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Primary Care–Relevant Interventions to Prevent Falling in Older Adults (continued)
Although we conclude that exercise or physical therapy interventions and vitamin D supplementation reduce the risk for falling among community-dwelling older adults, it is unclear whether comprehensive multifactorial assessment and management interventions reduce the number of fallers. Overall, we found no major clinical harms for these effective interventions to prevent falls in older adults.
Most trials of vitamin D were not adequately designed to assess long-term adverse effects. On the basis of a recent AHRQ evidence report, we found limited evidence (based on 19 vitamin D trials in adults) that vitamin D intake above the current dietary reference amount may be harmful (17). The Women's Health Initiative reported a 17% increased risk for kidney stones in postmenopausal women aged 50 to 79 years whose daily vitamin D3 supplementation was 400 IU combined with 1000 mg of calcium (17). In most trials, reports of hypercalcemia and hypercalciuria were not associated with clinically relevant events.
We found evidence of possible minor harms for vision correction, an intervention without evidence of effectiveness. In a recent USPSTF report evaluating the harms of vision screening and early vision correction in older adults, a single small observational study showed an association between multifocal lens use and an increased risk for falls (adjusted odds ratio, 2.09 [CI, 1.06 to 4.92]) (18). Other treatments for uncorrected refractive errors showed limited evidence of harm.
Our results are similar to those of previous systematic evidence reviews and meta-analyses (16, 77-79), but they differ in some ways. Relevant recent systematic evidence reviews evaluating specific types of interventions (for example, multifactorial assessment and exercise) also included institutional and hospitalized populations (79-80). The purpose of our review was to evaluate outpatient approaches to falls prevention that are relevant to primary care to support the USPSTF recommendation process; thus, our review has a narrower focus than other reviews have had.
The most current review before ours, and the one that is most similar to ours, is a 2009 Cochrane Collaboration review (78). Like that review and meta-analyses, we found no statistically significant reduction in fall risk when all of the multifactorial assessment and management trials were pooled. Another recent systematic review and meta-analysis of multifactorial clinical assessment programs addressing fall risk also reported a lack of overall benefit (79), and a review addressing a broader grouping of complex interventions and outcomes reported a reduction in fall risk associated with these interventions (81). Although the lack of a consistent finding for an overall benefit may result from analyses combining studies that provide direct intervention with those studies that primarily provide referral (82-83), comprehensiveness did not seem to be a predictor of successful interventions in our analysis or in the 2009 Cochrane review (78). However, the current body of literature is sensitive to changes as new trials are published. For example, a recent good-quality trial from the United Kingdom (204 participants) that was published after our review search period ended evaluated comprehensive multifactorial falls assessment and management among community-dwelling older adults who called an ambulance after a fall but were not taken to the emergency department (84). After 12 months, the relative risk for falling between the intervention group and usual care was 0.86 (CI, 0.78 to 0.94). Although the addition of this trial does not affect the pooled estimate of risk for falling, it does affect the overall statistical significance for comprehensive interventions (relative risk, 0.88 [CI, 0.78 to 0.98]; number of active study groups, 7; I2 = 70.2%). The characteristics of a comprehensive multifactorial assessment and management intervention have not been clearly defined, and different approaches to classification may also lead to different results, although our coding of level of comprehensiveness was internally valid.
We conclude that exercise programs are effective overall, as did other reviews (77-78, 80). Like the 2009 Cochrane review (78), we did not find any evidence for differences in the results of fall prevention interventions on the basis of fall risk at baseline, although the intensity of the physical activity interventions was associated with greater reductions in the risk for falling (78, 80).
Unlike the recent Cochrane review and meta-analyses, we found that vitamin D supplementation was consistent with a reduced risk for falling. Our review, however, included data from 4 trials that were not included in the Cochrane review (65-66, 68, 71); these data were generally protective. One large null study (85) included in the Cochrane review was excluded from our review owing to problems with the outcome reporting. After our search period ended, a good-quality trial evaluating a single large oral dose of vitamin D (500,000 IU) showed a paradoxical effect, in which the intervention group had an increase in fallers compared with the placebo control group at 12 months (74% vs. 68%; P = 0.003) (86). After we included this study in the meta-analysis, the relative risk reduction was attenuated but remained statistically significant (relative risk, 0.83 [CI, 0.71 to 0.97]). It was hypothesized that the mega-dose of oral vitamin D in the trial conducted by Sanders and colleagues (86) may have up-regulated CYP24, the enzyme that catabolizes 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D, leading to decreased levels of vitamin D and increased falling in the intervention group (87). Only 1 other small trial included in this review administered a single mega-dose of vitamin D to vitamin D-deficient participants and reported no difference in risk for falling over 6 months (64).
Our review has limitations. First, we included only English-language RCTs with a true control group that were conducted in community-dwelling older adults and tested outpatient interventions most applicable to primary care clinicians. Second, the heterogeneity of interventions to prevent falling—from the identification of an at-risk population to intervention approaches to the different methods of assessing relevant outcomes—is an inherent limitation in the conduct and interpretation of statistical syntheses of this research. Third, among the intervention trials, we identified no consistent method of identifying people at increased risk for falls. Most studies (68%) enrolled participants who were preselected for increased risk factors for falls, including history of falls, gait and balance impairment, clinical history (for example, stroke, Parkinson disease, recent hospitalization, or medication use), and clinical examination findings (for example, frailty). Fourth, the interventions are heterogeneous even within intervention categories. In particular, the exercise intervention and the multifactorial assessment and management interventions vary considerably in terms of focus and components of care. Fifth, published studies use diverse terms to describe trial components, creating difficulty in categorizing studies. Sixth, very few trials replicated the same intervention, and none of the study-level characteristics helped to explain study effects or reduce heterogeneity. This makes providing clear clinical recommendations with regard to details of successful interventions difficult. Seventh, measurement of outcomes was variable in terms of the method of data collection (prospective vs. retrospective) and the specific measures that were collected (fallers vs. falls). Finally, we report here the proportion of fallers as our primary outcome, but in the full report, we describe other outcomes, including the rate of fallers and health outcomes (injury and fractures, quality of life, disability, and mortality). However, these outcomes were much less commonly reported: only 20 of the included trials reported outcomes of fall-related fractures. In general, we found scant and inconclusive evidence on changing true health outcomes.
Recently, the Prevention of Falls Network Europe published a consensus document describing a common data set for fall prevention interventions; the routine use of these assessment instruments and procedures will enhance the quality and comparability of future trials and expand the available data on health outcomes and other positive outcomes (88). Although the consensus document does not address harms reporting, this is a critical need, particularly because harms were not systematically evaluated in the majority of fall prevention interventions in this review.
In conclusion, current research suggests that clinical interventions, such as vitamin D supplementation, exercise or physical therapy programs, and some comprehensive multifactorial fall assessment and management interventions, can reduce falls and are safe for community-dwelling older adults.
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Source: This article was first published in Annals of Internal Medicine (Ann Intern Med 2010;153:815-825).
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Internet Citation:
Michael YL, Whitlock EP, Lin JS et al. Primary Care–Relevant Interventions to Prevent Falling in Older Adults: A Systematic Evidence Review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. December 2010. http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf11/fallsprevention/fallsprevart.htm


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Three Ways to Increase Your Faith
- Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Three Ways to Increase Your Faith
How do you increase your faith? I used to struggle with this as a young Christian. But in time I've learned at least three simple ways to help build and increase our reliance on God.
1. Read the Word
Or at least hear God's Word. Romans 10:17 (NKJV) says, So then, faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. If no one had ever told me about Jesus, and about God's plan for my life, or if I had never read for myself about Him, I would be clueless about the need for faith.
Reading or hearing God's Word is like planting a garden. If you want to grow or "build" a garden, you must first plant the seeds, or the actual plant or flower. God's Word is the seed that grows the faith. Knowing His promises, what God says about you, about life, and about Jesus' plan for eternal life won't transplant themselves into your brain by osmosis. Become familiar with the Bible and what faith is all about by meditating on its contents. This will give you the basis for growing or increasing your faith.
2. Heed the Word
James 1:22-24(NKJV) offers a second way to increase your faith: But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. What I see in the mirror when I first wake up is not the most beautiful sight. Obviously I see there is work to do and makeup to apply if I want to add to my appearance.
If we fail to heed what we're reading and ignore what God is telling us, then our faith grows stagnant. It took faith for us to become children of God in the first place. Therefore, in order to grow and increase our faith, we need to use that "measure" of faith God gives to everyone and build on it.
3. Test the Word
There is a difference in "testing" God by "contesting" Him (seeing how far God's patience will go with your own self will) and "testing," or proving God's Word is true. Malachi 3:9-11 (NIV) offers one practical way God says we can prove Him faithful to His Word. This passage concerns tithing and being good stewards of the things He has given us: Test me in this," says the Lord Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it." As you "test" or act on what God says and experience God's blessing, your faith grows.
The process of testing the measure of faith you have may involve trials and difficulties. How can you increase your faith in those circumstances? Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance (James 1:2-3, NIV).
A Personal Example
The first time my husband and I had to admit we were financially challenged, we had some choices to make. The biggest one was, would we trust God and the promises we had read in His Word? When a new difficulty developed, we faced the same choices. If we chose to believe God, our faith grew a little more. Then the really big crises erupted, like unemployment, parenting, and marriage challenges.
But each time we looked back and saw the tracks of God's faithfulness. He truly had kept His Word, and we came to understand the true meaning of "perseverance." Trusting Him with smaller problems has built our faith to believe Him for the harder issues. Yet, there are still times when I feel more like a baby in my faith than a giant. It's always in need of growing.
My Prayer for You
Lord Jesus, increase our faith as we learn to depend on You and trust You more and more. Help us to crave Your Word: to read it, to heed it, and to test it, so it can truly become part of our lives. We long to be doers and not just hearers. Lord, we desperately need more of You and less of ourselves. Thank You for Your faithfulness in always keeping Your Word.
Day-votedly Yours,
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The women's movement has made it easier for us to crush through many a glass ceiling, have children if and when we want, and enjoy casual hook-ups, but one effect doesn't exactly seem like something to celebrate: More women are popping the question. According to a poll from the online dating site Swoon, one in 10 gals have asked their guy to tie the knot, because they were fed up with waiting for him to do it himself. Gah!
I'm sure there are instances where it makes sense, and the woman feels totally confident in her decision to be the one to propose marriage. More power to those women! But in most cases, I would think asking him yourself is a major bummer.
For one, it's probably the opposite of empowering.
Most of my close female friends who live with their significant others do enough for their guys as it is, i.e., at least 50 percent of the housework/chores, most of the grocery shopping and cooking, etc., all while working their own jobs. Having to propose yourself seems almost like saying, "Sure, honey, I'm willing to take on ALL the work -- including asking you to be my husband." Screw that! The least a guy can do is make up his own mind to get married, plan the proposal, and get on one knee!
Plus, don't we really want to know that he made up his mind to ask, "Will you be my wife?" Wouldn't you always wonder if/when/how he would have done it himself? I would.
I know I'm on to something here, because even Swoon backs me up. They found 75 percent of women who asked their men to marry them "wished their partner had beaten them to it." Uh, duh!
It's not anti-feminist to allow your guy to take the initiative sometimes. It's the same thing as letting him be the one to get you flowers or enjoying when he's the one initiating a good time in bed. Millionaire Matchmaker Patti Stanger has preached it, and I agree -- there are certain times we need to let our guys wear the pants and lead the way. He'll feel more secure and, therefore, happier, and in turn, so will you. It's a relationship win-win.
That said, you can call me old-fashioned, but I can't help but think most women will be more satisfied -- and their relationships will be better off -- if they let marriage proposals remain a man's job.
Are you for or against women popping the question?
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I'm shocked that Janelle didn't write this.
I asked my husband to marry me.... 22 years ago. We're still happily married. I just knew he was the one, the moment was more than right and I have no regrets. My husband is a man's man but if you understand how a well balanced relationship works you will notice that there is no reason to hold back if the timing is right. There were many roles he took that some men won't even consider, like rocking our children to sleep or reading to them... Some men won't even change a diaper, mine did it all without one complaint. Balance and honesty, that's what marriage really is... it doesn't matter who popped the question.
I would never propose BUT I don't see anything wrong with it...women AND men regret proposals.
This is so funny. no word of a lie . i just ask my man to marry me :) :) :) :) we have a very man woman role relationship but i wanted to take the pressure off. see we cant afford to get married and i know he was feeling the pressure of a ring even though i told him to get me a gem stone ring. he still wants to get me the real deal. so i made him a ring. he loves gifts that are from the heart, its maybe cheesy but he loved it and i even said when he can he can ask me.he was very touched and happy. and we are going to celebrate this weekend. i know we re secure in our relationship and we both wanted the same thing so i know it wont negativly affect our relationship. i say if you BOTH know for sure and have taled about it seriously talked about and you know your man then go for it and ask him.
Women should not ask men to mrry them. This is part of the problem with the Women's Lib Movement. A man should always ask the woman to marry him.
My husband and I decided to get married. There was no proposal, no big wedding. It was sooooo simple and stress-free. Romance is best done on a daily basis, not saved up for one big sweeping romantic gesture and then stop having sex like "normal" married people.It's like blowing your load in one shot.
That said, the only time this should happen is when they are perfectly satisfied being not married, but need to get married for tax reasons.
If it works for you...do it. Not my style, though. If my husband was waiting on me to ask him we'd still be dating.
I'm from the South, too, and I think either way is absolutely fine.
The idea of a "man-wife" staying home with the kids and cooking dinner....was that a joke? Because it's called being a "husband" and pitching in. Again, either parent staying home or helping with dinner is a good thing.
It's a partnership. Both partners are equal. The sooner we catch on to that, the sooner we can all just chill out and appreciate each other.
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I don't usually make posts this long (or posts at all) but I really wanted sixpenceee to see this because I thought it was really interesting. Some time back in 2013 while exploring /x/ on 4chan an interesting site came up called esotericamerican.org sadly the original site has for some reason disappeared BUT I have linked a web history that shows the site as it was in 2013? Here
During the time the site was up it sparked a lot of interest and controversy because of what it was about. I can't remember exactly but the site explained that gradually they would open up "Lessons" for anyone who wanted to delve into the dark arts/occult rituals (each symbol in the image would eventually light up to open a lesson) and would teach anyone the basics of summoning demons etc.
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So this site was floating around and already had its first Lesson up which is titled "Invoking and capturing a Yokai spirit" and explained what capturing this demon in a jar would do for you: A Yokai will illuminate your dreams with knowledge and personal revelations. A lot of users tried it out and have claimed a variety of things happening such as: A user found out their deceased father wasn't really their father, another claimed to have found his wife cheating on him and aborting the conceived children of other men. My twin sister was about to try it but we agreed it was a bad idea to capture a demon against its will. :) The site also explains how to properly dispose of the Yokai. (The jar must never be opened)
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I was fortunate enough to witness 4chan users emailing the occult group about their website and returning with interesting information, but it was a year ago so the thread is long gone :/ Eventually the site became unavailable to users. (rumors stating the site was under a cyber attack) What was left was a blank page with a circle in the center, other times the page presented a black background with two circles resembling eyes. Since then the site has not been accessible nor does it exist anymore.
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Phil Factor SQL Speed Phreak Competition: No 2
This competition is now over, but the winner, Dave, got an Amazon Voucher for $60, and the privilege of being able to display the 'Phil Factor SQL Speed Phreak' award on their own site
It was quite a struggle with some close competition from many of those who participated in this competition. However, Dave came up with a clever solution that produced an FIFO calculation from a million rows in a just a few seconds. The third Phil Factor Speed Phreak competition will soon be held on here. Watch out!
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This competition is to calculate current items in stock and current stock value in FIFO order.
I have seen many different algorithms to do this and most of them involve a cursor.
Can it be done more quickly without, or even with, a cursor? In other words, what is the fastest way in SQL Server (any version) to provide this stock inventory report?
Beware that the sample file includes the two extra columns; CurrentItems (INT) and CurrentValue (MONEY) !
The table is in this form (simplified from the way we'd do it in a real system of course).
You are welcome to change the two nonclustered indexes to suit your solution. You can download the complete sample data here. I have an idea of my own of the way to do this but I don't know if it is the fastest.
Explanation of FIFO rules (example, abbreviated)
a) First IN add 738 items (each $245.94) to the stock, for a total of $181,503.72
As mentioned before, the CurrentItems and CurrentValue columns in the sample data are only included for you to validate your routines.
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The winner will be amongst the tied fastest entrants (generally there is a group of these) and it will be the one with the highest number of votes. We'll announce the winner in three week's time on 16th November.
For a starter, here is a common cursor based solution that you will find in production in many places.
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Was there any particular reason you disallowed CLR functionality?On an initial look, this would be the ideal scenario in which to use a CLR type...
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Two things had us made this decision: 1) We have tried CLR before and there was no performance gain. 2) To test and verify, poster need to disclode the source code for the suggestion. But if you have a CLR routine that runs on 15 seconds or less, I think Phil will be interested in testing it.
Oct 23, 2009 at 05:08 PM Peso
Questions: 1) Is the Stock Transaction List referred to the one that will be used for Final Evaluation? If not, can you describe the differences? 2) What is the configuration that entries will be (finally) evaluated on?
Oct 23, 2009 at 05:09 PM RBarryYoung
Yes, the downloadable file is the data against all suggestions will be measured. Phil will drop or rename the two last columns so that no suggestion can use them. I guess Phil will be using same test harness as last time with 'Subscription List' competition.
Oct 23, 2009 at 05:16 PM Peso
Those filtered indexes will only work on SQL Server 2008, right?
Oct 23, 2009 at 05:46 PM RBarryYoung
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I had some help with this one from a friend (thanks Mark!). it's just at a second on my machine. Let me know if I did anything wrong
answered Nov 05, 2009 at 01:08 PM
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Impressive! I get wrong results from this for some rows, but I don't think it's going to be difficult to fix. Impressive.
Nov 05, 2009 at 02:32 PM Gianluca Sartori
See for example ArticleID 24986.
Nov 05, 2009 at 03:43 PM Peso
And change last SELECT statement to
select articleid, finalitems, finaldollars from #fifofinal order by articleidAlso change all cleanup to last statement so that I can run this 10 consecutive times. No nees to drop and recreate index.
Nov 05, 2009 at 03:44 PM Peso
I have investigated the query, and the culprit is "end * max(s.price)". The price is not the max price, it is the latest price for an IN transaction. The max price may be the earliest price if price value is falling.
Nov 05, 2009 at 04:01 PM Peso
I have a question regarding the rule for Returns. As follows:
You explain that because we can't track which original sales were being returned, therefore we always price returns at the price of the IN immediately preceding the return. However, this does not make sense in the case when there were no OUTS after the IN which immediately precedes the RET. In such a case, because we know that the RET could not have been of the items that just came IN. The rule should be "RET is priced at the price of the IN immediately preceding the OUT immediately preceding the RET."
This way RETs can be consistently ignored in the calculations, because only real INs count. And it is consistent with FIFO.
please advise
answered Nov 06, 2009 at 03:03 AM
It does make sense for the economists. They want their stock to be as accurate values as possible. If we encounter a customer return ("RET"), we want the stock to be updated with the latest known value the the article used in the return. And since we cannot track exact order from which the article was taken out at, we use the latest known price available. For example, if price is increasing, we want the stock to be valued at the higher (latest) price, not the price originally assigned, and if the price is decreasing, we want the same thing, the latest known price for that article.
Nov 06, 2009 at 04:31 AM Peso
Adn regarding your OUT statement. The OUTtake can span several IN transactions. Which price do you suggest we use, if an OUT drains 5,6 or more IN's?
Nov 06, 2009 at 04:32 AM Peso
Even though under FIFO, current value is tracked at the more recent purchase prices, the value of goods already in inventory is not adjusted up or down just because another purchase is made at a different price. The premise of FIFO is not to track the value of current inventory at the latest, or most accurate basis. This is not market based cost tracking, or LCM. It's one of two accounting constructs designed for an environment where a) inventory value is tracked at cost, and b) subtractions from inventory cannot be tracked back to the exact point and price of entry. In such an environment, the arbitrary, yet consistent, assumption that First in First Out provides a method to consistently track value in an inherently inconsistent and unknown environment.
The problem with always using the latest IN price for returns is that in cases where no OUTS occurred after the latest IN, or where the number of items returned exceeds the number of OUT items that sold after the latest IN, the practice violates condition a) above - that value is tracked at cost.
Since RETs can only happen if there are OUTS, it makes sense to treat RETs as cancellations of the OUTS. And just like OUTS can span several INs (that's a premise of the rule), RETs can span, or cancel, several OUTs.
I'm not hung up over it, I can see how treating a RET as another purchase at the most recent price is consistent as well, but that complicates the query:)
answered Nov 06, 2009 at 05:29 AM
Here's my entry. I'm calculating running count in reverse order and grouping INs and RETs based on their rank in the stock. Runs in 1.4 sec on my crappy laptop and requires "just" 53933 scans.
answered Nov 06, 2009 at 06:15 AM
Gianluca Sartori
Seems promising. I will test it when I have access to a clean test machine.
Nov 06, 2009 at 07:48 AM Peso
I get between 126k to 169k reads... We'll see what Phil get on his test harness
Nov 06, 2009 at 02:07 PM Peso
Uhmm... strange. On my laptop it runs faster than Dave's query. Well, I'm glad to see it's a good entry anyway.
Nov 06, 2009 at 02:25 PM Gianluca Sartori
For last competition, the Subscription List SQL Problem, we saw a huge difference for suggestions run on laptops vs servers, even if they both had same version number for both instances.
Nov 06, 2009 at 03:02 PM Peso
Gianluca, for Phil to accurate test this suggestion, please comment which indexes you use besides IX_Stock_GS1. Are you using the non-clustered indexes in the competition? Or variations of those?
Nov 06, 2009 at 04:08 PM Peso
Another try, with a quirky update. It doesn't perform as fast as the others, but it's another way to solve it quite quickly.
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Gianluca Sartori
This runs in 4.5 seconds, so I rounded it up to 5 seconds. We'll know better when Phil returns.
Nov 07, 2009 at 03:42 AM Peso
He has returned!! I'm just pasting it into the harness...
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The Ledge is a fully adjustable all-round climbing harness. Mine has done some multipitch ice climbing, been worn for skiing up a glacier, toted full racks up trad climbs, taken some good lobs sport climbing, been used for jumaring up ropes to get some interesting photographs and for lengthy belaying sessions whilst my mate rehearsed the intricacies of a delicate hard route he was trying to redpoint. So the Ledge is a jack-of-all-trades harness but, like many similar harnesses, you can say that it is also a master of none. Nevertheless for a climber doing a little bit of everything and only wanting or being able to afford one harness it is well worth considering.
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Although badged as 'Climbing Technology' – an Italian firm – if you look carefully at the instructions attached to the harness, you see that the Ledge is actually made by the Czech soft-goods manufacturing powerhouse of Singing Rock – a firm that actually makes harnesses sold under the brand names of a number of other leading companies. The Ledge seems to be of the same great quality of manufacturing that you expect from these harness experts.
The waist padding is of the split-frame design with one strip of webbing at the top of the harness and one at the base allowing gaps in between. This both saves a few grams in weight and means you get slightly less sweaty under the padding on hot days. I didn't notice any less lumbar support from the harness due to this design and, as a result, rather like it. On the other hand, I thought the leg loops could give more support. The foam in the leg padding is soft so despite being relatively wide it does not give a lot of support. When you are actually climbing and even falling off you don't notice this at all, but when my climbing partner Ed used the harness when we were ice climbing in Norway, his first comment arriving on easy ground after a long abseil on the descent was: "the leg loops aren't very comfy on this harness!"
I wondered if Ed was comparing it rather unfairly to the burly industrial harnesses he used to wear in his previous career as a roped access worker, but have since found similar whilst using the Ledge myself. It was most obvious whilst belaying another mate Tony on one of his redpoint projects. I normally find belaying people who are working routes quite a mellow process but that day, with the legs loops pushing sharply into the back of my thighs, was fighting the urge to tell him that he had now taken quite enough of a rest and could get his weight off the rope and try the bloody move again!
If you bash up some classic gully on the Ben one month, go cragging at Stanage the next and multipitching Lakeland classics a few weeks after that, and want one harness that does it all at a competitive price – then the Ledge is well worth a look.
Using the Ledge for jumaring ropes for photographic purposes has only reinforced my opinion that this isn't the best harness if you expect to be hanging in it (or holding someone else's weight on it) for long periods. If there is an upside to the softness of the leg padding, it is that the harness folds up very easily and neatly into a small package in comparison to many other fully adjustable all-round harnesses – not a bad a thing if your climbing often starts with a lengthy hike. At 540 grams, it is also not too heavy in comparison to some of its competitors, although some lighter options exist.
Racking comes from four medium sized looped racks and one additional small webbing slot at the back that will hold one krab – for example the HMS holding your belay device. Whilst being able to carry a reasonable amount of gear on the four racks, it felt cramped in comparison to the seven large racks on my DMM harness. This perhaps betrays the harness' Italian design where sport climbing and icefalls – both of which don't require huge racks – are more the norm. Bolder climbers who don't need a large rack to make up for a deficit of courage will not notice the racking space though!
...but if you spend a lot of time hanging in your harness or taking the weight of your partner whilst she or he works the moves, then I think finding something with a bit more leg support might be better.
The Ledge is nicely made all-rounder. If you do a lot of projecting on sport (or even trad) routes and, as a result, spend a lot of time hanging in your harness or taking the weight of your partner whilst she or he works the moves, then I think finding something with a bit more leg support might be better. But, if you are type of climber who is bashing up some classic gully on the Ben one month, cragging at Stanage the next and multipitching Lakeland classics a few weeks after that, and want one harness that does it all at a competitive price – then the Ledge is well worth looking at. Indeed, at less than fifty quid, you'll find it hard to find a fully adjustable harness of this type cheaper unless it is discounted.
On a final note, the sizing given on Climbing Technology's website for the harness is bizarre. According to their measurements, I should have gone for an XL size with my 89 cm waist, but actually the M/L fits me fine with and could take a waist size much bigger than mine. I wear 34 inch jeans, so if you are the same or smaller, the M/L is as big as you will want to go.
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Yes! It's our best giveaway ever! Vaute has a new membership program, [love, Vaute], and to celebrate, we are giving away a three month membership! That means up to six Vaute tops for our lucky winner!
[love, Vaute] was created because, as you may already know, new Vaute stuff sells out so fast! So to reward their best customers, you can now get a membership that gives you a nice discount PLUS first dibs on new shirts before they go public! And there will be brand new designs launched each month, including two dedicated to Vaute's favorite nonprofits.
This month's top, benefiting Born Free!
Let me explain the program. You sign up for one of three options: a monthly subscription (two tanks or tees OR one long-sleeve shirt a month), a year-long subscription of new tops each month, or a 10-pack of tops to choose over a year. Like I said, when new designs come out, you will get first dibs before they go public. You'll have a week to pick your tops (or they will pick for you if you want!) before they go on sale for everybody.
After you sign up for one of the three membership plans, you take the membership quiz, this helps inform future designs or what they select for you if you don't want to choose your own. Then, every month when the new designs come out, Vaute will email you a link to the pre-sale store and you get to pick your monthly designs! FUN TIMES!
Leanne designed this top for Earth Day New York and their kids organic garden program: Lettuce Grow a Beautiful World!
Ok down to the giveaway! Vegansaurus is giving away a THREE-month [love, Vaute] membership! That means early access to choose free tops (two tanks or tees OR one long sleeve a month) for three whole months!
To win! Answer one or both of these questions:
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Leave your answer in the comments on this post and we will pick a winner by 5 p.m. EST next Tuesday, May 27! We will email the winner Tuesday/Wednesday.
UPDATE: It's open internationally! Yay!
Guys, this is so exciting. I want to enter! But I won't. But you guys can! Ok, go!
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CLOSED: The Oh She Glows Cookbook giveaway! With a sneak peek recipe! »
I got to make and review The Eat Your Greens Detox soup from The Oh She Glows Cookbook, now it's your turn! Not only that, but we are hosting a giveaway for you to own a physical copy of this gorgeous, full-color cookbook!
Eat Your Greens Detox Soup:
1 1/2 tsp coconut oil or olive oil
1 sweet onion
3 cloves garlic, minced
3 cups sliced cremini or button mushrooms
1 cup chopped carrots
2 cups chopped broccoli florets
Fine-grain sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
11/2 to 3 tsp grated and peeled fresh ginger
1/2 tsp ground turmeric
2 tsp ground cumin
1/8 tsp cinnamon
5 cups vegetable broth
2 large nori sheets, cut into 1 inch strips (optional)
2 cups torn kale leaves
Fresh lemon juice, for serving (optional)
In a large saucepan, heat the oil over medium heat. Add the onion and garlic and sauté for about 5 minutes, until the onion is soft and translucent.
Add the mushrooms, carrots, and broccoli and stir to combine. Season generously with salt and pepper and sauté for 5 minutes more.
Stir in the ginger, turmeric, cumin, and cinnamon and sauté for 1 to 2 minutes, until fragrant.
Add the broth and stir to combine. Bring the mixture to a boil and then reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer until the vegetables are tender, 10 to 20 minutes.
Just before serving, stir in the nori (if using) and kale and cook until wilted. Season with salt and pepper and a squeeze of fresh lemon juice, if desired.
I can't stress enough how great this soup is if, like me, you sometimes put your body through the ringer. It's both warming and so healthy; really great for all seasons.
That's not all though! We are giving away Angela Liddon's Oh She Glows Cookbook to one lucky Vegansaurus reader! To enter, please link to your favorite Oh She Glows blog recipe in a comment on this Vegansaurus post! It's okay if you haven't tried it yet, link one that looks especially scrumptious to you (I want to know what the people think is scrumptious!). Facebook comments don't count! The winner will be picked Monday, April 14th, around 5pm Pacific. Please, only one entry per reader.
Eat Your Greens Detox Soup reprinted with permission. Reprinted by arrangement, with AVERY, a member of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, A Penguin Random House Company. Copyright @ GLO BAKERY CORPORATION, 2014.
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So vegan watches, you can't get leather bands so you either have to get a metal one or a plastic one. Basically, you're going to look like a banker or a kid (when in that dilemma, always go with kid. JK, big ups to vegan bankers). But wait! There's another option! Wood watches from Jord!
This was pretty perfect for me as I love wood everything. Well, danish modern wood furniture. And now I love wooden watches too! Jord sent me the Ely in black (pictured above. It's not actually black as you can see) for free to review and I have to say I'm enamored. It's very well made and so handsome! So, so handsome.
And guess what! We are giving away one Jord Ely watch in black to a lucky Vegansaurus reader! To enter, answer this question in the comments section: What is the best time of day? (If you say 4:20, you will be disqualified.) We will pick a winner next Thursday around 5pm Eastern so enter before then. FB comments don't count! Ok, go!
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Hubba hubba! This 22-piece deluxe sampler box from Coracao is up for grabs! You can see the box in all its glory above. I think that's the bee pollen truffle in the middle but I checked with Coracao and they said that the bee pollen truffle doesn't actually come in the sampler. So it's all vegan—don't worry your pretty lil' head!
As you know, we are big fans of this yummy chocolate. This box sells for $60 and is not only vegan, it's raw, organic, gluten-free and soy-free. Coracao also sent me a bunch of links about the possible health benefits of raw and dark chocolate:
1. It improves memory and slows down dementia.
2. The countries with the highest chocolate consumption have the most Nobel prize laureates. Seriously.
3. One ounce of pure cacao has 200% of your daily USRDA Iron needs.
4. Cacao is one of the highest antioxidant foods ever tested. (PDF)
6. Prevents the formation of blood clots, which can lead to heart attacks and strokes.
7. A 2004 study in Britain showed that Theobromine in cacao is more effective at suppressing coughs than codeine.
8. Chocolate releases serotonin, helps make people happier and helps alleviate depression.
So obvi, raw chocolate is the new penicillin.
To win: "Like" the Coracao FB page and leave a comment here about how this deluxe raw chocolate sampler box will help you take over the world. I'll pick a winner next Friday!
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Our lovely new advertiser Oriya Organics wants you to win some great stuff! What's in the pot:
1 unit of Superfood Protein Medley
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This has a retail value of over $100. AND it's all vegan, gluten-free, non-GMO, and organic!
To win: like the Oriya Organics Facebook page (come on, it's easy) and leave a comment on this post about how super vegans are! I'm picking at random though so you don't have to write a novel. We will pick a winner next Friday.
ALSO! For those of you who just can't wait (or hey, you could win and just have more!), there is a promotion code that gets you 10% off and a free shaker bottle. Just enter "veganraptor" at checkout. Expires March 1st.
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Vegansaurus Giveaway: Win tickets to the Vaute fashion show! »
Obvi the Vaute fashion show next Wednesday is the talk of the town. Will you be in NYC Feb. 6th and want to come to the show? We're giving away 10 pairs of tickets! So that's two tickets for ten winners. I'M going to be there so YOU KNOW it's going to be the funnest!
by Leanne Mai-ly Hilgart
Showing of Women's and Men's Outerwear and Ready-to-Wear Autumn/Winter 2013
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
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TO WIN: just leave a comment on here about why Vaute is awesome BEFORE SUNDAY AT NOON (EST). I will pick ten winners and notify them by Sunday night. That's when I'll tell you where the show is and all that jazz. Yay! Go!
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Keep's free pair giveaway is back! Every week No. 1 best beloved vegan sneaker producer, Keep Company, will give away a free pair of shoes, and all you have to do to win is fill out a brief form. If you want to share the link with your friends, you could win TWO pairs of Keeps, but it's not necessary! No reblogging/retweeting/commenting required, just as a contest should be. So click through and enter!
If you're in the market for a new pair of shoes and can't wait to be randomly selected, Keep is having a big sale, too. Pictured is The Homer in Indian Summer, which, with the sale and the extra 30 percent off coupon code "HELLO2013," you can get your hands on for a mere $35. So worth it.
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Best present practices: Vegan food gifts, from Vegan Food Gifts! »
This is what you need to know:
1. Joni Marie Newman's recipes are perfect, basically foolproof instructions for making incredibly delicious food everyone will love.
2. Food gifts are very excellent gifts.
3. Joni's written a new book, Vegan Food Gifts, perfect to use to make your own gifts, or to give as a meta-present!
4. She's giving away a copy of Vegan Food Gifts right now on her blog, along with the instructions for making this lovely jar of soup mix/recipe for this actual soup.
So what are you waiting for? The deadline is to win the book is Friday, Nov. 30, so enter already! Or buy the book! Make vegan food gifts for everyone you want to give presents to this year! Obligate them to have you over for dinner! "Oh, this soup? I made it from your mix. Happy holidays in February!"
[photo by Celine Steen for Vegan Food Gifts]
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Win a Tofurky Roast from PETA! »
I know you guys like winning stuff, because you're a bunch of winners! So I thought this might interest you. It's easy to enter, you just have to fill out a little thing on the site before the 18th. Enter here. You should win and trick your grumpy old grandpa into eating Tofurky!
OMG there are so many veggie loaf options this year I can't decide! Woodstock Farm Animal Place, help me!
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Giveaway and Product Review: Zen Society Natural Skincare! »
Zen Society is a line of vegan, natural skincare. It's made with USDA Certified Organic ingredients, plant botanicals, and fruit extracts. Zen Society is super environmentally friendly; the shipping boxes are made from recycled materials and all the packaging is 100% recyclable. The products are also gluten-free!*
I like this part from their site:
Zen Society takes pride in offering fresh, handcrafted products. We use the highest quality of 100% Natural and USDA Certified Organic ingredients which are cold pressed and unrefined. If our oils are heated, they are never heated above 120° so they retain all vitamins, minerals and nutrients to provide ultimate nourishment to the skin. Each ingredient contains at least 10 vitamins and minerals. We include Fair Trade and locally harvested ingredients whenever possible. No parabens, pesticide sprays, petroleum, silicone, synthetics, artificial fragrances, dyes, GMO, or harmful processed additives.
They are also recognized as a cruelty-free company by PETA and donate a portion of all sales to Friends of the Earth. Kind of sounds perfect, right? Well guess what! Zen Society sent me the rosewater mist and the macadamia body oil on the house and I can say they ARE perfect! The rosewater mist is a nice little astringent or pick-me-up and, well, it smells like roses! Roses smell good.
The macadamia body oil is just about my new favorite thing in the whole world. It absorbs quickly and easily but the best part was when I put it on my elbows! I have rough, ashy elbows and after using this stuff like twice, they were totally better! No body lotion I've tried has made any difference and this stuff fixed it overnight. Pretty awesome. I had never even heard of macadamia body oil—now I'm in love! What a difference a day makes.
OK, now, because I love the macadamia body oil so much, Zen Society has agreed to do a giveaway! To win your own macadamia body oil, leave a comment on this post answering this question: We already care about animals, why should we care about earth-friendly products too?! I'll pick a winner next Monday.
I also encourage you to follow Zen Society on Twitter and like their FB page because they announce sales, specials, new products, and nice stuff like that. Don't miss out!
*Is gluten bad for your skin?!
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Rebekah Pearce is a 6'0" outside hitter from Queensland, Australia. She was a member of the Gladstone State High School Team, earning consecutive Sportswoman of the Year awards in her junior and senior year. She won gold and bronze medals while competing with her state team, Central Queensland. Pearce also gained valuable experience working with the Australian National Junior Squad and Trans-Tasman teams.
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Feb 142013
Oil on board, 35 x 40 cm's
Collection of the artist
'Art takes nature as its model. (Aristotle)'
Beynac is on the river Dordogne, and is an historic medieval fortified township, and well attended by the tourists in the high season.
I painted this one in late Autumn as you can probably tell. The river takes a very lazy twist around a bend, and then continues on it's way. Very relaxing – the only disturbance was the continuous sound of the fish rising!


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Acute Migraine Treatment
The goal of abortive, or acute, treatment for migraines is to relieve headache pain once it has begun. In some cases, mild, infrequent migraines can be relieved using over-the-counter (OTC) medication, but severe headaches and migraines with accompanying symptoms usually require prescription medication. Generally, acute medications are more effective if they are taken as soon as possible after symptoms develop.
During a migraine headache, it may help to rest or sleep alone in a dark, quiet room. Applying cold packs to the head or pressing on the bulging artery in front of the ear on the painful side of the head may provide temporary pain relief.
- OTC analgesics (e.g., aspirin, ibuprofen, acetaminophen) provide symptomatic relief from headache pain and should be taken at the first sign of a migraine. They are most effective for infrequent migraines (less than 3 a month) and breakthrough headaches (i.e., headaches that occur despite using prophylactic medications).
Frequent use of analgesics (i.e., more than 4 times a week) can cause rebound headaches and may interfere with prophylactic migraine treatment. Acetaminophen is sometimes combined with other drugs to form an analgesic compound (e.g., Midrin®, Fioricet®).
Side effects caused by aspirin and ibuprofen (e.g., Advil®, Motrin®) include gastrointestinal upset and bleeding. These drugs should be taken with food and used only as directed. Ibuprofen is available in suppository form, which can be useful if the migraine is accompanied by severe nausea and vomiting.
- Serotonin receptors (e.g., Imitrex®, Amerge®, Axert®, Zomig®), are fast-acting, usually well- tolerated medications commonly used to treat migraines. They are available in oral, injectable, and nasal spray forms and can be taken any time during the headache. Side effects of these medications include dizziness, drowsiness, flushing, discomfort, tingling, and nausea. Overuse also may lead to headache exacerbationdaily headaches or more frequent migraine attacks requiring detoxification.
- In January 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Zecuitythe first transdermal delivery system (patch) to treat migraines. This battery-powered patch delivers sumatriptan (Imitrex) through an 8-inch long, 4-inch wide patch that wraps around the arm or thigh like an elastic bandage.
The dosage is regulated by a small battery and a computer chip and is administered over the course of 4 hours. A weak electrical current moves the medication through the skin.
The migraine patch provides an additional option for patients who, for example, have difficulty swallowing oral medication or don't like the unpleasant aftertaste of nasal spray. Side effects include a painful sensation and redness at the site of application.
- Ergots (e.g., Cafergot®, Mioranal®) may be administered orally, intranasally, or as a suppository and is often combined with antinausea drugs, such as prochlorperazine (Compazine®). This medication should be taken at the first sign of a migraine and may not be effective if the headache has moved into the throbbing stage.
Side effects include gastrointestinal upset, dizziness, stroke, and high blood pressure (hypertension). Ergots should not be taken by patients with heart, vascular, liver or kidney disease.