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What lies ahead in the roller-coaster world of finance? That's the area of study for Matthew Cain, assistant professor of finance, who joined the faculty at the Mendoza College of Business in July 2008. He conducts research on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and financial contracting. His recent research looked at the role of investment banks in providing fairness opinions in mergers. In addition, he teaches a course on mergers and acquisitions to both undergraduates and MBA students. In He recently shared some thoughts on what's to come in the financial world.
Q. What research are you working on now?
A. I have a lot of different projects, but one that is most pertinent is researching the accuracy of fairness opinions, which are provided by investment banks in mergers and acquisitions. When an investment bank serves as an advisor to a target company or an acquirer in a merger, through the fairness opinion process it gives advice to the board of directors and the management team to help them negotiate an offer price that's presumably fair to the shareholders. I looked at whether the investment banks are conducting unbiased valuations of the target companies, or are they producing biased valuations, telling management or directors what they want to hear.
One of the conclusions is that the investment banks are optimistically biased when they go through the fairness opinion process for acquirers. I found that on average, investment banks say the target company is worth about 20 percent more than the offer price. This may mean that the banks are telling the acquirer, "You're really smart, you're getting a great deal, you're paying $10 per share for this target and it's really worth $12 a share." What's surprising, though, is that when investment banks provide fairness opinions to the target companies, they're more accurate on average. A potential explanation is if the investment bank's client is the acquirer, the bank may be trying to get future business. But if the client is the target company, that relationship probably disappears once the merger is effective, so the bank doesn't have the incentive to bias the valuations.
Q. What issues in today's headlines relate to your research interests?
A. I'm watching the news stories about the government putting pressure on banking and its compensation practices. There's been an outcry over what some people call excessive bonuses or excessive compensation. I find that somewhat concerning because some of the time we are talking about performance-based compensation, which can be a good thing when it rewards high performers and when it punishes low performers. Some of the investment banks are starting to move away from performance-based compensation. Some are going to increase the level of base pay and reduce the bonuses for most of their employees. Some banks have fired the people who are responsible for the poor performance of a division. So now, going forward, how do you attract and retain talented employees? You've got other divisions that are still very profitable. Are we going to punish the employees of those successful divisions?
Q. What do you think about investment banks moving away from performance-based compensation?
A. I think we may see them swing from one end of the spectrum all the way to the opposite. Maybe in the past few years, employees been compensated for excessive risk taking. I think there may be a backlash where they're not given enough incentives to take reasonable amounts of risk. The compensation structure probably needs to be addressed at most banks, and they need to make sure they are not giving employees an incentive to take bad risks. I think it's a good thing that they're revisiting their compensation practices, but they may swing a little too far on the opposite direction, where we're not giving employees enough incentive to perform at the top of their game. That's a common thing: when you've got a crisis, the tendency of backlash. We may see a bit of that with the regulatory structure as well.
Q. Will we see additional regulations on the investment banking industry?
A. Almost certainly we will. I don't think anybody knows right now how that will look a year or two from now. Some of the talk is about taking power away from the Securities and Exchange Commission and giving more power to the Federal Reserve. There is other talk about setting up new regulatory bodies. Almost certainly hedge funds and investment banks will be more heavily regulated than they have been. Whether that's a good or bad thing probably will depend on how well they set up the regulatory structure, whether the rules they establish are reasonable.
Q. What trends do you see in the world of mergers and acquisitions? Are companies able to borrow again like they could a few years ago?
A. Not at this point. Private equity deals are funded by large private equity companies, and they historically raise a large amount of debt financing to pay for the acquisitions. Last year, the private equity market fell apart because they couldn't get debt financing, and it still hasn't had a rebound yet. They're still struggling to get debt financing on reasonable terms. When we see a resurgence in private equity deals, that will be a good sign that financing is becoming more available. I think in a year or two we should start to see that market returning to normal, but it's dangerous to speculate on this economy.
Q. How do you incorporate real-world financial events in your teaching?
A. The fall semester of 2008 was a really interesting time because that's when the whole financial crisis exploded. One thing I did for my undergraduate mergers and acquisitions students was to bring in a Notre Dame alumnus who is a partner at one of the world's largest private equity firms. He talked for more than an hour and answered questions, explaining what was going on and laying out what the next 12 months were going to look like. He said we will see the residential real estate market going down, and after it bottoms out we will see the commercial real estate market going down. This was a prediction he made last fall, and now in May we are just starting to see the commercial real estate market taking a hit. I think it was the students' favorite day of the semester because they got to pick the brain of someone who is operating in these markets at a very high level. I was able to use some of the difficulties in the market as a real-world example to illustrate concepts that aren't always the most exciting in class. I like the Notre Dame network for our successful graduates and being able to tap into that knowledge base.


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DeRon Brown's two-yard run 11 seconds before the end of the first half cut the Corsairs' lead to 21-13. But the snap on the extra point attempt went awry, and UMass Dartmouth (3-2, 1-1) junior linebacker John Kelly picked up the loose ball and raced to the end zone for a two-point defensive conversion, making it 23-13 at halftime.
The Corsairs expanded their lead in the third quarter. Senior running back J.T. Harold ran 34 yards for a score on the first possession of the second half, then capped an 81-yard, three-play drive behind a 54-yard scoring run with 4:34 left in the third quarter.
MIT (3-2, 1-1) junior Rick Mancuso hit rookie Nathaniel Forbes with a 19-yard touchdown pass late in the third quarter, but UMass Dartmouth used a nine-yard touchdown run by Harold early in the fourth quarter to seize a 44-20 advantage with 12:11 remaining. A 24-yard touchdown run by junior running back James Moore with 10:01 to play capped the scoring.
The Corsairs struck early, taking a 14-0 lead in the first quarter. Harold scored from 13 yards out with 7:06 left in the period, then senior quarterback Alex Garro scored on a five-yard run less than three minutes later. DeRon Brown broke a 72-yard run with 12:30 left in the first half to make it 14-7. Garro scored his second touchdown, on a three-yard run 5:39 left before halftime, to make it 21-7 before the Engineers scored late in the first half.
The Corsairs gained 490 yards, including 371 on the ground. Harold gained 187 yards on 16 attempts and scored four times, while Garro gained 60 yards on 10 carries. He also completed 7-of-11 passes for 119 yards.
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Fifteen area youth learned what it takes to be a good leader through the Youth Leadership Butler program last year.
A graduation event was held Monday evening to congratulate those youth on completing the 2012 class.
Keynote speaker El Dorado Correctional Facility James Heimgartner spoke to the class about being good leaders.
He began by comparing leadership and being a weather person, saying a weather person never makes everyone happy.
"As a leader, you won't do that either," he said. "When you get into leadership it's not about making people happy, it's about making the right decision."
Responsibility also goes along with leadership.
"When you are a passenger in a car you can do anything you want," Heimgartner said. "If you're a leader, you're like the driver. You not only take responsibility for yourself, but everyone else in the car."
He also said, like a driver, as a leader people will go with them.
He went on to talk about doing the right thing.
"We talk about integrity," he said. "Integrity is doing the right thing all the time even if no one is watching. Our job as leaders is to do the right thing and do the right thing all the time. We should always be willing to tell people they've done a good job, but we also have to hold people accountable."
He encouraged the students to continue to prepare themselves to be leaders.
"This is just a beginning," he said, adding that they will also be learning their entire lives.
Heimgartner also encouraged them to set goals.
"One of the best ways to keep growing is to take what you learned in Leadership Butler and teach it to somebody else," Heimgartner said.
Next Becky Wolfe, Leadership Butler executive director, talked about the curriculum for the students. She said they wanted the curriculum to be specifically for youth and the next generation of leaders.
One thing they wanted youth to do is learn about their communities, which they did through completing face-to-face interviews with someone in their community.
"We have a lot of fun," Wolfe said. "We have things going on all the time, but it's work."
She wants to teach the youth leadership can be fun.
Next, the students were presented with their certificates.
Those graduating included Bailey Ritchey of Augusta; Ian Hughes, Katlin Jurging, Destiney Webster and Adam Wolfe of Bluestem; Ben Pfeiffer and Jessa Ragan of Circle; Brooke Tye of Douglass; Sierra Bonn and Ren Dashner of El Dorado; Courtney Jackson of Flinthills; Alexander Carr of Remington; and Brianna Appel, Chandler Boese and Erin Walls of Rose Hill.
To conclude the evening, the students graduating talked about what they had learned and presented their class project.
"I was excited to see exactly what this program was about," said Jurging.
Jurging and Boese gave an overview of their sessions, then Jackson and Ritchey announced their class project, with the theme, "It's not just doing it."
They chose the topic of sex and sex awareness among teens as their project. They took surveys in their schools to have local statistics and created a video to educate students. Their goal is to hold an assembly in all the schools where they can show the video and give the statistics, but knowing this may not be possible, they said they can show the video during lunches and hand out the bracelets with their slogan on it to students.
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Increased exports, lower stocks, and higher volatility have defined the 2003 soybean market. Expect that to continue, says University of Tennessee economist Delton Gerloff.
Gerloff, who spoke Sept. 30 at the Southern Region Agricultural Outlook Conference in Atlanta, says the one constant soybean growers can count on is persistent price volatility.
On one hand, a continued weaker dollar relative to other foreign currencies will help support U.S. soybean prices. However, a stronger dollar in combination with larger South American production could put U.S. soybean prices in danger of falling significantly, he says.
"For U.S. prices to continue at their current level, current U.S. yield projections must be at or below the 36.4 bushels per acre projection made by USDA in September. And, in light of ever-increasing production from South America, exports must continue strong, with China an important component of the U.S. export market," he says.
With November futures hitting above the $6.50 mark Sept. 22 after news of both positive demand and negative yield projections, the bull market's upside potential depends on domestic and foreign production, in addition to export numbers.
Supporting near-term prices are lower U.S. yields, and continued Chinese import activity. "On a positive note, Chinese soybean imports have increased substantially over the past 10 years," Gerloff says. "We're moving lots of beans to China, and that's supporting our price."
In addition, he says, U.S. ending stocks dropped to an estimated 140 million bushels at the end of the 2002 market year, compared to 365 million bushels in 1998. While production dropped moderately in 2002, an expanded crush and export market have also helped to reduce ending stocks.
"Beginning the 2003/2004 marketing year with relatively low stocks puts even more emphasis on the 2003 crop still in the field. With late season weather problems, yield projections for the 2003 crop have dropped over three bushels per acre since August, and October's crop report may drop yields further," Gerloff said. "The state seems set for support at these high prices, and even more volatile prices in the upcoming year."
Standing in the way is potential negative price pressure that could come from any increase over current projections in South American soybean production. Unless weather or disease drops average yields significantly in 2004, South American soybean production should increase 5.6 percent, and Gerloff says that number could be as high as 10 percent.
From a strictly competitive standpoint, South American production has to affect the soybean prices U.S. growers can get from the market, Gerloff says. "There's still some production risk in this market."
As a matter of history, he says, USDA's September production report usually over-estimates U.S. ending stocks and under-estimates both ending stocks and production for Argentina and Brazil. "Hopefully, we've got a better handle on those numbers this year.
Believing the current price of soybeans is "fragile," Gerloff recommends that producers take advantage of pricing opportunities.
"In the current market environment, I would be selling soybeans if I were a producer," he says. "At $6.50 per bushel, the market is expecting domestic production of about 35 bushels per acre in the October USDA report. I don't believe soybean prices will change substantially if production estimates were to drop to that level. The bigger market moving news is what will happen in South America."
Gerloff suggests growers contracting at current prices and buy call to limit their price risk this fall. For those producers who want to hold soybeans in storage for now, he recommends buying March or May 2004 put options to limit price risk.
In-the-money options generally net more profit than at-the-money, or out-of-the-money options, according to Gerloff. "I'm looking at spending a little bit more money to capture that increased level of price protection," he says.
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The Beige Book is weird. It's an economic report released by the Federal Reserve every few months, but it doesn't have many numbers in it. Mostly, it's a bunch of stories gathered by talking to businesses around the country. A Fed economist once described it as the "Ask Your Uncle" approach to figuring out what's going on in the economy.
In the Beige Book released today, for example, we learned that:
- Sales of pet supplies are "a bit soft" in the Western U.S.
- Sporting goods sales are strong in New England.
- Boat manufacturers and medical equipment firms in the St. Louis region are planning layoffs, but bakeries and firearms manufacturers are hiring.
Also, as in the real world, everybody always talks about the weather in the Beige Book — especially when it rains. In today's Beige Book:
- Retailers told the Philly Fed that "excessive rain in June kept ... people away from stores, while some showed up just to 'hang out' at the mall."
- A "large department store chain" told the Richmond Fed that "cold and damp weather, along with the payroll tax change, had constrained sales."
- A "contact in South Carolina noted that heavy rains had damaged the regional wheat crop to the extent that sprouts were unacceptable for export."
The Beige Book does try to pull all this stuff together. At the top of the report, there's a bit of synthesis of how different sectors are doing. ("Manufacturing expanded in most Districts since the previous report, with many Districts reporting increases in new orders, shipments, or production.")
Still, much of the value in the Beige Book lies in all the weird, anecdotal details. Richard Fisher, president of the Dallas Fed, told us that beer sales at convenience stores, combined with reports from beer distributors, were one early sign of a slowdown in the homebuilding market before the crash.
In other words, collecting anecdotes — asking your uncle — really can be useful. "My uncles and aunts were very helpful in helping me learn some basic lessons in life," Fisher said.
Just hours ago, members of our Planet Money team yelled out, it's here, it's here. They were excited about the release of a certain economic report. It has a really boring title: the Beige Book. But Zoe Chace and Robert Smith want to convince us that it's way more interesting than its name might suggest.
ROBERT SMITH, BYLINE: The Beige Book is the weirdest economic report of them all.
RICHARD FISHER: It's called the Beige Book because it used to be covered with the gorgeous color of beige, but now it's electronic.
ZOE CHACE, BYLINE: Richard Fisher from the Dallas Federal Reserve. He is still psyched when he gets his copy because this is a report with no numbers, just little stories from businesses around the country.
SMITH: Yeah, it reads like a letter sent home from camp. This part of the economy is awesome. This part is so lame.
CHACE: From today's report, we see that sporting goods are flying off the shelves in Boston.
SMITH: Mm-hmm. Boat manufacturers in St. Louis struggling.
CHACE: In Virginia, higher mortgage rates led one banker to say refinancing has died.
SMITH: So how do we get these stories? Teams of economists at the Federal Reserve offices around the country literally pick up the phone and call, say, the lumber guy and ask how is business this month at the lumber store?
CHACE: How is business this month at the lumber store?
EDWARD SCHAEFFLER: This month has been pretty good, I'd say. What do you think, Pete?
PETER HEID: Started off to be a good month, yes.
CHACE: It's that easy. Just talk to Eddie Schaeffler at Dykes Lumber in Manhattan.
SMITH: And Pete.
CHACE: The Fed is the most powerful force in the economy. They set interest rates. They make the money. So why is the Fed listening to people like Eddie?
SMITH: Richard Fisher says these little anecdotes give you advance warning. For instance, they knew that something was fishy with the housing market a few years ago when they heard from beer stores that they were selling fewer six-packs.
FISHER: Because the people that work in construction consume beer, and they also consume it in certain patterns.
CHACE: You heard that beer consumption was down from some convenience store owners, and so you could infer that a housing downturn was going to take place in the economy.
FISHER: You could infer that there were changes taking place, and it wasn't just convenience stores, but also the distributors, Budweiser and other beer distributors.
CHACE: The problem with the Beige Book is that it gives you a snapshot, but it doesn't tell you what to do with that information. The beer was an important sign, but seeing it didn't change what happened.
SMITH: OK. So, everyone, pay close attention to the signs in today's report. Zoe?
CHACE: Employment agencies in the New York region say this is the best year for college grads since 2008.
SMITH: Yeah. They should go into sales. In Philadelphia, auto dealers said that business was on fire in June, best in six years.
CHACE: A firearms manufacturer in the St. Louis region is hiring, and so is a bakery.
SMITH: Yeah. And everyone in the report, when you read it, complains about the weather. It's too wet. It's too dry. In Philadelphia, they say the rain drove people to hang out at the mall but not into the stores.
CHACE: Pet stores in San Francisco are hurting.
SMITH: It's hard to know what it all adds up to. One Fed economist once described the Beige Book as the Ask Your Uncle method of gathering information.
CHACE: But Richard Fisher from the Dallas Fed says, hey, my uncle had lots of good advice. And the Beige Book does too. But as exciting as it is inside, there are no plans to change the name.
FISHER: You have to remember central banking is not supposed to be exciting. And I think beige is sort of the color that I would identify as the central bank's, the Federal Reserve's color. We want to be beige. We want to be bland.
SMITH: We consider it more of a racy novel covered in a brown paper bag.
CHACE: I'm Zoe Chace.
SMITH: Robert Smith, NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Aspartame has been used in the United States since the early 1980s. It is now found in thousands of different food products. Aspartame is commonly used as a tabletop sweetener, as a sweetener in prepared foods and beverages, and in recipes that do not require too much heating (since heat breaks down aspartame). It can also be found as a flavoring in some medicines.
In the body, aspartame is broken down into phenylalanine, aspartic acid, and methanol.
Methanol can be toxic in high amounts, but the amounts that result from the breakdown of aspartame is lower than that found in many "natural" foods, such as many fruit juices.
Phenylalanine and aspartic acid are amino acids and are naturally present in many foods that contain protein. They do not cause health problems in most people. However people with the disease phenylketonuria (discussed in more detail later on) need to restrict their intake of phenylalanine, and so are usually counseled to avoid aspartame.
How is aspartame regulated?
In the United States, artificial sweeteners such as aspartame are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). These products must be tested for safety and approved by the FDA before they can be used. The FDA also sets an acceptable daily intake (ADI) for each sweetener, which is the maximum amount considered safe to consume each day during a person's lifetime. The ADI is set to be about 100 times less than the smallest amount that might cause health concerns, based on studies done in lab animals.
The FDA has set the ADI for aspartame at 50 milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg) of body weight. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), which regulates food additives in the European Union, recommends a slightly lower ADI for aspartame, at 40 mg/kg.
To put the ADI for aspartame in perspective, this would be 3,750 milligrams per day for a typical adult weighing 75 kilograms (about 165 pounds), far more than most adults take in daily. A 12 ounce can of diet soda usually contains about 192 milligrams of aspartame and a packet of the tabletop sweetener contains about 35mg. An adult weighing 165 pounds would have to drink more than 19 cans of diet soda a day or consume more than 107 packets to go over the recommended level.
Does aspartame cause cancer?
Researchers use 2 main types of studies to try to determine if a substance or exposure causes cancer. (A substance that causes cancer or helps cancer grow is called a carcinogen.)
In studies done in the lab, animals are exposed to a substance (often in very large doses) to see if it causes tumors or other health problems. It's not always clear if the results from these types of studies will apply to humans, but lab studies are the best way to find out if a substance has the potential to cause cancer in humans before widespread exposure occurs.
Another type of study looks at cancer rates in different groups of people. Such a study might compare the cancer rate in a group exposed to a substance versus the rate in a group not exposed to it, or compare it to what the expected cancer rate would be in the general population. But studies in people can sometimes be hard to interpret, because there may be other factors affecting the results that are hard to account for.
In most cases neither type of study provides definitive evidence on its own, so researchers usually look at both lab-based and human studies if they are available.
Studies done in the lab
Many studies have looked for health effects in lab animals fed aspartame, often in doses higher than 4,000 mg/kg per day over their lifetimes. These studies have not found any health problems that are consistently linked with aspartame.
Two studies published by a group of Italian researchers suggested that very high doses of aspartame might increase the risk of some blood-related cancers (leukemias and lymphomas) in rats. However, both the FDA and the EFSA have called these results into question, citing a lack of some important data in the published studies and other concerns.
Studies in people
Most studies in people have not found that aspartame use is linked to an increased risk of cancer.
One early study suggested that an increased rate of brain tumors in the US during the 1980s might have been related to aspartame use. However, according to the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the increase in brain tumor rates actually began back in the early 1970s, well before aspartame was in use. And most of the increase was seen in people age 70 and older, a group that was not exposed to the highest doses of aspartame, which might also make this link less likely. Other studies have not found an increase in brain tumors related to aspartame use.
In the largest study of this issue, researchers from the NCI looked at cancer rates in more than 500,000 older adults. The study found that, compared to people who did not drink aspartame-containing beverages, those who did drink them did not have an increased risk of lymphomas, leukemias, or brain tumors.
A recent study of more than 125,000 people found a link between consumption of aspartame sweetened soda and the risk of leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma in men, but not in women. Since it also found a link between sugar sweetened soda and lymphoma in men, the researchers concluded that the links they found could be explained by chance.
What expert agencies say
Expert agencies in the United States and elsewhere that have evaluated aspartame have found it safe for use.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates the use of aspartame and other artificial sweeteners in the United States. In 2007, the FDA stated:
Considering results from the large number of studies on aspartame's safety, including five previously conducted negative chronic carcinogenicity studies, a recently reported large epidemiology study with negative associations between the use of aspartame and the occurrence of tumors, and negative findings from a series of three transgenic mouse assays, FDA finds no reason to alter its previous conclusion that aspartame is safe as a general purpose sweetener in food.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) assesses the safety of sweeteners such as aspartame in the European Union. According to a 2009 report from its Panel on Food Additives and Nutrient Sources Added to Food:
Overall, the Panel concluded, on the basis of all the evidence currently available… that there is no indication of any genotoxic or carcinogenic potential of aspartame and that there is no reason to revise the previously established ADI for aspartame of 40 mg/kg [body weight].
Though research into a possible link between aspartame and cancer continues, these agencies agree that studies done so far have not found such a link.
Does aspartame cause any other health problems?
Complaints of various health issues have circulated since aspartame first appeared on the market in the 1980s. But for most people, no health problems have clearly been linked to aspartame use.
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Phenylketonuria is a rare genetic disorder (present at birth) in which the body can't break down phenylalanine, an amino acid found in many foods. Levels of phenylalanine can build up in the blood, which prevents other important chemicals (like amino acids) from getting to the brain. Unless phenylalanine intake is severely limited, children with PKU suffer from abnormal brain development.
PKU is usually detected in babies by a routine blood test shortly after birth. People with PKU need to follow a phenylalanine-restricted diet. This is especially important in children, whose brains are still developing. It is also important in pregnant women, because it can affect the development of the fetus.
Because phenylalanine is a component of aspartame, it's important that people with PKU limit their intake of aspartame. That is why any product (including medicines) containing aspartame has the warning "Phenylketonurics: contains phenylalanine."
Other health complaints
Claims have been made that aspartame is related to health effects ranging from mild problems such as headache, dizziness, digestive symptoms, and changes in mood, to more serious health issues such as Alzheimer disease, birth defects, diabetes, Gulf War syndrome, attention deficit disorders, Parkinson disease, lupus, multiple sclerosis, and seizures. However, studies done to date have not found any consistent evidence of harm.
Should I limit my exposure to aspartame?
Aside from the effects in people with phenylketonuria, no health problems have been consistently linked to aspartame use. Research on artificial sweeteners, including aspartame, continues today.
For people who want to avoid aspartame, the easiest way to do this is to check the labels before buying or eating foods or drinks. If aspartame is in the product it will be listed in the ingredients. The product label will also contain the warning "Phenylketonurics: contains phenylalanine."
In addition to the American Cancer Society, other sources of information and support include:
Food and Drug Administration
Toll-free number: 1-888-463-6332 (1-888-INFO-FDA)
Website: www.fda.gov
National Cancer Institute
Toll-free number: 1-800-422-6237 (1-800-4-CANCER)
Website: www.cancer.gov
Artificial sweeteners and cancer: www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/artificial-sweeteners
*Inclusion on this list does not imply endorsement by the American Cancer Society.
No matter who you are, we can help. Contact us anytime, day or night, for information and support. Call us at 1-800-227-2345 or visit www.cancer.org.
Council on Scientific Affairs. Aspartame: review of safety issues. JAMA. 1985;254:400-402.
European Food Safety Authority. Opinion on a request from the European Commission related to the 2nd ERF carcinogenicity study on aspartame. 2009. Accessed at www.efsa.europa.eu/en/scdocs/scdoc/945.htm on April 13, 2010.
Flamm GW. Letter to the Editor. J Neuropathol Experimental Neurol. 1997:5:105-106.
Food and Drug Administration. FDA Statement on European Aspartame Study. April 20, 2007. Accessed at http://www.fda.gov/food/ingredientspackaginglabeling/foodadditivesingredients/ucm208580.htm on 4/11/2014
Gallus S, Scotti L, Negri E, et al. Artificial sweeteners and cancer risk in a network of case-control studies. Ann Oncol. 2007;18:40-44.
Gurney JG, Pogoda JM, Holly EA, et al. Aspartame consumption in relation to childhood brain tumor risk: results from a case-control study. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1997;89:1072-1074.
Lim U, Subar AF, Mouw T, et al. Consumption of aspartame-containing beverages and incidence of hematopoietic and brain malignancies. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2006;15:1654–1659.
Magnuson BA, Burdock GA, Doull J, Kroes RM, Marsh GM, Pariza MW, Spencer PS, Waddell WJ, Walker R, Williams GM. Aspartame: a safety evaluation based on current use levels, regulations, and toxicological and epidemiological studies. Crit Rev Toxicol. 2007;37(8):629-727.
National Cancer Institute. Artificial sweeteners and cancer. 2009. Accessed at www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/artificial-sweeteners on April 8, 2014.
Olney JW. Farber NB, Spitznagel E, Robins LN. Increasing brain cancer rates: is there a link to aspartame? J Neuropathol Experimental Neurol. 1996:55:1115-1123.
Schernhammer ES, Bertrand KA, Birmann BM, Sampson L, Willett WC, Feskanich D. Consumption of artificial sweetener- and sugar-containing soda and risk of lymphoma and leukemia in men and women. Am J Clin Nutr. 2012 Dec;96(6):1419-28. Epub 2012 Oct 24. Erratum in: Am J Clin Nutr. 2013 Aug;98(2):512.
Soffritti M, Belpoggi F, Tibaldi E, et al. Life-span exposure to low doses of aspartame beginning during prenatal life increases cancer effects in rats. Environ Health Perspect. 2007;115:1293-1297.
Yost D. Clinical safety of aspartame. Am Fam Physician. 1989;39:201-206.
Last Medical Review: May 28, 2014 Last Revised: April 30, 2018
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Way too much free time
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Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2005 9:46 pm
Post subject: Is it possible to finish Bow&Arrow?
I'm not sure if Bow and Arrow was a DOS game, but I think I remember playing it on win 3.11, so it is at least from the same era. Most people probably know what game I'm talking about: you shoot at balloons, shurikens, bubbles etc by moving your character up and down the left of screen and shooting.
Anyway, I get up to about the ninth level with 'treemen' on the right of screen hurling apples. Is there any way to finish this level?
I could ask the same question for skifree, though I'm nearly positive you can't avoid being eaten by the monster.
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King of the Carrot Flowers
Joined: 01 May 2003
Posts: 4667
Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 6:08 pm
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Yes.. it is possible to finish bow and arrow. IT was for win 3.11
YOu have to hit the tree men i think.
As for Ski free you can avoid getting eaten for a prolonged period of time (sorta like a race) but im not sure how.
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John The Ax
Joined: 15 Sep 2002
Posts: 1476
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 9:14 pm
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If I recall about Skifree, it's impossible to get very far, but once you reach the bottom you appear at the top, have to dodge another Yeti (nearly impossible) and I assume repeat endlessly.
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Joined: 27 Apr 2003
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Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 8:40 am
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Wally*Won_Kenobie wrote:
Yes.. it is possible to finish bow and arrow. IT was for win 3.11
YOu have to hit the tree men i think.
As for Ski free you can avoid getting eaten for a prolonged period of time (sorta like a race) but im not sure how.
Hit the tree man how many times? I remember getting stuck at that level too a long time ago. Think I ever hit many apples or the tree man before.
As for Ski-free, I ever read on some website that it was possible to finish. It gave hints like setting trees on fire, jumping, avoiding Yeti and 'F' or something for turbo speed. However, I gave up playing that a long time ago as I always got eaten. It was amusing at first but later not fun getting eaten all the time. If I can find back when I read it, I'll post again.
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King of the Carrot Flowers
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Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 11:35 pm
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Actually as i recall it..
Yetis appear everywhere.. MY friend had about 10 chasing him :| he had them right at the top of the screen
As for the trees on Bow and Arrow. I would have to try it again myself.. Im sure it had something to do with the apples or their arms..
Alas Save frequently.
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 3:58 pm
Post subject: bow and arrow
I've been playing the game.. and i've aimed for the treeman and stuff but they will never die.. does anyone actually know how to beat the game??? please help..
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Hamachi Guardian
Joined: 29 Jun 2003
Posts: 1556
Location: Croatia
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2005 6:56 am
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Those games sound great can i download the from anywhere for free?
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Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 12:35 pm
Post subject: It is impossible
It is impossible to beat the game, because you have to pay for it.
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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 8:37 am
Post subject: Question
can somebody send me the game or the link to the game where i can download it?..
maybe with a pm or mail me..
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Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 12:28 pm
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I'll be damned - I could never get past the treemen either. Doesn't it say "I hope the message got out" or something?
And I figure that while you can get past the Yeti bear thing once or twice, there's not much point to it.
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King of the Carrot Flowers
Joined: 01 May 2003
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Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 5:40 pm
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hrrrm the treemen seem impossible.
I USED TO be able to do it.
After the tree men was .... I wont say
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Lord of Gaming
Joined: 03 Apr 2006
Posts: 231
Location: NSW, Australia
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2006 3:32 am
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Ski Free "Hints"
Use the no clip cheat, if it works (i just looked this up for you). Then you can see if it has an end or not.
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Larry Laffer
Joined: 19 Feb 2006
Posts: 4143
Location: Romania
Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 6:51 am
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I'm not going to read all this gibberish... on the level with the pigeon and black eagles... DON'T let any eagle escape... if U kill them all on the level with the trees U will shoot with a burning arrow.
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Larry Laffer
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Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 6:54 am
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Hey after aI finaly read all this gibberish... I found out that I'm the only one who reached level 11(afterwards it promts U to buy more levels)
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Larry Laffer
Joined: 19 Feb 2006
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Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 7:10 am
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It DOES
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John Di Troia
Joined: 30 Apr 2006
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Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 9:38 pm
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I keep searching the unabridged version!
Never finded... Searched Google, Emule...
I've send money to this guy, but he didn't send me the game!
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Posted: Tue Aug 15, 2006 9:31 pm
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I have actually finished the Bow and Arrow game before but my version works in Windows, not DOS. I received the full, unabridged version V1.0 from John Di Troia, 5 Mt. Pleasant Street, Saugur, Ma 01906. Price $12.00. I have lost my disc and plan to reorder from him. I did not have any problem before in receiving my order from him after he received my payment. It is really a fun game - especially the full version. It's a real challenge to get to the final level. Enjoy
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Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 2:34 pm
Post subject: Bow & Arrow: The Treemen
To Shoot the Treemen: End the previous level with your archer at the upper 1/3 of the screen.
The goal is to shoot the arrow through the flame so that a flaming arrow hits the tree and burns up the tree. You can align your arrows exactly with the apples so that you shoot the apple and wait for the flame to come to the tree you are in alignment with. Then, shoot 2 arrows, one for the apple and one for the tree and hope you get a flaming arrow to hit the tree.
Or better, shoot the arrow slightly above the apple line, catching the flame, alighting the arrow and shooting the tree at its top, just above its apple-throwing plane.
To do this, end the previous level with your archer in the upper 1/3 of the screen, then wait for the flame and shoot the tree that is 2nd from the top. Move up above the top apple and shoot the top tree through the flame. Quickly move down slightly to align your archer with the top tree's apple so you can shoot it and not get hit. Now, both top 2 trees are gone. When all their apples are gone, and the flame is approaching the 3rd tree, drop down in between apples and shoot, catching the flame above the apple line, then move quickly back up into the blank space. Wait for all 3rd tree's apples to be gone, then, when the flame is approaching, drop down in between apples and shoot, catching the flame with your arrow, again above the apple line so that the flaming arrow hits the tree at its top.
Continue until all the trees are gone except the last. Hover just above the apples of the last tree and wait until the flame disappears off the top of the screen. Then, drop down between the apples and fire 2 arrows, then very quickly move back up above the tree. You should get the last tree.
Do you know where I can get the complete version of this game? I have the abridged version that came in a shareware package.
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 2:29 am
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Ski-Free : Whenever the Yeti chased me my little man stopped ski-ing anf waited for the Yeti to eat him?
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Larry Laffer
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Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 1:56 am
Post subject: Re: Bow & Arrow: The Treemen
MAM wrote:
To Shoot the Treemen: End the previous level with your archer at the upper 1/3 of the screen.
It's got nothing to do with finishing in the upper 1/3 of the screen you just have to kill all those black birds
Gamer I played the win version and there you kept skying until the yeti got to you(wich is after 4 or 5 meters)
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The long wait for precipitation any precipitation appears to be over.
National Weather Service meteorologists in Grand Junction say theres a 70 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms today and snow in Durango by Saturday.
A winter storm warning the result of a vigorous Pacific storm pushing across the Great Basin will be in effect from 6 a.m. to midnight today.
Fire officials are expecting help from the change in weather to assist dousing the Vallecito Fire north of Durango and the Coal Creek Fire northeast of Pagosa Springs.
Tonight, rain could turn to snow 1 to 3 inches possible above 8,500 feet elevation as temperatures drop to the mid-20s. The chance for precipitation is 80 percent.
Snow 2 to 4 inches may be found in most valleys Saturday as temperatures drop into the low teens.
The chance for snow Saturday night falls to 50 percent. Theres a chance of snow Sunday, particularly over the high mountains, before 11 a.m. as clearing begins.
Clearing will bring frigid temperatures, with lows of 4, 10 and 18 degrees Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, respectively.
It will be sunny or partly cloudy through Thursday.
Colorado Department of Transportation crews on U.S. Highway 550 over Coal Bank, Molas and Red Mountain passes are preparing for a foot of snow, spokeswoman Nancy Shanks said Thursday.
One crew is on an eight-hour shift and two crews are working 12-hour shifts, Shanks said.
Motorists on Highway 550 should be prepared for icy roads, and they would be wise to have snow tires, Shanks said. The chain law, which requires chains on commercial vehicles, likely will be in effect.
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In last month's "Code Basics" article, starting on page 56 of the September issue, we spent most of our time discussing Class 1 circuits. Now, it's time to switch gears and focus on Class 2 and 3. Remember, these circuits are defined by their power sources, which must be one of the following:
A listed Class 2 or Class 3 transformer.
A listed Class 2 or Class 3 power supply.
Equipment listed as a Class 2 or Class 3 power source.
Listed information technology equipment.
A dry cell battery rated 30V or less for a Class 2 circuit.
These power sources are listed in 725.41(A)(1) through (5). Note that item No. 3 has two exceptions:
- Exception 1: Thermocouples.
- Exception 2: Limited power circuits.
These have an energy level at or below the limits in Chapter 9, Table 11(A) and Table 11(B). This Exception is intended to apply to programmable logic control I/O circuits.
Equipment supplying Class 2 or 3 circuits must be marked to indicate each circuit that is a Class 2 or 3 circuit [725.42]. Remember that the Class 2 or 3 circuit begins at the power supply. That means conductors and equipment on the supply side of the Class 2 or 3 power source must be installed in accordance with Chapters 1 through 4 [725.51].
Reclassification You can reclassify Class 2 or 3 circuits as Class 1 circuits simply by eliminating the Class 2 and Class 3 equipment markings required by 725.42, but you must install the entire circuit in a Chapter 3 wiring method [725.55(D)(2)(b)].
You might not want to do that, however. If you reclassify these circuits, then you can't install them with Class 2 or 3 circuits that have not been reclassified as Class 1 [725.55]. Reclassifying the circuit allows the Class 1 circuit to be installed with functionally associated power circuits per 725.26(B)(1).
Separation,. Separation helps prevent a fire or shock hazard that could occur from a fault between the Class 2 or 3 circuit and the higher-voltage circuits. You can install Class 2 and 3 cables in the same raceway or enclosure with:
Communications wires and cables [800.133(A)]
Power-limited fire alarm cables [760.56]
Optical fiber cables [770.133(B)]
CATV cables [820.133(A)], and
Low-power network broadband [See 725.56(E)(5)].
You cannot place Class 2 or 3 conductors in any enclosure, raceway, or cable with conductors of electric light, power, Class 1, or nonpower-limited fire alarm circuits, except as permitted in 725.55(B) through (J), as shown in Fig. 1.
For example, you can install Class 2 and 3 circuits in the same enclosure as electric light, power, Class 1, and nonpower-limited fire alarm circuits if they are separated by a barrier (Fig. 2).
Combinations Listed Class 2 cables have 150V insulation, whereas listed Class 3 cables are rated 300V [725.82(G)]. Spelled out in 725.56, this has implications for running Class 2 and 3 together in the same cable, enclosure, or raceway.
You can run Class 2 and 3 conductors within the same cable with communications conductors, if the cables are listed as communications cables or multipurpose cables and they are installed per Art. 800 [800.113 and 800.133(A)(1)(b)]. A common application of this requirement is when a single communications cable is used for both voice communications and data [725.56(D)(1)], as shown in Fig. 3.
Class 2 or 3 cables can be in the same raceway or enclosure as jacketed cables of any of the following [725.56(E)]:
Power-limited fire alarm circuits in compliance with Art. 760.
Nonconductive and conductive optical fiber cables in compliance with Art. 770.
Communications circuits in compliance with Art. 800.
Coaxial cables in compliance with Art. 820.
Support Don't use a raceway to support Class 2 or 3 cables. This is a common Code violation, and is not known by many installers and inspectors. Support these cables by the structural components of the building to prevent damage from normal building use. Secure cables by the appropriate straps, staples, hangers, or fittings — and install them so as not to damage the cable [725.8].
Class 2 control cables can, however, be supported by the raceway that supplies power to the equipment controlled by the Class 2 cable [725.58, 300.11(B)(2)].
Fit the application Make sure the cable or raceway being used as a wiring method within a building is listed and marked for the application. You'll find the application rules in 725.61 and the related listing requirements in 725.82. Here are some highlights.
You can't install Class 2 or 3 cables in constructed ducts or plenums [725.3(C)], unless they act directly on the contained air, are installed using a wiring method described in 300.22(B), and are plenum-rated.
You can install plenum-rated cables above a suspended ceiling or below a raised floor used for environmental air [725.61(A)]. You can also install listed plenum-rated raceways above a suspended ceiling or below a raised floor used for environmental air [300.22(C)(2)], but only if the cables contained in these raceways are also plenum-rated, such as Types CL2P or CL3P [725.61(A)], as shown in Fig. 4.
To install Class 2 and 3 cables that are not plenum-rated above a suspended ceiling or below a raised floor used for environmental air, you have to put them in a metal raceway [300.22(C)(1)]. Metal raceways containing circuit conductors from a power-supply system that operates at 50V or less aren't required to be grounded (bonded) to an effective ground-fault current path [250.86 and 250.112(I)].
You can install types CL2, CL2X, CL3, or CL3X cables in locations other than ducts, plenums, or other environmental air spaces in any occupancy. Are you installing cable between more than one floor? Then you use one of the three methods described in 725.61(B).
The requirements for Class 2 and 3 circuits can quickly become mind-boggling, if you don't approach them methodically. Follow these steps to avoid confusion and Code violations:
Understand the power level on the load side, so you can determine if a circuit is Class 1, 2, or 3.
Determine the route of the cabling and raceway. Can you simplify things by avoiding risers and environmental air space?
Understand the application. Review each of the eight application types in 725.61 to determine which application you have. This will tell you what the rules are for your application.
Follow the listings. Review your planned bill of materials against the requirements of 725.82 to ensure you are using the correct cables and raceways. Note any special installation requirements, such as those noted in 725.82(E).
Review the general requirements for remote control, signaling, and power-limited circuits, before finalizing your design, bill of materials, and work plans.
With this approach, you will find it fairly easy to meet the requirements for Class 2 or 3 circuits. Although it may be tempting to gloss over these and just get going with the installation, giving in to that temptation can mean you'll be ripping out a Class 2 or 3 installation and starting over. Save time by doing the job right the first time.


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I don't know if I would put the dog to sleep if it is only resource guarding. Is it aggressive in other situations? Does it resource guard with everyone, or just the kids?
msvette2u wrote:Well it would have to be NILIF'ed to the HILT - problem is, who will be able to do this with the dog? Most people don't have an idea of the concept. If this can't be done the dog could be a serious danger to the public.
houlabulla? wrote:Definately should have never happened. In fact I met this foster and when I saw she had such a little girl, I commented to her... God I always wondered how someone with young children could raise a puppy. With Rocky's energy and tendency to be nippy at 4 mos even sometimes at the face. I could never imagine having a young children and a puppy. I have 11 yr old and 16year old. And that was a challenge. I would never recommend a puppy for families with children under the age of 10. Especially if it is first family dog. I do not condone my 10 yr old getting down on the floor with Rocky. Plain and simple. As a parent I recommend, A FOSTER RESCUE DOG SHOULD NOT BE IN A HOME WITH YOUNG CHILDREN.
msvette2u wrote:At 4.5 mos. of age, and guarding to the extent that people are getting bit, that dog needs to be PTS. It is my belief that there's too many good dogs without such issues that can be rescued. Why waste your time on one that's got these dangerous tendencies. But that's just my opinion as an ACO.
Maryellen wrote:once arturo is adopted i am done with this rescue, i only took him as a favor to them, they asked for my help .. if i had known what would go about i would have never offered my home to arturo..
i told the foster to use nilif, and to keep the kids away from the dog when he had toys/bones.. but it fell on deaf ears...
Maryellen wrote:since the rescue doesnt believe a word i said about mosley and they are listening to the foster mom he will probably be adopted out.. which is very sad....
Maryellen wrote:because the foster mom is telling the rescue that everything is great.. and the rescue told me that due to conflicting stories from me and her, they are calling everyone involved to get the true story... even the vet and the techs told the rescue that the foster couldnt control the dog or the kids at the visit...and since i have arturo, i have to wait it out w/ the rescue until he is adopted.. mosley can go to a kennel, but right now he is quarantine at the rescue vets office for 10 days due to the bite..and i found out they dont like euthing dogs that bite either.. which i am not saying should happen to mosley, i just want him into a better foster home. to reevaluate him..
Maryellen wrote:the dog showed no issues at his initial test at the owners house.. the rescue placed him not knowing he would have resource guarding issues, but once they were notified they said they tried to find a new foster home.. but it never happened.. i tried for 3 weeks to get that dog out of there, and i have my emails tothem to proveit.. once arturo is adopted i am done with this rescue, the worst part is they asked me for my help... when i told them what was going on, they didnt believe me because the foster parent LIED and said the dog was doing WONDERFULLLY.... when arturo is adopted i am going to ream them all new assholes, and fully let them know how i feel and what the ramifications are. and the vet has no problem euthing the dog, its the RESCUE that is not wanting too... i found out alot about this rescue in the past 2 weeks, which is not what i like, but to be fair to arturo i have to bite my tongue for now until he is gone.. then, look out , i will show the bitch in me and let them have it
Maryellen wrote:after dealing with this idiot of a rescue i think i am done with rescueing for a while if not for good.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The increasing number of preterm births in the U.S. during the early 1990s and 2000s appear linked to the increasing number of medically induced labors, according to a new study.
The number of preterm births across the U.S. rose by 30 percent between 1992 and 2004, and that increase may be attributable to the number of medically induced labors, which nearly doubled during the same period, researchers found.
Doctors induce labor in women for various reasons, including medical problems with the baby or a woman being past due for delivery. Some doctors, however, may be inducing labor around the 34th week of pregnancy, which is considered preterm even though it is near the end of a typical 37- to 39-week gestation.
Past studies have shown that being preterm - even late preterm - increases a baby's risk for complications soon after delivery, such as needing to be put on a respirator, as well as for problems later in life.
So the fear is that the rising number of preterm babies increases the number at risk for these complications.
The study's senior researcher said he doesn't think doctors are inducing labor for non-medical reasons; they may just be erring on the side of caution by delivering the babies early for good medical reasons.
The problem, said Dr. Michael Kramer, is that the decision to do early labor induction is "socially contagious."
"I think the threshold has been going down for induction over the years, and I don't think we've shown that's been a benefit," said Kramer, of the McGill University Faculty of Medicine in Montreal.
To see whether increased rates of labor induction were linked to the rise in preterm births, Kramer and his colleague used data from the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics to compare the labor induction and preterm birth rates in each state for non-Hispanic white women between 1992 to 1994 and 2002 to 2004.
Overall, preterm births increased by nearly a third over those 13 years, from 6.4 percent in 1992 to 8.5 percent in 2004. During that time, labor inductions rose from 13.7 percent in 1992 to 26 percent.
The researchers, who published their study in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, also examined whether C-sections were linked to the rise in preterm births.
While there was a rise in C-sections throughout the U.S. during the study period, the researchers say that is not a major factor contributing to preterm births because most C-sections are done during naturally-occurring labors - not during early inductions of labor.
Kramer told Reuters Health that he believes doctors can curb the rise in preterm births without conferring additional risk on the babies. That goal is already being realized in Ohio.
Through an elective education program known as the Ohio Perinatal Quality Collaborative, more women appear to be delivering their babies near full term (39 to 41 weeks) instead of "near term" (36 to 38 weeks) since the initiative started in 2008.
"It's tremendously successful and thousands of women in Ohio have moved to late-term delivery from pre-term delivery," said Dr. Michele Walsh, a member of OPQC and chief of neonatology at UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital in Cleveland.
For women in other states, Kramer told Reuters Health that women should be involved in their medical decisions and understand labor induction carries some risk.
SOURCE: http://bit.ly/T0RzT9 BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, online August 13, 2012.


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Zane and Tally kiss like 10 times in four or five chapters like every time they climbed onto a new building in that cure scene ugh
I really liked this book, but the first one was alot better! And even though this one ended on a cliff-hanger I thought that the ending of the first book was better aswell. But I really liked this book and it's ALOT better then some other books i've read!
Oh my goodness!
This book left me angered and curious.
They put the end on a cliffhanger.
The book got better and better and better and better...
It thought is would end wayy differently.
This was way better than I thought, lol.
I didn't jump right into this book after I finished Uglies because I wasn't sure if I really wanted to continue on with it. But every time I saw it sitting there I just thought I mine as well read it. I was actually surprised with this sequel. I really wasn't expecting it to be that good but I found myself getting quite attached. We join Tally as a pretty in the sequel, something she's always wanted to be when she was an ugly. But now that she is a pretty, she's not enjoying it as much as she thought she would. Here's what surprised me: You don't hear from David until near the end. But during the main duration of the book, Tally surprisingly gets a boyfriend named Zane, who in my opinion, I like better. In the beginning, I was very weary of him. But I found he's just so much more like Tally I found and the way the author described him, I fell in love with his character. There was a lot more action in this book then I found in the last which I loved. I also liked how we actually got to see how a pretty mind thinks and see their kind of slang with words like; Bogus and bubbly. The ending was great and now I do want to pick up the third and final book. So overall, I give this book 4 out of 5 stars.
- @Alicat15 of the Teen Review Board of the Hamilton Public Library
My friend got me the uglies and pretties book for my birthday and I read the uglies and really liked it but I didn't expect the second book to be as good. It was way better than I expected. Just like the uglies book, I would definitely recommend it to anyone.
Complete non-stop action, if you like futuristic, dystopia, action, read this book! I absolutely love this series, and it's one that will make you want to hunt the author down, haha just kidding . . . maybe. But seriously there are so many twists and turns I couldn't stop reading.
I think this sequel to "Uglies" is almost better than the first. Action packed and full of thrills, the twist at the end has me waiting very impatiently for the next one.
This is an interesting follow-up to Uglies, which I remember enjoying despite a bit of an unbelievable premise. This volume brings up some deep questions about identity, as Tally begins the book with lesions on her brain, missing most of her memories about what happened in the previous book. When she finds the truth, she wonders if the surgery has transformed her into a different person. It's an exciting book, a good pick for reluctant readers since something is happening in almost every chapter.
Prettiest was an amazing follow up to Uglies. Normally, the second book isn't as good as the first, but this book was packed with the same action and romance, and the blood curling cliff hanger at the end. I completely enjoyed this book.
This YA novel was so interesting to read. It satisfyingly quenched my thirst for seeing what is was like to be a pretty. It was also fun to learn all of the new pretty lingo and get a peak at what their parties are like. Additionally, I love the cover art of this series! The legs with the surgical marks is genius! I know you're not supposed to judge a book by it's cover, but an interesting cover really draws you in.
If I had to choose one con about this book, it would probably be that Tally didn't stay in the New Smoke for long. I was so curious to see what it would be like, but once she got there the specials just took her away again. It also kind of bothers me how David didn't really put up a fight for Tally. It's like he didn't really care that she chose Zane when David was gone. I mean, I know he put up a little fight at the end when Tally wanted to wait for the Specials with Zane, but it seemed like he was just trying to save her life, he wasn't actually doing it because he wanted to be with her and he loved her. And then he left so easily when she insulted him. Couldn't he see through that?
Over all, I highly recommend Prettiest by Scott Westerfeld. An absolutely fascinating work of art.
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theh second book in the uglies series. it follows tally Youngblood as a Pretty and as she curing herself from the brain leisions
Pretties picks up where Uglies left off. Tally has been turned pretty and dull-witted. Tally loves the pretty life of partying, drinking, and doing whatever she wants. She has a lot of fun with it, until one day at a costume party, she sees someone in a specials costume, and she starts feeling like something's not right with her world. Together with Zane, another pretty, Tally must track down the clue to her past as an ugly. When she does though, the repercussions of her choices afterward will continue long into the book. As Tally remembers the truth, she tries to figure out a way to help the other pretties and to save herself and Zane as well.
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"At least one thing was consistent about her life: It just kept on getting more complicated."
"What happens when perfection isn't good enough?"
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OCEAN CITY – Ocean City police had a busy week with illegal narcotics investigations, recording well over 100 drug arrests, ranging from simple possession to larger scale distribution, marking a sign of the season in the summer resort.
With thousands of recent graduates in the resort, along with countless other visitors, Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) in the last week or so have stepped up their aggressive campaign to stop illegal drug sales and use with usual results.
During the one-week period that ended on Tuesday, the OCPD recorded 112 controlled dangerous substance-related arrests with its aggressive buy-bust campaign in areas traditionally known for drug dealing in the resort.
At all times of the year, but especially at this time of year, we're being very aggressive in the pursuit and arrest of those attempting to deal drugs in Ocean City, said OCPD Public Information Officer Mike Levy. We're being extremely vigilant about the sale and purchase of narcotics on our streets and on the Boardwalk in particular.
Levy said the OCPD wages a year-long battle against illegal narcotics in the resort, but the efforts are stepped up during the summer season when the activity typically reaches a peak.
It's all in the interest in keeping Ocean City free of narcotics, he said. If you are a citizen or visitor to this town and you're dealing drugs, you're probably going to encounter one or more of our many undercover narcotics officers.
For example, last Thursday, three men, one of whom had sold heroin and cocaine to an undercover officer on different occasions in the week prior, were arrested on various charges after consummating a deal with an OCPD detective in a vehicle in the 10th Street area.
Around 3:45 p.m., the undercover officer made contact via cell phone with a dealer he had been tracking since May seeking to buy $100 worth of heroin and $50 worth of crack cocaine.
The suspected dealer, identified as Ricky Comegys, 39, of Baltimore, told the undercover officer he was leaving Salisbury and would contact him when he got to Ocean City.
Around 5:30 p.m., Comegys called the officer and told him he would meet in the area of 10th Street shortly. When Comegys arrived, he had two other individuals in the vehicle with him, later identified as Donya Irish Dewitt, 39, of Baltimore, and Reginald Lamar Jenkins, Jr., 29, of Salisbury.
The undercover officer had targeted Comegys since May and had arranged similar drug buys on June 4 and June 5. Following his arrest last Thursday, Comegys was charged with possession and distribution of cocaine and heroin. Jenkins and Dewitt were both charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and heroin.
Last Friday, two undercover OCPD detectives working in the area of Sunset and Judlee avenues attempted to purchase narcotics from individuals in the area. The officers approached an individual, later identified as Kyle Everhart Pennington, 22, of Sykesville, and asked about purchasing white girl, which is street slang for powder cocaine.
Pennington told the officers he had a $55 bag of cocaine to sell them and the officers told the suspect they needed to get some money to make the purchase. Pennington told the officers he would meet them at the corner of Bayshore Drive and Judlee when they had the money for the purchase.
A short time later, the undercover officers met Pennington again and told him to get in the back of their vehicle. After the deal was completed, Pennington got out of the vehicle and was immediately taken into custody.
On Saturday, undercover OCPD officers were working a buy-bust detail in the area of St. Louis Ave. when they approached two individuals and inquired about purchasing marijuana.
The two suspects, later identified as Zachary R. Wittman and Kyler Killian, both 19 and both of Middletown, Pa., walked to a vehicle parked directly in front of the undercover officers' vehicle.
Wittman and Killian handed the agreed upon amount of pot to the undercover officers through the window of their vehicle. Two uniformed officers then arrested Killian and Wittman without incident.
Killian was charged with possession and distribution of marijuana, while Wittman was charged with conspiracy to distribute marijuana. A search of their vehicle turned up an unknown quantity of weed and a digital scale.
Last Thursday, an OCPD officer on uniformed bike patrol observed a vehicle heading south on St. Louis Ave. with a taillight flashing on and off, suggesting it had a loose wire.
The officer pulled over the vehicle and approached the driver's side door when he observed the driver, identified as Brendin Wessman, 25, of Berlin, and the passenger, Robert Lee Francisco, 20, of Georgetown, Del., attempting to conceal something near the passenger's hip and front left pocket.
The officer called for backup and a K-9 search revealed ecstasy, methadone and marijuana in amounts suggesting distribution, along with currency packaged in such a way to suggest distribution.
June 18, 2010
City Police Record 112 Drug Arrests In A Week
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Call me weird, but I loved the Fairy Dance Arc. Perhaps it's because I'm a fast reader, so I didn't feel it draggy, and it deliciously destroyed the Imouto-First Cousin romance angle, and it actually makes much more sense after noticing that quite alot of the Pre-Asuna stories are dedicated to Kirito's Imouto complex (and he has a huge, huge one to overcome, just read First Day)
The thing is, Sugaha existed in a "spiritual" sense of sorts, throughout much of the Aincard arc. Almost half of Kirito's time in SAO, for a period stretching from his joining of the Black Cats to probably shortly before Murder is a product of his strange relationship with his Sister-Cousin. She didn't come out of no-where- Sugaha is probably why Kirito had a Dulcinea effect filtered for younger Imouto like figures in distress. Ultimately though, we'd have to wait for Progressivi to see the full details of this.
The thing I didn't enjoy about the Aincard arc was it's fragmentary nature. That being said, the Aincard arc indeed is the longest arc, in terms of implied materials, and the most critical arc of all. Indeed, I think you can see the Aincard arc taking place in several phases. Pre-Aria, Pre-Black Cats, Black Cats, Red Nose Reindeer, Black Swordsman, Murder to Main plot, and the bulk of Volume 1 itself. Each have a rather different paradigm - I think that Kirito's troubled relations with his Sister took prominence in various phases - asserting that Sugaha is irrelevant only holds true if you look at SAO from the prism of the Volume 1 Arc, where Kirito's social needs were being fulfilled on a completely different paradigm via Asuna.
But the Kiri-Asu Paradigm was not the predominant one Kirito held until the last six months in Aincrad.
If you take the whole Aincard arc together though, then Fairy Dance makes quite alot more sense. Since Sugaha has always been with Kirito's consciousness in "spirit", it underlies his decision making processes, and character in the Black Cat, RNR and Black Swordsman Phase, and even Warmth of the Heart - Fairy Dance concluded that Imouto Complex bird for good, while developing the Asuna-factor of Kirito's psyche further in place of that Imouto Complex. So, I won't be that quick to dismiss Sugaha's relevance, especially after the Volume 8 Side stories.
GGO would have been seen as something utterly new, though still set in the SAO Universe. The whole feel is different from SAO - that's not to say it's worst than the Aincrad arc, it's just in a different genre altogether, with a different, not inherently worse premise.
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As for the whole FD debate, I'll just say that Nova said what I wanted to say, and leave at that.
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As has been said, Asuna character in SAO is mainly "the one that saves Kirito", and not in the sense that Kirito is a damsel in distress, but he needs her around him to fix his issues. So continuing to have Asuna around him after SAO all the time does not prove anything toward Kirito's character development. Him doing the right things things and not taking the easy way out in Asuna's absence proves how far he's come. So for the continuition we need Kirito back in an VRMMO risking his life (or something else that matters on the line), there needs to be a reason for Asuna's absence. Additionally, retroactively after Volumes 2 and 8 it becomes apparent that a lot of Kirito's problems stem from his relationship with his sister.
So to that extent Fairy Dance seems essentail enough to me. I agree that turning Asuna into the fair maiden the evil king trapped at the top of the tower is an outright parody of the damsel in distress and no matter how you look at it, it just doesn't allow for Asuna to do a whole lot for her own character. It certainly took the easy way out, hence Volume 7.
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It's interesting really, that contrary to the picture in Volume 1, Asuna did not merely represented a straight up romance, but a complete Mind-set shift and re-framing of the parameters of Kirito's on problems. I think when set against Kirito's Imouto issues dominating his state of mind across most of SAO, Asuna presented an "Outside Context" Intervention, in a good way - a female who was neither an Imouto Substitute, like Sachi or Silica. nor significantly older. It'll be interesting to see whether Progressive will explore how Kirito-Asuna intersects with that Imouto angle of Kirito's issues, or whether KiritoX Asuna broke that paradigm.
And of course, once that Paradigm was broken, Su-chan stood no chance.
I still wonder whether Asuna realized how big an Imouto-Complex Kirito was struggling through. The thing is, we don't really see much of how Kirito managed that part of him in between RNR, Black Swordsman and Murder, though certainly, his encounter with Silica probably helped quite a bit.
Though I think Mother's Rosario is one of the strongest volumes out there in the SAO canon. Really, Asuna is an awesome standalone heroine on her on, after Aincrad.
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In other words an unhappy princess.
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The description Durarara gave is also pretty accurate
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And she's also very suicidal after being trapped in Aincrad.
Spoiler for Asuna's first comments to Kirito, per Aria sidestory:
She's spoiled, yes, but spoiled sweet and had high expectations that she worked hard to live up to.
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But the initial Asuna was suicidal in part because of that sudden over-turning of her entire prior world-view. Kirito gave her a reason to live, to bring her out of that suicidal state.
I think it's interesting to note that Aria, Rondo and Monochrome have a completely different vibe to them from RNR and Black Swordsman, and even Warmth of the Heart. Again, the concept of a relationship between equals- which is why I think Kirito's relationship with Asuna operated on a different paradigm than the Pesudo-Onii Chan Relationship he had with the far more dependent and less mature Sachi or Silica.
I guess that's why it's very difficult to see how the author plans from getting from Monochrome to the Black Cats.
I think the theme of Life Purpose also runs very strongly in SAO. Not only with Asuna and Kirito, but even other protagonists like Sinon, and even Alicization focuses heavily on that.
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Putting the arguments aside, I have finished the Phantom Bullet arc. Actually I finished it last night at about 3:30 AM, so I went to bed rather than comment on it right away. Anyway. I found Sinon's story and situations to be very powerful. The author must be quite impressive to have this level of emotional impact carry across through translations. I could feel Sinon's fear when she thought Death Gun was actually going to kill her, when she had a relapse, when she realized there was probably someone standing in her room at that moment, ready to kill her body in real life as soon as she was shot in the game. I was afraid for her when I suddenly realized that the friend she had trusted was insane, and had come there to either rape her or kill her. I was touched at the end when the woman came to thank Sinon for saving her and her unborn daughter five years ago, and I teared up when the daughter gave Sinon the handmade card, thanking her for saving them both.
This is a separate story, and I agree the anime has no need to so far as to try adapting it, but it is still very good. It hits the right notes, introducing a new character and then really making me care about her. I liked this a lot.
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1 - The interaction at the bread scene and then the bath scene rekindles Asuna's feeling of being alive. This contributes to point 3.
2 - Her awe at Kirito's strength in battle, inspiring her to become stronger to match a warrior like him, which contributes to point 3.
3 - Clearing the first boss battle. Makes her realize that there is still hope to survive the game.
4 - Finally, Kirito's encouragement of her skill and that she should join a guild.
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Sarah Hat Inspired Corduroy Hat
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by Eurenice
Manila, Philippines
I'm going to apologize in advance if I made a mistake on this post, because it is my first and not quite sure what are the particulars.
A hat made from the instructions of original Sara hat, though with a change of material into corduroy leftover clothe and linen.
Actually this is my first more complicated sewing project of a head wear and since I really don't have a machine yet, I use hand sewing methods instead.
I'm not so sure of the quality, and I made mistakes here and there that I just made some design adjustment so it won't be that obvious to the eye. Which it kind of made the style a little different and on my own. Like I made of mistake of closing the band before sewing it on the edges, so I just cover it up with what looks like pants belt holders and adjust the visor, so it will not look obvious.
For design aesthetics and purpose, I adding eyelets so I can add chains if I want to change the style a bit to match outfits.
I'm not really that good with sizing up patterns yet, so though the Sara hat has a pdf of of the main body of the hat, I research and get the body with accurate sizing from other free projects on the net.
I'm sorry if I can't identify any techniques I use into words, because I just know them by look; but not in name.
Material Notes
Corduroy is kind of hard to work in the curves of the stitches since it already has embossed lines to work with.
Linen is much easier to work with, with stitches that can be straighten easily through curves.
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Aug 5, 2013, 07.22 AMby Ellen Hatteland
Nice! I just love hats ;)
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