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Whichever point in your design career you may be at, your online portfolio is your professional lifeline. Your portfolio is a physical realisation of ingenuity; therefore you need to nourish it. These top 10 tips will help you kick-start the process of breathing life back into your work.
1. Leave out the pieces of work that don't represent the standard of work you do now, leave those first-evers in the nostalgia of your bedroom. You should have a minimum of five BRILLIANT pieces.
2. Every 3 years you should strip out the old work, to create an accurate perception of what kind of work you wish to do in the future. Remember to strike a balance between showing a latitude of skills and creating a holistic impression of your work. Just as marketers target markets, you should too. Don't create a Jack-of-All-Trades reputation; it will only make finding new opportunities more difficult.
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7. Place your work on a blog tied to your website and then, distribute it regularly on social media to gain feedback, crowdsourced opinion can help you decide which pieces to put in. If you haven't worked with Big Brands, you can leverage public support to help you step up professionally. There are platforms specifically suited to designers and industry discussion.
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A structure that uses trusses combines several triangular planes. The sides of each triangle are called "members." The points, or joints, are called "nodes." Your truss design includes the height and length of the trusses, and each truss's horizontal and vertical load depends on the structures they must bear. The final relevant factors in calculating the forces in your design involve the types of nodes that support them. These elements' interactions are complex, so use software to calculate them.
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Green IT is taking root, whether you're looking at specific practices from power management to virtualization or taking a top-level look at corporate sustainability goals, according to a report released today by Symantec.
The company's 2009 Worldwide Green IT Report follows on the release of the State of the Data Center report, a portion of which looked at how far corporations had come in specifically greening their data centers. The results at the time were par for the course: most firms were looking at green IT largely as a cost-savings tool.
No longer, according to Jose Iglesias, Symantec's vice president of global solutions. "Perhaps in the past [green IT] was a wish-list item, it's now essential for almost all the companies we surveyed," Iglesias explained in a phone interview. More telling is that the survey found that budgets for green it have been rising: "Most IT budgets are declining or staying flat; so the fact that these numbers are rising is pretty remarkable," he said.
The survey, conducted in March 2009, polled top-level employees at 1,052 large companies around the globe, and found some surprising -- and surprisingly positive -- results.
The first notable result is that budgets for green IT practices are on the rise. "One of the reasons that budgets are increasing is because the typical respondent is paying $21 to 27 million per year in electricity use," Iglesias said, "so going after reducing the electricity consumption will pay for itself."
In addition to the boost in green IT budgets, almost all respondents have begun discussing a green IT strategy -- 97 percent said it was on their radar, and 45 percent of the companies in the survey had already put a strategy into action. The motivations for these projects were evenly split between cost savings and energy conservation, both with 92 percent of respondents ranking as important, and 86 percent put environmental responsibility as a key driver for green goals.
Much of this push is coming from above: 86 percent said the overall corporate environmental goals are moving IT departments to adopt green IT practices. In one one surprising figure from the report, 83 percent of respondents said that the IT department is responsible for all or part of the electricity bill at their companies; the split between facilities and IT -- the two biggest energy users in most large companies -- has long been cited as one of the key obstacles to widespread adoption of green IT policies.
The most commonly adopted green IT practices from the report are energy efficient power supplies (85 percent), multi-core processors (83 percent), energy efficient CPUs (82 percent), and virtualization and consolidation projects (82 percent).
But among the other widely reported practices companies are using to green their IT departments are power management and the adoption of cloud computing, or Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) projects.
Power management, one of the lowest-hanging fruits in corporate IT, was cited by 88 percent as important or very important; if the average company reports that 2,500 PCs are left on overnight on a regular basis, costing around $150 per year in energy use, that firm can save $375,000 a year with power management.
Iglesias said that the high numbers about SaaS -- 57 percent considered cloud computing a green practice -- were surprising to some extent, depending on the motivations for cloud computing. "Are they looking at it as a way to offload their power consumption from me to you, or do they see it as the right thing to do from an industry standpoint, going to people who specialize on a capability?" Iglesias asked.
Overall, the most promising finding from the report is the erasing of geographic differences in adoption of green it. Whereas a year ago, there would have been a significant split between North American adoption and Europe, for example, with the new report, there is almost no difference in how seriously companies are taking their green IT responsibilities.
Iglesias chalked it up to four factors: the steady fluctuation in energy prices over the course of the last year, when oil hit $150 per barrel while corporate data centers hit a wall on energy availability; the change in administrations in the United States, where President Obama has demonstrated a willingness to tacking all types of environmental issues; the looming discussions in Copenhagen, Denmark for the next iteration of global climate policy; and the simple fact that a crisis -- whether economic, environmental, or both -- offers an opportunity to overhaul the usual way things get done, leading to a willingness to embrace new practices.
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Happy Friday!
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Today I am back with another card for Pink & Main stamps that also shows you a little sneak peek of a stamp set that will be releasing in just a couple of days :)
On my card, I used some pattern paper from the Hattie paper pad by My Mind's Eye. After I had my pattern paper adhered to my card base, I got to work on some stamping. I stamped the little dog from the Animal Faces stamp set twice, once onto brown and again onto white cardstock. I paper pieced him together and then added a sweet little face from the Sweet Faces Set 2 set. I used some square die cuts to create a little frame and then popped my doggie up with some foam tape to give the illusion that he was popping out of the frame. For my greeting, I used one of the new sets titled, Hugs Needed which will be released on 1-10-16. Don't you just love that font?? I adore it! I finished off my card with some enamel dots placed randomly and Voila! Super simple but I think it turned out absolutely adorable!
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{VINTAGE} As part of our Vintage Goods section, this Set of 3 vintage Pie Tins make a beautiful collection together, for functional use or styling. Highlighting their unique vintage designs and art, these plates would also make a lovely display for the home or a bake shop.
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Dearest ______,
In keeping with these clean times of "detox dieting", "juice cleansing", etc, I've decided to raid my own dresser over the weekend and detoxify it of accumulated things over the years, the dusty cupboard of unused mishmash that it
is has been. The result: an oddly light feeling of fulfillment, almost Zen- like actually.
First that had to go were some perfume bottles that I'd kept from past gifts (as most perfumes are). I do get the romance and nostalgia one feels when looking at beautiful perfume bottles in a row. But-
As writer and New York Museum of Art & Design olfactory curator Chandler Burr once mentioned, perfumes do have expiration dates. And they "turn" (as the French put it) after a certain period of time, giving off a scent that is not quite how it should smell. Furthermore, expired perfume can cause issues to sensitive skin if they're continuously used.
The average shelf life of perfumes are from 3 to 5 years time.
While disposing of any piece from our humble watch collection has never crossed my mind, I did have better sense to put them properly inside their glass boxes. It still surprises me how different everything else looks once they've been tucked away.
I have friends who literally have a closet full of accessories – necklaces, bibs, fascinators, clips, tea rings, bangles, etc.
Luckily, I've kind of outgrown wearing most of those things for years now. So I only take out and permanently put jewelry that I do regularly wear on top of the dresser table. Some pearls, a couple of stud earrings and my wedding bands.
Accessories (even a few from high school and college) that I cannot make myself to dispose, I put inside an organizing box. I also tucked this away, waiting for some fateful day that those babies might be used again.
Ah, make-up. Like accessories, I know a lot of women who have literally closets of make-up. I have a pretty small box. And I'd made it even smaller over the weekend, following this nifty little diagram from professional make- up line Bobby Brown, regarding the shelf lives of these curious beauty tools.
As with my jewelry, I only left the make up that I use regularly out on the dresser open shelves. Toner, moisturizer, BB/CC cream, concealer, and powder foundation. Eyeliner, of course.
I'm looking forward to detoxifying the wardrobe next.
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This day, the 9th June 2012, shall henceforth be known as Bake All The Things Saturday. Colloquially known as Eat All The Things Saturday.
I don't really know what happened. There were some overripe bananas and my dad talked me into making banana bread. Then I made cheese scones because he has a cheese scone addiction. Then my sister made Smarties cookies. Then… I made Chocolate Covered Katie's chewy granola bars.
Then my friend Becci just 'popped in' for a coffee. She's a wily one, she must have sensed all the freshly baked goodness somehow.
Let's start with the banana bread. I am someone who hated bananas for a very long time. Something about the texture made me feel physically ill. I'm not sure when I started eating them again but I've never looked back. However, it's still pretty easy to buy far more bananas than one person or even one family can consume before they inevitably turn. That's part of the beauty of them… even when they're no longer good to eat, they're still good to make smoothies or bread out of. This loaf has been sprinkled with a liberal amount of cinnamon so it is extra good.
The cereal bars turned out alright. The reason they were just alright is probably because, as usual, I did not follow the recipe. I had big plans of making the oat flour that the recipe called for, but I forgot. I also forgot to add any sugar. What I did remember was to throw in a load of almonds, dried cranberries and white chocolate chunks. Dried cranberries are about the only dried fruit I enjoy, and shop-bought cereal bars are often full of raisins which I despise.
The cheese scones are good. The cheese scones are always good. The Be-Ro baking book is idiot proof. I don't know why I don't make them in lovely rounds like everyone else does. These small lumps of scone may not be very photogenic but they seem to be the perfect size.
The cookies are fantastic, and they were made to Harriet's secret recipe which I can't share with you for obvious reasons. (No, not because I would have to kill you, but rather because you would be compelled to make them every day and then die of a sugar overdose.)
I'm still no closer to finding a signature dish, unfortunately, but now I have lots of delicious things to eat over the next few minutes hours days, and to share with sneaky friends that turn up at just the right moment.


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Dr. Valuck is associate professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Dr. Libby is assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry, both at the University of Colorado School of Pharmacy in Denver. Dr. Benton is assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in Philadelphia and an adult, child, and adolescent psychiatrist at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Evans is the Ruth Meltzer professor and chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and professor of Psychiatry, Medicine, and Neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
Disclosures: Dr. Valuck receives grant support from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Eli Lilly, Forest, Janssen, and Pfizer. Dr. Libby receives grant support from Eli Lilly. Dr. Benton receives grant support from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Dr. Evans is consultant to Abbott, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb/Otsuka, Eli Lilly, Forest, Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development, Neuronetics, Pamlab, and Wyeth; and receives grant support from the NIMH.
Please direct all correspondence to: Robert J. Valuck, PhD, RPh, Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, 4200 E Ninth Ave, C-238, Denver, CO 80262-0238; Tel: 303-315-3841; Fax: 303-315-1797; E-mail: email@example.com.
Focus Points
• A retrospective study examined the annual rates of suicide attempts among managed care enrollees.
• The study found that 50% of suicide attempters were adults 25–64 of age, 38% were youths 10–19 years of age, and 55% had a psychiatric diagnosis 90 days prior to the attempt.
Introduction: Depression is a risk factor for suicide and is prevalent among adult and pediatric populations. Associations between antidepressant use and suicidal behaviors have resulted in a black box warning about antidepressant use. This study examines annual rates of suicide attempts among managed-care enrollees and describes their demographics, diagnoses, and prior treatments.
Methods: A retrospective case series was compiled from the PharMetrics Integrated Outcomes Database, representing 47 million covered lives from 1998–2005. Suicide attempts were identified from paid claims data using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification, and Tenth Revision diagnostic codes. Numbers of suicide attempters and population-based rates were measured annually. Demographic data, chronic disease, psychiatric diagnoses, and antidepressant use were described.
Results: Among 10,914 attempters, subjects with one suicide attempt increased from .04% in 1998 to .13% in 2005. Most were female (72%), adult (63%), and lived in the Midwest (57%). The most frequent (38%) age group was 10–19 years of age. Over 50% had a diagnosis of depression (38%), anxiety (14%), or substance abuse (14%). Fifty-three percent were receiving antidepressants.
Discussion: The findings in this study support the large body of evidence reporting higher risks of suicide attempts or completion among children and adolescents. The findings are also consistent with reports of lack of recognition and undertreatment of psychiatric illness, since 47% of suicide attempters in the present study were not receiving antidepressants at the time of the attempt.
Conclusion: While suicide attempters varied significantly in their demographic characteristics, psychiatric diagnosis and antidepressant use were similar in the majority of cases. Further studies should identify shared risk factors for suicide among those treated with antidepressants.
Major depressive disorder (MDD) has been shown to be a prevalent disorder in both adult and pediatric populations. The most recent estimate based on the National Comorbidity Study Replication for the adult United States population is 16.2% for lifetime prevalence of MDD.1 Estimates of 1-year prevalence are as high as 2.5% in childhood and 8.3% in adolescence.2,3 Important from a public health perspective and for this study, a four-fold increased likelihood of suicide attempt associated with pediatric depression has been reported,4,5 and those with MDD are at especially high risk compared to those with other emotional disorders.6 Studies report higher risk for suicide attempts among adolescents, particularly among those with depression.7,8
Concern over a possible link between antidepressant use and "suicidality" (a term that encompasses a large range of behaviors, including completed suicide, suicide attempt, planning or other preparatory action, suicidal ideation, and self-injury with lethal intent)9 has led the US Food and Drug Administration to take regulatory action in the form of a black box warning for this class of drugs for children and adolescents (up to 18 years of age) in 2004,10 and for young adults (ages 19–24 years) in 2007,11 despite the existence of very few cases of suicide attempt and no reports of completed suicide(s) in antidepressant clinical trials.12 Given the rarity of reported suicidal behaviors in clinical trials and the difficulty in accurately classifying such behaviors from case report forms9 little is known about the demographic or clinical characteristics of subjects who attempt suicide or how often such attempts occur in large, "real-world" populations.
The purpose of this study is to quantify the crude incidence rate of suicide attempt in US managed healthcare plans and to provide descriptive information on demographic and clinical characteristics of suicide attempt cases. Such information will lay the groundwork for further, comparative studies of suicide attempters and other subjects to further our understanding of the possible link between patient factors, prescribed medication use, and suicide attempt.
Data for this study come from a commercially available claims database provided by PharMetrics, Inc., a unit of Intercontinental Marketing Services (presently known as IMS), the largest national patient-centric database of longitudinal, integrated medical, facility, and pharmacy claims data. These integrated data include paid claims from 85 managed-care plans nationally, representing 47 million covered lives from 1998 to 2005. The majority of subjects in this database (92%) were covered by commercial insurance plans, and 8% were insured by Medicaid. Descriptive statistics suggest that these integrated data describe a population that is regionally representative and comparable to US Census distributions on age and gender. In fact, the 0–65 years age distribution within the database is not statistically different than the 2000 US Census distribution.13
Base Population
Information on the number of managed-care enrollees covered by participating health plans and stratified by age, gender, and in total, was provided by PharMetrics for the purpose of calculating crude incidence rates of suicide attempt. Blinded, individual patient-level medical claims data (consisting of all paid physician, facility, and pharmacy claims records) were obtained for those subjects with at least one suicide attempt, as defined below, and with at least 360 days of prior enrollment and claims history. This restriction was employed to enable accurate description of demographic and clinical characteristics of identified case subjects in the year prior to as well as at the time of the suicide attempt.
Suicide Attempt Cases
Suicide attempt cases were identified from insurance claims coded for a suicide attempt associated with any visit to a medical provider or facility. The National Center on Health Statistics reports that most states use the International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM)14 to code injuries resulting from suicide attempts; ICD-10 codes are also in use and all states use these codes for suicide deaths.15 These external cause codes describe manner and mechanism of injury, but do not differentiate suicide attempt from self-inflicted injury, ie, an injury not intended to cause death. We followed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines in defining suicide attempts as claims with ICD-9-CM codes E950-E959 and ICD-10 codes X60-X84 and Y87.0.16 For each suicide attempt case, the date of the attempt was labeled the "index date" (in the case of multiple attempts per subject, the date of the first attempt was labeled the "index date" and subsequent descriptive analyses focused only on the initial attempt).
Several measures were determined or calculated for each suicide attempt case. For all measures, descriptive statistics were used where appropriate (Statistical Analysis System v9.0, Cary, North Carolina). No inferential statistical tests were performed. The study received exemption from institutional review board-approval by the Colorado Multiple Institutional Review Board (Aurora, Colorado).
Suicide Attempt Rate
The crude annual incidence rate of suicide attempt in the base population was calculated as the percent of enrolled subjects with at least one attempt in a given calendar year (1998–2005). The number of attempts per subject as well as the minimum, maximum, mean, median, and modal number of attempts per subject were also determined to fully characterize the distribution of attempts in the population.
Demographic Characteristics
For each suicide attempt case, the authors of this article determined subject age in years at time of first attempt (mean, standard deviation, median, and interquartile range), and broken down further by age groupings (pediatric, <18 years of age; young adult, 18–24 years of age; adult, 25–64 years of age; or elderly, ≥65 years of age) and age decades (0–9, 10–19, etc., up to 90–99). The authors also determined subject gender (male or female), region (East, Midwest, South, or West), and payer type (commercial insurance, Medicaid, Medicare Risk, Self-insured, or Medicare Gap).
Diagnostic Characteristics
For each suicide attempt case, the presence of numerous diagnoses of interest were identified using ICD-9-CM codes, both at the time of initial suicide attempt (within 90 days of, or on, the "index" date) or previous diagnoses (>90 days prior to the initial attempt). Mental health disorders of interest included: MDD, anxiety, schizophrenia, substance use disorder, bipolar disorder, any other mental health disorder (not previously listed), the presence of multiple mental health disorders, and the presence of any mental health disorder. Terminal disorders of interest included: HIV/AIDS, or malignant neoplasm. The 10 most frequently occurring "other" (ie, non-mental health, non-terminal) diagnoses among suicide attempt cases were identified as well. The level of chronic medical comorbidity and healthcare service utilization for each suicide attempt case at the time of initial suicide attempt were measured using the Chronic Disease Indicator (CDI) score, which indicates the total number of chronic diseases a subject has according to medical and pharmacy claims data,17 and the subject's prior year total healthcare costs (paid by their managed health plan; expressed as mean, standard deviation, median, and interquartile range). Also noted for each case subject was the location at which the suicide attempt was coded (ie, the type of medical facility where the suicide attempt diagnosis was made).
Treatment History
For each suicide attempt case, several parameters indicative of prior medical treatment were determined. Antidepressant use prior to the first suicide attempt was identified using pharmacy claims data and was classified as any use of an antidepressant (yes/no); class of antidepressant used (ie, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor [SSRI] monotherapy, serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor [SNRI] monotherapy, tricyclic antidepressant monotherapy, other antidepressant monotherapy, or multiple antidepressant use—either consecutively or concurrently); recent use (within 90 days or not); and use at the time of the suicide attempt (overlapping the "index date" or not). Use of other psychotropic medications of interest was measured as "yes" (indicative of any use in the 360 days prior to first suicide attempt) or "no" (no recorded use) for the following classes of drugs: conventional antipsychotics, atypical antipsychotics, anxiolytics, mood stabilizers, or other psychotropic medications (not previously listed). Lastly, prior receipt of psychotherapy services was also determined, using the Current Procedural Terminology, 4th Edition.18 Psychotherapy service use was classified as any prior psychotherapy claim(s) (yes/no); if yes, number of psychotherapy visits prior to first suicide attempt (one or >1); and the mean, standard deviation, median, mode, and range of number of psychotherapy visits per case were determined.
Suicide attempt cases from a national managed-care population were identified and rates of attempt were measured annually for the years 1998–2005 (Table 1). The percent of subjects with at least one attempt out of all managed-care enrollees increased from .04% (4 cases per 10,000 enrollees) in 1998 to .13% (13 cases per 10,000 enrollees) in 2005. Although the number of attempts per case ranged from 1–17, the average number of attempts per case was 1.1 and the median and modal number of attempts per case was one.
Demographic characteristics of suicide attempts subjects are described in Table 2. The average age at first suicide attempt was 29 years, with a median age of 25 years. Half of attempters were adults 25–64 years of age; older adults accounted for <1% of all attempts. Youths <18 years of age accounted for 28%, and young adults 18–24 years of age accounted for 22% of attempts. The most frequent age group (in decades) were youths 10–19 years of age at 38% of all attempts. Most attempters were female (72%). Suicide attempt cases were prominent in the Midwestern health plans (57%) and health plans in the West (28%). A majority of cases came from commercial insurance plans (64%). Cases from Medicaid plans (22% of suicide attempts) were proportionally higher than overall representation in the manage care patient population (9% of all enrollees).
Diagnostic history is reported for time periods within 90 days prior to the first suicide attempt (if there is more than one) and >90 days (91–360 days, at least as long as the 1 year minimum window preceding the attempt, and possibly longer than 1 year; Table 3). In the 90 days prior to the attempt, 50% of cases had either a diagnosis of depression (38%) or anxiety (12%). Fourteen percent had a diagnosis of substance abuse disorders. Thirty percent of cases had multiple mental health or substance abuse disorders. In the period >90 days prior to the attempt, 75% of attempters had been given a diagnosis of depression (52%) or anxiety (23%). Approximately 24% were assigned a substance abuse diagnosis on a medical claim. Forty-seven percent of attempters had multiple mental health or substance abuse diagnoses. Overall, 70% of cases had some type of psychiatric diagnosis on a paid claim >90 days prior to the suicide attempt.
Terminal diagnoses were uncommon. The most common non-psychiatric diagnoses in the 90 days prior to the attempt were headache (6%), abdominal pain (6%), pharyngitis (6%), lumbago (5%), and poisoning (5%). Chronic disease indicator CDI scores ranged from 0–20, with a median of two and mode of zero, indicating that these attempters did not represent complex severely chronically medically ill patients. Nearly 40% of attempts were reported in hospital emergency rooms, followed by inpatient settings (21%).
Psychiatric treatment history is described for any period in 360 days prior to the first suicide attempt (Table 4). Among cases, 60% had some record of filled antidepressant prescriptions. Among those, 35% of cases used SSRIs and >50% used multiple antidepressants of any class. Among antidepressant users, 72% was within 90 days prior to the suicide attempt and 53% was at the time of the attempt. A history of other mental health medications was reported for cases in the 360-day period prior to the attempt and included atypical antipsychotics (17%), anxiolytics (14%), mood stabilizers (4%) and other psychotropic drugs (37%).
Prior to the suicide attempt, 56% had at least one record coded for psychotherapy from any type of healthcare provider. Only 10% had only one claim for psychotherapy. The average number of psychotherapy visits was 17, with a median of 9, ranging from 1–274; the modal number of psychotherapy visits was one.
This study provides crude incidence rates as well as demographic and clinical characteristics of suicide attempters in a large representative sample of US managed-healthcare plans.
The authors of this article found trends toward increasing rates of the total number of suicide attempts per 10,000 enrollees from 1998 (0.04%) to 2005 (0.13%). Significant differences between the demographic characteristics of suicide attempters were also found. In this sample, females were the majority of first-time suicide attempters (71.8%), consistent with findings from epidemiologic surveys suggesting increased rates of suicide attempts among females.19,20 First suicide attempts spanned a wide age range but occurred with much greater frequencies among individuals <20 years of age.
The finding that the highest rates for first-time suicide attempts were among the 10–19-year-old age group (38%) is similar to the findings of other large epidemiologic surveys of suicide attempts.19,20 These surveys suggest that higher risks for initial suicidal ideation, plans, and attempts occur during the late teen years and early twenties and the median ages of onset for all of these outcomes occur during the mid-twenties. Consistent with these findings, this study described found a mean age at first suicide attempt of 29 years with a median of 25 years. Young adults 18–24 years of age accounted for 22% of all attempts and youths <18 years of age accounted for 28% of all attempts. The other 50% were accounted for by adults 25–64 years of age.
The findings in this study support the large body of evidence reporting higher risks for suicide attempts or suicide completion among children and adolescents. This increased risk among youths has recently received a great deal of attention in the psychiatric literature and public media. The FDA's black box warning in 2004, suggesting that this population may be more vulnerable to increased suicidality when SSRIs or SNRIs are prescribed, has resulted in substantial declines in prescription rates for these agents in this age group and some decreased prescribing in adults up to 60 years of age as well. A study by Gibbons and colleagues21 assessed whether these warnings led to changes in prescription patterns and changes in suicide rates. They noted a 22% decrease in prescriptions for young people in 2003 and 2004 in the US and Netherlands and a subsequent increase in the rate of completed suicide in the US (14%) and the Netherlands (49%). The largest decreases in prescriptions were observed in the population <20 years of age, one group most vulnerable to suicide. An inverse relationship was noted between the SSRI prescription rates and the rates of completed suicides for the period 1998–2005. The trend toward increased prescription rates and decreased suicide rates for children and adolescents observed between 1998–2003 has been reversed with increased suicide rates noted in 2004. These data raise questions about current trends for treatments of psychiatric disorders associated with suicide. The decline in prescriptions may suggest trends toward undertreatment or underrecognition of depression. Evidence from the pediatric and adult populations suggests that diagnoses for depression and treatments have declined since 2004.22,23
The most recent population-based estimates of the 1-year prevalence of trends for suicide attempts describe rates of .6% from 2001–2003. These studies also show higher rates of psychiatric symptoms meeting criteria for a Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR),24 disorder among suicide attempters. In the National Comorbidity Survey–Replication (NCS-R) studies, MDD (51%) was the most common individual disorder among people with suicide-related behaviors, and anxiety disorders (81%) were the most common class of disorders.19 Similar to the attempters, >90% of completed suicides in the US are associated with psychiatric illness, most commonly mood disorders (60%).25-29 Another result of the study was that most attempters had a psychiatric or substance use diagnosis at 90 days prior to the attempt and at >90 days prior to their attempt, and many had more than one diagnosis in the time period 90 days prior to an attempt or >90 days prior to attempt. Most attempters in the sample were diagnosed with an MDD (38% to 52%), anxiety disorder (12% to 23%), or substance use disorder (55% to 70%) prior to their suicide attempt. Higher rates of attempted suicide were associated with the presence of MDD, anxiety disorder, or substance use disorders within the 90 days prior to an attempt, and the highest rates occurred at >90 days prior to the attempt. Any mental health or substance use disorder was associated with higher rates of attempted suicide (55.3%) when compared to no psychiatric diagnosis (16.8%).
An important finding in the described study is that nearly 50% of the attempters in this population were not receiving antidepressants for any psychiatric disorder. Among those receiving medication treatment for depression, only 53% were using medications at the time of the attempt. Of those attempters receiving antidepressants, 38% were receiving SSRI or SNRI monotherapy and 51% were receiving multiple antidepressants. In addition, slightly more than 50% of the population had received some form of psychotherapy. Recent data for antidepressant prescribing patterns suggest that of 9,911,743 antidepressant prescriptions written for the population <20 years of age, 65% of those prescriptions were SSRIs and 20% were for non-serotonin–specific agents.21 The 51% rate of multiple antidepressant prescribing in the present study might be related to the severity of depression among attempters and/or prior poor response to antidepressants, suggesting treatment refractory disorders.
The evidence suggests that the majority of depressed individuals who die from suicide seek professional help within the month prior to their deaths.30 Nonetheless, the majority of these individuals are not being treated with antidepressants at the time of their suicide.31-33 These findings are consistent with the lack of recognition and undertreatment of psychiatric illness in general34 and mood disorder in particular.35 The data from the present study of suicide attempters also suggest underrecognition and lack of treatment since approximately 47% of suicide attempters were not receiving antidepressants at the time of the attempt. The trend toward increasing incidence rates for suicide attempts between 1998 and 2005 in the authors' preliminary data cannot fully be explained. While suicide attempts are a risk factor for completed suicides, there is not a direct correlation between rates of attempts and rates of completion, making it difficult to provide correlations between data from the authors of this study and data on completed suicides.
Advances in the evidence-based treatments for depressive disorders should predict decreased suicide attempts in this population. Findings in this study, suggesting increased rates of first-time attempts, are in line with some epidemiologic studies that suggest that suicide-related behaviors have not changed over time, although evidence-based treatments have increased significantly.19,20 Epidemiologic data examining trends for suicidal behaviors from the 1990–1992 NCS and the follow up 2001–2003 NCS-R survey showed significant increases in treatment for depression and decreases in completed suicide rates, but no decrease in suicidal behaviors over time, suggesting potential clinical differences between attempters and completers.
These results have several limitations. ICD-9-CM codes as proxies for DSM-IV-TR psychiatric diagnoses for this study limit the ability to assess methods of diagnostic ascertainment, intent of self-injury, and severity of depression, which could impact suicidal behavior. Additionally, use of claims data to assess treatments provides limited information about adherence to treatment prior to or at the time of attempt or appropriateness, sufficient intensity, or continuity of treatment. Even with sufficient treatment, medication, and psychotherapies, recent evidence suggests that there is a phase during the treatment process during which the incidence of suicide attempts remains high. Simon and Savarino36 studied the incidence of suicide attempts among depressed patients starting psychotherapy or medications prescribed by a psychiatrist or primary care provider. While differences were found in the overall incidence of suicide attempts between these three treatment conditions, the pattern of suicide attempts did not vary. They found the highest incidence rates during the month before initiation, the second highest 1 month after initiation of medication or psychotherapy, and declines thereafter. Even with the appropriate management of these disorders, suicide attempts remain common. This is also important given the knowledge that adherence to antidepressant treatment is not great, with data suggesting that ≥33% of patients beginning antidepressants discontinue treatment within a few weeks.37 Additionally, ethnic background, SES data, and marital status, all identified risk factors for suicide attempts, were not included in this analysis. Despite the above limitations, the demographics and clinical characteristics of our population appear to be similar to available population-based estimates.
Preliminary findings from this large data set representing US managed healthcare plans provide crude incidence rates for suicide attempts and descriptive demographic and clinical data that do not differ substantially from those predicted by current epidemiologic data regarding suicide attempts. Additionally, the study presented provides preliminary descriptive data about the clinical presentations and psychiatric diagnoses and some descriptive data about antidepressant treatments and suicide attempts. These data suggest that managed-care databases could be used to further describe and understand the demographic and clinical characteristics of suicide attempters and those who will attempt suicide as well as the associations between antidepressant use and suicide attempts.
The findings that slightly <50% of the attempters had received antidepressant treatment and that slightly >50% received psychotherapy lend support to existing data that psychiatric illness remains underrecognized, untreated, or inadequately treated despite significant advances in detection and treatment.34,35 In light of these data, the black box warnings issued by the FDA could increase risks for undertreatment of depressed children, adolescents, and young adults who are very high-risk groups and should be the focus of further investigation. Future study is also needed to better understand the demographic and clinical characteristics that predispose individuals to suicidal behaviors.
Future efforts should focus on using patient-level data to further describe and characterize the population of suicide attempters. Although most of the attempters in the study provided had significant psychopathology, some attempters had no recorded psychiatric diagnosis. In addition, the frequency of suicide attempts far exceeds the number of deaths from suicide, suggesting that perhaps attempters and completers are not the same population. Comparative studies examining these two populations are needed. Finally, sufficient numbers of cases exist in the PharMetrics database for continued epidemiologic investigation into possible relationships between depression, antidepressant medication use, and suicide attempts. PP
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ParadoxComic, September 1st, 2013, 4:08 pm ( Reply )Chapter begins oh my goodness!
Nia got a bit of an upgrade.
Advertisement, November 19th, 2019, 4:50 pm ( Reply )
ParadoxComic, September 1st, 2013, 9:24 pm ( Reply )@Zandra: There's just an age she'll stop aging.
ParadoxComic, September 4th, 2013, 3:07 pm ( Reply )@Kira: When a shaman goes insane, in most cases they just go rogue and cause horrible destruction and slaughter everyone. Other shamans are then sent to execute them.
When a shaman first starts out, they know what will happen in their future, but it's a combination of "It won't happen to me, I'm special" and "I love the gods so much it'd be worth it."
So did her body age 8 years after 800 years, or is their just an age that the body stops aging? :P
Kira (Guest), September 4th, 2013, 2:31 pm ( Reply )You may have answered this before, I looked back and didn't see anything on it so I'm just going to ask...what happens to all the crazy-shamen after they snap? They can't die and if they don't age after a point do they just...keep going? Hole up somewhere and just exist endlessly? Or do the Gods eventually take pity on them and zap 'em away? And what's to keep all the Shamen from being really pissed about all this and refusing to do anything for the benefit of the Gods or mankind?


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Sean Mundy (born 1991, Montréal, Canada) creates conceptual imagery through photography and digital manipulation.
Working through self-doubt and questions of identity, Sean constructs austere, yet neutral and distant scenes of palpable tension and uncertainty. With a subtle, minimal approach he aims to disrupt, select from, and delete classical narrative formula to form scenarios that are reliant on subjective associations.
With his meticulously constructed, photographed, and digitally manipulated images, he combines visual vocabulary from iconography, symbolism, and the surreal to present moments of dissonance between the individual, separate states of self, and collective systems. Using human form as a stand in for emotion, psychology, and physicality, the specific subjects are rendered subservient to the conflicts arising in the works.
Sean is represented currently in Montréal by Galerie Youn.
For limited edition prints available via Galerie Youn, please check their website:
https://galerieyoun.com/en/artists/sean-mundy // https://galerieyoun.com/fr/artistes/sean-mundy
and/or email email@example.com.
Sean is also available for mentoring sessions through Mentorly, contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com if you are interested in setting up a session.
"Barriers", 2019. Galerie Youn, Montreal.
"Recent Works", 2018. Centre d'art E.K. Voland, Montreal.
"Hollow", 2016 . Never Apart, Montreal.
"We are Antonyms", 2016. Fabra i Coats Centre d'Art Contemporani, Barcelona.
"SUBLIME", 2017. Le Livart, Montreal.
"L'intemporalité du corps", 2017. Le Livart, Montreal.
"Image Nation Paris : International Photo Expo" , 2017. Espace des Arts Sans Frontières, Paris\
"Timeraiser Canada 150", featured artist, 2017. Sommet Place Ville Marie, Montreal.
"Six Year Anniversary Group Exhibition ", 2018. Galerie Youn, Montreal.
"Black & Noir", 2018. Galerie Youn, Montreal.
Art Fairs
Papier, 2019 with Galerie Youn, Montreal, Canada.
Photo LA, 2019 with Galerie Youn. Santa Monica, California, USA.
Papier, 2018 with Galerie Youn. Montreal, Canada.
Selected Publications & Features
2019 - Flaunt Magazine, "Sean Mundy @ Galerie Youn: Q&A"
2019 - Myartisreal Magazine, "Sean Mundy, a Myartisreal Interview"
2018 - Visual Atelier 8, "Sean Mundy Constructs Esoteric Realities"
2017 - Opéra national de Paris, "Don Carlos", Print.
2016 - Opéra national de Paris, "Cavalleria Rusticana / Sancta Susanna", Print
2016 - VICE Quebec, "La photographie contre-utopique de Sean Mundy", Video/Interview
2015 - WeTheUrban, "SPOTLIGHT: Surreal Photography by Sean Mundy"
2015 - Fubiz, "Dark and Troubling World by Sean Mundy
2014- Juxtapoz, "The Photography of Sean Mundy"
2014- FStoppers, "Deeply Symbolic, Surreal Photography from Canadian Photographer Sean Mundy"
Selected Interviews
2019 - Flaunt, "SEAN MUNDY AT GALERIE YOUN | Q&A"
2017 - Never Apart, "Sean Mundy: Video Q&A", Video.
2017 - PHLEARN, "Interview with Sean Mundy"
2017 - Myartisreal, "Sean Mundy Interview"
2016 - Croyds, "FOCUS - Sean Mundy" , Video.


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Vegetable Stew
Its colder than Hillary Clinton's bedroom out there and I needed to warm up for my private strip tease class. Can you believe that some dance teachers actually pay you and not the other way around?
Getting back to the stew, I formed this recipe with some vegetables that you should have on hand in your house. Some really good staples for a vegan diet would be potatoes, onions, peas, carrots, garlic and beans. And wine. Tons and tons of wine. Enough wine to make you drunk dial your ex to remind him that he never gave you an orgasm. Always.
So here's the ingredients for this stew…


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For the last couple of months, I have been living on a whole lot of faith.
It's safe to say that I've been living on a ridiculous amount of faith. I think friends have been worried about my near delusional level of expectation that things will just magically work out. My faith has always been pretty strong, but I don't think I ever really believed that God and His Universe would conspire so creatively to make things happen. I've been tested over and over in this short time, and every time I start to tremble, some crazy thing happens to remind me to stop crying over our jacked up plans and to just deal with the fact that we are completely in His hands.
And just when I feel like the feather in the wind in Forrest Gump...
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How to Disable Word 2010's AutoFormat Features
Sometimes you want to disable Word 2010's AutoFormat (which controls some minor text formatting while you type). Disabling Word's annoying (to some) habit of changing all Web addresses to hyperlinks, for example, can save a lot of time and frustration.
Word allows you to turn off AutoFormat features without too much bother:
1Choose the Options command from the File tab's menu.
The Word Options window steps front and center.
2Select Proofing from the left side of the window.
Click the button labeled AutoCorrect Options.
The AutoCorrect dialog box appears.
3Click the AutoFormat As You Type tab in the AutoCorrect dialog box.
This part of the dialog box is where all the AutoFormat options dwell. Turning an option off or on is as easy as removing or adding a check mark.
4Select or deselect check boxes to set the options however you like.
For example, you may detest each of the Apply As You Type options. So, uncheck them all!
6Set the options on the AutoFormat tab by selecting or deselecting check boxes.
Repeat your choices here, if necessary. (Silly Microsoft lists some things twice in the dialog box.)
7Click OK to confirm your choices, and then close the Word Options window.
Now, Word AutoFormat obeys your commands (at least, it acts according to the settings you made in the AutoCorrecte dialog box).


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Daily Operations at ITP are unique -- encompassing everything from classroom support to fabrication assistance and troubleshooting, to running a robust equipment library, to helping maintain a rich web experience, to helping stage and produce gallery shows, to enforcing safety guidelines and policies, to helping make ITP one of the most responsive and organic physical spaces for a vibrant community of over 200 artists and makers.
It takes a unique team to meet the diversity of needs that ITP has. ITP has a small but dedicated team of full-time administrators and staff and a significant staff of part-time ITP Student Floor Staff. Full-time technical staff members are:
ITP tries to maintain a balance of development space and quiet space on the floor at all times. While we want to encourage your eager development of new projects and pieces we do ask that you follow these simple guidelines:
Technical problems are reported to the ITP helpdesk by sending a DETAILED email to: firstname.lastname@example.com. Please include the computer number, lab, software or relevant peripheral information when emailing the helpdesk as this aids in the troubleshooting process. Problems are addressed by the Tech Staff during the hours of 10am-7pm Monday thru Friday.
All questions, comments or problems should be sent to the help desk at email@example.com .
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Recently, I was able to sit in on a LiveScribe training with Engaging Technologies. I was able to follow along and think of ways to use this pen that I've heard about. When LiveScribe first came out, I was cautious thinking that it would be great for special education. After seeing the new features, I now know that it can be used in any educational setting (including college).
So, what's new? As with any technology, if it doesn't get frequent updates, then it gets outdated. LiveScribe has built into it's technology, connectors. Connectors allow you to quickly take pen cast you've created and upload them to various sites such as Google Docs and Google Sites. You can also upload them to MyLiveScribe, which gives you free storage. How cool is that?
If you see below, you have the option of embedding pen cast into webpages created for your classroom. All I did was click one button once I registered my pen, then linked it to my computer, and was given some html code. Oh, and as updates come out, your pen gets automatically updated. You can also install apps on your pen found at the LiveScribe store.
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Sheridan's Child Development Center has been awarded $2000, thanks to Hub International Mountain States, and with the community's voting power, that amount could more than triple.
Safeco Insurance's Make More Happen Awards ask volunteers from around the country to send a photo and explanation about how they help a local nonprofit organization. From more than 90 entries across the country, 45 were singled out as finalists. Brenda Mann Harrison, spokesperson for Safeco, explains what happened next.
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Triathlon Cup
Polo / Bike Polo - Karting - Clay Shooting
20th to 23rd September 2018
With the support of Oxford Polo and Thames Vallry Air Ambulance, Kirtlington Park Polo Club is pleased to announce a new end of season event. The Oxofrd Polo Triatlon Cup is open to all even non riders as you can simply swap your horse for a bicycle.
21st & 23rd st – 2 days only 0-4 goal .
22nd - 1330 Arrival at Whilton Mill NN11 2NH
1400 Shooting Competition Begins
1600 Karting Team Endurance Race
1730 Supper *Times can be altered slightly
23rd 2.00pm Oxford polo triathalon Cup Polo Finals
4.00pm Bike charity polo (OFD supplying pizzas and clubhouse open )
7.00pm Grand Final Prize Giving along with end of season polo awards drinks reception.
8.00pm FINAL BELL end of season party with dj – in the marquee/clubhouse
Entries will be in Teams of 4 Participants
Entry to Full Polo Triathlon & Meal = £900
Entry to Polo Only = £560 (2 days max Friday and Sunday)
Entry to Karting, Clays, Bike Polo & Meal = £420 per team.
Food Only (Sat) = £15 per head
Rules & Regs
Max 12 teams for polo triathlon
Polo - set out by KPPC see entry form for details
Bike Polo – teams of 4 knock out competition.
Karting - Teams will race in a 2 hour endurance race on the Mill Circuit. Teams will aim to complete as many laps as possible whilst having a minimum of 7 driver changes. Each driver will have a 5 minute practice before the race. Starting grid positions will be drawn from a hat.
Clay Shooting – Individuals from each team will have 10 shots at 4 different sporting targets- 40 shots each team members, a total of 160 per team and a team score will be out of 160. There will be no practise. Each target will have a qualified shooting instructor present for the more novice or beginner shots. Own 12 or 20 gauge guns are allowed to be used but all cartridges will be provided by Whilton Mill.


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Whether photographing an arts and crafts bungalow or a modern, cutting edge structure, it is the use of lighting that defines form. Creating as natural a rendering as possible in order to tell the story of the house is our goal.
I have photographed new and remodeled homes for clients throughout California, and travel the world to photograph architecture for my own portfolio. My assistant is a web designer and photographer, who specializes in night photography.
Jeannie O'Connor has a Masters Degree in Fine Art from the University of California , Berkeley. She is a member of ASMP, the American Society of Media Photographers. Jeannie O'Connor's award winning work has been exhibited internationally and is in many collections, including the the Bibliotheque National, the Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley, the Center for Creative Photography, the San Francisco Public Library the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Stanford University, Kaiser, ebay and many corporate and private collections.
American Bungalow magazine (pdf)
San Francisco Chronicle Magazine "The House that Sausage Built"
San Francisco Chronicle Real Estate section : Southampton St., Oct, 24, 2010
actuell magazine, Berlin Nov. 2010
Custom Home magazine, July/August 2009
Residential Design and Build, July/August 2008
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A gum graft (also known as a gingival graft or periodontal plastic surgery), is a collective name for surgical periodontal procedures that aim to cover an exposed tooth root surface with grafted oral tissue.
Exposed tooth roots are usually the result of gingival recession due to periodontal disease. There are other common causes, including overly aggressive brushing and trauma.
Here are some of the most common types of gum grafting:
Reasons for gum grafting
Gum grafting is a common periodontal procedure. Though the name might sound frightening, the procedure is commonly performed with excellent results.
Here are some of the major benefits associated with gum grafting:
What does gum grafting treatment involve?
Once the need for gum grafting surgery has been determined, there are several treatments the dentist will want perform before gum grafting takes place. First, the teeth must be thoroughly cleaned supra and subgingivally to remove calculus (tartar) and bacteria. The dentist can also provide literature, advice and educational tools to increase the effectiveness of homecare and help reduce the susceptibility of periodontal disease in the future.
The gum grafting procedure is usually performed under local anesthetic. The exact procedure will depend much on whether tissue is coming from the patient's palate or a tissue bank.
Initially, small incisions will be made at the recipient site to create a small pocket to accommodate the graft. Then a split thickness incision is made and the connective tissue graft is inserted into the space between the two sections of tissue. The graft is usually slightly larger than the recession area, so some excess will be apparent.
Sutures are often placed to further stabilize the graft and to prevent any shifting from the designated site. Surgical material is used to protect the surgical area during the first week of healing. Uniformity and healing of the gums will be achieved in approximately six weeks.
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Most of us probably think of keylogger applications with fear and trepidation. What if I have one on my computer!?? What if there's someone out there who knows every last keystroke I make on my keyboard, including the passwords, and the stupid mistakes? A scary thought, yes? But this technology is not only for evil hackers. It's also for loving parents.
Perfect Keylogger, (recommended by a friend...thanks), allows you to see exactly what your kids are doing on their computer. Some of your worst fears can easily be put to rest: Is your kid inviting Chris Hanson over to the house when you're gone? Planning a meet-up with a pervert they think is 17 but who's really a 42-year-old troglodyte? I make fun, but this stuff really isn't a joke.
Perfect Keylogger has a remote installation feature that will actually email you the file containing the log of the activities happening on the computer under surveillance. The application is available in Lite, Basic, and Full versions. Check it out here.
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