospitalization. No additional variables were added to the model through stepwise selection. Values for age, HF etiology, and LVEF are given in Table 2.
In relatively stable outpatients with HF who were receiving contemporary medical treatment, symptoms of depression were associated with increased risk of death or cardiovascular hospitalization during a median 3-year follow-up. This observation is consistent with other recent reports that depression in patients with HF is associated with poorer prognosis.5-7 We observed depression to be associated with adverse clinical events over and above the severity of HF. N-terminal pro–B-type natriuretic peptide, a valuable marker of HF severity, also was found to be highly related to risk of death or hospitalization in our study sample. However, we observed that the effects of depressive symptoms on outcomes were present even after controlling for NT-proBNP, LVEF, and other established risk factors, indicating that depression is not simply a reflection of the severity of HF. Our observations also suggest that the presence of clinically significant depressive symptoms may have a notable effect on outcome, with approximately 56% increased risk (per unit of time) for death or hospitalization. Although our study was not designed to assess the mechanisms conferring adverse prognosis associated with depression, multiple pathways are likely involved. Depression may contribute to poor prognosis in patients with HF via adverse effects on health behaviors, including smoking, physical inactivity, and nonadherence to prescribed treatment plans. In addition, several pathophysiologic pathways have been identified by which depression may directly affect cardiovascular risk in patients with HF.18 Depression has been related to reduced heart rate variability,19 blunted baroreflex sensitivity,20 heightened sympathetic nervous system activity,21 blood hypercoagulability,22 increased inflammation,23 and endothelial dysfunction.24 Each of these disease pathways has been related to adverse outcomes and may act independently or synergistically to increase risk in patients with HF.
Clinically significant symptoms of depression (BDI score ≥10) were observed in 46% of our study sample, which is consistent with previous reports of the prevalence of depression in HF.25 The high prevalence of depression in patients with HF, coupled with its association with poorer outcomes, underscores the need to assess these patients for clinical depression and to develop and evaluate safe and efficacious treatments to ameliorate their depressive symptoms and improve clinical outcomes. To our knowledge, no prospective study to date has examined whether antidepressant treatment affects prognosis in patients with HF. In our cohort of patients with HF, antidepressant medication use was associated with increased likelihood of death or cardiovascular hospitalization. Although patients taking antidepressants were more depressed despite their medication use, they had worse outcomes even after controlling for depression severity. Moreover, patients taking antidepressant medications did not have more severe HF compared with other patients in our sample, as indicated by comparable ejection fractions and plasma NT-proBNP levels, and did not have more comorbidity; thus, worse outcomes could not be ascribed to more severe disease.
Our study provides no clear explanation for the observation that antidepressant use was associated with poorer HF prognosis, and limitations of the study design underscore the importance of interpreting this observation with caution. These limitations include a small sample size and the absence of propensity matching, which may preclude optimal control for potentially confounding variables. In our statistical models, antidepressant use may, in part, have served as an additional marker of depression in the sense of reflecting greater severity of depression and its associated pathophysiology than expressed by BDI score, thereby helping to capture more fully the effect of depression on cardiovascular outcomes. We did not have information about duration of antidepressant use, and we did not know whether depressive symptoms were stable, remitting, or worsening. Taking an antidepressant may be a marker for chronic, recurrent, or treatment-resistant depression. Carney et al26 found that, in a subset of participants in the Enhancing Recovery in Coronary Heart Disease study, patients with a history of depression after MI who remained depressed despite treatment had worse outcomes compared with patients successfully treated, which suggests that treatment-resistant depression may identify patients at especially high risk of poor outcomes. Although tricyclic antidepressants may increase the risk of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias,27 in our study, more than 80% of patients with HF treated for depression were taking a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressant. Preliminary data suggest that the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressants in other patients with cardiac disease may improve survival. For example, in the Enhancing Recovery in Coronary Heart Disease study, patients with a recent MI who received antidepressant medication had improved survival compared with similar patients not receiving medication.11 In the SADHART (Sertraline Antidepressant Heart Attack Trial) study,12 the incidence of severe cardiac events was 14.5% in depressed patients with acute coronary syndromes randomized to the sertraline treatment group compared with 22.4% in the placebo group.
In summary, we observed that increased symptoms of depression are associated with worsened prognosis and that HF disease severity does not account for the association of depression with adverse outcomes. The effect size for depressive symptoms seems to be at least as great as traditional HF disease markers, including LVEF. Our observations associating antidepressant medication use with poorer prognosis in patients with HF were unexpected and should be interpreted cautiously because of their novelty and the absence of an established explanatory mechanism. Our observations do not imply that antidepressant treatment is contraindicated in patients with HF, nor do they suggest that antidepressant therapy is not useful. A larger observational cohort study, which might focus on the extent and history of antidepressant use, or a randomized clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of antidepressant treatment in patients with HF with clinical depression is needed to more fully understand the potential effect of treating depression on clinical outcomes. In the interim, patients with HF requiring antidepressant medication may need to be monitored more closely.
Correspondence: Andrew Sherwood, PhD, Box 3119, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710 (firstname.lastname@example.com).
Accepted for Publication: October 30, 2006.
Author Contributions: Dr Sherwood had full access to all the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. Study concept and design: Sherwood, Blumenthal, O'Connor, Christenson, and Hinderliter. Acquisition of data: Sherwood, Trivedi, Johnson, O'Connor, Adams, Dupree, Waugh, Bensimhon, Gaulden, and Hinderliter. Analysis and interpretation of data: Sherwood, Blumenthal, Trivedi, Johnson, O'Connor, Dupree, Bensimhon, Christenson, Koch, and Hinderliter. Drafting of the manuscript: Sherwood, Blumenthal, Trivedi, Johnson, Gaulden, and Christenson. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Sherwood, Blumenthal, O'Connor, Adams, Dupree, Waugh, Bensimhon, Koch, and Hinderliter. Statistical analysis: Sherwood and Koch. Obtained funding: Sherwood, Blumenthal, and Waugh. Administrative, technical, and material support: Sherwood, Trivedi, Johnson, O'Connor, Adams, Waugh, Bensimhon, Gaulden, Christenson, and Hinderliter. Study supervision: Sherwood and Hinderliter. Patient recruitment: Adams, Dupree, Waugh, and Gaulden.
Financial Disclosure: None reported.
Funding/Support: This study was supported by grant HL61784 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and grant M01-RR-30 from the General Clinical Research Center program, National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health.
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