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Exciting Things This Friday!
And then a sweet email came through last night from Amanda alerting me that she was getting a warning splashpage when visiting my blog -- apparently my previous template hosting site was potentially distributing malware ... no bueno! That was the exact catalyst for change that I needed.
(If you're reading in Google Reader, click over to the actual blog to see the difference.)
And in other exciting news, I mentioned recently a big purchase that I'd made....
She's a beaut! I'm in love.
Here's the story - my grandparents and great-grandparents gifted me savings bonds when I was born. This particular type of savings bond continues to gain interest as it matures, and then, after 30 years, it maxes out. Well, since I turned 30 this year, two of the bonds stopped earning interest. After a trip to my bank (and a few tears shed over such a sentimental and meaningful gift), I cashed them out.
The savings bonds, given to me by very special folks that are sadly no longer with us, covered a little more than half of this purchase. Although it was bittersweet letting go of documents that I'd had for 30 years and that were addressed to me at the house I first lived in, the small home that my parents brought me to all swaddled up and fresh from the hospital -- I truly can't think of a better way of turning that financial gift into a classic, timeless, tangible reminder of their love.
(As a funny sidenote, I had a faux LV Speedy that I carried from approximately 2004-2006 ... and I loved it. Now, I feel so proud that I have the authentic version of that very same bag!)
Cheers to a fantastic weekend, ya'll!
Edit: So many sweet compliments and questions about my new design! I selected a pre-made template from Designer Blogs and installed it myself last night. I'm no HTML whiz, but their instructions, videos, and picture tutorials made it simple. It only took about 45 minutes and two glasses of sauvignon blanc to get it perfect!
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Love your speedy!ReplyDelete
Did you do the blog makeover yourself or did you have someone do it?
It looks great!
okay #1. LOVE the new layout! did you do it yourself? or did you have some help? I'm in the market for a new layout.ReplyDelete
#2. Your bag is amazing. You'll have it FOREVER and pass it on to you daughter one day, making it even more special. So fun.
Have a great weekend love!
LOVE the blog makeover!ReplyDelete
and a new louie! what could be better?? congrats on the big purchase!
I love the new layout and the new bag!ReplyDelete
Your new design is so fun, and a perfect fit for you!! Nothing is more classy than the LV, you will never tire of it...enjoy! Happy weekend:)ReplyDelete
Love your new blog look! Super cute! Did you make it? If so, you need to be in business.ReplyDelete
Such a sweet sentimental gift that you'll always remember!
Such a cute new look. And a great purchase on a timeless piece!ReplyDelete
April I LOVE your new layout! And I LOVE LOVE LOVE the purse and your story :) The best thing about the purse is that when you use it every day you will be reminded of your wonderful grandparents and great-grandparents :) The sentimental aspect + the beautiful product = priceless!ReplyDelete
WOW!!!!!! What an awesome purchase! I'm jealous!!ReplyDelete
It would have taken me getting some extra cash for me to make such a big purchase too. Good for you!!
Love the new look. I'm in desperate need of a new look too but I'm not sure what's going to happen with my blog.
Your blog makeover looks great! And congratulations on your new purchase! I have that bag on my wish list for someday in the not-so-near future. :)ReplyDelete
Woohoo, nice purchase! Now you will think of your grandparents and great-grandparents everytime you pick it up! :) Blog makeover looks fab!ReplyDelete
I love the new design & the new bag. You are definitely meant to have a bag like that! It looks perfect on your arm!ReplyDelete
Sorry about being MIA yesterday...I was out of pocket all day...long story, but we NEED to have those cocktails together, asap!
Yay for a Speedy!! I carry my mother's vintage bag - her first Vuitton, purchased in Italy in her early 20s so it is close to 40 years old! It is still in great shape for the age, just needs a new zipper.ReplyDelete
I love the new layout (I too got the warning splashpage last night) and would love to see a post about how you did it. I finally started my blog again, still a major work in progress, but have fun with it.
Oh I adore your ikat print here! So adorable - did you do it? (I am asking like EVERYONE ELSE!)ReplyDelete
And yay for Speedy. Is the SouthPark store still there? I think you bought a wonderful item, so classic!
love the new look! so fun & cheery!ReplyDelete
New blog layout is gorgeous! Love the ikat!ReplyDelete
Love the new layout! It is trendy, yet sophisticated!ReplyDelete
I had a great aunt that gave me a savings bond every year from the time I was born until I was 18. I have yet to cash them in, but I know when I do it will be quite sentimental as she just passed away a month ago from cancer. I'm saving mine for a rainy day :)
LOVE the new design and LV bag! Too funny, I just had my blog madeover and got a LV Totally in Azur print for my Anniversary last week. :)ReplyDelete
Absolutely LOVE the blog change, it's so refreshing and fun, nice work!ReplyDelete
That Speedy is a classic, I think it's the 30? I've had mine for about 5 years and love it more every year. It goes with everything, I HIGHLY recommend splurging and buying the strap though, it's so great to throw over your shoulder when shopping, etc. so you're not constantly setting it places...
Anyway, enjoy! And thanks for sharing the side note on the bonds. That's very sweet and you'll always remember them when using it. You will seriously have that bag for life!
the new design looks great!ReplyDelete
love the new design. and you just reminded me...i need to see how much interest my savings bonds have aquired since the last time i checked.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 4, 2012 at 2:11 PM
It looks so great! And by that I mean both the design AND the speedy! Adorable. Great way to start the weekend. Enjoy! - LReplyDelete
love the look! and of course the new LV - speedy 30? I can't decide between the 30 or 35 and was hoping my tax return would allow me to gift it to myself, but that went to my car, so the savings continues! :)ReplyDelete
Your blog looks lovely and so fresh...just like your new arm candy! The LV Speedy is such a great size and compliments every outfit!ReplyDelete
i LOOOVE the new look! so pretty and fresh. looks fantastic!ReplyDelete
I adore your new blog's look! I also love your special new bag. Both are stunning!ReplyDelete
The blog makeover looks fantastic! You did a great job on it. I was so saddened the day I cashed my bonds in from my grandparents. It had a handwritten note on it from them right after I was born. You did well on the handbag!!ReplyDelete
what a fantastic big girl purchase! And I am LOOOOOVING the new blog design! So fresh and fun!ReplyDelete
Love it and love the purse!EricaReplyDelete
Love the new design and congrats on the bag! :)ReplyDelete
Love the new look April! Fabulous bag!!!!ReplyDelete
I love your new design! It's so girly! :) And that bag is to die for!ReplyDelete
LOVE the new look!! Congrats on the makeover and the gorgie purchase:)ReplyDelete
i am absolutely LOVING the new look april...and cheers on that new speedy--money invested WELL!! ;)ReplyDelete
Love the new look! Congratulations on the LV!!ReplyDelete
I still refer to my Speedy 30 as my first child! Of course now that I've had two more babies I keep trying to convince my husband I need an upgrade :)ReplyDelete
Aw congrats on the new bag and the good lookin' blog! Love it all!ReplyDelete
OMG gorg!!! Love your new bag!! One day (unfortunately probably not soon, ha!) I will own one!! :)ReplyDelete
So jealous of your new speedy! I also carried a faux version for almost 8 years, but unfortunately it started looking ratty, so it had to hit the trash...ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 15, 2012 at 7:28 AM
I know most people are commenting on your bag, but I love your outfit! It's so pretty.ReplyDelete
And your new blog design looks great!


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All the speculation about Amazon's same-day shipping service may have been wishful thinking, but it seems like eBay is really going to give it a shot. The auction service has started sending invites to the beta of "eBay Now," which provides just that.
Local to San Fransciso at the moment, eBay Now will apparently let residents order from local stores and get same-day shipping to their homes for just $5. Right now, the service is in beta, but even those invited are reported to be unable to open the app.
According to TechCrunch, the text of the email reads as follows:
Hi [Name],
We know you love shopping on eBay. But sometimes you just can't wait for shipping. Sound familiar?
If so, we've created an exciting new way to shop. Starting today, for purchases of $25 or more, San Francisco shoppers can order products from local stores and have them delivered to their door - at home, at work, or anywhere else in San Francisco. The new service is called eBay Now, and you can download it here for your iPhone®, iPad®, or iPod® touch.
Since eBay Now is in beta, we're taking $15 off your first order and offering FREE delivery for your first three! After that, each delivery during the beta period is only $5. Your orders arrive fast - usually within an hour! Pretty convenient, huh?
Download the app now and try it out. If you like it, share it!
You have three invites for friends and family.
Happy shopping!
The eBay Now Team
If Amazon is or was working on a same-day delivery service, they better step to it and get busy. Sure, it's been a while since eBay was super relevant, but this move — if successful — could revitalize it's importance in the online market scene. [TechCrunch]
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UAV Subsystem Market 2021 future outlook of statistics on industry growth | Aerovironment, Boeing, Elbit Systems, Lockheed Martin3 min read
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Ray J vs. Fabolous -- Vicious Club Fight Footage ... and 50 Cent Is the Ringleader
Ray J vs. Fabolous Vicious Club Fight Footage & 50 Cent's the Ringleader
TMZ has obtained footage of the Vegas nightclub brawl between Ray J and Fabolous -- and the wildest part ... sources tell us, 50 Cent stirred up the whole thing.
We're told Fiddy had been encouraging Ray to confront Fabolous about their recent Twitter feud -- and Ray finally decided to get in Fab's face at Moon nightclub inside The Palms casino.
In the clip, you can see 50 standing between Ray and Fabolous ... with a big ass grin.
But we're told Fiddy actually jumped in to break things up when Ray J and Fab started scrapping.
As we previously reported, Ray J was booted from the club after the fight -- but he was not arrested.


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Fall Out Boy lead singer Patrick Stump was arrested Tuesday night in Hollywood, Access Hollywood has confirmed.
The rocker was arrested just before midnight in Hollywood on a traffic warrant for driving without a license.
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Stump was taken to the West Hollywood Sheriff's station. He posted $15,000 bail and was released at 5 AM on Wednesday.
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Jack Burnley was born in 1911. He began his career providing cartoons for the sports section of newspapers and illustrations for advertisements. He began to write stories for 'Superman' in World's Fair Comics #2 (the picture below shows a Fair Comics #2 cover drawn by Jack Burnley from 1940, on which Batman and Robin and Superman were seen for the first time in public together).
From September to April 1941 Burnley took over Action Comics. After that he started on the daily 'Superman' comic strip. Jack was a superior draftsman and was often assigned to do covers. He left the 'Superman' strip to work on his own comic book feature, 'Starman', which appeared in Adventure Comics beginning in 1941. Burnley penciled the 'Batman' Sunday page, and for a short time in 1944 he was penciling both the 'Batman' and the 'Superman' Sunday pages. Burnley left DC in 1947 to return to sports cartooning.


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1301.0 - Year Book Australia, 2004
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 27/02/2004
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The NHPAs initiative is a collaborative approach to dealing with a range of conditions which account for 70% of the burden of disease and a high financial burden in Australia. It is overseen by the National Health Priority Action Council, which was established as a sub-committee of Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council (AHMAC) in June 2000, and comprises representatives of the Australian Government, each of the states and territories, a representative of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and a representative for consumer issues.
At present, seven NHPAs have been endorsed by the Australian Health Ministers' Conference covering cardiovascular health, cancer control, injury prevention and control, diabetes mellitus, mental health, asthma, and arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions. A range of program initiatives has been established aimed at improving health outcomes in these areas. More information on NHPAs, can be obtained from the Department of Health and Ageing web site and other relevant web sites, the addresses of which are at the end of this chapter.
Cardiovascular health
Circulatory disease comprises all diseases and conditions involving the heart and blood vessels including high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, and peripheral vascular diseases. Although its death rates have notably decreased over the last three decades, it is still the leading cause of death in Australia (AIHW 2002a). Because of its health and economic burden exceeding any other disease as well as the potential for prevention, it was established as one of the original priority areas in 1996.
Estimates from the 2001 NHS indicated that around 3.2 million Australians (17%) reported having a circulatory system condition as a long-term condition. The most common cardiovascular condition reported was hypertension (high blood pressure) which affected 10% of the population.
Graph 9.8 shows that the prevalence of long-term circulatory system conditions increases with age. For people aged 55 and over, the prevalence of all circulatory system conditions is 48%. The prevalence of hypertensive disease is 34%, and ischaemic heart disease (also called coronary heart disease) is 5.8%. The prevalence of cerebrovascular disease (stroke) is 2.2%.
In 2001, over 38% (49,326) of all deaths were due to diseases of the circulatory system. Ischaemic heart disease accounted for 20% of all deaths, and cerebrovascular diseases a further 9.4% (table 9.4). Between 1991 and 2001, age-standardised death rates for diseases of the circulatory system declined by 35% for males (from 469 to 304 per 100,000 persons), 33% for females (from 317 to 213) and 34% in total (from 384 to 254).
Cancer is potentially the most preventable and treatable of the common causes of death in the world. It is a disease of the genes, caused by abnormal cell division and usually presents as a solid growth tumour. It is a major cause of death in Australia.
Estimates based on information reported in the 2001 NHS show that 261,253 Australians (1.4%) reported they currently had a malignant neoplasm.
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare cancer registry data shows there were 82,185 registered new cancer cases in 1999. The most common registrable cancers are the combination of cancers of the colon and rectum (11,637), breast cancer (10,667), prostate cancer (10,232), melanoma (8,243) and lung cancer (7,826). They together account for 59% of all registrable new cancer cases in that year. Cancer occurs more commonly in males than females. The age-standardised incidence rate in 1999 for all registrable cancers combined was 469.6 new cases per 100,000 for males and 339.2 per 100,000 for females. If the 1999 incidence rates prevailed, it would be expected that one in three men and one in four women will be directly affected by cancer before the age of 75 (AIHW 2002b).
In 2001, malignant neoplasms (cancer) accounted for 36,750 deaths, which was 29% of all deaths registered (table 9.4). There were 20,753 male deaths and 15,997 female deaths due to cancer. Overall, cancer of the trachea, bronchus and lung was the leading cause of cancer deaths (7,038 deaths), accounting for 19% of all cancer deaths. There were some differences in cancer death rates between males and females. Among males, the leading causes of cancer deaths were cancer of the trachea, bronchus and lung (22% of all male cancer deaths), prostate cancer (13%) and colon cancer (8%). Among females the leading causes of cancer deaths were breast cancer (16% of all female cancer deaths), cancer of the trachea, bronchus and lung (15%) and colon cancer (10%). Apart from age groups between 30 and 54, age-specific death rates for cancer increased markedly with age, and were generally greater for males than for females.
Mortality is influenced by the number of new cases of cancer (incidence) and the length of time lived after the initial diagnosis of cancer is made (survival). Relative survival is a measure that takes into consideration the crude survival (time between diagnosis and death) in the cancer population, and the corresponding expected survival in the general population. Expressed as a percentage, it is the cancer population that survives a specific number of years after the diagnosis divided by the general population that survives the same number of years.
In the general population during 1992-97, the expected proportion of males aged 60-69 years who survive for the next five years is 91%. The observed survival rate after five years for males diagnosed with lung cancer at age 60-69 is 11%. The five-year relative survival proportion for males diagnosed with lung cancer at age 60-69 is the ratio of these two percentages, that is 12% (AIHW 2001).
By convention, the proportion of people surviving is measured at one, five and ten years after diagnosis. The periods reflect different stages of management during the life of a person diagnosed. For instance, the proportion of people surviving after one year can be a measure of the success of the interventions on the immediately detectable cancer, whereas five-year and ten-year measurements are strong indicators for remission or cure.
During 1992-97, the five-year relative survival proportions for all cancers for females (63%) were higher than those for males (57%) (table 9.9). The difference in the five-year relative survival rate was 6.6 percentage points higher for females. When looking at international comparisons, Australian five-year relative survival proportions for all cancers was ranked second behind the United States of America for both males and females when compared with other Western countries for which relative survival data are available.
Injuries and deaths due to external causes
Injury and poisoning are broad terms that encompass the adverse effects on the human body that may result from events. These events may be accidental, such as falls, vehicle accidents and exposure to chemicals, or intentional such as suicide attempts and assaults by other people. Such events, and the factors involved in them, are collectively known as 'external causes' of injury and poisoning, and are a significant source of preventable illness, disability and premature death in Australia.
Males and females, and people in different age groups, experience different levels and types of risk from injury events (risk in this sense refers to both the probability of an injury event occurring and the severity of the injuries that may result). Differences in injury risk and injury outcomes are reflected in the draft National Injury Prevention Plan, a key policy response to this designated priority health area. The plan identifies four priority areas: falls among persons aged 65 years and older; falls among children under 15 years of age; drowning and near drowning; and poisoning of infants and children less than 5 years of age. Although the number of deaths from these four types of injuries is relatively small, they account for a large number of hospital admissions.
Respondents to the 2001 NHS were asked about events in the four weeks prior to interview that resulted in an injury for which they had sought medical treatment or taken some other action. Injuries data from the survey are presented in table 9.10 and highlight differences in the reporting of injury events among males and females of different age groups.
Falls have different consequences for older Australians. The 2001 NHS data show that a low fall (of one metre or less) for a person aged 65 years and over was more likely to result in them sustaining a fracture than was the case for a younger person (graph 9.11). Further, women aged 65 years and over were most likely to sustain a fracture as a result of a fall.
External causes of injury were responsible for 7,876 deaths (6% of all deaths) registered in 2001 (table 9.12). Since 1991 there has been a 12% decrease in the standardised death rate for deaths from external causes, mainly due to a 28% decrease in the rate for transport accidents. In 2001 there were 2,454 deaths attributed to intentional self harm (suicide), 4% higher than the 2000 figure, but 10% lower than the record 2,720 deaths registered in 1997. Deaths as a result of suicide account for more than one in five deaths of persons aged 25-34 years (a rate of 20.7 per 100,000 persons) and 15-24 years (12.8 per 100,000). Males consistently have higher rates of death due to external causes than females.
Diabetes mellitus
Diabetes is a long-term condition characterised by high blood glucose (a type of sugar) level, which results from either the body producing little or no insulin, or the body not using the insulin properly (insulin resistance). Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas that helps the body cells use glucose.
Diabetes is a costly disease, associated with substantial morbidity and mortality, primarily from cardiovascular complications, eye and kidney diseases, and limb amputations. In 1996, diabetes became the fifth NHPA in recognition of the increasing prevalence of the disease, its seriousness and its cost to the community.
Types of diabetes
There are three major types of diabetes mellitus. Type 1 diabetes is marked by extremely low levels of insulin. Type 2 diabetes is marked by reduced levels of insulin, or the inability of the body to use insulin properly. Gestational diabetes, which occurs in about 4-6% of pregnancies of females not previously diagnosed with diabetes, is not usually long-term. However, for women diagnosed with gestational diabetes, there is an increased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes later in life (AIHW 2003e).
National Diabetes Register
In 1999, the National Diabetes Register was established at the AIHW as part of the National Diabetes Strategy. The register holds information on people with insulin-treated diabetes who started using insulin since January 1999. Between 1 January 1999 and 31 December 2001, 22,575 people began to use insulin, and consented to be on the register (AIHW 2003e).
Of those registered, 60% were found to have Type 2 diabetes; 29% had Type 1 diabetes and 7.3% had gestational diabetes. Additionally, 62% of registrants were aged over 45 years; 4.9% were aged less than 10 years, 4.8% aged 10-14 and 29% aged 15-44 years. In 2000 and 2001, 1,565 new cases of Type 1 diabetes among children 0-14 years were recorded on the register, an average annual rate of 20 new cases per 100,000 population for boys and 19 per 100,000 for girls.
Estimates from the 2001 NHS indicate that over half a million Australians (around 3%) have reported having diabetes as a long-term condition. Results from the three successive National Health Surveys show that diabetes is a growing health problem in Australia. The prevalence of diabetes has risen from 1.2% in 1989-90 to 2.0% in 1995, and to 2.9% in 2001.
After adjusting for age differences, Indigenous Australians were almost four times as likely as the non-Indigenous population to report some form of diabetes (11% compared with 3%). Graph 9.13 shows age-standardised rates of diabetes among the Indigenous and non-Indigenous population in Australia in 2001.
In 2001, diabetes mellitus was the underlying cause of death in 3,078 deaths, 2.4% of all deaths registered. Of these, 1,639 deaths were males and 1,439 females (table 9.4). The age-standardised death rate due to diabetes was 16 per 100,000 persons (20 for males and 13 for females per 100,000 persons).
There were a further 7,247 deaths where diabetes was not the underlying cause but was an associated cause. Where diabetes was mentioned as an associated cause, the main underlying causes were acute myocardial infarction (heart attack), chronic ischaemic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease and malignant neoplasms (particularly of the digestive organs and the respiratory and intrathoracic organs).
Mental health
Although approximately 80% of the population enjoy 'good' mental health free of mental disorders, it has been estimated that mental disorders caused 13% of the total disease burden in 1996. Although mental illness is not a major direct cause of death, it is associated with a proportion of deaths due to suicide and some other conditions, and is an important cause of chronic disability. For males, substance use disorders (from alcohol or other drugs) accounted for 33% of the mental health burden, while for females affective disorders such as depression accounted for 39% of the mental health burden (AIHW 1999).
In the 2001 NHS, information on long-term mental and behavioural problems was collected from all respondents. A long-term condition was defined as one which the respondent regarded as having lasted or was expecting to last six months or more. Respondents in the survey were not specifically asked if they had been diagnosed with any mental disorders, so the information they provided could be based on self-diagnosis rather than diagnosis by a health professional.
In 2001, 9.6% of the Australian population reported that they had a long-term mental or behavioural problem. Proportionally more females (11%) than males (8.5%) reported these problems. The most commonly reported problems were classified into two groups: anxiety related problems and mood (affective) problems such as depression and bipolar disorder; each were reported by approximately 3% of all males and 6% of all females.
Psychological distress
In the 2001 NHS, information on mental health was collected from adult respondents using the Kessler 10 Scale (K10), a 10-item scale of current psychological distress. The K10 asks about negative emotional states in the four weeks prior to interview. The results from the K10 are grouped into four categories: low (indicating little or no psychological distress), moderate, high, and very high levels of psychological distress. Based on research from other population studies, a very high level of psychological distress, as shown by the K10, is likely to indicate a need for professional help.
In 2001, 3.6% of the adult population reported a very high level of psychological distress. Women were more likely than men to report high (11% of women and 7.2% of men) and very high (4.4% of women and 2.7% of men) levels of distress. The greatest sex difference was between young women and men aged 18-24 years, with 5.4% of women having very high levels of psychological distress compared to 2.7% of men in this age group (graph 9.14). A higher proportion of both males and females aged 45-54 years reported very high levels of psychological distress compared with any other age group.
Use of medication for mental wellbeing by adults
In 2001, 18% of adults used medication for their mental wellbeing in the two weeks prior to the survey interview. People may have used more than one type of medication for their mental wellbeing. Use of pharmaceutical medications was reported by 9.6% of adults overall, use of vitamins or mineral supplements by 7.8% and use of herbal or natural medications by 5.4%.
As would be expected, when comparing adults who reported having a mental or behavioural problem with those who did not, proportionally more adults with these problems also reported using medication for their mental wellbeing. Approximately 50% of adults with a mental or behavioural problem used medications, of which 14% used pharmaceutical medications for mental wellbeing; 18% used vitamin or mineral supplements for mental wellbeing; and 14% used herbal or natural medications for mental wellbeing.
More women with a mental or behavioural problem reported using medication for mental wellbeing compared with men (54% and 45% respectively). With the exception of the 55-64 year age group, the proportion of women with these problems and using this medication was higher than the comparable proportion of men in all age groups (graph 9.15). The greatest differences between sexes were recorded in age groups between 25 and 44 years. Medication use was most frequently reported by women aged 35-44 years (60%), followed by those aged 25-34 (59%) and 75 years and over (58%). For men, medication use was most commonly reported by those aged 45-54 years (55%), followed by those aged 55-64 (53%) and 65-74 years (50%).
The most frequently reported types of medications taken for mental wellbeing were the same for both men and women with mental and behavioural problems: antidepressants, followed by vitamin or mineral supplements, herbal or natural medications, sleeping tablets or capsules, tablets or capsules for anxiety or nerves, tranquillisers, and mood stabilisers.
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the lung's air passages which makes them narrow in response to various triggers. This leads to episodes of shortness of breath and wheezing. Asthma can begin at all ages, including the very young. The disease can start as a mild chronic cough and lead to mild or severe wheezing, and sometimes even to respiratory arrest.
Although asthma has low associated mortality, people with asthma can experience reduced quality of life and require a range of health services, from general practitioner care to emergency department visits or hospital in-patient care. It was one of the most frequent reasons for hospitalisation among children aged 0-14 (AIHW 2002a). The management of asthma is an important public health issue because of the personal burden it places on those with asthma, often with onset in childhood, and the financial burden it places on the health system.
The prevalence of asthma in Australia is one of the highest in the world, with more than two million Australians (12%) reporting the disease in 2001. Asthma is more prevalent in young people than older age groups. For people under 25 years of age, the prevalence of asthma is 15%. Up to 14 years of age, asthma was more common among males than among females. In older age groups, however, asthma was more common among females than among males (graph 9.16).
Asthma was identified as the underlying cause of 0.3% of deaths registered in Australia in 2001, when 175 males and 247 females died from the disease. The most recent peak in asthma deaths occurred in 1989, and standardised death rates for asthma have been declining since then (graph 9.17). Most asthma deaths occur in older age groups.
Arthritis and osteoporosis
In July 2002, AHMAC announced arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions as a new (seventh) NHPAs in recognition of the major burden these diseases place on the community. Osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis are the most commonly occurring musculoskeletal conditions. Although they are not immediately life threatening and have low associated mortality, they have substantial influence on the quality of life and impose a heavy economic burden on the community.
Osteoarthritis is one of the most common types of arthritis and affects the cartilage in the joints. Cartilage cushions the ends of bones where bones meet to form a joint. In osteoarthritis this cartilage degenerates. Osteoarthritis is most commonly found in the knees, neck, lower back, hip and fingers.
Rheumatoid arthritis is the most common form of inflammatory arthritis. Inflammatory arthritis is characterised by joint swelling and destruction. In rheumatoid arthritis the immune system attacks the tissues lining the joints. As a result of this attack, inflammation occurs causing pain, heat and swelling. The disease can also cause inflammation of connective tissue, blood vessels and organs.
Osteoporosis is not a form of arthritis but is another type of musculoskeletal disorder. Osteoporosis (porous bones) is a disease where bone density and structural quality deteriorate, leading to an increased risk of fracture. The most common sites of fracture are the bones of the spine, the hip and the wrist. However other bones are commonly affected, including the shoulder, ribs and the pelvis.
Estimates based on information reported in the 2001 NHS show that over 2.5 million Australians (14%) had some form of arthritis and over 299,000 Australians (1.6%) had osteoporosis. The prevalence is greater in females at nearly all ages. The prevalence of arthritis is 16% for females compared to 11% for males, while the prevalence of osteoporosis is 3.0% for females and 0.6% for males. Graph 9.18 shows that the prevalence of arthritis and osteoporosis increases sharply with age. For people aged 65 and over, the prevalence of arthritis is 47% and the prevalence of osteoporosis is 8.0%.


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In-Your-Face-Fitness: High-intensity training burns more calories
Welcome to another exciting installment of Fun With Math!
Today we're going to use basic addition and subtraction to show how running is better than walking for fat loss, no matter what your doctor says. I have no idea where the myth that walking a mile burns the same number of calories as running one originated, but I do know doctors are fond of telling it. My wife — a family physician — tells me that many of her colleagues have relayed this bit of metabolic misinformation.
I see it as another example of telling people just what they want to hear: You don't have to work hard to achieve great results. Well, that's just male bovine droppings. As with most things in life, impressive results come from intense effort.
Now let's run the numbers to prove out the benefits of high-intensity exercise.
In the interest of using round numbers, let's pick a pretty big guy. A man who weighs 220 pounds is going to burn roughly 100 calories per hour sitting on the couch. That number — calories burned at rest — is referred to in exercise physiology circles as one MET (or metabolic equivalent).
According to "Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning" (third edition), walking at a brisk pace of 4 mph burns calories at five METs. Therefore, if one MET for our test-case guy is 100 calories per hour, when he walks 4 mph for two hours at five METs per hour then he burns a total of 1,000 calories.
And this is one spot where a lot of people mess up.
Remember, he would still have burned 200 calories spending two hours on the couch, as long as he wasn't jumping up and down questioning the intelligence/coordinative abilities of his team's quarterback for throwing yet another interception. Therefore, the extra calories burned from his two-hour walk falls to 800.
One thing I should note is that because we're using a 220-pound male these caloric burns appear pretty high, far higher than what a 140-pound female would burn.
Back to our guinea pig: Let's make him run. Fast.
Say he runs 8 mph for an hour. First off, he's more efficient because he covers the same distance in half the time (giving him an extra hour to do as he pleases, such as collapse into a pile of sweaty goo and pray for death), but he also burns more calories. From the same reference above, we see that the METs for running at 8 mph are 13.5. This equates to our 220-pound dude burning 1,350 calories in one hour. Subtract the couch-sitting calories and you see he burns 1,250 extra calories, which are 450 more than the calories burned via two hours of walking.
He can also get a bit of elevated-metabolism caloric "after burn" from the intense effort, although a previous column I wrote on interval training noted that this is usually less than 10% of total calories burned.
These numbers don't just apply to running, but to any type of activity. Doing the same amount of "work" at a slow pace is not going to burn as many calories as at a faster pace, whether you're cycling, swimming, paddling or crawling on all fours.
And there is more to it than math. Which means we now have to bust another myth — that you should train in the "fat-burning zone."
Perhaps you've seen those charts on aerobic equipment that lay out "cardio training zones" and "fat-burning zones." These charts show that fat-burning takes place during moderate effort, when your heart rate is at about 65% of maximum, and that cardio training kicks in when heart rate climbs above 75%. You know, the point where your lungs start burning like when wasabi goes down the wrong tube.
Numerous research studies and exercise physiology texts agree that the human body primarily uses fat stores as a source of fuel at moderate intensities — say, running at 6 mph with a heart rate at 65% — and switches to using stored carbohydrates as a source of fuel as exercise intensity climbs until, at the highest intensities, more than 90% of the energy required comes from those carbohydrate stores.
But this doesn't mean that exercising moderately burns more fat over the long haul than high-intensity training. In fact, quite the opposite is true.
Weight loss comes down to sustaining a caloric deficit. And, as shown above, sustaining higher intensity exercise burns more calories. Therefore — dietary intake being equal — exercising at higher intensities is going to allow you to generate larger caloric deficits, leading to additional weight loss.
And if you're being smart and including some resistance training in your fitness regimen, you can ensure that all this weight loss comes from fat stores.
See, if you're in a caloric deficit over time, the type of energy stores — fat or carb — you're using during exercise is irrelevant. Your body is going to engage in fat-burning whether you are exercising or not. You could be sleeping, doing your taxes or watching videos of honey badgers on YouTube and fat is still going to burn.
And there is evidence, in any case, that higher-intensity exercisers achieve more fat loss. Researchers from the department of exercise physiology at West Virginia University compared high-intensity and low-intensity training in a small study of 15 women ages 18 to 34. Their findings, reported in 1997 in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition, showed that after 11 weeks the members of the high-intensity group lost approximately 5% of their body fat, while the low-intensity group didn't lose any.
An important note in all of this is that you want to maximize total caloric burn. Don't exercise at such a high intensity that your overall volume of training is significantly shortened. You can only push it to the wall for so long, so pick a pace that is difficult yet doesn't make you hate life so much that you can't keep it up.
My final plug for pushing limits and finding a sustainable level of high-intensity exercise comes from personal experience: Through my many years of running and cycling, I've noticed that the faster people are the leaner ones. I think when we push ourselves to go fast we adopt a general life attitude of posterior-kickery that leads to even more time spent exercising and improves the ability to make wise dietary choices and achieve the challenging goal of sustaining a healthy body fat percentage.
Which doesn't mean you should charge out the door and sprint until you hack alveoli; no one becomes hard-core overnight. Do what you can handle, but continuously push your intensity comfort zone in increments.
Baby steps can make you fast.
Fell is a certified strength and conditioning specialist in Calgary, Canada.
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Lindsay Lohan's Close Personal Friend Says She's 'Not in a Good Place'
Take everything Claus Hjelmbak says about his "good friend" Lindsay Lohan with a grain of salt.
Hjelmbak, who was in the room when Lohan alleges she was assaulted, is clearly trying to make the most of his brush with celebrity. And as a useless attention whore, he's too dense to appreciate the irony when he tells E! News—
She's not in a good place. But it's not because of health issues. She's not in a good place, because people around her keep throwing her under the bus.
Hjelmbak would never throw his BFF Lindsay under the bus. He's selling his version of the night's events to E! out of the goodness of his heart.
I realize Hjelmbak isn't the focus of this story, but he's worth outing as the worst kind of leech, one who hides behind a facade of good intentions. At least the paparazzi and gossip columnists don't pretend to have Lohan's best interests in mind.
For what it's worth, Hjelmbak recalls that Christian LaBella, the Republican staffer Lohan accused of assault, met Lindsay that night.
Lindsay is a sweet girl and is very open and nice when people come over and talk. In this case, she thought it was somebody her friends know.
He says she became alarmed when she noticed that LaBella had been taking cell phone pictures.
She was visibly shaken already at that point. She was shocked. At that moment, you feel betrayed when you are in a private space and you realize someone has documented the entire night on the phone.
Kind of like how you might feel betrayed if your close personal friend went on TV to talk about how you're not in a good place? Hjelmbak goes on to advise us to, "Stop focusing so much on her private life. That would be a big help to her getting back to a really good place."
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Adobe Reader for Android
Nexus One already comes with a document viewer based on Quickoffice, but the application doesn't do a great job at previewing PDF files. Adobe Reader for Android opens PDF files much faster than Quickoffice and it has a better zooming feature.
"Adobe Reader for Android offers multi-touch gestures, like pinch-and-zoom, as well as double-tap-zoom, flick-scrolling and panning. We've also added a reflow mode, which will take text-heavy documents with wide margins, and automatically wrap the content for easy viewing on smaller screens," explains Adobe.
The application doesn't include basic features like search or support for password-protected files, but it's snappy, documents are readable and the applications opens in full screen. There aren't many free PDF viewers for Android and Adobe's application is clearly the best right now.
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- AnonymousMay 24, 2010 at 4:41 PM
it runs perfect on the htc heroReplyDelete
On your Android device, once you open the reader, how do you find a pdf file. I do not see any function for opening docs from the menu.ReplyDelete
I can open a doc using a file manager, download manager, email attachment and web page.
The app is just a tool for viewing PDF files. You're suppose to use another application for browsing the file system. The built-in Quickoffice app doesn't even let you launch it directly.ReplyDelete
The slowness of HTC to update the Hero to 2.1 (been being pushed since last year Dec till next Jun) is really terrifying. There's nothing cool left in 1.5 camp. All new COOL stuffs are only for 2.0 and above. That makes me really think twice before getting HTC Evo. Will it ever join the fate of the Hero? Most certainly, with HTC's inability to port software at a fast pace. :sReplyDelete
so they cannot even support password protected files with their own application and their own technology?ReplyDelete
256 MB ... pretty high requirement !ReplyDelete
Adobe is really not used to ligthweight apps... (when I see how the acrobat reader even lags on my quad core DUO, 4GB RAM...)
But anyway it does work very well on my HTC Magic (188 MB RAM including video mem) at least with not too big pdfs (android 2.1 with cyanogen ROM)
- AnonymousMay 25, 2010 at 3:20 PM
The slowness of vendors to update to 2.x, and the high memory requirements (256 meg!!!) are some of the reasons people have issues with Android. Say what you will about Apple, but they have a pretty consistent release schedule.ReplyDelete
@ Alex Chitu; I have the same question as Robert Milk.ReplyDelete
Soooo, what app do you use to view .pdf files?
For that matter can anyone recommend one?
Use Astro as a file manager and Adobe Reader as a PDF viewer.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 17, 2010 at 8:39 AM
No ability to bookmark on large pdf'sReplyDelete
pfft uninstalling
Of course no link to the apk for those of us without a android store.ReplyDelete
Adobe Reader is almost ideal. BUT absence of bookmarking or goto page stuff turns it into a trash... :(ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 8, 2010 at 2:09 PM
Can adobe reader for Android read GeoPDFs?ReplyDelete
This does not seem to be available from Android Market any more. How can I get this?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 16, 2010 at 4:49 PM
This does not seem to be available from Android Market any more. How can I get this? I am running a Viewsonic gTablet so this should work fine.ReplyDelete
Your tablet probably uses an old Android version. Adobe Reader requires Android 2.1 or a more recent version.ReplyDelete
Why do I need adobe reader on android?ReplyDelete
To open PDF files on your phone.ReplyDelete
I'm running Galaxy Spica, and this newest version can run well in my device. But, one problem about panning & scrolling in the flow text mode, it like disabled. FYI, currently my device not support multitouch.ReplyDelete
Could someone tell me how do I delete a PDF document I don't want anymore from Adobe Reader App? I am using on a HTC EVO 4G.ReplyDelete
Thank you.
The app only shows the files that are on your SD card. Use a file manager like Astro (available for free in the Android Market) to find the file and delete it.ReplyDelete
Thank you, Alex. I already installed Astro. And I just delete those pdf files from my card. Thank you again for your prompt reply.ReplyDelete
I am trying to put a pdf file on my phone so that I can view it on the phone. I have the Adobe Viewer (from the Android market) and also have Astro (from the Android market). I downloaded Verizon's VCast Media Manager and put the file on the phone, but Astro and Adobe can not find the file on the phone. What am I doing wrong?????ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 15, 2011 at 2:22 AM
Is "text to speech" a function in Adobe PDF reader for Android? If not, any other ways or APPs to perform "text to speech" on an Android phone?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 9, 2011 at 6:43 PM
I just took the microsd card out, put it in a Targus adapter from radio Shack, and deleted the files. No commercials involved.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 17, 2011 at 5:46 AM
I downloaded astro so I could delete PDF files on adobe reader. But I still can't figure how to do it!!! I have a Droid can anyone help me?ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 17, 2011 at 6:38 AM
Anonymous -- This is what I do on my HTC EVO 4G: Open the Astro's File Manager, then scroll down to the "Download" folder, you should see your pdf files there. Click and hold down on the file you want to delete, and you'll see all the options there.ReplyDelete
I hope this works for you as well.
- AnonymousFebruary 2, 2012 at 2:01 PM
How do you use text to speech???!!!!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 28, 2012 at 4:49 PM
I echo the need for text to speech!!!ReplyDelete


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Days Inn's Water Shut Off – February 1, 2011
Kevin L. Hoover
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VALLEY WEST – With Days Inn refusing to pay more than $174,000 in back debt or even communicate with the City about its overdue tax and utility bills, the City of Arcata cut off the troubled motel's water on Monday.
Said a City of Arcata press release, "This action was necessary to protect the City from taking on more of a growing unpaid debt from Silver Creek Hospitality aka Penta Hospitality, which over the majority of the past two years has owed the City of Arcata for unpaid municipal water and sewer services, as well as Transient Occupancy Taxes (TOT) the hotel was required by law to collect for the City.
Arcata City Manager Randy Mendosa stated: "Over the course of the past two years our City staff has made great efforts in trying to work with the owners of Silver Creek Hospitality/aka Penta Hospitality, in attempts to keep the Arcata Days Inn open. However after repeated notices they simply stopped paying for utility fees and TOT that has accumulated since June of 2010."
The City had hoped to avoid rendering the motel uninhabitable with a water cutoff, as it poses health and safety issues for guests. The motel's management and owners were given advance notice of the impending water shutoff, Mendosa said, including a two-week warning, a Friday notice (including the standard doorhanger residents receive) and a last-minute Monday morning reminder.
Mendosa said the City wanted to give the motel time to let its weekend guests check out before turning off the water. "I really hated to do it, but we had no choice," Mendosa said. "We're not a bank and we can't keep floating them."
The City had previously received a Certificate of Tax Lein against the motel, but it was ignored and the debt kept piling up.
The Arcata Days Inn is owned and operated by San Jose-based Silver Creek Hospitality LLC, aka Penta Hospitality. None of the company's listed contacts have ever returned phone calls from the Eye.


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The ribosome: A new target for antiprion medicines
New research results from Uppsala University, Sweden, show that the key to treating neurodegenerative prion diseases such as mad cow disease and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease may lie in the ribosome, the protein synthesis machinery of the cell. The results were recently published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.
Prion diseases are fatal neurodegenerative diseases caused by misfolding of prion proteins. Examples of prion diseases are scrapie in sheep, mad cow disease and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in human.
What triggers misfolding of the prion proteins to the amyloid disease form is an open question. The inadequate knowledge in the field about the factors involved in prion formation makes the discovery of effective medicines for prion diseases rather challenging.
"We have now shown that the protein folding activity of the ribosome (PFAR) is most likely involved in prion propagation and thus, can be a specific target for antiprion medicines. If we understand the mechanism fully, we will be able to find ways to stop that too.", says Suparna Sanyal, senior lecturer at the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University .
The ribosome is the protein synthesis machinery of the cell. The mechanism of protein synthesis by the ribosome is well characterized, while PFAR is a rather recent discovery. PFAR is a ribosomal RNA dependent function of the large subunit of the ribosome irrespective of its source. The PFAR center closely overlaps the peptidyl transferase center although the nucleobases responsible for these two functions are not all common.
"Our results show that two prion inhibitors 6-aminophenanthridine and guanabenz acetate implement antiprion activity by binding to ribosomal RNA and inhibiting PFAR. Thus, the ribosome and more specifically PFAR is the new target for antiprion medicines. Furthermore, we have developed an in vitro PFAR assay, which can be used as a platform for screening prion inhibitors in a high-throughput fashion. This assay is much more time and cost-effective than standard prion assays", says Suparna Sanyal.
More information: Pang, Y. et al. (2013) The antiprion compound 6-Aminophenanthridine inhibits protein folding activity of the ribosome by direct competition. J. Biol. Chem. doi/10.1074/jbc.M113.466748
Journal information: Journal of Biological Chemistry
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KDE Software Compilation 4.4.4 Released: Codename "cheers"
KDE has released a new version of the KDE Software Compilation (KDE SC). This month's edition of KDE SC is a bugfix and translation update to KDE SC 4.4. KDE SC 4.4.4 is a recommended update for everyone running KDE SC 4.4.3 or earlier versions. As the release only contains bugfixes and translation updates, it will be a safe and pleasant update for everyone. Users around the world will appreciate that KDE SC 4.4.4 multi-language support is more complete. KDE SC 4 is already translated into more than 50 languages, with more to come.
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HÉBERT, GAUDIOSE, shoemaking machine operator and trade union leader; b. 27 Sept. 1866 at Quebec, son of Alexandre Hébert, a rigger, and Philomène Lortie; m. there 2 July 1894 Malvina Laroche, and they had three children; d. there 17 Feb. 1923.
Gaudiose Hébert was born in Saint-Roch ward, to a French father and a French Canadian mother. One of 16 children in a family of modest means, he attended school until the age of 12, when he went to work in one of the many shoe and boot factories in Quebec's Lower Town and began to learn how to operate a shoemaking machine. At the end of the century he joined the Union des Cordonniers-Machinistes, a strong union which in 1899 became a member of the Fraternité des Cordonniers Unis de la Puissance du Canada. This exclusively Quebec federation also included the Montreal and Saint-Hyacinthe unions of shoemaking machine operators. Hébert was convinced that unions had to be organized to stop workers from being exploited. In the personal notebook in which he set down his impressions, he noted, "We had reached such a level of exploitation that we would have risked our lives in order to unite." He was a member of the union when the footwear manufacturers at Quebec, who were exasperated at having to negotiate with unions, declared a lockout in October 1900, demanding that all their employees appear before a notary to renounce membership in a labour organization. Some 3,850 men and women, including 1,800 union members, found themselves out of work.
Since the dispute was dragging on, Archbishop Louis-Nazaire Bégin of Quebec agreed to intervene, provided the two parties would undertake to abide by his decision. The ruling he handed down in January 1901 stipulated that the manufacturers must recognize the workers' right of association, the unions must let their constitutions be revised, and both parties must agree to bring future disputes to arbitration. The Union des Cordonniers-Machinistes, to which Hébert belonged, proved especially unwilling to submit its constitution to the archbishop for examination. It even called on the federal government to denounce this "abuse of power" [see Arthur Marois]. In the face of this refusal, Bégin released the manufacturers from their obligations, whereupon they issued an ultimatum to the machine operators: they would lose their jobs if their union did not revise its constitution. The union members gave in and could go back to work, but only after each had signed a notarized affidavit promising that they would no longer belong to any labour organization which did not have the archbishop's approval. All the unions also had to agree to have a chaplain attend their meetings. While it did recognize the workers' right of association, Bégin's verdict was the first step in the process of Catholicizing the Quebec boot and shoe workers' unions.
Hébert acceded to the notion of increasing clerical influence in union affairs. At the beginning of the 20th century he served on his union's executive and later as a delegate to the Central Trades and Labor Council of Quebec, the coordinating body of unions in the city. Around 1910 the question of uniform textbooks for public schools was creating sharp divisions in these unions; traditionally the national trade unions at Quebec (those not affiliated to an international union of American origin) and the international ones (those affiliated to an international union), which were non-denominational bodies, had always demanded that the government prescribe such books. They saw this requirement as a considerable saving for working-class families, who often had to buy new texts when their children changed schools. The Roman Catholic clergy were strongly opposed to uniformity, fearing it would lead to a situation where textbooks were chosen by the state. Hébert, who was a delegate from the Fraternité des Cordonniers to the Canadian Federation of Labor convention in Ottawa in 1910, defended the clerical position. The question was a significant factor in the split that occurred in the Central Trades and Labor Council of Quebec the following year. The Fraternité des Cordonniers joined the new Conseil Central National du District de Québec et de Lévis, which adopted a constitution specifying that its demands would be based on the directives of the Catholic Church. In a leaflet distributed during a strike in 1914, Hébert repeated that his union wanted above all to "act as a Christian subject to the church."
Following the establishment of an international union at Thetford Mines in the fall of 1915, the religious authorities at Quebec wanted to strengthen their hold on the city's unions. Abbé Maxime Fortin*, a young priest keenly interested in social questions, undertook to turn them into true Catholic unions. He wisely deemed it necessary, as a first step, to impress upon certain labour leaders the principles of the church's social doctrine. To this end in November and December 1915 he organized a study circle open only to an elite group of union leaders, including Hébert. A year and a half later, judging that his teaching had borne fruit, he convened a meeting on 10 May 1917 of the members of the councils from most of the city's national unions with a view to their revising their constitutions and agreeing to the presence of a chaplain. The Central Trades and Labor Council gave its consent on 5 Feb. 1918 and a number of unions followed its example. Shortly thereafter the council merged with the district council to form the Conseil Central National des Métiers du District de Québec.
In order to broaden the reach of Catholic unionism, the council decided in 1918 to appoint a general organizer (probably paid by Action Sociale Catholique [see Paul-Eugène Roy]), and its choice fell on Hébert because of his skills as a speaker, his character, his experience, and "the Catholic way of thinking that inspired him." In two years, he reportedly brought more than 30 new unions into the fold of Catholic unionism. He was firmly convinced that the future of trade unionism lay in its religious orientation. "This is the kind of union that, where we are, has brought about our prosperity. We owe our entire success to the benevolent support of the church, acting through our devoted chaplains," he said in 1920. "Without the church, we have no one to guide us, and in our union the church is the chaplain." He believed that the church's assistance to the trade union movement might foster its development, especially in a context in which employers were fighting against its very existence.
In September 1918 the council held a three-day study session at Quebec to which all the Catholic and national trade unions of the province were invited. The meeting turned into a deliberative assembly, and Hébert was elected its chairman. He made a motion opposing uniform textbooks and free and compulsory schooling. The resolution, which repeated in its preamble some of the principles advocated by the Catholic clergy, objected to "any attempt to impose a system of secular schools on the province of Quebec," and expressed "confidence in the present direction of the department of public instruction." Adopted unanimously, the motion certainly gave great comfort to the religious authorities, who could now impress upon the government the fact that labour unions were no longer unanimous in supporting free and compulsory schooling. Moreover, a few months later a delegation from the Catholic unions presented the resolution to the government on the very day when delegates from the international unions were urging it to pass legislation to the opposite effect.
On 23 Sept. 1919 Hébert was elected president of the Conseil Central National des Métiers du District de Québec and general president of the Catholic trade unions at their convention in Trois-Rivières. The 120 delegates, who came from every part of the province, were working towards the formation of a central provincial body. Not only did they elect a permanent executive and vote on resolutions, but they gave their leaders the power to issue affiliation charters and to require a fee from the affiliated unions. As president, Hébert was a member of the delegation that went to Ottawa in January 1920 to meet with the federal minister of labour, Gideon Decker Robertson*, who did not look favourably upon Catholic unions. The fact that those unions had not been invited to take part in the National Industrial Conference of Dominion and Provincial Governments organized a little earlier by the federal government was described by Hébert as an offensive oversight. Robertson replied with a long diatribe in which he questioned the need for denominational unions and suggested working in harmony with the other labour organizations in the country. The fiery chaplain of the Catholic unions, Abbé Fortin, riposted that religion must be the cornerstone of unionism.
In June 1920 Hébert took part in the great labour demonstration in Parc Lafontaine in Montreal as part of the meetings of the Semaines Sociales du Canada begun by the Jesuits [see Joseph-Papin Archambault*]. Invited to speak along with Victor Morin, Henri Bourassa*, and Abbé Fortin, he stressed the two original principles of Catholic unionism: unions must not be run from outside the country and it was essential for them to reflect the religious ideals of the populace. At the convention of Catholic unions in Chicoutimi in July 1920, which was attended by more than 200 delegates, Hébert gave an account of his administration. After expressing his pleasure at the progress of Catholic unionism, he paid tribute to the beneficent influence of the chaplains and to the courage of the lay pioneers.
In the course of that year Gaudiose Hébert's health deteriorated. He put in an appearance at the founding convention of the Canadian and Catholic Confederation of Labour in Hull from 24 to 28 Sept. 1921, but only to announce his retirement. Had it not been for this decision, he would probably have been elected the first president of the new trade union organization. On 19 Aug. 1921 he had been named by the provincial government inspector of industrial establishments and public buildings for the Quebec region, but because he was suffering from asthma and general bronchial infection, he held this office only a few months. Before his death in 1923, the federal government appointed him to the Canadian committee at the League of Nations.
ANQ-Q, CE301-S22, 27 sept. 1866; S96, 2 juill. 1894. L'Action catholique (Québec), 3 sept. 1918, 21 juill. 1920, 19 févr. 1923. Le Soleil, 19 févr. 1923. J.-P. Archambault, Figures catholiques (Montréal, 1950), 153–92. M.-A. Bluteau et al., Les cordonniers, artisans du cuir (Montréal, 1980). Confédération des Travailleurs Catholiques du Canada, Programme-souvenir du deuxième congrès . . . (Québec, 1923). Aubert du Lac [Maxime Fortin], L'œuvre d'une élite (Québec, 1918). Jacques Rouillard, Les syndicats nationaux au Québec, de 1900 à 1930 (Québec, 1979). Semaines Sociales du Canada, Section française, Semaine sociale du Canada (Montréal, 1920), 162–64.
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Turkey has quietly built up a large presence in Kurdistan's oil and gas industry, teaming up with U.S. major Exxon Mobil, as Ankara bets on Iraq's semi-autonomous republic to help wean it off costly Russian and Iranian energy imports.
A state-backed Turkish firm was also set up in the second quarter of 2013 to explore for oil and gas in Kurdistan, according to three sources familiar with the company.
The strategy will anger Baghdad, which claims sole authority to manage Iraqi oil, and runs counter to calls from Washington for Ankara to avoid backing projects that will help the Kurds gain further autonomy.
With a ballooning energy deficit that leaves the Turkish economy vulnerable to external shocks and a booming demand for power that is set to keep growing over the next decade, Turkey has been working to cut the costs of its oil and gas imports.
Kurdistan's huge energy potential has been hard to ignore, and Turkey's courtship of Iraq's Kurds, a strategy driven by Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, is beginning to pay off.
"When you have such an energy deficit and you have such a big potential on your border, you can't let Baghdad or anything else get in the way," said one of the sources familiar with the new state-backed company, a Turkish industry figure close to the deals in Kurdistan. "You have to find a formula and make sure this oil flows through your country."
The Arab-led central government in Baghdad, at odds with the Kurdish-run enclave over control of oilfields and revenue sharing, has repeatedly expressed its discontent.
It has warned that independent Kurdish efforts to export it soil could ultimately lead to the break-up of Iraq.
But neither calls from Baghdad nor Washington have been enough to deter the Turks, the Kurds or the oil companies. Exxon, Chevron and Total have already signed exploration deals with Kurdistan.
Semi state oil firm TPIC and state pipeline operator Botas have stakes in the new state-backed company, which has entered a dozen exploration blocks in Kurdistan, including several fields where Exxon is already present.
It is also negotiating a gas purchasing deal with Kurdistan, said the sources familiar with the company. Exxon Mobil declined to comment for this story.
Turkey's ambition to play a bigger role in Iraqi Kurdistan's energy prospects comes at a time when it is also negotiating a fragile peace process with Kurdish militants on its own soil to end a three-decade long bloody dispute.
Divided mostly between Iran, Turkey, Iraq and Syria, the Kurdish people are often described as the largest ethnic group without a state of their own.
Link-up in Turkey
Turkey's involvement also stretches to a new KRG pipeline that is almost complete and will allow the Kurds to export their crude from the Taq Taq oilfields straight over the border to Turkey without having to wrangle with Baghdad over payments.
The pipeline will link with the existing Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline on Turkish soil, rather than in Iraq, thus bypassing Baghdad, according to the latest plans.
Last year, Kurdistan stopped exporting 200,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude through Iraq's federal pipelines due to a revenue-sharing dispute and instead started trucking smaller amounts of oil to Turkey.
The semi-autonomous region has ambitious plans to raise exports to more than 1 million bpd by the end of 2015 or over 1percent of global supplies.
The sources say the pipeline is almost complete and will start pumping around 200,000 bpd at the end of the year. Turkey consumes around 700,000 barrels of oil daily.
Gas game
OPEC member Iraq's oil may have long been the focus of attention, but for Turkey, gas could have an even greater appeal.
Turkey is set to overtake Britain as Europe's third biggest power consumer in a decade. It buys natural gas from Russia, Iran and Azerbaijan and liquefied gas from Nigeria and Algeria for use mainly in power generation.
"For Turkey, securing natural gas from fields in northern Iraq, where Turkey will also be a partner, is of utmost importance. There has been big progress on this issue," said one of the three sources, a Turkish official close to the talks.
Two of them said the state-backed Turkish company was looking to finalize gas purchasing deals with KRG in the coming months.
KRG Energy Minister Ashti Hawrami said this year Kurdistan was planning to export the first gas to Turkey by 2016.
About a dozen Turkish private companies have applied to Turkey's energy watchdog EPDK to obtain a license to import gas from Iraq. Turkey's daily gas demand stood at 125 million cubic meters in late 2012 and is likely to rise to nearly 220 million during the harsh winter months, energy ministry officials say.
"It is actually a gas game. The main reason why Turkey is taking this political risk in Iraq is because of the appealing gas resources," said the industry source.