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Striking back against court's Voting Rights ruling
By KEITH COLLINS and
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration opened an aggressive new front in the battle over voter protection Thursday, singling out Texas for legal action and promising broader efforts to come after last month's Supreme Court ruling that wiped out a major provision of the Voting Rights Act.
It was the administration's first legal response to counter the justices' 5-4 decision, but Attorney General Eric Holder pledged that "it will not be our last."
In a speech to the National Urban League in Philadelphia, Holder called the Voting Rights Act "the cornerstone of modern civil rights law" and said that "we cannot allow the slow unraveling of the progress that so many, throughout history, have sacrificed so much to achieve."
Texas Republicans suggested the administration effort was more about politics.
"This decision has nothing to do with protecting voting rights and everything to do with advancing a partisan political agenda," Sen John Cornyn said after Holder's speech.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said the Obama administration seemed to be "sowing racial divide" and accused the administration of joining Texas Democrats with an eye on the 2014 elections. Abbott is running for governor.
The Supreme Court, on June 25, threw out the most powerful part of the Voting Rights Act, whose enactment in 1965 marked a major turning point in black Americans' struggle for equal rights and political power.
Holder said the first Justice Department move would be to ask a federal court in San Antonio to require advance approval for voting changes in Texas, a state riven with political battles, from redistricting to voter ID requirements.
"Even as Congress considers updates to the Voting Rights Act in light of the court's ruling, we plan, in the meantime, to fully utilize the law's remaining sections to ensure that the voting rights of all American citizens are protected," Holder said.
The Justice Department is asking that a preapproval requirement in Texas apply for 10 years and "beyond 10 years in the event of further discriminatory acts," the department said in a court filing in San Antonio.
The separate provision of the Voting Rights Act that Holder is invoking may be a difficult tool for the Obama administration to use.
A handful of jurisdictions have been subjected to advance approval of election changes through the Civil Rights Act provision it is relying on, but a court first must find that a state or local government engaged in intentional discrimination under the Constitution's 14th or 15th amendments, or the jurisdiction has to admit to discrimination. Unlike in other parts of the voting law, the discriminatory effect of an action is not enough to trigger the so-called bail-in provision.
In the Texas case, the department is not directly intervening but is filing what's known as a statement of interest in support of private groups that have filed suit.
"The fact that intervention in Texas is the Department of Justice's first action to protect voting rights" following the Supreme Court decision "speaks volumes about the seriousness of Texas' actions," said state Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer, a Democrat from San Antonio and chairman of the Mexican American Legislative Caucus, which is a plaintiff in the San Antonio case.
North Carolina may become another target for the administration's initiative.
On Wednesday, the Republican-dominated North Carolina Senate gave preliminary approval to sweeping election law changes, including a requirement that voters present photo Identification at the polls and a shortening of early voting by a week.
In Texas, Holder said, there is a history of "pervasive voting-related discrimination against racial minorities."
Based on evidence of intentional racial discrimination presented last year in a redistricting case, "we believe that the state of Texas should be required to go through a preclearance process whenever it changes its voting laws and practices," said Holder.
In its filing in San Antonio, the Justice Department said that "in every redistricting cycle since 1970, courts have similarly found that one or more of Texas' statewide redistricting plans violated the voting guarantees of the Constitution or provisions of the Voting Rights Act."
A three-judge panel in San Antonio has been looking at Texas voting maps for state and congressional redistricting since 2011, when the court threw out boundaries drawn by a then-GOP supermajority in the statehouse.
An ensuing legal battle between the state and a coalition of minority rights groups upset the 2012 elections in Texas, delaying party primaries that ultimately used temporary maps drawn by the court.
Under the direction of GOP Gov. Rick Perry last month, the Legislature ratified those interim maps as permanent over the objection of Democrats, who still contend the maps are biased and underrepresent minorities.
On Thursday, Perry called the Obama administration's actions an "end-run around the Supreme Court."
Last year, a federal court in Washington, D.C., found that Texas lawmakers had intentionally discriminated against minorities in drawing political maps and that the state's voter ID law would disenfranchise minority voters. But the Supreme Court decision throwing out part of the Voting Rights Act removed the power of that court to stop those measures from going into effect.
Minority groups asked the three-judge panel in San Antonio last month to adopt the findings of the District of Columbia court and require Texas to submit all proposed voting-law changes for prior court review. Holder's announcement places the Justice Department on the San Antonio minority groups' side.
Last month, the Supreme Court effectively gutted the part of the Voting Rights Act under which all or parts of 15 mainly Southern states had been required to submit all voting changes for approval from Washington before they could take effect.
The decision, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, said it was no longer fair to subject those jurisdictions to strict federal monitoring based on data that was at least 40 years old. Such extraordinary intrusion on state power to conduct elections could be justified only by current conditions, Roberts said.
"There is no denying, however, that the conditions that originally justified these measures no longer characterize voting in the covered jurisdictions," the chief justice said.
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My aunt wasn't happy when I gave her daughter (my cousin) a pack of nail polish, so she made her give it back to me. My cousin is 8 years old and my aunt thinks she is too young that she should wait until 13. Is my aunt overreacting?
What do you guys think? When do you think is the right age for a girl to start painting her nails?What is a right age for a girl to start painting her nails?
She is WAY overreacting. My mom painted my nails when I was 4 YEARS OLD. And this isn't coming from a girl who's mother is loose and just lets me do whatever I want, either. My mom is very strict, and extremely traditional. I suggest talking to your aunt about this, and reasoning with her.What is a right age for a girl to start painting her nails?
Under supervision I allowed my daughter to paint her nails and toe nails. She was 4 or 5 years old when her curiosity got the best of her and she experimented with the polish and makeup. I did allow her to wear light colors when she was really young and moved to brighter colors when she got to be around 13 or so. I found out two things about this scenario; first it eliminated any disagreements between mother and daughter, we both ended up happy and it taught her good hygiene. Keeping hands clean is very important in our daily routines. Hoped this helped!
Well, your aunt has all the right to make he rown desisions, so I can't judge her but here's my opinion:
I've been wearing nail polish since I could remember. It's not bad- they make pinks and cute stuff for younger kids. When I was 5 I wore it, but not like a purple.
Makeup, I understand. I didn't wear heavy eyeliner, or anything like that until I was upper 12 or 13. Yet, I wore lip gloss for a long time.
So, if it's light, I would think it's okay but you can't be upset at your aunt!
i saw a little girl that was no older the 12 months old at church!
and she wasn't picking at the polish so i say she has had her nails painted before i say if they will keep it on their fingers the can have them painted but it is a really bright color i say the need to wait but if it was like a pale pink or a light color i say cool
Obviously your aunt is a little more uptight then others, and it is her daughter.
But I don't think it's a bad idea for her to be painting her nails.
Make up isn't good yet, I dont think, but nail polish is harmless...
Just keep the remover away from her.
I feel that girls look good with natural trimmed nails, unless your nails are in a very bad shape. You should delay it for as long as possible because no matter what, nail paints do harm your natural look. However girls below 16 look terrible with nail paints. Even older women with their designer nails look tacky to most men, French manicure if however the best option but again only once you are 16 to 18+
one time in pre k i went to my school, it was a private
catholic one, with red nails and the teacher was all
';oh my gah you cant be doing that.';
and my mom was like, wtf are you talking about lady.
my even niece likes getting her nails painted and shes only two xD
so its not a big deal or needs a required age.
ur aunt is over reacting ive worn nail polish since i was 4 but its how ur aunt wants to raise her child so just let her do something dat she wants to raise her daughter and dere is no right age but i advise if u ever hav a daughter den try at 4 bcz dey r li but dey r grls ya know besides i paint my cuzs nails and shes 4 hahahaha it comes from de family
I think 8 is fine. My 6 year old sister already likes to play with nail polish and the rest of my makeup. It kinda stinks, but it keeps her entertained. Your aunt isn't overreacting, she just has her own beliefs on the subject I suppose. It's not that big of a deal, so just drop it. :))
I was painting mine when I was about three, and before that I had people painting them for me... =/
There is no certain age a kid should start painting her nails at, it's not like you were giving her a thong or anything.
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Well I think you should always ask. As a parent we all have different rules and others should respect them. I think I would allow my daughter to polish her nails when she is 12. You should just talk to your aunt and ask her what age she thinks your cousin should paint her nails.
umm ha ha yea she is for sure over reacting. i dont think it matters how old you are, sure when youre younger they tend to look like you have downs when you paint them lol but im 18 and they still look like that sometimes lol it doesnt matter some parents are just crazy about things like that
Yes, she is way overreacting. I'm 13 right now, and i started painting my nails at around age 6. This is life, the 21st century. she needs to be a bit more opened up. her daughter will do way more drastic things in the future, rather than just painting her nails.
Yes I do but she is her mother so...... hahahaha I was trying to be nice :D I don't know when I started but little girls like 5 year olds have there nails painted I have actually sat next to one when getting a manicure because for her birthday she got ';big girl nails'; haha
I just depends on the parents preference, let your aunt do what she wants, I know 5 year olds who paint there nails %26amp;%26amp; people who can't paint them till they are 16 :)
hth :)
Please Answer Mine!
When I was little my mom painted them and I was only like a couple months old. But I'm tomboyish now and I would never do that.
thats crazy!!! and she is abolutely overacting
okay going to get nails painted i would say 3 is the lowest age i would go.
painting your own nails i would probably say around 7.
nail polish is not a crime! your aunt needs to losen up i first got my nails painted when i was three! omg! your aunt sounds over protective! when the child is 13 shes going to be wanting fake nails, let her live life!
I think your aunt is overreacting. Girls can start painting their nails whenever. My little cousin has her mom paint her nails and she is two.
My mom starting painting my toes when i was like 1 month old because i am an identical twin so that is how she told as apart.
Your aunt is overreacting. :P There is no rright time. My mom liked to paint mines when I was 4 or 5 its just nail polish its not like its a piercing or something.. XP haa
WAAYY over reacting!!
There is no right age for nail polish. It's just nail polish.
Why should she wait until 13 to paint her nails?
i think your aunty is over reacting a bit. i think shes at about the right age to start wearing nail polish. its not like you gave her fake nails or make up. :)
I've been painting my nails as long as I started wanting that stuff for my birthday ... That would be grade three, probably.
I have never left my nails bare for more than a day.
LOL she is definetly over reacting!!! 8/9 years old is a good age for nail polishing but no face make up!! Its not too young ive seen a girl around four wear nail varnish!!
Parents should never stifle creativity.
Over reacting.
I don't see why she freaked out. My mom was painting my nails when I was like 2. Everyone thought it was so cute. I started painting my own nails at 5 or 6.
I was painting them when I was about 5 :D
she is really over reacting! i started painting my nails since before i can remember! i think thats really stupid
Well, it's her kid, but yeah, I think she's overreacting! My mom used to paint my nails when I was 2!
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To compare rates of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and rates of progression to dementia, using different MCI diagnostic systems
MCI was investigated at baseline in 3063 community-dwelling non-demented elderly in the Ginkgo Evaluation of Memory (GEM) study who were evaluated every six months to identify presence of dementia. Overall MCI frequency was determined using (1) Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) score of 0.5 and (2) neuropsychological (NP) criteria, defined by impairment on standard cognitive tests.
40.2% of participants met CDR MCI criteria and 28.2% met NP MCI criteria (amnestic-MCI=16.6%). 15.7% were classified as MCI by both criteria and 47.4% as Normal by both. Discordant diagnoses were observed in 24.5% who met NP Normal/CDR MCI; and 12.4% who met NP MCI/CDR Normal. Factors associated with CDR MCI among NP Normal included, lower education, lower NP scores, more IADL impairment, greater symptoms of depression and subjective health problems. Individuals meeting NP MCI/CDR normal were significantly more likely to develop dementia over the median follow up of 6.1 years than those meeting NP Normal/CDR MCI.
Different criteria produce different MCI rates and different conversion rates to dementia. Although a higher percentage of MCI was identified by CDR than NP, a higher percentage of NP MCI progressed to dementia. These findings suggest that the CDR is sensitive to subtle changes in cognition not identified by NP algorithm but is also sensitive to demographic and clinical factors probably leading to a greater number of false positives. These results suggest that identifying all individuals with CDR scores of 0.5 as Alzheimer's disease is not advisable.
Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) describes a state between normal aging and dementia.[1] The identification of individuals with MCI that leads to Alzheimer's disease (AD) has become increasingly important as new therapies have become available. Current diagnostic criteria for MCI highlight the need for evidence of cognitive decline which has been documented using either direct performance-based measures or clinical interview-based measures, or in some case, both approaches. Petersen's original criteria[1, 2] used neuropsychological test performance, as a direct performance-based measure of cognitive functioning, and operationalized MCI as a score more than 1.5 standard deviations below that of age-appropriate norms on a measure of episodic memory with performance within the normal range on non-memory tests. Using a similar approach, the International Working Group on MCI [3] has recently adapted Petersen's criteria to take into account differing presenting patterns of cognitive test performance and allowing the possibility of either memory or nonmemory impairment and focal (i.e. single cognitive domain) or multiple impaired domains. Interview-based assessments have also been used to identify MCI. The Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) is a highly validated clinically-based interview that stages cognitive and functional decline across the spectrum of AD and a Global CDR score of 0.5 is often used to indicate the presence of MCI.[4-6]
The goal of this study was to compare two different approaches to the classification of MCI within the same cohort in order to (1) investigate the factors associated with baseline classification using one method over another and (2) compare the rates of progression to dementia using the two systems. We hypothesized that a significantly higher percentage of individuals would meet CDR criteria for MCI than cognitive criteria. Furthermore, we hypothesized that individuals diagnosed with MCI by CDR criteria would have more complaints of everyday memory loss and a greater number of health related disorders compared to individuals identified as MCI by cognitive criteria. In contrast, individuals meeting cognitive criteria for MCI would be older and less educated and therefore more likely than those with CDR MCI, to develop dementia over time.
Volunteers aged 75 years or older were recruited from 4 communities in the United States: Hagerstown, Maryland; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Sacramento, California; Winston-Salem and Greensboro, North Carolina. The study was approved by the Institutional Review Boards of each of the participating sites and was conducted in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration (http://www.wma.net/e/policy/17-c_e/html). A variety of recruitment methods were used.[7] The vast majority of participants were recruited via mass mailings based on voter registration lists, commercially purchased mailing lists and university lists. Less than 8% of participants responded to media advertisements. The recruitment procedures for the GEM Study have been described elsewhere.[8] Persons meeting any of the following criteria were excluded: 1) currently taking the anti-coagulant warfarin (Coumadin); 2) taking cholinesterase inhibitors for cognitive problems or dementia; 3) unwilling to discontinue taking over-thecounter G. biloba for the duration of the study; 4) currently treated with tricyclic antidepressants, antipsychotics or other medications with significant psychotropic effects; 5) daily use of >400 IU vitamin E; 6) history of bleeding disorders; 7) hospitalization for depression within the last year or Electroconvulsive Therapy within last 10 years; 8) history of Parkinson's disease or taking anti-Parkinson's medications; 9) abnormal thyroid tests, serum creatinine > 2.0 mg/dL, or liver function tests > 2X upper limit of normal at baseline; 10) baseline vitamin B12 levels ≥ 210 pg/mL; 11) hematocrit < 30%; 12) platelet count < 100,000 K/cm; 13) disease-related life expectancy < 5 years; 14) known allergy to G. biloba.
All participants were required to identify a proxy willing to be interviewed every 6 months at each study visit. At baseline and every 6 months participants completed a broad range of assessment scales/questionnaires that have been described previously [9] including self-reports of medical history and medications, ratings of health problems, mobility, instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) [10], the Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status[11], the Modified Mini Mental State examination (3MSE)[12], the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale (ADAS-Cog) [13] and the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CES-D) scale [14] and the CDR [4-6], completed by the participant and his/her informant. Persons with prevalent dementia (meeting DSM-IV criteria for dementia [15], a 3MSE score of less than 80, or a score the Clinical Dementia Rating scale [5] (CDR) > 0.5 were excluded from participation. The remaining individuals completed the baseline comprehensive neuropsychological test battery (described below). Those individuals scoring within the range of dementia on this battery were also excluded from the study. Cut-off scores for each test were determined based on data from cognitively normal subjects taking part in the Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) [7, 9, 16, 17]. Sixty-four participants who passed the 3MSE and CDR criteria were subsequently excluded based on their neuropsychological test scores (mean age 79.8 years, mean education 13.8 years).
The screening visit also included blood drawn for laboratory screening as well as DNA storage for subsequent apolipoprotein E (ApoE) genotyping. DNA was extracted with a Puregene Kit (QUIAGEN; Valencia, CA) and ApoE genotyping was performed utilizing the TaqMan genotyping assays (Applied Biosystems; Foster City, CA) by Dr. M. Ilyas Kamboh, University of Pittsburgh. Of note, 16 participants refused phlebotomy consent, 425 samples had insufficient volume for DNA extraction and 174 did not have sufficient blood drawn for other reasons, resulting in a subset of 2454 of total baseline participants with ApoE data available.
A total of 3,072 participants were recruited into the GEM study. Three participants were subsequently excluded because of protocol violations not detected at baseline. An additional six subjects were excluded from these analyses: 4 had missing CDR data and two had a CDR score of 1.0 indicating dementia. The final N was 3,063.
The remaining participants completed the comprehensive neuropsychological battery, which included tests within five cognitive domains (see Table 1) and two tests to estimate premorbid intellectual functioning, the National Adult Reading Test - American Version;[18] and Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices.[19] Tenth percentile cut-off scores were located on each neuropsychological test based on normative data from the Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS)[20] for 2 age (< 80 vs. ≥ 80 years) and 3 education (≤ 12; 13-16; > 16 years) subgroups reported previously.[7, 9] A tenth percentile cut-off is close to the commonly used cut-off of 1.5 SD below the normative mean (corresponding to approximately the 7th percentile on a theoretically normal curve). We used this somewhat higher, more sensitive, cut-off because this cohort had already been screened for dementia.[9] In addition, many of the cognitive test scores were not normally distributed and percentile rank cut-offs are therefore more appropriate.[21] Also, tenth percentile cut-offs have been used in other MCI studies.[22-24] The number of subjects with missing neuropsychological measures in this healthy cohort screened for dementia was very low: only 9 participants (0.4 %) were missing 2 - 4 measures for physical reasons (sensory or motor impairment).
We applied a neuropsychological (NP) algorithm to classify each individual as Normal (NP Normal) or MCI (NP MCI). In order to meet NP criteria for MCI, at least two of the cognitive tests had to fall at or below the 10th percentile of the normative data. A minimum of two out of ten impaired tests was chosen to minimize MCI cases that "revert to normal" on follow-up primarily because of measurement error, regression to the mean, etc.[9] Using these criteria individuals with a single score falling below the 10th percentile for age and education were classified as normal based on the assumption that this represents normal variability. We also identified individuals with the major clinical subtypes of MCI: amnestic and nonamnestic. Individuals with impaired performance on one or more memory tests were classified as NP amnestic MCI (NP a-MCI). Individuals with both impaired tests in non-memory domains were identified as NP nonamnestic MCI (NP na-MCI).
All GEMS interviewers completed a standardized training program for administration and scoring for the CDR including use of videotapes.[25] In addition, interviewers participated in annual reliability training including observation of GEMS interviews conducted by a study author (LOD). Based on information obtained from both the subject and informant, CDR ratings are given for six domains: memory, orientation, home and hobbies, judgment and problem solving, community affairs and personal care. Each CDR subscale can be rated on a scale of 0-3 where 0 indicates no impairment and 3 indicates the need for maximal assistance. A global CDR score is calculated using an algorithm that takes into account each subscale score, with an additional weighting for the memory section. The overall possible range of Global CDR scores is 0 (indicating a normal healthy individual with no cognitive or functional deficits), 0.5 (a normal healthy individual but with questionable cognitive and/or functional abilities indicating MCI), 1 (mild dementia), 2 (moderate dementia) and 3 (severe dementia). Subjects in this study obtained Global CDR scores of either 0 or 0.5. A score of 0.5 is used to denote mild cognitive and functional impairment consistent with MCI (CDR MCI) and a Global CDR score of 0 indicates no functional deficits (CDR Normal).
Using the above criteria, four subgroups were identified:
Group 1: participants classified as Normal by both NP and CDR criteria (i.e. congruent: Normal/Normal)
Group 2: participants classified as Normal by NP but MCI by CDR (i.e. incongruent: NP Normal/CDR MCI)
Group 3: participants classified as MCI by NP but Normal by CDR (i.e. incongruent: NP MCI/CDR Normal)
Group 4: participants classified as MCI by both NP and CDR criteria (i.e. congruent: MCI/MCI)
The GEM study began in September 2000 and assessed subjects every six months until April 2008. The median follow-up period for 6.1 years and the primary end point was a diagnosis of dementia by DSM-IV criteria.[15] This was determined by an expert panel of clinicians using an adjudication process validated on a similar population [16] and described previously [17] that involved a comprehensive review of all available clinical and cognitive assessments over multiple years. Neuropsychological criteria for dementia end-point were operationalized as follows:
To determine differences among diagnostic sub-groups on demographic, clinical and cognitive variables, omnibus ANOVAs were performed for continuous variables and chi-square tests for categorical variables. Student-Neuman-Keuls procedure for continuous variables and modified Keppel Bonferroni adjustment for categorical variables were used to determine post-hoc pair-wise differences among subgroups to control for Type I error. To account for differences between study sites in frequency of MCI groups (see below) we included site as a covariate in the ANOVAS for continuous variables and performed a series of multinomial logistic regressions (predicting MCI sub-group) including site as a covariate for categorical variables.
The mean age of the overall cohort was 78.5 (SD 3.3) and the mean education level was 14.3 (SD 3.0) years. The proportion of women was 46.2% and the proportion of individuals reporting themselves as white was 95.5% (see DeKosky et al. [7] for full description of the GEMS cohort).
Table 2 shows the frequency of MCI for the two different diagnostic methods. The overall frequency of MCI using CDR criteria was 40.2% (n=1232) and using NP criteria was 28.1% (n = 861). 47.4% of participants (n=1451) were identified as "normal" and 15.7% (n=480) as MCI by both CDR and NP criteria for an overall agreement of 63%. However, 24.5% of participants (n=751) met NP criteria for Normal but were classified as MCI by CDR criteria and 12.4% (n=381) met NP criteria for MCI but were classified as Normal by CDR.
The majority of individuals classified by CDR criteria as MCI were impaired on the CDR memory subscale (n=1180; 95.9%; overall frequency = 38.5%) Only 4.1% (n=52) of the CDR 0.5 participants were impaired on non-memory CDR subscales and met criteria for CDR na-MCI (overall frequency = 1.7%). The overall frequency of NP a-MCI subtype was 16.6 % (n= 508) and na-MCI subtype was 11.5% (n = 353).
We also examined differences across the four GEM sites in the overall frequency of MCI. The proportion of MCI cases by CDR was higher at Wake Forest University (WFU) (60.7%) than at the other clinical centers (ranging from 27.5% to 42.7%; X2= 218.8 p < .001). With regard to NP criteria, the UC-Davis site had the lowest proportion of MCI cases (22.6%) compared to comparable frequencies at the other 3 sites (28.6% - 31.6%; X2 = 21.12, p < .001).
Table 3 summarizes descriptive statistics for demographic and clinical variables for the four diagnostic subgroups. Overall differences between the four subgroups were significant on all demographic variables and most clinical variables.
Post hoc analyses showed that individuals diagnosed as MCI by both systems (Subgroup 4) were older, had poorer scores on mental status tests and tests of premorbid IQ, endorsed more symptoms of depression and more health problems, had greater IADL impairment and poorer mobility than individuals diagnosed as Normal by both systems (Subgroup 1). There was no difference in the reported number of medications across all groups. Of note, there was a statistical trend toward higher ApoE4 allele proportion in Subgroup 4 compared to Subgroup 1 (p = .08). When site was included as a covariate in the multinomial regression analyses the only difference was that the gender distribution was no longer significantly different among MCI subgroups. All other results were unchanged.
Table 4 summarizes the neuropsychological test scores for the four diagnostic subgroups. After adjusting for age, education, race and depression score, the majority of cognitive test scores remained significantly worse across subgroups with individuals in subgroup 1 (congruent Normal/Normal) performing better on all NP tests (except Digits forwards and Rey copy and recall) than individuals in subgroup 2 (incongruent NP Normal/CDR MCI) who performed better on all tests than individuals in subgroup 3 (incongruent NP MCI/CDR Normal); who performed better on all NP tests (except Digits forwards and Rey copy) than individuals in subgroup 4 (congruent MCI/MCI).
Significant differences in individuals meeting NP criteria for normal cognition who received a CDR classification of MCI included fewer years of education, poorer scores on mental status tests and tests of premorbid IQ, more depressive symptoms, more reported health problems, and more IADL impairment than individuals who received a CDR classification of Normal. Additionally, individuals with CDR diagnosis of MCI had significantly poorer NP test scores (except digits forwards, Rey copy and recall) than individuals classified as CDR Normal, even though both groups met NP criteria for Normal.
Significant differences in individuals meeting NP classification of MCI (and CDR Normal) included more years of education, poorer scores on mental status tests and tests of premorbid IQ, and more reported IADL difficulty than individuals who received a NP classification of Normal. However, there were no differences between these groups in reported symptoms of depression or health problems.
Individuals classified as MCI by NP performance and Normal by CDR were younger, had significantly more years of education, higher scores on mental status tests and tests of premorbid IQ, less depressive symptoms, less IADL impairment and better mobility than individuals who were diagnosed as MCI by CDR. These individuals also had significantly better scores on all NP tests (except digits forwards and Rey copy), even though they met NP criteria for MCI.
We examined the baseline characteristics of the participant/informant relationship because of the potential impact this may have had on CDR ratings. 59.6% of informants reported living with the participants. Of those informants who did not live with a participant, 78% reported visiting with the participant at least once a week and 88.8% reported phone or e-mail contact with participants at least once a week. There were no differences in the proportions of CDR ratings between informants who reported living with the participant and those who did not. Among those who live with the participant, 60.1% of participants were rated as CDR 0 and 39.9% as CDR 0.5, and among those who did not live with the participant, 59.9% were rated as CDR 0 and 40.1% were rated as CDR 0.5. Similar proportions of CDR ratings were observed among informants not living with the participant who reported visiting with the participant more than once a week (62.2% CDR 0; 37.7% CDR 0.5) and those who reported visiting once a week or less (57.8% CDR 0; 42.2% CDR 0.5).
The GEM study began in September 2000 and assessed subjects every six months until April 2008, median follow-up was 6.1 years. During this time 194 participants were either lost to follow-up or withdrew consent. There were no differences between the participants who declined to continue the study and the 2,874 who remained in the study by age, gender, minority race, baseline disease categories (e.g. myocardial infarction, stroke, heart failure, and cancer) or smoking status. However, a difference in MCI status at baseline was found with 22.6% of drop-outs lost to follow-up compared to 15.2% of those who completed the study (p=.01). Individuals who met both MCI criteria were more likely to drop out than in the other three subgroups. There were 383 deaths from any cause and no differences in rates of death across subgroups.
Cognitive status was known for 93.6% of all participants at study end point. 522 participants were diagnosed with dementia during the follow-up period. There were significant differences across the four subgroups in rates of dementia. The lowest rates were observed in individuals meeting both CDR and NP criteria for Normal (subgroup 1 = 7.4%) and the highest rates were observed in individuals who met both CDR and NP criteria for MCI (subgroup 4 = 41.5%). 17.2% of individuals with CDR MCI/NP Normal (subgroup 2); and 22.8% of individuals with CDR Normal/NP MCI (subgroup 3) developed dementia. Taking study site into account as a covariate in multinomial regression did not alter the pattern of results.
The goals of this paper were to compare baseline rates of MCI and rates of progression to dementia over six years, using different MCI diagnostic systems. 40.2% of individuals were identified as MCI using a CDR score of 0.5 and 28.2% using NP criteria (amnestic and nonamnestic combined). There was agreement between the two diagnostic methods in over 63% of cases, 47.4% were classified as Normal by both criteria (NP Normal/CDR Normal) and 15.7% were classified as MCI by both criteria (NP MCI/CDR MCI). There were no significant differences between the four subgroups (congruent and incongruent) in the number of medications reported and the number of deaths but there were a higher number of drop-outs in the group meeting both sets of MCI criteria. The percentage of ApoE4 carriers also did not differ between subgroups and is similar to that reported in other community studies (CHS, 24.1%) [33] although lower than observed in some clinical samples [34]. Not surprisingly, individuals diagnosed as MCI by both methods were older, sicker, and more functionally and cognitively impaired.
Our overall rate of amnestic MCI (16.6%) as determined by neuropsychological algorithm is comparable with other studies, although comparison is difficult because different criteria were used. [20, 35, 36] However, our rate of MCI using CDR criteria (40.2%) is higher than other studies, for example, Meguro and colleagues [37] who reported an overall frequency of CDR 0.5 of 30.2%. The main purpose of this study, however, was not to compare rates of MCI in the GEM study to other population studies but rather to compare the rates of MCI using the two approaches within the same cohort. We found that the two diagnostic methods were largely concordant for the identification of Normal individuals but there was lower agreement for the identification of MCI and, furthermore, there were a surprisingly high number of individuals who either had normal test performance but CDR scores of 0.5 or impaired test performance and CDR scores were 0. Similar rates of MCI were reported in patients attending a memory clinic [38] using a Global Deterioration Scale [39] score of 2 or 3 as the measure of subjective cognitive complaints and a NP definition of a-MCI.
Our results suggest that individuals with normal cognition but CDR-measured deficits are more likely to have lower education; endorse a higher number of health, and report symptoms of depression (but not meet formal criteria for a diagnosis of depression) than those without CDR-measured deficits. Depression is common in preclinical AD and can be an early sign of a neurodegenerative disorder [38, 40]. Our results also suggest that the CDR is sensitive to very subtle differences in cognition. Thus, among individuals who were classified as Normal by the NP algorithm, the CDR classified, on average, those with higher test scores as CDR Normal and those with poorer scores as CDR MCI and, similarly, among individuals classified as MCI by the neuropsychological algorithm, the CDR classified those with higher test scores as CDR Normal those with lower scores as CDR MCI.
In this study the majority of individuals with MCI did not progress to dementia over the follow-up period. This finding is consistent with other studies of community-dwelling elderly [41] [42] and also clinic populations [38]. The rates of dementia identified by different MCI diagnostic criteria are also consistent with other studies which show that a slightly higher percentage of individuals convert to dementia using cognitive test scores as a predictor than using functional criteria [38]. Reported conversion rates based on a CDR 0.5 definition of MCI vary across studies [6, 43] and may be related to the broad range of functional disability that falls within the CDR 0.5 category. For example, a CDR 0.5 sum of box score of 2.0 or higher has been shown to accurately predict 50% or higher conversion rate to AD over 3 years compared to a 10% conversion rate for individuals with a CDR 0.5 sum of box score of 1.0 [43]. The specific clinical subtype of CDR 0.5, as determined by clinical impression, has also been shown to predict conversion rates to dementia with 60.5% of individuals classified as "CDR 0.5 Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type" (DAT) and 35.7% of individuals classified as "CDR 0.5 Incipient DAT" progressing to dementia over 5 years [6]. Our findings show significantly higher rates of conversion to dementia (41.5%) when individuals meet both MCI criteria compared to individuals who meet both Normal criteria (7.5%). Significant differences were also observed in the two incongruent groups. Although the rates are similar, a higher percentage of those classified as NP MCI/CDR Normal progressed to dementia (22.8%) than those classified as CDR MCI/NP Normal (17.2%), suggesting that poor performance on neuropsychological tests is a slightly better indicator of future progression to dementia than functional impairment.
Several factors may contribute to our findings. First, these data were gathered as part of a clinical trial and it is possible that G. biloba had an effect on the progression to dementia in one group over another. However, we have previously reported that G. biloba was not effective in lowering either the overall incidence rate of dementia or AD incidence in normal elderly or persons with MCI; nor was there any effect of G. biloba on mortality, stroke or myocardial infarction [17] and as a randomized trial it is unlikely there was a disproportionate effect of G. biloba.
Second, different findings may occur across studies if the CDR is administered differently. GEM study interviewers completed standardized training procedures and were certified by one of the co-authors (LOD) who has had more than ten year's experience as a CDR trainer. We also considered the possibility that community informants are not as reliable as informants in clinical settings but the majority of GEM informants lived with the participant and of those informants who did not, most reported visiting at least once a week. Furthermore, we found little difference in CDR classification based on informant characteristics suggesting that information obtained from GEM informants was reliable. There is also the possibility of circularity in our diagnosis of MCI and dementia, both of which used performance on the neuropsychological battery. However, the dementia diagnosis was not limited to the neuropsychological battery but involved a comprehensive review of clinical assessments across multiple years and included performance on screening tests (3MSE and the ADAS-Cog) not used in the MCI or dementia algorithm. Finally, although the participants in this study were drawn from the community they are a unique hybrid of a representative community sample but with a clinical trial selection bias. This sample may not be typical of the referral population seen in most clinical trials but also is not an epidemiological community cohort and this may also contribute to our findings. However, having said this, the critical finding in this study is not the overall rates of MCI compared to other studies, but the comparison of the two classification methods within the same cohort. Nevertheless, the sample may include large numbers of so-called, "worried well" who have more subjective complaints of memory loss, depression and poor health and this may contribute to higher rates of CDR 0.5.
Finally, proponents of the CDR have suggested that, when followed longitudinally, the majority of individuals with CDR 0.5 progress to AD and, based on this finding, they suggest that a CDR of 0.5 more correctly represents early mild AD rather than MCI.[6, 44] The implications of this suggestion are potentially enormous, especially considering that more than 40% of individuals in this study received a CDR of 0.5 at baseline. Our findings confirm that the CDR picks up subtle cognitive loss but also suggests that the CDR is sensitive to subtle psychiatric and clinical factors and that these also influence the likelihood that an individual will be classified as MCI by the CDR. In one of the few studies addressing this issue, the Helsinki Aging Study[44] administered the CDR as part of a dementia work-up for 900 individuals between the ages of 75 and 80 living in the city of Helsinki. The CDR was completed by community physicians who, contrary to standard guidelines, were instructed to record CDR deficits related to any reason, not only cognition. Thirty-two individuals scored 1.0 on the CDR, indicating the presence of dementia, but in a follow-up neurological evaluation were assessed by a neurologist as not suffering from dementia. As in our study, discordant diagnoses were associated with the presence of psychiatric symptoms (37%), especially depression (28%), and medical disorders (47%).
In conclusion, using different MCI criteria, we identified different rates of MCI at baseline and different rates of progression to dementia over time. CDR ratings of MCI were influenced by a number of demographic, cognitive and clinical factors some of which may be more relevant to the identification of MCI within community cohorts than in memory clinics where patients present with existing memory complaints. Slightly more individuals meeting NP MCI criteria progressed to dementia over the follow-up than individuals identified as MCI by the CDR. These results suggest that identifying all individuals with CDR scores of 0.5 as AD is not advisable.
Funding/Support: This study was supported by grant U01 AT000162 from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) and the Office of Dietary Supplements and National Institute on Aging; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; University of Pittsburgh Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (P50AG05133); Roena Kulynych Center for Memory and Cognition Research; Wake Forest University School of Medicine; and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Schwabe Pharmaceuticals, Karlsruhe, Germany, donated the Gbiloba tablets and identical placebos in blister packs for the study.
The Ginkgo Evaluation of Memory (GEM) Study Investigators:
Project Office, NCCAM: Richard Nahin, PhD, MPH; Barbara Sorkin, PhD.
Clinical Centers: Michelle C. Carlson, PhD; Linda P. Fried, MD, MPH; Pat Crowley, MS; Claudia Kawas, MD; Paulo Chaves, MD; Sevil Yasar, PhD; Patricia Smith; Joyce Chabot; Johns Hopkins University; John A. Robbins, MD, MHS; Katherine Gundling, MD, FACP; Sharene Theroux, CCRP; Linly Kwong, CCRP; Lisa Pastore, CCRP; University of California-Davis; Lewis Kuller, MD, DrPH; Roberta Moyer, CMA; Cheryl Albig, CMA; University of Pittsburgh; Gregory Burke, MD; Steve Rapp, PhD; Dee Posey; Margie Lamb, RN; Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
Schwabe Pharmaceuticals: Robert Hörr, MD; Thorsten Schmeller, PhD; Joachim Herrmann, PhD.
Data Coordinating Center: Richard A. Kronmal, PhD; Annette L. Fitzpatrick, PhD; Fumei Lin, PhD; Cam Solomon, PhD; Alice Arnold, PhD; University of Washington.
Cognitive Diagnostic Center: Steven DeKosky, MD*, Judith Saxton, PhD, Oscar Lopez, MD, Beth Snitz PhD, M. Ilyas Kamboh PhD, Diane Ives, MPH, Leslie Dunn, MPH, University of Pittsburgh(* now at University of Virginia)
Clinical Coordinating Center: Jeff D. Williamson, MD, MHS; Curt D. Furberg, MD, PhD; Nancy Woolard; Kathryn Bender, PharmD; Susan Margitic, MS; Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
Central Laboratory: Russell P. Tracy, PhD; Elaine Cornell, BA; University of Vermont.
MRI Reading Center: William Rothfus MD, Charles Lee MD, Rose Jarosz, University of Pittsburgh
Data Safety Monitoring Board: Richard Grimm, MD, PhD (chair), University of Minnesota; Jonathan Berman, MD, PhD (executive secretary), NCCAM; Hannah Bradford, MAc, LAc, MBA; Carlo Calabrese, ND, MPH; Bastyr University Research Institute; Rick Chappell, PhD, University of Wisconsin Medical School; Kathryn Connor, MD, Duke University Medical Center; Gail Geller, ScD, Johns Hopkins Medical Institute; Boris Iglewicz, PhD, Temple University; Richard S. Panush, MD, Saint Barnabas Medical Center; Richard Shader, PhD, Tufts University.
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I'm planning to buy a BP in the next 2 months.
Just one question keeps spinning in my head as I am
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I'm a little bit worried about some harsh methods of
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Bill B. Wrote:If I am wearing a suit or sports jacket, I put the watch in the inside breast pocket. If not, I stick inside with my carry on luggage going through security. I don't leave the BP or whatever out in plain view in the plastic tubs going through security. Not all watches set off alarms, btw. The BP and IWC's with soft iron faraday cages usually will.
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West Elgin Nature Reserve
- Exit highway 401 at interchange 137 (West Lorne, Graham Road)
- Go north to first road – Downie Line
- Turn left on Downie line and go to the 911 address of 24514
In 1983, the Aldborough Township council appointed the West Elgin Nature Club (W.E.N.C.) to manage a closed landfill site. This area became known as the West Elgin Nature Reserve (also called the Aldborough Memorial Forest by some). The 32 acre (13 hectares) forest is located in the near the town of west lorne and has become a poplar destination for school groups in west Elgin to learn about our natural environment. Trees such as Cottonwood and Hackberry are found growing in the preserve in a large abundance. Early spring flowers such as red and white trilliums, and marsh marigolds cover the forest floor in early May. The maidenhair and rattlesnake ferns emerge shortly after the spring flowers finish blooming. Summer and autumn see such plants as turtlehead, tall bellflower and closed gentian start to flower.
A system of trails has been made throughout the forest and is accessible for hiking and birding.


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Ex Machina Info
2015 | R | Thriller, Drama, Sci-Fi, Mystery
108 minutes /
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Ex Machina Review
Synopsis:A young programmer is selected to participate in a ground-breaking experiment in synthetic intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a breath-taking humanoid A.I.
Ex Machina (2015) is a British science fiction thriller movie that is 108 minutes long and was filmed in various locations in Norway and England, UK. Director and writer Alex Garland (28 Days Later… (2002), Dredd (2012), Sunshine (2007), The Beach (2000)) did a phenomenal job executing this action packed movie. The movie contains nudity, sexual content/reference, violence, bad language, suspense, sitting on the edge of your seat moments, thrills, bad language and lots of action.
Ex Machina revolves around Caleb ( Domhnall Gleeson - About Time (2013), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011), Unbroken (2014), True Grit (2010)) who is a 26 year old computer programmer/coder. Caleb works for the world's largest internet company and has won a competition to meet the CEO, Nathan ( Oscar Isaac - Drive (2011), Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), A Most Violent Year (2014), Sucker Punch (2011)) who is the company. He also gets to spend one week at Nathan's private house/retreat in the mountains. Caleb was shocked to find out why he won the competition and what is in store for him. Upon arrive at the retreat, he found out that he has to take part in an experiment that will let him interact with the first humanoid artificial intelligence in the world. The artificial intelligence is an Android named Ava (Alicia Vikander - A Royal Affair (2012), Seventh Son (2014), Son of a Gun (2014)) who is very pretty. Caleb began having emotions for Ava and is now on a mission to help Ava escape because he knows that if the test/experiment fails then Ava's memory will be wiped cleaned. Caleb stole Nathan's key card and disengaged the security protocols on Ava's last night of the test. Watch the movie to see the outcome. Will Caleb be able to help Ava escape? Does Ava seem too good to be true and have other motives? Will Nathan figure out that his keycard is missing? Will anyone die?
The movie had me on my toes as the suspense was there all the time, I love the movie and will watch it again. I do recommend it to other viewers who like a good action flick. The sets were amazing, and so was the special effects. I could not get enough of the movie and enjoyed every bit of it. The cinematography was spectacular. I was wrong with my idea of how the movie was going to end and I like that the movie was not predictable in most cases.
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Two Metro Blue Line train riders were transported to the hospital after a woman driving a brown sedan collided with the train at 12:36PM today when she tried to execute a left turn on a Long Beach street, Los Angeles Sheriff's Department deputies on the scene said.
Metro Blue Line riders will have to make do without stops at the Washington, San Pedro and Grand Stations over the next three weekends as part of continuing Blue Line station improvements, Metro officials announced Thursday.
A study released Monday by the nonprofit Next 10 and prepared by the Center for Law, Energy and the Environment
Metro riders looking to use the Blue Line rail system this weekend will experience interrupted service at select stops as part of continued upgrade efforts, Metro officials recently announced.
Service on the Metro Blue Line was halted late Wednesday evening due to reports of a man acting suspiciously near the Willow Street Station. The halt in service was originally reported around 9:18 PM but a Los Angeles Sheriff's Department spokesperson said service should be back to normal
Metro officials yesterday unveiled safety improvements completed, or in the process of being completed, at 27 intersections along the Blue Line—the nation's busiest rail line, with over 80,000 daily boardings, and the county's oldest at 25 years old.
The Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) could soon be patrolling the Blue Line inside the city's boundaries if the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) approves a contract with the department in a vote set for February 23.
As the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) awaits the full transition of power to local police agencies in July, it's stepping up its own security to ensure that riders feel safe while using its trains.
Metro began rolling out new rail cars on the Blue Line Monday morning as part of efforts to modernize the transportation system's oldest rail line.
After 27 years of service on the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (Metro) Blue Line, the original Nippon Sharyo P865 rail cars are being replaced with new Kinkisharyo P3010 cars.
Metro and city officials gathered at the Blue Line's Willow Station Wednesday morning to announce the start of a multi-agency law enforcement partnership that, beginning this Saturday, will allow Long Beach police and Metro security personnel to patrol the Blue Line's eight Long Beach


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MELBOURNE Victory claim they've got the character of A-League champions, while John Aloisi pays the price. Read our Round 12 A-League review.
Fresh from seeing his side fight back to force a draw with powerhouses Western Sydney Wanderers, Kosta Barbarouses says Melbourne Victory has the self-belief to win the A-League championship this season.
The attacker was asked on Sunday Shootout whether he could repeat his exploits of 2010-2011, where won the A-League title with Brisbane Roar.
"Earlier in the season we were 2-0 down against Adelaide United and we came back. This week we showed the same," he said.
"That's Championship winning material. We have shown we never give up."
Shootout host and former Socceroo Mark Bosnich was impressed with what he saw from Kevin Muscat's men at AAMI Park, but said the rookie coach could get even more out of his side with more adventurous tactics.
"Victory normally play with wingers on their opposite sides, Barbarouses on the left and Connor Pain on the right," he said.
"You know they're going to cut in. Wanderers knew and they stifled them well.
"Kevin Muscat needed to swap it over earlier, he did eventually but perhaps he missed a trick."
Fellow shootout host Craig Moore reserved his place for the Wanderers, who still picked up a point, despite missing attacking weapons Tomi Juric and Shinji Ono, and having Yousouff Hersi come off the bench.
"Wanderers are in a really good position, and to achieve what they did without those three was a great result," he said.
"Victory do play a fantastic brand of football and we saw two teams who know what they want to achieve this season."
Melbourne Heart's 1-0 loss to Wellington Phoenix on Friday night was the final straw for the club's board, sacking coach John Aloisi less than 24 hours later.
Moore said the decision didn't surprise him, but there are worrying signs moving forward for the club.
"We're in a results business. John Aloisi understands how it operates and won't want people to be sorry for him," Moore said.
"The concern going forward for supporters is what is the future of the club.
"What is going to change? Something has to change."
Bosnich admitted the Heart were in turmoil, but hoped good would come of the situation.
"Right now, right here, that (sacking Aloisi) was the most decisive action we've seen from their board for some time. 17 games, they didn't have a choice," Bosnich said.
"They've lost their way and they need to get back on track. They're losing fans by the second. They need to steady the ship.
"They said they still want to make the finals. That's ambitious and that's a good thing. The players have to bear respobnsilbity and start winning now."
Frank Farina will tell you differently, but Brisbane Roar's dismantling of Sydney FC on Thursday night sent out an emphatic message to their title rivals and re-inforced that Mike Mulvey's side are the competition favourites.
The Roar played with flair and showed great composure to come from a goal down to hammer the Sky Blues 5-1, a defeat made more bitter with former Sydney FC star Dimitri Petratos scoring a hat-trick against his old club.
The signs are worrying for a Sky Blues outfit who until recently had been cruising. The average age of their starting XI was more than 30, the oldest side they've ever fielded. For the Roar, it's onwards and upwards.
Melbourne Victory and Western Sydney Wanderers put on a Saturday night show at a rocking AAMI Park. It was billed as the match of round 12, and it didn't disappoint, Gui Finkler's late strike a fitting way to conclude any match.
Kosta Barboruses was closest to the action, and he enjoyed the spectacle.
"It was a great match to be a part of and just a really good game of football," he told Sunday Shootout.
"You saw two teams with good structures. It had a bit of everything."
Josep Gomabu lit the fuse ahead of Adelaide United's clash with Newcastle - bringing to light his opponents physical style - and it appeared the Jets players were only too happy to stoke the flames.
Referee Chris Beath dished out seven yellow cards as the challenges came flying in from all directions in a spicy affair at Coopers Stadium, with Marcelo Carrusca receiving special attention from the Jets.
"We need to protect the players we need to protect the football people,'' Gombau fumed after seeing his playmaker hobble off injured.
Injuries aside, the Reds are on the way up, rising to seventh with their latest win.
"They're building nicely. They're starting to become familiar with the style that's expected of them," Bosnich said.
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Kempinski Hotel Ajman is Introducing New Room Categorisation
The five-star luxury hotel is boasting about its 182 rooms, 165 of them offering spectacular views from the private balconies overlooking the Arabian Gulf, whilst the remaining 17 offer direct access from the private terrace to the pool. Kempinski Hotel Ajman is delighted to announce the implementation of new room categories as of 1 August, as the newest room-type – the Signature Deluxe room – is one of the most high-end offerings, located on the hotel's highest floors, on Floor 7 and Floor 8, offering wonderful panoramic views from the private balcony and featuring a total of 44 units. From featuring a red or blue colour palette, a traditional arabesque interior and exquisite mahogany furniture to the great amenities, these rooms are astounding in every respect.
Commenting on the recent implementation, General Manager Kai Schukowski said: "We have recategorised our rooms, in order to be able to better target the clientele, and to better cater to their needs. As we have more room categories now, where we are able to provide more personalised room options, we can individualise and customise the room allocation as per the guest preference and offer them more variance."


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In most large organizations, the amount of time and energy that is squandered in interdepartmental rivalry is enormous. Managers who compete with others inside the company waste valuable resources that should be directed at fulfilling the company's mission to serve its customers better. Worse, a negative, internal focus can cause the company to miss opportunities, the full effect of which may not be realized for months or even years. Whether you are the head of the department or the newest worker on the staff, you can help your company immeasurably by refusing to become embroiled in internal strife. Compete with yourself to do the best job you can do instead of competing with others.
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H H Gregg Ultra Bad - NO customer service - Sofa (Ashley Furniture) fell apart, no replacement only 6 months of repairs Ocala Florida
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Purchased sofa (Ashley Furniture MFG) -- within a couple of months sofa mechanism broke -- it's taken over 6 months of continuous phone calls and repairs and sofa is still a piece of junk. No replacement sofa allowed because HH Gregg's 30-day store policy.
Price of this piece of junk was $1,200. Our problem is we still have to pay off balance for something that we cannot use.
H H Gregg, Ocala, FL, manager said sorry about that but store has nothing to do with repairs/replacement. His attitude was ... don't bother us, could care less, call the repair number and good bye --very poor manager. How did he get his job anyway.
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Welcome to the Union Elementary School District No. 62
Potential placement of a cell-phone tower at Union Elementary School near the bus parking area. Our community is important to us we have attached some Informational Flyers about cell phone towers and other cell phone towers in our area. We held a community meeting on September 7, 2017 and attached are some questions and answers from that meeting. Should you have additional questions please contact the District Office at (623) 478-5005.
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Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai Trailer (2009)
"An animated chronicle of the life of legendary swordsman Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1645)." 13 June 2009 Animated, Action 72 mins
Miyamoto Musashi, revered as an unbeatable swordsman and author of 'The Book of Five Rings, was also a man who was born in the wrong times and who lived obsessed with discipline and strategy. After years of movie hagiographies and mythification, the great Mamoru Oshii has seen to promoting this funny and profuse documentary that combines the most diverse animation techniques with historical rigor and rokyoku sung narrative. A complex project that offers a new vision of such a unique historic figure and that once again places the author of Ghost in the Shell as the incorrigible outsider of Japanese animated cinema.
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The consultations were chaired by Azerbaijan's Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov and the Assistant to the Palestinian Foreign Minister for Asia, Africa, and Austria, Mazen Shamiyah, the Azerbaijani foreign ministry told APA.
Khalafov said that Azerbaijan-Palestine ties, which have historical roots, continue to develop successfully.
Khalafov thoroughly informed the Palestinian delegation about the settlement process of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Mazen Shamiyah in turn said Palestine is interested to expand the mutually beneficial cooperation with Azerbaijan in all areas, noting that Palestine highly appreciates Azerbaijan's humanitarian aid and support at the international level.
Khalafov spoke of Azerbaijan's role and importance in strengthening the solidarity among Muslim states, mentioning the declaration of the year 2017 as "Year of Islamic Solidarity" upon President Ilham Aliyev's order.
The sides discussed ways of increasing high-level mutual visits between Azerbaijan and Palestine, boosting the cooperation in the agricultural, humanitarian, tourism, culture, and education areas, and holding culture days, etc.


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Louis Smith skips Olympic parade... to attend mosques
OLYMPIC medallist Louis Smith skipped celebrations with the Queen to visit two mosques.
The gymnast – who won silver at the Rio Olympics for the pommel horse – missed the "Heroes Return" and a Buckingham Palace reception to apologise to the Muslim community over an "offensive" video.
Louis met with Muslims in London at Fazl Mosque in Southfields and Baitul Futuh Mosque in Morden while the Britain's Olympians and Paralympians met thousands of fans in Trafalgar Square yesterday.
Speaking about the visits Louis in a Facebook post said: "I was a little nervous and anxious before visiting [the mosques] because of the events in the last week.
"The people and the community where so understanding and inviting"Louis Smith
"But the people and the community where so understanding and inviting."
Earlier Louis revealed he had been sent death threats after the video – believed to have been leaked from a Whatsapp chat – showed him laughing and joking about "six o'clock prayers" and "60 virgins" as a pal pretended to pray on a tapestry.
Louis has since issued a public apology on social media.
The former Strictly winner added: "[During the visits] we discussed my actions and they showed me what they learn and the true meaning behind their religion of peace.
"The community work they do for various charities is actually crazy and the money raised each year would blow your mind."
Trying to make amends Louis also missed the Buckingham Palace reception, hosted by the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh, after the parade for Rio medallists.
The Olympian is now being investigated by British Gymnastics and could face suspension.
Farooq Aftab, national vice president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association said: "The original video that gave rise to this whole incident has caused offence.
"Louis did something wrong but he certainly does not need to be defined by that brief moment in his life.
"His apology and visit to London's oldest mosque and western Europe's largest today to learn about Islam speak volumes."


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May 21, 2013
Welcome, Bro. Mark Motz!
The Marianist Province of the United States is proud to welcome and congratulate its newest brother, Mark Motz.
Bro. Mark professed his first vows May 18, 2013, at a Mass at Queen of Apostles Chapel at Mount Saint John in Beavercreek, Ohio. Fr. William Meyer presided at the Eucharist. Bro. Joseph Kamis, assistant provincial, received the vows.
The profession marks the completion of a two-year novitiate for Brother Mark, 25, who is now a "temporary professed" Marianist brother. He will spend the next three or more years in formation. At the end of this period, and upon the approval of the Marianist Province, Brother Mark may profess perpetual vows in the order.
New Marianist brother Mark Motz is applauded after his profession of first vows. To his left are Andrew Giles, Fr. William Meyer, SM, and Fr. Christopher Wittmann, SM.


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18 May 2016
Alice Horne MCRVS of Ddole Road Veterinary Clinic will talk about Equine Obesity and How to Condition Score your Horse. Everyone is welcome!
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FUMCN cooperative preschool is a caring, stimulating, and secure place for children to learn and grow. FUMCN encourage creatives thinking and provide opportunities for problem solving to help expand your child's mind through Reggio-inspired learning concepts. At FUMCN cooperative preschool, children learn by doing. Using a wide variety of materials, they touch, taste, smell, look, and listen. Their emphasis is on learning through play and social interaction.
FUMCN Classes
FUMCN offers 4 class options: 3 Year Olds, 4 Year Olds, 3/4 Multi Age, and a Young 5s Program. The 3 Year Old Class meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9a-noon. The 4 Year Old Class meets on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9a-noon. The 3/4s Multi-Age Class meets on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays from 12:30-3:30p.
Young 5s Class
The Young 5s Class offers a transition for children to prepare for Kindergarten particularly those with late fall and summer birthdays. The class meets from 9a-1:30p on Mondays through Thursdays. The class mimics the schedule of an elementary school with specials and daily lunch. They also offer weekly field trips and a supplemental option for Science Fridays.
New at FUMCN for 2017-2018
FUMCN continues to evolve their program to reflect the demands of local families. This year, they are offering a new extended day option for the 3's and 4's classes.
They also offer a Reduced Assist Option that allows for limited in-classroom responsibilities. The reduced assist option is a great choice for families who want a cooperative environment but are not able to complete the full assist load.
FUMCN Open House
The best way to learn more about FUMCN is to attend one of their open houses.
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Open enrollment will begin after the Open Houses with a lottery for open slots. Returning FUMCN members receive enrollment priority before the Open Houses.
Membership in the FUMCN cooperative preschool is open to everyone, regardless of race, creed, sex, family composition, or nationality and ethnic origin.
2017-2018 Preschool Guide
This listing is part of our 2017-2018 Preschool Guide.
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Turbine powered aircraft (including jets, turboprops, and many helicopters) use jet fuel. It is a heavy fuel like kerosene. Jet A is the heavy grade and Jet A1 is heavy grade with an anti-ice additive and is the most common. Jet B is a wide cut grade (kerosene mixed with gasoline) and is used mostly … Read more
I'd go to the Czech Republic, to visit the Sedluc Ossuary (known as the "Bone Chapel"). It's a Catholic Church adorned with the bones of hundreds of corpses, most of them plague victims. It looks absolutely amazing, albeit exceedingly macabre (but I like that). You can check out some cool pictures here.
The moon, i would love how light my body would feel and seeing the earth from the outside would be an experience like no other. Then i would etch my name on a bunch of rocks, ride on the moon rover, and shoot a bullet twards earth. And on my way back i would drop … Read more


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In December I entered a Slots Tournament at Planet7 Casino which ran the entire month and much to my delight I was well in the lead throughout the month. The tourney was to end on Christmas eve but when I went online to check the standings that night a message popped up saying that the tourney had been cancelled and my entry fee returned. There was no explanation as to why this tournament was cancelled and no response to my queries.
This is extremely frustrating as I stood to win about $400.
I am so completely awed by the fact that in the roughly two week period in which I was playing at Planet7 I got ripped off twice! How does a site like this continue to operate with such unethical practices and poor customer service?
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How brand ambassadors boost your sales
When you have a business, the main key of achieving success is to work with brand ambassadors. A brand ambassador is a person that embodies your brand and who influences customers and raises awareness about the products and services you offer. He plays a major role in today's marketing landscape and they can help you boost your sales in many ways. He interacts more with potential customers and raises their interest in your brand. Promotional staff has the ability of creating a marketing campaign that has as main goals to activate your brand and make a connection with customers. They are perfect for helping you promote your business in an industry where a logo is not enough to get to the right public. The main role of brand ambassadors is to promote the name of your brand to targeted customers and to entrust them make an acquisition. They are very important for every type of business because they speak positively about it, about its products and create brand awareness among people. Many companies use them to personify their brands, because they understand how important promotional staff is for the development of a company.
Brand ambassadors help you sell more products because they provide information about your company to potential customers. They have the ability of increasing the awareness of your brand and products to customers. They can make your brand more appealing to customers because they create associations between particular ideas in the buyers' mind and your products. Brand ambassadors hand out flyers, samples of small gifts of products you offer. They widely use this strategy when they want to make people buy a certain product. Also, they have great success in promoting your brand, because they use one to one interaction and this raises the consumers' awareness of your company and products. When you want to promote your company at exhibitions, you can collaborate with exhibitions staff, which helps you make a statement. They will provide information about your brand, share their own experiences with the products or services you offer and will ensure buyers to have an amazing experience while at an event.
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Sorry, this pushes one step too far for my limited php. How can I change the structure of sidebar.php to make the sidebar blog widget appear beneath the custom page widgets?
You need to open up sidebar.php and move this code block:
if (function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') && dynamic_sidebar('Sidebar Blog'))
to below this line:
if (function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') && dynamic_sidebar($custom_widget_area) ) : endif;
As there is extra PHP which can lead to confusion, I have made the changes for you and uploaded the file here. Rename the file from sidebar-new.php to sidebar.php after you have backed up your original sidebar.php file.
Let me know how you get on.
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Website representation of the residential compound "House on Samarinskaya". Besides creating the website and the house renders we also produced the video–object flyover for the main page.
Promo site about Prebio prebiotics, telling about the health benefits of Nestogen with a humorous undertone. Created under the responsibility of Instinct agency (BBDO Group) and Nestle company.
Product site and TV-commercial support for the Moccona brand relaunch in Russia.
«Change yourself» is a special social project for Corny targeted at modern women – residents of big cities. Placed on Domashniy.ru. Created under the responsibility of The Directors agency and Hero Rus.
In 2014 Toyota Motor was successfully presented on Moscow International Motor Show. The company's stand attracted the most visitors among mass market brands and new Camry was highly appreciated by audience. We did a video report about great success of Toyota on MIMS 2014.
Russia is one of the prior markets for Toyota Motor, so the company decided to show new Camry on Moscow International Motor Show 2014. We created a video presentation, where chief engineer of the new model Masato Katsumata was talking about New Camry advantages.
When contact lenses fail, unpleasant incidents could happen: you let your bus run through or you could pass by a man of your dreams. With lenses Ciba Vision such problems will not happen: they moisturize your eyes with every blink without irritating the eye retina. We showed it in funny stories and informative infographics.
For MEGA and MasterCard we created stylish animated commercials discovering MEGACARD benefits. Men can relate themselves to secret agents whose mission is «Shopping» while following simple instructions! Women can use little black card buying little black dress and a lot of other things, and get pleasant bonuses for it.
An interesting multimedia project for the russian rock-band Bi-2. In collaboration with the director and the band we were trying to create something new and unique for Russian music channels. In the result we produced fresh and unusual music video and also the mobile app for iOS and Android.


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Tenanted Waterford shops could yield over 11pcTwo retail investment properties in Waterford City Centre are for sale and, if bought together, could fetch €285,000 and yield over 11pc.
Located at 1 & 2 Stephen's Court, Stephen Street, Waterford, they are part of a three storey mixed development built in 1984 and are located just 150 metres off Barronstrand Street, with strong pedestrian flow and good profile. Both tenants have been prompt rent payers for over 20 years.
Unit 1 extends to 40.68sqm and is let to a hair-dresser under a 35-year lease which has almost eight years to run. Its current rent is €12,000 a year and is asking €110,000.
Unit 2 extends to 59.54sqm and is let to a jeweller under a 28-year lease which expires in October 2016 at a current rent of €22,300 p.a. It is linked to the CPI and with 3 year rent reviews. The agents Kehoe & Associates are asking €175,000 for this unit.
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