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Making Money Work: How Can We Reconnect Capital with Community?
The financial crisis has provided us all with a crash course on how much of our economy is based not on the creation of real value, but on speculation. Over the last year, we have learned that the speculative economy—the one that trades in exotic derivatives like credit default swaps and makes short-term, bubble-inducing bets on assets like real estate and tech stocks—is vast and highly rewarded. We have learned that the speculative economy undermines and consumes the productive economy. And we have learned that money made by speculation is often treated much more favorably by tax systems than money earned through real work.
We have also learned how entangled we all are in the speculative economy. If you think about it, there are very few opportunities for you and I to invest our savings in ways that would strengthen our local economies. Most of us, whether we like it or not, have our retirement and other savings invested in funds composed of stocks, derivatives, and other speculative vehicles.
This de-linking of money from place and productive investment is not the inevitable result of economic evolution. Money is a human invention and the rules that control its dynamic are also a human invention. The rules in place today favor mobility over community, speculation over productive investment, volatility over permanence.
How can we reconnect capital with community needs? Global climate change has created an urgent need to retool much of our infrastructure, develop regional food systems, retrofit buildings, reestablish neighborhood enterprises, and so on. And yet our system for pooling and deploying capital is completely ill-suited to this task, oriented as it is to maximizing short-term gains rather than building long-term community capacity.
One way we might begin to reorient the financial system is to establish a modest tax on all financial transactions, including international currency trades. This would lessen the appeal of high-frequency speculative trading. It would also generate a stream of revenue that could be used to establish a publicly owned wholesale bank or fund that would channel capital to Community Development Financial Institutions. These in turn would finance small businesses, cooperatives, and social enterprises.
We might also consider funding, as the New Economic Foundation has suggested, a Green Industrial Bank to provide long-term financing for green infrastructure and renewable energy development. At the local level, cities are already pioneering ways to finance the transition to renewable energy. The city of Berkeley, California, for example, is using its bonding authority to provide long-term, low-interest loans that enable homeowners to become electricity producers by installing solar cells on their rooftops. The debt, which stays with the house if the owner moves, is repaid over a 20-year period through a fee added to their biannual property tax bill.
Small Banks, Radical Vision :: Local banks can change the world, one investment at a time.
Bringing Money Down to Earth :: Slow Money founder Woody Tasch on financing local food economies.
Another useful model, which relies on a mix of public and private investment, is Pennsylvania's Fresh Food Financing Initiative. This $120 million fund has provided low-interest, long-term loans to finance over 60 locally owned food markets in neighborhoods and small towns that lacked places to buy fresh food. All but one of these stores has succeeded, demonstrating that the reason "food deserts" exist in so many low-income communities is not that grocery stores are not viable in these areas, but rather that banks have been reluctant to finance these ventures. We ought to build on this model by establishing similar funds to capitalize a new generation of neighborhood stores, small-scale farms, and other enterprises that can expand the capacity of communities to meet more of their needs locally.
In the private sector, we should look to reform the banking industry by both breaking up big banks and adopting policies that favor independent banks and credit unions. These smaller institutions have generally been much more responsive to their local communities. And, while big banks have focused on the needs of big business, small banks operate at a scale better matched to the needs of local economies.
Financial institutions are not the only way to link local capital with community enterprise. A growing number of local businesses are being financed directly by their customers. In the United States, Community-Supported Agriculture schemes, or CSAs, which enable people to fund the operations of a farm in exchange for a share of its harvest, have multiplied to well over 3,000. Hundreds of independent bookstores, restaurants, and other local businesses in both the U.S. and the U.K. have raised capital from their customers to sustain or expand their operations. Earlier this year, more than 100 customers of the Busy Bee Toyshop in Greater Manchester put up £32,000 to take over the store, which had recently closed, and operate it as a cooperative. In Brooklyn, a similar initiative made hundreds of customers investors in their local bookstore. People have come together not only to save or grow local businesses, but also to start them. Six years ago, in Powell, Wyoming, over 800 families invested $500 each to capitalize a new community-owned downtown department store.
Many political and corporate leaders are eager to put the financial crisis in the rear-view mirror and return to business-as-usual. But we should not let them. More than ever, we need a vision for a new economy. We need a bold new deal that reorients antitrust, planning, and financial policy to shrink the power of corporations, resurrect citizenship, nurture local enterprise, and build a sustainable future.
This is an excerpt of a lecture delivered at the Bristol Schumacher Conference in Bristol, England. Full citations available .
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I am the VP of Marketing for SMT - Seismic Micro Technology. We have made software since 1984 and have the leadership position for selling to petroleum geophysicists. Because our software is used by the largest companies on earth and across the globe, we focus on showing our breadth and scale for any environment. We have 2700 customers in 97 nations.
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Oil & Gas companies buy our software - like Exxon, Shell or Saudi Aramco. But traditionally, it has been the geophysics department. The other key department in these firms are the geologists. We have had some tools for them, but they have not been as strong. But now, we are offering a huge array of new tools through some acquired technology.
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You can now check the spelling of Portuguese using the pre-reform spelling rules, post-reform spelling rules, or both. To do this, you must first configure your Microsoft Office programs to use the Portuguese language, and then configure them to use the Portuguese spelling rules that you want.
With the language pack for Portuguese (Portugal) installed, you can choose from the following spelling rules:
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This is the default setting. Only words that were considered correctly spelled before the spelling reform will be verified and suggested.
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This is the default setting. Only words that were considered correctly spelled after the spelling reform will be verified and suggested; pre-reform variants will be flagged.
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Before you begin
To check the spelling of Portuguese text you must be using a Portuguese-language version of Office, or install the Office language pack for Portuguese (Portugal) and configure your Office programs to use the Portuguese language. For more information about language packs, see:
Step 1: Configure Office programs to use the Portuguese (Portugal) language
The following procedure assumes that you have already installed the appropriate language pack. If you have not done so, see Language Accessory Pack for Office.
To configure Office to edit the Portuguese (Portugal) language
Open a file in an Office program, such as Word, Excel, or PowerPoint.
Click File > Options > Language.
If Portuguese (Portugal) is not in the Editing Language list under Choose Editing Languages, click Add additional editing languages, select Portuguese (Portugal) in the list, and then click Add.
Under Choose Editing Languages, in the Editing Language list, select Portuguese (Portugal).
Click Set as Default.
If you want to change the language that Office programs display by default in the program's controls or the language of Help, select languages under Choose Display and Help Languages.
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Vlaming family
Vlaming (Vlamingh, Flaming, Flaminck, Fleming, Flemming, Flämmig, Flamig), a Mennonite family name. There was formerly a Vlaming(h) Mennonite family at Amsterdam, now extinct, of which Hans Vlamingh was a member. Cornelis de Vlaminck (Cornelis Jansz), according to Mellink a revolutionary Anabaptist, executed at Zwolle in 1535, was an Anabaptist at Amsterdam. Hans Hendricksen van Linth, called Hans Vleminck, and his wife Linken, who had both fled, were banished 12 October 1575, because of Anabaptism. These Vlamings are apparently unrelated; the name simply means that they stemmed from Flanders (modern Belgium). A Vlaming (Flemming) family is also found among the West Prussian Mennonites, at Montau as early as 1636. Hans Vlaming was preacher of the Nieschewski church from 1737; he later moved to Deutsch Kazun, where he also was a minister, serving until ca. 1795. Heinrich Flaming moved from Franztal, West Prussia, to Molotschna, Russia, in 1825. There are also some Flamings in America.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Vlaming family." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 19 Oct 2019. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Vlaming_family&oldid=133726.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1959). Vlaming family. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 19 October 2019, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Vlaming_family&oldid=133726.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 837. All rights reserved.
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No. 5 UCLA Upends No. 4 WSU to Extend Winning Streak
Jan. 12, 2008
LOS ANGELES (AP) -Washington State couldn't make a dent against UCLA's defensive pressure most of the game. When the Bruins let up, the Cougars unleashed a stunning barrage of 3-pointers and still lost.
The fifth-ranked Bruins knocked the No. 4 Cougars from the unbeaten ranks Saturday with an 81-74 victory led by freshman Kevin Love's eighth double-double of the season.
'I'd never seen anything like that,' Love said about the Cougars' seven 3s in the final 1 1/2 minutes.
'Wow,' marveled teammate Darren Collison.
Love had a career-high 27 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, while Collison added 18 points and the Bruins (16-1, 4-0 Pac-10) won their ninth in a row and seventh straight over the Cougars.
'For college, it's probably my best game overall,' Love said.
Derrick Low scored 24 points after getting nothing in the first half for Washington State, which saw its best start in 91 years ended. The Cougars committed 13 turnovers, nine in the first half.
'Once you get in a little hole against a team as high-caliber as them, it's going to be tough,' Low said. 'They're what a championship team is. That's how we want to play.'
The Cougars (14-1, 2-1) still have just one victory in 51 games at UCLA. They had lost the previous three meetings in Westwood by a combined eight points.
'We could not get stops,' Washington State coach Tony Bennett said. 'We pride ourselves in trying to get people to work for their shots and they got so many easy looks.'
The Cougars made it close at the end with nine 3-pointers - five by Low - over the final 5:48. Most of the 3s were contested, but the Cougars' accuracy shocked the crowd of 12,590 and the Bruins.
'We were doing what we had to do in a situation that we didn't want to be in,' said Taylor Rochestie, who had 13 points. 'That's not how good teams win.'
The Cougars called timeouts during their shooting spree.
'I told guys, `Nice flurry on the 3s, but don't lose the meaning of the message,'' Bennett said. 'When it was really game time, we couldn't hang in there. If we're not really clicking, we're so vulnerable.'
Washington State's 13 3s and 62 percent shooting from 3-point range were season highs. The 13 tied the school record for 3s in a Pac-10 game.
The Bruins held the Cougars off from the free throw line, where they were 17-of-21.
'As soon as you let up a little bit, the dam can break,' UCLA coach Ben Howland said. 'Fortunately, our free throw shooting was tremendous.'
UCLA boosted its lead to 42-34 early in the second half on a wide-open 3-pointer by Love. He leaped and bumped bodies with Russell Westbrook in celebration going into a timeout.
The Cougars cut a 17-point deficit to 10 with 9:18 remaining, but Love ended that run. He scored inside, then grabbed the ball on the defensive end and sent a bounce pass to Josh Shipp, who was out in front. Shipp picked up the ball and sailed in for a one-handed dunk that got the crowd on its feet. Shipp finished with 14 points and Westbrook added 12.
Love canned two 3-pointers in the second half when he wasn't ripping down rebounds, scoring down low or setting screens on the perimeter.
Low hit consecutive 3-pointers that drew the Cougars to 57-49 with 5:14 remaining.
The Bruins answered again. Collison drove around Daven Harmeling and scored before falling into the basket support. He got up and made both free throws for a 61-49 lead.
UCLA dominated from the opening tip, running up a 26-8 lead, including eight in a row, before the shaky Cougars knew what hit them. Love had eight points, Shipp hit two 3-pointers and Westbrook scored six points and made some pinpoint passes in the spurt.
'How could you not be fired up for this game?' Shipp said. 'Four and five, they're undefeated. If that isn't motivation, I don't know what is.'
Both teams played man-to-man, but the Bruins were quicker and doubled in the post against Aussie big man Aron Baynes and his backup Harmeling. Baynes finished with eight points and seven rebounds.
'He looks like he's about to be in the Outdoors Games and chop down a tree,' Love said about his 6-foot-10, 270-pound rival. 'I had to box him out as much as I could.'
Love single-handedly outrebounded the Cougars in the first half, grabbing eight to their seven.
Washington State starter Robbie Cowgill was scoreless in the half and finished with two.
The Cougars were 0-of-7 and had five turnovers before Rochestie got their first field goal at 11:24, leaving them trailing 16-6. Baynes went 4-of-6 from the line for their early points.
'We got to come out ready in an atmosphere like this,' Low said. 'You can't come out and be shocked by their defensive pressure. We were on our heels because they were so into us.'
Washington State settled down after UCLA's opening run, outscoring the Bruins 14-9 to end the half trailing 35-22. Rochestie gave the Cougars a lift going into the locker room with a 3-pointer that barely beat the halftime buzzer.
Former UCLA stars Reggie Miller, Michael Warren and Sidney Wicks attended the game, but 97-year-old former coach John Wooden had a scheduled appearance that kept him away.
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Michael Cassesso and his fiancee, MaiLien Le, went on their first date at the Jefferson Memorial. It's where they fell in love. And where they had a dream wedding planned for Sunday.
Until the padlocks went up on the gates to the Memorial as the government shut down at midnight Tuesday.
"It's surreal," Cassesso said. "That's the only way I can really put it."
Cassesso and Li are one of 24 couples who planned to get married at memorials on the National Mall this month. Now, they may have to make other arrangements due to the government shutdown.
Nine of the National Mall weddings were scheduled for this week, said National Park Service spokeswoman Carol Johnson. The weddings were scheduled with permits in advance, but are now postponed indefinitely.
Besides the Jefferson Memorial, weddings also are held at the D.C. War Memorial honoring World War I veterans.
"It's frustrating that it happened," said Cassesso, who added that wedding guests are already flying into D.C. "Everyone wants their wedding to be exactly how they pictured it."
But he said there's no question his wedding will happen.
He told Li, "Come Sunday, I am going to be your husband and you are going to be my wife, and that's all that matters. It doesn't matter where it happens; what matters is that we are going to be together for the rest of our lives, and I love you."
If other couples are determined to marry at one of the memorials, they can reschedule once the government reopens, Johnson said.
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In hemodialysis (HD) patients, restless legs syndrome (RLS) and periodic limb movements in sleep (PLMS) constitute common sleep disorders. Recent findings indicate a role for PLMS as a risk factor in the development of new or the aggravation of existing cardiovascular disease. The aim of the current study was to investigate the association of PLMS with indices of cardiac morphology and function in HD patients with RLS as a potential pathway by which PLMS could alter cardiovascular risk.
Based on PLMS diagnosis by an overnight polysomnographic evaluation, 19 stable HD-RLS patients were divided into the PLMS group (n = 10) and the non-PLMS group (n = 9). During the overnight assessment, nocturnal blood pressure (BP) indices were also assessed. Left ventricular (LV) dimensions were examined by M-mode echocardiography, whereas LV diastolic function was evaluated by conventional Doppler and tissue Doppler imaging the following day.
LV internal diameter in diastole was significantly increased in the PLMS group (4.96 ± 0.61 vs 4.19 ± 0.48 cm, p = 0.007), leading to a significantly increase in LV mass (202 ± 52 vs 150 ± 37 g, p = 0.026). In contrast, no between group differences were observed in diastolic function indices (p > 0.05).
These are the first data to associate severe PLMS with further LV structure abnormalities in HD patients with RLS.
Giannaki CD; Zigoulis P; Karatzaferi C; Hadjigeorgiou GM; George KP; Gourgoulianis K; Koutedakis Y; Stefanidis I; Sakkas GK. Periodic limb movements in sleep contribute to further cardiac structure abnormalities in hemodialysis patients with restless legs syndrome. J Clin Sleep Med 2013;9(2):147–153.
Periodic limb movements in sleep (PLMS) is very common in patients receiving hemodialysis (HD) therapy.1 Briefly, PLMS induces stereotypical repetitive leg movements during sleep, causing significant sleep disturbances through its associated arousals and motor restlessness. Recent studies report that PLMS, as well as a related condition called restless legs syndrome (RLS), are associated with increased cardiovascular risk factors, both in uremic2,3 and idiopathic RLS patients.4–6 In addition, in the HD population, PLMS seems to be an independent predictor of all causes mortality.7 The pathway through which PLMS may confer greater cardiovascular risk in HD patients is not clear but one potential process, via an impact of cardiac structure and function, has not been assessed before.
In RLS patients with normal kidney function, PLMS is associated with a rise in nocturnal blood pressure (BP) (or lack of the dipping effect) and heart rate (HR), probably due to increased sympathetic activity as a result of the leg movements.8,9 The non-dipping effect of the BP could provide an excessive hemodynamic stimulus that may result in cardiac structure abnormalities10 such as left ventricular hypertrophy,11 which in turn could result to a diminished diastolic function.12,13 By altering cardiac structure and function PLMS could play an important role in the development, or aggravation of cardiovascular disease, which is the main cause of mortality in the HD patients,14 but this has not yet been studied. This is particularly pertinent given that HD represent a patient population whose cardiac morphology and function is already adversely affected by the chronic uremia as well as the HD therapy per se.12,13 Consequently, the aim of the current study was to examine whether RLS-HD patients with PLMS have further deterioration in LV cardiac structure and function compared to their PLMS-free counterparts.
Current Knowledge/Study Rationale: The pathway through which PLMS may confer greater cardiovascular risk and higher mortality in hemodialysis patients is still unknown. The current study associated PLMS with further impairments on cardiac structure and function in hemodialysis patients with RLS increasing therefore their cardiovascular risk and mortality.
Study Impact: Severe PLMS seems to contribute further impairments in left ventricular structure in hemodialysis patients with RLS. Successful treatment of PLMS could result to potential reductions in cardiovascular disease risk and lower mortality rates.
Sixty-five volunteers were initially screened for RLS by a neurologist who specializes in RLS assessment using the criteria of the International Restless Legs Syndrome Study Group (IRLSSG)15; syndrome severity was assessed using the IRLSSG severity rating scale.16 Twenty-five stable HD patients were diagnosed with RLS, but only 19 fulfilled inclusion criteria. Inclusion criteria were RLS positive diagnosis and being on HD therapy ≥ 6 months prior to the study, with adequate HD efficiency (Kt/V > 1.1).
Patients were excluded from the study if they were diagnosed with neuropathies (n = 3), had reasons for being in a catabolic state (including malignancies and opportunistic infections) within 3 months prior to the study (n = 2), were treated with dopaminergic drugs (n = 1), or had uncontrolled hypertension. All patients had a forearm arteriovenous fistula as vascular access in order to receive the HD treatment.
This study employed a cross-sectional design. Patients with RLS participated in full-night polysomnography that took place prior to any measurements. Patients then divided into 2 groups according to their PLMS score: the PLMS group (PLMS/h > 25, n = 10) and the non-PLMS group (PLMS/h < 25, n = 9). The status of the patients was coded for blinding purposes. All investigators were blinded to the PLMS status of the patients up to the completion of data analysis. Patients were studied in a single outpatient visit on a non-dialysis day. All patients gave written informed consent to participate in this study. The study conformed to the principles enumerated in the Helsinki Declaration of 1975 and was approved by the Ethics Committee on Human Research at the University Hospital of Larissa.
The polysomnographic studies were performed at the Sleep Disorders Laboratory of University Hospital of Larissa on a non-dialysis day. Polysomnograms (Somnoscreen, Somnomedics GmbH, Randersacker, Germany), were recorded and scored according to the latest instructions of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine for scoring sleep and associated events.17 The assessment of PLMS was performed according to the official World Association of Sleep Medicine (WASM) and IRLSSG standards for recoding and scoring of PLMS.18 Specifically, a PLM was defined as a continuous succession of ≥ 4 leg movements, with 5 to 90 s between movements.17,18 A movement event was defined as lasting 0.5 to 10 s. The onset of a movement was defined as the point at which there was an 8-μV increase in the EMG voltage above the resting EMG; the end of a leg movement was defined as the start of a period lasting ≥ 0.5 sec after the EMG returned to values not exceeding 2 μV above resting EMG levels.17,18 The number of PLM per hour of sleep (PLMS/h) was calculated. PLMS/h > 25 indicates moderate or severe PLMS19 and has been used before as a cutoff point in RLS-HD patient studies20; it was thus considered clinically relevant and a cutoff for inclusion in the PLMS group.
Heart rate (HR) during sleep was recorded via an ECG within the PSG device. Minimal and maximal HR, HR accelerations and decelerations, and presence of arrhythmias were recorded. The nocturnal variation of systolic BP was assessed using the pulse transit time (PTT) method, which is a standard tool of the PSG system.21 Minimum, maximum and average systolic BP, and presence and magnitude of BP dipping (reduction of nocturnal BP compared to the resting value obtained before sleep) were recorded. "Non-dipping" was defined as a reduction of BP of under 10% of the resting average.22
All echocardiographic scans were performed using an iE33 echocardiographic system (Philips Medical Systems, Andover, MA, USA). All image acquisitions were made with the subject lying in the left lateral decubitus position with a 2.5 MHz transducer. For each patient, ≥ 3 consecutive beats were analyzed in each scan, and the mean value was used in the subsequent statistical analysis. All echocardiograms were performed by the same experienced echocardiographer, who was blinded with regards to patient PLMS status. For the recording of HR, a single-lead ECG inherent to the echocardiographic system was used.
Left ventricular dimensions were determined from 2-dimensional guided M-Mode images according to the recommendations of the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) for chamber quantification,23 using the parasternal acoustic window. LV mass was calculated from M-Mode traces at the level of mitral valve and determined in g by using the recommended ASE formula, whereas the LV mass index was calculated by dividing LV mass by body surface area (using the DuBois and DuBois formula) and height2.7 to minimize effects of age, gender, and overweight status.23
For the assessment of LV diastolic function, the transducer was applied apically while the pulsed wave Doppler sample volume (4 mm) was located at the tips of the mitral valve leaflets. Doppler gain, pulse repetition frequency, and high-pass filter were all adjusted in order to maximize the signal to noise ratio. The following parameters were evaluated: early peak flow velocity (E), late peak flow velocity (A); thus the ratio of E to A was calculated. Ejection fraction (EF) was calculated using the biplane Simpson's method from 2-dimensional apical 2- and 4- chamber orientation to evaluate the patient's systolic function.
Tissue Doppler velocities were assessed at the basal septum, using pulsed-wave Doppler. The sample volume (2 mm) was placed at the basal septum at the level of the mitral annulus ring in parallel to the longitudinal movement of the septum. The high-pass filter was bypassed, and gains were set to a minimal value to obtain the best signal to noise ratio. Peak early diastolic (E') and peak late diastolic (A') myocardial tissue velocities were assessed and the E'/A' ratio was calculated. In addition, the conventional Doppler E to tissue Doppler E' ratio (E/E') was calculated.
All echocardiographic examinations were performed up to 12 h after the last mid-week HD session in order to have a relatively preload-independent assessment, closer to a normovolemic state.
Routine monthly laboratory results were recorded including albumin, transferrin, ferritin, iron, hematocrit, and hemoglobin. A single-pool Kt/V was calculated from pre- and post-dialysis BUN measurements using the Daugirdas II equation. The analyses were performed at the clinical biochemistry lab of the University Hospital of Larissa under standard hospital procedures.
Unpaired t-tests were used to compare the 2 groups for continuous normally distributed variables; χ2 for categorical variables. The Pearson correlation test was used to assess the relationship between the examined variables. We conducted a hierarchical regression analysis (i.e., regression analysis where independent variables are inserted in a prespecified sequence to observe changes in regression coefficients amongst models) to predict LV mass (dependent variable) from PLMS, age, and resting SBP (independent variables). The hierarchy of the independent variables was adjusted so that the initial model included PLMS, while age and resting SBP were inserted one by one in subsequent models in order to observe differences in regression coefficients. All analyses were carried out using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences software (SPSS for Windows, version 15.0, Chicago, Illinois). Data are presented as mean ± SD (95% confidence intervals), and the level for statistical significance was set at p ≤ 0.05.
Post hoc statistical power analysis calculations were conducted based on the differences in standard echocardiographic indices (e.g., LV mass 202[52] vs 150[37], Table 3) between the 2 groups. The resulting statistical power was 71.6% for 2-sided type I and type II errors of 5%.
Patient characteristics are presented in Table 1. There were no significant differences between the PLMS and non-PLMS groups in any baseline variables except PLMS/h (p < 0.001). The mean value for PLMS/h for the PLMS group was 66.5 ± 27.0, indicating that the patients in the PLMS group suffered from severe PLMS.19
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The HR and BP data at rest and during sleep are presented in Table 2. Resting HR and BP were not different between groups. The minimum systolic BP during sleep was significantly higher in the PLMS group (p = 0.049). The percent reduction of BP during sleep, compared to awake values, was 50% smaller in the PLMS group, indicative of a reduced "dipping." Echocardiographic data are presented in Table 3. LVIDd (p = 0.007), left ventricular mass, LV mass/BSA, and LVM/height2.7 were all higher in the PLMS group. Data for EF was not different between groups; neither conventional Doppler nor TDI indices of diastolic function differed significantly between the two groups (p > 0.05).
Heart rate and blood pressure indices at rest and during polysomnography
Echocardiographic indices
Data derived from the polysomnographic examination are presented in Table 4. There were no significant differences between the PLMS and non-PLMS groups in any of the examined sleep-related variables.
Polysomnographic data
PLMS/h correlated moderately with LV mass (r = 0.492, p = 0.038), LV mass/BSA (r = 0.493, p = 0.038), LV mass/height2.7 (r = 0.456, p = 0.050), and LVIDd (r = 0.505, p = 0.027). PLMS/h did not correlate with any LV functional index. Similarly, LV mass did not correlate with sleep duration (r = 0.129, p = 0.610). Resting systolic BP correlated with LVIDd (r = 0.499, p = 0.035) and LV mass (r = 0.724, p = 0.001). Maximal systolic BP during sleep correlated with LVIDd (r = 0.477, p = 0.039) and LV mass (r = 0.729, p = 0.001), while minimal systolic BP during sleep correlated significantly with PLMS/h (r = 0.510, p = 0.026). In contrast to PLMS/h, the RLS severity score (IRLS) did not correlate with any of the examined echocardiographic or PSG parameters. In addition, both diabetes status and previous cardiovascular disease did not correlate with LV mass (r = −0.397, p = 0.102 and r = 0.180, p = 0.474, respectively). The hierarchical regression analysis used to predict LV mass (dependent variable) from PLMS, age, and resting SBP (independent variables) demonstrated linear associations with PLMS and resting SBP. Yet, it is important to highlight that the coefficient of determination (R2), which demonstrates the amount of variability explained by each model was increased mainly by the resting SBP (R2 change = 0.349, p = 0.006), while PLMS (R2 change = 0.223, p = 0.056) was considered marginally significant (Table 5).
Unstandardized regression coefficient table
To the best of our knowledge, we present the first evidence of further cardiac structure alternations in RLS-HD patients with severe PLMS, compared to patients without PLMS. While we present evidence that PLMS may contribute to an increase in LVIDd and LV mass, it seems that the magnitude of those alternations in LV structure is not sufficient enough to evoke further impairments in LV function. While speculative, due to the cross-sectional design employed, we hypothesize that PLMS may be associated with alterations in blood pressure during sleep that promote a larger LV size leading to increased cardiovascular risk in the HD patients. This hypothesis requires substantiation in future research.
There is evidence showing that the HD patients with RLS/PLMS experience significant impairments in QoL, and poor sleep20 and appear to have a higher mortality risk7 than their RLS/PLMS-free counterparts. Despite these reports on the detrimental impact of PLMS on morbidity and mortality of HD patients, until now, it was unknown what potential pathways to greater cardiovascular risk were associated with PLMS disorder, including altered cardiac structure and function. A link between PLMS and increased LV size and poor LV function is plausible, as we know that HD patients as a group exhibit a diminished cardiac function that consequently leads to an increased risk for a cardiovascular event.24
HD patients, per se, are characterized by LV structure abnormalities, while LV hypertrophy is considered to be one of the major morphological abnormalities in the HD patient's heart.13 We observed that the LV chamber and LV mass were significantly larger in the PLMS group of HD patients than their PLMS-free counterparts, supporting our hypothesis that PLMS may be associated with further changes in LV size. In addition, a moderate but significant correlation (r = 0.492, p = 0.038) between the PLMS/h index and LV mass was found, further supporting the above findings. The later outcomes bear high clinical significance, as LV mass is considered to be a strong and independent predictor of mortality in the HD population.13 However, we should acknowledge that this is a cross-sectional study, and the association between PLMS and LV mass does not imply causality. Thus it is clear that more research in needed in order to clarify the role of PLMS in LV mass in the HD population.
On the basis of the correlational analysis undertaken, we can hypothesize that the increased LVIDd and LV mass in the PLMS group may also be explained by the repetitive rise in nocturnal BP and HR that occur during PLMS episodes (with or without associated arousals) and/or by the lack of a significant dipping effect.8,9,25 A high systolic BP during the night is strongly related to LV hypertrophy in HD patients.26
The speculative mechanism that PLMS induces increased LV mass via nocturnal BP mechanism is indirectly supported by a large epidemiological trial from Gangwisch and colleagues.27 In this study, individuals exposed to less than 5 hours of sleep were approximately 60% more likely to develop hypertension than persons enjoying 6 to 8 hours of continuing sleep.27 It is known that PLMS can significantly disturb sleep through the increased number of arousals that follow leg movements.28 However, in the current study, sleep duration and sleep efficiency did not significantly differ between the PLMS and the non-PLMS patients.
In recent review articles, it has been hypothesized that the potential detrimental effect of RLS in the CV system could be due to the effect of PLMS in nocturnal BP and HR levels.3,6 It is noteworthy that 80% of the patients suffering from RLS also co-experience PLMS (PLMS/h > 5).29 The findings of the current study reveal that PLMS constitute a major contributor to the potential cardiovascular risk that the HD-RLS patients are exposed to. In contrast, RLS severity independent of PLMS did not correlate with any of the examined echocardiographic or PSG parameters.
Diastolic dysfunction is one of the most common abnormalities among patients receiving HD therapy.12 Many factors are linked to the impaired diastolic function seen in HD patients such as anemia, hypertension, hemodynamic alternations (e.g., volume overload), arteriovenous fistula, increased LV mass, acidosis, hypocalcemia and hypoxia.12,13 In our study, we did not find statistical differences in indices of LV dysfunction between HD groups, thus rejecting thus our original hypothesis. PLMS does not statistically augment deterioration in LV dysfunction seen in HD patients as a group.
While our study is the first to show evidence of further cardiac structure alternations in RLS-HD patients, our data should be treated cautiously due to the cross-sectional design. Other points to note are that greater variability in LV diastolic functional data may mean that the current study was not adequately powered to detect meaningful differences in diastolic function between PLMS and no-PLMS groups. Ongoing study should follow up this point, potentially looking at other aspects of LV diastolic function such as "untwisting" velocities that can be assessed by myocardial speckle-tracking and represent early elastic recoil during isovolumic relaxation. It is possible that the potential negative effects of PLMS on LV diastolic function could have been masked under the dominant impact of uremia and hemodialysis therapy (i.e., the hemodynamic alterations) per se. While echocardiography is the front-line clinical tool to assess cardiac structure and function, a study employing cardiac magnetic resonance imaging could provide more accurate measurements of LV mass and avoid some potential pitfalls that characterize the latter technique, such as operator dependence, poor acoustic windows, and the presence of asymmetric hypertrophy or eccentric remodeling, which can invalidate the usual formulas used to calculate LV mass.30 In addition, the PLMS index of our patients was derived by a single PSG examination due to the nature of the population. Previous data derived from idiopathic RLS patients show a high night-to-night PLMS variability31; therefore, a single- night recording of PLMS could limit the reliability of our findings. Further, we should note that we did not assess some polysomnography-derived indices such as the respiratory disturbance index as well as the PLM arousal index, which according to the literature could be associated with LV hypertrophy32 and BP changes,25 respectively. Finally, we acknowledge that the study population is small and therefore the results, while warranting further notice, should be treated with caution, and generalization to all sufferers of PLMS requires further study.
Given the very high prevalence of sleep disorders in HD patients, we suggest that PLMS diagnosis should receive special attention from health care providers. PLMS should be treated appropriately to minimize cardiovascular risk and improve the quality of life of sufferers.
In conclusion, this is the first study that has demonstrated increased LVIDd and LV mass in RLS-HD patients who suffer from severe PLMS, compared to matched HD patients with no PLMS. The current findings provide a springboard for future multicenter clinical trials in order to explore the relationship of sleep-movement disorders and cardiac function and structure in uremic and other chronic disease populations.
This was not an industry supported study. The authors have indicated no financial conflicts of interest.
The authors thank all hemodialysis patients who volunteered for the purposes of this study, as well as the staff at the hemodialysis unit of the University Hospital of Larissa, for their expert and valuable assistance. We particularly thank Dr. Andreas Flouris of the FAME Lab for his advice on statistical issues. Work for this study was performed at School of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larisa, Greece.
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Microsoft has released the details on how they plan to run the apps released through the new App Store coming with Windows 8. We have known about the store for a long time, but this is the first time we've heard about the inner workings of the apps, like the cut Microsoft plans to take.
First and foremost, all paid apps will cost at least $1.49 as opposed to the $0.99 other platforms allow. And most importantly for consumers, Microsoft plans to implement a 7-day "try before you buy" setup with apps that will let you opt-out of the full purchase if you don't like it.
Microsoft seems to also want to provide app developers with an incentive to churn out apps for its platform. Although they are sticking with the same 30% royalty cut that Apple takes, Microsoft's new store will only take 20% once your app earns $25,000 in sales. [MSDN Blog via The Next Web]


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Chelsea Cates
Class of 2004
Major/Minor: Art History
An art history major, Chelsea Cates '04 didn't start creating her own works of art until her senior year. Since then, she's earned an M.F.A. in photography from Parsons School of Design in New York City and displayed her work in New York, Delaware, and even at Washington College.
Many of her pieces are printed on cotton and feature patterns created from disturbing images she cuts up and splices together to make aesthetically pleasing home furnishings. Often politically motivated, one of Chelsea's recent works, inspired by American apathy to and disengagement from the war in Iraq, was designed to bring the war home.
Chelsea credits her liberal arts background for a well-rounded education that helps her develop a context for her work.
"Anyone can be technically gifted, but the art has to mean something," Chelsea said. "I think the liberal arts nature of the school really helps with that."
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|Oct 15th, 2010 03:09 PM
|Mister Tea
|Yeah, we're just trying to help is all. It's still an enjoyable review of an awesomely goofy flick. My favorite part is the talking zombies; there's just something funny about a monster capable of asking permission before it dines on your skull.
|Oct 12th, 2010 05:41 AM
|Oct 10th, 2010 10:23 AM
|Oct 9th, 2010 09:40 PM
|The Nun Eater
|Sorry about the typos. I was in a big hurry to finish and get it out before I had to go to work.
|Oct 9th, 2010 02:50 AM
|Not to mention "it's" means "it is" whereas "its" is possessive. Caught that at least twice in the opening sentence. And "try's" should be "tries"
|Oct 8th, 2010 04:37 PM
|Mister Tea - Wow, you weren't kidding. I just fixed all of Nun Eater's "there" typos. I think I counted about 12 different instances of "there" when "their" should've been used.
|Oct 8th, 2010 02:44 PM
|Mister Tea
|"There" refers to a location, "Their" is possessive, and "They're" is a contraction of "They are." Apart from that, nice review.
|Oct 8th, 2010 11:58 AM
|10,000 Volt Ghost
Return 2 is my favorite of them. ZOOOOOMBIES!
Love the part where the zombie gets the screwdriver to the head.
|Oct 7th, 2010 12:20 PM
|And the first one has a killer soundtrack. I have it on vinyl!!
|Oct 7th, 2010 09:33 AM
This was a good review, but sadly it went on for far too long and had far too many typos for my liking.
Not to mention it wasn't really a review about the movie but an in-depth synopsis of the entire movie plot.
|Oct 7th, 2010 05:07 AM
I'll agree with the fact that parts 4 and 5 are pretty much write-offs, but aside from the original, part 3 was probably the best. Hot zombie girl and "spine man" zombie FTW!!! Part 2 is what I would consider "ok". It isn't bad by any means, but compared to the superior story of part 1 and the superior special effects and story of part 3 it sort of falls flat.
The best analogy I can give is home alone vs home alone part 2. ROTLD and ROTLD 2 are almost identical movies. (Not to the extent of the home alone franchises of course). I suppose you can hold part 2 in high esteem conisdering it's so similar to part 1, but shouldn't you really condem it for not adding much to the formula?
|Oct 7th, 2010 04:35 AM
|The Nun Eater
|I actually did forget it, but it is just appalling so I am kinda glad I did.
|Oct 6th, 2010 11:09 PM
|There's four sequels. Who can forget Rave to the grave?
|Oct 6th, 2010 04:21 PM
Ah, so he did. My bad.
|Oct 6th, 2010 04:08 PM
|An absolute favorite of mine. Nicely done, Nun.
|Oct 6th, 2010 03:38 PM
|I love this movie but the original was the best. "Who's the president?" "Harry Truman."
|Oct 6th, 2010 01:57 PM
HA! I just corrupted my fiance with this movie a few weeks ago. And awesome flick that I find to be somewhat better then the original.
Only problem I've ever had with it was the fact that Joey, Brenda and Ed would never shut the hell up.. Specially Ed.. Even as a kid, even though it was funny to see them freak out, I wanted them to hurry up and get eaten asap.
Great review Nun
|Oct 6th, 2010 06:48 AM
|I think Nun Eater was referring to parts 2, 3 and 4 when talking about the sequels, not the original Return of the Living Dead, which is indeed awesome. SEND MORE PARAMEDICS.
|Oct 6th, 2010 06:35 AM
|The first one is pretty hilarious, I wouldn't write it off.
|Oct 6th, 2010 03:43 AM
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RAPIDS, Iowa – Southern California high school left-handed pitcher
Brady Aiken, the starting pitcher for the West Team at last August's
Perfect Game All-American Classic in his home city of San Diego, on
Thursday was selected by the Houston Astros with the No. 1 overall
pick of the first round in the Major League Baseball June Amateur
First-Year Player Draft.
UCLA signee, Aiken is
the first left-handed high school pitcher selected No. 1 overall in
24 years, when the New York Yankees took left-hander Brien Taylor out of
East Carteret High School in Beaufort, N.C., in 1991. The only other
prep lefty to ever be selected first overall was 1970s sensation
David Clyde, who was scooped up by the Texas Rangers out of
Westchester High School in Houston in 1973.
– a 6-foot-4, 210-pound, 17-year-old from Cardiff by the Sea in San
Diego County, and a recent graduate of Cathedral Catholic High School
– became
the 133rd PG All-American Classic alumnus to be selected in the first
round of the MLB amateur draft.
Just minutes after Aiken was made the No. 1 overall pick, the Miami Marlins made hard-throwing Shepherd, Texas, right-hander Tyler Kolek the No. 2 pick in the draft. Kolek was a West Team teammate of Aiken's at the PG All-American Classic -- he first roared onto the scene at the 2013 PG National Showcase -- and the Texas Christian signee has delivered his fastball at 100-plus miles-per-hour over the past 12 months.
Aiken is the seventh PG All-American Classic alumnus to be selected first
overall in the last 11 years, joining Matt Bush (2004), Justin Upton
(2005), Tim Beckham (2008), Bryce Harper (2010), Gerrit Cole (2011)
and Carlos Correa (2012). Aiken also attended the Perfect Game
National Showcase (2013), as did Upton (2004), Beckham (2007), Cole
(2007), Correa (2011) and 2013 overall No. 1 pick Mark Appel (2008).
was not in attendance when out-going MLB commissioner Bud Selig
announced his name from the MLB Network's Studio 42 in Secaucus,
N.J., early Thursday night, but seven other 2013 Perfect Game
All-American Classic/PG National Showcase alumni were there:
shortstops Michael Chavis, Jacob Gatewood and Nicholas Gordon;
outfielders Monte Harrison and Derek Hill; right-hander Grant Holmes
and left-hander Kodi Medeiros.
got the starting nod for the West Team at the PG All-American Classic
ahead of other first-round hopefuls like Medeiros and Kolek,
and remembers the assignment with a special enthusiasm.
was definitely one of the highlights of my life," he told Perfect
Game during a telephone interview in late April. "Just getting
picked to play in that game is a complete honor, and then getting the
start in my hometown in front of a bunch of family and friends meant
a whole lot to me.
was really cool and I appreciate Perfect Game for everything they've
done. Getting chosen for that game was an honor and getting to pitch
in that game was an honor; it was a great experience."
much of this draft season there was very little consensus among draft
experts on who the Astros would take with the first pick – the
third straight year they've had the No. 1 pick – but Aiken's
stock began to rise early into his senior high school season. He
showed a dramatic increase in velocity on his fastball, which reached
97 miles-per-hour this spring after topping out at 93 mph last fall.
told PG a strict September to December offseason training regimen and
a roughly 12-week stretch in which he did not pick up a baseball
attributed to the increase in velocity.
were focusing on hips, core and all lower body," Aiken said. "We
worked on basically that for three or four months, strictly trying to
get bigger and stronger … and it's paying off right now; it's
been a big help. Honestly, I think it's just maturity and strength;
I really haven't done anything different with my mechanics.
just trying to focus a little more on tuning my mechanics up, getting
them a little better, but I'm not making any major changes. I think
what's helped my velocity has been the (added) strength and
everything I've done in the offseason."
is enjoying a terrific senior season at Cathedral Catholic. With his
team still alive in the CIF San Diego Section Division I playoffs
early this week, Aiken stood 7-0 with a 1.06 ERA, while allowing 27
hits, striking out 111 and walking 15 in 59 2/3 innings. Opposing
batters are hitting .127 against him with a .189 on-base percentage.
In total, 16 Perfect Game All-Americans were selected in the first round of the 2014 MLB Draft. Fifteen of those players attended the 2013 Classic: Aiken (Astros); Kolek (Marlins); Nick Gordon (Twins); Alex Jackson (Mariners); Kodi Medeiros (Brewers); Touki Toussaint (Diamondbacks); Grant Holmes (Dodgers); Derek Hill (Tigers); Michael Chavis (Red Sox); Foster Griffin (Royals); Luis Ortiz (Rangers); Justus Sheffield (Indians); Braxton Davidson (Braves); Michael Kopech (Red Sox); Jack Flaherty (Cardinals); Chase Vallot (Royals); Jacob Gatewood (Brewers).
Tyler Beede (Giants) attended the Classic in 2010. Since the game's inception in 2003, 148 Perfect Game All-Americans have been selected in the first round of the draft.
Nine more All-Americans were selected in the second round, putting the Day 1 totals from this year's draft at 25. Eight of these players participated in the Classic in 2013: Sean Reid Foley (Blue Jays); Monte Harrison (Brewers); Michael Gettys (Padres); Joe Gatto (Angels); Ti'Quan Forbes (Rangers), Cameron Varga (Rays); Marcus Wilson (Diamondbacks); Gareth Morgan (Mariners).
Like Beede, Andrew Suarez (Nationals) attended the Classic in 2010.
On the second day of the draft (rounds 3-10) five more PG All-Americans were selected: Dylan Davis (3rd round/Giants); Jakson Reetz (3rd round/Nationals); Daniel Mengden (4th round/Astros); Dylan Cease (6th round/Cubs); Stone Garrett (8th round/Marlins).
Cease and Garrett joined Reetz, the game's MVP, for the 2013 edition last year, while Davis and Mengden both participated in the 2010 Classic.
Twenty more PG All-Americans were selected on the third day of the draft, pushing the three day total to 50. Fifteen of these players participated in the 2013 Classic: Justin Bellinger (11th round/Cardinals); Bryce Montes de Oca (14th round/White Sox); Mac Marshall (21st round/Astros); Darius Day (23rd round/Rangers); Reese Cooley (26th round/Indians); Keaton McKinney (28th round/Mets); David Peterson (28th round/Red Sox); Brandon Murray (30th round/Phillies); Devin Smeltzer (33rd round/padres); Cobi Johnson (35th round/Padres); D.J. Peters (36th round/Cubs); Carl Chester (38th round/Brewers); Benito Santiago (38th round/Giants); Jon Littell (39th round/Nationals); Bryce Carter (40th round/Padres).
A.J. Vanegas (11th round/Dodgers) and Karsten Whitson (11th round/Red Sox) participated in the 2009 Classic, Matthew Crownover (21st round/Giants) and Tucker Simpson (39th round/Orioles) did so in 2011 while Joey Martarano (22nd round/Cubs) attended in 2012.
Of the 74 players taken on Day 1 of the MLB Draft, 65 of them (88 percent) had previously attended a Perfect Game event, including all 40 of the players drafted straight out of high school.
Aiken's performance from the 2013 Perfect Game All-American Classic


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Cooley law grads lose appeal over tuition refund
DETROIT — Today's lesson: Are graduates of the largest Michigan law school entitled to a tuition refund if they don't find satisfactory jobs? No, according to a federal appeals court.
The court ruled Tuesday in a case involving a dozen unhappy graduates from Thomas M. Cooley Law School, which has campuses across Michigan, including Grand Rapids, and in Tampa, Fla.
The graduates claimed they were fooled by rosy employment statistics published by the school.
The appeals court, however, said Michigan's consumer protection law doesn't apply, and the graduates put too much reliance on Cooley's job survey of other graduates.
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, affirmed, 3-0, a similar decision by a federal judge in Grand Rapids.
"Our survey was reported accurately, not fraudulently. That's the bottom line of the case," said James Thelen, Cooley's general counsel.
Jobs breakdown
The graduates who sued Cooley said they had difficulty finding full-time, paid jobs.
Shane Hobbs of Pennsylvania graduated in 2010, but has worked as a substitute teacher and at a golf course. Danny Wakefield of Utah graduated in 2007, but ended up managing the delivery of phone books, according to the 6th Circuit decision.
The Cooley graduates accused the school of fraud by reporting in 2010 that 76 percent of graduates were employed within nine months.
The graduates claimed that should be interpreted as full-time positions requiring a law degree. But it actually included jobs outside law.
The appeals court said it wasn't fraud, because it wasn't false. The survey listed the number of graduates in private law practice, government, academia and business.
"I completely disagree that we were painting a rosy picture," Thelen said. "They never bothered to call us and ask what the 76 percent meant."
"Value of a law degree"
Cooley's tuition ranges from $34,800 a year for 24 credits to $43,500 for 30 credits. It's slightly less expensive after the first 30 credits. Ninety credits are needed for graduation.
"From its start, this case, and others like it, has been nothing more than a misguided crusade, brought by lawyers who had to search for their clients on social media, to shift blame onto law schools for the difficulty of finding jobs in a recessionary economy," said Don LeDuc, Cooley's president and dean. "And, yet, the legal profession always has been, and remains, one of the most resilient professions with one of the lowest unemployment rates of any profession."
Despite the defeat, an attorney who represented the graduates, Jesse Strauss, believes the lawsuit and similar ones against other schools have improved how job surveys are reported to students.
The American Bar Association, for example, has told schools to provide more information about how many graduates are in jobs that require a law degree.
"There's been a general discussion about the value of a law degree. That discussion wasn't in the mainstream before," Strauss said.


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Fitting a Saddle to Your Horse
Saddle shopping is more than just finding a nice-looking saddle in your price range. As far as the horse is concerned, a saddle that doesn't fit correctly can result in sore back muscles, and a corresponding bad attitude to go with it.
Finding a saddle that fits your horse takes some work. Even though saddle manufacturers make saddletrees in different sizes (wide, medium, and narrow), each horse is an individual and may not fit into a saddle that corresponds to the apparent width of the horse's back. (A saddletree is the wooden or fiberglass frame on which the saddle is constructed. It determines the fit of the saddle on the horse's back.)
For that reason, when you buy a saddle, take it on a trial basis so you can be sure that it fits. During that trial period, follow the steps outlined in the sections that follow to determine the saddle's fit and enlist an experienced horse person to help you determine the fit of the saddle. Saddle fitting can be tricky, even for the most experienced riders.
English saddles
To determine if an English saddle fits your horse, follow these steps:
1. Put the saddle on the horse without using a saddle pad.
2. Tighten the girth so that the saddle is comfortably secure.
3. Have someone sit in the saddle with his or her feet in the stirrups.
4. Using a flat hand, slide your fingers underneath the pommel, near the horse's withers (the rise as the base of neck, where it joins the back).
Your fingers should fit comfortably between the horse and saddle. Be certain that you can place at least three fingers between the horse's withers and the arch below the pommel.
5. Have a helper lift the horse's left foreleg and pull it forward while your fingers are in between the top of the horse's shoulder blade and the pommel.
As the horse's shoulder moves, make sure the saddle doesn't impede shoulder movement. Perform the same test on the horse's right side.
6. Stand behind the horse and look through the saddle (between the underside of the saddle and the horse's back).
If the saddle fits, you should see a tunnel of light shining through. If you don't see any light, the saddle is too snug. You likewise need to make sure that the saddle isn't too long for the horse. The seat panel shouldn't reach past the main part of the horse's back onto the loins.
Western saddles
To make sure that a western saddle fits correctly, follow these steps:
1. Place the saddle on the horse's back with a one-inch thick (or so) saddle pad underneath it.
2. Tighten the cinch so that it's snug but comfortable.
When you try to tighten the cinch, you may find that it's too short for the horse's barrel. Don't reject the saddle simply because the cinch is too short. If you really like the saddle and it fits, you can always buy a longer, replacement cinch. Meanwhile, borrow a cinch that fits so you can continue to try out the saddle.
3. Have a rider sit in the saddle with his or her feet in the stirrups.
Be sure that you can fit at least three fingers between the arch of the pommel and the horse's withers.
4. Examine the width of the saddletree, or frame, as it sits on the horse and compare it with the shape of the horse's back.
On a horse with a wide back and lower withers, the tree needs to be wide. On a narrower back with higher withers, the tree shouldn't be too wide. Place your fingers sideways (on a flat hand) between the saddle and the top of the horse's shoulder to help determine the width of the tree. If the fit is so tight that you can't squeeze your fingers between the saddle and the top of the horse's shoulder, the tree is too wide for your horse. If you can put your entire hand between the saddle and the top of the horse's shoulder, the tree is too narrow.


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Despite being one of the most preventable and treatable forms of cancer, colon cancer remains the second deadliest cancer among American men and women today. Each year, more than 136,000 individuals are diagnosed with colon cancer, and over 50,000 of them will die from this disease.
In an effort to reduce colon cancer as a public health problem, the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable has created "80% by 2018", an initiative to increase the colon cancer screening rate among eligible adults to 80 percent by the year 2018.
New research conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that this initiative isn't just admirable, it's doable. Using a mathematical modeling study, researchers determined that healthcare facilities in the United States have the capacity to perform the extra screenings needed to meet this goal.
Djenaba Joseph, M.D., MPH, medical director of the colorectal cancer control program at the CDC, and colleagues used survey data from healthcare facilities that perform colonoscopies to determine the number of screenings performed annually as well as the capacity to perform additional screenings. The researchers found that 15 million colonoscopies were performed annually in 2012 and an additional 10 million colonoscopies could be performed yearly throughout the country.
Using fecal immunochemical tests (FIT) as the primary screening method, researchers determined that 47 million FIT procedures and 5.1 million colonoscopies would need to be performed annually between 2014 and 2024 to screen the eligible population. If a program used colonoscopies as the only screening method, approximately 11 million to 13 million procedures would need to be performed annually to screen the eligible population (Source: Healio).
With current screening rates at about 58 percent, there is still progress to be made in order to reach 80 percent by 2018. If you or someone you love is not up-to-date with colon cancer screening, schedule a consult with a healthcare provider today. Routine screening is one of the most powerful steps you can take to protect yourself against one of America's deadliest cancers.


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Israelis and Palestinians find themselves at odds once again. The argument this time is not over bodies, but books. The AFP is reporting that the families of Palestinians who fled Jerusalem have been searching for their ancestor's books – to no avail, until recently. Around 30,000 books were appropriated by Israeli soldiers and librarians during the first war establishing the nation-state of Israel in 1948.
"For Israel, the effort was a way to preserve books which would eventually be returned to their owners. But for the Palestinians, it was theft," reports the AFP. The Israelis began to catalog all of the books, a process that took 10 to 15 years.
Uri Palit, an Israeli involved with the cataloging process told the AFP, "We wrote the name of the owner in pencil on the books ... because we wanted to return it someday when there is peace."
However, the library requires any Palestinian descendants requesting the books back to provide proof of ownership. For many Palestinians, such proof was destroyed as they fled their Jerusalem homes nearly 60 years ago.
Gish Amit, an Israeli who came across the collection while looking for a PhD topic in the National Library, told the AFP, "The worst thing is the library's refusal to acknowledge the injustice that was done to the Palestinians.... When I talked to the librarians there, they kept telling me that this was an act of rescue, even today. This I cannot accept."
Palit defends the Israeli decision to catalog and preserve the books, telling the AFP, "[W]e couldn't act otherwise."
Many Palestinians, however, see it is an act of theft – an allegation many Israelis deny. As Palestinian and Israeli their wills collide in yet another arena, the books remain in the basement of the Israeli National Library.


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Motorcycle Superstore has the Dunlap Roadsmart (not the Roadsmart 2) on sale for half off... that's under $100 ea!
These would be going on a 2000 RT and I wanted to know if anyone has any experience with these. I was going to get the Pirelli Angel GT to replace the PR2's I have on now... which I don't care for.
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DANVILLE, Ky. – The Birmingham-Southern softball team swept a Southern Athletic Association doubleheader from Centre College by the scores of 5-3 and 5-4 Saturday at the South Campus Complex.
The sweep moved the Panthers win streak to eight straight games while improving to 12-7 overall and 6-2 in the SAA. Centre dropped to 2-8 overall and 1-7 in conference play.
In game one BSC scored a run in the second and two in the third take a 3-1 lead. Taylor Bassett walked and scored on a Deanna Creps single in the second and two runs scored on an error in third.
Centre got a run in the bottom of the third to make it a 3-2 game before BSC stretched the lead to 5-2 with in the fifth. Daniel Rucker walked and scored on a Fronk single and a Kateyln Murray sac-fly scored Bassett.
Centre cut the BSC lead to 5-3 with a run in the bottom of the fifth.
Fronk got the game one win in the circle for her seventh win this week. Fronk struck out six while yielding three runs on seven hits.
The Panthers pushed the go ahead run across the plate in the top of the seventh to pull out the win in game two. Alyssa Statham reached on an error and advanced to second on the play. Bassett was intentionally walked and Fronk would reach on an error that allowed Statham score.
BSC scored a run in the second and fourth and added two in the fifth to build a 4-0 lead. Murray had an RBI single in the second and Bassett belted her fifth home run of the week in the fourth. The Panthers took advantage of two Centre errors to plate two runs in the fifth.
The Colonels battled back to tie the game with four runs on five hits in the fifth to set up the BSC seventh.
Deanna Creps pitched a complete tame to earn the game two win for BSC. Creps struck out two and allowed four runs on seven hits.
The Panthers return to action with a doubleheader against Maryville College on Tuesday at noon.