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Walking is good for your health, and it's good for the environment too. But before you head out on foot for a stroll, power walk, or errand, there are important safety tips to remember.
What's the problem?
Pedestrians—people who travel by foot, wheelchair, stroller, or similar means—are among the most vulnerable users of the road.
In the next 24 hours, on average, more than 460 people will be treated in an emergency department for traffic-related pedestrian injuries.1 In the next 2 hours, on average, one pedestrian will die from injuries in a traffic crash.2
More than 4,200 pedestrians were killed in traffic deaths in 2010, and another 70,000 were injured.2 With numbers like these, it's critical that you understand the risks and learn how to stay safe.
Who's at risk?
Pedestrians of all ages are at risk of injury or death from traffic crashes, but some people are at higher risk.
- Male pedestrians are more likely to die or be injured in a motor vehicle crash than females.2
- Teen and young adult (ages 15-29 years) pedestrians are more likely to be treated in emergency departments for crash-related injuries compared to any other age group.1
- The rate of pedestrian death generally increases with age.2
- In 2010, 33% of all pedestrians killed in traffic crashes were legally drunk, with a blood alcohol concentration of greater than or equal to 0.08 grams per deciliter.2
As pedestrians, children are at even greater risk of injury or death from traffic crashes due to their small size, inability to judge distances and speeds, and lack of experience with traffic rules.
- Nearly one in four traffic deaths among children ages 14 and under are pedestrian deaths.1
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Joan Kaluzny, 83, died at her home in the 4600 block of St. Charles Road at 8:25 p.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.
An autopsy Sunday found Kaluzny died of cardiovascular disease and diabetes, and heat stress was a contributing factor, according to the medical examiner's office.
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WASHINGTON, April 11 — The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force expressed disappointment in the Maryland Senate's failure to pass the Gender Identity Anti-Discrimination Act, which would prohibit discrimination in the areas of employment, housing and credit. The Senate today voted to recommit the bill to committee. The House previously passed the bill in an 86-52 vote. The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force has been working in partnership with Equality Maryland to secure gender identity protections, and will continue to do so.
Lisa Mottet, director of the Task Force's Transgender Civil Rights Project, testified in favor of the legislation at House and Senate hearings. She shared data from the recently released groundbreaking report Injustice at Every Turn: A Report of the National Transgender Discrimination Survey by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and National Center for Transgender Equality. This nationwide study included more than 6,400 people in the U.S.
The study found that Maryland transgender and gender non-conforming people were being fired, harassed, passed over for promotion and not hired simply for being who they are. This was not a small problem: 71 percent said they experienced harassment or mistreatment on the job and 18 percent reported losing their job just because of who they are. Likely due to this discrimination, transgender Marylanders experienced poverty (making under $10,000 per year) nearly three times the national average; 12 percent reported experiencing homelessness; 17 percent said they were denied a home/apartment due to being transgender; and 22 percent reported having to find temporary spaces to stay in an attempt to avoid homelessness.
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"The Maryland Senate today turned its back on an opportunity to recognize and affirm our common humanity. As the startling statistics and heart-wrenching personal stories found in our national survey on transgender discrimination show, this bill would literally save lives. Income from employment is critical to paying for shelter, food, health care — critical to quality of life and even to survival. No one should fear being jobless, homeless and going hungry because of discrimination. Without legal protections, transgender people are made particularly vulnerable to this neglect, bias and abuse. Despite this setback, we are confident that Maryland will eventually join the many states that currently extend the essential security and nondiscrimination protections to transgender people. We will continue to stand with Equality Maryland until equality is achieved.â€
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With the White House unwilling to back oil or natural gas and a new strain of Republicans opposed to any kind of government involvement in industry, as many as 300,000 energy jobs go begging.
The enemies of energy self-sufficiency and jobs are everywhere, even when they don't think they are being the enemies.
Look, it is one thing to try to block Keystone, the heavy crude pipeline from Canada that some people say could endanger key aquifers in the U.S. I get that. There is always going to be something endangered when you move energy from one place to another. Always. There are a lot of jobs on the line, but I can see where, if the big aquifers can be avoided, you have to try to do so.
But you and I know that with this president the jobs are going elsewhere and this pipeline is going to swing west to export oil to Asia, not come here. Hey, green is here to stay. I get that, too. I want the jobs and the North American energy here. But that's not what seems to be the imperative in a White House that is willing to lose billions to back any cockamamie solar project.
But it is another thing to work so hard to stop our own resources from coming in to play and block new jobs from being created simply on principle.
Last week I asked former Sen. Rick Santorum a question about whether he would provide some sort of federal incentives to get workers where they are needed to get the oil out of the ground in North Dakota. I asked because North Dakota is a real conundrum. The Bakken is producing 470,000 barrels a day, and I think that would double overnight if we had the number of people needed to man the rigs, could get the train lines, had the truck drivers and could extend the pipelines.
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It could, ultimately, be much more than that, as there is plenty of good work from Continental Resources (CLR) that shows there could be a Prudhoe Bay -- the largest discovery in 46 years -- under the state.
We just don't have enough people there to get it out of the ground. At the same time, we have millions of people in other states who are qualified for these jobs -- jobs that are going begging -- to build out this oil infrastructure. But they can't afford to get there or live there because there is no residential infrastructure. They need roads, schools, homes, apartments, hotels, restaurants and malls.
In other words, they need what we used to build when we were a growth country.
My question was designed to see whether Santorum would be willing to put some federal money out to get those workers there, because the job is too big for private industry.
The results of the answer were disappointing, if not predictable. He said as a senator he presided over the Marcellus boom in Pennsylvania and that didn't need any federal aid.
Now, you have to be respectful in these events, even as that doesn't come all that naturally to me. I wanted to say "Hey, chief, you missed the entire point. North Dakota, unlike Pennsylvania, has the lowest unemployment rate in the country. They didn't need any help in Pennsylvania, because there were so many idle workers."
I am simply saying that North Dakota is where the jobs are but the people aren't. Why not make us more energy-self-sufficient with easy-to-refine light Bakken crude (not a lot of impurities) and create as many as 300,000 jobs?
The answer, according to Santorum, is let the market figure it out.
The market can't. If it could, why would I be asking the question? To hear myself talk?
Anyway, neither the left nor the right is really focused on a simple precept: when you can produce cleaner energy here and create jobs at the same time, it is a win-win for both parties. The federal monies will go after truly shovel-ready projects that will advance the private sector's ability to put people to work in high paying jobs that will be provided by Halliburton (HAL), Clean Harbors (CLH), Continental Resources, Brigham Exploration (BEXP) (soon to bought), Schlumberger (SLB), Lufkin (LUFK), Continental (CTTAY), EOG (EOG), Hess (HES) and all sorts of construction companies.
We would have more, cleaner oil, more jobs and an infrastructure that would last. It's exactly what the mission of government has been in the past. It's what creates the growth that spurs the tax receipts that pay for themselves while making us more independent of foreign powers.
We know this president won't do it. We know that Santorum represents the new strain of the GOP, a sort of "abolish the government except for defense, as private industry will take care of everything."
To which I say: If that could only be the case. But some projects, like the Panama Canal, the interstate highway system and the Hoover Dam, to name three too-large-for-private-industry jobs created by the Republicans, are made for the federal government.
Just not under either of the current parties.
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Right on, Cramer!!! The conclusion from this article is that neither political party wants to create jobs or decrease the Federal deficit, because what Cramer is talking about would do just that. Our polititians just want bleat 'jobs' , 'cut the budget' but they really will do nothing to accomplish these. They know that the electorate won't understand the difference.
But the average American will suffer for their ignorance and so will their children.
"abolish the government except for defense, as private industry will take care of everything."
Without government, we wouldn't have put a man on the moon. We wouldn't have the internet. We wouldn't have all of those wonderful satellites beaming data around the planet. We wouldn't have the interstate system. We wouldn't have split the atom. Look at all of the medical and agricultural advances that are discovered in public research universities funded by state and federal government!
The list goes on. Yes, I know the private sector was instrumental in the development of the above technologies, but the private sector was set to work by the government's need for innovation.
Vexed One, what we are witnessing is the combined results of greed, corruption, incompetence, and yes some purposeful acts.
We have been running trade deficits for decades and the end result is what can best be described as a National Bankruptcy Liquidation. Trade deficits have forced foreign entities to keep their revenues here in the USA to avoid currency reevaluations. So, they bought productive resources and now we are seeing creative ways to move wealth back home without triggering currency exchanges. Raw materials, scrap metal, energy, manufacturing, and intellectual property rights are all moving off shore.
Jobs are being created, but not at a rate sufficient to absorb new intents into the work place. We are still loosing ground to a downward facing demand driven spiral. Wages are stagnant in the face of relatively mild inflation, but continuing to loose ground none the less. Purchasing power is being lost with each spiral feeding the next spiral. The corporate propaganda is always trying to paint a rosy out look where there is none. The over 18 million unemployed and the under employed have no relief in sight.
Just do the math. If we started adding 250,000 jobs to non-farm payroll each month constantly it would take over 13 years to reabsorb the estimated 18 million currently unemployed.
18,000,000 unemployed
(250,000 added per month – 135000 new entrants per month) x 12 months
This downward facing demand driven spiral is a growing monster and the number of jobs being created by oil exploration is but a pimple on the butt of this monster. This energy development boom is nothing but an excuse to blow tax payers money enriching the oil companies which are flush with cash already. We need to learn form our Alaska experiences building pipelines for export to Asia. Let the private sector build its own pipeline to export the oil wealth off shore.
Which brings me to the corruption that is congress; they have created a leverage system that profit maximizes their own insider trading deals. That is the main reason why Glass Steagall has not been reinstated. That is the main reason why the commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 has not been repealed. That is the main reason that the leverage ratios remain too high. That is the main reason people are occupying parks in almost every major city. This nation is misallocating capital resources on speculation (a zero sum game) to benefit a few corrupt inside traders who have given themselves an exemption from the insider trading laws. These criminals that call themselves congress people are lining there pockets ignoring the best interests of this country. As it fails it is just another shorting opportunity for the well connected insider. We need to get rid of every one of them.
The congressman trying to liquidate federal land in Los Angeles knowing full well that it will triple in value once the new foot ball stadium is built should be ashamed of himself.
Some of the posts I have read seem to imply that there is a specific and directed plan to make us all financially weak, while others imply that our current woes are simply a direct result of the incompetence of the past. Can anyone here give me an intellegent or decisive answer on what the real deal is?
If jobs are not being created, the housing market is being left where it's at, and big money oppurtunities are being handed to foreign competition because of a lack of the will to act on them (as part of some sinister 'home grown' plan); what is the purpose of making the U.S. and it's citizens financially weak?
Is it to level the playing field between the poor and middle class? The idea of re-distributing wealth (one I do not agree with) does not seem to hold any clout here unless it is to make the middle class poor as well.
Is it a tool being used to force Americans into jobs they would not normally or could not normally afford to take? Sounds like immagration control to me, although I do not agree with this specific 'means to an end' scenario.
Or is this all just the aftermath of a greedy (but intellegent) upper classthat has simply chosen to invest where the best profits are going to be made? Honestly?! If I had several million to invest (now or 10 years ago), why would I invest it in a company that produces steel here? Arn't the real profits being made in China?
Please don't get me wrong. I am all for American Industry, right here at home (even if it means taking a few losses) and if I had the power to make a difference 'here' I would. I'm simply curious to know what the truth is.
I don't see the problem with our government... Our politicians are creating jobs in DC just as fast as they can! The more people they can add to their own payrolls...the more votes they can control.
Oil... we won't need it much longer - as more and more people lose their jobs and file for bankruptcy...they will have less need/money to drive around...
Oh, and build more houses...silly idea... we just went thru that with the Feds help and look at the mess it created. Perhaps, we should be burning down several million homes instead of trying to sell them to the people that will be losing their jobs next year?
Now these are simple assumptions to the mess we are in... Cramer seems to have missed the easy answers!
Of course Cramer is right. We have a natural resource that could benefit the whole country and employ people from all over the country. We should have had the forsight to do this several years ago, none of this info is so new. But now its common knowledge and still none of the politicians seem to get it. This should be a national priority, like the Manhattan project. Its just as much a question of national security as it is economics. But it seems to be only one of politics to the politicians.
We must develop our own resouces and do whatever we have to do to do that, as a country. Countries build infastructure. Roads, bridges, pipelines across state lines. We dont ask investors to do that ordinarily although some public private partnerships look promising here. The politicians are really fighting over who controls the money which means whose friends get it and what contributions are bought. The money should be earmarked for specific projects and given to State infastructure banks, not doled out piecemeal by the Feds as a control device. Thats the fight. Not what needs to be developed or why. They are really just fighting over how to get a piece.
. And schools are a state responsibility, not a federal one. The policy that all children must get an education is one thing but how is up to the state and the local community and spending money to make them green at the expense of other priorities is assinine.
Where is this huge oil field in North Dakota that Cramer is talking about? The one that produces light crude oil. How much oil are we talking about?
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia Senate Democrats, enjoying a new majority in the upper chamber, are trying to repeal a law mandating that women seeking abortions undergo ultrasounds.
The Senate voted Tuesday 20-20, with Democratic Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam casting the deciding vote, to repeal the ultrasound law. The law garnered national attention when passed in 2012.
The repeal measure passed with the help of William County Democrat Sen. Charles Colgan, who typically votes against abortion-rights bills. Colgan told reporters he'd voted in favor of the repeal by mistake. The Senate voted against a motion to allow Colgan to change his vote.
The measure has little chance of passing the GOP-controlled House.
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While New Year's Eve partygoers were celebrating, they may have missed the new cell phone law. According to the Governors Highway Safety Association, hand-held cell phone usage is banned while driving, as of Jan. 1.
There was already a ban on any driver under 19 and school bus drivers using any type of cell phone while driving. All drivers, including school bus drivers and novice drivers, are banned from texting while driving.
Drop It and Drive is putting out reminders this week to remind Chicagoans about the new law. According to their site, 6,000 car crashes occurred from 2008 to 2012 and police officers documented that there was some form of cell phone use to distract the driver. Thirty of them resulted in deaths.
Illinois is the 12th state to enact the hand-held phone ban law. The other 11 states are Calif., Conn., DC, Del., Hawaii, Md., Nev., N.J., N.Y., Ore., Wash., and W.Va.
Additional states are a bit more specific. In Vt., the ban is only in work zones. In N.M., the ban is only for in-state licensed vehicles. In Ark., they focus on drivers ages 18 to 20 probably because they're more likely to be novice drivers.
Punishment in Ill., for driving while using and/or holding a cell phone:
- $75 fine for drivers caught using a hand-held cell phone
- $150 fine for repeat offenders
- Driver's license suspension for continued illegal usage
- Stricter penalties for crashes involving electronic devices
- One year in prison if the crash causes bodily harm
- Three years in prison if the crash results in a fatality
While not talking on the phone may be easier to do than using a phone for navigational purposes, Drop It and Drive encourages drivers to program their devices beforehand. Or, safely pull over if a driver gets lost while traveling.
The total amount of crashes in Cook County for 2012, according to the Illinois Dept. of Transportation, were 131,402 total (252 were fatal and 26,624 included injuries).
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Balance training bike that grows with your child - simple mechanism enables the frame to be rotated to provide two sizes of balance bike in one. Perfect for initial training prior to an introduction to pedaling. Hi-tensile steel easy step over frame. Comfy grips, spoke mag wheels with puncture proof tyres, comfy saddle.
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This awesome 12 inch Ultimate Spiderman bike from Dino has 2 calliper brakes, EVA tyres, front and rear mudguards, a fun front plague and a water bottle included!
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This Peppa Pig My First Trike is a great way to get your little one active as they can zoom around the park with Peppa and her friends.
The adorable Peppa Pig And Friends graphics and cute oink phrase on the seat are sure to delight your youngster. The seat also has a comfortable bucket design so your child can scoot around all day long. The textured handles give them plenty of grip too, while the three wheel design ensures they won't take a tumble.
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The bucket on the back means your child's favourite toy can come along for the ride too, for plenty of adventures outside in the fresh air.
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Your young Directioner will be going One Way or Another on this cool One Direction 18-inch Bike.
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Sections, act June 15, 1929, ch. 24, §§ 1–15,46 Stat. 11, as amended, were omitted or transferred as set forth below.
Section 521, which related to declaration of policy, effective merchandising of agricultural commodities, speculation, cooperative marketing, surpluses and administration of the chapter, was transferred to section 1141 of Title 12, Banks and Banking.
Section 522, which related to appointment, compensation, qualifications, term of office, and expenses of Governor of Farm Credit Administration, was transferred to section 1141a of Title 12, and was repealed by act Aug. 6, 1953, ch. 335, § 19,67 Stat. 400. See section 2244 et seq. of Title 12.
Section 523, which related to designation of agricultural commodities and establishment of advisory commodity committees, was omitted.
Section 524, which related to general powers of Farm Credit Administration, was transferred to section 1141b of Title 12.
Section 525, which related to special powers of Administration, was transferred to section 1141c of Title 12.
Section 526, which related to authorization of a revolving fund, was transferred to section 1141d of Title 12.
Section 527, which related to loans to cooperative associations, was transferred to section 1141e of Title 12.
Section 528, which related to miscellaneous loan provisions, was transferred to section 1141f of Title 12.
Section 529, which provided for recognition, upon application of advisory commodity committee, of stabilization corporations for commodities, and prescribed functions and operations in connection therewith, was transferred to section 1141g of Title 12, and was subsequently omitted from the Code as obsolete.
Section 530, which related to clearing house associations, was omitted.
Section 531, which related to insurance against loss through price decline, was omitted.
Section 532, which related to appropriation for administrative expenses, was omitted.
Section 533, which related to avoidance of duplication, cooperation with other governmental establishments, obtaining information and data, cooperation with States, Territories, and agencies or subdivisions thereof, indication of research problems, and transfer of offices and functions, etc. was transferred to section 1141h of Title 12.
Section 534, which related to examination of books and accounts, was transferred to section 1141i of Title 12.
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LONDON (UPI) — Trying to maintain in our memory an image we've just seen can leave us blind to things we are subsequently looking at, British researchers say.
Scientists have long known that when our brains are focused on a task we can fail to see other things in plain sight, a phenomenon known as "inattentional blindness."
But researchers at University College London have found a person's visual field does not need to be cluttered with other objects to cause this "blindness" and that focusing on remembering something we have just seen is enough to make us unaware of things going on around us, Britain's Wellcome Trust, which supported the research, reported.
"An example of where this is relevant in the real world is when people are following directions on a sat nav [global positioning system device] while driving," study leader Nilli Lavie said.
"Our research would suggest that focusing on remembering the directions we've just seen on the screen means that we're more likely to fail to observe other hazards around us on the road, for example an approaching motorbike or a pedestrian on a crossing, even though we may be 'looking' at where we're going."
Lavie calls competition in the brain for limited information processing power "load theory," and that too much information can bring on "load induced blindness."
The study suggests competition in the brain between new visual information and our short-term visual memory that was not appreciated before, the researchers said.
"The 'blindness' seems to be caused by a breakdown in visual messages getting to the brain at the earliest stage in the pathway of information flow, which means that while the eyes 'see' the object, the brain does not," she said.


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Sprinters Allyson Felix and Jeneba Tarmoh finished in a dead heat for third place in the 100 meters at the Olympic trials on Saturday in Oregon, and they're waiting to see how USA Track & Field decides to break the tie to determine the final member of the Olympic team.
Carmelita Jeter won the race in 10.92 seconds, and second-place went to Tianna Madison. Tarmoh was unofficially declared the third-place finisher, just .0001 seconds ahead of Felix, but a photo review determined that the two were tied.
USA Track & Field doesn't have a rule to determine the final spot of an Olympic team in case of a tie.
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In Breast Cancer, Moving Toward More Personalized Hormone Therapies
After treatment for early-stage breast cancer, many postmenopausal women with estrogen-receptor positive tumors decide to take drugs, such as an aromatase inhibitor or tamoxifen, to prevent or delay a recurrence of their disease. Selecting which treatment strategy may be best for the individual patient is difficult, in part because there is conflicting scientific evidence.
Guidelines, such as those from the American Society of Clinical Oncology, suggest that all post-menopausal women should receive an aromatase inhibitor either alone or before or after tamoxifen, but they do not suggest an optimal approach.
—Dr. Shannon Puhalla
Clear recommendations may eventually come from ongoing clinical trials. In the meantime, a new study suggests doctors should consider the potential side effects of the drugs as well as a patient's health history when making a selection.
The study, published in the September 7 Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI), largely confirmed what is known about these drugs. Compared with tamoxifen, the longer use of aromatase inhibitors was associated with higher rates of heart disease and bone fractures but with lower rates of blood clots and endometrial cancer.
Aromatase inhibitors and tamoxifen, often referred to as adjuvant hormonal therapies, are designed to interfere with the body's production of estrogen and the promotion of breast tumor growth by estrogen, respectively. Estrogen is a naturally occurring hormone that can contribute to the growth of breast cancer.
The new findings highlight the need for physicians to select a therapy based on more than its ability to prevent a recurrence of breast cancer, the study authors said.
"Because the risks of these adjuvant therapies are relatively low, physicians don't spend a lot of time thinking about side effects," said lead investigator Dr. Eitan Amir of the Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto. But there are clearly serious side effects associated with both approaches, he continued, noting that doctors should be able to identify patients at risk for some of these toxicities before selecting therapies.
"Don't Ditch the Switch"
Based on an analysis of seven clinical trials using these antihormonal therapies, the researchers concluded that switching from one type of therapy to another could offset the potential cumulative side effects of individual drugs and allow many women to experience the maximum benefits with lower side effects.
"We know that the one-size-fits-all approach does not work for every woman," said Dr. Shannon Puhalla of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, who co-authored an accompanying editorial entitled "Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy for Breast Cancer: Don't Ditch the Switch."
"As oncologists, we always focus on preventing cancer from recurring, but it is important to look at other causes of morbidity and mortality in our patients," Dr. Puhalla continued. As she and her co-authors wrote in the editorial, the field needs a risk model that can help clinicians select the most appropriate treatment for an individual.
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The current study, she added, "is a first step in trying to personalize hormonal therapies."
Serious side effects from adjuvant hormonal therapies are rare but may occur more frequently in patients with certain health conditions, such as a history of heart problems, the researchers said.
"This study provides further validation that both of these options are very good for patients," said Dr. Tito Fojo of NCI's Center for Cancer Research, who was not involved in the research. "So it becomes incumbent on the doctor to think about toxicities and about which drug is best for an individual patient."
An Aromatase Inhibitor Puzzle
Clinical trials have shown that, compared with tamoxifen, aromatase inhibitors are better at delaying the time until disease recurs (disease-free survival or recurrence-free survival). But none of the trials has demonstrated improved overall survival for aromatase inhibitors.
The researchers hypothesized that the cumulative toxicity of aromatase inhibitors may lead to deaths from causes other than breast cancer. They tested their hypothesis by assessing the risks of six adverse events associated with therapies used by more than 30,000 women to interfere with cancer growth-promoting hormones.
The analysis suggested that the cumulative toxicity of aromatase inhibitors, when used as a first-line treatment, may explain the lack of an overall survival benefit despite improvements in disease-free survival.
Dr. Amir stressed that the findings should be considered preliminary and need to be validated. In the meantime, information about the potential risk of side effects should be clearly communicated to patients, he said.
"The key is to provide a more holistic assessment of the patient not just for preventing breast cancer, but also as it relates to the side effect profiles of drugs," Dr. Amir added.


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Sooner or later, any group selling a product is going to need to adopt tools to consolidate the data and track/manage the sales process. This usually means a CRM system. When to implement a CRM system really depends on a number of factors, like the number of prospects and customers, the number of sales people, and the complexity of the sale. When the time comes, how you go about adoption will enormously affect the value you get from the tool.
We are not going to review tools and provide recommendations here, because other than obvious differences like cloud vs. local/server based tools, most CRM systems have similar feature sets. But before you chose the tool, it is vital that you understand how the tool will be used, and what each of the stakeholders in the organization is going to require from the tool.
The process MUST start with the sales team; each salesperson can (and will) use a rich feature set differently, so it is critically important to plan how the tool will be used before adoption. Without planning, you may end up with as many use models as you have salespeople.
Just like a finance department would not fire up a new set of accounting tools without carefully mapping the tool into existing accounting operations, a sales team should do the same before adopting a CRM system.
A structured approach to implementation is critical to success, and, in our view, more important than the choice of tool. Many sales managers, CEOs, and IT departments focus on the what, not the why and how of implementation, and then are less than happy with the results.
So what is the problem?
Small ventures may have only a few customers, their sales processes may not be complex and involve just a few touch points within the customer organization. For these ventures, managing the sales process amongst a few individuals using spreadsheets may be more than sufficient.
As the number of customers grows, and the number of sales people increases within a new venture, management is confronted with the problem of how to consolidate and interpret all the information that is being tracked by individuals on the team—to derive forecasts, metrics, and opportunity tracking to run the business.
For this to work, the implementation has to drive consistency in data capture and individual behavior – it has to provide an objective lens to monitor the business. This implies consistent and continuous use by the sales team. Adoption by all team members is essential to success. In turn, this means that each person on the sales team has to feel the tool is valuable to them.
Uses of CRM by constituent.
From the individual salesperson perspective, a new CRM system can be a painful requirement that management imposes on their daily activity. After all, for the individual contributor (and smaller ventures) a spreadsheet with good notes is often sufficient. If the CRM tool has too many options, is complex, slow, and difficult to use, isn't this eating into valuable selling time? Management is going to ask a bunch of questions anyway about the forecast, so why spend time on a cumbersome tool?
CRM implementations driven by IT or by senior management naturally focuses on the summary data as the prime objective, so their needs are often what drive implementation. This top down approach can ignore the criticality of adoption by the sales team.
So how do you in implement a system that gives sales and corporate management the summary data they need to manage the team and the business, and the individuals something that helps them organize and sell?
Understanding the uses and needs of the constituents in the diagram, and the quality of the data entered by the salespeople is the key to CRM success.
Here is a suggestion based on our experience from numerous Altus client engagements:
- Understand and document your typical or idealized sales process. Draw it in a diagram, and review with the key sales people. Will the process as drawn and all the deals in process mapped to this diagram facilitate them getting the job done with low overhead for the tool? Will it help the individual salesperson to organize and follow the process? Use the KISS principle here.
- What are the important stages in transition from a contact above the funnel, through qualification, development, and closure? Keep the number of stages to a minimum; 5-7 stages should be your target.
- Keep the terminology simple.
- Think about process and gates. What has to happen (process) to move an opportunity to the next milestone (gate)? You should be able to answer simple yes/no questions for the gates. Is this lead qualified? Have we delivered a proposal? Do we have the PO?
- Then, and only then, pick the tool you are going to use. Choose one with room to grow, but also make sure that features can be turned off or hidden by the administrator. The first implementation should be simple, so make sure you can scale the product back. When making your selection, think about the process from the perspective of the individual sales user:
- What is the information needed for them to track and close each opportunity?
- What is the information needed to track contacts and accounts?
- What correspondence and history is needed to record progress?
- Are there critical pieces of information missing? If so, go back and add them to what the sales team needs to input and work with. Will it then provide the metrics management needs to run the business? If the answer is no, then what additions do you have to make to Step 1 to get the data needed? Remember the balance between sales adoption and desire for greater management visibility. If you add too much, you actually may end up with less meaningful data.
- Consider operations. Usually it is best to use manual interfaces to start with; figure out where the interfaces between sales and operations are needed (for example, scheduling and provisioning a live demo). Work these systems and workflows manually until you really understand how they operate and what expectations, checks, balances, and approvals are needed. Then automate the process within CRM and other software components used by operations.
- Finally, look at executive management. Can they get the data they need from dashboards and summary reports? If they are really missing critical information, then consider going back to Step 1, but always look at alternatives for getting the same information first. The more you make compulsory to the sales team, the harder it becomes to achieve 100% adoption.
- Take the sales process and map it to the tool. This may mean working on drop-downs and disabling features. Salespeople can and will design their own way of doing things if you don't establish standards. Similarly, leaving many features open will confuse the users and make it difficult to drive consistency. You need to make sure the tool is being used consistently, so take away the options—otherwise, summary data will be impossible to extract and interpret.
- Decide what fields are compulsory vs. optional for an opportunity to move through the stages. Remember, focus on the minimum data set you need for the salesperson to do an effective job. Email address for a qualified contact might be a good example.
- If you have decided that you only want to see percentages like 10, 25, 50, 75, 90, and 100, because they mean something in the process you documented, you have to prevent values like 49% from being used. Set the field up to only accept the entries you have decided are valid options.
- For important summary data like lead source and lost business reason it is imperative to keep the number of choices restricted so the system does not accumulate data that is less than valuable. Discourage free text input for fields you may want to search on or gather data. "Trade Show," " tradeshow," and "Trad show" will summarize into different data columns. Decide on the categories for these fields and use drop downs, where the user can only pick from a set of fixed values. Free text is appropriate for descriptions and notes.
- Run a pilot in parallel with your existing system (spreadsheet). For the individuals in the pilot, is it simple and easy to use for them? Is the consolidated data meaningful for management? Are there areas that you have not thought of that are being questioned by the pilot team? Take their feedback seriously and be prepared to act on it. Are there additional controls you need to construct or process steps that you need to clarify?
- Train and go live with the rest of the team. This needs to be a smooth process, and you may want to think about incentives during the start-up phase to get everyone onboard quickly.
- Monitor results and be prepared to modify the process and the tool as the organization grows.
Careful planning and implementation is critical to the early stages of CRM in a new venture. Focus on the primary user, the salesperson. The process they have to go through is key to CRM success. As the organization grows and scales, you can add features and have the tool grow with you.


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by Fred McMillin
A Shark Attack
"Critics happily attacked Monterey wines like sharks in a feeding frenzy."...Wine Enthusiast Magazine, April 2000
The Rest of the Story
Here's what caused the attack.
In 1970 Monterey County had less than 100 acres of vines bearing grapes. Only four years later there were over twenty five thousand acres of vines in the county.
In the rush to crush, a lot of Cabernet Sauvignon was planted in a lot of very cool places...too cool to ripen that varietal adequately.
Consequently, the grape that made California's greatest wine when grown in the Napa Valley was making vegetal-flavored claret in the foggy northern end of Monterey County's Salinas Valley. The critics were merciless.
Today's winery was founded in Monterey right in the middle of the rush, 1973. Critic Norm Roby wrote that in a few short years the Monterey Vineyard project was disintegrating rapidly.
The Solution
Wine of the Day
Monterey Vineyard 1998 Cabernet Sauvignon
A lot of dollars went down the tubes in those early Monterey plantings. Some Cabernet vines did not produce even one grape!
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I want to draw your attention to the above-mentioned questions [and later I am planning to add some more (hope they will be interesting)], which site specific errors very common for many Non-Native Speakers (NNS).
Besides I have not yet seen a good grammar book written for NNS, where serious efforts to improve the stylistic of English language of NNS are made, e.g. by detailed exemplification of the patters of the common errors. If anybody can advise me any I will highly appreciate that.
E.g. I love very much the following books:
English as a Foreign Language, Grammar and Syntax For Teachers and Advanced Students by R.A. Close, British Council Representative, Athens, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1963.
Guide to Patterns and Usage in English, by A.S. Hornby, Oxford University Press, Second Edition, 1975.
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VALMALENCO, Italy -- Maelle Ricker of West Vancouver, B.C., won a snowboard cross World Cup event Wednesday to close the gap in the race for the overall title.
Ricker held off Bulgaria's Alexandra Jekova and France's Nelly Moenne Loccoz to earn her second straight World Cup win.
"It was like the perfect day," said Ricker. "The snow was soft but it was still fast. It was a really good final with all the girls. So, there is nothing to complain about."
The victory with one race left moved Ricker within 110 points of teammate and overall leader Dominique Maltais of Petite-Riviere-Saint-Francois, Que., who finished fourth Wednesday.
"I guess the (crystal) globe is now in my mind," said Ricker. "I didn't think I was going to be close like this before the race. But now, the race on Friday is just more exciting."
In men's action, Norway's Stian Sivertzen took gold ahead of American Alex Tuttle and Tony Ramon of France.


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Coast Guard Ends Search For 2 Men In Mississippi River
HICKMAN, Ark. (AP) - The Coast Guard has called off its search for two men who fell into the Mississippi River after a barge overturned and sank earlier this week in northeast Arkansas.
Capt. William Drelling said authorities have suspended their search for the two men -- Ron Nieves and Nicolas Perez -- who have been unaccounted for since Tuesday afternoon.
Both men fell into the water while the barge was being unloaded near Blytheville, which is about 60 miles north of Memphis. The Coast Guard said the barge lifted to its right and sank, but why it did so wasn't known.
Kinder Morgan said it doesn't own the barge and that the two men worked for the company through a staffing agency. Its spokesman has declined to identify the barge's owner.
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Andrew Paul Lieberman, MD, PhD
Phone: 800-862-7284
BiographyDr. Lieberman received a B.S. from Duke University and an M.D., Ph.D. from the University of Maryland Medical School in Baltimore. He completed residency training in Anatomic Pathology and a fellowship in Neuropathology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Following his clinical training, he performed post-doctoral research at the Neurogenetics Branch of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda. Dr. Lieberman's post-doctoral training with Dr. Kenneth Fischbeck was supported by a Physician Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Dr. Lieberman joined the faculty of the Department of Pathology in August of 2001, and now serves as Director of the Neuropathology. He is a physician-scientist interested in the pathogenesis of inherited neurological diseases, and is a member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation. His laboratory uses biochemical and genetic tools to define mechanisms of neurodegeneration so as to identify therapeutic targets.
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Curious about the newer model? Check out the 2000 Chrysler Cirrus
Information shown for entry-level Sedan.
|Fuel Economy:
City 18/Hwy 26/Comb 21 MPG
|Max Seating: 5
|Engine: V6, 2.5 Liter
|Transmission: Automatic
|Country of Origin: United States
|Country of Assembly: United States
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Based on 172 Ratings for the 1995 - 2000 models.Review this car
By jen on Sunday, May 26, 2013
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 199,000overall rating 8 of 10rating details
Pros: "fun to drive, nice looking, nice cd player"
Cons: "SEAT BELT inconvenient, cup holders inconvenient"
Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 9
"In spite of the age and the problems lately, I love this car. It has good pickup and is easy to drive and I love all the options that are on it. I bought it from my sister and she loved it too. I am sad because it is getting old with high mileage and starting to nickel and dime me a lot. The driver seat belt is too short for a chubby person and the shifter hits anything over the height of a pop can that is in the cup holders when in park. But those are minor irritants."
5 people out of 7 found this review helpful
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By bauhaus1082 on Thursday, March 21, 2013
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 62,000overall rating 1 of 10rating details
Pros: "Nothing"
Cons: "This car will suck the life out of you."
Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 1
"bought this car with 58000 miles on it from an old lady who didn't drive much 4 months ago. since day one we have had nothing but problems, Blown compressor, bad body control module, bad control arms, faulty brakes, poor exhaust. we bought the car for $2200 Ended up spending nearly $4000 in repairs. You would think after doing all the repairs including new tires the car would drive better but surely did not. it would shake and make a grinding noise while we drove it. after all money spent we were not satisfied so we took it to the best mechanic in town, he did a full thorough inspection of the vehicle and said the reason why the car is acting that way is because there are parts missing from the frame. they had rusted out completely. Unfortunately I did not see it at first, nor did many mechanics due to the previous person who sold the car painted over it well to hide it. The mechanic said the car was not safe to drive, should not be on the road at all in that condition.. so basically I spent $6000 for a car that I can not drive. So to anyone out there thinking of buying this car, DON"T DO IT!! save your money for something better. Don't make the same terrible mistake I made.."
6 people out of 12 found this review helpful
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By Micky B on Saturday, August 11, 2012
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 90,500overall rating 10 of 10rating details
Pros: "Smooth ride, good midrange pull, beautiful looks"
Cons: "Difficult engine to service, not much room for mod"
Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 10
"I'm a British expat, and loathed the idea of moving to the US and being stuck with my wife's car- american autos are thought to be of quite poor quality on the Continent, and I hate automatics. All I can say is, this car has changed my mind. If it grows on me any more, I might need chemotherapy. So much better looking than modern bulky sedans. 13yo, we've owned it for 7. *two* minor mechanical faults in all that time outside of regular maintenance (Bosch multipoints for the win!) and I blew $2.5k on a complete rocker-panel / underbody rebuild/respray due to rust (previous owner obviously bottomed it out hard on something). It looks beautiful, the interior is holding up just lovely, the acceleration is smooth and pulls well mid-range if not starting, and the ride feels as sleek as the car looks. The 6G73 mitsubishi engine/transmission combo on this chassis, with 25-28mpg, plus these looks, makes it very unlikely I will buy another car until this one gives."
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By jerry on Saturday, June 30, 2012
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 148,000overall rating 8 of 10rating details
Pros: "some power,good on gas.good interiors ,nice handli"
Cons: "poor cuality lower control arms.no trunk keyless"
Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 9
"good car,need door entry keypad,keyless for trunk and better cuality lower control arms. good brakes real good steering.fair power.good on gas nice interiors.good paint and clear coat.good trunk space very reliable. if this car come back to the market will be my #1choice"
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By DJ LiMitless on Thursday, December 08, 2011
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 98,000overall rating 8 of 10rating details
Pros: "Comfortable cab layout, good milage."
Cons: "Shift hesitation."
Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 10
"I have owned my 1998 Cirrus for approx. a year and a half now, and it is a great car. Good milage, very comfortable, and very good performance wise. My only issue is that when you accelerate rapidly, it hesitates when shifting from 1st gear to 2nd, and again from 2nd to 3rd. Other than that, it is a great car, especially if you are looking for something reliable or a bit older."
6 people out of 6 found this review helpful
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By Danielle on Thursday, December 01, 2011
I owned and sold this car
Reason: Wanted a newer vehicle
Pros: "Fun to drive, not many blind spots very visual"
Cons: "Gas milage, clear coat is thin, road noise"
Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 10
"I absolutely loved my car! It was in great shape and was always reliable! Yes it has a lot of road noise and didn't always have the best gas mileage but it got me from point A to B with no problems! My horn went out a few times because some small pieces inside broke but you can get that from a salvage yard that will work for a few more years! Althought I cried getting rid of it..it was time for a new car."
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