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7 Default Windows 10 Settings You Should Check Immediately
Windows 10 is very different Is It Time to Upgrade to Windows 10, Yet? Microsoft really wants to you upgrade to Windows 10. But should you? To help you make up your mind, we argue both the pro and the contra, and offer careful advice. How will you decide? Read More from previous Windows versions. If you have used Windows 8 or Windows Phone, you will recognize commonalities, but Microsoft has been changing options and adding features. Here, we point out default settings you will want to customize right away.
Note that if you upgraded from Windows 10 RTM (Threshold) to Version 1511, we have a separate piece that covers all the settings to check after the Fall Update 5 Settings You Must Check After Windows 10 Fall Update With every upgrade, Windows 10 introduces new options, changes user settings, and pushes its default apps. We show you how to revert the changes from the November Upgrade back to your own preferences. Read More . The article addresses privacy and printer settings we won't duplicate here.
Your First Contact With Windows 10
Whether you have a new Windows 10 computer or upgraded from Windows 7 or 8.1 6 Common Windows Upgrade Issues & How to Fix Them Upgrading Windows 10 can cause a number of complications. We show you what to watch out for and how to prevent or fix issues. Read More , the following tips will help you navigate the new operating system and eliminate common annoyances. Everything starts with the Windows 10 Settings app The Windows 10 Settings Guide: How to Do Anything and Everything Do you know your way around the Settings app in Windows 10? Here's everything you need to know. Read More . You can find it in the Start Menu, when you press the Windows key and type "Settings", or by clicking the keyboard shortcut Windows + I.
1. Update Security & Privacy Settings
Windows 10 syncs your settings to the cloud, automatically shares your Wi-Fi password, collects data for targeted ads, while Cortana observes your every move to be more helpful.
If you are mostly concerned about personalized ads and recommendations, read our piece on removing ads and not safe for work content from Windows 10 How to Ban Windows 10 Ads & NSFW Content from Your Desktop Windows 10 may be crossing a line with desktop ads and NSFW content. Microsoft and third-party developers can push promotional material directly onto your desktop. We show you how you can defend yourself. Read More . Briefly, you can turn off irritating live tiles in the Start Menu, disable suggested apps under Settings > Personalization > Start, turn off Action Center notifications under Settings > System > Notifications & actions, disable Cortana How to Set Up Cortana & Remove Her in Windows 10 Cortana is Microsoft's greatest productivity tool since Office. We'll show you how to get started with Windows 10's digital assistant or how to turn Cortana off for improved privacy. Read More under Cortana > Notebook > Settings, and opt out of personalized ads under Settings > Privacy > General.
Dan Price has summarized additional Windows 10 privacy issues Everything You Need to Know About Windows 10's Privacy Issues While Windows 10 has some issues that users need to be aware of, many claims have been blown out of proportion. Here's our guide to everything you need to know about Windows 10's privacy issues. Read More and how to fix them. Briefly, you can turn off syncing via Settings > Accounts > Sync your settings, opt into sharing your Wi-Fi key (off by default!) under Settings > Network & Internet > Wi-Fi > Manage Wi-Fi settings, and block apps from using your advertising ID under Settings > Privacy > General.
2. Manage Windows Update Settings
Forced updates Pros & Cons of Forced Updates in Windows 10 Updates will change in Windows 10. Right now you can pick and choose. Windows 10, however, will force updates onto you. It has advantages, like improved security, but it can also go wrong. What's more... Read More is probably the most drastic change introduced with Windows 10. Unsuspecting Home users test drive new Windows features Windows 10 Upgrade - Free Doesn't Mean It Won't Cost Anything There's a catch to the free Windows 10 upgrade. Microsoft understands its audience all too well; they are more likely to pay for the freedom of control, rather than for extra features. Read More , before these are deployed to Professional and Enterprise users. Consequently, Windows Update is almost unrecognizable.
We explain how you can control updates and save bandwidth. Head to Settings > Update & security > Windows Update > Advanced options to manage your Windows Update settings How to Manage Windows Update in Windows 10 For control freaks, Windows Update is a nightmare. It works in the background, and keeps your system safe and running smoothly. We show you how it works and what you can customize. Read More .
First, choose how updates are installed. Once updates need to be installed, Windows will estimate what might be a good time for a restart. When you go with Notify to schedule restart, Windows 10 will also let you choose a time manually.
If you are on Windows 10 Professional, you can Defer upgrades. Do this to delay the installation of new features for several months. Security updates won't be affected. If you are an unfortunate Home user, you can upgrade to Windows 10 Professional How to Upgrade from Windows 10 Home to Professional Edition Windows 10 Home users are missing several subtle features. Pro users, for example, can temporarily defer Windows updates. We show you how you can upgrade to the Pro edition to regain some control over Windows... Read More in several different ways and maybe this free key from Microsoft Microsoft Just Released a Free Key for Windows 10 Pro A free product key for Windows 10 Pro is floating around, but what does it mean and how can you take advantage of it? Read More will work for you.
Note that if you opt into receiving updates for other Microsoft products, you could inadvertently permit Windows to upgrade Office How to Downgrade from Office 2016 to Office 2013 & Block the Upgrade You don't want to upgrade to Microsoft Office 2016 or you were upgraded automatically? We show you how you can downgrade or stay with Microsoft Office 2013, whether you're a home or business user. Read More , Windows Media Player, or other Microsoft software.
Next, click Choose how updates are delivered to make sure Windows Update won't steal any of your bandwidth. We recommend turning this feature Off, unless you have multiple Windows 10 PCs on your local network. In that case, you could save bandwidth by letting Windows 10 share downloaded updates locally.
Finally, to prevent Windows Update from stealing your bandwidth while you're on a metered connection, go to Settings > Network & Internet > Wi-Fi, make sure you're connected to your preferred network (no network cable plugged in), then click Advanced options. Here you can identify the respective network as a metered connection, regardless of whether it's a regular Wi-Fi or a tethered connection.
This last setting also is a sneaky way to temporarily disable Windows Update; at least until you plug in the Ethernet cable again. If you ever run into issues with Windows Update, know that you can uninstall driver updates Take Back Control Over Driver Updates in Windows 10 A bad Windows driver can ruin your day. In Windows 10, Windows Update automatically updates hardware drivers. If you suffer the consequences, let us show you how to roll back your driver and block future... Read More .
3. Customize Default Apps & Programs
What Microsoft thinks is best for you and your PC doesn't necessarily align with your preferences. Fortunately, you can customize most default apps and settings in Windows 10 How to Change Default Apps and Settings in Windows 10 Here's how to change default programs and settings in Windows 10 if you aren't happy with how it behaves out of the box. Read More . This means that you can sign in without a Microsoft account, switch around default apps under Settings > System > Default apps, change AutoPlay under Settings > Devices > AutoPlay, and replace Bing with Google Search.
4. Edit System Notifications
The Windows 10 Taskbar 7 Tips for Customizing the Windows 10 Taskbar The taskbar remains a staple feature in Windows 10. It's been given a fresh look and new features, including Cortana. We show you all the tweaks to make the taskbar your own. Read More is home to many distractions, but the notification area to the far right is the worst offender. Head to Settings > System > Notifications & actions to select the general notifications you wish to see, as well as the apps that are permitted to show notifications. Click on individual apps to further customize the types of notifications permitted, including sounds and banners.
Note that you can add or remove items like the clock or the Action Center from the notification area — formerly known as system tray — if you click Turn system icons on or off at the top.
5. Manage Universal Apps
Windows 10 comes pre-installed with a range of universal apps, including OneNote, Skype, and Candy Crush. Some are useful, others are just wasting space. Fortunately, you can remove Windows 10 bloatware How to Easily Remove Bloatware From Windows 10 Windows 10 comes with its own set of pre-installed apps. Let's look at the methods you can use to remove the bloatware on your PC and debloat Windows 10. Read More using PowerShell commands 3 Clever PowerShell Functions After Upgrading to Windows 10 Windows 10 brings us a new PowerShell, essentially Command Prompt on steroids. This article shows you how to do the otherwise impossible with PowerShell. And it's easier than you think! Read More .
Universal apps are updated independently from Windows Update. Open the Windows Store app and head to Settings under your profile. Here, you can toggle Update apps automatically; the default is On.
Note that under Live Tile, you can also toggle Show products on tile, which refers to app recommendations shown on the Windows Store live tile in your Start Menu.
Did You Upgrade from Windows 7 or 8.1?
If you upgraded to Windows 10, you should check two more things.
6. Is Windows 10 Properly Activated?
You either upgraded directly from an older Windows version or you installed Windows 10 manually, using installation media created with the Windwos 10 Media Creation tool and an eligible Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 product key. In both cases, Windows 10 should activate automatically.
To be sure whether activation was successful, go to System > Update & security > Activation. If your system didn't activate or if you get an error code when entering an eligible Windows product key, consult our Windows 10 Activation & Licensing FAQ The Ultimate Windows 10 Activation & License FAQ One of the big confusions surrounding Windows 10 concerns its licensing and activation. This FAQ will shed some light, explain what has changed with Windows 10 version 1511 (Fall Update), and translate activation-related error codes. Read More .
As mentioned under point 2 above, you can upgrade from Windows 10 Home to Professional. This is done by entering a product key right here.
7. Are All Your Applications Still There?
With every upgrade, Windows 10 can auto-remove software against your will Windows 10 Can Auto-Remove Software Against Your Will Windows 10 is uninstalling software it doesn't consider compatible. Have you been affected? We show you which applications you could lose and why. Read More . During the November Upgrade, this affected several security applications, Foxit Reader, CPU-Z, among others. Unfortunately, there's not much you can do to prevent this. We just want you to be aware of this circumstance, so that you can check whether all your tools are still there, and reinstall them in case they were removed.
Make Windows 10 Your Own
Microsoft has made some questionable decisions when picking Windows 10 default settings. Once those grave choices are corrected, you can dive into customizing Windows 10 even more deeply.
In case you're wondering what else there is to do, here are some ideas:
- Improve the Start Menu 6 Ways to Hack & Customize the Windows 10 Start Menu The Windows 10 Start Menu combines classic elements with modern tiles. Tiles can add a lot of creative freedom. We'll give you tips and reveal tricks for customizing the entire Start Menu to your preferences. Read More ,
- change themes and colors How to Change the Look and Feel of Your Windows 10 Desktop Want to know how to make Windows 10 look better? Use these simple customizations to make Windows 10 your own. Read More ,
- substitute OneDrive Smart Files How to Substitute OneDrive Smart Files in Windows 10 Microsoft broke OneDrive on Windows 10 for power users. The removal of placeholders, also known as smart files, has disappointed many users who upgraded from Windows 8.1. We have compiled several workarounds. Read More or disable OneDrive How to Disable & Replace OneDrive in Windows 10 OneDrive is deeply integrated in Windows 10 and Microsoft might tell you that removing it is not possible. Well, not unless you're willing to dig deep. We show you how to extract OneDrive from Windows... Read More ,
- optimize battery life How to Optimize Windows 10 for Battery Life Battery life is a pretty important factor for mobile devices. While Windows 10 does offer new features to manage power settings, the defaults are not necessarily contributing to optimal battery life. Time to change that. Read More ,
- set up System Restore How to Factory Reset Windows 10 or Use System Restore Learn how System Restore and Factory Reset can help you survive any Windows 10 disasters and recover your system. Read More and manage your backups 5 Basic Backup Facts Every Windows User Should Know We never tire to remind you to make backups and keep your data safe. If you're wondering what, how often, and where you should back up your files, we have straight forward answers. Read More , and
- update your security software The Best Antivirus Software for Windows 10 Want to tighten security on your PC? Here are the best antivirus software options for Windows 10. Read More .
In Windows 10, maintenance hasn't become any less complex Windows 10 Maintenance: What Has Changed & What You Need to Consider In Windows 10, Microsoft seriously overhauled maintenance features. Especially Windows Update is causing some headache. We provide you with an overview of new settings and show you which third party tools you still need. Read More , but the interface is arguably more pleasant.
What were the first steps you took after first running Windows 10? Which changes were most challenging for you? And which new features do you appreciate most? Share with us in the comments!
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This spring, as I watched the pieces of my life that I thought I understood fall away in quick, stuttering gasps, in the way of your early 20s, when you are learning how to exist in a whole new way – this spring, as I took my first breaths through the most debilitating heartbreak of my life, I started googling famous people with anxiety. I wanted to make myself feel better about the kind of anxiety where you can't feel your fingertips, and it led me to Jesse Eisenberg. I found the Jesse/Jay Leno interview when Jennifer Lawrence is on the same show, and describes Jesse's OCD variously as "weird quirks" and "so cool", before talking for a very long about falling up stairs, wishing she had weird quirks, too. Jesse steadily retreats into himself, arms crossed, legs crossed, as small as possible when he says "You can have all of mine." Like it's funny, like maybe he could find a way to make it funny. Like he has to.
It made me think about all the ways we are encouraged to make mental illness palatable. About humour as a coping mechanism, and its limits, and about the way we laugh into the awkward spaces left by the twisting of our hands. Jesse Eisenberg and I, we both fidget relentlessly, hands tapping out patterns, creating shapes, flitting over ourselves, our surroundings, constant patter of still-there, still-there, still-there. And so, desperate to find that echo in the art I consume, I watched every single movie Jesse Eisenberg has ever made. Except for the Woody Allen ones, for obvious reasons. And Camp Hell – title somewhat self-explanatory. Life is too short, guys.
I started with The Social Network, the heavily fictionalised version of the origin of Facebook, but really a film about the failure to speak, of speaking; about the failure of understanding, of comprehension of the other, another, any other outside the whirling dervish of the self. About the way that events unravel between your fingers and if you'd known…what you'd meant is…and if he'd only seen that…It's a film that takes the breaths between what-ifs, curls them into Sorkin's dialogue, like if you speak fast enough, smart enough, that will be enough.
It isn't.
One particularly bleak Saturday I watched Now You See Me three times in a row. It's a magicians-slash-heist movie, and I mostly watched it because it's a ridiculous shiny spectacle, and sometimes when you're sad you just want to see, very clearly, that they spent a Stupid Amount of Money doing Stupid Things. But also for the miracle of seeing steady hands make magic, and of imagining that mine could hide anything. Anything at all.
I'm not going to talk about all of Jesse's movies, because there are a lot of them, and some of them are Batman movies, and half of them fill me with the lethargic melancholia of adolescence, and I'm too old to be watching The Squid and the Whale and crying when he pretends to have written the Pink Floyd song, because we've all believed in art so utterly it felt like it could only be yours, because we've all been 15 and alone and heard the song that only you – only you – can understand, can have, can own. I watched Adventureland and Zombieland, movies that, until approximately five months ago, I believed were the same thing, potentially along with Superbad and Wet Hot American Summer. They aren't the same thing – one of them has zombies in – but they're both kinda about the fear of being alone, and then the fear of not being alone, and of seizing the fear and making happy endings from the (occasionally blood-sodden) mess around you. I don't believe in happy endings, but I do believe in clinging onto what you've got until the earth spins it away.
"There's something freeing about watching all your strangeness, all your worst things, be made into art."
I watched half of The End of the Tour, which focuses on David Lipsky's relationship with David Foster Wallace, and then I remembered that the professor who had sexually assaulted a friend taught me Foster Wallace, and then I stopped. There are books, and songs, and films, that are betrayed by other people, and which will never be OK again. In Holy Rollers – the true story of Hasidic Jews smuggling drugs into NYC – faith and family fall apart and Jesse's shoulders shake as he cries on the front stoop, and it feels like Jagged Little Pill (Alanis Morissette) feels, like the gasp for breath when you can't scream anymore. Holy Rollers sounds like it's going to be a Judd Apatow/Jonah Hill stoner comedy, but is, in fact, a delicate exploration of the complications and fragmentation of cultural and religious identity, and maybe that's a marketing error, but I love it, the brash title versus the quietude of the movie, the character's struggle writ large in the meta-textual publicity machine of it all. And how maybe nobody thought of that at all, they were just so pleased with the pun they let it go ahead anyway.
I watched The Double – based on the bureaucratic identity-obsessed Dostoevsky novella of the same name – second-last (I watched Rio last, and, yes, I did over-identify with an awkward, anxious, indoor-inclined macaw, thank you for asking). It felt like lucid dreaming, which is how Dostoevsky always makes me feel, floating back to the first time I finished Crime and Punishment, 15 years old, midnight, Cornwall in the rain. Yellow light of my torch as I read under the covers, like a cliché. Like a movie. Like the yellow light as the train rattles through Ayoade's dystopian creation. Jesse plays two doppelgangers in the movie – one brash, confident; one shrinking from the world around him. I watch the film and imagine transfiguring myself. Standing up taller, stilling my restless hands. The two doubles fight to eradicate the other and, in the end, the more reticent double triumphs, in a moment of self-destructive decisiveness. I imagine everything I hate about myself falling into the gaps between the tracks. In killing one, the character becomes both, in the way that we are all both, really. It's easier to separate yourself into those movie archetypes, into discrete blocks. I'm the kind of person who would watch all of Jesse Eisenberg's movies. I have an obsessive personality. You know. That kind of person. It's easier than watching your hands falter, stuttered declensions, a failed taxonomy of the self.
There's something freeing about watching all your strangeness, all your worst things, be made into art. Jesse's performances are perennially anxiety-ridden – even in Now You See Me, where his character is hugely arrogant, he's full of nervous ticks and a desperate need for control. He's quietly nervy in Holy Rollers. And he's Oscar-nominated levels of uncomfortable in The Social Network. All the different, weird permutations of the things I can't control, turned into contained, manageable scenes, with a point, with an arc, with an ending. I don't always understand my brain, but I understand films. I understand how plot works, and why strange, anxiety-ridden characters do the things they do. And sometimes, what they should do instead. Art is often a reflection of real life, a way of understanding ourselves anew. I needed 'anew' this spring. I needed a screen presence that was frenetic, and scared, and made himself into art, again, and again, twisting hands into something new.
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If you are first and foremost a follower of Jesus, revel in the independence and freedom that you have found in Him. Picture yourself being led through the streets of your town, on display to your friends and family as a trophy of Christ's victory. When Jesus is the victor, no one can rain on your parade!
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Farrah Moan Opens Up About 'RuPaul's Drag Race'
With a shady reading challenge and a tricky comedy roast to contend with, Friday night's episode of RuPaul's Drag Race took the charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent of every queen to task. Even when it came time for Farrah Moan's elimination after a difficult comedy routine and a lip sync battle against Alexis Michelle, it was clear that the retro glam wonder still had plenty to share with the world. In fact, during an email interview with Bustle, she reveals that she's hoping to release a "perfume or highlighter line," and that's far from her only goal for her future after RuPaul's Drag Race.
"[The show] greatly improved my drag and my performance. I've learned that I'm capable of so much more than I knew," she muses. "But, for now, I'm going to take things in stride, plant my seeds where I can, and keep on doing my thing."
This is a particularly inspiring statement from the 23-year-old performer, who didn't seem to be the most confident during the entire course of the show. In fact, just prior to being sent home at the end of Friday night's episode, Michelle Visage commented that Farrah's problem may be that she simply doesn't know herself yet. And Farrah doesn't entirely disagree with that assessment.
"I think I was a little young and it was too early in my career to go on the show. I see where [Visage was] coming from," says Farrah in response. "Since then, I've evolved and matured. I got stuck in my head and was indecisive. It's challenging to be in the show setting and be your best. I obviously have grown since then and would approach differently."
Still, Visage's comments definitely seemed to be an accurate appraisal of why Farrah, who consistently brought a stunning throwback aesthetic to the runway, wasn't quite embodying the same character she was delivering with her looks. In the Snatch Game, for example, her performance as YouTube personality GiGi Gorgeous failed to impress the judges, while her at times savage set of jokes during Visage's comedy roast was at odds with the pin-up allure of her aesthetic. It was here, once again, that the judges were disappointed to see the contestant not altogether giving them what her overall look seems to tease at.
Farrah recalls that she "was just thinking, 'Oh! Well, that didn't work!'"during her awkward comedy set at the roast. And, honestly, that response has all the cute, blasé charm of a bombshell like Jayne Mansfield. Clearly, the persona is there in Farrah, even if the uncomfortable pressure of being a comedian interfered with her presentation of it. "I think my own inexperience with comedy led to me choking on stage," Farrah adds. "I just wanted to get through it so it was over. It was definitely a difficult experience."
During the reading challenge at the start of the episode, it seemed obvious that Farrah's sweet nature was perhaps at odds with the sort of comedy that was expected of her. When Alexis revealed to the workroom that she didn't appreciate the contestant's style of joke due to her struggling with body image, Farrah seemed to be genuinely upset about it. However, she has mixed feelings about whether she was in the wrong or not.
"Looking back, it's what we were told to do and I think Alexis should have known there were no hard feelings. It's the challenge," Farrah says. "I could have thought a lot harder and picked something else to make a joke about. It just struck a chord and I get that. I'm not a comedian, so I'm not sure how far is too far. But I'm not the one to put people down."
Clearly, she learned a lot on RuPaul's Drag Race, and, moving forward it'll be exciting to see how she progresses and what she'll do next. Her jokes might have failed this week, but I have a feeling that this bombshell will be lit in all the right ways no matter what she has planned for us in the future.


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Join us on Friday, November 1st for a program designed to show you how the school so close to you can take you so far. We'll be gathering together members of our community to help you understand our many opportunities – from International Studies to Fine Arts to undergraduate research to campus community to Pro Humanitate and more! Be part of a class simulation and experience the discussion-based learning style from one of our beloved professors. Parents will have the opportunity to learn about the financial aid and merit-based scholarship process. We'll even take a break and enjoy a cup of coffee and conversation with various Wake Foresters.
Wake Forest is a personal, challenging, and supportive learning environment. Through this open house program, you will have the opportunity to discover all of this for yourself. As a Double Deac (Wake Forest undergraduate and graduate school alumna), I am always so excited to share with you, a prospective Wake Forest undergraduate, what Wake Forest means to me. More importantly, I look forward to helping you understand what Wake Forest can be for you and where Wake Forest will take you.
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This Dr Heavenly Kimes. She appears on a show called 'Married To Medicine' and she has strong ideas of what makes a good marriage. Here are her top 10 matrimonial tips:
1. Have a hot meal ready for your man when he gets home from work. Let's face it, I'm a busy woman, and I don't always have time to cook. But if I don't think I'll have the time that night, I'll have my cook prepare something, or I will pick something up.
2. Don't be a prude in the bedroom. Of course, I am not encouraging you to go out and have a threesome, BUT keep an open mind to the new things that your husband wants to try. Don't be so quick to say "no." Take pleasure in pleasing your man. And please try not to ever go to sleep angry.
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text: Wellness Health & Well-being Think You're Free of Bias? This Test Can Tell You the Truth By Angela Nelson Writer Boston University Angela Nelson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning digital editor and storyteller who covered a variety of general interest stories on MNN (now part of Treehugger) from 2014-2019. our editorial process Twitter Twitter Angela Nelson Updated May 31, 2017 We're full of accusations of bias in others but not very forthcoming with our own admissions. A test from Harvard University can help us realize them. AlenD/Shutterstock Share Twitter Pinterest Email Wellness Health & Well-being Clean Beauty Bias is not necessarily a bad thing. At a very basic level, it simply means to prefer one thing over another. I'd rather have a veggie pizza than a meat lover's, and I'd rather go to the beach instead of the mountains. There's nothing wrong with having preferences of this nature. Bias becomes a problem, of course, when it is against certain types or groups of people, and we let those biases negatively influence the way we treat others. Anyone can have a bias about anything: race, gender, sexual identity, religious beliefs, body types, professions, parenting styles, mental illnesses — you name it. Look at the political climate, for example. Republican politicians have been accused of bias against minorities, the media has been accused of bias against Republicans, and the Democrats have been accused of bias against the working class. We're full of accusations but not very forthcoming with admissions. If you think you're truly free of bias — even unconscious bias — why not put that theory to the test? Since 1998, Harvard University's Project Implicit has been issuing Implicit Association Tests (IAT) designed to uncover our unconscious biases against particular groups. The tests measure attitudes and beliefs that people may be unwilling or unable to report, according to the website, and the goal of the nonprofit organization is to educate the public about those hidden biases. You might be surprised by what you learn. I took a test about gender equality, for example, and my results showed that I have a "moderate automatic association" of men as leaders and women as supporters. My women's studies professors would not be pleased... How to take a test I created a free account and went through a few tests on topics such as self-esteem, mental illness and race. The self-esteem test wanted to discern if "implicit self-esteem is associated with performing health promoting behaviors." It quizzed me on "me words" versus "not me words," as well as good and bad associations to those words. I had to answer as fast as I could, and quicker answers indicated your bias (your gut reaction). It showed I had an "automatic association of 'good' with 'me'" because I was faster at responding when "me" and "good" items were displayed over when "me" and "bad" items were displayed. Next I took a test that aimed to find out if I assumed people with mental illnesses had violent tendencies. I don't, according to the test, but that's not really the point. What became clear was that it was obvious how to answer the questions to get the "desired" results. The instructions emphasized that you should go with your gut reaction to try to compensate for that, but still, you could tell that one answer shows a bias where the other doesn't. For example, one question asked: If a group home for former mental patients was located nearby, would I allow my children to go to the movies alone? Well, I wouldn't allow my children to go to the movies alone until they're teenagers regardless of what's nearby. But parenting philosophies aside, obviously answering "no" to that question meant that a bias existed. And another question asked me to agree or not with this statement: "One important thing about mental patients is that you cannot tell what they will do from one minute to the next." Again, obviously if I agree, that indicates a bias. So if you tell yourself you're bias-free and you take this test knowing how to answer to get the results to reinforce that belief, then you're not going to walk away enlightened. But if you answer honestly and forget about outsmarting the test, you might just learn something about yourself.


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Former City Councilmember Donna Frye will be the guest speaker at the first meeting of the SoNo Neighborhood Alliance.
The alliance is about "empowering residents of South Park and North Park," according to the group's website, sonoalliance.org.
Frye is an environmental and community activist, and former president of Californians Aware.
The debut meeting will be from 6–8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11, at the Lafayette Hotel, located at 2223 El Cajon Blvd. in North Park.
The Oct. 11 forum will explore the topic of resident rights, about having a say in your quality of life, about being informed of neighborhood changes before they happen, and about ensuring accountability and transparency in elected officials
The Steering Committee for the launch of the SoNo Alliance includes:
- Vernita Gutierrez and Lucky Morrison, co-chairs
- Judy Aboud, administration
- Cia Barron, finance
- Kate Callen, communications/ news media
- Rick Pyles, policy
The nonprofit's mission, according to its website, is:
"The SoNo Neighborhood Alliance will serve as a platform for residents (homeowners and renters) of the communities of North Park and South Park to work together to enhance the quality of life in their neighborhoods. The Alliance, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, will focus its attention on residential quality-of-life issues that include land use and development, traffic, green space, parking, and code compliance. It will strive to ensure that laws are obeyed and enforced. It will call on elected officials and municipal agencies to be accountable to all their constituents and diligent in fulfilling their responsibilities. It will seek to foster diversity through special outreach to underrepresented groups, build consensus, and generate solutions."


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Impact of 'place of supply' for services
In this blog, we look at a query on centralised registration and carry forward of CENVAT Credit.
We are a company in the ITeS sector. The supplies made by us are treated as pure services under the existing laws. We understand that the place of supply provisions are very similar to the POPS Rules, 2012 under the service tax law. Will there be any impact of the place of supply provisions under GST law, on us?
Yes, the provisions of place of supply under GST and place of provision of service under the service tax law are similar. Yet, there would be a two-fold impact on the company.
Primarily, GST is a destination-based consumption tax. Under the service tax regime, whether the levy is origin-based or destination-based was of low relevance; given that it was a central tax, the complete tax amount was accruing to the Central Government irrespective of the location of the supplier and the location of the recipient, so long as the 'place of provision of service' (as determined under the POPS Rules, 2012) was within the taxable territory.
However, under the GST law, GST would be levied simultaneously by the Centre and the State. Where the location of the supplier and place of supply are within the same State (or Union Territory ("UT")), the supply would be an intra-State supply and consequently, the tax payable on the supply would be Central Tax + State tax; whereas, if the two are in different States (or UTs or one is in a State and the other in a UT), the supply would be an inter-State supply and consequently, the tax payable would be Integrated tax.
Identifying the place of supply of the services would accordingly be relevant for the following:
- To determine the type of tax that the transaction will be subjected to;
- To determine the location where the credits will accrue to the recipient of such ITeS – credits would accrue in the State in which the 'place of supply' falls.
For instance, if the company provides ITeS from Bangalore to a recipient located in Noida, the company must indicate on the invoice that the place of supply is 'Uttar Pradesh', and the recipient would be eligible to utilise credits of integrated tax arising on this supply to discharge tax on its outward supplies from Noida (and not from any other location, even if it has operations in other locations).
Legislative reference: Section 7 & 8 of the IGST Act, 2017
Authors: Meghana Belawadi and NR Badrinath
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Led by the Chair of the Board of Trustees Michael Wemms, the board is comprised of 11 independent volunteers chosen for their expertise and experience gained in a diverse range of industries in both the private and public sectors. E-ACT's board also includes the chief executive officer who is an ex officio trustee.
Please note that the Board of Trustees is the governing body for E-ACT and all E-ACT academies.
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Led by Chief Executive Officer Jane Millward, the Executive Leadership Team is responsible for overseeing the implementation and delivery of organisational strategy as set by the Board of Trustees.
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Each of these is led by a regional education director (RED) and a regional operations director (ROD) and is supported by a team of system experts in areas like safeguarding.
Our REDs and RODs work closely with their academies and meet academy leadership formally through six weekly Governance Review Days. In turn the Executive Leadership Team meets with REDs and RODs through six weekly formal Regional Performance Boards.
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Led by a chairperson, each team of E-ACT Ambassadors meets a minimum of once per term and has at least two parent ambassadors. The ambassadors work closely with headteachers and are supported by our regional directors and trustees. The role of the ambassadors is to collaborate and communicate with the local community and to celebrate our pupils' achievements and the work of our academies.
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The 40, what a good age! As long as we care and keep our body in shape. Sport is undoubtedly one of our best allies for maintaining a healthy mind in a healthy body. We bring you all the keys so that you find the right activity for you!
There is a relationship between sport and health that is more than proven. This implies that regular physical activity is beneficial for healthy aging . Especially if we take into account that sedentary lifestyles, often associated with too rich diet, contribute to weakening our body. Keep yourself fit, and over 40 stay young and nimble!
Work muscles, elasticity, and heart
Time passes and we don't realize it, and over the years, caring for the body must occupy a prominent place on our list of concerns. Muscles need exercise to maintain toning and maintain proper volume. Also, physical exercise improves the use of glucose in muscle cells. The silhouette of the celebrities of more than 40 years is not only due to a question of aesthetics. Working the figure is a way to prevent future evils. If our musculature is not able to support the skeleton, our hips, knees or vertebrae could feel pain, and, above all, making us feel old before actually being.
Elasticity also can be worked! Over time, stiffness can grip you, except if you move your joints regularly. Only regular physical activity is capable of maintaining, and even developing, healthy joints. Other important benefits: the cardiovascular aspect. As it is a muscle, the heart is more requested when we perform a physical effort. In this way, it increases its capacity of contraction, its power, and its effectiveness. And, therefore, the blood circulation is improved. For all these reasons, regular, and never excessive, training can have beneficial effects on the cardiovascular system.
What exercise do you do after the 40?
The best exercise for weight loss over 40 is the one that best suits the person according to their possibilities, their physical form, their schedules and their resistance. These are the most important elements to keep in mind. Remember that as we turn our years, our priorities must be muscle toning, elasticity, and cardiovascular fitness.
Resistance activities such as bicycle touring combining cycling and walking are recommended, as well as other forms of walking. "The Nordic walking is one of those that takes the palm," which encourages outdoor sports. There are other activities more indicated for the increase of elasticity such as QiGong, Yoga or Pilates, all of them gymnastics derived from wellness. To avoid getting hurt, start with individual classes with a trainer and in a classroom. He will be able to indicate to you the exercises that best suit you and the most adapted to your age.
Finally, we advise against abrupt beginnings such as the practice of competition activities such as marathons or raids. More and more people are beginning to practice these activities. Something that should not surprise us in a society where competition is still a rising value. However, not everyone knows that such "tests" are only suitable for athletes who practice physical exercise on a regular basis.
Regularity is the key!
Signing up for classes or deciding to start practicing sports is not always the hardest thing to do. What it costs, however, is to keep the motivation and for this, you need to follow some guidelines. You must avoid that your sport activity does not entail too many setbacks, trips, etc. That is, get a gym or a place that is close to work or home and try to plan your schedule realistically and leaving room for possible contingencies.


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This is the second in a series of blog posts about the new Top Screen manual recently published by the DHS Infrastructure Security Compliance Division (ISCD). This manual supports changes being made to the Chemical Security Assessment Tool (CSAT). These revisions are being called CSAT 2.0 by ISCD. Earlier blog posts in the series include:
Missing Items
While there are any number of changes being made in the new Top Screen manual one of the most obvious set of changes from the previous Top Screen Questions manual (besides the type set and organization) are the elements that are missing from the new manual. They include:
• CVI Authorizing Statements;
• Paperwork Burden Notice;
• Submission Statement;
• EPA RMP Facility Identifier;
• All refinery specific questions;
• All liquefied natural gas questions;
• All gasoline storage questions;
• All mission critical chemical questions; and
• All economically critical chemical questions.
The first three items are administrative in nature and the first and last of these may actually still be on the screen in the on-line Top Screen tool; they did not really need to be mentioned in this manual. The missing Chemical-terrorism Vulnerability Information (CVI) Authorizing Statement will be discussed more completely below.
The removal of the RMP question is interesting in light of recent concerns about the lack of information sharing between DHS, EPA and OSHA on issues of chemical safety and security (see EO 13650). This question never did seem to be of much use in assessing the terrorism risk level of a facility, but its inclusion could have been useful in setting up a formal information sharing process with the EPA.
The refinery questions in the original Top Screen were related to economic considerations (capacity, market share, end-users, etc). These were included as DHS intended to include economic risk considerations in their risk analysis. They never actually got around to doing this (due to the complexity of that analysis) and it would seem that they now have little intention of doing so. This would also explain the removal of the mission critical and economically critical chemical questions which were originally intended to be used for the same purpose.
The missing liquefied natural gas and gasoline storage questions are related to more complex issues that will be dealt with in a later posting in this series. While the gasoline storage questions from the earlier version of the Top Screen were removed, ISCD did include a few new question that will be dealt with in a later discussion of Release-Flammable COI section of the Top Screen.
CVI Issues
The CVI program is a part of the CFAT program that limits the release of sensitive but unclassified information about the security of facilities covered in the CFATS program. To access CVI information individuals have to complete a CVI training program and have a legitimate need to know, or access to, the information.
Since the individual bits of information that the facility uses to complete the Top Screen are not covered under the CVI program DHS has not required individuals filling out, reviewing, or submitting the Top Screen to have completed CVI training. It is only the completed Top Screen submission or the letter from DHS subsequent to the submission of the Top Screen that is considered to be CVI protected information.
The original intent of the CVI Authorizing Statement on the Top Screen was to serve as a non-disclosure agreement between the submitting facility and ISCD. It also provided information about how to get the required CVI training to be able to access CVI protected information in the future.
Either the DHS lawyers determined that this was not an effective non-disclosure agreement, or that one was not needed. It is also possible that this CVI information is being moved to the new CSAT registration tool manual that we are expecting to see in the next couple of weeks. We will just have to wait and see.


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Spotted: A new fashion e-tailer that has over 60K followers
Luxy Boutique is a fashion e-tailer that sells celebrity-inspired clothing, that is affordable and will make you look modern and chic for all four seasons of the year.
The British online fashion company, which was founded in January 2017, has over 60K followers on Instagram featuring customers endorsing their clothing on both their story highlights and profile content. From swimwear to partywear, the brands takes pride in showing customers' support and their personal styling of their products.
(Left) Samarra - £35.99 (Right) Tia - £26.99
Luxy Boutique has an eclectic range of womenswear items that would make customers look and feel expensive with their fashionable key pieces and designs. The use of materials like satin, sequins and fur emphasizes the deluxe quality that the brand explicitly wants to convey onto frequent and potential consumers. Costumers have the option to go casual and cool with their loungewear or edgy and elegant with their party wear and holiday-wear. They have a faux fur section which provides different coloured winter faux fur gilets to add sophistication to an outfit; making them the most wanted item all year round.
(Left) Melissa - £16.99 (Right) Scarlett - £35.99
They have two sale sections which gives customers the opportunity to satisfy their expensive fashion taste at a heavily reduced price. The Sample Sale allows customers to see how the clothing looks like from the models perspective through the model's selfie with the outfit on, as well as selling items as low as £7.
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So get this: The new Corvette Z06 turned an absolutely blistering 2:41.3 at Virginia International Raceway (VIR), and the company has released a video of the lap recorded using the car's awesome Performance Data Recorder. That time is really damn quick—and we should know, as we run our annual Lightning Lap competition at that track using the same highly technical, 4.1-mile Grand West Course layout as Chevy did for this lap. Watch the clip below, and then read on for some more perspective, as well as insight into the lap from C/D technical editor K.C. Colwell, who has laid down a number of our times at VIR, including the overall record.
We've run Lightning Lap eight times now, amassing more than 160 times for performance cars that run the gamut from the impish Ford Fiesta ST all the way to exotics from Ferrari, Lamborghini, and more. In fact, that overall record was set this year in Porsche's scintillating 918 Spyder hypercar with a 2:43.1 time.
So does the Z06's 2:41.3 mean that it's quicker than the 918? Well, no, not really. The Z06 scorcher—4.3 seconds quicker than GM's time at the track for the C6 ZR1—was laid down by engineer Jim Mero, one of the Corvette program's hottest shoes, and someone who has perhaps spent more time thrashing the 2015 Z06 than anyone else on the planet. Chevrolet also no doubt spent several hours, if not days, at VIR doing development work in concert with achieving the lap. In contrast, our editors' first time lapping a performance car in anger often occurs during the Lightning Lap competition itself, and time restrictions—we often have more than two dozen cars to assess in a three-day window—generally mean that we only get 15 to 20 laps to record our top times.
Chevrolet told us that the car used at VIR was totally stock, running the heavy oil weight, and with its chassis alignment and tire pressures set per the most-aggressive settings listed in the owner's manual. And if you're wondering where Chevy's Nürburgring time for the Z06 is, be patient, grasshopper: Their first attempt was rained out last fall, and the Corvette crew plans to try again. Based on this VIR time, we're thinking it will be something special, and we certainly can't wait to see that video.
Finally, here are Colwell's comments on the VIR lap (the times noted are for the video, not the lap counter):
"The first couple of corners appear to be pretty uneventful and smooth, a sign that this car is as fast as the lap time indicates.
0:31 107 mph at Turn Two is moving. Clearly this car has no problem with grip.
0:37 Way more curb than I've ever taken through NASCAR corner. When the track was widened in a few spots last year, those of us who set the laps decided to treat the old curbing as the track border. Two years ago, Jim would have had a scary event with Two in the dirt using the line taken in this clip, where he uses the newly added pavement to straddle the curbing. That's making NASCAR as wide as it can possibly be.
0:42 Here, he stays in third gear. At less than 60 mph, I would have thought he'd go to second, although that gear represents a small step from first in the Z06. It's interesting that they chose to run the manual car rather than the automatic, which is likely to be quicker.
0:59 Mero isn't completely flat-out in the first corner in the esses, with the throttle at about 60 percent. It's off throttle at the apex and back on after, which is how we usually run that section. It also makes sense, as a dead-flat esses blast is basically suicide.
1:07 He nailed the off-camber left. That corner will make or break a lap, and it's very easy to slow down too much. You can't see the exit, so it always takes a few laps in a particular car to get comfortable with it.
1:21 This is way more curb than I've ever taken at the exit of Oak Tree. This video could force us to reconsider our stance on how wide we run the track.
1:35 The car doesn't achieve ludicrous speeds down the back straight, reaching the top of fourth gear. The Z06 I tested for our review with the Z07 package hit a wall of thick air at about 150 mph, so that version seemingly achieves lap dominance the Red Bull F1 way, by max downforce. That means it has a lower top speed on the straights but also much higher cornering speeds. Mero brakes at about the same place as we do in other top-shelf fast stuff, albeit not quite as deep as the Camaro Z/28.
1:49 Missed a shift. Without that, the lap could possibly have been a 2:40. It's staggering to think that as fast as this lap was, there was still a mistake. It's proof of how great VIR is for evaluating production cars; it's long, has lots of corners, and is very demanding of both driver and car.
2:11 That thud is the right-front tire dropping off the back side of the curb, and that feels rather violent inside the cockpit when it happens; witness our E63 run this year. I recently learned that exact corner also ate one of the 918's wheels and that the wheel is now a conversation piece in a Porsche employee's garage.
2:16–2:28 Again, smooth and boring is usually fast, and this video shows all kinds of smooth driving and all kinds of speed. There is one wobble with the throttle in this section, but it's hardly noticeable.
In closing, it's a hugely impressive lap, and big-time kudos to Jim Mero. I do wish, however, that the PDR showed yaw. It's hard to tell when he is sliding, although I'm not sure there's a whole lot of that, anyway. I'm really looking forward to getting our own time at the next Lightning Lap, which we'll publish in our October issue. —K.C. Colwell


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Shraddha Kapoor, Katrina Kaif And Other Actresses That Rocked Quirky Looks In Films
There used to be a time when a style was expected to fit into specific categories – modern, classic, western, ethnic, Boho, Indian, etc. But an evolution in style has led to the rise of fusion, where desi is meeting Boho, modern is meeting classy, so on and so forth.
Stylists today are making celebrities experiment various looks, where some work and some don't. However, these actresses managed to pull off unconventional style statements with ease.
1. Shraddha Kapoor in Batti Gul Meter Chalu
This is the first time we have seen the actress carry off such vibrant colors in a film. Shraddha is seen wearing a fusion of Indian and Boho in most scenes. She sports various prints, patterns and teams her look with chunky jewelry, that adds more spunk to her overall look.
Check out Shraddha's uber cool style in the film.
2. Katrina Kaif in Mere Brother Ki Dulhan
Katrina redefines 'punk-rock-chick' with her style in Mere Brother Ki Dulhan. We mostly see her sporting summery clothes in the film which includes denim shorts, gunjees, tassled shrugs, worn-out denims, etc. teamed with junk jewellery. We love the smoky eyes she carries with her looks, that add an extra edge to her overall style. Full points!
3. Anushka Sharma in Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Anushka's look in this film, is refreshing. The actress was made to wear kurtas with boots and leather jackets-an out and out unconventional look-that she pulled off with ease. Anushka's nose ring and the gorgeous earrings that she sports with all her attires, enhances her overall look.
4. Amrita Rao in Main Hoon Na
Amrita Rao's goth-punk style in the film came across as a pleasant surprise to many, as viewers were still used to seeing actresses clad in flowy sarees and elegant dresses. Amrita looked cool and casual with her torn jeans, ripped crop tops and heavily coaled eyes. The cherry on the cake was the actresses' nose ring and curls.
Which actress stood out for you with her hatke look? Tell us in the comments section below!
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The Proliferation of Scoring SystemsTrying to Keep Our Heads Out of The Clouds
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- Published online March 20, 2017.
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- Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD∗ (valentin.fuster{at}mountsinai.org)
- Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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Dr. Valentin Fuster, Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, New York 10029.
As many of you know, I record audio summaries and commentary for every original investigation and review article that appears in the Journal. As part of my preparation process, I thoroughly study each paper. After reading so many papers that focus on the numerous scoring systems available for cardiovascular clinicians, I started to think about Aristophanes' The Clouds (1), where he condemns the Ancient Greek philosophers for confusing students by presenting multiple, conflicting points of view and arguments. Thus, their philosophies cease to provide clarity but rather introduce additional noise and misunderstanding to Greek culture and education. In the play, Strepsiades even says: "How's an old man like me…to learn precise, hair-splitting arguments?" (1). I can relate when considering how seasoned clinicians could even begin to consider if and how these scoring systems should be introduced into the busy practices.
In general, most of us agree that the proliferation of scoring systems for cardiovascular disease—for both risk assessment and the inpatient setting—has reached a feverous pitch. Some have even reported that there are >100 different cardiovascular risk scores developed for use in the general population (2,3). Each week, more papers are published proposing variations to these scores, including new biomarker, genetic, and imaging information, as well as proposals for entirely new scores (2). The constant iterations make it very impractical for adopting them into practice. Even though they primarily use adverse events for risk stratification, these scoring systems claim to have significant predictive and prognostic implications for the outcomes in multiple patient populations. How can only 1 score be appropriate, whereas the others are dismissed? Conversely, there are several scoring systems that have not changed at all in the past 10 to 20 years, which is equally disconcerting considering all the new data that are published each week. In general, when treating our patients, we shouldn't be too reactive to new trends, nor be unwilling to change our methods.
For example, a group of authors whom I respect and who are respected globally recently published a paper in JACC that adeptly demonstrated that clinicians have to assess the anatomy of the patient, as well as the clinical setting, with regard to the SYNTAX (Synergy Between Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Taxus and Cardiac Surgery) II scores (4). Their findings may question what was found in the FREEDOM (Comparison of Two Treatments for Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease in Individuals With Diabetes) trial (5), wherein patients with diabetes benefited from coronary artery bypass surgery compared with medical therapy, regardless of the patient's SYNTAX score. Although the SYNTAX investigators have made important contributions to the field, the SYNTAX II score does not include diabetes among the prognostic considerations for risk. To imply that diabetes is unimportant in the predictive outcomes for these patients could leave room for question in the SYNTAX II score, as it is in conflict with prior meta-analyses (6,7).
Importantly, there are well established scoring systems that we use each day, such as the Framingham risk score and the EuroSCORE, which remain unwaveringly critical for cardiovascular clinicians. However, these tools were developed among thousands of patients over the course of 30+ years. The EuroSCORE, for example, was developed from studying nearly 20,000 consecutive patients from 128 hospitals in 8 European countries, where the researchers collected information on 97 risk factors in all patients (8). Likewise, the Framingham risk score is built on data from patients who were recruited beginning in 1948, and has included multiple generations of these families in their cohorts (9). However, these scores are not just impressive due to their breadth and scope, but because they only add single variables every 5 to 10 years to ensure the accuracy of that new recommendation. Additionally, the CHA2DS2-VASc (Congestive Heart failure, Hypertension, Age ≥75 years, Diabetes, previous Stroke, Vascular disease, Age 65 to 74, and female Sex) score, which originated over the past 10 years from the CHADS2 (Congestive heart failure, Hypertension, Age >75 years, Diabetes mellitus, Stroke) score, has methodically become a solid system as well. After careful consideration, the CHA2DS2-VASc score included some common stroke risk factors that the original score did not. These are examples of scores that will remain important to cardiovascular care delivery due to the methodic and careful nature of the researchers who developed them.
As I was recording audios for 2 recent papers with newer scoring systems—rightly or wrongly—2 thoughts came into my mind:
1. Are my colleagues actually using these rather weak, rapidly changing scores in their practices? Mostly, I doubt it.
2. Is the proliferation of these new scores evolving for the good of the authors—under the guise of "personalized or precision medicine"—rather than for the good of the patient? This remains an open question.
In conclusion, I return to Aristophanes' play The Clouds, wherein the author is concerned that the philosophers' inconsistent, theoretical approach to education will ultimately confuse students: "How can I study from below, that which is above?" (1). Cardiovascular medicine is not meant for those with their heads in the clouds. Clinicians and investigators, with their feet on the ground and their minds focused on patients, should rely on well-established, long-term tools—and to continue to work to perfect those, with due caution about what variables should be included or dismissed.
- 2017 American College of Cardiology Foundation
- ↵Aristophanes. Clouds. In: Hickie WJ, translator. The Comedies of Aristophanes. London: Bohn, 1853.
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- ↵What Is Euroscore? Available at: http://www.euroscore.org/what_is_euroscore.htm. Accessed February 21, 2017.
- ↵National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. About the Framingham Heart Study. Available at: https://www.framinghamheartstudy.org/about-fhs/index.php/ Accessed February 21, 2017.


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