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Men's Tennis Loses to Buffalo in MAC Semifinals
TOLEDO, Ohio - The No. 4 Ball State men's tennis team (18-10) ended its season with a 4-3 loss to No. 1 Buffalo, Friday afternoon in the semifinals of the Mid-American Conference Tournament.
The Cardinals started the match off with a 1-0 advantage after winning the doubles point. At No. 1 doubles Dalton Albertin and Ray Leonard took down Wojtek Starakiewicz and Vusa Hove by a score of 8-2. Ball State would lose on court three but would prevail at No. 2 doubles with a 9-8 (7-5) victory from Zane Smith and Derek Carpenter.
In singles action, Leonoard won in three sets to give Ball State the 2-0 edge over the Bulls. Buffalo came back to win at No. 5 singles to make the score 2-1 but Ball State answered back with a victory from Alexandre Brym on court six making it a 3-1 match for the Cardinals. Buffalo then won at No. 3, 4 and two singles to win the close match over the Cardinals advancing the Bulls to the championship match.
(1) Buffalo def. (4) Ball State, 4-3
1. Dalton Albertin/Ray Leonard (BSU) def. Wojtek Starakiewicz/Vusa Hove (UB), 8-2
2. Zane Smith/Derek Carpenter (BSU) def. Damien David/Travis Zappia (UB), 9-8(7-5)
3. Ivan Vereschahga/Alex Kalinin (UB) def. Patrick Elliott/Andres Monroy (BSU), 8-7(9-7)
Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2
1. Ray Leonard (BSU) def. Damien David (UB), 2-6, 6-0, 6-0
2. Vusa Hove (UB) def. Dalton Albertin (BSU), 7-5, 4-6, 6-4
3. Wojtek Starakiewicz (UB) def. Zane Smith (BSU), 6-4, 6-4
4. Ivan Vereschahga (UB) def. Austin Smith (BSU), 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
5. Alex Kalinin (UB) def. Patrick Elliott (BSU), 7-5, 6-3
6. Alexandre Brym (BSU) def. Jason Shkodnik (UB), 6-3, 6-3
Order of Finish: 1, 5, 6, 3, 4, 2


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on October 11, 2012 - 12:29 AM
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Laura Bush shared her insights Wednesday night on living in the White House before and after 9/11, her life after returning to Texas and what books she has downloaded on her iPad.
The former first lady gave a 25-minute speech followed by a question-and-answer session in Alumni Arena on the University at Buffalo's North Campus in Amherst.
Bush was the second speaker in the 26th annual UB Distinguished Speakers Series, and the first-ever first lady invited to speak at the university. The wife of the 43rd president, George W. Bush, was given a standing ovation inside the packed arena after being introduced by UB President Satish K. Tripathi.
"When you live in the White House, … reality can get a little warped," she said.
Perhaps no day at the White House was as unsettling as 9/11. Bush recalled that she was attending a Senate committee briefing on early childhood education when she was told about the first plane that struck the World Trade Center.
She told of then-Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts keeping up a steady stream of small talk in vain, trying to steady the tense atmosphere.
After catching the audience up on how her family has been faring nearly four years after leaving the White House, and being out the public spotlight, Bush shared her lifelong love of reading. She said she recently read Hilary Mantel's award-winning historical novel, "Wolf Hall," an account of Thomas Cromwell's ascent to power in the British court of King Henry VIII.
"Reading is not just a cause I chose as first lady; it's one my guiding passions," Bush said.
As a former educator, Bush's passion for literacy and reading is no surprise. Before she married the future president, Laura Welch taught second grade for several years in Dallas after earning a bachelor's degree in education from Southern Methodist University in 1968.
She later attended the University of Texas at Austin, where she earned a master's degree in library science and worked for several years as a school librarian.
In 1977, she met and married George W. Bush, who went on to become Texas governor on his path to the presidency.
Laura Bush said that not even the experience of knowing George H.W. Bush, her father-in-law and the nation's 41st president, could prepare her for the harsh glare of living in the White House.
While she acknowledged having been bothered by criticism of her husband, she didn't let it get to her. She referred to what she called the blathering and bloviating of his critics and called it "a kind of sacred music, or at least the clanking of democracy."
Laura Bush, who avoided controversy as first lady, said that some people might mistakenly append to her the stereotype of a 1950s housewife.
She does have opinions, she said, but has never been compelled to share all of them.
She recalled the day she and her husband left the White House in January 2009 as bittersweet, but one in which she did not feel sadness, but a solemn pride. She recently dedicated the Laura W. Bush Institute for Women's Health at Texas Tech University.
Bush, mother of 30-year-old twin daughters, Jenna Hager and Barbara Bush, said she refers to her life now as "the afterlife," while her husband calls their home in Crawford, Texas, "the promised land."
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The Geneseo freshman/sophomore and junior varsity wrestling teams competed in the NIB 12 Conference Meet Jan. 26 where the F/S Leafs placed second. In the F/S division, Elliot Koster and Joey Medina were crowned conference champions, while Gunner Gaines and Levi Warren, placed second; Justin Scott, third; and Grant Pritchard, fifth. In JV action, Gage Blackert nabbed a conference title, while Josh Dodge, Nathan Johnson, Paul Kastorff and Ryan Petsche, all took home runner-up honors. Asa Schackelford placed third, while Justin Cain and Christoph Stemmerman came in fourth; Jeremy Harper, fifth; and Kiko Pena, sixth.
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Author Affiliations: Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton and Hamilton Health Sciences, Ontario, Canada (Drs O'Donnell,Yusuf, Mente, Teo, and McQueen, and Ms Gao); HRB-Clinical Research Facility, NUI Galway, Ireland (Dr O'Donnell); Munich General Hospital, KfH Kidney Center, and Friedrich Alexander University, Erlangen, Germany (Dr Mann); Cardiovascular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, England (Dr Sleight); Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (Dr Sharma); University of the Philippines, College of Medicine, Manila, Philippines (Dr Dans); Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle (Dr Probstfield); and Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Hospital Erlangen, Germany (Dr Schmieder).
Context The precise relationship between sodium and potassium intake and cardiovascular (CV) risk remains uncertain, especially in patients with CV disease.
Objective To determine the association between estimated urinary sodium and potassium excretion (surrogates for intake) and CV events in patients with established CV disease or diabetes mellitus.
Design, Setting, and Patients Observational analyses of 2 cohorts (N = 28 880) included in the ONTARGET and TRANSCEND trials (November 2001-March 2008 from initial recruitment to final follow-up). We estimated 24-hour urinary sodium and potassium excretion from a morning fasting urine sample (Kawasaki formula). We used restricted cubic spline plots to describe the association between sodium and potassium excretion and CV events and mortality, and to identify reference categories for sodium and potassium excretion. We used Cox proportional hazards multivariable models to determine the association of urinary sodium and potassium with CV events and mortality.
Main Outcome Measures CV death, myocardial infarction (MI), stroke, and hospitalization for congestive heart failure (CHF).
Results At baseline, the mean (SD) estimated 24-hour excretion for sodium was 4.77 g (1.61); and for potassium was 2.19 g (0.57). After a median follow-up of 56 months, the composite outcome occurred in 4729 (16.4%) participants, including 2057 CV deaths, 1412 with MI, 1282 with stroke, and 1213 with hospitalization for CHF. Compared with the reference group with estimated baseline sodium excretion of 4 to 5.99 g per day (n = 14 156; 6.3% participants with CV death, 4.6% with MI, 4.2% with stroke, and 3.8% admitted to hospital with CHF), higher baseline sodium excretion was associated with an increased risk of CV death (9.7% for 7-8 g/day; hazard ratio [HR], 1.53; 95% CI, 1.26-1.86; and 11.2% for >8 g/day; HR, 1.66; 95% CI, 1.31-2.10), MI (6.8%; HR, 1.48; 95% CI, 1.11-1.98 for >8 g/day), stroke (6.6%; HR, 1.48; 95% CI, 1.09-2.01 for >8 g/day), and hospitalization for CHF (6.5%; HR, 1.51; 1.12-2.05 for >8 g/day). Lower sodium excretion was associated with an increased risk of CV death (8.6%; HR, 1.19; 95% CI, 1.02-1.39 for 2-2.99 g/day; 10.6%; HR, 1.37; 95% CI, 1.09-1.73 for <2 g/day), and hospitalization for CHF (5.2%; HR, 1.23; 95% CI, 1.01-1.49 for 2-2.99 g/day) on multivariable analysis. Compared with an estimated potassium excretion of less than 1.5 g per day (n = 2194; 6.2% with stroke), higher potassium excretion was associated with a reduced risk of stroke (4.7% [HR, 0.77; 95% CI, 0.63-0.94] for 1.5-1.99 g/day; 4.3% [HR, 0.73; 95% CI, 0.59-0.90] for 2-2.49 g/day; 3.9% [HR, 0.71; 95% CI, 0.56-0.91] for 2.5-3 g/day; and 3.5% [HR, 0.68; 95% CI, 0.49-0.92] for >3 g/day) on multivariable analysis.
Conclusions The association between estimated sodium excretion and CV events was J-shaped. Compared with baseline sodium excretion of 4 to 5.99 g per day, sodium excretion of greater than 7 g per day was associated with an increased risk of all CV events, and a sodium excretion of less than 3 g per day was associated with increased risk of CV mortality and hospitalization for CHF. Higher estimated potassium excretion was associated with a reduced risk of stroke.
There is uncertainty regarding the optimal daily intake of sodium, which confers most protection against the risk of cardiovascular (CV) disease.1 The World Health Organization2 recommends a sodium intake of less than 2 g per day, a level that is largely based on projections made from relatively small and short-term clinical trials evaluating the effects of sodium restriction on blood pressure in primary prevention populations.3 However, findings from prospective cohort studies, evaluating the association between sodium intake and CV events, have been conflicting.1 For example, although some have reported a positive association between sodium intake and CV mortality,4- 7 others have not,8- 11 and some have reported an inverse association.12,13 In particular, a recent study13 has rekindled the controversy by reporting an increased risk in CV mortality at low sodium intake levels that are recommended by many current guidelines. Clarifying the optimal daily intake of sodium is particularly important in patients with established CV disease, where it has been inadequately studied. Patients with CV disease may be especially vulnerable to the CV effects of high and low sodium intake and are most likely to receive recommendations on restricting sodium intake.
Epidemiological studies have also reported that increased potassium intake is associated with reduced risk of CV disease, most notably for stroke,14 although the optimal level of daily potassium intake has not been established. Potassium intake is also a proposed modifier of the association between sodium intake and CV disease.15
Quiz Ref IDWe determined the association between sodium and potassium excretion (as measures of intake) and CV events and mortality in a cohort of 29 000 high-risk patients, using calculated estimates of 24-hour urinary sodium and potassium excretion.
All participants in ONTARGET (Ongoing Telmisartan Alone and in combination with Ramipril Global Endpoint Trial)16 and the TRANSCEND (Telmisartan Randomized Assessment Study in ACE Intolerant Subjects With Cardiovascular Disease)17 trials who provided a baseline urinary sample were included in the current analyses. Participants were recruited from 733 centers in 40 countries (November 2001-May 2004). Both trials included patients at high risk of CV disease (aged ≥55 years with established CV disease or high-risk diabetes mellitus). Patients were ineligible if they had heart failure, low ejection fraction, significant valvular disease, serum creatinine greater than 3.0 mg/dL (265 μmol/L), renal artery stenosis, nephrotic range proteinuria, or blood pressure higher than 160/100 mm Hg.
ONTARGET was a randomized controlled trial comparing the effects of daily use of ramipril 10 mg to telmisartan 80 mg or to their combination in 25 620 patients. TRANSCEND was a randomized controlled trial comparing daily use of telmisartan 80 mg to placebo in 5926 participants intolerant to angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors. After randomization, patients underwent follow-up for a median of 56 months (final follow-up March 2008), and episodes of death, myocardial infarction (MI), stroke, and congestive heart failure (CHF) were recorded prospectively and adjudicated centrally. We combined the 2 cohorts because both trials recruited participants from the same sites, the same time period, using the same eligibility criteria (except that participants in TRANSCEND had a history of intolerance to ACE inhibitors), and used the same methods to capture baseline clinical data and outcome measures.
Approval was obtained from the institutional ethics committee of each center and all participants provided written informed consent.
A morning fasting urine sample was obtained from 28 880 participants (91.6%) before the run-in period of the trial. All samples were stored at the Hamilton Research Laboratory (central laboratory) or regional laboratory, Beijing, China. Urine samples were shipped to the laboratory in ambient packaging using STP 250 ambient specimen shipping boxes. Sodium and potassium concentration in each urine specimen were determined by indirect potentiometry using the Beckman Coulter Synchron Clinical System. Creatinine was determined for each urine specimen with a Roche Hitachi 917 analyzer using an enzymatic colorimetric assay with a sensitivity in urine of 54 μmol/L, a within-run imprecision of 0.8%, and a between-run imprecision of 2.1% at a urine concentration of 2120 μmol/L.
The Kawasaki formula was used to estimate 24-hour sodium and potassium urinary excretion from a fasting morning urine sample.18 Previous studies have reported that this approach provides a valid estimate of sodium intake in healthy control participants18 and patients taking antihypertensive therapy,19 and has been used in previous studies.20- 22
The Kawasaki formula was developed and validated in an Asian population. We determined the correlation between estimated sodium excretion from fasting morning urine samples (using the Kawasaki formula) and actual 24-hour urine in a subgroup of participants included in the population-based PURE (Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiological) study23 (n = 105), Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The Pearson correlation between formula-estimated and actual 24-hour urinary sodium and potassium levels was 0.55 (P < .001) and 0.43 (P < .001), respectively. By comparison, in the TONE (Trial of Nonpharmacologic Interventions in the Elderly) trial,24 the correlations between 24-hour dietary recall and 24-hour urinary measurement were 0.30 for sodium and 0.43 for potassium. We also repeated the urinary measures (n = 97) after 1 to 3 months and the test-retest correlation was 0.52 (P < .001) and 0.62 (P < .001) for formula-estimated 24-hour sodium and potassium excretion, and were 0.67 (P < .001) and 0.42 (P < .001) for actual 24-hour urinary sodium and potassium excretion. In the current cohort (participants in the ONTARGET and TRANSCEND trials), we repeated urinary measurements at 2-year follow-up and final visit in a subsample (n = 2625). The correlation coefficients between baseline and 2-year measurements were 0.33 (P < .001) for sodium and 0.44 (P < .001) for potassium and between 2-year and final visit were 0.29 (P < .001) for sodium and 0.41 (P < .001) for potassium (eTable 1). These correlations are comparable with those reported for repeated 24-hour urine collections in the Intersalt study,25 TONE trial,24 and Trials of Hypertension Prevention.26
In the PURE study,23 we also evaluated the association between formula-estimated sodium excretion and blood pressure in participants without a history of hypertension and not taking antihypertensive medications (n = 248). The mean blood pressure for lowest and highest quartiles of sodium excretion were 124.5/77.5 mm Hg vs 132.0/82.5 mm Hg (P = .005) for a mean sodium excretion difference of 2.9 g per day (adjusted for age and sex), which is similar to estimates of association from meta-analyses of randomized trials.3
Baseline differences in characteristics between different sodium and potassium excretion categories were compared using χ2 test and analysis of variance (ANOVA). Based on initial exploration of the data for the primary outcome measure (composite of CV death, MI, stroke, and hospitalization for CHF), which revealed a nonlinear association between sodium excretion and CV outcomes, we initially analyzed sodium and potassium excretion as continuous variables, fitting a restricted cubic spline function with 4 knots (located at the 5th, 35th, 65th, and 95th percentiles).27 Group median was chosen to be the reference group for all spline plots (4.66 g/d for sodium and 2.11 g/d for potassium). Based on restricted cubic spline analysis for sodium excretion and the composite CV outcome, we selected 4 to 5.99 g per day as the reference category because this was the range associated with the lowest risk of all CV events (multivariable cubic spline plots revealed significance thresholds at 3.87 g/d and 6.50 g/d). For potassium excretion, we used less than 1.5 g per day as the reference group.
We estimated the risk of CV events associated with estimated 24-hour urinary sodium and potassium excretion using Cox proportional hazards models for each of the following outcomes: composite outcome (CV mortality, MI, stroke, and hospitalization for CHF), CV mortality, non-CV mortality, MI, stroke, and hospitalization for CHF. All models were adjusted for variables known to increase or reduce the risk of CV events: age, sex, race/ethnicity, prior stroke or MI, creatinine, body mass index (BMI, calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared), hypertension, diabetes mellitus, atrial fibrillation, smoking, low-density lipoprotein (LDL), high-density lipoprotein (HDL), treatment allocation and treatment with statins, β-blockers, diuretics, calcium antagonist, and antithrombotic therapy, fruit and vegetable consumption, level of exercise, urinary sodium and potassium excretion, baseline blood pressure, and change in systolic blood pressure from baseline to last follow-up.
Since some of these variables may be in the causal pathway for an association between sodium or potassium intake and CV events, we also generated a model that did not include baseline blood pressure, change in blood pressure on follow-up, fruit and vegetable intake, and urinary potassium (for models of sodium excretion). We performed subgroup analyses for key characteristics that might modify the association between sodium, potassium, and CV events (age, race/ethnicity, sex, BMI, previous stroke, MI, hypertension, sodium or potassium excretion, and diuretic therapy), and statistical interaction was tested using the Wald test. To explore the potential for reverse causation, we performed analyses that excluded all events during the first year of follow-up, and analyses that excluded patients with previous history of cancer or cancer during follow-up. To explore the effect of regression dilution bias, we conducted a secondary analysis using "usual" excretion of sodium/potassium. To calculate usual excretion, we used the method described by Lewington et al28 (using regression dilution ratio that was calculated from baseline measurement and remeasurement at 2 years in 2625 participants). The assumptions of proportional hazard of sodium/potassium were assessed by fitting a model of primary outcome with interaction terms between the survival time and sodium (P = .95) and potassium (P = .53) groups.
A priori, a 2-tailed P value of less than .05 was considered statistically significant. All analyses were conducted using SAS version 8.2 for Unix.
In total, 31 546 were enrolled, of whom 28 880 participants (91.6%) provided a baseline morning fasting urine sample. Loss to follow-up was 0.2%, and median follow-up was 56 months (25th-75th percentiles, 53-60 months). The overall mean (SD) estimated 24-hour sodium excretion was 4.77 g (1.61) (Table 1) and potassium excretion was 2.19 g (0.57) (eTable 2).
Table 2 shows 24-hour sodium excretion and risk of death and CV events. Restricted multivariable cubic spline plots for all outcomes are presented in Figure 1 and Figure 2A-D.
Spline plot for adjusted Cox models. Median intake is reference standard. Salt approximates 2.5 × sodium g per day. Model was adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity (white vs nonwhite); prior history of stroke or myocardial infarction; creatinine, body mass index; comorbid vascular risk factors (hypertension, diabetes mellitus, atrial fibrillation, smoking, low- and high-density lipoprotein); treatment allocation (ramipril, telmisartan, neither, or both); treatment with statins, β-blockers, diuretic therapy, calcium antagonist, and antithrombotic therapy; fruit and vegetable consumption, level of exercise; baseline blood pressure and change in systolic blood pressure from baseline to last follow-up; and urinary potassium. Dashed lines indicate 95% CIs. Events and numbers at risk are shown between values on x-axis because they indicate the numeric range between these values.aSpline curve truncated at 12 g per day (63 participants had sodium excretion >12 g/d, event rate 21/63).
Spline plot for adjusted Cox models. Median intake is reference standard. Salt approximates 2.5 × sodium g per day. Model was adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity (white vs nonwhite); prior history of stroke or myocardial infarction; creatinine, body mass index; comorbid vascular risk factors (hypertension, diabetes mellitus, atrial fibrillation, smoking, low- and high-density lipoprotein); treatment allocation (ramipril, telmisartan, neither, or both); treatment with statins, β-blockers, diuretic therapy, calcium antagonist, and antithrombotic therapy; fruit and vegetable consumption, level of exercise; baseline blood pressure and change in systolic blood pressure from baseline to last follow-up; and urinary potassium. Dashed lines indicate 95% CIs. Events and numbers at risk are shown between values on x-axis because they indicate the numeric range between these values.aSpline curve truncated at 12 g per day (63 participants had sodium excretion >12 g/d; event rate, 8/63 for cardiovascular death and for myocardial infarction, 7/63 for congestive heart failure, and 4/63 for stroke).
Composite Outcome. The composite outcome occurred in 4729 (16.4%) participants. Compared with baseline sodium excretion of 4 to 5.99 g per day (n = 14 156 [15.2% with the composite outcome]), higher baseline sodium excretion (18.4% [HR 1.15; 95% CI, 1.00-1.32] for 7-8 g/d and 24.1% [HR, 1.49; 95% CI, 1.28-1.75] for >8 g/d) and lower sodium excretion (18.2% [HR, 1.16; 95% CI, 1.04-1.28] for 2-2.99 g/d and 20.2% [HR, 1.21; 95% CI, 1.03-1.43] for <2g/d) were associated with an increased risk of the composite of CV death, MI, stroke, and hospitalization for CHF on multivariable analysis.
Mortality. Overall, 3430 (11.9%) participants died during follow-up, of which 2057 deaths (60%) were from a CV cause. Compared with baseline sodium excretion of 4 to 5.99 g per day (6.3% with CV death), higher baseline sodium excretion (9.7%; [HR, 1.53; 95% CI, 1.26-1.86] for 7-8 g/d, 11.2%; [HR, 1.66; 95% CI, 1.31-2.10] for >8 g/d) and lower sodium excretion (8.6%; [HR, 1.19; 95% CI, 1.02-1.39] for 2-2.99 g/d, 10.6%; [HR, 1.37; 95% CI, 1.09-1.73] for <2 g/d) were associated with an increased risk of CV death.
MI, Stroke, and Hospitalization for CHF. MI occurred in 1412 (4.9%), stroke occurred in 1282 (4.4%), and hospitalization for CHF in 1213 (4.2%) participants. Compared with baseline sodium excretion of 4 to 5.99 g per day (4.6% patients with MI, 4.2% with stroke, and 3.8% hospitalized for CHF), higher baseline sodium excretion was associated with an increased risk of MI (5.6%; [HR, 1.21; 95% CI, 1.03-1.43] for 6-6.99 g/d and 6.8%; [HR, 1.48; 95% CI, 1.11-1.98] for >8 g/d), stroke (6.6%; [HR, 1.48; 95% CI, 1.09-2.01] for >8 g/d) and hospitalization for CHF (6.5%; [HR, 1.51; 95% CI, 1.12-2.05] for >8 g/d), while lower sodium excretion was associated with an increased risk of hospitalization for CHF (5.2%; [HR, 1.23; 95% CI, 1.01-1.49] for 2-2.99 g/d).
Sensitivity/Subgroup Analyses. The exclusion of blood pressure (baseline and follow-up), fruit and vegetable intake, and potassium excretion from the Cox model did not materially influence our findings (Table 2). Our results were not materially altered by excluding events that occurred in the first 12 months or by excluding participants with previous or incident cancer (Table 2). In subgroup analyses, none of the selected covariates was a significant effect modifier of the association between sodium excretion and CV events (eTable 3). Correcting for regression dilution bias using usual excretion of sodium and potassium, we observed a stronger magnitude of association for the composite outcome due to compression of the distribution of sodium excretion (eFigure).
Mortality, MI, and CHF. There was no significant association between potassium excretion and CV mortality, MI, and hospitalization for CHF (eTable 4).
Stroke. Compared with an excretion of less than 1.5 g per day (n = 2194 [6.2% with stroke]), higher potassium excretion was associated with a reduced risk of stroke (4.7% [HR, 0.77; 95% CI, 0.63-0.94] for 1.5-1.99 g/d; 4.3% [HR, 0.73; 95% CI, 0.59-0.90] for 2-2.49 g/d; 3.9% [HR, 0.71; 95% CI, 0.56-0.91] for 2.5-3 g/d; and 3.5% [HR, 0.68; 95% CI, 0.49-0.92] for >3 g/d; eTable 4) on multivariable analysis.
Figure 3 presents restricted multivariable cubic spline plot.
Spline plot for adjusted Cox models. Median excretion is the reference standard. Model adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity (white vs nonwhite); prior history of stroke or myocardial infarction; creatinine, body mass index; comorbid vascular risk factors (hypertension, diabetes mellitus, atrial fibrillation, smoking, low- and high-density lipoprotein); treatment allocation (ramipril, telmisartan, neither, or both); treatment with statins, β-blockers, diuretic therapy, calcium antagonist, and antithrombotic therapy; fruit and vegetable consumption, level of exercise; baseline blood pressure and change in systolic blood pressure from baseline to last follow-up, and urinary sodium. Dashed lines indicate 95% CIs. Events and numbers at risk are shown between values on x-axis because they indicate the numeric range between these values.aSpline curve truncated at 5 g per day (29 participants had potassium excretion >5 g/d, event rate 1/29).
Interaction Between Sodium and Potassium Excretion. There was no significant interaction between sodium and potassium excretion for the composite outcome measure (P = .45), CV death (P = .46), hospitalization for CHF (P = .62), and stroke (P = .48) (Table 3), non-CV death (P = .30), or MI (P = .84).
Quiz Ref IDWe found a J-shaped association between estimated sodium excretion and CV events. Compared with baseline sodium excretion of 4 to 5.99 g per day, sodium excretion of more than 7 g per day was associated with an increased risk of all CV events while a sodium excretion of less than 3 g per day was associated with increased risk of CV mortality and hospitalization for CHF.Quiz Ref IDWe found an association between higher estimated potassium excretion and reduction in stroke risk, but did not find evidence of statistical interaction between sodium and potassium excretion for any outcome.
A recent meta-analysis29 of 13 prospective studies reported that a 5-g increase in salt (2 g of sodium) was associated with a 23% increase in stroke and a 14% increase in CV disease. We extend these findings by providing evidence (based on 29 000 individuals and >6000 events) of an association within each individual CV outcome in high-risk patients. Our findings emphasize the burden of CV disease associated with excess sodium intake and the importance of population-based programs to reduce sodium intake in populations consuming high-sodium diets.30
However, we did not observe a significant association until sodium excretion exceeded 6.5 g per day (Figure 1), a threshold that is higher than that recommended by the WHO and many national guidelines31,32 (recommended thresholds generally range from <2.3 to <1.5 g/d) but closer to the threshold suggested by Alderman and Cohen's critical interpretation of the totality of evidence (>4-5 g/d).1,33
Against this, a number of trials (eg, DASH [Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension] and TOHP [Trials of Hypertension Prevention Collaborative Research Group]34,35) have found that by reducing sodium excretion and targeting levels consistent with current guidelines, blood pressure was reduced in those with and without hypertension.3,36 The TOHP trials, which included younger patients with high-normal blood pressure, did not report a difference in CV events on initial follow-up, but during an extended observational follow-up of 10 to 15 years reported a nonsignificant benefit, which became statistically significant after multivariable adjustment.37 Therefore, these studies are suggestive but not conclusive of a benefit from sodium reduction to low-intake targets in a primary prevention population. However, a recent Cochrane review38 of randomized controlled trials evaluating reduced sodium intake did not detect a significant reduction in CV mortality or morbidity, but did report an increased risk of all-cause mortality in those with a previous history of CHF who were randomized to sodium restriction (based on the results of a single trial39). There is some observational evidence that dietary-related reductions in blood pressure may not necessarily translate into CV disease prevention,40 particularly if sodium intake is linked with other adverse dietary factors. Another meta-analysis, which included primary prevention trials only, reported a marginally significant reduction in CV events in the group randomized to reduced sodium intake.41 In contrast with populations included in most previous randomized controlled trials and most epidemiological studies, our study population was at higher CV risk because most had a history of a CV event and, as such, may be more susceptible to extremes of sodium intake.39,42,43
For CV mortality, we report a J-shaped association with estimated urinary sodium excretion. A recent study43 reported a J-shaped association between sodium excretion and all-cause mortality in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus, but did not report on CV mortality or CV events. Previous individual prospective cohort studies have either reported a positive association, no association, or an inverse relationship between sodium intake and CV mortality.4- 13 Discrepant findings of previous studies are likely due to differences in ranges of sodium intake, study populations, methods of measurement, and failure to explore a nonlinear association. For example, the NHANES-II study,12 the first to report an association between low sodium intake and CV mortality, had a mean sodium intake of 2.7 g per day while the studies reporting the strongest association between high sodium intake and CV mortality had mean intakes of about 4 g per day.4- 6 The recent FLEMENGHO/EPOGH (Flemish Study on Genes, Environment, and Health Outcomes/European Project on Genes in Hypertension) cohort study13 also reported an increased risk in CV mortality associated with low sodium excretion (group mean, 2.3 g/d) but, unlike our study, it did not report an increased risk with high sodium excretion, likely due to smaller sample size and fewer CV events in a population at lower CV risk. Quiz Ref IDClearly, large randomized controlled trials evaluating the effect of reduced sodium intake in primary and secondary prevention populations, within a multifactorial dietary intervention, on CV outcomes in those with moderate sodium intake are needed urgently.1 Pending the results of such trials, a more cautious approach to policy on sodium intake may be appropriate, one that targets sodium reduction in populations consuming high sodium levels and reflects the uncertainty in those with moderate sodium diets, which includes the majority of the population.
Quiz Ref IDA number of mechanisms are proposed to explain an increased CV mortality associated with low sodium intake, which include hypotension, activation of the renin-angiotensin and sympathetic nervous system, metabolic effect on lipoproteins and insulin, and negative balance of magnesium calcium.44 Of note, we observed that the increased mortality in the low excretion groups was confined to CV causes of death with no effect on non-CV death (Table 2). Our finding of an association between low sodium intake and hospitalization for CHF may suggest that activation of the renin-angiotensin system may play a role,44 which is consistent with the results of a small randomized controlled trial comparing moderate to low sodium intake in patients with established CHF.39 This trial reported an increased risk of rehospitalization in the low-sodium intake group and association with increased aldosterone and plasma renin activity compared with the moderate intake group.39
We observed an inverse relationship between estimated 24-hour urinary potassium and stroke risk, also reported in previous studies and a recent meta-analysis.14 Proposed mechanisms to explain the association include a blood pressure lowering effect,45 a modifying effect on sodium intake, or that healthy dietary patterns are high in potassium.46 In our study, we did not observe a higher baseline blood pressure in the group with lower compared with higher potassium excretion. Although we did not observe significant interaction between potassium and sodium excretion, the lowest CV event rates occurred in the group with moderate sodium excretion and high potassium excretion (Table 3). Participants with higher potassium excretion reported higher daily intake of fruit, but the association between potassium excretion and stroke remained significant after adjusting for fruit intake (eTable 2). At present, it is not clear why potassium excretion has a stronger association with stroke risk compared with other CV outcomes.
Our method of estimating sodium and potassium excretion (and indirectly, intake) may be considered both a strength and limitation. A simple, objective measure of population-level sodium and potassium intake holds enormous importance as it allows convenient monitoring in large-scale studies. It is accepted that a single urine measurement of sodium intake lacks precision for individuals, but provides a more accurate measure of sodium intake at a population level.47 Although we did not use the criterion standard for estimating sodium intake (24-hour urine), our derived estimates appear generally consistent with other studies that used 24-hour urinary measures.48,49 The correlation coefficients between baseline and 2-year follow-up measurements in our study were moderate but are similar to those reported for repeated 24-hour urinary collections in other studies.24- 26 Interindividual variation in day-to-day intake and excretion of sodium and intracellular and intercellular fluid retention and excretion through the skin are sources of confounding that compromise reproducibility for all methods of estimating sodium intake. A further limitation is that the Kawasaki formula was initially developed and validated in Asians free of CV disease18,19 while our cohort included patients at high CV risk, and the majority were non-Asian. We report a correlation coefficient between Kawasaki formula–derived estimates and 24-hour urinary estimates for sodium of 0.55 in a non-Asian population, which is stronger than the correlation reported between 24-hour urine and 24-hour dietary recall methods in the TONE trial (and 24-hour dietary recall has been used in a number of previous large studies for estimating sodium intake7,11,12). Although we would expect this potential source of measurement bias to influence absolute estimates of sodium intake, it is less likely to alter the shape of association reported on cubic spline plots. Further work is required to determine the optimal approach to estimating 24-hour urinary excretion from fasting morning urine samples in different populations, and randomized controlled trials are required to determine the optimal range of sodium intake in both primary and secondary prevention populations.
Our study has a number of additional limitations, and findings should be interpreted with these in mind. First, our cohort includes participants with established CV disease recruited into a randomized controlled trial. Patients who agree to participate in a clinical trial may have different lifestyle behaviors than those who decline participation (eg, dietary intake of sodium in our study's population may be lower than in patients in routine clinical practice). In addition, our population is at higher risk of CV events than a primary prevention cohort and may be more vulnerable to the extremes of sodium intake. As such, our results may not apply to a lower-risk population. Second, urinary excretion is influenced by a number of factors, particularly medications such as diuretics, ACE inhibitors, and angiotensin II receptor blockers. Subgroup analyses by diuretic use did not influence findings and since baseline urine collection occurred before trial run-in, patients would not have received trial medications at the time of baseline urinary collection. Third, urinary electrolytes were measured at a single time point and may not accurately reflect sodium and potassium excretion during the course of the trial. To explore the effects of regression dilution bias, we also reported estimates for usual excretion and found stronger magnitudes of association. However, our adjustment was based on approximately 10% of the population and we suspect that our analysis may have overadjusted. Therefore, these findings are presented as a secondary analysis (eFigure). In our study, participants were not receiving study medication at the time of baseline collection, which may also have influenced test-retest correlations.
Strengths include the very large number of patients and outcomes (centrally adjudicated), the international representation of the cohort, high completeness of data, use of a central laboratory for urinary electrolyte measurement, and the availability of detailed covariates to adjust for a broad range of potential confounders. To our knowledge, the current study represents the largest cohort and most diverse group of individuals with CV disease with urinary-based estimates of sodium and potassium intake.
In conclusion, our study reports a J-shaped association between estimated urinary sodium excretion and CV events in those at increased CV risk. Compared with moderate sodium excretion, we found an association between high sodium excretion and CV events and low sodium excretion and CV death and hospitalization for CHF, which emphasizes the urgent need to establish a safe range for sodium intake in randomized controlled trials. Higher urinary potassium excretion was associated with lower stroke risk and is a potential intervention that merits further evaluation for stroke prevention.
Corresponding Author: Martin J. O'Donnell, MB, PhD, Population Health Research Institute, DBCVS Research Institute, Hamilton General Hospital, McMaster University, 237 Barton St E, Third Floor, Hamilton, ON, L8L 2X2, Canada (firstname.lastname@example.com).
Author Contributions: Dr O'Donnell had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. Drs O'Donnell and Yusuf contributed equally to this article (joint first authors).
Study concept and design: O'Donnell, Yusuf, Manns, Sleight, Dans, Schmieder.
Acquisition of data: O'Donnell, Yusuf, Manns, Teo, McQueen, Dans, Probsfield.
Analysis and interpretation of data: O'Donnell, Yusuf, Mente, Gao, Manns, Teo, Sleight, McQueen, Sharma, Dans.
Drafting of the manuscript: O'Donnell, Yusuf, Gao, Schmieder.
Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: O'Donnell, Yusuf, Mente, Manns, Teo, Sleight, McQueen, Sharma, Dans, Probsfield, Schmieder.
Statistical analysis: O'Donnell, Yusuf, Mente, Gao.
Administrative, technical, or material support: O'Donnell, Yusuf, Manns, Teo, McQueen, Sharma, Probsfield.
Study supervision: O'Donnell, Yusuf, Manns, Teo, Sleight, Probsfield, Schmieder.
Conflict of Interest Disclosures: All authors have completed and submitted the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest. Drs O'Donnell, Yusuf, Teo, Sleight, Sharma, Dans, and Schmieder report receipt of consulting and lecture fees and research grants from Boehringer Ingelheim and from other companies manufacturing angiotensin II receptor blockers (pending completion) and receipt of support for travel to meetings for the study or other purposes from Boehringer Ingelheim. Dr Sleight reports receipt of fees for participation in review activities such as data monitoring boards, statistical analysis, and end point committees, and payment for service on the speakers bureau from Boehringer-Ingelheim. Dr McQueen reports pending grants from Sanofi-aventis. Dr Sharma reports receipt of consultancy fees from Abbott Laboratories, Merck, Arena, Vivus, Novo-Nordisk, Sanofi-aventis, GlaxoSmithKline, NeuroSearch, and Allergan; payment for expert testimony from GlaxoSmithKline; grants or pending grants from Abbott Laboratories; payment for service on speakers bureaus from Boehringer-Ingelheim, Abbott Laboratories, Novo-Nordisk, Allerban, Johnson & Johnson, and Sanofi-aventis; and reimbursement for travel/accommodations expenses from various companies. Dr Dans reports receipt of payment for service on the speakers bureau from Boehringer Ingelheim. Dr Probstfield reports receipt of consultancy fees from Eli Lilly, Sanofi-aventis, and Genentech; and grants or pending grants from Eli Lilly, Sanofi-aventis, and Abbott Laboratories. Dr Schmieder reports receipt of fees for participation in review activities such as data monitoring boards, statistical analysis, and end point committees from Boehringer Ingelheim. Drs Mente, Gao, and Mann report no disclosures.
Funding/Support: The study was supported by Boehringer-Ingelheim.
Role of the Sponsor: Boehringer-Ingelheim had no role in the design and conduct of the study; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of the data; or in the preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript.
Independent Statistical Analysis: All statistical analyses were performed by Peggy Gao, MSc, Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
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Her ex-husband, Mark Sanford, faces Elizabeth Colbert Busch, sister of comic Stephen Colbert, in a special election May 7 to fill the 1st Congressional District seat vacated by now U.S. Sen. Tim Scott.
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Ball State's baseball team, under the direction of head coach Rich Maloney, improved to 3-0 on the season with wins over Morehead State and Wofford in Spartanburg, S.C., Sunday.
The Cardinals tallied a 7-5 win over Morehead State in Sunday's first game, and then defeated Wofford 6-4 in 10 innings in the second game of the day.
Zach Plesac earned the pitching win in both games, while Chris Lovejoy tallied a save in the Wofford contest. Plesac pitched 2.1 innings, allowing zero runs and striking out two to defeat Wofford, while Lovejoy pitched the 10th inning, and held Wofford hitless. In the Morehead State game, Plesac also pitched 2.1 innings, allowed one hit and struck out three.
Against Wofford, the Cardinals scored two runs in the top of the 10th to break a 4-4 tie and earn Ball State the win.
With the game knotted at 4-4, Ball State put together two runs on three hits in the 10th. After the first two batters got out for the Cardinals in the 10th, Sean Kennedy singled and advanced to second when Plesac was walked. Ryan Spaulding singled up the middle and Kennedy scored. Alex Maloney walked to load the bases and Alex Call's single scored pinch runner Cole Griesinger to give the Cardinals a two-run advantage in extra innings.
Kyle Raleigh led the Cardinals offensively with a 2-for-5 performance and added four runs-batted-in and one run scored. Call and Kennedy added two hits apiece, while Call tallied one RBI. Spaulding managed a 1-for-1 showing from the plate with one RBI.
Against Morehead State, Plesac recorded his first career victory by pitching the final 2.1 innings and allowing only one hit, while striking out three. Jacob Brewer started the game and B.J. Butler provided the middle relief in the 7-5 Ball State victory.
After falling behind 1-0 after the top half of the first, the Cardinals responded with a four run first frame to take a commanding lead. T.J. Weir plated Brandon Estep and Sean Godfrey with a double to left center and later scored along with Kennedy on a Morehead State throwing error to give Ball State a 4-1 advantage.
The Eagles tied the score in the third before Ball State added a run in the fifth to even the game at 5-5. The Cardinals scored on a Kennedy RBI single to right that plated Weir, who got on base with a single to center.
Morehead State tied the game again in the sixth, but Ball State responded with a two-run seventh to seal the 7-5 win. The Cardinals scored on a Godfrey RBI single and a Weir bunt single.
Weir led the Cardinals with a 3-for-4 performance from the plate and added three runs-batted-in plus scored twice in the victory. Weir and Maloney each doubled in the contest and Maloney was 2-for-4 from the plate. Kennedy went 2-for-4 with one RBI and one run scored, while Sean Godfrey was 2-for-5 with one run scored and one RBI. Call and Estep each added one hit in the contest.
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COLUMBIA - S.C. Supreme Court justices grilled attorneys in the fight between House Speaker Bobby Harrell and Attorney General Alan Wilson on Tuesday, and were sharply critical at times of how the state's top prosecutor has conducted the case.
Harrell, a Charleston Republican and arguably the most powerful lawmaker in the state, has been accused of using campaign funds for personal use and abusing his position to benefit his company and family members. At stake is whether Wilson and a state grand jury may continue an investigation into the House speaker or whether the case must first be vetted by a panel of lawmakers, the House Ethics Committee, which typically deals with such cases.
More broadly, court watchers and Harrell critics worry that a decision to kill an investigation into the powerful House speaker would hamper the state's ability to police lawmakers and show dysfunction in the state's most important institutions. Supporters of the S.C. Policy Council - a libertarian-leaning think tank that has criticized Harrell and asked the attorney general to take the case - helped pack the small courtroom and fill overflow seats in the lobby.
The roughly one-hour hearing was dominated by questions from Chief Justice Jean Toal and Justice Donald Beatty - both former House members - who criticized Wilson for notifying the media of developments in the investigation, including sending the case for review before the state grand jury. "I find it curious that we know all that," she said. When deputy attorney general Creighton Waters, who presented the case for Wilson's side, appeared to offer an explanation at the end of the hearing, Toal cut him off and said it was unnecessary.
Justices also wanted to know why prosecutors had failed to present clear evidence of criminal wrongdoing that would rise to the level of public corruption - the standard for asking the state grand jury to investigate such a case.
Beatty, at one point, challenged the deputy attorney general as to why any criminal case should go forward if nothing of criminal substance has been shown so far against Harrell.
Waters replied on more than one occasion that criminal grand juries mark the start, not the end, of any investigation. He said that the state grand jury was formed in the wake of a corruption scandal in the 1990s, known as Operation Lost Trust, for that purpose and should only be shut down in "extraordinary" circumstances. The attorney general, he said, does not need permission to investigate anyone. "We think the Constitution, the case law and the statutes make it very clear they do not need that permission."
Harrell, who sat with his wife, son and daughter in the court's second row, has maintained his innocence. After the hearing, he addressed the media, saying that if there were evidence of criminal wrongdoing, the attorney general should have presented the facts to a lower court judge who sided with Harrell in May. That same judge, Casey Manning, also signed off on the grand jury investigating Harrell and could have the authority to shut it down, lawyers and justices said in court.
"The justices also made it clear to us that from what they've seen, the attorney general is simply trying to convict me in the court of public opinion because he can't seem to get it done in a courtroom like you should do it," Harrell told reporters.
Wilson attended the hearing but did not comment afterward.
Harrell's attorneys have argued that the House speaker is not seeking immunity from prosecution, only asking that state law be followed for an ethics-related case. His lawyers say that the State Ethics Act is clear: while the attorney general can investigate and prosecute lawmakers, he must do so after the House Ethics Committee vets any ethics-related allegations. The committee is required to turn over allegations of criminal misconduct to the attorney general.
Ashley Landess, president of the S.C. Policy Council, which has raised issues with Harrell's conduct, said that a complaint she gave to Wilson's office should not matter. Justices implied that her complaint should have been taken to the House Ethics Committee.
"The complaint had about as much relevance to the process as if I had taken a coloring book in there," she said. The attorney general, she said, should be able to investigate anyone. Harrell has been accused of using his campaign funds for personal use, including funds that paid for office-related trips on his personal airplane. She said she was surprised at the justices' tone toward the attorney general.
"The speaker of the House is the most powerful elected official in South Carolina," Landess said. "If anyone owed the public a little more explanation, it was Bobby Harrell."
South Carolina is one of just two states that elects judges in the Legislature. Most recently, Harrell openly supported Toal over Justice Costa Pleicones for the chief justice position this year. Before Tuesday's hearing, a good government advocacy group had asked both judges to recuse themselves from the case, which they did not.
That issue and Manning's decision - which surprised many - rankled the policy council and others. "We do not any longer have confidence in the independence and integrity of our system," Landess said.
The justices did not say when a decision on the Harrell case would be made. Regardless, it may not spell the end for the court wrangling between Harrell and Wilson. The House speaker had originally asked the court to rule on whether Wilson has a conflict of interest in the case. A lower court has not ruled on that part of the case.
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This past weekend, Paper Magazine saw great success with SuperDuper Market, the pop-up supermarket that featured over 50 national food vendors. Here at the Rooster, we were privileged enough to be included and handed out red velvet danishes to tempt the hungry crowd. With a history that dates back to the 1870s, red velvet cakes got their name from their crumbly velvet texture and red tint of the cake itself.
While we can't divulge our danish recipe quite yet, we wanted to kick your week off right with an impressively sweet dessert that is a basic riff on the ever-popular cake pops. Made with homemade red velvet cake and cream cheese frosting, we're doing the cake thing sans the pop. Incredibly simple to make, most cake pop recipes call for boxed cake mix and icing. While using the pre-packaged goodies would certainly shave some time off the recipe as a whole, we're going all homemade on these red velvet babies.


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Incumbents to return as Perry trustees
November 6, 2013
There are only two villages or city in Columbiana County that do not vote on township trustee's, they are E Liverpool voters do not vote on Liverpool township trustee's, nor does Wellsville vote on Yellow Creek township trustee's. We in Salem set in the middle of Perry Township and are allowed to vote for trustee. About 4 more annexations and there will be no township it will all belong to the city. Then you will be governed by city council and the mayor and then bowers you can vote on our candidates. You still have a Salem resident as Fiscal Officer do you have a problem with that??
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So perry is the un incorporated portion of Salem. Formed from different sections of bordering townships and four sections of Salem. I've educated my self. But it's still not fair... I guess I should have said something earlier about this like back in 1830... Lol
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Iv'e seen several times where the city got the steak and the township the bone.
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Well Salem Rutz.
I for one am totally satisfied with the services I receive from the township Adm.
We have a good police,fire and service dept.
We have been and still are in the black. So as long as the job is getting done then i'm satisfied.
I wouldn't vote for Wolford if he had been the only one on the ballot
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What are you showing me grant? Does that mean Lisbon votes on center issues? Columbiana votes on Fairfield and beaver in both counties. That would be a hoot. Hey that maybe. Maybe you can look that up for me. Actually doesn't Salem now abut to green township now. Do they vote on their issues ? Maybe more Salem people should have showed up and voted. Then your residents could have won our seats.
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GrantMingus: Wolford has a proven track record based upon his past experiences more than any other candidate let alone in the City of Salem as an elected public official. The election shows that voters still vote pretty much based upon political parties vs. voting for experience and proven results. I hope the residents enjoy another 4 years of Rudibaugh spending half the year in FL! What a joke!!!
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Hey Bowers .What do you think ?
We can't go into town and they can't leave .
Lets see who wins . Hee hee
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I'm not sure what you don't understand about Salem being part of Perry Township. Salem residents ARE Perry Township residents.
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Bowers, don't ever cross into city limits then. Ever. Don't use our roads, don't shop here, don't buy your groceries or your gas here, don't eat at any of the restaurants. Please and thank you.
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Wow ward .. Lol that didn't even make sense. Ohio issues effect Ohioans right. You can vote on those the last I checked. No matter where in Ohio you lived. Salem issues effect Salem residents. How does perry issues effect Salem residents unless Salem residents can vote unfavorably towards something in hope that the outcome benefits Salem. Your very right ladybug.
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Your right Bowers.
When city council makes decisions involving both. The city ends up on the plus side.
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bowers - that is like saying you shouldn't vote for Ohio issues because you live in the township, not Ohio.
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I don't live in Salem I live in the township. And don't you tell me that the people who live in Salem knows what's best for a township resident. I have no say in your politics your issues or your candidates. There for you should have no say in mine!
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I guess Jerry Wolford's "record" as a public servant didn't serve him very well.
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Just an FYI bowers - if you live in Salem you also live in the township. Just like if you live in the township you also live in the county and the state. Salem never seceded from the township ... but it can.
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Better to be represented from Florida half the time then from some one who doesn't even live in the township.
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HaHaHa Rudibaugh couldn't be reached for comment not surprising it will be another 4 years of absence and unanswered calls .
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A man who witnesses said threatened to "shoot up" a West Chippewa Street bar was arrested about 3 a.m. Sunday after police found a loaded rifle on the front passenger seat of his vehicle.
Central District police charged Darnell Pearsell, 27, of Center Lane, with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a Class C felony. Officers said Pearsell had been ejected from 4Play, 45 W. Chippewa St., a few minutes before they received a call about a man with a gun.
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A priest who grew up in the Lutheran faith, a college professor who brings to light the "other" gospels and a semi-retired journalist/ marketing executive who loves to cook kosher have something in common.
They are all authors and speakers for the 2013 Matter of Faith Summer Series. The annual series, sponsored by the Interfaith Committee of the Ecumenical Conference of Greater Altoona, will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesdays from July 2 to 23 at the social hall of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 778 Lower Brush Mountain Road, Hollidaysburg. The location of the series has been changed from the one originally announced.
Each session will include round- table discussions and direct conversations with the authors.
The sessions are as follows:
July 2 - Father Anthony Roeber, an early history and religious studies professor at Penn State University, will speak about his book, "Changing Churches: An Orthodox, Catholic, Lutheran Theological Conversation." It speaks of his conversion from the Lutheran faith to Orthodox Christianity.
Roeber, who is also a supply priest for the Orthodox Deanery of Western Pennsylvania, co-wrote the book with Mickey L. Mattox, who converted from the Lutheran faith to Catholicism.
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Sponsor: Interfaith Committee of the Ecumenical Conference of Greater Altoona
In their introduction, the authors note that many Americans change faith traditions from the one they knew as children, but the book is written for people who would thoughtfully consider the intersection where the Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Lutheran, and other traditional Protestant churches meet.
Roeber and Mattox said the book follows a theological, spiritual and personal reflection on the gains and losses that led them to leave Lutheranism.
"Thoughtful consideration of the question whether one should remain or become Catholic, Orthodox or Lutheran is, as we both well know, a sometimes bewildering process marked by the fundamental conviction that all choices are not created equal, and that the freedom to choose includes an obligation to do our very best to discern the truth."
"When the process of discernment leads ultimately to the decision to change churches, as it did in both our cases, then the path to change must be paved by asking and then answering as best we can a series of difficult theological questions," the introduction states.
"The sorrows of separation, too, must be endured. Yet the ecumenical journeys the two of us have made have been marked even more profoundly by the joys of discovery, by moments of grace, by inner peace and in the end by a renewed commitment to work for the unity of the church," the authors wrote.
July 9 - Attorney and author James Kimmel Jr. will discuss his novel "The Trial of Fallen Angels."
It is a spiritual thriller that features a former central Pennsylvania lawyer who dies and joins an elite group of lawyers who prosecute and defend souls at the Final Judgment.
Although he was a successful lawyer, Kimmel began to experience a conflict between his spiritual beliefs and his profession.
In an email, he explained that as a litigator, it was important for him to win justice for his clients.
"People come to litigators when they've been wronged or harmed in some way," he wrote. "They want back the level of peace and happiness they enjoyed from their relationships, wellness or possessions before they were victimized."
"The brand of justice that litigators offer people in this situation is based on the idea that if somebody wrongs you or causes you to suffer, the way to get your peace and happiness back is to make that person pay for what they've done.
"But there's a problem here. When you finally get hold of the perpetrator of your suffering, how do you take back your happiness? It's nowhere to be found," he said in the email.
"But what you can do is take away that person's happiness. As a good litigator, that's what I did. I went about gathering up clients who were wronged and, in exchange for sometimes obscenely large sums of money, took away the happiness of those who wronged them.
"I did this with the tacit promise and belief that by taking happiness from the wrongdoers, my clients' happiness would be restored."
"Well, after doing this for many years, I discovered that this is a lie. Happiness comes from within and is available in infinite supply - for free. And, importantly, when you become the instrument of other people's suffering, you by definition experience their suffering. Ironically, the more you seek justice, the more your happiness actually decreases."
Kimmel said he began searching for a way to restore happiness.
"The method I found, taught by the great spiritual masters of all of the world's great religions - is first by practicing "nonjustice"- which means to abstain from seeking justice in the form of revenge - and then, ultimately, forgiveness," he wrote.
Forgiveness is an act of strength and self-preservation that you give yourself to restore your peace and happiness, he said.
"This conflict between justice and forgiveness is the conflict that I experienced between my duties as a lawyer and my spiritual beliefs," Kimmel wrote.
He said, he hopes the novel opens the door for readers to question their own beliefs about justice and forgiveness.
July 16 - Robert Miller, Rosenberger chairman of religious studies and Christian thought at Juniata College, will focus on "What the 'Other Gospels Tell Us about Early Christianity."
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are the four Gospels that are part of the New Testament, but several dozen gospels were produced during the early years of Christianity.
Miller said the other gospels have much to tell about the early Christian centuries.
July 23 - Don Clippinger will clear up misconceptions about a kosher diet by highlighting his book, "Real Jewish Men Cook Kosher."
Clippinger and his wife, Rabbi Audrey Korotkin of Temple Beth Israel in Altoona, keep kosher although they are not bound by Jewish law in the Reform Jewish movement.
"We have a kosher home so that any Jew of any level of observance can share our table," he said. "We also maintain kosher to keep alive a worthy Jewish tradition."
"Kosher is important to us as a reminder with every meal, with every bite of where our food comes from," he said.
"Three times a day, our kosher meals remind us of our covenant with God," he notes in the book.
Clippinger said kosher is not difficult once the family kitchen is equipped with two sets of everything. Two sets of pots, pans, utensils and other items are needed because meat and milk never mix in any food preparation.
He shares his recipes for entrees, appetizers, sides and desserts with many of the dishes having the flavor of his western Pennsylvania upbringing.
Clippinger said he and Korotkin find it easy to keep kosher in the Altoona-Tyrone area because kosher meats are available in State College as well as Pittsburgh.
He said a kosher diet can be healthy because the meat intake can be limited.
"We emphasize fresh or frozen vegetables in our meals and try to keep a limit on the starches. Those principles, drawn from a kosher diet, should benefit everyone," he said.
The series is made possible by a grant from the Greater Altoona Jewish Federation.


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The Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank left attendees with more questions than answers for the future of crop and livestock farming. Agricultural economists, investors and bankers generally agreed that land prices will drop, but gave no firm indication of when or how far.
by Lucas Sjostrom, Hoard's Dairyman Associate Editor
Clayton Yeutter, former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and Trade Representative (USTR), opened Monday's "Is this farm boom different?" at the Kansas City Federal Reserve by answering the event's main question. Farmers would say yes, said Yeutter, since they're eternal optimists. But, he noted, while much looks the same as the last boom in the 1970s, much is different too.
A 1980s repeat, or not?
Yeutter gave great historical perspective, talking about the booms in U.S. agriculture since the 1900s. Of course, the former Secretary of Agriculture and USTR played a big role in government's positioning from the 1970s through today.
Looking back to the 1970s, Yeutter noted that China is filling the role the Russians took in the late 1970s as big, but previously uninterested, grain buyers. Other similarities include land is being purchased by farmers and nonfarmers alike, high crop prices, high production costs, drought and planting more where possible.
But conversely, farmers are more sophisticated, better at managing risk and more efficient than ever before, said Yeutter. We also have stronger balance sheets, a stronger safety net, better risk management, more land conservation programs and lower interest rates.
Yeutter said too much euphoria existed in the 1970s, and we may have too much today – we're not taking care of our risk. He noted he was attending a board meeting with a large corporation later this week, and even that company did not have its hands wrapped around risk management. His three risks for agriculture are the weather (including potential climate change), energy policy (especially ethanol and the renewable fuels standard) and biotechnology. "The U.S. understands biotech," contended Yeutter, "while others don't if we want to feed 9 billion people."
Economists and industry optimistic
After Yeutter's opening presentation, 12 presentations from economists, bankers and hedge fund managers offered a cautiously optimistic state of today's economy. Brent Gloy, Purdue University, explained that bubbles never really exist, as there's nearly always a rational basis for peoples' economic decisions. But he also noted that the farmland value-to-cash rent multiples for Iowa, Illinois and Indiana are at their highest levels ever – over 30.
Gloy also noted that the only times we saw the return to farm operator income, plus interest and rent, rise above $100 billion (in 2005 dollars) was in the World War II boom and in the 1970s. Today we're not at those levels.
That being said, looking at a survey of Indiana farmers' perceptions of a piece of moderate farmland in the state, farmers did not match their projections for corn prices with their willingness to pay for farmland. There was virtually no correlation, showing that maybe not everything is rational in farmland prices.
The big elephants in the room for other economists were three things; China, corn ethanol and sugar ethanol (in Brazil), outlined first by William Hudson of The ProExporter Network.
Hudson explained, "China is buying our land." It doesn't matter if it is corn or beans because we rotate those crops on the same land base. "What we're really doing," Hudson said, "is giving the world what it needs to feed its meat products, rather than actually feeding the world."
Hudson and others touched on the real possibility of $8.50 corn, rising farmland values being consistent in other parts of the world and the high likelihood that interest rates would remain low through late 2014.
On Tuesday morning, Allen Featherstone of Kansas State University noted that while we're not making more land, a whole bunch more can still be brought into agricultural production. He also stated, and others agreed, that a drop in revenue is more likely to cause the next bust rather than the rising interest rates.
These aren't normal times
To cap the event, Michael Boehlje, Purdue University, noted that farmers shouldn't "drink the Kool-Aid" of agribusiness. It's not a growing population that counts; it's growth in income. Finally, Boehlje noted that the demand for agricultural products appears bullish long-term, but he's pessimistic of the U.S. ability to compete in livestock and dairy worldwide. This is due to other countries' ability to bring new land into production, use cheaper feed (wheat and barley) to feed their animals and catch up to us in efficiency. Near the end of his presentation, Boehlje said, "I think a bust is inevitable."
Update: To see the slides from all the presentations for this conference, visit http://www.kansascityfed.org/publications/research/rscp/rscp-2012.cfm.
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"This inspired me to talk," Sambolin, 47, told PEOPLE shortly after making her revelation on the air during CNN's coverage of Jolie's announcement. "When we went into the story, it felt right to share it."
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STATE?COLLEGE?- Urban Meyer's first stop after Ohio State's 29-22 overtime win against Purdue on Saturday was to a Columbus-area hospital.
The first-year Buckeye coach went to check on his Heisman-candidate quarterback, Braxton Miller, who earlier in the afternoon was taken from Ohio Stadium in an ambulance for concussion-related tests.
"All the test results came back. I guess the term is negative, which is positive," Meyer said Monday during his weekly press conference. "He has a very, very sore neck, and we expect him to practice [today]."
Miller is listed as the Buckeye's No. 1 quarterback on the depth chart for Saturday's game at Penn State, and it seems likely he will play after getting the go-ahead from doctors.
Miller has taken a number of punishing hits this season. The hits are in part attributed to Meyer's spread offense that has the speedy Miller running all over the field.
But Meyer said he is not about to change the way his star quarterback plays the game. The coach said rather than change Miller's style, he can further coach him up on how to get out of bounds on some plays to avoid big hits.
"We don't go crazy with him running the ball," Meyer said. "At some point, though, you have to try to move the ball a little bit. We're very cognizant of that."
When Meyer was at Florida, he coached Heisman-winning quarterback Tim Tebow, who was no stranger to taking and sometimes giving out punishing blows to the defense. Meyer said he is still "very concerned" when he sees his quarterback take such shots.
The coach and quarterback had a long talk after the injury, and Meyer said Miller appeared to be a bit rattled.
Miller told his coach that he had never really been injured before and was not quite sure how to react.
Offensive coordinator Tom Herman reminded reporters on Monday that Miller is just a 19-year-old sophomore, and he still hasn't mastered the learning curve of dealing with injuries and playing college football.
"He is a very fine-tuned athlete, and those guys don't like it when they get hurt," Herman said. "It takes a little adjusting."
Ineligible bowl
There have been many different hypothetical names floating around the Internet for Saturday's game that will feature two of the Big Ten's best teams, who are also ineligible for any postseason play.
Meyer stressed the respect he has for both Penn State and its football program. The coach said it will even be a good NFL draft this year for the Nittany Lions.
Even though Penn State lost some of its key returning starters as a result of NCAA sanctions this summer, Meyer called the Lions a team that is loaded with talent.
"This is still Penn State," Meyer said. "I know there's going to be some tough sanctions against them, but Penn State has great football players."
Mauti-Meyer connection
The relationship between Meyer and Penn State senior linebacker Michael Mauti dates back years, to when Meyer recruited Mauti to come play for him at Florida.
"I recruited him hard at Florida," Meyer said. "I loved him as a high school athlete."
During Meyer's coaching hiatus, when he worked for ESPN, he came to Penn State to do a feature story on Mauti.
The coach called Mauti a tough guy, a leader, a family man and someone who is playing his tail off just a year removed from a serious knee injury that ended his 2011 season prematurely.
Monday, Mauti and fellow linebacker Gerald Hodges were named semifinalists for the Butkus Award, given to the nation's top linebacker. The duo are among 12 semifinalists in the country. Penn State is the only school with two semifinalists.
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Two Lions picked up Big Ten weekly awards following the 38-14 thrashing of Iowa on Saturday night.
Defensive tackle Jordan Hill was named the Big Ten's Defensive Player of the Week. It is the first time the senior has received the honor.
Hill's selection marks the fourth time in the past six weeks a Lion has been selected the conference's top defensive player for the week.
Redshirt freshman tight end Kyle Carter was named the conference's Freshman of the Week. Carter had a career-high 85 receiving yards and tied his career best with six receptions.