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Everyone over the age of 50 should be given statins because the "cholesterol-busting" drugs reduce the risk of a heart attack even in healthy people, according to the Daily Telegraph and many other newspapers.
The story is based on a systematic review of 27 studies that looked at the effect of lowering "bad" cholesterol (low-density lipoprotein or LDL) using statin therapy in 175,000 people. It found that for every reduction in cholesterol of 1.0mmol/L, taking statins reduced the risk of heart attacks, strokes and other "major vascular events" by about a fifth (21%), even among people without vascular disease or who were at low risk of developing it.
Current guidelines recommend prescribing statins for people who have at least a 20% chance of developing cardiovascular disease within 10 years. Doctors normally calculate this risk by looking at a range of factors including the patient's age, blood pressure, cholesterol levels, whether they smoke and whether they have diabetes.
This large review of studies suggests the cholesterol-lowering drugs are suitable for people who don't have heart or vascular disease and those who are not considered at high risk of developing it. The 21% reduction in risk of heart disease and stroke sounds impressive.
However, the number of people who stand to benefit from statins gets smaller as the risk threshold for treatment is reduced. For example, one thousand people at low risk would need to be treated (have a 1mmol/L reduction in bad cholesterol) for five years for 11 of them to benefit. This suggests that someone at low risk may wish to consider whether the possible benefit of taking statins would outweigh the inconvenience.
An editorial accompanying the review argues that the current guidelines should be revised so that age is used as an indicator for taking statins (over 50 years old), rather than using expensive screening tests. The commentary forms part of a running debate as to whether middle-aged people without any known risk of cardiovascular disease should be "medicated", and, if so, how much (whether with statins, aspirin or a "polypill", as previously suggested).
Where did the story come from?
The study was carried out by researchers from Oxford University and the University of Sydney. It was funded by several institutions including the British Heart Foundation, the UK Medical Research Council and Cancer Research UK. The study was published in the peer-reviewed medical journal The Lancet.
The study – in particular the commentary arguing for all over-50s to take statins – was covered widely and accurately in most of the media.
What kind of research was this?
This was a meta-analysis of individual patient data from 27 trials, which looked at the effects of lowering LDL cholesterol with statin therapy. It included trials of people without vascular disease or at low risk of cardiovascular disease.
The authors pointed out that their previous analysis of studies suggested that statin therapy to reduce LDL cholesterol in people without a history of vascular disease ultimately reduced their risk of heart attacks and strokes by about a fifth. However, uncertainty remains as to whether statins have an overall "net benefit" in this group, given that they are at low risk to begin with. The authors said that at least half of all heart attacks and strokes (vascular events) occur among individuals without previous disease.
The authors said they have now taken individual patient data from each trial within the database, allowing a more complete assessment of the effects of lowering LDL cholesterol in low-risk individuals.
What did the research involve?
The researchers conducted a meta-analysis of data from 175,000 participants in 27 randomised trials, to explore the effects of lowering LDL cholesterol with statin therapy. Trials were included if:
- they included at least one treatment where the main effect was to lower LDL cholesterol
- there were no other differences in treating risk factors
- at least 1,000 participants were recruited for a duration of at least two years' treatment
The "major vascular events" the researchers looked at included heart attacks and deaths from heart attacks, strokes and coronary revascularisations (surgery to unblock coronary arteries). They also looked at rates of cancer and the cause of any death that occurred.
They grouped the participants into five categories depending on their risk of a vascular event within five years and compared those taking a statin with control groups or with group taking a lower-dose statin. The risk categories were:
- less than 5%
- 5% to less than 10%
- 10% to less than 20%
- 20% to less than 30%
- 30% or more
The researchers analysed the results using standard statistical methods.
What were the basic results?
The researchers found that:
- Reducing LDL cholesterol with a statin reduced the risk of major vascular events (relative risk [RR] 0.79, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.77 to 0.81 per 1.0 mmol/L reduction), largely irrespective of age, sex, baseline LDL cholesterol or previous vascular disease, and of vascular mortality and all-cause mortality.
- The reduction in major vascular events was at least as big in people in the two lowest risk categories as those in the higher risk categories.
- For strokes, the reduction in risk in participants with a five-year risk of major vascular events lower than 10% (RR per 1.0 mmol/L LDL cholesterol reduction 0.76, 99% CI 0.61 to 0.95) was also similar to that seen in higher-risk categories.
- In participants without a history of vascular disease, statins reduced the risks of deaths from vascular disease and any other cause (RR 0.91, 95% CI 0.85 to 0.97).
There was no evidence that reducing LDL cholesterol with a statin increased cancer incidence, death from cancer, or deaths from other non-vascular causes.
How did the researchers interpret the results?
The researchers calculated that in people with a five-year risk of major vascular events lower than 10%, each 1mmol/L reduction in LDL cholesterol produced an absolute reduction in major vascular events of about 11 per 1,000 over five years. They said this benefit "greatly exceeds any known hazards of statin therapy".
They also pointed out that, under present guidelines, such individuals would typically not be regarded as suitable for statin therapy.
They concluded: "The present report shows that statins are indeed both effective and safe for people with a five-year risk of major vascular events lower than 10% who would typically not be judged suitable for statin treatment … and, therefore, suggests that treatment guidelines might need to be reconsidered."
Current guidelines recommend statins for people who have a 20% or greater chance of developing cardiovascular disease within 10 years. This large review of studies, which further assessed previous research, suggests they may also benefit those without existing cardiovascular disease and those who are not considered at high risk of developing it. However, the individual benefit for those at low risk may be small.
Although the study looked at whether statins increased the risk of cancer and death from other causes, it did not include possible adverse effects. Statins are safe drugs that have been associated with a small risk of side effects. As the authors stated, the risk of side effects when giving statins to everyone over the age of 50 would have to be taken into account when calculating the overall benefit.
Current guidelines on statin therapy from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) will reportedly be updated soon, at which point NICE will take this and any other new evidence into account.
There is good existing evidence that a healthy lifestyle (including regular exercise, stopping smoking and a healthy diet) are important factors in cardiovascular health. This study helps answer previous uncertainty about whether apparently healthy individuals could benefit from taking statins.
Analysis by Bazian
Edited by NHS Website
Links to the headlines
Give statins to everyone over 50
Daily Express, 17 May 2012
NHS 'should consider giving statins to healthy people'
BBC News, 17 May 2012
Statins could benefit health of millions
The Guardian, 17 May 2012
All over 50s should be taking statins
The Daily Telegraph, 17 May 2012
Statins 'could benefit the healthy'
The Independent, 17 May 2012
Why EVERYONE over 50 needs to be taking statins: Cholesterol-busting pills cut risk of heart attack or stroke
Daily Mail, 17 May 2012
Links to the science
Cholesterol Treatment Trialists' Collaborators.
The effects of lowering LDL cholesterol with statin therapy in people at low risk of vascular disease: meta-analysis of individual data from 27 randomised trials
The Lancet, May 17 2012 (published online)


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Māori Language Week celebrated by Te Puia
Unique to Aotearoa (New Zealand) and integral to our identity, te reo Māori (the Māori language) forms a pillar of Māori culture
Unique to Aotearoa (New Zealand) and integral to our identity, te reo Māori (the Māori language) forms a pillar of Māori culture and during Māori Language Week, New Zealand takes time to arohatia te reo (cherish the language). This year Māori Language week is celebrated from 27 July – 2 August.
Celebrated since 1975, Māori Language Week encourages people to use more Māori phrases in everyday life. To commemorate its 40th anniversary, this year's theme is Whāngaihia te reo Māori ki ngā mātua – nurture the language in parents, which aims to encourage and support everyday Māori language use for parents.
Te Puia marketing assistant, Tomairangi McRae, says under Te Puia | New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute (NZMACI)'s mandate, traditional Māori culture, arts and crafts are celebrated every day and Māori Language Week has a special place.
"We reach out to thousands of people every day, both international and New Zealanders. Māori Language Week is a celebration in which we can reach out to everyone, promoting and nurturing our national, indigenous language.
"Prior to the arrival of Europeans in Aotearoa, there was no formal written language. Rather history and stories of each tribe were recorded through carving and weaving – traditional Māori arts and crafts which are still taught at NZMACI today."
Māori was recognised as a national language in 1987 as people called out for New Zealand's national taonga (treasure) to be protected, and is now safeguarded under the Treaty of Waitangi Act.
How to pronounce Māori vowels
A as in aloud
E as in entry
I as in eat
O as in ordinary
U as in to
Māori phrases
• Kia Ora – hello
• Nau mai haere mai – welcome
• Kei te pēhea koe? – how are you?
• Māku koe e āwhina – I can help you
• Haere rā – goodbye
Māori words
• Tāne – man
• Wahine – woman
• Tamariki – children
• Tama – son
• Tamāhine – daughter
• Whānau – family
• Aroha – love
• Kai – food
• Wai – water
• Hui – gathering
• Waiata – song

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Billboard won't count Jay-Z-Samsung 1M downloads
NEW YORK -- Jay-Z's got 99 problems and the Billboard chart is one.
Billboard said Friday it will not include the 1 million album downloads Jay-Z is giving to Galaxy mobile phone users through a deal with Samsung. Jay-Z announced the partnership this week. His new album, "Magna Carta Holy Grail," will be released July 7, but it will go out to 1 million Samsung users on July 4.
In a letter posted on Billboard's website, editorial director Bill Werde says it won't count the downloads because Samsung ultimately isn't selling the album on its phones. He adds that it wasn't easy turning down Jay-Z's request to include the downloads on the Billboard chart.
"The passionate and articulate argument by Jay's team that something was for sale and Samsung bought it ... doesn't mesh with precedent," Werde wrote.
Werde added that Billboard has adjusted the charts to reflect how music is being consumed, and that Jay-Z's request gives the company more to think about.
"When someone like Jay-Z takes the issue public in the way that he did, it encourages us to look at it with that much more rigor essentially," Werde said in a phone interview Friday. "I think what will happen in the next couple weeks is we'll advance these conversations some more."
In February, U.S. YouTube data became one of the factors when ranking songs on Billboard's Hot 100 chart and other genre-specific charts. The Recording Industry Association of America followed that trend last month when it expanded its gold and platinum certification program to include song streams on the Internet.
When Best Buy bought 600,000 copies of Guns N' Roses' "Chinese Democracy" in 2008, Billboard did not count those as sales. Billboard said $3.49 is its minimum pricing of an album for it to count on its charts
"Magna Carta Holy Grail" is Jay-Z's 12th album. The multiple Grammy winner tweeted Monday that Billboard should count his Samsung downloads.
A representative for 43-year-old rapper didn't immediately respond to an email seeking comment.


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02 Jun 2010
(HONG KONG) Cathay Pacific Airways today held its 6th Betsy Awards Presentation Ceremony to honour 16 staff for their extraordinary acts of customer service to passengers. From offering special care to young, old or sick passengers to finding solutions for anxious passengers at the airport, service staff from Cathay Pacific and Dragonair once again showed they are willing to go the extra mile to make passengers feel special.
This year's service stars were drawn from cabin crew, reservations staff and airport teams, from Hong Kong and overseas. The winners were shortlisted from a big pool of noteworthy customer service acts last year and were appraised on their level of going beyond the call of duty, the value provided to passengers, the level of inspiration to staff and the level of promoting Cathay Pacific/Dragonair services.
Cathay Pacific Chief Executive Tony Tyler praised the Betsy winners for being an inspiration to staff and taking pride in delivering the highest standards of service to passengers. "All the winners went beyond their call of duty and offered extra care and attention to our customers when it was most needed. They have shown how little it takes just to walk that extra mile, and what they have done speaks volumes about themselves and the airlines," he said.
The overall winner this year was Senior Purser Sonal Sud, who acted as a translator for an elderly couple who needed medical assistance on the ground and then accompanied them to hospital. When she arrived home she kept calling the hospital to check on them, also calling their children in San Francisco. In the morning she met the couple at the airport and made arrangements to ensure they were well looked after on the flight.
"I've always wanted all my passengers to feel like I've done everything for them after their flight," says Sonal.
In recognition of their service excellence, all the Betsy winners received a unique Betsy gold pin and certificate. They will also have the opportunity to enjoy a unique experience such as a visit to the Boeing or Airbus aircraft plants to participating in activities such as a Cathay Pacific inaugural flight and a UNICEF-organised field trip.
A Betsy Award is the highest accolade given to Cathay Pacific and Dragonair staff in recognition of their service excellence. This year's winners bring the total number of award recipients to 89 since the programme was launched in 2005. The Betsys are named after the first Cathay Pacific aircraft – a DC-3 that operated for the airline from 1946.


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Baking cupcakes was child's play at 7-year-old Mary Ashley's recent birthday party. Several baking-themed toys were perfect for our party and promise hours of fun in the days to come. We gave Mary Ashley the wooden cupcake stand (left) and wooden mixer (right) for her birthday, and they added a cute touch to our party decor. Borrowed items (center) also helped us create a fun play area for the children. Photographer Allison Hilyer let us borrow her daughter's pink retro kitchen for the day, and I shopped our house for a pink and green polka dotted table and little pink rug to complete the scene.
Mary Ashley opened presents while the first round of cupcakes baked, and one of the gifts was so perfect for our theme that my friend Stacey called me -- giddy with excitement -- when she found it.
I could not get over how perfect this Our Generation Jenny Baker Doll is for my little cupcake maker Mary Ashley! This beautiful doll comes with an apron, chef hat, chapter book and a number of baking accessories. Emma and Lizzie also included in their gift the Baking and Cake Decorating Accessory Set. All the guests enjoyed playing with the tiny mixing bowls, cupcakes and decorating tools. Doll Jenny sat beside Mary Ashley while she decorated cupcakes, and she has been a constant companion ever since!
Mary Ashley received lovely gifts from all her friends, but I wanted to share these with you today in case you need inspiration for the little bakers in your life.
Please join us at the kitchen table tomorrow as the girls decorate their cupcakes. You will want to pull up a chair for this picture-filled post!


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I was surprised this morning when I found out that my blog was nominated for a Brass Crescent Award. Visit the link and you will see that I am nominated in the "Best Post or Series" category. The voting process has begun, so please show your support and vote for my blog!
The blog posts that I'm nominated for are my posts on Muslim women in comic books. I'm sure my regular readers remember them, as they were also posted on Muslimah Media Watch, (nominated for Best Group Blog) Racialicious, and Fantasy Magazine.
For those who haven't read them, follow the links below to read my two-part essay titled "Female, Muslim, and Mutant: A Critique of Muslim Women in Comic Books."
Thank you everyone for your support! It doesn't matter if I win or not, the nomination was enough motivation for me to keep writing. I really appreciate all those who read my posts and share their thoughts.
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Fade Street
It's about time that I announced here that my third collection, Fade Street, is open for traffic; it now has its own page on the Salt website.
I'm also delighted that Chris selected one of the photographs I sent him for the cover. I think the book looks great, and I hope anyone who ventures inside it will find the inhabitants just as engaging.
8 comments:
- Ben Wilkinson said...
Look forward to reading - and perhaps reviewing - this, Mark.
- 11:15 am
- Ms Baroque said...
I'm really looking forward to it Mark - and the cover is wonderful - really memorable. Very exciting!
- 12:08 pm
- Mark Granier said...
Ben, that would be great. Let me know if you don't get a review copy and I'll arrange it.
Katy, thanks. Glad you like the cover. Hope you enjoy the contents too.
- 4:21 pm
- Totalfeckineejit said...
I think in an ideal world you should be able to judge a book by it's cover.Love this one!
- 12:26 am
- Mark Granier said...
Thanks Total. Hope you enjoy the innards too.
- 9:50 pm
- Michelle said...
A great cover and title, Mark.
- 10:03 pm
- Mark Granier said...
Thanks Michelle, glad you like it.
- 11:12 am
Congrats, Mark. Thanks for the invite and comment on the blog I never update. Sorry I couldn't get to the launch. Really looking forward to this collection.
- 7:53 pm
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It's shaping up to be a brutal summer for bond investors as the bloodbath in the U.S. credit market shows no signs of letting up, even as nearly $80 billion has already been wiped from funds.
The past six weeks have been humbling for well-known fund managers including Bill Gross of Pimco, Jeffrey Gundlach of DoubleLine Capital and Ray Dalio of Bridgewater Associates — all victims of a violent selloff in U.S. Treasurys, mortgage-backed securities or inflation-protected bonds.
On Friday, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note touched 2.73 percent, gaining more than a full percentage point since early May, as better-than-expected U.S. jobs data fanned speculation that the Federal Reserve could begin to scale back its $85 billion-a-month bond-buying stimulus this fall.
While some bond managers are putting on a brave face, saying the market's broad-based sell-off is overdone, others recall the sharp rise in interest rates two decades ago that wreaked havoc on some bond portfolios. In June alone, bond mutual funds and exchange-traded funds lost a record $79.8 billion, according to TrimTabs Investment Research.
That data does not include losses incurred by hedge funds.
"Five years of bond investors' income wiped out in a single quarter is tough. Not knowing if next quarter will reverse that, or repeat it is tougher," said John Brynjolfsson, managing director of global macro hedge fund Armored Wolf.
Friday's jobs report cemented market expectations for the Fed to start winding down its massive stimulus program as early as September.
With Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke warning that the central bank will not keep buying Treasurys and mortgage securities forever, the yield on the 10-year Treasury note has surged 110 basis points since its low close of 1.62 percent on May 2 and the yield on some 30-year agency mortgage-backed securities has risen about 1 percentage point to about 3.71 percent.
John Paulson's $5.8 billion credit fund at his Paulson & Co firm lost 3.8 percent in June, according to an investor letter. The fund is still up 11.7 percent for the year.
BlackRock's Obsidian Fund fell 4 percent through June 21 and Pine River's Fixed Income Fund lost about 1.4 percent last month, sources familiar with the matter have said.
It's too soon to know how deep the carnage will go as many credit-focused hedge funds have not yet reported June performance numbers. But the early indications are that few with credit market exposure will be immune, especially as bond yields keep surging and bond prices keep falling.
Syl Flood at Morningstar, which tracks mutual funds, said the amount of money being pulled out of bond mutual funds is akin to levels he saw after Lehman Brothers collapsed in September 2008, which caused investors to run from most asset classes, including bonds.
In June, investors withdrew a record $9.6 billion from Pacific Investment Management Co's flagship PIMCO Total Return Fund, the world's largest bond fund, which is down 3 percent for the year, according to Morningstar.
Investors pulled $1.2 billion out of the DoubleLine Total Return Bond Fund in June, marking the first ever month of outflows from the $38.7 billion fund, which is down 0.43 percent for the year, according to Morningstar.
The TCW Total Return Bond Fund logged its biggest monthly outflow since December 2009, with $745 million leaving in June, according to Morningstar. The fund was down 2.075 percent in June, its weakest performance since February 1996.
DoubleLine's Gundlach had kept substantial cash reserves in anticipation that many months of net inflows ultimately would go through some period, at least over the short term, of a reversal, a DoubleLine spokesman said.
Pimco declined to comment, while TCW was not immediately available for comment.
Bond managers have been quick to say the selling is excessive and June's losses may be short-lived. Unlike 20 years ago, there is no indication that the Fed is about to raise real interest rates anytime soon even if Treasury yields keep surging, they say.
"This is nowhere close to being as impactful as some things in the past," said Dan Fuss, vice chairman and portfolio manager at Loomis Sayles. "The pain, I think, would be for somebody that would have to sell into this."
The Loomis Sayles Bond fund, the company's $21.8 billion flagship offering, has seen net outflows of roughly $656 million for June despite an average gain of 0.61 percent in the year through July 3.
The hardest hit bond categories in June, according to Lipper, include intermediate investment-grade debt funds; high-yield "junk" bond portfolios, and inflation-protected securities funds.
The list of casualties goes further than purely bond-focused funds.
Some funds that rely on computer-driven trading strategies were whipsawed by the fierce sell-off in bonds and a simultaneous drop in global stock markets.
For instance, Renaissance Technologies Corp, the hedge fund founded by James Simons, saw its Renaissance Institutional Futures Fund lose roughly 4 percent in June, putting yearly losses at 7 percent, according to data reported to prime broker Newedge.
BlueCrest's BlueTrend fund saw one of its feeder funds register a 16.9 percent slump from May 17 to June 28, Bridgewater's All Weather fund is down 6.49 percent year to date, and Tudor Investment Corp, the $11.6 billion hedge fund firm founded by Paul Tudor Jones, saw its $283 million Tudor Tensor Fund lose 4.5 percent in June, and is down roughly 2.2 percent for the year.


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[* Updated with new plan information]
Sorry for all the iPad traffic lately. Rest assured we are still keeping our eagle eye's out for other mobile coverage in Japan.
But the moment we have been waiting for is here. Softbank has announced pricing for the iPad and iPad 3G, as well as details on two 3G connection plans, a monthly unlimited plan and a pre-paid option.
So let's take a look at what we have got.
First of all, you will have a choice of paying up front cash, or buying on a two year installment plan.
So pricing for an iPad Wi-fi only model in cash would be
16GB: 48,960, 32GB: 59,040, and 64GB 68,880
Using installment ups it a bit at
16GB: 53,280, 32GB: 63,360, and 64GB 73,200
Pricing for the iPad 3G model with the prepaid plan would be
Cash purchase
16GB: 61,920, 32GB: 72,000, and 64GB 81,840
monthly installments (24x)
16GB: 66,240, 32GB: 76,320, and 64GB 86,160
If you sign up for a two year contract for unlimited data, Softbank will eat the interest for you so there is no difference between cash purchase price and installment plan. So the 3G model on the monthly unlimited data plan (2 year contract)
16GB: 58,320, 32GB: 67,920, and 64GB 77,280
see the full price chart with detail here
Note that all iPads come with two years of free access to Softbank's Wi-fi hotspot service (after two years the cost will be 490 yen/month).
Next we have the data plans. You'll have to sign up some data service in addition to purchasing an iPad to use Softbank's 3G data network.
Softbank is offering their standard unlimited data plan of 4,410 yen a month, however if you are using an iPad, you can receive a 1,500 yen a month discount dropping the monthly charge to 2,910 a month. I assume this means that if you pop out your micro SIM and somehow get it into a computer or other device you risk losing your discount.
There is also a monthly prepaid service that offers you up to 1 GB of data that you can use for up to 30 days. This will cost you 4,410 yen a charge. This is not as great a deal and if either 30 days pass or you use your 1GB of data up (whichever comes first), you will need to recharge your plan. You can set this up to work automatically, but that could lead to some scary charges if you somehow download a lot of data.
Remember, pre-orders start on Monday, May 10 at 10 am.
and as for Docomo, no official word.
*UPDATE 5/9: Thanks to community member ketahi who found information on a third data plan. It seems that in addition to the 1GB prepaid plan, there will be an additional 100MB prepaid plan offered starting July 1. This plan will cost 1,510 yen per month and people who sign up for the 1GB plan will be able to swap over to the lower plan when it becomes available.
press release with more detailed plan information
So what do you think of the pricing for Japan? Send us your comments!
UPDATE 5/10: All you need to know in order to pre-order an iPad
Follow our complete iPad landing in Japan coverage
- Steve Jobs Says Apple and Softbank are Wrong: the iPad SIM Lock Situation in Japan
- Steve Jobs Says iPad in Japan Not Really SIM Locked
- iPad Pre-Orders are Halted in Japan
- Apple and Softbank Keep iPad SIM Locked in Japan
- Pre-Orders Start for iPad in Japan: What Do You Need to Know
- Softbank Reveals iPad and 3G Data Pricing for Japan
- Date is Set! iPad Arrives in Japan on May 28
- Preview / Review of the Apple iPad
- DoCoMo to Sell iPad SIM Cards in Japan
- No iPads in Japan Till End of May
- iPad in Japan: First Impression of the New Addition
- Have your say in the iPad in Japan Community discussion
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While many startups are running out of money and shutting down, LiveIntent COO Dave Hendricks doesn't feel any sort of pinch.
That's because in 2012, his company hardly touched the $8 million it raised the fall prior. LiveIntent is running mostly on [gasp] real revenues, having grown 600% last year in both revenue and impressions served.
"I can guarantee you that there is no Series A or B crunch for real companies making real products for the enterprise/b2b market," Hendricks tells Business Insider via email.
LiveIntent serves IAB advertising units in emails, and it doesn't face much competition. Serving an email ad is harder than it sounds, because email doesn't support Javascript or Flash like a website does. LiveIntent's technology uses serious math and intellectual property to fill each placement, Hendricks says. The result is a product 300 publishers are eager to use, which helps them efficiently monetize newsletter products without copy/pasting ads by hand.
The 4-year-old company's revenue grew from mid to low millions in 2012 to tens of millions projected in 2013. Nearly 1 billion ad impressions are served by LiveIntent every month; its network, which is comprised of Wall Street Journal, Conde Nast, AOL, Business Insider and more, has 40 million monthly uniques.
Although its revenue is still a far cry from reflecting that of a massive ad tech company, Hendricks says his 50-person company is "hallucinogenically optimistic."
"There are about 3 billion email accounts [in total], and email is the most used application on all computing devices, especially mobile," a giddy Hendricks explains. "If you do the math, you can easily see a path to $1 billion in ad sales at $.30 ARPU (annual ad revenue per user) when there are 3 billion potential uniques. We currently obtain an ARPU of $.32 or so and we are currently see about 40 million monthly unique users."
LiveIntent received another vote of confidence recently from Austin-based Escalate Capital. The firm led a new growth capital round of financing for LiveIntent. Prior to that the company had raised $12.6 million.
"We single-handedly own monetization on the largest pool of inventory in the world: email," Hendricks adds. "We have all the tools to retarget and own display too. LiveIntent is the next billion-dollar ad tech company."


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Picton, a great place for a holiday
Picton is the perfect place to base a holiday in the Marlborough region, or as a start point for the Queen Charlotte Track.
Picton is the perfect place to base a holiday in the Marlborough region, or as a start point for the Queen Charlotte Track. It is also the first port of call for visitors travelling on an interisland ferry from Wellington to the South Island. The area is rich in maritime and Maori history, which can be explored at Picton's museum with its many historical artefacts. Picton has a fine selection of arts and crafts outlets and many cafes where you can sit outdoors and enjoy the sunny atmosphere.
On the foreshore you will find the scenic cruise boats, a sea kayaking company, small boat and bike hire, the mini-golf course, the aquarium ('hands-in' for the brave!), and the community museum. At the Edwin Fox museum is the hull of this India-built teak ship constructed in 1853, making it the ninth oldest ship in the world. Its 47 years of maritime service ended in Picton in 1900. The ship is in a purpose-built museum at Dunbar Wharf.
There are over 40 cellar doors in the Marlborough region, with closest one less than five minutes' drive from Picton. Why not take advantage of a pre-arranged wine tour with a local operator and visit a selection of the region's top wine producers. You can map out your own route: self-drive, travel in style in a chauffeur- driven car or mix your daily exercise with your tasting in a cycle tour. Whichever mode of transport you choose be sure to stop at a winery restaurant along the way.
Make your next holiday in Picton and take advantage of all that Marlborough has to offer.


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In a suburban strip mall in Colorado Springs, Jason Yester is making some of the boldest, most creative beers in Colorado.
His Trinity Brewing Co. serves up a double IPA that never lasts long and all manner of saisons, an increasingly popular style that is Yester's passion. (His Twitter handle is @Saison_Man).
Pretty soon, drinking it won't require Denver-area residents to drive down I-25 or wait for The Great American Beer Festival.
The brewery and restaurant on Garden of the Gods Road is undergoing an expansion that will take it from a four-barrel system to a 12-barrel system, giving Trinity a potential 300 percent increase in production.


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Hostal Virgen del Rocio
Hostal Restaurante Virgen del Rocio, is located in the heart of historic Ronda, a few meters from the Plaza de Toros and the popular Tajo, salient symbols and visited this beautiful city.
Hostal Virgen del Rocio is a very caring facility, which has 15 rooms with bathroom, air conditioning, television and internet access, among other services pointers.
In this facility are cared for with all the details carefully so that the guests have a pleasant and quiet. The quality of service, cleanliness in its entirety, a friendly and relaxed and constant attention, are its strengths.
The magnificent room rates,is another attraction of this popular restaurant, always very celebrated and nurtured by his faithful clientele.
Cancellation policy: 24hrs
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- Air Conditioning
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- Breakfast Not Included
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- Non Smoking
- Outdoor Terrace
- Reception (limited hours)
- Restaurant
- Taxes included
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De la estacin de autobuses tenemos un agradable paseo de 10 minutos y de la estacin de trenes 15 minutos,que nos da la oportunidad de ir conociendo la popular calle 'la Bola', llena de tiendas y comercios.


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Richard Shapiro is fighting a campaign on behalf of recreational vehicle owners against the City of Carlsbad.
Effective January 1, 2013, the city intends to ban RVs on Carlsbad city streets due to complaints of overnight parking and camping, among other reasons.
In a mid-October meeting, Bryan Jones, the city's deputy transportation director, indicated RVs have become a concern due to "quality-of-life, health, and safety issues," in part due to increased homelessness in the city.
In July, homeowners in the Avenida Encinas area reported increased numbers of RV campers and had complaints associated with them. More than one resident stated their concern about a transient occupying one of the vehicles who is allegedly a registered sex offender.
As a result of the complaints, the city council decided to have an ordinance drafted to solve the problems. Well in advance of an ordinance enactment, Richard Shapiro has launched an effort to prevent any such impositions on RVs in Carlsbad.
A draft of the ordinance is not available yet but is expected to address some of the problems that exist with current enforcement. Penalties for violation of the ordinance are expected to include fines and the possibility of being towed.
Shapiro is seeking support for his effort against the ordinance, including asking for higher attendance at council meetings. He intends to widely publicize the issue by distributing a flyer around the city and on social media. Additionally, he asks for help in "finding an attorney for a class action lawsuit if it passes, etc."
On the flyer entitled "To All Those Who Profess To Be an Adult, not an insane child in an Adult's body, With a Conscience Which Cannot Be Bought Out," Shapiro says those behind the ordinance are "usually elitest [sic] and arrogant."
Admitting there has been an increase of homelessness in the area, Shapiro's flyer continues, "The reasons most people live in their RV, Van, Car, etc., is to simply be able to exist. To have a simple roof over their head until the economy changes or they can find work that will pay a living wage so they can rent an apartment or the like."
In their discussions, the city council first considered the ban for the coastal areas only, but then decided on the need for a citywide ordinance to prevent the problem from moving to residential areas inland.
To obtain additional perspective from the City of Carlsbad, I talked with their primary representative on the issue, Bryan Jones, by phone. In a call, Jones acknowledged familiarity with Shapiro; however, he strongly disagreed with Shapiro's stance. He emphasized that the city's motivation is in no way related to homelessness; instead, he said it is based upon the council's decision to maintain a satisfying quality of life for its residents.
Jones said that Carlsbad welcomes the daytime use of RVs in the city, although some individuals continually abuse the policy. This behavior creates difficulties for homeowners and police.
When enacted in January 2013, the ordinance will undergo a one-year test period that is intended to provide additional "teeth" for law enforcement and the city council's goals.
More from SDReader
- More stories by Gary Cornaglia
- People living in cars and RVs stand up to city — Sept. 17, 2017
- Tattletale rattles I.B. RV owners — July 2, 2015
- RV parking ban planned for streets west of I-5 — March 8, 2013
- Carlsbad City Council Accused of Fascism — Sept. 15, 2010
- Mr. Watchdog — June 24, 2010
Ave. Encinas is an RV storage yard, from Palomar Airport Rd, to Poinsettia Ln. The 72 hour laws is already on the books, it just needs to be enforced. The ban on RV beach parking is more important. Big RV's take up three or four prime, beach front parking spaces and this ordnance will do nothing to stop that.
Go Carlsbad! Get rid of the smelly RV's! And while you're at it, you should also ban any vans over 10 years old. Let's not let those bums slip in either. In fact, I think any car that is over 10 years old should not be allowed in Carlsbad. And people in flip-flops! If you can't afford a quality pair so leather sandals you have no business going to Carlsbad. And that should also apply to any white person who does not have a good tan after Labor Day. That is disgusting! There is no excuse for it with all the tanning parlors around now. Matter of fact, the rule really should be "anyone who does not have a good tan, good teeth, and good hair, should not be allowed in Carlsbad.
Then once the RV's are gone, and the vans are gone and the low-life's in flip-flops are gone and ugly people in general are finally kept out of Carlsbad, we should erect a fence and have guards at the entrance gates to check papers! Ya! Zis is vat Karlsbad is for! The Pure People! Zee Right Race! Sig Heil! Sig Heil! Sig Heil KarlsBaden!!


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In compliance with the "Timely Notice" provision of the federal Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Police and Campus Crime Statistics Act of 1998 the University Police are giving notice of a burglary reported to have occurred in Shunk Hall, on the University Park campus of Penn State University.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A burglary was reported to have occurred in the University's Shunk Hall, a residence hall, at approximately 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8. Shunk Hall is located in the area of central/east campus adjacent to the Pollock Commons.
The suspect is described as a college aged white male, approximately 6 feet, 2 inches tall with a slender build, with short curly dark hair. The suspect was wearing a dark black sweatshirt, unknown color pants and was wearing wire-rimmed eyeglasses. He was carrying a light-colored backpack with dark trim.
The victim, a student, reported that sometime between 1 and 1:10 p.m. on Dec. 8 a laptop computer and charger was taken from the student's unsecured residence hall room. A witness observed the suspect pushing on room doors in Shunk Hall and entering unsecured rooms.
It can be assumed that conditions continue to exist that may pose a threat to members and guests of the University community. It is the duty of the institution to aid in the prevention of similar crimes on or near the campus, and at affiliate organizations off campus.
Police advise members of the University community:
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-- Escort all visitors and do not allow people to "piggy-back" into a building.
-- Lock your room and secure your valuables.
Anyone with information that might be helpful in this investigation should contact Penn State University Police at 814-863-1111, visit 26 Eisenhower Parking Deck, University Park, PA 16802, or report anonymously by going online to http://www.police.psu.edu and clicking on "Report A Crime."
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I don't know about you, but when a cookbook author describes a dish as "Interesting", I kind of lose interest. Especially when it's a vegetarian recipe. I might be the only one who thinks like this but, I don't want my food to be interesting. I want it to be delicious, scrumptious, to-die-for etc. Interesting? Not so much.
So when I saw a version of this recipe in one of my mom's old cookbooks, I was intrigued but also a tiny bit wary. The title was "Eiervrug koekies – 'n interessante alternatief vir Vegetariers" (directly translated from Afrikaans : "Eggplant cakes – an interesting alternative for Vegetarians". Not exactly the right wording to make you jump off your chair and start preparing them, hey?
So not only did I rename the recipe, I also added a few ingredients and changed the methods up a bit. I haven't salted an Aubergine for as long as I can remember and contrary to what the recipe said, I wasn't going to do it now. The recipes also called for you to pan-fry the aubergines which I was too lazy to do, so roasting it was. The original recipe had no spices or feta cheese added but breadcrumbs, aubergine, egg and salt didn't sound like it was going to result in the most delicious vegetarian fritter I've ever tasted and thinking about it now, it is actually very un-interesting!
I also decided to serve my fritters with a spicy cream cheese sauce but you can very easily stir some chilli paste into plain yoghurt for similar results (this was actually my original idea but I completely forgot to buy plain yoghurt and as cream cheese was all I had in the fridge, this had to do).
I was pleasantly surprised by the outcome of these little 'cakes' and my aubergine loving husband loved them, except for the mint I added (he hates mint), so these will definitely be on our menu more often. They are also delicious the next day so they are perfect for lunch boxes.
Makes approximately 15 medium-sized 'cakes'
5-6 small to medium aubergines, sliced
olive oil and salt for roasting
1 large onion, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, crushed
2 cups breadcrumbs
3 rounds Feta cheese, crumbled
3tbsn freshly chopped parsley
1tbsn freshly chopped mint
1 tsp paprika
1tsp ground cumin
1tsp salt
black pepper to taste
1 egg, beaten
2 cups flour
- Place the sliced aubergines on a roasting tray and drizzle with olive oil. Season with salt and place in a very hot oven (250°c) until they are golden brown and soft. Remove from the oven and allow to cool slightly.
- Meanwhile, sautè the onion and garlic until soft and translucent.
- Combine the rest of the ingredients (except for the egg and the flour) in a large bowl. Chop the aubergines into cubes and add to the breadcrumb mixture, as well as the fried onion and garlic.
- Mix well and allow to stand for 5 minutes. If after 5 minutes the mixture is still quite dry, add the beaten egg.
- Put the flour into a shallow bowl or plate and heat some oil in a frying pan.
- Form cakes with the aubergine mixture and then place them into the flour. Cover the cakes well and then fry for 1-2 minutes on each side until golden brown. Place the fried cakes on a roasting tray and keep them warm in a moderate oven.
- Serve warm with the spicy- cream cheese sauce.
For the Spicy- Cream cheese sauce:
- Combine 1 tub (250g) plain cream cheese with 1-2 tsp hot chilli paste and season to taste. Mix well.


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We have many truckers who use Zello instead of CB radios to talk to fellow truckers - it makes life on the road a little easier. To further help ease the stress of long-haul trucking, we've found a fantastic little app that is a perfect complement to Zello. It's called BigRoad, and it is a mobile logging app available from Google Play and iTunes app stores. BigRoad offers a simple, affordable solution for truckers who want to create electronic driver logs easily at the touch of a screen, eliminating the need for paper logbooks..
Since its launch in 2012, BigRoad has became the most downloaded trucker app on Android, iPhone, and iPad devices. BigRoad, based in Canada, regularly works with their customers to develop features which truckers want and are simple to use. With its easy-to-use UI and cost effective solutions, BigRoad lessens the burden of creating accurate logbooks, passing vehicle inspections, and optimizing fleet operations. There are 3 levels of service available, depending on features needed: Free, Fleet, and Fleet with DashLink
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ESMO @ ECC 2013: Younger Age in Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Associates with Poorer Outcome
An analysis from the ARCAD clinical trials programme.
- Date: 29 Sep 2013
- Topic: Cancer in Special Situations / Population / Gastrointestinal cancers
New data from an analysis of data in the large ARCAD databank identify patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) under the age of 40 years as a high-risk population for treatment failure and poorer overall- and progression-free survival. The findings were presented 29 September, 2013 during the Gastrointestinal Malignancies/Colorectal Cancer II Proffered Papers Session (Abstract E17-1484) at the 17th ECCO – 38th ESMO – 32nd ESTRO European Cancer Congress. The European Cancer Congresses are organised in joint partnership with ESSO, EACR, EONS and SIOPE as a forum for the latest in oncology research and to offer multidisciplinary and multi-professional educational opportunities in oncology. The 2013 Congress convened in Amsterdam, The Netherlands from 27 September until 1 October.
Considerable controversy exists concerning the outcome of younger patients with colorectal cancer and it is a critical topic because the incidence of this cancer is increasing in the younger population. Dr Lieu and his colleagues have contributed important scientific evidence from a worldwide collaboration of clinicians and scientists specialising in gastrointestinal cancer, and they have confirmed that patients younger than 40 have a worse prognosis. These patients have poor overall survival and progression-free survival, and this was not influenced by sex or performance status.
The conclusions are intriguing because the study has been performed on a large case series of patients (the ARCAD database is one of the largest in gastrointestinal oncology), reinforcing the concept that younger people diagnosed with colorectal cancer survive less well, in spite of being in better overall condition and with fewer other medical problems.
This evaluation of the prognostic significance of age needs further analysis aimed at identifying any biological characteristics or markers that make the cancer disease of young people more aggressive and less responsive to drugs.
*Erika Martinelli, ESMO spokesperson who was not involved in the study commented.
The risk change as a continuous function of age
Dr. Christopher Lieu of the Division of Medical Oncology, University of Colorado, Aurora, USA and colleagues conducted this analysis which aimed to assess whether age may be prognostic for overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) in patients with mCRC. Previous investigations have made direct comparisons between patients who were categorized into groups of less than 40 years versus aged 40 and more years, thus giving broad pooled risk. This analysis determined whether and how risk changes as a continuous function of age to better clarify the age-response.
Colorectal cancer is mainly a disease affecting the older population;the median age at diagnosis is 69 years. Just 4.6% of the total incidence of CRC represents patients younger than 50 years of age but this incidence is on the rise; despite a trend towards decreased overall incidence in the western population, largely due to screening, overall incidence rates of CRC per 100,000 young adults (ages 20-49 years) increased 1.5% per year in men and 1.6% per year in women from 1992 to 2005.
Younger patients present more commonly with advanced stage III or IV disease. Screening is currently recommended for persons aged 50 and older. Hereditary factors account for just 5-7% of young-onset CRC cases, making screening the only way to detect CRC in young adults.
Poor performance status significantly associates with decreased survival in patients younger than 40 years
This analysis used the French ARCAD Foundation (Aide et Recherche en Cancerologie Digestive) CRC database which includes data from 20,326 patients who participated in 23 frontline phase III clinical trials, including trials with biologic agents. The endpoints of these trials were OS and PFS and primary covariates included age, sex, and performance status (PS). Cox proportional hazards models stratified by treatment arm within a study were used to model primary age effects, as well as interactions with and/or adjustments for sex and PS. Patients without events by 1 year were right-censored. Non-linearity of age on the log relative hazard of PFS and OS was modeled using restricted cubic splines.
The OS and PFS results were available for 19,900 patients; of these, 695 (3%) patients were younger than 40 years. Age was found to be significantly prognostic for both OS (p < 0.0001) and PFS (p < 0.0001) with U-shaped risk for each endpoint; i.e., the highest risk of OS and PFS was evident in the youngest and oldest patients, while 57 to 61-year olds demonstrated the lowest risk of OS and PFS, respectively.
Patients with CRC in the youngest cohort experienced 30% increased risk of death and 28% increased risk of progression or death during the follow-up period. Patients with CRC in the oldest cohort who experienced a 72% increased risk of death and 19% increased risk of progression or death in the follow-up period.
Poor PS significantly associated with decreased survival in younger but not older patients (interaction p = 0.0001). Sex was statistically but not clinically significant as an adjustment variable in these models.
The authors found that, although the assessment of performance status may be subject to bias, poor performance status significantly associated with decreased survival in patients younger than 40 years. Young age associated with poorer OS and PFS in treated patients with mCRC and further studies identifying the biological differences between the disease experienced by older and younger patients are warranted.
The study authors disclosed no conflict of interest.


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"In a beautiful day on a beautiful chair."
Orange: Hmmm.. I wish I can say something right now.
Lemon: Uhhh, I see .. What!! You are talking with me?!
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Orange: yah.. is it a crazy knife being closer to us?
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Another has chosen to retire from the board and a third member is undecided.
The deadline for candidates to file petitions with the county election board is Aug. 23.
David Brinegar has decided to seek a second term on the school board, while president Kelly Bentley has decided that her two terms are enough.
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I must admit that I've always had a sweet tooth, especially for dark chocolate. During my last pregnancy, I took my indulgence to heart and this time is no exception (hey, the pregnant lady has "cravings" ok?!?).
Yeah, well my "cravings" were abruptly interrupted when my doctor told me that the sugar level in my blood is on the high side...what does that mean anyways?
But chocolate is good for my health: it stops my headache (now that I can't drug myself) and makes me so happy! Now what should I do when my hormones are all over the place?!? Ok, I might be slightly exaggerating...but still! Oh...what a party pooper!!!


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Long term vegetarian diet changes human DNA raising risk of cancer and heart disease
Populations who have had a primarily vegetarian diet for generations carried a genetic mutation which raised risk of cancer and heart disease
...Populations who have had a primarily vegetarian diet for generations were found to be far more likely to carry DNA which makes them susceptible to inflammation.
Scientists in the US believe that the mutation occured to make it easier for vegetarians to absorb essential fatty acids from plants.
But it has the knock-on effect of boosting the production of arachidonic acid, which is known to increase inflammatory disease and cancer. When coupled with a diet high in vegetable oils - such as sunflower oil - the mutated gene quickly turns fatty acids into dangerous arachidonic acid....
..."In such individuals, vegetable oils will be converted to the more pro-inflammatory arachidonic acid, increasing the risk for chronic inflammation that is implicated in the development of heart disease, and exacerbates cancer...."
...However other research suggests vegetarianism lowers the risk of diabetes, stroke and obesity....
Because no one who subsists on bean sprouts and sawdust has a hearty appetite.


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But after decades of hiding her condition, it was the speaking tour for the book that really made her career take off. As this New York Times profile notes, her courage in speaking publicly about her condition actually helped move research on it forward:
For psychiatric science, the real payoff was her speaking tour. At mental health conferences here and abroad, Dr. Saks, 56, attracted not only doctors and therapists, but also high-functioning people with the same diagnosis as herself — a fellowship of fans, some of whom have volunteered to participate in studies. "People in the audience would stand up and self-disclose, or sometimes I would be on a panel with someone" who had a similar experience, Dr. Saks said. She also received scores of e-mails from people who had read the book and wanted to meet for lunch. She told many of them about the possibility of participating in a research project. She now has two studies going, one in Los Angeles and another in San Diego, tracking the routines and treatment decisions of these extraordinary people. The movie producer Jerry Weintraub has optioned the book.The book became a best-seller and Saks later was awarded one of the MacArthur Foundation "genius" grants, with which she began a research institute. She continues to speak out about the stigma of mental illness, as she does in the speech below in which she's accepting one of her many awards, this time from the Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services. Here's what you can learn from this famous speech:
- When your message involves stigma, invoke the ordinary: The taboo topic, by definition, is foreign to your listeners because they've been avoiding it. Speakers can make it familiar and manageable for an audience by breaking it down to ordinary situations and behaviors--as Saks does early on and at the end of her speech, when she urges the audience to visit or send flowers to friends hospitalized for mental illness, something most people avoid. At the very end of her speech, it's a sweet reminder of a practical thing they can do.
- Know your audience: Saks's overall message in most of her speeches involves giving the audience members practical things they can do to accept and help family and friends with psychiatric illnesses. In this audience, she pays particular attention to mental health professionals--those working for the center that's giving her the award--but also speaks directly to those in the audience who aren't working for the field. Each one can do something, and her entire speech is clear enough that anyone can understand it, a nod to the fact that she's not just addressing technical experts.
- Use contrasts and comparisons to make a foreign subject clear: Saks compares physical illness, a topic both familiar and more comfortable, with mental illness to illustrate stigma and public reaction: "No one would ever say that someone with a broken arm or a broken leg is less than a whole person, but people say that or imply that all the time about people with mental illness."
What do you think of this famous speech?


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American Red Cross workers collected only 37 productive units of blood at First Mennonite Church in Hillsboro Monday afternoon, but spirits were high among those who donated.
"Our goal was to have 60, and we had 48 scheduled appointments," organizing volunteer Shirley Kasper said. "Some of those were not accepted, and others did not show up, the weather might have kept some away."
Rain showers and hail created soggy conditions for those arriving at the church at the beginning of the blood drive, but in the hours that followed weather was not a factor.
Volunteers were on site from 1 to 6 p.m. and a slow but steady stream of donators kept conversation flowing, along with the platelets and plasma.
Alvin Hett and several fellow employees from Countryside Feeds arrived after 5 p.m.
"We don't really plan this," Hett said. "It just happens that there are a number of us that go at the same time."
Hett said he was a regular donor, giving blood twice a year since 1967.
"I got started when I was younger and I just keep going," he said. "I feel it is a good thing to help out. I know it is always needed."
According to the American Red Cross, someone in the United States needs blood every two seconds, and more than 44,000 blood donations are needed every day.
The American Red Cross is currently providing blood products to meet the needs of those injured in the West, Texas fertilizer plant explosion last week.
In Boston, Red Cross Blood Services already has provided 500 blood products to victims of the marathon bombings.
"When I wrote a letter to the paper a few weeks ago requesting more young people to donate, I had no idea there would be such a timely need," volunteer Gladys Funk said. "I don't why we didn't have more people donating today, there isn't any illness going around that I know of."
Funk and Kasper said they usually counted on several Tabor College students showing up to donate, but thought they likely donated at a college-sponsored event already held this spring. Likewise, some high school clubs have started sponsoring their own blood drives.
"Making sure we have adequate blood supply is near and dear to my heart," Funk said. "I am so very, very appreciative of all our older people who donate, but we really need to impress on the younger generation how important this is."
Hett said fear of needles or just uncomfortable situations might keep some young people away from donating blood.
"Any new situation is uncomfortable," he said. "But there is so much good that comes from this; and it really isn't hard and doesn't hurt."
Countryside Feeds operation manager Luke Lindsey and sales manager Bill Fish joined Hett for blood donation, exiting just before the 6 p.m. deadline. Laughter and camaraderie between donators, table volunteers, and Red Cross workers brought the event to a successful conclusion despite the lower number of donations than expected.
"We'll do this again in six months," Kasper said. "Maybe there will be more people that can donate then."


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Highway funding bargain appears imminent
AUSTIN — A breakthrough Friday clears the way for lawmakers to approve investing about $900 million a year in Texas highways, but there's still some ground to cover before Tuesday's special session deadline.
"We're very, very close," said Rep. Joe Pickett, D- El Paso, one of the negotiators. "We do not have a deal. We probably need to think about it tonight and come back in the morning."
Following two weeks of back-and-forth between House and Senate members in special session, conference committee members on the Senate side announced they found middle ground broadly on the major hurdle: ensuring money for the economic stabilization fund.
"It has a limit that preserves the rainy day fund," said Sen. Kevin Eltife, R-Tyler, one of the members who worked on the negotiations.
The House and Senate are scheduled to reconvene Monday, when they could quickly pass the revised plan. The special session ends Tuesday, and if lawmakers do not find more money for transportation, Gov. Rick Perry has signaled he will call them back for a third special session.
The compromise plan described Friday by senators is similar to a proposal by Sen. Robert Nichols, R-Jacksonville, that splits oil production tax revenue between the rainy day fund and transportation spending.
Nichols' plan, to muster enough votes in the Senate earlier this month, included a guarantee that transportation money would dry up if the rainy day fund fell below $6 billion. The fund is predicted to have $11.8 billion during the 2014-15 biennium.
House lawmakers opposed any minimum guarantees. Pickett, who authored a competing funding plan, said last week the minimum was unnecessary because lawmakers must approve all rainy day fund spending.
Instead, the compromise proposed by House members, according to a source close to the negotiations, leaves setting the minimum needed for the rainy day fund up to the Legislative Budget Board, comprised of the lieutenant governor, speaker of the House, four senators and four representatives.
Based on the budget, the board can establish a threshold for what needs to be in the rainy day fund and essentially turn off the transportation funding. Officials were unclear on the terms of the minimum.
Current estimates predict the Texas Department of Transportation would receive an additional $848 million annually to patch roads and widen freeways to handle the state's economic and population growth. State transportation officials had no comment, saying they wanted to wait to see the final agreed-upon version.
To divert the money from the rainy day fund, voters will be asked to approve a constitutional amendment, probably in 2014, rather than earlier plans to hold the vote in 2013.
Eltife said the delay will not impact funding or transportation spending.
Williams and Nichols said having the election later gives voters more time to look at the proposal.
The move to 2014 also distances the transportation plan from a state water plan that voters are being asked to approve that spends $2 billion of the rainy day fund.
Some lawmakers feared the two proposals could compete, or potentially lead to a scenario in which factions argue against one to secure support for the other.


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I Work With Awesome People
I'm going in for surgery today. I have gall stones and need to have my weak and evil organ removed. Hopefully it will serve as an example to the liver, so that it will continue to service my alcohol processing needs with no complaint. Anyway, I'm going to be stuck at home recovering for a week and I just got a surprise shipment from Amazon of three seasons of TV shows (all of which I've been dying to see) to help keep me from going stir crazy.
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- Emily said...
SWEET!! What shows are you going to watch?
Also, I had a gallbladder episode years ago and the pain...my god...the pain. Here's to a speedy and television filled recovery...and more bacon than ever thought possible.
- ClimbingBoy said...
Probably Dexter first. It will go well with the GTA4 I'm playing.
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Previous work trying to measure the effects of dark energy examined supernovae, tracking the overall rate of expansion of the universe. The new work looks at a separate measure, the formation of structure within galactic clusters. Data from the two approaches agree, both confirming the presence of the force, and helping astrophysicists refine their calculations of its strength. Data from the new research also indicate that the universe is not likely to end with a fatal 'Big Rip.' We'll talk with one of the researchers on the project.


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Minnesota seeks to further diversity government workforce
ST. PAUL — Gov. Mark Dayton's administration says its efforts to make state hiring and contracting more inclusive are paying off, but there is still a long way to go before all Minnesotans have equitable representation in the government workforce.
Last year, state contracts awarded to businesses owned by people of color, women and veterans grew an average of 89 percent over 2015, an increase from $40 million to $75 million. While that's impressive growth, it represents a fraction of the roughly $2.5 billion Minnesota spends with contractors each year.
Black-owned businesses saw the largest increase in state business during that time — jumping 1,075 percent between 2015 and 2017 — climbing from $135,000 to $1.5 million. Despite the large growth, black firms remained near the bottom of minority-owned businesses that received state work in 2017, only Native American businesses got fewer contracts.
Hiring of people of color by state agencies is also on the rise. About 12 percent of Minnesota's state workforce are minorities, up from 8 percent when Dayton took office in 2011.
For comparison, about 20 percent of Minnesota residents are people of color.
New focus on equity
James Burroughs, the state's Chief Inclusion Officer, said the growth in state contracts going to minority-, women- and veteran-owned businesses was the result of new focus on equity across state government. The results come after an equity audit released last February found Minnesota had some of the nation's most progressive rules for ensuring equitable opportunities, but they were poorly implemented.
State government, through hiring and contracting practices, must play a role in closing the state's economic and opportunity gaps, Burroughs said.
"We want all Minnesotans to have access to economic opportunity," he said. "We shouldn't have any Minnesotans who feel like they can't do business with the state."
'I don't think we will ever catch up'
Dianne Binns, president of the St. Paul chapter of the NAACP, said the state's efforts gave her hope, but Minnesota's racial disparities still feel insurmountable for many in communities of color.
"I'm grateful for the effort they are making," Binns said. "I'm just saying it's not enough. I don't think we will ever catch up."
Entrepreneurs of color often struggle to secure financing to start or grow their businesses and that keeps the pool of firms owned by people of color small, Binns said. The NAACP and other minority groups plan to lobby state lawmakers to further address lending and other economic disparities during the coming legislative session.
"Without access and employment there can be no improvement," Binns said.
How gains were made
State officials say the progress Minnesota has made toward more inclusive hiring and contracting has come from a mix of new training for staff, outreach to workers and business owners and specially designed programs to encourage equity.
The state has streamlined the process for minority-, women-, and veteran-owned businesses to register with the state to be eligible to bid on contracts. State purchasing agents are encouraged to consider those business, especially when projects are less than $25,000 and competitive bidding is not required.
There is also a "sheltered market" process state agencies can use limit the firms that are able to bid on certain contracts. That type of bidding accounts for about $1.5 million of the more than $2.5 billion in contracts the state awards each year.
To increase the diversity of job applicants, state agencies increased their participation in career fairs from five annually to 86 in 2017 to help minority residents learn about job opportunities.
In the coming year, state officials hope to continue their efforts on inclusive hiring and contracting with an eye on improving retention rates.
"We really looked step-by-step at things we could do immediately to make an impact," said Alice Roberts-Davis, assistant commissioner for purchasing in the state Department of Administration. "We still have more to do."


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Thursday, March 18, 2010
Wrapping Up with Winter
As winter draws to a close, the oranges have been hanging heavy on my neighbor's tree, many succumbing to a moldy, liqueur-stenchful fate. I hate seeing perfectly good produce go to waste. When we visit my in-laws in Fresno, it pains me to watch the folks, living in poverty stricken neighborhoods, bring loads of fruit home from the grocery store when their own backyards are bursting at the seams with sun-kissed ripe oranges, grapefruit, lemons, and limes. My neighbor is a diabetic, so she has a good excuse. I offered her a dozen fresh eggs in exchange for some of her oranges, even though most of us here at Itty Bitty have a sensitivity to citrus. I figured I could serve some O.J. at our next soiree or brunch. Feel free to invite yourself over.
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What a great idea. One question about freezing in glass: Is it okay if you leave room at the top for expansion? It makes me nervous but sure would be nice to use all my Mason jars between cannings for things like this!ReplyDelete
Definitely leave room at the top for expansion! At least 3/4 of an inch to 1 inch - depending on the size of the jar and the type/amount of liquid.ReplyDelete
The jars I used were Mason jars specifically for freezing - they have straight sides rather than a shoulder at the top. If you use jars that go in towards the neck, definitely fill to below the curve.ReplyDelete
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The B.A. Degree in Psychology emphasizes a strong general education in the field of psychology for students who may not want to go on for graduate work. The department recognizes that graduate school is not for everyone and also recognizes the value of having a general liberal arts degree. Enough preparatory classes are required in the B.A. degree that if a student later decides to seek admission into a graduate school, only a small number of leveling courses will typically be required.
An OC graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology will:
- Demonstrate familiarity with the vocabulary of the systems of psychology.
- Develop basic literature review skills and writing skills necessary to gain admission into graduate school.
- Become involved in some form of community service.
- Have GRE scores adequate for admission to most regional universities.
- Demonstrate spiritual development and service to the church.
Student must complete a minimum of 126 hours including the major, core, and minor if required. Elective hours may be needed to reach 126 hours.
43 hours, minor required, plus 6 hours of same foreign language
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- PSYC-1211 - Introductory Seminar in Psychology
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- PSYC-3413 - Social Psychology
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- PSYC-4623 - Experimental Psychology
- PSYC-4713 - History and Systems in Psychology
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4. 6 hours same foreign language
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NLRB Postpones Deadline for Employer Compliance With Notice Posting Rule
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The NLRB's recent rulemaking requiring private employers to post workplace notices of federal labor law rights, originally slated to take effect on November 14, 2011, has been delayed until January 31, 2012. The postponement follows litigation by various business groups challenging the final rule, as well as efforts by Congressional Republicans to overturn it. The NLRB has denied any connection between the delay and the litigation, instead explaining that it postponed the effective date to provide small- and medium-sized businesses additional time to familiarize themselves with the rule's requirements.
Applying its rarely-used rulemaking powers, the NLRB published a final rule on posting that applies to unionized and non-unionized workplaces alike. Addressing the objections of various commenters over an eight-month comment period, the final rule omitted requirements obligating employers to distribute notice electronically and incorporated new notice language clarifying the right of employees to abstain from engaging in statutorily-protected activity under the NLRA.
Following the publication of the final rule on August 30, 2011, the National Association of Manufacturers and the National Federation of Independent Business each filed suit against the NLRB, asserting that the rulemaking exceeded the Board's authority and violated their First Amendment rights. The cases were consolidated in Nat'l Assoc. of Manufacturers v. NLRB, No. 1:11-cv-01629 (D.D.C.). The NLRB's postponement followed a request of the presiding judge in that litigation, who asked that the Board push back the effective date so that she would have more time to evaluate the parties' arguments. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce have also challenged the final rule in a separate action on similar grounds, in federal court in South Carolina in Chamber of Commerce v. NLRB, No. 2:11-cv-02516 (D.S.C.).
Congressional Republicans have also challenged the final rule, introducing the "Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act" (H.R. 3094) in the House in October and challenging the rule, along with other recent Board actions in a recent hearing by the House Small Business Committee.
Under the rule, failure to adhere to the posting requirements may be treated as an unfair labor practice under NLRA Sec. 8(a)(1). Knowing and willful employer refusals to post notices could be considered evidence of unlawful motive in NLRB proceedings in which employer motive is at issue. The NLRB expects that most employers failing to post the notice, at least initially, will likely be unaware of the new rule. In those cases, the Board will not seek penalties against the employer as long as the employer promptly rectifies the non-compliance upon being informed of the posting requirement.