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OBJECTIVE: Most of the patients admitted to hospital emergency services are drunk. Some of them may need specific treatment after acute intoxication remits. At present, treatment for alcoholism is offered to less than 5% of these patients. The authors evaluated the biological markers carbohydrate-deficient transferrin (CDT) and γ-glutamyltransferase (GGT) in patients admitted for acute alcohol intoxication (per DSM-IV criteria) supported by blood alcohol assay. These tests distinguished between otherwise moderate alcohol users who were acutely intoxicated and harmful drinkers or alcohol-dependent patients. METHOD: The authors conducted an exhaustive survey 24 hours a day during 2 nonconsecutive months. The study involved 166 patients (124 men and 42 women) who were admitted for acute alcohol intoxication as a principal or additional diagnosis. Their blood was analyzed for alcohol, GGT, and CDT levels. The CAGE questionnaire was administered, and social and demographic data were collected. RESULTS: About 80% of the population studied displayed elevated GGT or CDT levels (65.7% had CDT levels >60 mg/liter; 41.6% had GGT levels >65 IU/liter). Less than 10% of the patients with acute alcohol intoxication revealed results in the normal range for both markers and a negative finding on the CAGE questionnaire. CONCLUSIONS: Patients admitted to emergency services with high blood alcohol levels should not be assumed to be moderate drinkers. Any drunkenness should be interpreted as a sign of likely harmful alcohol consumption or alcohol dependency requiring clinical and biological tests, including GGT and CDT assays. Specific treatment for alcoholism should be systematically offered to these patients.
The prevalence of positive blood alcohol test results or alcohol-related difficulties in patients admitted to hospital emergency services ranges widely (1–3): 10% among elderly patients (4), 50% among nonfatal automobile accident victims (5), and up to 62% for patients who have attempted suicide (6). In one California study (7), the proportion of patients admitted to emergency services who were reported as displaying positive blood alcohol levels (>1 g/liter) was 10%. In France, a study carried out at the Centre Général de Montbéliard emergency services found that 17.4% of admitted patients had positive blood alcohol test results, most of them (14.5%) ≥0.8 g/liter (8).
However, to our knowledge, no information is available on whether the patients recorded as intoxicated at admission were moderate alcohol users who occasionally got drunk, harmful drinkers (per ICD-10 criteria), alcohol abusers (per DSM-IV criteria), or alcohol-dependent patients displaying subacute or chronic alcohol intoxication. In the Californian study (7) of 91 emergency services patients with blood alcohol levels >1 g/liter, Cherpitel et al. showed that only 9% of the patients were identified by the emergency services medical staff as patients with drinking problems. Only one patient was referred for specific treatment for alcoholism. In the French study (8), after a short stay in the emergency services of the Centre Général de Montbéliard, 50% of the patients with blood alcohol levels ≥0.8 g/liter were sent home, 28% were hospitalized, and 22% were held in police custody. Specific treatment for alcoholism was offered to 2% of these patients.
Thus, in the majority of cases, no treatment for alcohol problems was offered to emergency services patients displaying acute alcohol intoxication. There are two possible explanations for this: either harmful drinkers make up only a tiny minority of such patients (2%–10%) (7, 8), or their identification is difficult for the practitioner (because of lack of knowledge and skill).
To further investigate patients being admitted to emergency services with acute alcohol intoxication (per DSM-IV 303.00 criteria) as determined by blood test results and the biological consequences of alcohol consumption, we set out to determine the proportion 1) of moderate drinkers and 2) of alcohol abusers (per DSM-IV 305.00 criteria) or alcohol-dependent patients (per DSM-IV 303.90 criteria) among them, using the biological markers of blood alcohol, GGT (9), and CDT (10) levels and the standard CAGE questionnaire (11–13).
All patients aged 16–70 years who were admitted to the 24-hour-a-day emergency services area during 2 nonconsecutive months who met the criteria for acute alcohol intoxication as a principal or additional diagnosis (per DSM-IV criteria) with blood alcohol levels >0.8 g/liter were included. In France an intoxicated person ends up in emergency services only if there is evidence of need for medical or psychiatric treatment (e.g., trauma from a fall, psychotic behavior, attempted suicide, or danger to the public). Most emergencies are addressed by general practitioners, ambulance personnel, or police officers.
Subjects were excluded from the study for any of the following: refusal to give consent, serious medical condition (e.g., alcohol-induced coma, multiple trauma, or delirium tremens but not minor trauma), attempted suicide, health disorders unrelated to alcohol, or medication that modified GGT levels. A standard CBC count and blood alcohol, GGT, and CDT levels were measured within 15 minutes of admission and installation in an emergency services ward.
Examination of the patient included recording anamnestic data (antecedents and history of illness) and a clinical examination. We then waited for the patient to recover to a condition of clear-headedness compatible with an interview (disappearance of signs of acute alcohol intoxication per DSM-IV criteria). After we fully explained the study to the patients, those who gave written informed consent to participate were included. Those who refused to give informed consent were excluded. During the study, the CAGE questionnaire was used, and social and demographic information was elicited. All the patients subsequently received the results of their blood tests, in particular the GGT and CDT levels, and a specialized consultation was offered to them.
Blood alcohol was measured by means of an automated alcohol dehydrogenase enzyme method (Beckman CX 7, Paris). GGT levels were assayed by means of an enzyme method at 37 ˚C by using a Bayer Diagnostic CHEM 1 automated analyzer (Leverrusen, Germany). Normal GGT values are <65 IU/liter (14, 15). The sensitivity of the GGT measures ranged from 40% to 88%, and the specificity ranged from 50% to 90% (16–18).
Normal values of serum CDT are <60 mg/liter. The serum was stored at –20°C until it was assayed. CDT was measured by means of immunonephelometric assay on the basis of microisocratic anion-exchange chromatography, as described by Schellenberg et al. (19) of France. The CDT level has proved a good marker of harmful drinking; it has a sensitivity of about 82% and a specificity of about 97% (20, 21). Yersin et al. (10) have shown that the CDT level is a particularly sensitive marker in subjects under age 40, which age usually coincides with the clinical stage of alcohol abuse and is therefore in line with our study design.
Various studies have demonstrated the lack of any correlation between GGT and CDT levels, and the independence of these two markers (22–24). Combining them therefore increases sensitivity (86% for determining alcohol abusers and 96% for determining alcohol-dependent patients) (25).
We used the CAGE questionnaire as a standard interview for screening alcoholism. Multiple studies have shown that the CAGE questionnaire has the advantage of being fast, simple, and inexpensive, and it performs well (11, 12). A survey was conducted to validate the French version of the CAGE questionnaire. The sensitivity of the test was 83%, the specificity was 96%, and the percentage of patients correctly classified was 95.5%, resulting in a prevalence rate of 9% alcoholics, revealing that the French version of the CAGE is effective with the use of two or more positive answers as evidence for alcoholism (26).
The significance threshold was set at p<0.05. According to the distribution of the variables, data were expressed as means and standard deviations or as means, medians, and ranges. Comparisons were accomplished by means of the chi-square statistic and nonparametric tests (Mann-Whitney U and Spearman's rank correlations).
We enrolled all 178 patients who arrived at emergency services at Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital during July 1997 and March 1998 with acute alcohol intoxication. Twelve patients (6.7%) met the initial exclusion criteria; three of these refused to give consent. Thus, 166 eligible patients (93.3%) were included in the study. Most of them (N=95, 57.2%) had been admitted to emergency services between 4:00 p.m. and midnight, compared with the numbers admitted from midnight to 8:00 a.m. (N=36, 21.7%) and from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (N=35, 21.1%). There were 130 patients (78.3%) admitted to the medical section and 36 (21.7%) admitted to the surgical section of emergency services. Their mean age was 41.7 years (SD=11.5); 124 (74.7%) were male, and 42 (25.3%) were female. About one-half (N=87, 52.4%) lived alone, and only 44 (26.5%) were employed.
Their mean blood alcohol level was 2.41 g/liter (median=2.36, range=0.86–4.61). The highest blood alcohol levels were found in the patients admitted between 4:00 p.m. and midnight (mean=2.52 g/liter), compared with those admitted from midnight to 8:00 a.m. (mean=1.83 g/liter) and 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (mean=2.44 g/liter). Their mean GGT level was 154 IU/liter (median=56, range=7–2,463), and their mean CDT level was 100.8 mg/liter (median=79.6, range=31.4–355.2). No significant relation was found between positive GGT (>65 IU/liter) and positive CDT (>60 mg/liter) levels (χ2=0.05, df=1, p=0.82) (rs=0.12, N=166, t=1.56, df=164, p=0.12).
The mean CDT level was significantly higher in men (107.9 mg/liter, median=87.7, range=31.4–355.2) than in women (79.8 mg/liter, median=70.5, range=35.3–269.0) (Mann-Whitney U test: z approximation=–2.42, p=0.02). The mean blood alcohol level was also significantly higher in men (2.49 g/liter, median=2.50, range=0.86–4.61) than in women (2.15 g/liter, median=2.06, range=0.98–3.78) (Mann-Whitney U test: z approximation=–2.39, p=0.02). A significant relation was found between CDT and blood alcohol levels in men (rs=0.24, N=124, t=2.68, df=122, p=0.01) but not in women (rs=–0.001, N=42, t=–0.01, df=40, p=1.00). A significant relation was found between GGT and blood alcohol levels in the entire group (rs=0.38, N=166, t=5.25, df=164, p<0.0001).
The CDT level was >60 mg/liter in 109 (65.7%) of the patients, and the GGT level was >65 IU/liter in 69 (41.6%) of the patients. Thus, 132 (79.5%) of the patients had positive GGT levels, positive CDT levels, or both (F1). The CAGE questionnaire gave positive results (yes to two or more of four questions) for 137 (82.5%) of the patients (F1). Hence, 151 (91.0%) of the patients admitted to emergency services with acute alcohol intoxication had at least positive GGT or positive CDT levels or a positive CAGE questionnaire result (F1). In other words, only 15 (9.0%) of the patients had no positive results on the measures used (GGT or CDT levels or CAGE questionnaire).
To our knowledge, no studies have been carried out in patients admitted to emergency services for drunkenness to determine how many of them are moderate drinkers with simple acute alcohol intoxication and how many are alcohol abusers or are alcohol dependent, whose drunkenness is a sign of subacute or chronic alcohol intoxication. Our results show that the proportion of alcohol abusers or alcohol-dependent patients among those admitted to emergency services for acute alcohol intoxication was about 80% (positive GGT or CDT levels) and possibly 90% (positive CAGE questionnaire results or positive GGT or CDT levels).
Although the CAGE questionnaire is effective, simple, and quick, biological markers make it easier to initiate a discussion with patients who often deny having drinking problems or are unwilling to address them. The GGT level does not increase in acute alcohol abuse but only after consumption of about 80–200 g of alcohol every day for several weeks (23). CDT levels increase at lower levels of alcohol consumption. Although, to our knowledge, no study of a large group of patients has ever defined the quantity, duration, or frequency of alcohol consumption required to raise CDT levels, it appears that positive values of serum CDT are attained only after a period of alcohol consumption of about 60 g for at least 3 weeks (27–29). The GGT-CDT marker combination is particularly interesting because the alcohol-induced elevation of these parameters occurs by means of different mechanisms, which is why no correlation has been found between them, either in this study or in others (24, 27). Combining the GGT level with the CDT level is thus more sensitive (25) and therefore a good indicator of alcoholism.
Hence, it is wrong to diagnose—or consider—most patients admitted to emergency services with high blood alcohol levels as moderate drinkers seen with acute alcohol intoxication. Therapeutic strategies for moderate drinkers who occasionally get drunk are fundamentally different from those that apply to patients with alcohol abuse or alcohol dependence. In particular, for subjects who consume alcohol at harmful levels, it is vital to intervene early to forestall alcohol dependency, with its increasingly high mortality (30–33). The efficiency of brief interventions for heavy drinkers is well documented (34, 35).
The detection and early treatment of patients with alcohol problems should be a major health care objective today. However, although severe alcohol dependency is easy to diagnose, signs of alcohol abuse can be elusive. Admission to emergency services for drunkenness should be considered an indicator of likely pathological alcohol use. Indeed, patients admitted to emergency services for other reasons often prove to have alcohol problems (e.g., ill-defined episodes of malaise, falls at home, or accidents at work).
It thus seems desirable to use the CAGE questionnaire systematically (24, 36) (this could be done by physicians during clinical questioning on alcohol consumption patterns) for patients admitted to emergency services. All patients with acute alcohol intoxication or with positive CAGE questionnaire results should be systematically tested for elevated GGT and CDT levels as part of a full diagnostic examination (37).
This diagnostic approach might help correct the mistaken medical assumption that most patients with drunkenness are probably merely acutely intoxicated with alcohol. Any case of drunkenness in emergency services should be considered a clinical finding suggestive of alcohol abuse or alcohol dependency, requiring appropriate specialized examination and care, including medical psychological and social therapy.
Received Oct. 26, 1999; revisions received May 2 and July 26, 2000; accepted Aug. 10, 2000. From Medical Psychology Center B, the Biochemistry Department, the Department of Biostatistics and Medical Information Technology, and the Department of Emergency Medicine, University Medical School, Clermont-Ferrand. Address reprint requests to Dr. Schwan, Centre Médico-Psychologique-B, rue Montalembert, F-63003 Clermont-Ferrand Cedex 1, France; firstname.lastname@example.com (e-mail). The authors thank Drs. A. Feral, D. Boussiron, and A. LeBlanc for their work and Drs. M. Plane and E. Nigon for organizational assistance.
Frequency of Biological Markers of Alcoholisma or a CAGE Questionnaire Positive Findingb Among 166 Patients Admitted to Emergency Services With Acute Alcohol Intoxication
aCarbohydrate-deficient transferrin (CDT) level >60 mg/liter; γ-glutamyltransferase (GGT) level >65 IU/liter.
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Massive thunderstorms have swept across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic states, knocking out power to thousands of people and causing some flash flooding in certain areas. In North Carolina particularly, deaths have been reported. Here's a snapshot of what is happening:
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- 11 ounces smoked trout (about 3 fillets), coarsely flaked
- 1 medium Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored, cut into matchstick-size strips
- 1 cup finely chopped celery (about 2 stalks)
- 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh chives
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- Calories219
- Carbohydrates19 g (6%)
- Fat12 g (19%)
- Protein9 g (18%)
- Saturated Fat2 g (9%)
- Sodium255 mg (11%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat1 g
- Fiber2 g (8%)
- Monounsaturated Fat1 g
- Cholesterol24 mg (8%)
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Effects of Imatinib Mesylate in Polycythemia Vera
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The purpose of this study is to determine the activity of Glivec 400 mg po daily, as single agent, in inducing a haematological response in Polycythemia Vera.
The patients will be asked to have additional bone marrow and blood samples collected: these samples will be used to evaluate how the disease is responding to the drug.
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Drug: Imatinib Mesylate
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|Glivec (Imatinib Mesylate) in the Treatment of Polycythemia Vera
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Reduction of Haematocrit to less than 45%. [ Time Frame: 6-12 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
- Reduction in platelet count and spleen size. [ Time Frame: 6-12 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
- Reduction of incidence phlebotomies. [ Time Frame: 6-12 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
- Symptoms improvement in patients. [ Time Frame: 6-12 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Response duration [ Time Frame: 6-12 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Safety profile [ Time Frame: 6-12 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
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Drug: Imatinib Mesylate
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Any rule prescribed under this chapter shall be prescribed in accordance with section 553 of title 5; except that the Commission shall give interested persons an opportunity for oral presentations of data, views, and arguments, in addition to written submissions. A transcript shall be kept of any oral presentation. Any such rule shall be subject to judicial review under section 57a (e) of this title in the same manner as rules prescribed under section 57a (a)(1)(B) of this title, except that section 57a (e)(3)(B) of this title shall not apply.
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The Commission shall initiate within one year after January 4, 1975, a rulemaking proceeding dealing with warranties and warranty practices in connection with the sale of used motor vehicles; and, to the extent necessary to supplement the protections offered the consumer by this chapter, shall prescribe rules dealing with such warranties and practices. In prescribing rules under this subsection, the Commission may exercise any authority it may have under this chapter, or other law, and in addition it may require disclosure that a used motor vehicle is sold without any warranty and specify the form and content of such disclosure.
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The United Arab Emirates' top religious authority has issued a fatwa against those annoying plastic horns everyone blows at the World Cup, citing possible hearing damage. Praise Allah. Is it grammatically correct to say something has been "fatwaed?" [AP]
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ST. THOMAS, USVI - The Iona College men's basketball team cruised to a 94-68 win over Wake Forest at the 2012 Ezybonds Global Payments USVI Paradise Jam. The Gaels (2-1) never trailed and used a ridiculous 41-5 run to open the contest. The 26-point win matched Iona's largest margin of victory over a "Super-6" school in program history.
Junior Sean Armand scored 20 of his 28 points in the first half and drained seven three point field goals in the win. The total matched the third highest single-game effort in school history. Armand holds the school record after hitting 10 trifectas vs. Siena last January. Against Wake Forest, he was 10-for-14 from the field and 7-for-10 from beyond the arc. The junior co-captain also dished out a career-best six assists and grabbed five rebounds in the all-around effort.
Fresh off his second career 40-point performance less than 24 hours earlier, senior Lamont Jones continued to shine with 21 points, six assists, four rebounds and two steals. Jones was 7-for-15 from the field and 3-of-6 from downtown.
Junior Tre Bowman posted his third straight double-digit point effort, 15 points for the second straight night. Bowman also got into the assist act with a season best three dimes.
Sophomore Tavon Sledge continued to put up crooked numbers in all stat categories. He posted nine points, five assists, and two steals. The 5-9 point guard led the Gaels with seven rebounds, the second time in three games he has accomplished the feat.
Iona's inside presence of senior Taaj Ridley and junior Shawn Jackson combined for 10 points and 11 boards in 36 minutes as the duo both battled foul trouble. Senior Curtis Dennis posted a season-best six points but his value came in statistics that do not show up in the box score as he was draw three charge calls and was credited with several defensive deflections.
Iona scored the first eight points of the contest before Wake Forest got on the board from the free throw line. With a 10-3 lead at the 16:46 mark, the Gaels scored the game's next 20 straight points to earn a 30-3 advantage less than six minutes later. After a Demon Deacon field goal, the Maroon & Gold continued to pour it on scoring 11 more in a row to earn a 41-5 advantage with 7:50 to play in the first half. Iona led by as many as 37 points in the half and went into the break with a 54-24 advantage.
Wake Forest would never get closer than 25 points in the second half as the Gaels earned their second straight rout of an ACC opponent. Last season at the Puerto Rico Tipoff, Iona earned an 89-63 win over Maryland on Nov. 20, 2011 to set a standard against a team from the top six conferences in the country. Iona improved to 38-115 all-time against teams from the ACC, Big 10, Big 12, Big East, Pac-12 and SEC and is now 2-2 under head coach Tim Cluess.
The Demon Deacons had three performers score 10 or more points led by Travis McKie's 13 point effort. He matched a team best with seven rebounds.
It was a vintage Iona stat line from a season ago. The Gaels shot 52.2% from the field and recorded 23 assists to just 13 turnovers. Wake Forest was held to 37.9% from the field and had 10 helpers and 19 giveaways. Iona also out rebounded its opponent 35-34.
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First Thunderbird 3 Alpha
The Mozilla project has just announced the availability of the initial alpha version of Thunderbird 3, codenamed "Shredder".
As you might guess from the codename, this is a very early developer version of the next generation mail client that is not intended for production use.
Shredder Alpha 1 builds on the Gecko 1.9 platform which also provides the underpinnings for Firefox 3. The primary goal of the recently released alpha version is to discover to what extent the platform will cooperate gracefully with Thunderbird.
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Around this time of year, we often think about all the things and people in our lives for which we are thankful. And that especially holds true for this local resident!
Anita Tamburri was in a horrific crash back in November in Bucks County.
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The struggling Republican presidential candidate released an ad on YouTube Tuesday that has garnered 41 times as many dislikes as likes. Perhaps his social media team forgot they could turn off that ability.
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A group called the Plastic Pollution Coalition is wrapping up its Think Beyond Plastic conference in Berkeley, Calif. today. The event was hosted by actor and activist Ed Begley Jr.
The event included a contest for entrepreneurs with products , services, materials and infrastructure solutions "that result in a measurable reduction in plastic pollution."
The winners of the Most Innovative Business award were D-Grade Clothing, a United Arab Emirates-based designer and producer of clothing collections from post-consumer plastic bottles; and Pulp Works, a U.S. compan that makes alternative packaging from pulp. Each received a $10,000 cash prize, plus $5,000 in donated legal service.
The winners of the Most Promising Emerging Business award were BYOB, a Malaysian supplier of bulk cleaning products and refill stations; In.gredients, a U.S.-based grocery store committed to reducing packaging; and Amazi, a digital phone app that helps consumers find water to refill reusable containers. Each received a cash prize of $500.
According to the coalition, more than 100 business plans were submitted for the award. Judges included some names familiar to Plastics News readers: Mike Biddle of engineering plastics recycler MBA Polymers, and Ramani Narayan, a professor at Michigan State University and an expert on packaging and biodegradability.
The Plastic Pollution Coalition plans to hold a second Think Beyond Plastic competition in 2014.
"We're incredibly excited about the success of the competition and are pleased to announce that Think Beyond Plastic will be an annual event," Executive Director Daniella Russo said in a news release.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Charles Heinlein will head West Virginia's public school system until the state superintendent's position is permanently filled.
The state Board of Education named Heinlein as superintendent on Tuesday. But the appointment is short term. Heinlein will return to his current position as deputy superintendent after the board hires someone to replace Jim Phares, who will retire June 30, media outlets reported.
State law does not allow the appointment of an interim superintendent.
Heinlein will take over the job on July 1 and will be paid $165,000. He also served as a short-term superintendent after the board fired former Superintendent Jorea Marple in 2012.
The board interviewed three finalists for the permanent position on Tuesday but did not release their names. The board said each candidate had requested confidentiality.
"It was entirely different when it was more local. Then, obviously, it was very difficult for anyone here in West Virginia to apply for a job without people knowing about it and it wasn't a problem for them. But this was very different, and this is not uncommon," board President Gayle Manchin said. "I just think in West Virginia it has been an oddity because it was never done that way before. To bring that caliber of candidates and people to West Virginia just makes me very proud."
She said each candidate has a "wealth of experience and expertise." She would not say whether any of them are from West Virginia or have served as state superintendents elsewhere.
"We had an exciting day. We interviewed three wonderful candidates. I'm so proud of the quality and caliber of the candidates that we have come down through the process," Manchin said.
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Pizza Hut Delivery Philippines
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Looking for some good pizza to match your bonding time with the family? Well to be quite frank there is nothing like having a pizza hut to munch on. And there is no better pizza brand that can do the magic trick quite like Pizza Hut Delivery. They boast of a wide variety of food that suites every single member of the family ranging from pizzas, pastas, chicken, salads and a whole lot more.
If you're getting a delivery might as well make sure that you would try their classic pizzas more specifically the Meat Lovers which is priced right around PHP 115 for personal, PHP 279 for regular and PHP 435 for family. If classic is not your thing, then better try out the Stuffed Crust Pizza, which contains a stuffing (cheese or sausage) in the crust.
Pizza Hut boasts of a wide variety of pizzas so if you want to taste something new then you better try their Tuscani line as well. The said line is priced right around PHP 350 – PHP 550. I would recommend you try out the Supremo which boasts of 9 choice toppings – beef, black olives with garlic and olive oil roasted bell peppers, Italian sausage, mozzarella cheese, onions, parmesan, pepperoni, and smoked ham, on a bed of premium tomato sauce. If you are still not satisfied with that, then why don't you try customizing your food? The company has recently offered "A Create Your Own Pan Pizza" wherein you can choose the toppings that you'd want to include.
The Pizza Hut Delivery Number is 911 – 1111
Pizza Hut has a variety of pizza choices I would recommend that you try a number of them to experience determine which one is the best . But for doing that, I would like to provide you a short list of other food that are included in their menu.
1. Chicken Wings – PHP 139
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"When will I ever use this in real life?" Such is the common query of students who resist the study of algebra, chemistry, Beowulf, Macbeth, etc. As a former high school English teacher, it was a challenge, (one I gladly accepted), to motivate and inspire students to embrace great literary works. And it was likewise very satisfying when those complaining students found that they could, in fact, find value and enjoyment in those great pieces. Knowledge for its intrinsic worth is a hard sell, but there is a recently published article, based on serious, controlled research, that supports the theory that classical literature can be of value in real life.
The research, conducted by David Kidd, formerly of Devine, Texas, and his advisor, professor of psychology Emanuele Castano, was published this October 3rd in Science magazine. The article describes five experiments conducted to affirm the theory that the reading of literary fiction aides people's capacity for recognizing the thoughts and emotions of others. He explains, "Some researchers call it 'mindreading' or 'mentalizing', and it is a critical ability." Psychologists refer to this as Theory of Mind (ToM). The report is introduced with this statement, "Understanding others' mental states is a crucial skill that enables the complex social relationships that characterize human societies." (Sciencexpress/3 October, 2013) Noteworthy, too, is that NYT published an article describing this research on its front page on Friday, October 4. (
As educators face changing requirements of students and evolving requirements of what is deemed important to teach, debates over such things as types of fiction and the importance of the arts are ongoing. Therefore, David felt it to be critical to supplement those debates with "empirical research".
Kidd and Castano found that participants who were assigned the reading of just a few pages from a short story or the reading of an excerpt from a novel performed "significantly better" on tests than did those who were assigned to read "expository nonfiction, genre/popular fiction, or nothing at all." David elaborates, "We predicted that reading literary fiction would lead participants to pay close attention to others' thoughts and feelings and so cause them to perform better on a test of this mind-reading ability. And that is just what we found: Reading literature draws our attention to other people, improving our ability to understand them."
Those of us who love literature applaud his theory and his findings! For me, it is interesting to consider that the types of entertaining novels we read, as well as the types of movies and TV shows we choose to watch, enable us to somewhat predict outcomes and behavior. In the great masterpieces, however, we are often surprised, and many times disappointed, in those outcomes. In short, fictional literary characters are less predictable.
David enlightens us: "What I find most interesting about the results of these experiments is the idea that the cultural world around us impacts how our mind works. If we place ourselves in an environment that tells us that people are more or less predictable and defined by their social class, race, gender, or occupation, we may end up actually believing that to be the case. One of the things that great writers and artists do is to remind us that people are not simple, that everyone's life is deeply complex and marked by the same challenges and moments of joy as our own."
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Chi Sigma Iota is the international honor society of professional counseling. It was established in 1985 through the efforts of leaders in the profession of counseling whose desire was to provide recognition for outstanding achievement as well as outstanding service within the profession. CSI was created for counselors-in-training, counselor educators,and professional counselors whose career commitment to research and service through professional counseling. The mission of CSI is to promote scholarship, research, professionalism, leadership, and excellence in counseling, and to recognize high attainment in the pursuit of academic and clinical excellence in the professional of counseling. University of West Georgia's CSI chapter is the Gamma Zeta Chapter. Dr. Becky Stanard started the Gamma Zeta chapter at UWG approximately 10 years ago and served as Chapter Faculty advisor until 2010. In 2010 Dr. Julia Chibbaro became Gamma Zeta's chapter faculty advisor and in 2011 Dr. Michael Keim agreed to serve as co-advisor of the chapter. In order to become a member of Gamma Zeta, students must have completed at least 9 credit hours and earned a GPA of 3.5 or higher. Dr. Chibbaro has applications available outside of her office, room 225, Education Annex. Click here to go to the Chi Sigma Iota webpage.
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Graduate Student Affairs Professionals (GSAP)
The Graduate Student Affairs Professionals is the primary organization for graduate students in the College Student Affairs program and strives to cultivate enriching opportunities for professional and social development, while fostering opportunities for life-long learning in the field of student affairs.
Events Hosted: GSAP Annual End of the Year Awards Banquet, SAPplings Mentoring Program, PREVENT@UWG Gatekeeper Training, Other Socials and Events
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LPCA (Licensed Professional Counselors Association of Georgia,
The mission of the LPCA Student Affiliate Organization (SAO) at the University of West Georgia (UWG) is to promote awareness of the counseling profession, and the professional development of counselors-in-training at the UWG. We are committed to the support and promotion of the interests of the LPCA and its members. The UWG SAO will provide a unified voice for counseling students. The goals of the LPCA UWG Student Affiliate Organization are to:
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Did you know… that LPCs are excluded from all legislation, both state and Federal. It is through the efforts of the LPCA of Georgia that the counseling profession is represented at the state level, and LPCA members are number 1 in the United States for Federal advocacy. That only happens if all students, LAPCs, and LPCs join us. Our membership dues fund our lobbying efforts. Through the LPCA, members are provided mentors, help with licensure applications, discounts on liability insurance, free networking, workshops, and opportunities at the conventions.
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If power is generated from coal, what makes an electric vehicle 'greener' than my gas vehicle?
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Most people have all kinds of insurance: house, car, health, dental, etc.
But have you ever thought you might need insurance to cover a trip, possessions, luggage or health, while traveling?
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Travel insurance, most importantly, the right kind of travel insurance, has become an essential for smart travelers.
If you don't buy the right kind of travel insurance, you could be figuratively "up the creek" if something bad happens while on vacation.
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In general, people think they are covered when traveling if they have health care insurance.
This is true within the United States. However, outside the U.S. that may not be the case.
In some cases, health insurance won't cover you if you're traveling on a foreign-flagged vessel. This is a huge red flag since most cruise ships, even those cruising U.S. waters, are not flagged under the U.S.
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In many cases, even if you are covered for basic emergency care overseas (again, a big if), in almost all cases, your current health insurance does not cover evacuating you and returning back to the U.S.
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. Your bags have been lost and your prescription medications are in them.
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. You're involved in an accident, or have some type of medical emergency, and need medical treatment that is not available in the area and thus require an evacuation.
. You need to cancel your trip due to your or a family member's illness
. Your airline, cruise line or tour operator goes bankrupt.
. A terrorist incident occurs at the destination you plan to visit, so you want to cancel your trip.
. A hurricane forces you to evacuate your resort, hotel or cruise.
. Death occurs during the vacation.
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Is the Ivy League a waste of money?
The merits of elite schools are open to debate, but there's no question that a college education is now essential -- and that aspiring students need to set practical goals.
Related topics: college, college tuition, Liz Weston, student loans, financial aid
Princeton professor and economist Alan Krueger set out to prove an Ivy League education paid off. He wound up proving exactly the opposite.
Well, sort of. In 1999, Krueger and fellow researcher Stacy Berg Dale discovered (.pdf file) that students who were good enough to get into Ivy League schools but who attended other colleges earned just as much after graduation as those who actually went to the more elite schools.
A new version of their study (.pdf file), which includes more data and tracks subjects' income for decades longer, was released this month. It came to the same conclusion: Elite colleges don't pay off financially for most graduates.
The only grads in this group of highly qualified students who seemed to enjoy any significant financial advantage from attending Ivy League schools, the researchers found, were African-Americans, Latinos and people from low-income homes or whose own parents hadn't gone to college.
The researchers' findings, however, seem to have had no discernible impact on the arms race that the elite college admission process has become. Last year, Princeton, for example, was the most selective it's ever been, offering acceptance to a scant 8.18% of the record 26,247 students who applied. Other Ivy League schools reported a similar surge in applications for their finite number of openings.
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Whether or not an Ivy League education makes a difference, parents and students think it does, so they continue to battle to get in.
Liz Weston
Other studies have shown that attending elite private schools does give graduates a financial advantage, especially when measured against the least selective schools. A widely cited study by researchers from Rand, Cornell and Brigham Young University, which was released the same year as the original Krueger-Dale study, found that alumni of an elite school earned more than those who attended a middle-ranked private institution and much more (as much as 39% more) than those who attended one of the least selective public universities.
Measuring an education's worth by future earnings is just one metric. It's also certainly true that elite colleges invest a heck of a lot more in their students' educations than the least selective schools -- and that the gap has widened dramatically in the past couple of generations.
Caroline Hoxby, a Stanford economics professor -- and a Harvard graduate who disparages the Krueger-Dale study -- notes that the elite schools spent about 4.5 times as much per student in 1967 as the least selective colleges. The gap had widened to 7.75 times ($92,000 for the elites, versus $12,000 for the bottom-ranked schools) by 2007.
I'll stop with the studies at this point, because my purpose here isn't to decide the relative value of an Ivy League education for any individual. My purpose is to get parents and students thinking about something else that needs to be a factor, which is what they can really afford. To that end, I'd like to make two points:
- An education is like anything else you can buy. It's possible to overspend, sometimes dramatically when borrowing is involved.
- If the choice is between chaining yourself to a lifetime of horrific debt and going to a good public university, the public school should start looking better.
I'm not one of those who warns against the evils of all debt. I see federal student loans -- with their fixed rates, many consumer protections and forgiveness options -- as good debt when used in moderation. That's especially true these days, when a college education is pretty much a requirement to get into the middle class (or keep from falling out of it).
In fact, I worry about those who refuse to take on any debt and so don't get a college degree. Here I'll quote researchers Richard Settersten and Barbara Ray, who parsed a decade of longitudinal and panel studies of people in their 20s for their new book "Not Quite Adults":
"Debt is not the main reason young adults are failing to launch," they wrote. "In fact, not taking on debt is sinking the futures of many young adults. Fearful of the burden of college loans, they are underinvesting in themselves at this critical time, letting their immediate worries compromise their long-term security. . . . Not taking on college debt in this knowledge economy is a costly decision."
But borrowing a huge pile of money, either as a student or a parent, on the assumption the education will pay off no matter what -- well, that's just foolish.
The real advantage of Ivy-League schooling is - and always was - networking. An Ivy degree opens doors that others simply don't. This is most certainly not a good thing, but it is a fact. Especially in the professions, the "old-boy network" continues, though in a much weaker fashion than in the past. Excellent non-Ivy schools graduate more and more of our most talented men and women, and the gap is narrowing, but an Ivy education is still an asset that often has no relation to the quality of the graduate.
Disclosure: I went to a non-Ivy college and two Ivy professional/graduate schools; they were all good. The education I got depended more on me than on the schools. I studied for some courses like mad and slept through others. My kids followed the same pattern; we are all "well-educated," but those Ivy schools shine - if only on our resumes.
-President Obama (Columbia undergrad and Harvard law)
-President JFK (Harvard undergrad, Harvard named their govt school after him...)
-President Woodrow Wilson (Princeton undergrad, Princeton named their govt school after him...)
-President George Bush Sr. (Yale undergrad)
-President Clinton (Yale law school)
-President FDR (Harvard undergrad, Columbia law)
-Ban Ki Moon - UN Secretary General
-Bill Gates (dropped out)
-Mark Zuckerburg (dropped out)
-Warrent Buffet (Columbia MS, Upenn undergrad for two years)
-and a number of Nobel Prize winners in every category they offer (all Ivy Leagues)
This list goes on a on, but this doesn't mean there aren't very reputable state schools. Univ of Michigan produced President Gerald Ford. Stanford and MIT, although both are private, are basically ivys and produced the Google founders and other world-changing leaders. Actually, one Google founder attended Michigan undergrad and the other attended Univ of MD undergrad. I just don't think it is fair to bash Ivy leagues, or anyone institution, without the facts.
Please do research next time before you answer because for some reason 2 people gave your response a thumbs up. I don't want them to be misinformed. Also, I did NOT go to an Ivy league, but I don't discredit the type of education you can get there. Also their endowments are so big, you basically pay nothing or the same amount that you would pay for a state school.
Oh and Steve Jobs? I guess you define respectable by how cool of the products his/her company makes? Because Steve Jobs is nowhere to be found on any list of top philanthropists. Actually, when he became CEO of Apple, he took away "charitable contribution matches" at Apple as a cost saving measure and has never put it back. I am sure he gives in private but he doesn't win awards for savings lives like Bill Gates.
I did not realize that 1 + 1 does not equal 2 in non ivy schools. Higher education has become big business in America and it is now more about pumping out fee-paying customers, than delivering quality and knowledgeable students. With an ivy school, you are effectively purchasing a name and quite often at the tax payers expense; considering they're allowed to use public student loans.
How many Ivy League equivalent schools does China, India, Europe and so forth have? Yet look at the caliber of the student they are educating, and in significantly higher numbers as well. To the contrary, Harvard (for example) is able to pick the crème de la crème of students; which means, regardless of what is being taught at a school, such students will do extremely well anyway.
Uh, before you crack on people you need to keep you're own back porch clean.
Yes, it is true the President Kennedy graduated from Harvard, but you fail to mention that he attended LBE first, and then transfered to Princeton before ever ending up at Harvard. He earned a degree in Science, which had nothing to do with Governement. The Kennedy school of Governement is as much named for his Father and Brothers as it is for him. he also attended Stanford Business school, but withdrew. Seems to me that Kennedy moved around a lot, but only graduated when he was close to home and Daddy's deep pockets.
President Clinton went to Yale Law, but his undergrad was from Georgetown, afterwhich he was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford. He is/was much smarter than Kennedy ever was.
It's important to paint a complete picture. You get out of college what you put into it...Period. I don't care where you attend. Perfect example--> President Carter. He started out at Geoergia Southwestern College, then transferred to Georgia Tech, then transferred to and graduated at the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. Also, probably our greatest president in the last century was far from attending an Ivy league school. He attended Eureke College, and later went onto act in Movies and become Governor or California, and then the President of the United States...Ronald Reagan.
"They are perhaps the best-educated generation ever, but they can't find jobs. Many face staggering college loans and have moved back in with their parents. Even worse, their difficulty in getting careers launched could set them back financially for years."
Entire population is awash in debt! That is the problem. Current debt levels are still huge compared to GDP. History shows debt to GDP ratio will snap back to the mean. This makes a case for deflation to continue. In this deflationary environment the best thing you can do is to avoid going into debt! Stay away from debt and save your dollars. They will be worth more at the bottom of the coming depression. Google for CONQUER THE CRASH KONDRATIEFF WAVE to understand the economic problem we are facing as a nation.
Let's see...it wasn't UNeducated people who created weapons of mass destruction; or created industries or products that exploit the natural resources of the planet (which happen to belong to all the species over the entire life of the planet); or created the majority of the conditions which is leading to the death of this planet; or created the ONGOING suffering of people being raped or exploited. But, it is the Educational System which has failed to acknowledge the value (or lack thereof) of specific information, allowing anything which can be conjured up in the mind be manifested through archaic principles of self-absorbtion, self-indulgence, entitlement. If something didn't resolve the human condition in the past, it is not going to solve anything now. Time for a new look at 'knowledge.' To NOT do so, is corrupt. It is not a matter of free speech which will solve anything; but the freedom to choose the better option for the (human) species, which so happens is NOT going anywhere soon (en mass) off the planet. If the truth (only) is not taught, why teach anything at all?
don't know what Ivy League schools cost today or what kind of jobs graduates can find. But they use to pay off very well in the past.
But I went to an Ivy League school in the South which most of you have probably never heard of Rice University 30 some odd years ago and had like $24,000 of student loans and got a job out of college paying $40,000 a year. Not quite sure what I blew the money on but in 12 years I had the loans paid off and brought a house which has been paid off for 4 years now.
That $24,000 has more than paid for itself I figure I have made 1/3 more than I would have or about $600,000 more. growing $24,000 to $600,000 in 26 years is a rate of return of 14 percent much better than the stock market.
So unless you are getting a bad degree (money wise) like an art degree and can only find a $32,000 a year job and have $110,000 loan you should be breaking even or getting ahead.
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