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The AGS Research Committee has compiled information on aging research methods and resources for researchers that are conducting research related to older adults. The information spans a wide range of topics from recruitment and retention of older adults, to methodological issues, useful statistical information, and much more.
Recruitment and Retention of Older Adults in Research
- Recruitment and retention of older adults in aging research.
- Recruitment of African Americans and Asian Americans With Late-Life Depression and Mild Cognitive Impairment.
- An innovative approach to recruiting homebound older adults.
- Recruitment of older adults: an ongoing challenge.
- Enrolling older adults with cognitive impairment in research: lessons from a study of Tai Chi for osteoarthritis knee pain.
- Difficulties in recruiting older people in clinical trials: an examination of barriers and solutions.
- Population reach and recruitment bias in a maintenance RCT in physically active older adults.
- Sample bias in caregiving research.
- Issues and recommendations for the recruitment and retention of older ethnic minority adults into clinical research.
- A road map for the recruitment and retention of older adult participants for longitudinal studies.
Methodologic Issues
- Methodologic issues in conducting research on hospitalized older people.
- A comparison of two methods for identifying frail Medicare-aged persons.
Statistical Issues for Researchers Focused on Aging
- Investigating moderator hypotheses in aging research: statistical, methodological, and conceptual difficulties with comparing separate regressions.
- Competing risk of death: an important consideration in studies of older adults.
- Evaluating health outcomes in the presence of competing risks: a review of statistical methods and clinical applications.
- Missing Data: A Special Challenge in Aging Research.
Research Instruments and Quality Indicators
- Society of General Internal Medicine Research Dataset Compendium. Lists, links, and descriptions of existing datasets designed to assist investigators, with a particular emphasis on health services research, clinical epidemiology, and research on medical education. Provides information about their strengths and weaknesses, key references, and access information.
- Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research. Data archive of more than 500,000 publicly available research files in the social sciences, including aging studies such as EPESE.
- NIH Toolbox is a multidimensional set of brief measures assessing cognitive, emotional, motor and sensory function from ages 3 to 85, meeting the need for a standard set of measures that can be used as a "common currency" across diverse study designs and settings.
U13 Conference Proceedings: Aging Research Topics
- AGS/NIA Bedside-to-Bench Conference: Research Agenda on Delirium in Older Adults
- Cancer and Aging Research Group Conference
- Bedside-to-Bench Conference: Research Agenda for Idiopathic Fatigue and Aging.
Other Useful Links for Researchers Focused on Aging
- American Federation for Aging Research
- National Institute on Aging Research Information
- National Pepper Center Website (Claude D Pepper Older Americans Independence Centers (OAIC) Program)
- Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Centers national home page
- Hartford Foundation Bandwidth Online Communication Resource contains useful hints and tools to assist with messaging your research
- Research Centers for Minority Aging Research
- VA Geriatrics and Extended Care Data Analysis Center (GECDAC)
- Guidelines for reporting research results:
- MOOSE guidelines –systematic reviews of observational studies
- STROBE guidelines –observational studies
- CONSORT guidelines –randomized controlled trials
- PRISMA guidelines –systematic reviews of randomized trials
- TRIPOD guidelines
AGS Researcher Liaisons
AGS Research Committee Members who are willing to be contacted to facilitate connections with other aging researchers in their field
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|Dan Berlowitz
|Quality of Care
|Joe Hanlon
|Kevin High
|Immune senescence
|George Kuchel
|Geriatric syndromes
|George Taffet
|Cardiovascular aging
|Cathleen Colón-Emeric
|Osteoporosis, fall and
fracture prevention
|Louise Walter
|Cancer screening in
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|Cynthia Boyd
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IQinVision's IQeye2 internet camera can help companies make sure that none of their equipment "walks out the door."IQinVisions IQeye2 internet camera can help companies make sure that none of their equipment "walks out the door." It can be easily integrated into a network to provide quality monitoring, live surveillance and imaging over a LAN or WAN. The $795 unit has a built-in Web server and 10/100M-bps Ethernet port to process images and display them to the Web. Web-based administration made configuration a snap. Those interested in catching someone in the act can quickly gain access to the color images using Web browsers such as Internet Explorer 5.0 or can use the included nView software, a real-time image viewing utility.
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On 10 acre mountain top; quiet with almost no noise, traffic, or air pollution but close enough to get on main highways and to small towns without extensive mountain driving. We enjoy all seasons from water sports in the summer to trout fishing on the prestine Hawassee River and hiking in the fall and winter; all within the most beautiful mountain scenery in Tennessee.
Very quiet, clean air and virtually no traffic with excellent year round views. Accessible on paved county or state roads .Garden spot ( vegies and flowers) on top of mountain (very unique). Away from the tourist traps and extreme traffic congestion in the Gatlinburg area but close enough for antique shopping, supermarkets, restaurants and local hospital in Etowah . About 2 hours to Gatlinburg and Dollywood - an easy one day excursion for shopping or entertainment. Reasonable local prices, excellent doctors in Knoxville at University of TN (1.5 hours away) and local hospital in Etowah (30 minutes away) had what we were looking for.
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We used this as a central location for several activities in the region.
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The house provide enough room and comfort to satisfy everyone's needs from age 3-70. The well stocked kitchen provided everything needed to prepare our breakfast and dinners. The hot tub for 2 was relaxing. The kids enjoyed the loft while the adults enjoyed the comfortable bedrooms and 4 baths. The covered decks were heavenly during the rainstorms!
Use GPS (N 35.232834, W 84.431249) to get to correct location.
Using the street address will get you lost in beautiful Monroe County!! (But it is a beautiful 10 miles of steep mountain curvy dirt road!!)
Cell phone service is very spotty in the mountains. Verizon worked on the deck. ATT would not. BEWARE. Land line phone calls to anywhere beyond the next room are probably $$$ long distance!!
Thank you to the Foxworth's for their hospitality and great Customer Service. I am already looking forward to our next visit!!
The property is clean, neat, well maintained and excellent value. We had 6 adults and 2 teen girls in our group and we had plenty of room (and plenty of bathrooms). The kitchen is well stocked. It's true - you only need your toothbrush.
Some notes: NO Cell coverage - no kidding. It was nice to be disconnected for a few days. The closest AT&T coverage is 40 minutes away at the highway. The driveway is steep - we had a Tahoe and had no problem - but a sedan or coupe may not make it without difficulty.
The neighbor is very nice (as are her dogs) - don't be afraid of them - they're fantastic hiking companions.
PLENTY to do/see in the area. We went for a drive and crossed creeks, saw wildlife, had a blast just exploring. Plenty of fishing and hiking to be done in the immediate vicinity.
Closest full-size grocery store is about 45-50 minutes away (if you drive fast) - bring plenty of milk (and spare TP - but only septic friendly).
The owners were fantastic to work with - patiently answered questions and emails. Highly recommend them as property owners.
My family and I enjoyed this house. We were a party of 12 and it met our needs
I love the Hiwassee River and surrounding countryside. Staying in this beautiful house on top of a mountain just enhanced our experience. With the wrap around deck/covered porches the views were amazing. The sun rises over the front porch, sets over the back porch. Best of both worlds.
4 bathrooms makes it comfortable for larger groups. The two bedrooms with only queen beds cuts down the number of people who will have a bed, unless you are bringing only couples or folks who do not mind sharing a bed. This is a very minor inconvenience since there are couches to spread out on. We enjoyed our stay so much, we booked the house for two weeks later. Cannot give a better endorsement that going back!
We stayed in the top two levels. The tastefully decorated home was comfortable. The roads to the chalet were quite curvy. Glad it was not wintertime.
Had an amazing time this past weekend. Plenty of room and really nice people. Highly recommended!
Property sits on 10 acre mountain tract(very private and quite)in East Tennessee. Colorful trees, pines and other evergreens are exquisite year- round. Long range mountain views are best seen in the winter when leaves are off the trees and snow covered mountain caps are sometimes are revealed. Landscaping on site provide year-round beauty. See spectacular views from wraparound decks with 360 degree vantage points. Can see three states; has paved county road access. Huge 12 ft. covered decks (with hot tub) provide panoramic views of mountains and unobstructed (no houses) vistas. Parking for 5 standard size cars. Close to year-round hiking trails and wonderful mountain/river scenery. Fly fishing and white-water rafting on Hawassi, are 3-4 miles away. Supplies for fly fishing, camping , hiking and rafting are available within 4 miles at several locations. Many hiking trails are available in the adjacent Cherokee National Forest and around the Hiwaissee and Ocoee (used in 1996 Olympics for white -water event)) Rivers. Boat ramps and pontoon rentals are available on Lake Ocoee (about 10 miles) Easy access from Florida via I-75 to Cleveland Tn. then about 20 miles. About half way between Chattanooga and Knoxville, ten miles from the North Carolina line. Located on 10 acre tract with no traffic, noise or air pollution, Fly fishing supplies and short order restaurant available on Hiwassee (about 2 miles). Unique antique shopping in Etawah ( 20 miles). Full service barbeque restaurant available with take-out on Hwy 411 at about 12 miles.
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Muammar Gaddafi accused Tony Blair of supporting al-Qaeda as he refused calls to stand down during the height of the Libyan uprising, newly-released transcripts have revealed.
Records of two phone conversations between the pair on 25 February 2011 have been published by the Foreign Affairs Committee as its inquiry into Britain's intervention continues.
Mr Blair made his first call to the Libyan dictator at 11.15am, saying he had tried to reach him for days as the "difficult and dangerous situation" escalated with global calls for intervention.
As Arab Spring protests grew and were brutally crushed by Libyan forces, sparking the formation of militarised anti-government rebel groups that started to seize territory, Gaddafi blamed al-Qaeda for the violence.
"The fight is against al-Qaeda…we are not fighting them, they are attacking us," he told Mr Blair as the former British Prime Minister emphasised the need for peaceful dialogue with rebel leaders.
In a second phone call at 3.30pm the exchange grew more heated, as Gaddafi accused his former ally of being part of a plot to colonise Libya.
"We have no problem, just leave us alone," the Libyan leader said. "If you are really serious and you are looking for the truth, get on a plane and come and see us."
When urged to step down and open negotiations with rebels before the situation worsened, Gaddafi lashed out.
"Those people (the rebels) are from Guantanamo, we know them by name, they support al-Qaeda – do you support al-Qaeda?" he asked Mr Blair. "Are you supporting terrorism?"
The politician replied that he was "absolutely not" but warned that if the violence continued it would pass a "point of no return" with growing pressure for military intervention.
He urged Gaddafi to "keep the lines open" before the call was cut off but received no reply.
Emails released by the US State Department originally revealed excerpts of the former Prime Minister's call to the Libyan dictator in October.
The Gaddafi archives - Libya before the Arab Spring
The Gaddafi archives - Libya before the Arab Spring
Colonel Gaddafi and Leonid Brezhnev, General Secretary of the Soviet Union, holding hands in Moscow, April 27th, 1981.
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Formal portrait of King Idris with his handwritten inscription to King Hassan II of Morocco.
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Gaddafi in the desert with friends in Libya.
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Gaafar Nimeiry of Sudan, Colonel Gaddafi and President Nasser of Egypt mobbed by crowds. Tripoli, 25th December 1969
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President Nasser, Colonel Gaddafi and fan at Beghazi Stadium during Nassers visit to Libya. Benghazi, December 1969.
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Colonel Gaddafi embraces PLO leader Yasser Arafat circa 1970, possibly for the first anniversary of the revolution of 1969.
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Colonel Gaddafi in air force uniform at an Arab Summit in Tripoli, Libya December 02, 1977.
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Queen Elizabeth II with King Idris,the Duke of Edinburgh in Tobruk May 1954 with British military official.
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President Nasser of Egypt, Colonel Gaddafi and President Gaafar Nimiery wave to crowds in Benghazi sports stadium, December 1969.
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Two people who were executed at Banghazi sea port. April 7,1977.
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The world had condemned Colonel Gaddafi's regime after security forces fired on crowds of pro-democracy protesters and the UN was drawing up a resolution against "the gross and systematic violation of human rights".
The day after Mr Blair's phone call, the UN Security Council passed a resolution freezing Gaddafi's assets, restricting his travel and referring his government to the International Criminal Court.
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By March, Britain had joined an international coalition enforcing a no-fly zone and naval blockade against the Libyan government as rebels continued fighting on the ground.
Gaddafi eventually went into hiding in August but was captured and killed two months later during the Battle of Sirte.
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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-3668?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ] Kim Haase updated DERBY-3668: ----------------------------- Attachment: DERBY-3668-2.stat DERBY-3668-2.zip DERBY-3668-2.diff Thanks very much, Dag, for these comments. I hope I'm addressing them all right with these new files: DERBY-3668-2.diff, DERBY-3668-2.zip, and DERBY-3668-2.stat. About nested savepoints: I added a sentence to "Using savepoints" to say that nested savepoints are permitted, but only in an embedded environment. Will that be enough? About the following: > A savepoint can be reused after it has been released explicitly (by issuing a release of the savepoint) or implicitly (by issuing a connection commit/rollback). Or, possibly, if a savepoint has been made invalid due to rolling back to a savepoint declared earlier than that savepoint? (I didnt test it....) I think that "implicitly" may cover this situation. However, maybe it is clearer if the sentence says "implicitly (by issuing a connection commit/rollback to that savepoint or to a savepoint declared earlier than that savepoint)." About the "Derby and standards" topic: these corrections are off the JDBC 3.0 topic and in theory ought to have a separate JIRA -- but it is simpler just to make the corrections now, so I'm doing that. I added "or newer" to the first sentence and removed the list item "Unique constraints and nulls". About "Using auto-commit" and its table: I'm ignorant about cursors so I need a sanity check here. You say, "But the statement that updatable cursors don't work under autocommit isnt quite right. If holdable cursors are used, forward only cursors just need a repositioning to work again; scrollable insensitive result sets/cursors dont even need that." The topic currently says, "A cursor declared to be held across commit can execute updates and issue multiple commits before closing the cursor, but the cursor must be repositioned before any statement following the commit. If this is attempted with auto-commit on, an error is generated." So I think you're saying that the last sentence here is not correct; so I've removed it. And it looks as if the previous sentence would work if I change it as follows (it's kind of long so I'm breaking it into two sentences): "A cursor declared to be held across commit can execute updates and issue multiple commits before closing the cursor. A holdable forward-only cursor must be repositioned before any statement following the commit." Would that be right? And in the table I changed "Does not work" to say "Works for holdable cursors; does not work for non-holdable cursors." I noticed that the SavepointJdbc30Test.java file mentioned in DERBY-3568 uses SQL SAVEPOINT and RELEASE statements -- these aren't documented in the Derby Reference Manual. Neither are COMMIT and ROLLBACK, for that matter. Is that omission deliberate? There's no JIRA for them. > Remove JDBC 3.0-specific topics from Reference Manual and merge implementation notes as needed > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: DERBY-3668 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-3668 > Project: Derby > Issue Type: Sub-task > Components: Documentation > Affects Versions: 10.4.1.3 > Reporter: Kim Haase > Assignee: Kim Haase > Priority: Minor > Attachments: DERBY-3668-2.diff, DERBY-3668-2.stat, DERBY-3668-2.zip, DERBY-3668.diff, DERBY-3668.stat, DERBY-3668.zip > > > The following files should be removed and their contents merged, where appropriate, with the main files for the interfaces concerned. If implementation notes in the JDBC 3.0 topics are identical to the javadoc (i.e. they are not really implementation notes), they can be dropped. > rrefjdbc32593.html ("JDBC 3.0 features"): remove. > rrefjdbcjavasqlconnection30.html ("java.sql.Connection interface: supported JDBC 3.0 methods"): remove and merge implementation notes with rrefjdbc27734.html ("java.sql.Connection interface") as needed. Only the last two items in the table contain implementation-specific information. > rrefjdbcdatabasemetadata30.html ("java.sql.DatabaseMetaData interface: supported JDBC 3.0 methods"): remove and merge implementation notes with rrefjdbc15905.html ("java.sql.DatabaseMetaData interface") as needed. Only the last item in the table contains implementation-specific information. > rrefjdbcparametermetadata30.html ("java.sql.ParameterMetaData interface: supported JDBC 3.0 methods"): remove. No need to create a topic for this interface in the general JDBC reference, since there is no implementation-specific information for it. > rrefjdbcjavasqlpreparedstatement30.html ("java.sql.PreparedStatement interface: supported JDBC 3.0 methods"): remove. No implementation-specific information to merge. > rrefjdbcjavasqlsavepoint.html ("java.sql.Savepoint interface") and its subtopics: This is a somewhat complicated case. There is information in here that really belongs in the Developer's Guide, I believe. I think this topic file should be moved up to the main JDBC reference section, but its only contents should be the two Derby-specific restrictions described in rrefjavsaverestrict.html ("Restrictions on savepoints"). The topic rrefjavsaverestrict.html should then be removed, since the rest of its contents are not implementation-specific. The substantive contents of rrefjdbcjavasqlsavepoint.html ("java.sql.Savepoint interface"), crefjavsavesetroll.html ("Setting and rolling back to a savepoint"), crefjavsaverel.html ("Releasing a savepoint"), and crefjavsaverules.html ("Rules for savepoints") could be combined into one topic and added to the Developer's Guide, probably as an additional subtopic of "Transactions" under "The JDBC Connection and Transaction Model", if that would make sense. > rrefjdbcjavasqlstatement30.html ("java.sql.Statement interface: supported JDBC 3.0 methods"): remove and merge implementation notes with rrefjdbc40794.html ("java.sql.Statement interface") as needed. The subtopic crefjavstateautogen.html ("Autogenerated keys") should be made a subtopic of rrefjdbc40794.html ("java.sql.Statement interface"), after the "ResultSet objects" topic. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.
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Doesn't make him your finger rap
Though you danced in his lap
He still thinks you're a trap
Just because he said, 'I love you'
Doesn't make it at all true
Though you let him tell you what to do
He'll be staring at other girls' butts too
Though he seems like a faithful man
One day you'll reminisce of when he ran
Though you can be a decent woman
He's gonna copy the habits of his male clan
Though he denies cheating on you when you're not around
Doesn't mean he is innocent in renown
Though you ignore the facts and refuse to frown
He's trashing your integrity and making you look like a blind clown
The conclusion is that good girls
Will be treated like anything other than pearls
When handled by jackasses who are players
Who think it's fun to be heart slayers
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Parents need to know that, like its parent show The Real World, this reality series thrives on arguments, partying, hookups, and struggles with emotional issues. Drinking is constant and often results in drunken silliness or confrontation. One-night stands are also common, as are scenes of couples in bed together or making out (sometimes in flashbacks). Some cast members are outright rude to one another, and angry confrontations about everything from which room someone will sleep in to whether or not someone forcibly kissed someone else are standard fare. Young viewers will get confusing messages about both appropriate behavior and finding respectful ways to disagree or otherwise resolve conflicts.
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REUNITED: THE REAL WORLD brings together previous The Real World cast members five years down the line to see how they've changed -- and how those changes affect their group dynamic. Despite the cast members' ostensible increased maturity, the same angry confrontations, wild drunken antics, and sexual tensions of the original series quickly emerge. The familiar confessional set-up -- in which cast members comment on their roommates' behavior -- is still in place, as are many housemates' catty, judgmental attitudes.
Is it any good?
Fans of the original Real World episodes will definitely be interested in catching up with their old favorites, but some will be disheartened to know that the elapsed time has done little to change some folks' problematic attitudes. Some do change for the better, but these transformations aren't as titillating -- and therefore seem to get less airtime than the same old petty arguments. For example, in Reunited: The Real World Vegas the original cast of seven reconvenes in their old suite in The Palms hotel and casino. Most are happy to see one another, though tensions from past events -- including a relationship that carried on after the show ended -- affect the group from the start. And while some of the cast members are still partying like their five-year-younger selves, some have moved on -- one is married and has two young children, and all but one are in serious relationships. So without the strangers-getting-to-know-each-other element, Reunited delivers familiar goods but packs a little less punch.
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Surrounded by native and exotic forest, themed gardens, short bush walks, ponds and lush farmland the location allows for your escape to be as rich in solitude or as busy as you desire.
Brand new unit with fully equipped kitchen facing onto mature and developing native bush with bedroom up a few steps to a mezzanine floor. Very quiet night and day and just over an hour from Auckland making it an ideal romantic escape location for couples or anyone just looking for some time out.
Our Bushy Barn unit is totally self contained, very modern and comfortable with enough separation from our house to ensure your privacy and security. Located just 4km south of Mangawhai Village on the main Mangawhai/Tomorata Road access is a breeze.
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$1,130 of $3,000 goal
Kaitlyn Diane was born on August 25, 2011 at 31 weeks Gestation. She was immediately taken to the NICU where she was doing AMAZING and expected to need just a few weeks to learn to eat and grow a bit. The next day our world turned upside down.
Kaity needed a nutritional supplement until she learned to eat. This supplement, called TPN, is supplied through an IV. When she was 30 hours old her nurse was changing her TPN bag. These bags are set up to run through an IV machine over a 24 hour period. Kaity's nurse set the machine up incorrectly. Her full bag of supplements ran into her tiny body in 40 minutes. It sent her body into full organ failure. It shut down everything. It caused a full cardiac arrest and she had to be resussitated. It caused a massive bleed in her brain. She had to be placed on life support.
This 'mistake' has had detrimental effects on Kaity. We were told she would not live. When she was 3 days old the EEG showed she had no brain activity. She was clinically dead. They asked us to remove life support. We refused. 3 days later another EEG started to show brain activity.... not great, but it was there!
She spent 63 days in the NICU before she was miraculously able to come home. Her discharge brain scans were not good. We were told she would have cognitive issues, behavioural issues, no speech, and likely very limited use of her limbs. She also has 'diffuse brain volume loss' and pockets/holes throughout what parts of her brain are there.
Kaity had to have a shunt placed in her brain at 6 months old. 10 days later it failed and she had to have it removed, an external drain placed, and then 5 days later a 3rd brain operation to place another shunt. We spent another month in the hospital.
As of 31 months old Kaity has made much more progress than expected, but everyday is a struggle.
She has been offically diagnosed with Spastic Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy Level 4, Periventricular Leukomalacia, Diffuse Brain Volume Loss, VP Shunt dependent, Speech Delay, Globally developmentally delayed. She will likely never sit on her own. She will likely never walk independently and will be wheelchair dependent.
Kaity is the happiest little girl you will ever meet. She smiles even through all her therapies, and she has a LOT of them.
She loves watching her big sisters (3.5 yr old Madison and 10 yr old Sierra) playing and trying to reach for her with her left hand (her limb with the most function).
Daddy lost his job during the stay in the hospital for her brain operations, and then stayed home with her for a little while to help her recover. He has had difficulty finding a job to return to.
Mommy had to return to work when Kaity was 9 months old. Financially this was the only option :(
The family is currently struggling. Kaity's disability papers were approved at the same time as the government decided to reassess tax papers because Mommy and Daddy got married a couple months ago. Her disability payments took a long time to come in. The family is still playing catch up financially for everyday living, and trying to provide for all the equipment to enhance Kaity's development.
Donations would be used for many reasons. So far we have used funds to help Kaity with a safer carseat for her muscle tone and most recently for her Upsee Walking Device. We are now collecting for the cost of her First Pediatric Wheelchair. We will also be adapting the 'Potty' for her use, and making adaptations needed to the home.
We do not like to ask for help, so instead will say that if GOD inclines you to help financially then we would appreciate and use every penny in a way that helps Kaity. And if you are unable to help financially, Prayers (and page shares) are also graciously accepted.
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At this time her paypal account now sits at $6 USD (after paying for the Upsee). That amount will remain in her account and hopefully donations will continue to go towards her next purchase of her first pediatric wheelchair. I will likely not post as many donation request reminders for the next little while. My heart is just so overwhelmed with the love we received from family and friends to help with the Upsee. However, I will ask that you continue to share Kaity's story, and occasionally recommend her page so we can continue our fundraising efforts towards her wheelchair.
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Businesses and consumers say the new round of bond-buying announced by the Federal Reserve on Thursday will do little to speed the recovery, but could help on the margins.
The Fed made an open-ended commitment to buy about $40 billion each month in government mortgage-backed securities until job growth picks up significantly in an effort to lower mortgage rates and other borrowing costs for consumers and businesses.
In the short term, the Fed purchases are likely to lift stocks and increase housing sales and prices, boosting the net worth of many Americans. "To the extent that home prices begin to rise, consumers will feel wealthier, they'll feel more disposed to spend," Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said.
Falling mortgage rates last spring substantially increased mortgage re-financings from March to July, according to TrimTabs Investment Research and the Mortgage Bankers Association.
Home refinancing has more than quadrupled in recent months at Lending Arizona, a Tucson brokerage, says broker Rocke Andrews.
As mortgage rates fell last May, Dwight Whitley, 64, of Tucson, refinanced his mortgage, cutting his rate to 4.2% from 5% and shaving $235 off his monthly payment.
He says he has used the savings to spend more than $7,500 on home improvements, such as refurbishing a guest house and adding a carport. He's also dining out about four times a week, up from twice-weekly.
"It's an appreciable difference," he says.
But Patty Napier, 65, of Wayzata, Minn., who expects to save $250 a month when she refinances her two-bedroom house, won't be using the extra cash to increase spending. Napier, a real estate broker, says her business has been "challenging" the past five years.
"I'm just being cautious," she says. "I'll just have more in my bank account in case I need it. ... It's hard to sell houses."
Many businesses say lower interest rates will not prod them to increase investment or hiring. Ninety-one percent of chief financial officers said a 1 percentage point drop in rates would not change their capital spending plans, according to a survey of 1,500 CFOs conducted before the Fed announcement by Duke University and CFO Magazine.
Clint Greenleaf, of Austin, would like to spend several million dollars to expand his book publishing company and a baby clothing business called Bambino Balls, hiring seven additional workers. But he worries that Congress won't be able to head off looming federal tax increases and spending cuts that could push the nation back into recession early next year.
A drop in interest rates, he says, would do nothing to ease those concerns, he says.
"The risk-reward scenario isn't there to make a huge bet," he says. "To invest the time and resources and have that evaporate -- that's a pretty big bet to make."
Some other businesses, however, say a further decline in rates might prompt them to move up spending plans.
Michael Brey, owner of Hobby Works, intends to expand from five stores in Virginia and Maryland, adding another 15 outlets in the mid-Atlantic region by 2015.
Brey says he's seeking investors because he doesn't want to add to his existing debt. But if already-low borrowing costs fall another quarter to half a point, he would refinance his debt and borrow another $600,000 or so to open two stores -- and hire about 20 workers -- in about five months, instead of waiting at least a year to attract investors.
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ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM) just made a $4 billion purchase of Kosmos Energy's stake in the Jubilee field in Ghana (in West Africa) on October 6. (Kosmos is a private company based in Dallas.; Subject to review and approval of the Ghanaian government.)
This morning (Oct. 9) Korea National Oil Corp [KNOC] announced it has a shopping list of five to ten names, all producing between 50,000 and 100,000 barrels-per-day [bpd]. "We will make an acquisition soon," KNOC CEO Kang Young-won said.
Also according to the Reuters story they indicate they are looking for companies in the Middle East, central Asia, South America, Australia and other Asian countries, Russia and Western Africa, in that order.
It looks like the mid-majors world-wide are going up.
Companies like YPF SA (NYSE:YPF) have shown strong price action the past two days. YPF gaped up from a Tuesday close around $36.55 to a Wednesday open just over $38.
Hess Corp. (NYSE:HES), Murphy Oil (NYSE:MUR), and Talisman Energy (NYSE:TLM), along with most all the mid-majors, also gaped up on Thursday's open from Wednesday's close.
KNOC recently lost out on a bid for Addax Petroleum (it went to Sinopec). But, although KNOC says they are looking at the Middle East first (they did buy 50% of Peru based Petro-Tech back in February), I think they might be looking hard at South America, West Africa, and Southeast Asia as well.
I don't think that Exxon is done buying either and will look to pick up another player of a similar size as this week's deal, in the $2.5 to $7.5 billion dollar range, but in a different geographic area, like North Africa or Southeast Asia.
The actions this week by Exxon and today's news statement from KNOC will also make the other large (above $25 billion in market cap) players and Asian national oil companies re-evaluate their potential shopping lists.
Of course I don't know why the KNOC would pre-announce this, it will just make prices go up. (Unless they are in the futures market and will pay for the acquisition with the profits they make by making the mid-majors go up?) But, I am sure that they are more concerned with securing future supply than exactly what price they pay now. These actions (from both Exxon and KNOC, and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation recent completed acquisition of Addax Petroleum) are telling the market that longer term the price of crude will be going up from the current $70.00 area.
While Anadarko Petroleum (NYSE:APC) and Apache (NYSE:APA) are larger than KNOC's list of 100k bpd, they are two companies that have been making all-the-right-moves in recent years of building an attractive diversified global portfolio. Both companies moved away from the heavy concentration of domestic U.S. natural gas they had twenty years ago to become balanced crude oil players. I could actually see these two (both with almost identical market caps of between $33 and $34 billion) marching down the isle together to create a company about $10 billion short of ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP). (As long as the two management teams can gel together.)
Below is a list of companies (in addition to YPF, Hess Corp., Murphy Oil, and Talisman Energy mentioned above) in the mid-range (between $25 and $2.5 billion in market cap), and while they may not be on the KNOC's list [I see KNOC going after a YPF, a Talisman, or a European player like Tullow Oil PLC (TLW)], a rising tide seems to be lifting all boats in this market.
* EOG Resources Inc. (NYSE:EOG)
* Plains Exploration & Production (NYSE:PXP)
* Noble Energy (NYSE:NBL)
* Marathon Oil Corp. (NYSE:MRO)
* XTO Energy Inc. (XTO)
* Denbury Resources Inc. (NYSE:DNR)
* Newfield Exploration Co. (NYSE:NFX)
* Continental Resources Inc. (NYSE:CLR)
* Pioneer Natural Resources (NYSE:PXD)
* Santos Limited (NYSE:STO) & (OTCPK:SSLTY)
Additionally, InterOil (NYSE:IOC) is below my mid-major cut-off point of $2.5 billion in market cap, but I see Papua New Guinea as very attractive to a potential suitor like the KNOC.
In any event the next press release from the KNOC should prove interesting.
Disclosure: Long XOM
ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM) just made a $4 billion purchase of Kosmos Energy's stake in the Jubilee field in Ghana (in West Africa) on October 6. (Kosmos is a private company based in Dallas.; Subject to review and approval of the Ghanaian government.)


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Sales professionals, particularly Millennials, are increasingly using social media to find prospects, make a pitch and even close deals, according to a LinkedIn-sponsored survey.
The survey of more than 1,000 sales professionals across the United States covering a cross-section of industries and company sizes, found that 90 percent of the top salespeople surveyed said they use social selling tools versus 71 percent of sales professionals surveyed overall.
Millennials were also found to be 33 percent more likely to use sales intelligence tools that generate background and contact information on leads than their industry peers aged 35-54.
Justin Shriber, head of marketing for LinkedIn Sales Solutions, says the sales process has traditionally been based on relationships, and technology hasn't changed that. What has changed though is a shift in people's expectations of how they should be treated.
Goodbye cold calls? A new study sponsored by LinkedIn says a majority of sales professionals, particularly Millennials, are using social media to research and connect with prospects.
"We're in an era where consumer-based technology is pervasive and there are fantastic services like Netflix and Uber that anticipate what you want without having to ask you," Shriber told eWEEK.
Salesforce Versus LinkedInThe survey identified Salesforce.com as by far the most widely used customer relationship management (CRM) platform, with midsized businesses being the biggest users, even more so than enterprises and small businesses. Salesforce has invested heavily in a range of social media features and tools to enhance its platform, but Shriber says LinkedIn offers distinct advantages. "Salesforce is the best CRM platform out there. We have made a tremendous investment to integrate with them and make sure we are considerate of their workflow," said Shriber. When asked about competing with Salesforce, Shriber compares it to the peanuts and chocolate that taste better combined in a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup. Salesforce acknowledges that "they don't have our 400 million-member database updated in real time that gives tremendous insight into the state of the mind of our members at any given moment," said Shriber.
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atl to dusMay 23, 20163Hi, I have a connecting flight from Atlanta to get on an international flight. It says the layover is 1hr 52m, is this enough time to make the connection? The airline is British AirwaysbdhThu, May 19British Airways does not fly from Atlanta to Chicago. That flight will be operated by American. Is your onward flight also operated by American? I need more information.ZAPFri, May 20Yes, both flights are operated by American Airlines. Does this mean that both flights will be in the domestic terminal?bdhFri, May 20
Do I have enough time for my international connection?May 19, 20161Hi, I will be flying from ATW (WI) on United Express (ERJ 145) with an international connecting flight to Tokyo. The layover is only 56 minutes. United says on its website that I need to be at the gate 30 minutes before departure (12:30pm) Do you think I will have enough time, given my flight from ATW arrives on time? Do you know which terminal United Express uses? Thank you!ASan21Thu, May 19
Do I have to go through security making a connection ar ORDMay 19, 20161I'm flying international in early June: leaving Austin tx and arriving in ORD to my connecting flight in ORD then on to London. Baggage will be checked straight though I believe. Will I have to go through security again at Terminal 5?JPLThu, May 19
Fargo-ORD-DUBMay 19, 20161Hi when flying thru ORD from Fargo on United to Dublin on Aer Lingus would we have to go through security?LisaRThu, May 19
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Connection timeMay 19, 20161Is 1hr and 20 mins enough time to get to international terminal from domestic terminalJdWed, May 18
transfer londonMay 19, 20161Landing at4:56 pm Tuesday may 31 flying Spirit.US passport. then havea separately booked flight on american/britih airways to Heathrow. i thoughtI wouldnt have to go through security again but it seems i am wrong? If my flight to london is at 7:20 pm should I plan on mising it? Carry on only :)ItoWed, May 18
Flying from STL connecting ORD to CUNMay 18, 20163I am flying out of St. Louis Saturday morning. My flight (1585) arrives in ORD at 9:03 am and my connecting flight out to Cancun (2291) leaves at 9:59. Is that enough time to make my connecting flight? I'm only going to carry on a bag. Do I have to go through TSA again once I land?Marina KWed, May 18All you have to do is walk from your arrival gate to your departure gate. You have enough time if your flight from St. Louis is on-time.ZAPWed, May 18
Frankfurt to LAX 3 hours 15 mins connectionMay 23, 20165I am flying from Frankfurt airport and due to land at 3.15pm in terminal 5 on a Saturday with United, I need to get to terminal 1 for my next flight with United to LAX, will this be enough time and will my bags be checked in all the way, thanks - I am on an Australian passportEstherTue, May 17That should be just enough time if everything goes smoothly. You will have to claim your bags to go through US Customs then immediately re-check them at the re-check desk. Traveling on a Saturday afternoon is good as it is the easiest time of the week to travel in the US.ZAPTue, May 17Do all United flights domestic and international depart from terminals 1 AND 2.jhgfThu, May 19I am also traveling Business class, is there a expedited lane for business/first class passengers whilst in transit, thankssmiffyFri, May 20
2 hr 45 min connection in ORDMay 17, 20161I am going from CLT to ORD, arriving at ORD at 9:10pm, and flying out to ICN from ORD at 11:55pm. So I have 2 hr and 45 min in between for trips on two separate tickets. Is this enough time? I know that I have to claim bag, take ATS to go to Terminal 5, check in again and go through security...asdfasdfTue, May 17
Terminal 3 to 5 transferMay 23, 20167I am arriving at Terminal 3 (American Airlines from Detroit) and need to collect my luggage (3 large bags, 1 carry-on) and catch the next flight at Terminal 5 (Etihad). My flight arrives at 9:05 am and the other departs at 12:55 pm. Wanted to check if the transfer between the terminal is convenient with large bags on a trolley and the time is sufficient to claim and check-in bags and go through security. I am more concerned about whether the train is convenient for trolleys.SMATue, May 17Yes, that should be enough time and yes you can take carts on the ATS Train.ZAPTue, May 17I have heard that carts are not allowed on trains. Want to confirm that we can take carts on train?PassengerSat, May 21Carts are not allowed on trains, there are signs all over for no carts on trains. Moreover, pushing cart will be very inconvenient as you might have to walk outside the building, there are no walkways connecting these terminals. I am glad I sorted out my luggage issue before otherwise would have taken a cab from terminal 3 to terminal 5.SMASun, May 22Thanks for clarifying that carts are not allowed in train. What would be the best easy way of transferring luggage from Terminal 1 to Terminal 5PassengerSun, May 22I suppose a cab between the terminals will be quickest with least hassle. It won't be that expensive either. Otherwise ask from information desk, there has to be other options, luggage is not always checked-in all the way. In the end I didn't had to go through this so I was not looking for walkways or connectors, keep cabs in mind and once you arrive ask someone. Trains definitely do not allow carts.SMASun, May 22
enough time for customs/securityMay 17, 20162I am flying from stockholm to ORD and ORD to minneapolis. Separate reservations. I have 2 hours and 20 minutes if flight is on time, will i have enough time to get through security and customs with US passport?joTue, May 17With checked bags, no, that's definitely not enough time as you will have to transfer them yourself and go through security.ZAPTue, May 17
security againMay 17, 20161Flying from Orf to sfo with layover at Ohara..will we need to go through security again? What accommodations can be made for individuals with mobility issues and anxiety in crowds?tgrmagrlTue, May 17
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United to ANA on a codeshare CLE -> ORD -> NRT (Narita); TSA at ORD?May 17, 201611 week from Thursday, CLE to ORD on United to arrive at 9:45am, then to catch ANA fight to NRT at 11am (1hr 15m). Since it's a codeshare with bags checked straight through, will we still have to pass thru TSA in ORD?RDOTue, May 17


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By the time I became a national officer of the Liberal Party in 1961, he had already been an active member for 25 years. By the time he died, aged 78, he had been an active member of the Liberal Party and its successor for 60 years.
Banks was born in the last year of the First World War, the son of a serving officer. His family were rooted in the Scottish professional classes and he remained in that tradition all his life, becoming an elder in the Presbyterian Church of England and its successor, the United Reformed Church.
He was educated at University College School, Hampstead, where he first joined the Liberal Party. On leaving school, he worked for both Harrods and Heinz until the outbreak of the Second World War when he joined his father, who had invented a new and profitable laundry machine. Banks then enlisted in the King's Royal Rifle Corps as a rifleman but was soon commissioned into the Royal Artillery, in which he served as an anti-tank officer, finishing with the rank of Major.
The end of the war found him in Trieste, where he became a member of the Military Government. Banks never boasted, but it appealed to his slightly wry sense of humour to remind the Liberal Party in the Sixties that he alone among them had been a member of a Cabinet.
On his demobilisation, he became a life assurance broker, first with Canada Life, then with Tweddle French and finally Lincoln Consultants as a freelance. It was this business background which gave him the grounding for his devastating competence as a social security spokesman for the Liberal Party in the House of Lords. But a very successful career as a businessman did not stand in the way of his service as a politician, fighting Harrow East in 1950, St Ives in 1955 and South West Herts in 1959, none of them in those wilderness days with particular success.
In the Fifties, Banks at one time worked full time for the party, and on the voluntary side (the two sides were scarcely separate in a party with small resources and recovering from the devastating general election results of 1950 and 1951), he became Chairman of the Party Executive in 1961 and again in 1969.
He was a superb chairman and when he had to deal with subversive elements like the Young Liberal Red Guard or a maverick party president like myself, he always displayed courtesy, humour and a sense of justice although, in spite of the fact that he was firmly positioned on the radical wing of the party, it is possible that he did not have complete empathy with the Young Liberal leaders (so many of whom in later life became successful administrators of pressure groups on behalf of the disadvantaged).
Banks became Party President in 1968-69, was appointed CBE in 1972 and finally reached Parliament as a Life Peer in 1974. In the House of Lords his compassion for the poor and expertise from the insurance industry found a perfect marriage, and he was acknowledged to know more about social security than anyone in the House, Minister and civil servants in the Officials' Box not excepted.
His other interests seldom strayed far from the party. He was an active President of the National Liberal Club and even his passion for Gilbert and Sullivan had a political link expressed in his liking for the scene from Utopia Limited in which the Cabinet deliberates while strumming on ukeleles. Only his passion for Clyde steamers, about which he published a book in 1947, seems to have no connection with either politics or religion.
He married in 1948 Barbara Wells (whom he had taught in Sunday School); she becoming a leading member of the Liberal Party in her own right. They had two sons.
Desmond Banks's appearance, complete with artillery-style moustache was good "cover" for a radical view of politics. He was a capable deputy whip in the Lords, and when he and Nancy Seear stood for the leadership of the party after the death of Lord Byers, it was a contest (which Lady Seear won) between two of the most competent and respected members of the House of Lords. It is a sad year in which they have both died.
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There comes a point when ambiguity becomes annoying.
For most people who know me, they are aware that my religious affiliation is agnostic. I believe there is a god, a higher power, and I believe that it is our responsibility as human beings to be good people, to be good to each other and ourselves. I am against organized religion; I think that whatever higher power is out there, I doubt he/she/it/they really cares what we classify ourselves as, as long as we try to be good to each other.
My friends, acquaintances, and peers accept this. I'm more than happy to talk about it. It isn't a taboo subject to me, and I'm not offended when I'm asked about it. It's never been an object of contention.
But thanks to Scholarships.Com, it has become one.
Like most college students, I'm broke as a joke. I am relying on online scholarship sites to find some obscure scholarships (like ones for left-handers!). I went through the usual questions marked with a big red unfriendly "REQUIRED" — age, college rank, major, GPA, ACT/SAT scores, and then I came to…. RELIGION.
Okay. It's required that I enter my religion. Now what?
Well, naturally I scan down the list for "agnostic." Not seeing it… oh. There it is: in the grab bag response of "heathen" religions. To be exact, the choice that included agnosticism was labeled:
Excuse me? Because I refuse to claim one specific organized religion, I'm lumped in with atheists? I don't have a problem with atheists – they have their beliefs, I have mine, and that's fine. But the problem is this: atheists do not believe in a god. I believe in a god. They are two completely separate things, and yet, at the same time, I'm being forced to categorize myself with them?
I could just mark "Christian" and make it easier. I grew up in a Christian home and I guess if I had to pick the organized religion closest to my own personal mish-mash of beliefs, it would be that. But I'm not a Christian. And I shouldn't have to "round up" to the closest religion just to avoid calling myself what I am, calling it what it is.
I'm agnostic. I am not atheist. I am not nonreligious; but yet I must classify myself as such in order to classify myself what I am.
And what's more, I'm required to answer it! I cannot skip to the next question. So I have to suck it up and sit in the classification drawer with the atheists and nonreligious people, even though it's not what I am.
Is it accurate? Nowhere near!
Is this fair? Of course not!
So in order to continue on to the next browser window, I am forced to answer inaccurately. I'm a bright girl and can get scholarships on merit of my academic and extracurricular performance, not my religion (or according to Scholarships.Com, my lack thereof). The problem is, it should never be an issue of contention. Just as an atheist would resent being categorized with someone who believes in a god (me), I resent being lumped in with someone whose fundamental beliefs are the polar opposite of mine.
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