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Sean Parnell
|Sean Parnell
|10th Governor of Alaska
|Assumed office
July 26, 2009
Craig Campbell
Mead Treadwell
|Preceded by
|Sarah Palin
|9th Lieutenant Governor of Alaska
|In office
December 4, 2006 – July 26, 2009
|Sarah Palin
|Preceded by
|Loren Leman
|Succeeded by
|Craig Campbell
|Member of the Alaska Senate
from the 1st district
|In office
January 13, 1997 – January 13, 2001
|Preceded by
|Steve Rieger
|Succeeded by
|John Cowdery
|Member of the Alaska House of Representatives
from the 17th district
|In office
January 11, 1993 – January 12, 1997
|Preceded by
|Constituency established
|Succeeded by
|John Cowdery
|Personal details
November 19, 1962
Hanford, California, U.S.
|Political party
|Sandra Scebold (1987–present)
|Governor's Mansion
|Alma mater
|Pacific Lutheran University (B.B.A.)
University of Puget Sound (J.D.)
|Non-denominational Christian[1]
|Official website
Sean R. Parnell (born November 19, 1962) is an American politician and the 10th and current Governor of Alaska. A member of the Republican Party, Parnell was sworn into office on July 26, 2009, succeeding Governor Sarah Palin after her resignation.[2][3]
Born in Hanford, California, Parnell is a graduate from the University of Puget Sound School of Law. Parnell entered private practice before being elected to the Alaska House of Representatives in 1992. He served two terms in the Alaska House from 1993 to 1997 when he was elected to one term in the Alaska Senate from 1997 to 2001. Parnell then entered the private sector as a lobbyist, becoming the Alaska government relations director for ConocoPhillips and an advisor at the lobbying firm Patton Boggs.
Returning to public service, Parnell was selected as the running mate to Sarah Palin's 2006 gubernatorial campaign, where they defeated former Democratic Governor Tony Knowles. Parnell was sworn in as Lieutenant Governor of Alaska in December 2006 and later assumed the governorship after Palin resigned in July 2009. Parnell was elected to a full term as Governor in 2010, defeating former State Senator Ethan Berkowitz in the general election. Parnell is the first unelected Alaska Governor to be elected in his own right.[4]
Early life, education, and law career[edit]
Sean Parnell was born in Hanford, California, the elder of two sons of Thelma Carol (née Liebherr) and Kevin Patrick "Pat" Parnell.[5] Two of his paternal great-grandparents were Norwegian.[6]
Pat Parnell was stationed at Fort Richardson, near Anchorage, Alaska, while in the U.S. Army in the late 1950s, and returned to Alaska with his family in 1973, establishing residence in Anchorage. He established a photocopy and office supply business alongside the busy Seward Highway in midtown Anchorage, while Thelma Parnell worked at Bartlett High School and East Anchorage High School, the latter a short distance from their home.
Sean Parnell attended Pacific Lutheran University, earning his B.B.A. in 1984, and University of Puget Sound School of Law (now Seattle University School of Law) earning his law degree in 1987. He is admitted to the bar in both Alaska and Washington D.C.[citation needed]
Alaska legislature[edit]
In 1992, Parnell was elected to the Alaska House of Representatives, where he served two terms and was a member of the finance committee. In 1996, he ran for and was elected to a seat in the Alaska Senate. In the Senate, he was a member of the Energy Council and served on and then co-chaired the Senate finance committee.[7]
Lobbying career[edit]
Parnell left the Alaska Senate to become director of government relations in Alaska for the oil company ConocoPhillips.[8] In 2005, he joined the lobbying firm Patton Boggs, where he advised clients on state and federal regulations governing development of major oil and gas projects. Patton Boggs represented ExxonMobil in the Exxon Valdez oil spill litigation.[9]
In April 2005, Washingtonian and the Dallas Morning News both reported that Patton Boggs was the first in revenue among lobbyists.[10] Parnell left Patton Boggs less than two years later on December 3, 2006[11] to advise Governor Sarah Palin on issues related to commercializing Alaska North Slope gas.[12][13]
Lieutenant governor[edit]
In 2005, Parnell ran in the Republican primary to become lieutenant governor. In the general election, he ran as Palin's running mate. In Alaska, the lieutenant governor runs separately from the governor in the primaries, but after the primaries, the nominees for governor and lieutenant governor run together as a slate. Palin and Parnell were elected.[citation needed]
2008 congressional campaign[edit]
On March 14, 2008, Parnell began his campaign to take on embattled 18-term Congress member Don Young in the August 26 Republican primary.[14] His father was the Democratic nominee running against Young in 1980. The result was a landslide; Young captured 73 percent of the vote, his largest reelection vote percentage until 2002.
Parnell was endorsed by Sarah Palin,[15] National Review magazine,[16] and the fiscally conservative 501(c)4 organization Club for Growth.[17]
On July 31, 2008, Parnell told Roll Call that he would not drop out in his race against Young to run against Senator Ted Stevens, who had been indicted.[18]
Parnell lost the primary for the U.S. House seat. The margin between Young, the incumbent, and Parnell was narrow, and the winner was not immediately clear. The result released on September 18 showed Young winning by 304 votes. Parnell said the odds of overturning Young's victory were too small to warrant a recount.[19]
Governor of Alaska[edit]
Ascent to office[edit]
On July 26, 2009, halfway through her term as governor, Palin resigned. Parnell replaced her becoming Alaska's tenth governor in accordance with the Alaska Constitution.[2] Craig Campbell, commissioner of Alaska's Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, succeeded Parnell as lieutenant governor after Joe Schmidt, commissioner of corrections and Palin's designated replacement for Parnell, refused the position.[citation needed]
2010 campaign[edit]
Parnell ran for a full term as governor in 2010. In the primary, he faced off against Bill Walker, a former mayor of Valdez, Alaska and aide to former governor Walter J. Hickel, and Ralph Samuels, a retiring member of the Alaska House of Representatives. Although Walker seemed to gain traction towards the end based on the issue of building a natural gas pipeline, Samuels and Walker split the anti-Parnell vote[citation needed] and Parnell won the nomination. He faced off against former House Majority Leader and 2008 Congressional nominee, Ethan Berkowitz.[20] and was elected with Mead Treadwell who had won the August primary for Lieutenant Governor. Parnell-Treadwell eventually defeated Berkowitz-Benson by over ten points.[21]
2014 campaign[edit]
Parnell is again running for reelection in 2014.[22] Walker is challenging Parnell as an independent politician, and has merged his campaign with Democratic Party nominee Byron Mallott, who is now Walker's running mate.[23]
- ^ Drake, Bruce. "What Is Sean Parnell's Religion?". Politicsdaily.com. Retrieved January 19, 2013.
- ^ a b Palin stepping down this month. CNN, 2009-07-03.
- ^ Blumenthal, Mitchell L.; Phillips, Kate (July 3, 2009). "Palin to Resign as Governor of Alaska". The New York Times.
- ^ Election 2010: Alaska Results NPR 10-3-2010
- ^ Metcalfe, Peter M., ed. (1991). "Legislative Branch". Alaska Blue Book (Tenth ed.). Juneau: Alaska Department of Education, Division of State Libraries, Archives and Museums. p. 111.
- ^ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/celeb/seanparnell.htm
- ^ Alaska Lieutenant Governor Sean Parnell's profile
- ^ Yardley, William. "Sean Parnell news". The New York Times. Retrieved May 23, 2010.
- ^ "Who is Sean Parnell?". Juneau Empire. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
- ^ April 2006 Patton Boggs press release
- ^ 2007 Parnell's public official financial disclosure statement[dead link] filed in March 2007.
- ^ The Village Voice "The Book of Sarah (Palin)" by Wayne Barrett, October 8, 2008
- ^ News release by the lobbying firm Paton Boggs June, 13, 2005
- ^ Alaska Lieutenant Governor Announces Primary Run Against Young, By Josh Kraushaar - CBS News
- ^ Washington Anti-Earmark Group Endorses Parnell. by R.A. Dillon. Fairbanks Daily News Miner. June 6, 2008. Partially accessed by archives search on Jan. 5, 2011, full access requires registration and fee. "He also has the backing of fiscally conservative Gov. Sarah Palin."
- ^ Don Young's Wrong Way, National Review. April 1, 2008. Accessed Aug. 4, 2008.
- ^ Club for Growth endorses challenger to Young, By Josh Kraushaar, politico.com. June 6, 2008. Accessed Aug. 4, 2008.
- ^ "Parnell Won't Switch to Alaska Senate Race" By Shira Toeplitz, Roll Call. July 31, 2008. Accessed Aug. 4, 2008.
- ^ Anne Sutton, "No recount in GOP race for Alaska's House seat", Associated Press, September 18, 2008.[dead link]
- ^ "Gov Palin to resign her office". KTUU-TV. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
- ^ "Election Night 2010: Incumbents Parnell and Young Re-Elected, Possibly Murkowski", APRN, March 10, 2010
- ^ Pat Forgey; Alaska Dispatch (May 4, 2013). "Neither Democrats nor Republicans shocked Parnell is running again". alaskadispatch.com.
- ^ "Walker, Mallott to join forces in governor's race". Alaska Dispatch News. September 1, 2014. Retrieved September 2, 2014.
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Says Henry Fogel, Dean of Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University (and former President, League of American Orchestras and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra) in his foreword to The Rachel Barton Pine Collection, "The essential elements that define Rachel as a performer – her technical mastery, keen musical insights, and joy in music-making – also are present in her compositions."
Rachel's journey to becoming a composer began at age 17 when she was invited to give the modern-day premiere of a recently rediscovered concerto by the late eighteenth-century French composer, the Chevalier de Meude-Monpas. As the concerto hadn't been played since the composer's lifetime, no written cadenzas existed, and Rachel was left with no alternative but to write them herself. The result was well-received and as Pine explains, "The experience really inspired me. I realized that writing and performing my own cadenzas to concertos by such composers as Mozart, Beethoven, and Brahms was the most organic way I could express my connections to those great works. Furthermore, I found that analyzing others' cadenzas and studying the orchestral score from a compositional perspective greatly increased my understanding of the concertos themselves."
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"Don't do it Dave, it'll kill you"
I tried not to look too dumbfounded at Ed's reaction to me mentioning I might be making the big move from Glasgow up to Fort William.
As I tied my rock-shoes for an E8 lead in Glen Nevis, Ed Grindley, local school teacher and local climbing activist of over thirty years quizzed me about my reasons for planning a move to the hub of the western highlands.
"Basically I just want to be where the action is Ed", I said. "I need a place where there's an endless supply of new rock".
As a young climber in Glasgow, as soon as my horizons opened to the wealth of crags all over the highlands, I visited most of them and got to know the immense variety of landscape and character of climbing between one Scottish glen and the next. But one place I kept visiting at least twice as often as everywhere else was Glen Nevis. I'd spent half my life travelling there - I might as well live there.
On both sides of the glen, buttresses of the unusual pitted and glacier scoured rock poke out from the birch and Scot's pine woods. Many things appealed to me about this glen above others (Scotland has no shortage of beautiful rock filled glens). Apart from the scenic beauty which I will never tire of, the biggest thing was probably the sheer number of separate crags and boulders. After so many years spent jumping around this glen, I figured I should have at least seen all the routes, but every year, I find a new place hiding in the birch woods, with new projects.
Living in the highlands in general will appeal to those who like either complete quietude for climbing, or a small and friendly scene, rather than the relative abundance of climbers you'll find in places like Llanberis or the Lakes. To meet someone else at the crag is pretty surprising at the busy crags, and a downright freak accident at the quieter ones. But to find partners to climb with is not as tricky as the numbers of climbers might indicate. Everyone knows everyone, and you won't have to look far to find either locals, or seasonal visitors to meet up with.
The biggest potential problem with life in Fort William for a climber would be the collision of our 'maritime' weather conditions and the inflexibility of a 9-5 job. I couldn't imagine it actually. Flexibility, to be able to work when the rain is falling and drop everything when the sun comes out, is about as essential as every other consideration put together. If you do have flexibility for time, you have access to the most beautiful, quiet, unspoiled and adventurous climbing in the UK. If you don't, hair may be torn out because your days off will never, ever fall on good days (the law of sod applies in duplicate in Lochaber).
Most climbers I know arrived without a job and found one after arrival. Finding work is fairly straightforward once you know everyone. In fact, if you have some useful skills, you might find yourself a little overwhelmed with people needing them when you want to go climbing.
So, as long as the key attribute - a flexible schedule - is there, it's an easy place to find your work-climbing balance.
Dan Goodwin has lived in Fort William for around ten years after he first moved to the area to work at the local Outward Bound activity centre. He lives in the quiet area of Inverlochy:
"It's a far cry from the early 'Burnside' days where lots of climbers sat watching a distorted TV in sleeping bags, with bronchial coughs due to it being damper inside than out. We had a very open door policy in those days and often for those arriving late in the night an open window policy."
Dan moved to 'the Fort' specifically for the winter climbing: "It was the fact that I had the crucible of British winter climbing - Ben Nevis on my doorstep and being able to finish work and get a few runs in on the pistes."
"The best thing about living here is without doubt walking off the summit of the Ben after a good winters day with one of the famous West Coast sunsets in the distance."
UKClimbing asked Dan for a little insider knowledge on the best pub in town:
"The best pub? 'Grog and Gruel' on the high street has a good bar menu especially the Venison burger and curly fries. It also sells real ales and is the only pub in town that does!"
With an increase in visitors, Dan is concerned about the main road north from Glasgow, the A82:
"The A82 can't cope with the amount of traffic coming up and down from Glasgow and the south, in places it's not even wide enough for two large vehicles to pass. As the main trunk road for people coming to the outdoor capital it really needs to be made wider and the potholes filled. It would greatly reduce the accidents."
Dan runs an instructing business www.mountainplan.com.
The housing available around 'The Fort' constantly makes my jaw drop at what's on offer in each price bracket. Quite often it seems too good to be true. Prices seem to be fairly immune from the big fluctuations further south - they just stay on the low to very low side. One bedroom houses start under 80K and two bedroom houses from 90K. 200K will get you more space than you could ever need (for a massive training board), or some locations that seem just laughably good.
The worst thing about Fort William is the way the town has developed historically, having turned its back on Loch Linhe, its best asset. The waterfront redevelopment would give the area a big boost, if it ever goes ahead.The routine in summer for me is to work until 2 or 3 in the afternoon and then hit the crags, glen or mountain, it doesn't matter too much. Long summer evenings go on for ever and ever. Last summer I was going up to Echo Wall near the top of Ben Nevis, leaving the house at 3pm and having 6 hours work on my project, coming down in the last light for midnight. Jogging back down Tower Ridge and out from the CIC hut into the warm sunset is just glorious - can life really be this magical!?
Mark Phillips, local climber
When the weather is driech in summer a lot of climbers will go paddling or biking (of course this area is just as good for these sports as climbing). I know nothing about these myself I must admit. When it's crap I clear my work and then go to the ever-dry boulder or sport climbing spots like Sky Pilot, The Anvil or Steall. The other option is to escape the rain altogether - the east or even the extreme west often escapes the wet when The Coe is swimming. The Ardnamurchan crags, or in the east Crag Dubh and the Gorms are only an hour away.
When the weather is fine and options are unlimited, they really are unlimited. This could be a long article if I attempted even a run through. For example, to lump "the north west" into one term seems so silly when we are talking about several guidebooks worth of climbing on so many different rock types on mountains, sea cliffs, outcrops and boulders, accessible in a couple of hours. As well as the climbing that has been developed, I could also talk about the crags yet to be touched. Remote of course, but also amazing and very sought after if adventurous exploratory new routing is your thing. This year I'm off into Knoydart to start on some new crags. I'll report back later.
The Ice Factor scene is a diverse one; local hones like Blair Fyffe and Dumby pulling hard on the 45 degree board; Glencoe MRT coming in en masse once a week; Fort William-based climbers car-sharing when "the Glen" is wet or midged and a growing group of local youngsters, many of whom have been introduced to climbing by ourselves. Add to this our seasonal staple; the washed-out winter warrior!Speaking of training, the Fort just got a lot better with the addition of a small but perfectly formed bouldering wall at Alan Kimber's place (Calluna) in town. It's a very friendly and chilled place and with the local instructors piling in off the hill each afternoon, a great place to get the inside info on how the winter conditions are shaping up. The much larger climbing centre at The Ice Factor is about 35 minutes away in Kinloch, via a nifty road to drive down Loch Leven. The leading wall is not bad although the route turnover is best measured in aeons. The bouldering room is a different story, with a brilliant large steep wall with more good problems than you'll ever complete. The locals have a constant stream of new problems to show you and it's nice and cool for working hard. If Ewan tells you this is an easy one, don't believe him. The gang usually mix up visits to each, often car sharing for raids on the Ice Factor.
Jamie Bankhead - The Ice Factor
If you like winter climbing then you really are spoiled living in the Fort. Obviously, the endlessness of the Ben, the Coe and Meggie are right on the doorstep, but you'll still only need to roll out of bed at 6.30 to hit the Norries and Torridon/Applecross or Skye are perfectly fine for day trips if you are up early. What more should one say? Perhaps the only threat is getting lazy and saying "not quite perfect, I'll wait till tomorrow".
You better have your affairs in order by the middle of March though, because little work gets done in late March and April if you are a highland 'all-rounder'. The sun is out, the ice is fat, the boulders are crisp, the sunny crags are bone dry. There's nae chance you'll find a climber behind a desk for very long!
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Fort William
Special thanks go to all the contributing photographers in this piece. The stunning night time panoramic at the top is by Pete Leeming, you can see more of his Scottish panoramic photos on his website: Peterleemingphotography.com.
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Brett Finlay is a professor in the Michael Smith Laboratories, and the Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Microbiology and Immunology at the University of British Columbia.
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Sadly, outbreaks of Escherichia coli infections in this country are common – just this summer a huge E. coli outbreak in Oklahoma sickened nearly 300 people and sent 67 of them to the hospital. Clearly, in an outbreak, not everyone is effected equally. When lots of people are exposed to E. coli, why do some of those people walk away unharmed while others wind up in the I.C.U.? Dr. Finlay would say part of the answer, at least, probably lies in which microbes live in our intestine.
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Since Louis Pasteur first deduced that microbes are to blame for infectious disease, doctors and scientists alike have mostly seen infection as warfare between a pathogen and the human body. Dr. Relman sees things a little differently. To him, the complex communities of microbes that line our skin, mouths, intestines, and other orifices (ahem) are also involved in this battle, interacting with pathogens and with our bodies, and these interactions help determine how a fracas plays out.
In this interview, I asked Dr. Relman about our personal ecosystems of microbes, whether we'll ever be able to understand and predict what these communities do, and about the sometimes distressing effects of oral antibiotics on our guts. We also talked about whether being MTV's Rock Doctor back in the 1990's had an impact on his other professional pursuits.
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Cooking Japanese: Sukiyaki
One element of Japanese cuisine is that it celebrates the seasons. Japanese dishes feature what is fresh and seasonal, and are cooked in such a way that is appropriate for the seasonal weather. During the winter, hearty soups such as oden are commonly found, as are hot pot meals such as sukiyaki.
Sukiyaki is a type of one-pot dish that is cooked table side in a shallow cast-iron pot. Traditionally, it contains beef, but some parts of Japan use pork. Vegetarians can substitute tofu and big, meaty mushrooms such as matsutakes.
Other ingredients are added, such as negi (a Japanese leek,) konnyaku noodles (these are called shirataki), and shungiku. Soy sauce, sugar, and mirin is added, and everything is cooked quickly. Sukiyaki is served communal-style, with each diner placing ingredients from the pot into a small bowl and eating. Traditionally, the food is dipped in raw beaten egg before being consumed, but you can omit this step if you like.
A note about the meat: I bought prepackaged, shrink-wrapped sukiyaki beef at Nijiya Supermarket in San Francisco Japantown. It came with a block of suet, which is essential; you use the suet to oil the sukiyaki pot before cooking. I thought that the package was rather expensive, so for my next sukiyaki meal, I went to Whole Foods and asked for a block of beef suet, which they gave to me for free. I cut the suet up in 1-inch cubes and individually foil wrapped them, and placed all of the foil wrapped pieces in a Ziploc bag, and they are all in my freezer awaiting future use. For the meat, I went to one of the local Asian butchers in Chinatown and had them give me a piece of well-marbled tender ribeye meat and I sliced it myself at home. Sirloin can also be used. Sukiyaki cuts are about 1/8-inch thick.
Traditionally, a cast-iron sukiyaki pot is used, but you can use any frying pan. If you don't have the means to cook this table side, don't worry; just cook it on the stove and bring the pan to the table quickly.
Basic Beef Sukiyaki, Kansai Style
Tender, marbled meat sliced 1/8-inch thick and about 2 inches wide to 6 inches long. Count on 5 ounces of meat per person.
1 1-inch block of beef suet
4 pieces of baked wheat gluten (kuruma-bu) - buy online. Soak these in water before using and squeeze out the excess water.
1/2 block yakidofu (grilled tofu) - if you can't find this, buy a block of firm tofu and place it in a baking dish with some of its liquid, to keep it from sticking to the dish, and broil for a few minutes on each side until nicely browned.
1 pack of shirataki (konnyaku noodles) drained - buy online
1 negi (a Japanese leek) - if you can't obtain these, substitute 3 scallions. Negi can be purchased online. These should be sliced diagontally in 2-inch long pieces about 1/4 inch thick.
1 bunch of shungiku
About 1 cup of mushrooms of your choice: enoki, matsutake, King Trumpet, or shiitake, sliced 1/8 inch thick
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup mirin
3/4 cup soy sauce
Keep in mind that you probably won't use all the ingredients at once since the pot won't hold everything. Expect to go through the cooking process more than once, As with most hot pot dishes, you often continue cooking more while you are eating what you just finished cooking.
Heat the sukiyaki skillet. Melt the beef suet over low heat. When the skillet is well-oiled, add the negi or scallions and fry lightly. Spread the beef slices over the negi and cook quickly. While the beef is still partially red, add 3 tablespoons each of the sugar, mirin, and soy sauce.
Add the mushrooms, drained shirataki noodles, yaki-dofu, reconstituted wheat gluten, and season with more sugar and liquids. Before the beef is overcooked, add the shungiku and cook until soft. Eat the ingredients, and repeat the cooking process again, starting with the beef suet.
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I love sukiyaki. I will have to try this the next time I go for groceries at my Asian mart.
My mom used to make sukiyaki all the time when I was a kid, but she would always use turkey. I don't remember what it tasted like any more, she hasn't made it in ages.
omg, don't skip out on the egg wash! I was a young squeemish girl from the boonies when I went away to college. There, my Japanese class got together and several of the international students cooked this for us - so amazing! I remember it was done in an electric cooker right on the table, possibly a rice cooker/steamer? Such a great communal experience!
My mom only used sugar and soy sauce of our own version of kansai-style sukiyaki. The smell and sizzling sound brings me back to my childhood memories of Sunday night dinner, playing our favorite anime on TV....Since kansai style sukiyaki is not soupy like kanto style, we used to use electronic hot-plate to cook. Yes, and don't skip the raw egg part! ;)
Cooking with Dog, on Youtube, has a great video showing how to prepare sukiyaki too.


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text: contentLE Magazine March 2003 Medications side effects Exceptions There are some drugs for which the low-dose approach does not apply. For example, antibiotics, antifungal and anticancer drugs should be used at full doses. These drugs are not targeting you, but invaders that can be made stronger if inadequate doses are used. The elderly "The overall incidence of adverse drugs reactions in the elderly is two to three times that found in young adults," states the New England Journal of Medicine.38 Although people over age 60 comprise 19% of the population, they account for 39% of all hospitalizations and 51% of all deaths related to medication reactions.39 Seniors metabolize drugs more slowly than younger people, so they are frequently more sensitive to their effects. That's why gerontologists recommend extra caution in treating seniors and starting with low doses (Table 6). Yet, for scores of top-selling drugs, drug company guidelines tell doctors to use the same strong doses for young and old. Even when we know that blood levels of drugs rise much higher in seniors, doctors are told to ignore this fact and prescribe the same doses. For example, Allegra® blood levels rise 99% higher in seniors versus younger adults. Claritin® rises 50% higher. Blood levels of top-selling antihypertensives Zestril® and Prinivil® rise 100% higher. Blood levels of Prilosec® and Nexium® are higher in the elderly. Yet, the recommended doses of all these drugs are the same for young and old.7 The Celebrex® package insert tells us "the incidence of adverse experiences tended to be higher in elderly patients." Yet no dosage adjustment is recommended. Blood levels of Lipitor®, Zocor® and Mevacor® rise higher in seniors.40 In fact, the Lipitor® package insert tells of "a greater degree of LDL-lowering at any dose in the elderly patient population compared to younger adults."7 So seniors should need less Lipitor®, but they are dosed the same as younger people. Could this be why so many reports of cognitive and memory problems in older people taking statins are being reported? The FDA itself states, "There is evidence that older adults tend to be more sensitive to drugs than younger adults, due to their generally slower metabolisms and organ functions. The old adage, 'Start low and go slow,' applies especially to the elderly."41 Yet the FDA keeps approving drugs at identical doses for young and old. Perhaps this explains why 9% of all hospital admissions for seniors are related to side effects from standard doses of prescription drugs.42 TABLE 6: LOWER MEDICATION DOSES FOR OLDER PEOPLE Experts consistently recommend lower doses for seniors. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 1999: "Choosing the correct dose of a drug therapy is critical when prescribing for older people because adverse effects are often dose-related. The conventional wisdom has been to start low and go slow.''1 Goth's Medical Phatmacology "In general the best approach is to start with lower doses and to increase dosage slowly and in small increments."2 Public Citizen's Worst Pills, Best Pills II, 1993: "If drug therapy is indicated, in most cases it is safer to start with the dose which is lower than the usual adult dose."3 Drug Safety, 1990: "Starting doses can often be reduced in the elderly."4 FDA Consumer Magazine, 1997: "There is evidence that older adults tend to be more sensitive to drugs than younger adults, due to their generally slower metabolisms and organ functions…The old adage, `Start low and go slow,' applies especially to the elderly."5 Archives of Internal Medicine, 1986: "The elderly are especially sensitive to both the intended pharmacologic effects of drugs and their undesirable adverse reactions."6 BMJ (British Medical Journal), 1997: "If drug treatment is necessary, the lowest feasible dose of the drug should be used."7 United States Pharmacopeia, Drug Information, 1994: "Some clinicians recommend that geriatric patients, especially those 70 years of age or older, be given one-half of the usual adult dose initially."8 Australian Family Physician, 1992: Article title, "Rational drug therapy in the elderly, or, How not to poison your elderly patients." Recommends: "The starting dose should be lower than that recommended for younger adults; the maximum tolerated dose may well be lower than for younger individuals." "Select the minimum dose of the safest medication.... Start low and go slow."9 References for Table 6 at the end. Women TABLE 7: WHICH HORMONES ARE NATURAL?Premarin® is advertised as "natural," because it's derived from horses. For decades, doctors continued making Premarin® a best-seller while truly human-identical hormones were available. ESTROGENS Type Of Estrogen Identical To Human Estrogens Drug Company Products PREMARIN® (0.3, 0.625, 0.9, 1.25, 2.5 mg) Equilin,Estrogens and Estrone NoYes ESTRATAB® (0.3, 0.625, 1.25, 2.5 mg) Equilin and Estrone NoYes OGEN®, ORTHO-EST® (0.75, 1.5, 3, 6 mg) Estropipate No ESTINYL® (0.02, 0.05 mg) Ethinyl Estradiol No ESTRACE® (0.05, 1, 2 mg) Estradiol (Oral) Yes ESTRADERM®, CLIMARA® 0.05 and 0.1 mg/day Estradiol Yes (Transdermal) Yes Compounding Pharmacy Products* NATURAL ESTRIOL Estriol: 1, 2 mg twice-daily Estriol Yes TRIPLE NATURAL ESTROGEN 80% Estriol, 10% Estradiol, 10% Estrone(0.625, 1.25, 2.5, or 5 mg twice-daily) All 3 Estrogens Yes DUAL NATURAL ESTROGEN 80% Estriol, 20% (0.625, 1.25, 2.5, 5 mg twice-daily) Estradiol Estriol/Estradiol Yes PROGESTERONES Drug Company Products MEDROXYPROGESTERONE Provera, others: 2.5, 5, 10 mg No Compounding Pharmacy Products NATURAL MICRONIZED PROGESTERONE Progesterone: 50, 100, 200 mg twice-daily Yes PROGESTERONES Drug Company Products CONJUGATED ESTROGENS & MEDROXYPROGESTERONE Prempro, Premphase: Premarin 0.625 mg and Provera 2.5, 5 mg No Compounding Pharmacy Products MIXTURES OF THE ABOVE NATURAL ESTROGENS AND PROGESTERONES ARE INDIVIDUALIZED Yes *Not generally available in regular pharmacies. These non-patented products are made by compounding pharmacies, which upon receiving physicians' orders, will mail prescriptions to patients. These products are not generally available in regular pharmacies. For a compounding pharmacy near you, call the Professional Compounding Centers of America, 800-331-2498.** Although a combination pill is slightly more convenient, a wider choice of hormones and more precise dosing can be accomplished with separate estrogen and progesterone products.Adapted from: Over Dose: The Case Against The Drug Companies. Prescription Drugs, Side Effects, and Your Health. Tarcher/Putnam, New York: October 2001. In summer 2002, two studies caused alarm by revealing increased risks of cancer and heart disease with Premarin® and Prempro®, the top-selling hormone replacement therapies (HRT) for menopausal women.43,44 The dose of estrogens in these drugs: 0.625 mg. But we've known for years that lower doses of Premarin® (0.3 mg) and other estrogens are often effective and cause fewer risks.45-48 Might these doses be safe enough today? Quite possibly, but the studies ignored this obvious question, leaving women in the lurch. The studies also didn't mention that from 1964 through 1999, the recommended dose of Premarin® for hot flashes was 1.25 mg. How much cancer did this double dose cause? Why was such a strong dose approved in the first place? These questions weren't answered. A similar pattern was seen with birth control pills. The hormone doses in the first pills were 300% to 1000% higher than in today's pills,49-52 yet it took decades-and hundreds of women's lives-before high-dose pills were withdrawn and replaced with today's lower doses. Similar problems are seen with other medications. A study of ibuprofen for menstrual pain showed that 44% of women did just fine with the 200 mg over-the-counter dose, but the researchers still recommended 400 mg for all women.53 Studies of cholesterol-lowering drugs show that many women respond to lower doses,54-57 but they are routinely prescribed the same doses as men. Side effects with antihypertensive drugs occur more often in women,58,59 which, according to the American Journal of the Medical Sciences, "could be due to the fact that women are treated with antihypertensives using the dosage and schedule established with men, even though it is well known that body size, fat distribution and coronary artery size differ in women and men."59 Not all women require lower doses, but many do, especially small women. Why aren't doses developed for them? A 2001 report of the U.S. General Accounting Office found not only that women are underrepresented in the dose studies, but even when dose differences are identified, they usually aren't reflected in the final dosage guidelines.60 A 2001 report by the National Academy of Sciences recommended additional attention to differences between men and women in diseases and treatments.61 The panel's report added that medical researchers often view men as the norm while underreporting rather than highlighting sex differences. Commenting on this report, Dr. Woosley added that many drug studies he sees "don't consider sex differences at all."62 Is this important? In the U.S., 55% of women versus 37% of men take a prescription drug daily.63 And of the 11 drugs withdrawn in recent years, eight (maybe nine) affected women more than men (Table 8) Entrenched problems with the medical-pharmaceutical complex "It's long been known that for individual subjects the dosage listed on a drug label is not necessarily the right one," Dr. Carl Peck, the highly respected director of Georgetown's Center of Drug Development Science and a former division director at the FDA, stated in September 2002.64 This is a chilling, and accurate, comment. Yet, the medical-pharmaceutical complex-drug companies, FDA and mainstream doctors-maintain that our medications are as safe as possible. Clearly, this isn't the case. I compare the situation to the automobile industry in 1960, when auto executives insisted that our cars were as safe as possible. Then we learned that safety could be greatly enhanced with seat belts, air bags, bumpers that didn't fall off, side panels that didn't cave in, dashboards not made of metal, gas tanks positioned more safely, and other improvements. Similarly, there's much that can be done to increase drug safety and end the side-effect epidemic now, and it begins with identifying and marketing the lowest, safest doses of all drugs. Problems in drug industry research Why isn't this done now? Why aren't drug doses designed to fit individuals and to prevent side effects? Don't drug manufacturers care? They do care. "More and more senior executives are concerned that so many patients are dropping out of therapy prematurely," declared DTC [Direct to Consumer] In Perspective magazine declared in 2002. "So many are asking, "What can I do to increase patient retention?"65 Each year, patients driven from treatment by side effects cost the drug industry billions in sales. Yet, many economic factors keep the system from changing (Table 9). Drug companies are profit-driven entities, so marketing issues weigh very heavily. Manufacturers feel great pressure to keep costs down while hastening new drugs to market. And drug companies aren't held responsible for the huge costs of dose-related side effects to the healthcare system. The result is that marketing issues frequently outweigh medical science in drug company decisions. Indeed, marketing influences affect science so severely that even the medical journals, which depend on drug company advertising, rebelled against them. In September 2001, Reuters Health reported: "Seeking to curb the growing influence exerted by drug firms over research findings, the world's top medical journals announced steps on how to prevent firms that fund studies from manipulating results to favor their drugs and bury studies that are unfavorable.66 The editors of JAMA, Lancet, the New England Journal of Medicine and ten others declared: "We are concerned that the current environment in which some clinical research is [conducted] may threaten medical objectivity...The use of clinical trials primarily for marketing makes a mockery of clinical investigation...."67 The journals implemented new guidelines to ensure the integrity of clinical studies, but a year later few medical schools had adopted them.68 Drug marketing is geared toward doctors' preferences, and doctors like drugs that can be dosed simply and quickly. No time is required to match doses to individual patients if drugs are one-size-fits-all. Expediency sells. So does pumped-up effectiveness. Strong doses produce higher efficacy numbers, which are essential for introducing a new drug into a competitive market. Dr. Thomas Bodenheimer of the University of California, San Francisco, reported: "Drug company studies are often done in younger, healthier populations-providing better rates of effectiveness and fewer adverse reactions-than those who will actually receive the drug."69 Dr. Alexander Herxheimer, Professor Emeritus at the Cochrane Center in Britain, concurred in Lancet. "For quick market penetration, a drug must be simple to use and effective in the greatest number of people. Drugs are often introduced at a dose that will be effective in around 90% of the target population, because this helps market penetration. The 25% of patients who are most sensitive to the drug get much more than they need."70 With nearly 100 million Americans taking a prescription drug daily, that's 25 million people. 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Awesome venue. Saw Kiss and Def Leppard. Friendly and courteous staff. I will definitely come back to this venue.
This was my first time attending an event here. I loved it. There was a minimal wait time getting in the gate and everyone was friendly and very helpful. I am looking forward to the next trip!
Charlotte PNC Music Pavilion is the worst venue I have ever attended. I am surprised there were not people trampled or injured, leaving through one narrow, dark exit (other gates locked). People tumbling down the banks, leading to a dark walkway to the worst parking area on the planet. I saw cars hit cars, as rows were parked in different directions and some could not maneuver. Over two hours to clear - will NEVER return! Wrong directions from box office to which entry to use; PNC bank...donate $10 to get cold dirty hotdog; no water; limited facilities; BUT a free plastic Lei. Yay!
Best place for a concert in Charlotte!
We had a great time at the concert. The staff was helpful and friendly. Finding it was easy, but there are only a couple of ways in and out so be prepared for traffic! We had already read reviews that the food and beverage prices are outrageous so we were prepared not to eat there. I agree with all previous reviews. Ridiculous price for anything food or beverage related.
Most I have ever paid for beverages - 13$ for a beer and 4.50$ for water. The venue was nice though. Thanks for an awesome show.
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When Lance Teillon considered his next step post-retirement following 20 years in the U.S. Navy, he didn't have to look far for ideas. His wife's occupation – English teacher – provided ample inspiration. "It seemed like a worthwhile and fulfilling second career," he recalled.
Eighteen years later, it's safe to say he made the right call.
"I have a constant flow of cadets who have graduated come back to talk to me," said Teillon, the senior naval science instructor for the Varina High School NJROTC. "I give them a chance to talk to the present cadets – and when they tell them to listen to me, because I do know what I'm talking about, it is satisfying."
Another gratifying aspect of the job is seeing cadets wear their uniforms with pride, he said, "knowing that the uniform is the same as our sailors who are serving this country." Teillon also enjoys observing cadets as they "try harder at something than they have ever tried at anything in their lives."
Often, that effort involves practicing for the competition drill team, which requires cadets to come to school almost two hours early every day to practice.
"There is no other sport or club that requires that level of dedication," said Teillon, noting that the hard work has resulted in a number of trophies, including one for a fifth-place finish among 62 schools in a four-state area.
The job is not without its challenges, of course. Although he was a classroom teacher in the Navy for five years, his students then existed in an altogether different culture from high school students of today. After all these years, he confesses he is still taken aback by aspects of that culture – in particular, the lack of respect.
"I have reminded my students on more than one occasion that this school doesn't teach rudeness; it is brought from home," he said.
"I try very hard to make the kids understand how lucky they are to be given the education they are receiving. I tell the cadets that I feel my job is to get them ready to survive in this world after graduation, and if they can stand on their own two feet in this very difficult world, I feel I've done my job.
"It is frustrating when I cannot get through to some, and very satisfying when I can."
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"He teaches more than just naval science," wrote one student. "He teaches us ethics and general knowledge above and beyond what is entailed in his job description.
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Asked to relate a highlight of the feedback he has had from students and their families, Teillon said, "When you have a parent come into your room after their child has graduated, and with tears in their eyes tell you that they don't know what their child would have done without you -- or that you were their child's mentor."
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The John Rolfe YMCA and Gayton Baptist Church have partnered in an effort to bring greater health and wellness opportunities to the community.
Through this partnership, the John Rolfe Y will run Youth Winter Sports programs, including basketball and indoor soccer, in Gayton's newly renovated $5.5 million outreach center that features a new gymnasium, youth and teen space, social space with café, meeting space and full service commercial kitchen. > Read more.
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Henricus Historical Park will commemorate its anniversary during Publick Day, a signature annual event that celebrates the establishment of the second successful English settlement in the New World. In September 1611, Sir Thomas Dale, along with soldiers, tradesmen and farmers, ventured from Jamestown to create the Citie of Henricus. Leaders of Henricus developed the first English hospital, chartered the first college in North America, established tobacco as the first cash crop in Virginia, and created a place where Pocahontas lived and met John Rolfe.
Publick Day will take place Saturday, Sept. 20, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free and parking is $5 per vehicle. > Read more.
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As part of its 30th anniversary year and partnership with the Children's Museum of Richmond, Commonwealth Parenting will present a six-part RVA Parents Forum Series to address some of the toughest issues confronting parents.
Parenting experts and family educators will tackle topics ranging from bullying to alcohol, sex to divorce, and technology and stress. Parents will learn how to identify potential problems.
"We're excited about bringing this much-needed forum series to parents in central Virginia. Through our valuable partnership with Commonwealth Parenting, we can have a deeper impact in the community through parent and caregiver education," said Karen Coltrane, president and CEO of the Children's Museum of Richmond. > Read more.
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When the Game Stands Tall is based on a true story – an unbelievable true story that takes the word "inspiring" about as far as it can go.
It's a film about Bob Ladouceur, coach of the De La Salle High Spartans, a California high school football team with 12 consecutive undefeated seasons (a staggering 151 games won in a row).
Along the way, Ladouceur (played by Jim Caviezel) faced the kind of hardship most football coaches (thankfully) can only imagine – suffering a near-fatal heart attack, the death of a star player, and rebuilding the team after that 151-game streak came to a humiliating end. > Read more.
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