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Millionaire footballer Joey Barton takes £70 EuroMillions punt
Despite amassing a small fortune during a playing career that has included spells at Manchester City, Newcastle and Queens Park Rangers,
Joey Barton seemingly cannot resist the lure of a lottery.
The Liverpool-born midfielder was spotted yesterday entering a newsagent store in order to stock up on newspapers and sweets with Rangers team-mate Jamie Mackie.
But he stunned fellow shoppers when he took a wad of notes from his pocket and asked the cashier how many tickets for last night's EuroMillions draw he could buy.
Barton produced £70 in total, entitling him to 35 tickets for the draw, which had a jackpot of about £38 million.
A witness in the shop told the Sun: 'Jamie was laughing as they waited for the tickets to print out. Joey was chatty and polite. You'd think he wouldn't need the lottery.'
The Premier League duo then left the shop in Chiswick, west London, close to their club's training ground.
Barton could have been eyeing the mega prize fund in order to pay for toys, nappies and baby food, as he recently became a father for the first time.
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The Vallejo City Unified School District has begun collecting money to help the Philippines recover from last year's devastating typhoon.
"During the tragedy in the Philippines, Typhoon Haiyan, we were thinking about how we can have our students involved in expressing their concerns. ... We came up with this project. We're trying to tie academics and heart, and raise the consciousness about service," said Tony Ubalde, president of the Vallejo school board.
Called "Change for the Children," the district is asking the community to donate some change (or more) for Philippine schools.
"We felt this was one way that (students) can give and offer a means of helping (the Philippines) through the recovery," Ubalde said.
Ubalde emphasized that the project was about the Philippines' long-term recovery rather than immediately relief, pointing out earthquake-ravaged Haiti as an example of continuing recovery.
Typhoon Haiyan, known as Yolanda in the Philippines, struck the central Visayas region of the island country in November, killing more than 6,200 people and nearly destroying Tacloban City.
"We found out that many of our students' families came from that part of the Visayan region of the Philippines," Ubalde said.
About 17 percent of the district's enrollment is of Filipino descent.
Change for the Children also has an educational component, Ubalde said.
"We felt it was important for them to be informed academically about the Philippines," Ubalde said.
Ubalde said he and district officials have asked Larry and Lilibeth Asera, who are currently in the Philippines, to make connections for them and seek out a school or district in the affected areas that could receive Vallejo's aid.
Larry Asera was the first person of Filipino descent elected to the Vallejo City Council.
"There will be a delegation of us from the school district who will be going to the Philippines during spring break, and hopefully the donations that we will receive ... we will actually deliver to the Philippines," Ubalde said.
Donations are being collected at the front offices of schools, offices and local businesses. Checks can be made payable to the Vallejo City Unified School District, with "Change for Children" in the memo line.
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Minneapolis Supervalu Inc. CEO Jeff Noddle took in $9.3 million in total compensation for 2008, down from $11.9 million in 2007.
In a proxy statement filed with the SEC on Friday, Supervalu reported that Noddle made $1.1 million in salary for 2008, down slightly from $1 million in 2007.
He also received $2.5 million in stock awards for 2008, $2.7 million in options awards and $1.3 million through a cash incentive plan.
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I am trying to install a 4.0 motor in my 2001 Explorer, but I am running into trouble regarding the felx plate. When did Ford changethe flex plate in the Auto 4.0 Mustangs. I thought everything was the same from 05-10. I read some where that there might have been a design change concerning the strater, flex plate and torque converter in 2008. Any truth to this??
This thread may be super old and all, but I'm going to post what I know for the benefit of people searching this topic in the future (I came to this thread via Google search, for instance).
During a swap of a tranny and torque converter from an '05 into my '07 (long story, it was a straight OEM replacement for troubleshooting purposes), I found that the t/c and flexplate designs had changed between those years. The four nuts on the t/c were both a different size ('07 used a 1/2" socket, '05 was a 15mm socket, neither nut fit the other year t/c), and spaced differently (see pics below). As a result, the holes in the flexplate are also spaced differently.
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For clarification purposes, both sets of parts came from '05-'09 4.0L V6 Mustangs with automatic transmissions.
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The band (Liam Gallagher, Gem Archer, Andy Bell and Chris Sharrock) will be giving fans a first live taste of their premiere album in a series of concerts in Glasgow, Manchester & London in March next year, which is proving to be one of the most hotly anticipated live debuts the UK has ever seen.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. — Owner Len Barrie disputed former coach Barry Melrose's assertion he was being told whom to play. He also called Melrose's preparation before the season "total negligence."
"I knew we were in trouble when we went to Prague," Barrie said Wednesday of the season-opening trip with the Rangers, "and Barry wanted to play the (defensive) left wing lock."
It was the latest salvo in the war of words between Melrose and the team. Barrie said he wants it to stop but added, "I wanted to respond for our organization and our guys."
Especially, he said, for rookie Steven Stamkos, whom Melrose believes is not NHL ready.
"He didn't want Steven on this team from day one, and it was evident how he played him," Barrie said. "Everyone knows this kid is a star player."
Barrie said he never told Melrose to play Stamkos certain minutes. "But I did say, 'Why not try Steven Stamkos on the point?' The kid's done it (in juniors) and played well back there."
Stamkos has played there under coach Rick Tocchet.
About the Lightning's 4-0 loss to the Panthers the day after Melrose walked out of practice and three days before his Nov. 14 firing, Barrie said, "That was the final nail in the coffin. He went at guys personally and he challenged the team, which is fine. Coaches have to do that. But you have to have guys respond."
Barrie admitted he and Melrose "were never as close" as Melrose and owner Oren Koules, who hired him.
"But my thing is you're paid to do a job, and he didn't do it from day one. How he came in and prepared for this job was total negligence."
OFF HIS BACK: If Stamkos is upset with Melrose, the NHL's No. 1 draft choice didn't show it.
"You can't let stuff like that bother you," the 18-year-old said. "It's his opinion. This team, if anything, can use it as motivation."
"He told me he laughed about it, which was nice to hear," Tocchet said.
"You just don't pay attention to it," Stamkos added. "You keep working hard. That's the only thing we're focused on, not comments from anyone."
KONOPKA UP: With RW Adam Hall (upper body) out, C Zenon Konopka was called up from AHL Norfolk on an emergency basis, meaning he must be sent down when an injured player returns. Konopka, 27, from nearby Niagara Falls, had seven goals, 21 points and 84 penalty minutes in 27 games for the Admirals.
He wasn't on the bench until late in the first period as his plane from Norfolk did not land until 6:30, 30 minutes before game time. He was called for interference on his second shift and later fought Adam Mair.
GRATTON DOWN? It is unclear if 15-year veteran Chris Gratton will report to Norfolk.
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If he does not report, he and payments on his $1.25-million contract will be suspended.
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One of the curious omissions by all the commentators I've heard thus far, is that Mitt Romney, by choosing Paul Ryan as the VP candidate, has insured that following Romney's defeat in the general election, Ryan will become the leader of the GOP and the almost certain GOP Presidential candidate in 2016.
In mid-July I had the odd feeling I was watching the disintegration of the Romney campaign. First, Romney was unable to deal with Obama's master stroke of lifting the threat of deportation from a large number of illegal immigrants. Obama had, with that action, secured a clear advantage with the Hispanic vote.
Second, Romney's inability to deal with the income taxes, and his confusing efforts to deal with his time at Bain (IE., he had ended his ties with Bain "retroactively"!!!), left a sense among political observers that Romney was in free fall. It wasn't, if folks remember, simply that the Democrats had made an issue of the income taxes, but that key Republicans and conservatives had joined in the chorus demanding the release of more than two years of returns.
Third, most of us (including me) had not seen the media attacks Romney had made on his opponents in the primary, because those attacks were not made in the national media, but at the local and state levels. Some of those candidates self-destructed (the case with Rick Perry), or had known they had no chance of winning the nomination (as was true of Ron Paul), but Romney had waged a ruthless campaign against Gingrich, Cain, and Santorum. He had poured in money, dug up dirt, and essentially "bought" the primaries with his war chest. Primaries are always lessons in how blunt objects will be used to knock out opponents. In this case, the net result was that Romney had left behind a trail of genuine bitterness and hard feeling among the conservative candidates. It is true the "Tea Party" (and the "establishment GOP") hate Obama so much, they will support whoever is running against him, but in this case what we saw was the victory of the candidate no one really loved, and many profoundly detested. Contributing to this was the perception that Romney would take any side of any issue if it would help him to win.
The election had been Romney's to lose. With 8% unemployment, (and I am referring to long term unemployment), Obama, on the face of it, had no chance of winning. "It is the economy, stupid", to quote the slogan from Bill Clinton's campaign. Romney had done his best to make that the central issue of his campaign.
Thus I found it difficult to believe, in mid-July, that the Romney campaign was coming apart at the seams. But this was confirmed by his overseas trip, where he managed to irritate the conservative Prime Minister of England. It was therefore no surprise when, starting in the first week of August, key elements in the Republican Party (the Wall Street Journal and National Review) began to push for the selection of Paul Ryan as the VP choice. The selection of Paul Ryan was almost a concession that Romney had lost the election but at least would be able to pull the base together.
In politics it is extremely risky to state any outcome as a sure thing three months in advance. Much may happen, from some tragedy involving the candidates themselves, to events in Europe, which could sink the US financial ship, to a possible Israeli attack on Iran. But as it stands now, Romney has lost. The polls of early August confirmed this – they were unanimous in showing a shift away from Romney and toward Obama, beyond the margin of error, and, most important, in the key states Romney had to win.
Romney's plight helps explain why the GOP has launched such a strong national attack on the right to vote – special credit goes to Rachel Maddow, perhaps the brightest star in the MSNBC galaxy, who has documented both the national efforts to restrict the right to vote, and the specific and outrageous effort in the key state of Ohio to make it much harder for voters in Democratic districts to have their votes counted. (Ohio is a scandal – in the Bush vs. Gore race the combination of the voter fraud in Florida and in Ohio gave the race to Bush. Voter fraud goes both ways – the Democrats have done much the same thing. But this is the first time I can remember, since the Civil Rights Act was passed, that we have seen a systematic effort to deny categories of voters easy access to the polls – this means African Americans, Hispanics, the elderly, and students).
If I'm right and the GOP is doomed to defeat in this election, the fault rests in large measure with the Tea Party which has locked Romney into positions which alienated key sectors of the voting public. Leaving aside gay voters, most of whom will go to Obama, the assault on women's rights (well covered by Maddow) has meant that even normally Republican voters have been alienated. The Black vote will, again, go overwhelmingly to Obama. The immigration issue has locked an overwhelming majority of Hispanic voters into support of Obama. Romney's visit to Israel did not split the Jewish vote, which will still go by a heavy margin to Obama.
What Romney does have is a clear majority of the white working class male voters, plus a majority of the middle class voters. (The number of upper class voters is too small to be decisive, but in any event will split). In the old days this might easily have been enough to win an election. But older white voters who depend on Medicare and Social Security will be turned off by the choice of Paul Ryan. (The addition of Ryan to the ticket may well have guaranteed that Florida will go to Obama).
With each passing year the electorate is "less white". One reason for the Tea Party is the sense of alienation felt by older white voters who are baffled by a world in which there are gays and lesbians getting married and anchoring TV news shows, and a black is in the White House. The Tea Party is hardly a "reasoned response", and this was confirmed by those who sought its blessing, from Bachmann to Santorum.
What is disturbing about the GOP campaign this year was the range of possible candidates. We didn't have a choice of serious folks, but people like Herman Cain, Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, and Rick Perry. Jon Huntsman was one of the few candidates who could be considered qualified, and he was quickly eliminated. If this had been an "off year" when the GOP stood no chance of winning, one might understand why someone such as Michele Bachmann was taken seriously. But as it stands, the range of candidates suggests the GOP has few heavy hitters. (An exception is Paul Ryan who, despite my sharp disagreements with his "Ayn Rand" economic approach, is a thoughtful man).
One personal note on Romney. It is rare that truly wealthy men or women enter politics – it is easier for them to hire a candidate. (As, if you check the record, you will find Richard Nixon was hired, long ago, by a group of businessmen in his Congressional district). There are exceptions such as Rockefeller or Bloomberg. Generally, however, the very rich do their best to avoid publicity. It is considered in bad taste to make a display of wealth. The very rich are virtually invisible. They do not ride the subways or buses, they do not fly economy class. Their children go to private schools. They lived in gated communities or in well guarded condominiums. They often have body guards.
It is not merely, as Scott Fitzgerald wrote, that "the rich are different" from the rest of us – they are, for the most part, invisible, and prefer it that way. Romney is in this category of the super-rich but he lacks something that usually goes with this category – a sense of noblesse oblige.
That ability to leave "lesser mortals" at ease marked FDR, John F. Kennedy, and George Bush (the senior – not the Jr.). But it is something George Romney lacks. His laugh is nervous, his smile too quick, his responses too robotic. This is in part because his background in the Morman Church already put him at a distance from most of us. Remember, as a Morman, Romney can't have a beer, or a bourbon and branch water. Unlike JFK or Bush Sr., who saw military service and had to deal with people from a range of classes, Romney didn't share that experience.
It is my private guess that this accounted for his extraordinary fumble on the matter of taxes. I doubt there is anything illegal in the returns, rather I think Romney felt "we" simply didn't have the right to demand more than the two years he will give us. His wife, who shares his background, made the comment when pressed about the taxes that "you people have all you need". That "you people" was so revealing – it wasn't said in anger, but from that sense of distance that great wealth has given the Romney's.
What is missing in the debate about the deficit, and the Paul Ryan budget (which, let it be noted, was attacked by the Catholic Bishops) is not some display of anger about exempting the wealthy – the Democrats are good at that. What is missing is any discussion of the one area where massive cuts can safely be made – the military budget. Hundreds of overseas bases will remain off limits to discussion. And on this, Obama, just as much as Paul Ryan, will be silent. (Though there have been some subtle hints that Obama may mention this in the course of the campaign). Jesus once said to his disciples "the poor you have always with you", something Paul Ryan is happy to accept. If Jesus were around today he might say "the military you have always with you".
In any event we will know very soon if I have badly misread the political scene. For myself, I will vote for the Socialist Party ticket, Stewart Alexander – and if the SP can't make the New York State ballot, I'll vote for whatever minor party does make it.
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The Mark Prior experiment has ended.
Back in May, the Red Sox took a flier on the second overall pick from the 2001 MLB Draft, who hadn't thrown a pitch in the majors since 2006. By signing him to a minor-league deal, the Red Sox tried to give Prior a chance to reinvent himself.
In the end, it simply didn't pan out for both parties and the Pawtucket Red Sox reportedly released Prior on Friday to make room for right-handed pitcher Pedro Beato, who was acquired from the Mets in exchange for catcher Kelly Shoppach.
Prior's stint in Pawtucket started off promising, when he tossed 2 2/3 scoreless frames and struck out six in his first two appearances in Triple-A. At one point, the former Cubs phenom was so effective that he looked to be in position for a September call-up with Boston.
But as the strikeouts increased, so did the walks.
By the end of his tenure — which included 19 games — Prior had fanned 38 batters while issuing 23 walks. He still posted a 3.96 ERA, but struggled in his last three appearances as he surrendered five runs during that stretch.
Since his last major league appearance in 2006, Prior has bounced around independent ball and through the minors, making stops in farm systems with the Padres, Rangers, Yankees and now the Red Sox.
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Do Indigenous Australians age prematurely? The implications of life expectancy and health conditions of older Indigenous people for health and aged care policyPhilippa R. Cotter A E , John R. Condon B , Tony Barnes A , Ian P. S. Anderson C , Leonard R. Smith D and Teresa Cunningham A
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Australian Health Review 36(1) 68-74 https://doi.org/10.1071/AH11996
Submitted: 11 January 2011 Accepted: 27 April 2011 Published: 9 February 2012
Objective. To assess whether Indigenous Australians age prematurely compared with other Australians, as implied by Australian Government aged care policy, which uses age 50 years and over for population-based planning for Indigenous people compared with 70 years for non-indigenous people.
Methods. Cross-sectional analysis of aged care assessment, hospital and health survey data comparing Indigenous and non-indigenous age-specific prevalence of health conditions. Analysis of life tables for Indigenous and non-indigenous populations comparing life expectancy at different ages.
Results. At age 63 for women and age 65 for men, Indigenous people had the same life expectancy as non-indigenous people at age 70. There is no consistent pattern of a 20-year lead in age-specific prevalence of age-associated conditions for Indigenous compared with other Australians. There is high prevalence from middle-age onwards of some conditions, particularly diabetes (type unspecified), but there is little or no lead for others.
Conclusion. The idea that Indigenous people age prematurely is not well supported by this study of a series of discrete conditions. The current focus and type of services provided by the aged care sector may not be the best way to respond to the excessive burden of chronic disease and disability of middle-aged Indigenous people.
What is known about the topic? The empirical basis for the Australian Government's use of age 50 for Indigenous aged care planning, compared to age 70 for the non-indigenous population, is not well established. It is not clear whether Indigenous people's poorer health outcomes and lower life expectancy are associated with premature ageing.
What does this paper add? This paper compares Indigenous and non-indigenous life expectancy and prevalence of health conditions. Only some conditions associated with ageing appear to affect Indigenous people earlier than other Australians. The proposition of premature ageing based on this explanatory framework is uncertain. The estimated gap between Indigenous and non-indigenous life expectancy in later life is ~6 years.
What are the implications for practitioners? The current rationale for using a lower Indigenous planning age is problematic; however, further research is required to assess the effectiveness of this policy measure. The much higher prevalence of preventable chronic conditions among Indigenous Australians in middle-age groups is clear. The 'early ageing' frame can imply irremediable disability and disease. The aged care sector may be filling gaps in other services. The community care services for this group require a more tailored approach than simply lowering the planning age for aged care services.
The idea that Indigenous Australians age prematurely is embedded in policy: for over two decades the age 50 years and over has been used to plan and allocate aged care services for the Indigenous population in the same way as the age 70 years is used for the non-indigenous population. Government documents have offered various rationales for this policy measure: that 'conditions associated with ageing generally affect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people substantially earlier than other Australians'1 for example, or that the policy recognises Indigenous people's 'poor health status, reduced life expectancy and subsequent need for aged care services at a younger age'.2 Although some critiques do not accept the notion of early ageing3, the debate has lacked an empirical basis and the established rationale continues to be widely circulated in the aged care sector.4
In this paper, we examine the assumption that Australia's Indigenous population ages earlier than the non-indigenous population. If this is not the case, questions arise about whether lowering the age for allocation of aged care services is a good way to respond to the health and care needs of Indigenous people in middle- and older-age groups. If the policy measure has some value – as a tool to increase resources for older Indigenous people, for example – it needs an evidence-based rationale. We probe the two components underpinning stated rationales: life expectancy and health conditions.
The gap between Indigenous and non-indigenous life expectancy of nearly 20 years has been an iconic statistic in our understanding of Indigenous health, but this understanding is being challenged. Methods for estimating Indigenous life expectancy are being refined5 and there are signs that Indigenous life expectancy may have improved.6 The latest estimates suggest Indigenous Australians may have ~11 years lower life expectancy at birth than other Australians.7 In this paper, we consider the use of the lower age benchmark in light of these shifts and also compare Indigenous and non-indigenous life expectancy in later life as this is more pertinent for aged care services.
The Indigenous population has worse health outcomes across all age groups relative to non-indigenous Australians. But it is not clear whether the lower life expectancy Indigenous people experience is associated with the pattern of disease that we commonly associate with ageing starting earlier or occurring at a faster rate. Although 'ageing' is a slippery concept, the ageing process can be defined by an increasing risk of irremediable disability and death. The age of onset and duration of this period of functional decline differs and is subject to social, behavioural and environmental factors that have cumulative and interacting effects over the lifespan.8 If the Indigenous population ages prematurely, we would expect to see the same set of conditions as the older non-indigenous population, but at a younger age. Ageing is a continuous process; no cut-off age can distinguish 'old' people from the non-elderly.9 We therefore compared the age-groups used in policy and examined whether Indigenous people showed a 20-year lead for conditions that are prevalent among the rest of the population aged over 70.
Investigating the health of older Indigenous people has been hindered by the lack of breakdown of older-age groups when reporting Indigenous health statistics. The few analyses that are available point to an age gap of ~20 years in self-reported health status between Indigenous and non-indigenous people. For instance, the proportion of Indigenous people reporting their health as fair or poor (compared to excellent or good) at ~50 years old is similar to that of non-indigenous people ~70 years of age.10 The prevalence of heart and circulatory diseases and of diabetes (type unspecified) reported by Indigenous people increases markedly from ~35 years of age onwards – ~10 years earlier than in the non-indigenous population.11 However, whereas a higher proportion of Indigenous Australians than non-indigenous Australians reported more than one long-term health condition in age groups between 25 and 54 years, older people (aged 55 years and over) in both populations had similar rates.12 A 2004 report examining Aged Care Assessment Program (ACAP) Indigenous client data from 2000 to 2001 provided information on client characteristics but did not examine health conditions.13 Our comparison of health conditions does not rely solely on self-reported data that may be affected by factors such as language spoken and employment status.14 We analysed multiple data sources to examine the age-specific prevalence of common health conditions of Indigenous Australians aged 50 years or over and compared these to the non-indigenous population aged 70 years or over.
We used national life tables for the Australian Indigenous and non-indigenous populations for 2005–07 published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)7 to compare the life expectancy of Indigenous and non-indigenous people at different ages, particularly to assess at what age Indigenous people had the same life expectancy as non-indigenous people at age 70.
To examine prevalence of age-related conditions, we carried out the following analyses using summary tables from three data sources:
The Aged Care Assessment Program National Data Repository at La Trobe University provided data from the Aged Care Assessment Program Minimum Dataset Version 2 (ACAP MDSv2). Assessment by an Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT) is mandatory for admission to residential care and also to access a range of community care packages. In 2006 there were 115 Australian Government funded ACATs regionally based throughout Australia.15 We analysed ACAP MDSv2 data from the last completed assessment during the 2005–06 financial year for individuals living in the community at the time of assessment with valid data on age and indigenous status (1668 Indigenous clients, 130 338 non-indigenous clients, 3727 (2.7%) indigenous status not recorded). Age-specific aged care assessment rates were calculated. The numerator was the number of people assessed by an ACAT, and people assessed more than once within the year were counted only once. We compared the prevalence of health conditions by age-group in Indigenous and non-indigenous people assessed by ACATs. The ACAT assessments record up to ten diagnosed conditions that have an effect on a person's need for assistance with activities of daily living and social participation.16 We obtained summary data on the 12 conditions recorded most commonly in all ACAT assessments. Data on all conditions recorded were used, not just primary diagnosis.
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare provided data from the National Hospital Morbidity Dataset.17 We compared age-specific hospital separation rates for Indigenous and non-indigenous people. Some of the 12 conditions compared in ACAT assessments could not be analysed because there were too few hospital admissions to provide reliable rates. We calculated age-specific hospital separation rates (excluding same day admissions) for arthritis, circulatory disease, dementia, diabetes and respiratory disease as the number of hospital separations with a relevant principal diagnosis in each age group, divided by the ERP in that age group. We used hospital separations data for the 2006–07 financial year for all jurisdictions except Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory, as the quality of indigenous identification in these states and territories was not considered acceptable. Individuals who separated more than once in the year can have more than one record in the data.
The ABS provided data from the National Health Survey and the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey (NATSIHS) 2004–05.12,18 We compared age-specific prevalence of self-reported conditions for Indigenous and non-indigenous people for 7 of the 12 conditions examined in ACAT assessments. Data on the remaining conditions were not collected in these surveys.
Ten-year age groups were used because of the small number of Indigenous clients. The age groups 0–44, 45–54, 55–64, 65–74, 75–84 and 85 years and over were used for most analyses. All the datasets coded health conditions based on the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10).19 Age-specific assessment and prevalence rates were calculated as the number of people assessed or recorded with each condition in each age-group in the relevant time period divided by the Estimated Resident Population (ERP) in that age-group, separately for Indigenous and non-indigenous people. Rates are expressed per 1000 population. The ABS Experimental ERP for the Australian Indigenous and non-indigenous populations at 30 June 200620,21 were used to calculate age-specific rates.
Life expectancy
The gap between Indigenous and non-indigenous life expectancy reduces with increasing age. In 2005–07, the further life expectancy of non-indigenous people aged 70 years was 17.4 years for women and 14.7 years for men. For Indigenous people, these further life expectancies were realised earlier: at age 63 for women and age 65 for men.
Prevalence of health conditions
ACAT assessments
Compared to other Australians, Indigenous people have a higher rate of assessment by ACAT teams at every age-group except age 85+ (Fig. 1). Assessment rates for the Indigenous population were comparable to those for non-indigenous who were people 5 to 10 years older. These rates are important in the interpretation of the prevalence of health conditions in populations based on ACAT assessment, as the prevalence of health conditions in the Indigenous population may be overestimated to varying degrees.
Indigenous people assessed by an ACAT did not consistently show a 20-year lead for the estimated population prevalence rates of these common conditions compared to non-indigenous people. The prevalence rates for dementia, Parkinson's disease, osteoporosis and osteoarthritis, fractures, heart disease and psycho-affective disorders were similar or moderately higher than non-indigenous rates in most age groups, despite Indigenous people having much higher ACAT assessment rates (Fig. 2). There was little indication of earlier onset for these conditions or marked excess at any age among Indigenous Australians. Other conditions displayed a very different pattern. For example, the prevalence rates for hypertension, respiratory disease and diabetes were much higher than non-indigenous rates, particularly in younger-age groups (Fig. 2). These diseases affected Indigenous people 10–20 years earlier than non-indigenous people.
Hospital separations
Indigenous hospital separation rates with a principal diagnosis of diabetes are much higher after age 45 than for non-indigenous people at any age (Table 1). The Indigenous population's hospital separation rates for circulatory and respiratory diseases were also much higher than non-indigenous rates, particularly in younger-age groups. Rates among Indigenous people aged 45–54 years were close to rates for non-indigenous people ~20 years older. In contrast, the Indigenous population's separation rate for arthritis was lower than for non-indigenous patients in all but the 45–54-year age group. Indigenous hospital separation rates for dementia were moderately higher than non-indigenous rates, but both groups had a similar pattern of increase with increasing age.
Self-reported conditions
Self-reported prevalence of health conditions from national surveys also showed a variable pattern (Table 1). Analysis of health survey data was restricted because data on some conditions (e.g. stroke and dementia) were not available and data on other conditions (e.g. osteoporosis) were unreliable for older-age groups. Nevertheless, among the conditions analysed, the patterns for diabetes, circulatory disease and arthritis matched that seen in hospital separation rates, whereas the prevalence rates among the Indigenous population of respiratory disease were higher than non-indigenous rates at all ages. Hypertension and visual disturbances affected Indigenous people ~10 years earlier than non-indigenous people.
The gap in the Indigenous and non-indigenous age benchmarks used for planning does not reflect current estimates of the gap in life expectancy between these populations either at birth (~11 years) or our estimate of life expectancy in later life (~6 years). The Indigenous population aged over 50 does not have the same set of health conditions as the non-indigenous population aged over 70. Rather than a uniform pattern of earlier onset of age-associated conditions, we found earlier onset and high prevalence from middle-age onwards of only some conditions – particularly hypertension, respiratory disease and diabetes (type unspecified). Our findings are comparable with those of Vos et al.22 whose assessment of the Indigenous population's burden of disease found that the largest proportion of the Indigenous health gap (the difference between levels of disease burden of the Indigenous and total Australian population) occurred in people aged 35–54 years and non-communicable diseases, particularly cardiovascular disease and diabetes (type unspecified), contributed most to the gap at these ages.
The current policy logic attributes the higher need for assistance of Indigenous people from age 50 to early ageing and therefore concludes that aged care services are needed. Our findings provoke a different conception about the type of services needed and who provides them. Rather than expecting community-based aged care services to provide rehabilitation and mental health services for example, primary care and community health services need to be strengthened. Like Jorm et al.,23 we would also suggest that the high rates of health conditions that are amenable to primary and secondary prevention among Indigenous ACAP clients present the potential for preventive healthcare programs to be implemented in the community-based aged care setting.
In our study, the prevalence of several health conditions among Indigenous people over 85 years was similar to, or lower than, their prevalence in non-indigenous people in this age-group. There are competing hypotheses about patterns of health disparities in later life. The 'age as leveller' hypothesis suggests a convergence in the health of those from different socioeconomic positions in late old age, but whether this can be explained by selective attrition ('healthy survivor' effect) is debated.24 The alternative hypothesis suggests inequalities persist or widen into older age due to cumulative disadvantage.25 Controlling for cohort and period effects to reach a consensus has proved problematic.8
Our analysis was limited to 12 conditions, few of which are 'geriatric syndromes'. The term 'geriatric syndrome' is used to capture conditions in older people that do not fit into discrete disease categories. Geriatric syndromes such as delirium, falls, incontinence and frailty may occur as a consequence of certain conditions but also in the absence of identifiable specific disease.26,27 Despite lacking exact consensus about definitions and causes, the underlying concepts include complex interactions of an individual's vulnerabilities, involvement of multiple risk factors (including those outside the biological framework) and multiple organ systems.27 However, whereas 'older age' is a risk factor shared by geriatric syndromes,27 in research on possible causative pathways, such as alterations to immunity, factors that are predictive of mortality for over 60 year olds have not been informative in younger-age groups.28 In their review of frailty, Fulop et al.26 suggest that there is insufficient evidence to dissect the role of ageing compared to the role of chronic disease. Nevertheless, it is worth investigating geriatric syndromes further in the Indigenous population given their increased prevalence of risk factors.
Our analysis is constrained by important limitations in the data. The conditions seen in older age could not be comprehensive. For example, there were insufficient hospital admissions with a principal diagnosis of Parkinson's disease or osteoporosis to enable reliable comparisons by age-group and indigenous status. The presence of multiple health conditions was not able to be measured in these data. There is no indigenous indicator in the ABS Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers – an important source of information on health conditions in the general older population – though even if this was available, the current sample size and coverage would not provide adequate information on Indigenous people. The NATSIHS does not include people living in residential care.
Indigenous identification is inaccurate or incomplete in some datasets and jurisdictions and indigenous rates are likely to be underestimated in these datasets. However, the degree of lack of completeness of indigenous status is likely to be similar across health conditions. The accuracy of diagnosis in the datasets may affect some health conditions more than others. For example osteoporosis may be under-reported unless diagnostic tests are specifically sought. Dementia is under-diagnosed at all levels of health presentations. A valid screening tool for assessing cognition in older Indigenous people has only recently been developed.29 A measure of Indigenous dementia prevalence (12.4% of those aged over 45 years) in the Kimberley region of Western Australia using this tool suggests that the condition may be under-diagnosed in our data.30 Differential access to services between Indigenous and non-indigenous people may confound some of our results; however, the range of datasets used helps to compensate for this limitation.
The cross-sectional data used in this study provide only a snapshot of prevalence. Longitudinal research or record linkage could provide useful evidence that tracks the factors associated with age-related changes in health and disability and demand for services among Indigenous people. Community level studies with validated tools to assess health conditions in older people may clarify some of the questions raised by this study.
It appears that current rationales for using a planning age for Indigenous people 20 years younger than the age used for non-indigenous people are not well substantiated. Only some conditions associated with ageing appear to affect Indigenous people earlier than other Australians and the construct of 'early ageing' based on this explanatory framework is uncertain. The estimated gap between Indigenous and non-indigenous life expectancy in later life is ~6 years. But does the policy also need to change or just the rhetoric used to justify it? A fuller understanding of the patterns of need for assistance and of aged care service use by Indigenous Australians aged 50–69 years and those aged 70 and over is required to determine whether age 50 is a good basis for defining the Indigenous target population for aged care services, and we are undertaking research to this end.
Our results raise questions about how the 'early ageing' concept shapes how needs are met and what is left out. The much higher prevalence of preventable chronic conditions among Indigenous Australians in middle-age groups needs to be addressed as such. The current focus and type of services provided by the aged care system may not be the best way to respond to the excessive burden of chronic disease and disability of middle-aged Indigenous people. The lower age criteria may contribute to the stereotyping of this group as passive and irreversibly reliant on care.9 Indigenous people in their fifties are not old. A decline into dependence at this age is not inevitable.
The greatest scope for future Indigenous life expectancy gains is through improving the health of middle- and older-age groups (ages 35 and over).6 The community supports that buttress this goal need a more tailored approach than simply lowering the aged care planning age. Efforts to improve life expectancy cannot sidestep the need to also improve quality of life for the increasing number of Indigenous Australians who live to old age.
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
This project was funded by a National Health and Medical Research Council/Australian Research Council Ageing Well, Ageing Productively Strategic Award (#422501) with contributions from the CIPHER (Capacity Building in Indigenous Policy-relevant HEalth Research) NHMRC Population Health Capacity Building Grant (#236235). Funding for the Onemda VicHealth Koori Health Unit is provided by the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation, Department of Health and Ageing and Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health. The authors thank Anna Howe for her insightful comments on an early draft of the manuscript. We are also grateful to the many people who assisted us in obtaining data.
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Actor and Singer. He is best remembered for his role as 'Sergeant Andrew Carter' on the television sitcom "Hogan's Heroes" from 1965 to 1971. As a young child, he moved with his family to Houston, Texas. He started out as a vocalist, singing with his sister Joan Hovis, then joined a quartet called "The Mascots", and in 1948 they appeared on Arthur Godfrey's "Talent Scouts." After graduating from high school, he attended the University of Houston in Houston, Texas and graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Philosophy. During the mid-1950s, he appeared in nightclubs as a singer. He wrote songs and signed with Capitol Records and released one album entitled "My Heart Belongs Only to You." He also made appearances in local theater productions and after some success, he moved to New York City, New York in 1959 and appeared in Broadway productions like "The Billy Barnes Revue" (1959) and "From A to Z" (1960). In 1963 he moved to California where he performed stand-up comedy and tried to break into television. In 1964, he was discovered by Andy Griffith's manager and was hired to appear on the hit television series "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." where he played 'Private Larry Gotschalk' on ten episodes and also appeared on "The Andy Griffith Show" as 'Gilley Walker'. In 1965 he landed a minor role on the television sitcom pilot episode of "Hogan's Heroes" and when two other actors backed out of the series, he was given the permanent role as 'Sergeant Andrew Carter'. His character was part of a group of five Western Allied POWs, with each character having a specialized task or talent, and his was the ordnance expert. In addition to being a regular on Hogan's Heroes, he also did other work in the entertainment industry, including writing the screenplay for the 1966 spy-spoof "Out of Sight" and he also appeared in and wrote comedy bits for "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In." In 1971, when "Hogan's Heroes" was cancelled, he appeared in several TV shows like "The Doris Day Show," "Adam-12," "Chico and the Man," "Holmes and Yo-Yo," "Alice," as well as producing and appearing in the mid-1970s game show "Liar's Club." In the early 1980s he toured in the musical "Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" as 'Melvin P. Thorpe'. In 1982 he was a writer/producer on the "So You Think You Got Troubles" game show, which was hosted by actor/ventriloquist Jay Johnson. In the late 1980s, he teamed up with Gary Bernstein to form Bernstein-Hovis Productions, which produced the game shows "Anything For Money," the original version of "Lingo" and the short-lived "Yahtzee," a TV version of the classic dice game, for which he also announced and served as a regular panelist. In 1990 he taught drama at Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas (now Texas State University-San Marcos) until his death. He also appeared in the films "Wild In The Sky" (1972), "The New Daughters Of Joshua Cabe" (1976), "Sex And The Married Woman" (1977), "Shadow Force" (1993), "Lone Star State of Mind" (2002), and "Yorick" (2002). He died of esophageal cancer at the age of 67.
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There might not have been a bigger disappointment in fantasy football last season than Colts RB Joseph Addai.
A surefire first-round selection, Addai produced more like a late-round flier with 544 rushing yards in 12 games. Fantasy leaguers would have been better off drafting his backup, Dominic Rhodes, who scored 24 more fantasy points on NFL.com.
Last week is was revealed that Addai is recovering from arthroscopic knee surgery.
While reports indicate he will be back in time for training camp, Addai's absence from OTAs opens the door for rookie Donald Brown to strut his stuff for the coaches.
The Indianapolis Star reported Thursday that Brown has shown "shiftiness and possesses great acceleration through the line of scrimmage," though his skills as a pass catcher still need some work.
Barring setbacks, it would be a shock if Addai didn't retain the top spot on the depth chart heading into the regular season. But Brown has a lot of time between then and now to make an impression, so a backfield committee is imminent.
That's not necessarily a statistical death sentence for Addai. Remember, he finished 10th in fantasy points on NFL.com during his rookie season despite seeing just 52 percent of the team's carries.
I'd consider Addai in the third or fourth round as a No. 2 fantasy back, with Brown coming off the board in the middle rounds as a must-have handcuff and potential sleeper candidate.
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Sawing off barrels
What can go wrong if I saw off my Remington 870 barrel to a legal 18"?
as above just buy a 18" barrel.
1. You do not quite get the barrel square
2. You square it with a file
3. Since it was not square, barrel is now 17.98 inches
4. As measured by the guys over at the ATF lab.
5. This is Bubba, your new roomate.
6. Ignore the rumor that he killed and ate his last roomy.
7. Well, not ALL of him, anyway. :eek:
Seriously, never cut with a pipe cutter- crimps the barrel. Cut with a lathe or power hacksaw. Barrel steel harder than you think. After cutting, needs deburring and recrowning. Did you want front sight on there? Unless you have free access to pretty complete machine shop, and can use the tools, will likely be cheaper to get a second barrel already dolled up.
Give my regards to Bubba.
As long as you're confident that you are competent to do it.
So I can't cut the barrel at an angle to make it look like the weapons on HALO or Unreal Tournament? Dang it.....
rules of engagement ......
as most will agree ,if you cant stand it ,measure twice or three times cut once. ive had extra barrels ,had 1 done by a gunshop ....the last one was 28'' vent rib with rem chokes ...sent it of to polychoke .they cut and installed a polychoke with compensator ...looks great total length is 19.5. with 9 settings of choke i have a all in one utility shotgun
What about porting it 3/4 of the way done the barrel to reduce muzzle velocity? But that wouldn't affect velocity down range.
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If you live in Europe, as I have for over 20 years, you become acutely atuned to the fate of the U.S. dollar.
George Soros, who was living down the street from me in September 1992 when he "broke the bank of England" with his bet against the pound, put it in more philosophical terms, calling currencies "an existential choice."
That's a Central European intellectual's way of saying that you are always invested in one currency or another, your ignorance of that fact notwithstanding.
Existential or not, currency movements can have surprising impact. If you think in terms of the your bang for the buck, there was hardly ever a better time be in breathtakingly expensive London than right at the height of the post-Lehman financial crisis.
Compared to November of 2007, right about the time Chancellor Gordon Brown had boasted that he had conquered the business cycle, Sterling hit a high of $2.08. By January 2009-the British currency had plummeted to about 1.38 to the U.S. dollar. For Americans earning their money in U.S. dollars, that meant a (brief) 33% jump in their purchasing power.
The pound recovered and eventually settled into a trading range around $1.60. That is, until the spike in risk aversion in August, topped off by the Bank of England's announcement of its own version of QE2 on Oct. 6 by pumping 75 billion additional pounds into the economy. Predictably enough, the pound has taken a beating, dropping to the bottom end of its trading range established since the middle of 2010.
But the pound is not alone in having endured a tough six months.
Despite the European Central Bank's generally Teutonic, tight-fisted monetary policy, the euro has fallen about 10% from its peak.
And I've already written about the extremely overvalued Swiss Franc.
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Confirming its status as a safe-haven currency, the yen is the only major currency that has held steady.
When investors speak of the value of the dollar it's worth clarifying what they mean. Unless you're speaking a specific cross rate, then it will usually be the US Dollar Index (USDX), a measure of the value of the United States dollar relative to a basket of foreign currencies.
USDX is a weighted geometric mean of the dollar's value compared only with
• Euro (EUR), 58.6% weight
• Japanese Yen (JPY) 12.6% weight
• Pound sterling (GBP), 11.9% weight
• Canadian dollar (CAD), 9.1% weight
• Swedish krona (SEK), 4.2% weight and
• Swiss franc (CHF) 3.6% weight
You may be surprised to see that the euro is weighted so heavily in this basket. Throw in the other European currencies -- the Swiss franc, the pound and the Swedish krona -- and European currencies add up to 78.3% of the index.
In short, the value of the dollar, at least in the world of foreign exchange, is pretty much linked to the euro and a couple of other European currencies.
Only 12.6% is based in Asia, where the world's economic future apparently lies. And even that's in Japan-, the most economically stagnant part of the region.
Yes, I know I left out the Canadian dollar. And I know the Australian dollar is also widely traded. But with no Chinese Yuan ( a managed currency), Brazilian real, or Indian rupee in the mix, the currency world remains surprisingly Eurocentric.
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Twenty-six states asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to rule on the constitutionality of the federal health care law signed by President Barack Obama last year, CNN reports.
According to CNN, the petition "virtually assures" that the court will rule on the issue by June.
"This case offers this court an ideal vehicle to resolve pressing and persistent constitutional questions arising out of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act," lawyers for the states said in the petition. "It represents an unprecedented challenge -- involving over half of the states in the nation -- to an unprecedented legislative initiative."
The states involved in the petition are: Florida, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
Virginia and Oklahoma have filed separate challenges to the law, as have a number of other groups.
ABC News reports that lawyers for states argued that "time is of the essence."
"States need to know whether they must adapt their policies to deal with the brave new world ushered in by the [Affordable Care Act]," Paul Clement, an attorney representing the states, wrote.
Reuters reports that the Obama administration is also expected to ask the court to rule on the law:
The Obama administration earlier this week said it decided against asking the full U.S. Appeals Court for the 11th Circuit to review the August ruling by a three-judge panel of the court that found the insurance requirement unconstitutional.
That decision cleared the way for the administration to go to the Supreme Court.
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just started reloading, and i need help.
i recently purchased my own relaoding gear. sick of paying 2 bucks a bullet. well i useto have a friend do it but i wanted to do it myself. any way the loads were 100g speer bt bullets with 36 g imr 4350 and a cci primer. what kind of a difference will i see switching to the 36g imr 4895 with a remington primer. i still want to shoot the 100g bullets but i have a box of 75s that came with the equipment. and i am noticing some of my rounds are difficult to chamber, they go in but not as easily as a factory round. the brass i am using is for a 308 or 7mm 08 sized down for my 243. any help would be appreachated so i dont do something stupid and blow my self up. lol thanks
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What dies are you using, and what reloading data are you using? Do you have a reloading manual?
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Follow the load data from published, industry sources. You won't do anything stupid and blow yourself up if you start at the suggested loads and work up toward max while looking for pressure signs described in your manual.
I'd also suggest that you buy 243 brass. It is not rare or expensive.
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I am just guessing (because there are so many possible causes), but the first thing I would look at would be the sizing or the neck crimping.
Do you have a good set of calipers? Measure the diameter of the neck and compare to SAAMI specifications and to the diameter of a round that chambers easily.
If the problem were not with the 75 grain bullets, I would suspect the bullet may be impinging on the rifling, but since the 75s will be shorter than the 100s, that is not a likely source of the problem.
The length of the cartridge might be the problem (solution, case trimming).
The position of the shoulder might be the problem (solution, adjust your full-length sizing die)
If the foregoing has you scratching your head, (solution, get a couple of reloading manuals and study up).
So, tell us something about yourself and what equipment you are using, your brand of dies, are you full-length sizing or neck-sizing and stuff like that. We can diagnose better the more we know.
Thanks for asking our advice and welcome to reloading.
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|July 4, 2012, 09:32 AM
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According to IMR's load data, 36gr of imr 4350 is more than 2 grains below starting load for a 100gr bullet, while the same amount of imr 4895 is OVER the max load.
get a loading manual, or at least look up load data on the powder MFG's site.
|July 4, 2012, 10:10 AM
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Get a manual
I suggest you postpone reloading a few days and spend the time learning about the science and art of reloading. First, get a reloading manual and read all the pages on cases, primers, powders, bullets and how they interrelate. The difference between the best load in any given caliber and a dangerous one can be small and the substitution of any one component might make the difference.
Although it can seem overly complex, most of the work has been done for us already by the manual developers to give us a safe starting point for loads. After choosing which caliber, case, primer, powder and bullet we want to use, it is as simple as beginning with the safe starting load in the manual and working up. At this point, the only variable becomes the powder, which is increased in small increments, watching for pressure signs. Any substitution of the other components requires starting over from the manual's starting load for the new combination.
Next, spend a day or two going through this forum and reading any topic that applies to your situation as well as general reloading topics. Go back through the older posts in the forum and you will soon get a feel for the guiding principles of reloading. This forum is an indispensable resource for that. Especially read the posts on pressure signs as you will need to know them for load workup.
Once you have done this, you will be much more likely to create safe handloads that not only save money, but usually are more accurate than factory ammunition in your gun.
As you go you will have questions which can be answered here. Ask often and soon you will be a safe, informed handloader.
|July 4, 2012, 04:41 PM
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I just left this message on another thread, but it applies here. Sizing down cases often results in thickening of the neck which may cause chambering problems as well as increase pressure. The necks may need to be reamed. This is advance reloading. As advised earlier, you are better off buying some 243 brass.
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are u sizing the cases and THEN measuring and trimming if required.?almost all bottle necked rifle cases need trimming after sizing,it's part of the rifle ammo process when reloading. If u use a long case,the brass can hang up ,causing hard bolt closure,as can too long a cartridge soetimes.
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