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The scorching-hot headphone market continues to welcome everyone from traditional electronics manufacturers to loudspeaker companies to cabling and even furniture makers. So here comes Velodyne, a company renowned for its subwoofers, to join the fray with a handful of headphone options. I spent some time donning the company's vTrue Studio Headphones and vFree On-Ear Bluetooth Headphones.
These two models represent the top half of Velodyne's offerings, at $299 for the vFree and $399 for the vTrue, with pricing that seems consistent for their spots in the market. Velodyne also has the vLeve On-Ear model, which looks similar to the vFree but without the Bluetooth for $199 as well as the vPulse in-ear headphones for just $99. There's a bit of something at every level of headphone listener, whether it's an upgraded performance over whatever earbuds were included in their mobile devices, untethering yourself from such Bluetooth-compatible devices, or have an audiophile-type experience where you can sit back and let the music overtake you.
Let's start with the vTrue, which to the latter's point, delivers on its aim and performance expectations. These are high-quality, well-constructed personal loudspeakers that extract major levels of musicality and detail from compressed MP3s to high-resolution 24-bit files.
In terms of specs, the vTrue features 50-mm drivers that Velodyne rates with a frequency response of 10 Hz to 20 kHz and 96dB sensitivity. It comes with two 4-foot braided cloth cables, one of which incorporates a control module for adjusting volume, skipping songs and such from your mobile devices, and the blue matches the inner-cup mesh covering the drivers. The overall design is a beautiful combination of rich brown leather and forged aluminum that, like the performance qualities, is on par for what you'd expect at this price level.
As "studio" headphones, the vTrue is meant for doing some serious listening sessions, whether you're actually in the recording industry or simply plugging in at home (you can use the stereo adapter to connect to your home audio system components). That's the preface to the one aspect I didn't like about the headphones, which is that they felt too big and heavy on my head. On the one hand, I loved that slipping on the leather-laden headphones felt a bit like slipping into the front seat of a Jaguar, but at about 16 ounces (the website lists 10.6, but weighing them on my own scale confirmed that maybe the 0 and 6 were transposed) they did seem hefty and I preferred longer listening sessions with the lighter vFrees. The braided cloth cable is a nice detail that I've seen more of recently with headphones (including earbuds from RBH Sound and RHA).
Related: Seeking Out the Perfect Headphones
While I found the weight of the vTrues a tad fatiguing, I thought the music emanating from them was anything but. It didn't take long to see why they're intended for studio listening, as they produced super-clean, uncolored and well-defined results. And if you think that because Velodyne's specializing in subwoofers means that its headphones will follow suit and emphasize bass as some headphones do, think again … though there was plenty of it, the bass sounded well balanced in the overall sonic signature and for all its thump it carried that same clarity and definition.
I did most of my listening with the vTrues connected to my PC via Meridian's USB Explorer DAC to try and squeeze the most out of those files, and because I've used the little DAC for a while now as a digital source reference. Velodyne lists a similar USB DAC, AudioQuest's DragonFly, as a "suggested accessory" for the vTrue on its web page. After seeing some serious audio setups at CES and T.H.E. Show that ran on Macbooks and DACs, the computer-to-DAC-to-headphone chain also seems like a nice, streamlined audiophile approach to this category, especially with the advent of high-res 24/96 and 24/192 downloads.
Rather than jump right into high-resolution recordings, though, I played an assortment of low-res MP3s first. With everything I threw at it, I kept reaching the same conclusion about the vTrues being well balanced and articulate, with lots of punch in reproducing bass and drums. Most of the time I was playing at moderate-to-low volume, but when I cranked things up a bit I was pleasantly surprised that clarity did not drop off and that higher volume levels accentuated the musicality—I've heard many other headphones crack under that pressure.
On Bob Dylan's Blood on the Tracks, for instance, I thought the acoustic guitar playing on "Buckets of Rain" sounded lush and Dylan's vocals—among the clearest of his career—very enveloping, while "You're a Big Girl" produced a really warm-sounding tone that somehow culled every little detail from what seems like a roomful of musicians sitting right in front of me. At the same time, the drumming on both tracks is rendered appropriately gentle and nuanced yet with enough impact to serve as a solid foundation in the mix.
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Being familiar with the stage setups at live performances for Phish and guitarist Trey Anastasio's side-project band, I thought the vTrues provided spot-on imaging while listening to live soundboard recordings from both groups. Here too, they delivered well-rounded prominence to seemingly every musician, including Phish keyboardist Page McConnell's playing that I've found gets lost within the quartet's recordings through other speakers but with the vTrues was a force coming out of the left channel during "Undermind" (from Aug. 31, 2012, Commerce City, Colo.). In a live cut of "Scabbard" from the eight-person Trey Anastasio Band, the resolution of instruments was impeccable, especially Cyro Baptista's array of percussion jingling through the right earcup.
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- Founded: 2008
- Founded by: Lucia Migliaccio, Ricky Velasquez, Arnold Dearriba
- Headquarters: Deerfield Beach, Florida
Three friends with a passion for design spotted an old chair by the dumpster one day and rather than pass it by without a thought, they were hit with inspiration, marking the creation of Homeless Design Lab.
Discarded furniture gets a makeover at Homeless Design Lab. Like eccentric great-aunts clad in bold colors and rich textures, these pieces flaunt their style fabulously.
When three pals from design school found a chair by a dumpster they took it home, spiffed it up, and Homeless Design Lab was born. The eco-conscious design team refurbishes found pieces, giving old furniture with good bones a whole new look in their studio near Fort Lauderdale.
Homeless Design Lab, or HDL for short, uses low or zero VOC finishes and green guard certified fabrics on chairs like the cheekily titled "Maria Comes to South Beach." The vibrant mid-century dining chair combines a vintage remnant of Guatemalan embroidery with turquoise paint and plush lilac velveteen for a look that's all Latin glamour. Then there's "Don Chocolate" an elegant empire armchair that fuses delicious brown upholstery with persimmon lacquer--the perfect throne for a 21st century Napoleon.
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I'm all for reclaimed materials, but holy cow is that a terrible name for a "high-end" business. Perhaps if they donated some of their proceeds to related charities I would not be having a WTH moment.
Having a WTH moment, too! Really stupid name. think again!

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Collegiate National Championships host hotel information
Below are the recommended lodging options for the USA Cycling Collegiate Road National Championships. All three properties are in historic downtown Ogden and within walking distance of restaurants, attractions and the criterium course. Make reservations directly and identify yourself as a participant in the USA Cycling Collegiate Road National Championships.
Please check out the Visit Ogden site www.visitogden.com for information on the host city and suggestions on restaurants and venues not to miss during the event. You can also like them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CollegiateRoad for the latest info regarding the Ogden area.
Host Hotel — Summit Hotel & Conference Center
247 24th Street
Ogden, Utah 84401
(801) 395-2049
To book a room, follow these instructions using the codes below:
Group Booking Code: 408972
Admin Meeting Planner Password: USACY
Comfort Suites Hotel — $89 per night for up to six per room
2250 South 1200 West
Ogden, Utah
The Comfort Suites Hotel offers suites able to sleep six at double occupancy, or three at single occupancy. Rate includes full hot buffet breakfast for all in the room. Hotel is 1.2 miles from Downtown Ogden.
Holiday Inn Express — $99 per night for singles and doubles
2245 South 1200 West
Ogden, Utah 84401
Full hot buffet breakfast included in room rate. 1.2 miles from downtown Ogden.
Ben Lomond Historic Suites — $62 per night for singles; $76 per night for quads
2510 Washington Boulevard
Ogden, Utah 84401
Hampton Inn & Suites Ogden — $99 per night for singles and doubles
2401 Washington Boulevard
Ogden, Utah 84401
Price includes breakfast.
Following the conclusion of the men's Division I criterium on Saturday evening (May 4), a luxurious, all-you-can-eat buffet dinner will be held at the beautiful Summit Hotel Grand Ballroom to celebrate the time trial and criterium podiums. The banquet will feature guest speakers, games, prizes, and a special announcement of the 2014 USA Cycling Collegiate Road National Championships location and courses! So don't miss out! Cost is $30 per person and tickets are available during the registration process.
Pasta bar with choice of:
- Penne noodles or bow tie
- Alfredo sauce, Marinara sauce, Pesto sauce
- Grilled chicken, Italian sausage, Grilled shrimp
- Steamed veggies
- Parmesan cheese
- Spinach
- Olives
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The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy has proved to be fertile source material for video game adaptations, spawning hack-and-slash action adventures as well as a soon-to-be-released real-time strategy title. The Third Age, however, is a turn-based, console-style role-playing game that takes a slightly different path from its film-faithful cousins. Instead of featuring the original cast of characters and following their journey as it was laid out in the films and novels, The Third Age introduces a new cross-cultural group of travelers as they put their own stamp on the history of Middle-earth. While there are some rough edges, the result is a mostly nice little role-playing jaunt into the world of Tolkien.
Where are the hobbits, you ask? Forget hobbits! This story is about Berethor, got it?
As the game opens, you're introduced to Berethor, warrior of the land of Gondor. He's riding in search of the Gondorian heir, Boromir, who has recently joined with the rest of the Fellowship of the Ring. The story of The Third Age revolves around Berethor, his past, and his fate in the world as he trails the Fellowship and gathers his own companions. These compatriots fall well within the archetypical spread of a Middle-earth adventure party: there's a wise and mysterious elf, a dwarf of proud character who is suspicious of the aforementioned elf, and a scruffy Dunedain ranger with his trusty bow, among others. Events unfold through scripted in-game story sequences as well as through a number of special events called scenes that you'll discover as you progress through the game. Scenes consist of cuts of live-action footage from The Lord of the Rings films, narrated by Ian McKellan, who reprises his role as the wizard Gandalf. Gandalf will explain to you what's going on in the world, what the various factions are planning at the time, where your party is going, and what your goals are. He will even tell you facts about your companions and their states of mind, and about Berethor and his past.
In fact, there's so much exposition being done by Gandalf that it seems to come at the expense of your characters, as they rarely interact with each other. For example, you are told that the dwarf Hadhod is bitter and coldhearted because he lost his son to the caverns of Moria when the evil came. But Hadhod himself never mentions this, never alludes to any kind of loss, doesn't seem particularly bitter (for an already gruff-sounding fellow), and has very little to say during the game other than the odd phrase when danger approaches. This is true of much of the game--you are explicitly told what has happened and what will happen instead of actually seeing it happen, and it serves to somewhat distance the player from the whole experience. More interaction between the characters would have been welcome, as there are virtually no town visits to speak of, and much of the time you're simply moving from battle to battle.
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Adventure mode is the roaming portion of the game, during which time you'll be exploring the various landscapes, caverns, fortresses, and villages in search of enemies or your next objective. Upon entering a new area, you'll usually be assigned one or more quests for that particular region. Frequently quests are mandatory, but not always; completing 100 percent of the quests in a given zone is usually simply a matter of opening every chest you see, as well as making sure you explore whatever paths are open to you. You won't be gathering currency in The Third Age, and there are no shops; every piece of armor and every weapon you acquire will either be won through battle or discovered along your way. Since each piece of armor and each weapon is distinct with its own unique appearance and stats, and since your equipped items change the appearance of your various characters, finding new equipment is always exciting. It's great to watch someone like Berethor go from a long-haired ragamuffin in ratty old armor to a shining suit of steel with the White Tree of Gondor embossed on the front, along with a matching helm. Between monsters that drop loot and the many treasure chests hidden about, there's always a steady influx of new gear. And that's a good thing, because battles in The Third Age will generally level you up quite quickly.
Getting into battle involves an interesting mix of set encounters, random encounters, and visible enemies you can run up to and engage. There are two different onscreen indications that will let you know if a battle is imminent. The first is a glowing red eye (yes, this would be the baleful eye of Sauron). When crossing certain areas, or revisiting places you've been before, the eye will start to form in a corner of your screen. If you don't leave that particular village, cave, or field, the eye will gradually get brighter until finally it triggers a battle. The other indicator is a glowing blue orb, or a palantir. The palantir will appear in areas where enemies are lurking in a set location. As you approach that location, the palantir will get brighter and more distinct; you can use it as a warning that you need to rest if your characters aren't ready for a fight. Visible monsters are scattered around, like the ambushing goblins in the bowels of Moria or the battle trolls fighting the guard in the streets of Minas Tirith, so you can just run into them and start a fight. Monsters also like to lurk near chests, though quietly, so oftentimes when you move to grab a new bit of treasure, you can count on some opposition. This sounds varied, though what it basically boils down to is that you're going to be fighting something just about all the time. And anyone who has played a turn-based RPG in recent or distant history should pick up the fighting very easily
You can field three characters at a time against foes that The Lord of the Rings fans will readily recognize: orcs and goblins, uruk'hai and the wolfish wargs, giant trolls and wild men. If you have more than three characters in your group, you can easily swap characters in and out of battle by pressing the left trigger on your controller when someone's turn comes up. This is a traditional turn-based system through and through, with your characters on one side of the room, your foes on the other, and each waiting patiently to act depending on their initiative and speed. On one side of the screen, you'll see a series of portraits that displays the current turn order of both enemies and allies, which is helpful for planning your attack.
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RG3: The biggest shutdown to ever hit Washington
Thursday - 12/12/2013, 4:11am  ET
First, it was the Stephen Strasburg shutdown. Then the government shutdown. Now comes the biggest shutdown to ever hit Washington.
The RG3 Shutdown.
In the wake of the Redskins' 5th straight loss and another rough day at the office for embattled quarterback Robert Griffin III, equally embattled coach Mike Shanahan openly mulled over whether it was worth it to play RG3 for these last three meaningless regular season games. Wednesday, we got our answer.
It'll be Kirk Cousins leading the 'Skins offense from here on out, with Rex Grossman backing him up. That means Griffin will be inactive on Sundays, effectively going from RG3 to RG3rd String.
Of course, if you let Shanahan tell it, he's not benching him -- more like preserving him. Befitting a politician in the Nation's Capital, Shanny hit all the talking points. He cited the constant hits Griffin has taken in recent weeks (presumably both on and off the field), the need for RG3 to be 100 percent healthy going into off-season workouts, and the risk/reward of playing him down the stretch of a lost season.
All of that is true. I'm just not buying Shanahan's sudden change of heart.
I still remember last season's magic carpet ride. The 'Skins won their last seven games to win their first division title in 13 years. During that streak, Griffin suffered a knee injury against the Ravens but, three weeks later, the 'Skins still capped the year off with a primetime embarrassment of their most hated rival to clinch the NFC East -- even though the Offensive Rookie of the Year was essentially playing on one leg.
That bum knee gave out the following week against the Seattle Seahawks in the wild card round, letting the air out of a Burgundy and Gold balloon that was seemingly on the rise.
Now, if Shanahan were so gung-ho about Griffin's health and wellness and his full participation in off-season workouts, Kirk Cousins would have started the final three games of last season -- perhaps eliminating the need for him to do so this season.
Furthermore, Shanahan's timing is more than curious. This team has been out of playoff contention for two weeks now. If Griffin's health were a primary concern, this decision would have been made after the loss to the Giants, thus avoiding the high risk of injury associated with last week's game -- in the snow, against an elite Kansas City defense, and on that FedEx Field turf where he hurt his knee not once, but twice. It certainly wouldn't be this week, when RG3 could play in a dome against a porous Atlanta defense.
So when Shanahan stepped to the podium for a passionate, 28-minute press conference to announce his intentions and the reasoning behind them, it was disingenuous (at best). Everyone who's followed this sinking ship of a franchise knows Shanahan is likely on the way out. And with each passing week, it's as if he's trying to agitate owner Dan Snyder into such a decision so he can get the remaining $7 million on his contract and start over.
A great way to force Snyder's hand? Bench his buddy RG3.
So all that Academy Award-worthy performance proved is that Shanahan is in full blown self-preservation mode. He's posturing and making one last-ditch effort to salvage whatever's left of his reputation so he can engineer a soft landing in Houston or somewhere else he deems the grass to be greener.
Even Hall-of-Fame coach John Madden agrees.
"I mean, you know it's baloney," Madden said on his Sirius XM radio show. "I like Mike Shanahan, and I'm not talking behind his back, but when you say something like that, you know that's not right - you're not going to sacrifice regular season games. There's only 16 of them a year. You're not going to sacrifice regular season games for an off-season program."
Madden didn't take it far enough. To be quite frank, I don't buy what Shanahan is selling because he's a liar. Which he brazenly admitted Wednesday.
"What I'm trying to do is be as honest as I can, and I don't normally do that."
Another thing he didn't normally do here is win. Which is why he'll be elsewhere a month from now.
To his credit, Shanahan did a fine job in the draft and did well in adding free agents like Pierre Garcon and Barry Cofield. But his sins in 2013 are many, and his tenure in Washington is rightfully coming to a close.
Let's just hope his final act in D.C. isn't also ushering the end of RG3's stay here.
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User Submitted RecipeGarnish with parsley, olive oil and a dash of paprika.
Serve with raw vegetables and pita bread wedges for dipping."
1 15-ounce can garbanzos (chickpeas)
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extra virgin olive oil, as a garnish
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The dynamic city of Yeosu is situated approximately halfway along Korea's steep, island-pocked and deeply indented southern coast. The city occupies the Yeosu peninsula and includes several hundred islands of all sizes. Described as the country's most picturesque port cities especially at night, Yeosu is also famous for its seafood, beaches, flowers and marinas. The city of Yeosu is fast becoming an international ocean resort and tourist destination, and has been selected as a host city for the 2012 World Expo in Yeosu Harbor.
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LONG BEACH - Transparency, experience and a willingness to listen are just a few of the qualities the public would like to see in the new chancellor of the California State University system.
Whomever the CSU selects, he or she will no doubt have a difficult job leading the 23-campus system of more than 400,000 students in a time of massive cuts to public education.
The CSU this month launched the search to replace outgoing Chancellor Charles B. Reed, who plans to retire after 14 years as leader of the system.
Reed, 70, is expected to stay on as chancellor until a replacement is found sometime this fall.
The CSU Board of Trustees has formed a seven-member special committee to aid in the search.
At the Chancellor's Office in Long Beach on Thursday, the committee held its first public forum to hear feedback from faculty, students and the community.
Student groups, union representatives and alumni all stepped forward to voice their opinions. While ideas varied, most agreed the university needs a strong and transparent leader who will be a champion for public education.
"We don't simply need an administrator, we also need an advocate," Cal State Fullerton Professor Jarret Lovell said. "We need someone who will fight for the CSU when times are tough."
Reed has earned praise from his peers and trustees for his ability to lead the university system through tough financial times. His tenure, however, has been plagued by tuition hikes, student protests, faculty strikes and public criticism over raises for administrators.
Reed's own salary - $421,500 a year plus a house in Long Beach's upscale Belmont Heights neighborhood and a $30,000 annual supplement from the CSU Foundation - has been a source of contention for faculty and students.
In April, the California Faculty Association announced its plan to strike on all 23 campuses this fall if contract negotiations fail. The strike would be the largest faculty strike in California's history.
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Per Deadline, Donald Sutherland has signed on to a comedy pilot at Fox set in the rollicking world of NPR. While it's purportedly a pilot focused on a father-son relationship, we're sure the setting will have some impact upon the plotlines, especially since Fox's corporate cousins at Fox News have had a few things to say about NPR recently!
- "They are, of course, Nazis. They have a kind of Nazi attitude. They are the left wing of Nazism. These guys don't want any other point of view. They don't even feel guilty using tax dollars to spout their propaganda. They are basically Air America with government funding to keep them alive," Fox News chief Roger Ailes on NPR, 11/17/2011
- "I am not yet convinced that the NPR national operation in Washington has been able to rid itself of the elite liberal orthodoxy that made me into their whipping boy." –Juan Williams, Fox News commentator, 10/25/2011
- "Why should conservatives' taxes pay for this?," from FoxNews.com article "NPR Admits It's Packed With Liberals," 03/16/2011
- "This shake-up at the taxpayer-funded broadcaster should not be soon forgotten. It shows the degree to which off-base and twisted Tea Party opposition can be, and how high the fanaticism reaches," 03/11/2011
- "NPR Executive Goes on Bigoted Rant," post syndicated from the Daily Caller, 03/08/2011
- "[NPR] throw[s] out propaganda in violation of the First Amendment… Terrorists want to create terror. Well, what does NPR want to create? They're intimidating, too," Bill O'Reilly's on-air comments, 10/2010
We eagerly await the show, as we love to laugh!
I wouldn't worry too much about that comedy show serving as an anti-NPR Trojan horse for Fox "News." Just about the only positive thing you can say about Murdoch's TV empire is that they've maintained something of a firewall between the ideological insanity of the cable "news" outlet and what they put on the entertainment schedule – stuff like "24″ excepted – of the main network. "The Simpsons" still makes fun of Fox News regularly, for example. Additionally, Donald Sutherland's politics have always skewed left, and there's been no indication that he's suddenly lost his mind and become a wingnut like a few of his contemporaries (read "Jon Voight"). The "Always Sunny" guys (the creative team behind the new show) don't exactly fit the profile of likely stooges for Roger Ailes, either. There would be more cause for concern if they'd given such a show to David Zucker, or to Joel Surnow, the "24″ guy who tried to create a right-wing counterpart to "The Daily Show" (the result, "The 1/2 Hour News Hour," was a colossal, embarrassing bomb).
I think there are plenty of ways to poke fun at NPR without turning it into a Fox News jihad – as was demonstrated by SNL's immortal "Delicious Dish" sketches.


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This year at ASH there are four separate oral sessions addressing health services and outcomes research. These sessions cover benign hematology, supportive care and methods, outcomes in stem cell transplantation, and patterns of care.
In the oral session on Benign Hematology, Dr. Nicole Kuderer and colleagues (abstract #172) presented a venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk model that predicts progression and overall mortality in cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. In multivariate analysis, a higher risk of VTE was associated with all-cause mortality. Prof. Ajay Kakkar and colleagues (abstract #171) examined the impact of surgery type and co-morbidities on prophylaxis for VTE. Patients undergoing major orthopedic surgeries were more likely to receive prophylaxis, whereas subjects undergoing urologic/gynecologic surgery were less likely to receive prophylaxis. Surgery type was the most important factor associated with the decision to provide prophylaxis for VTE.
A separate oral session covered supportive care and methods. Dr. Anja Magazin and colleagues (abstract #671) presented data regarding the influence of expectation-bias on the inconclusive results of randomized controlled trials in hematologic malignancies. Overall, the trials enrolled more patients than actually planned. But, the effect size was overestimated with a mean expected effect of 47 percent and an actual effect of 12 percent. The authors conclude that unrealistic expectations of treatment effects are a major factor for the large number of inconclusive results. Dr. Leah Kleinman and colleagues (abstract #668) presented data regarding an anemia impact measure for patients receiving chemotherapy. Among the subjects interviewed for the anemia impact measure, 83 percent rated tiredness as the most important symptom of anemia. The final anemia impact measure included a daily diary measuring symptoms such as tiredness, weakness, and exhaustion, as well as a weekly questionnaire measuring daily functions such as cognitive, emotional, and social/leisure activities.
In a session covering outcomes after stem cell transplantation (SCT), Dr. Can-Lan Sun and colleagues (abstract #741) presented data regarding the ethnic differences in the prevalence of anxiety, depression, and somatic distress in long-term post-transplant survivors. The risk ratio for depression was 1.99 and 3.13 for global distress in Hispanics compared to non-Hispanic Caucasians. The authors concluded that mental health problems are prevalent following SCT and that Hispanics appear to be at higher risk following SCT. Dr. F. Lennie Wong and colleagues (abstract #743) presented data regarding the decline in sexual functioning after SCT. In their analysis, gender appeared to modify the effect that irradiation had on sexual function. Interestingly, the degree of sexual dysfunction was worse in women than in men at all post-transplant time points. The authors concluded that more attention should be given to post-transplant sexual dysfunction and that a multidisciplinary approach is needed.
A separate oral session addressing patterns of care for hematologic diseases will be held today at 7:00 a.m., in Rooms 120-125 – North. Carla M. Van Bennekom, MPH, and colleagues (abstract #876) will report how newer agents for MDS have changed treatment patterns. Dr. Dianne Pulte and colleagues (abstract #877) will present data regarding the long-term survival of adolescents with hematologic malignancies. The authors will compare current survival trends with historical controls. Fiona Ryan, MPharm, and colleagues (abstract #879) will present data regarding a self-testing system for warfarin therapy. Additionally, Dr. Fausto Loberiza Jr. and colleagues (abstract #874) will present information regarding survival disparities in lymphoma patients by place of residence and treatment provider.
Health services and outcomes remains a vital component of hematologic research. As indicated above, several exciting advancements are being pursued that vary from developing new assessment models to easier methods to deliver therapy. Additionally, we are gaining a better understanding of how new therapies are incorporated into practice and the ultimate impact that these new therapies have on patient outcomes.
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Yesterday, we got a note from our friend Belinda who shared an incredible story. Her subject line read: "God's love made a difference." Many have requested her story, so here it is:
I was getting ready for work this am and looked out my window and saw a man on a bike stopping to pick pecans up under the tree in my front yard. We live in south Louisiana and here people will pick pecans and sell them. In our little town several of what we call "the druggies" go around picking pecans out of people's yards. I knew the man and knew that he had a drug problem and had even spent time in prison. I didn't have the heart to ask him not to pick my pecans. Truth is I didn't have the time to pick them and they were selling for $1 a pound, so he could have them. I said to myself, "I will just back out of the drive and pretend like I don't see him." The Lord just spoke to my heart, "What, do you think he is invisible? He is just as important to me as you are." WOW! It just got me in the heart. Instead of pretending he was invisible I decided to just stop at the end of the driveway acknowledge him and ask how he was doing. As I got out of my truck and walked toward him, he lowered his head and wouldn't look at me. I squatted on the ground next to him and asked how he was doing. He said he was doing okay, asked if he was doing something wrong, and said he would leave. I told him no, he was fine. I knew he had diabetes and so I asked how that was. He said it was okay, but that he had a problem with his liver and the dr. had given him 9-12 weeks to live. I asked him if he knew the Lord and did he know where he would go if he died. "To hell I guess." he said. I asked him had he ever asked God into his heart. He began to cry said that he had when he was 8 but that he had let God down so many times, that he drank, did drugs and used crack. He said that when he was in prison he went to church and prayed, but when he got out he quit. I reached for his hand and told him that God didn't love him any more or less for that and that He forgives us. I talked to him some more and learned so much about his life in just a few short minutes. I shared with him and prayed for him and then left him there picking pecans and went to work. What an impact those 15 minutes had on my life. People are not invisible. They don't just wake up in the am and say, "Gee I would like to be a drug addict, or alcoholic, spend time in jail and alienate my entire family." They all have a story. Many times it is filled with hurt and pain. We just have no idea. They are still a child of the most high God and He still loves them just the same. Just the same as me. I pray that God would heal him and be with him. I thank God for the perspective He has given me that has changed how I look at others. The difference that was made today, was in me.
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At a press conference today, Mayor Michael Bloomberg fielded questions from reporters about his recent private White House lunch with President Barack Obama. Mayor Bloomberg wouldn't divulge much about the meal or whether he's planning to endorse anyone in this year's presidential race, but he dismissed speculation he could take a Cabinet position once he leaves City Hall. Initially, Mayor Bloomberg attempted to dodge the question by handling it the same way as his infamous smooch with Lady Gaga.
"Would the answer that, 'What did I talk to Lady Gaga? I never kiss and tell' work?" Mayor Bloomberg asked, adding, "I did not kiss President Obama."
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UPSTATE NEW YORK -- This was the scene in the Senate chamber at the Capitol in Albany as the newest Senator was sworn in.
Cecilia Tkacyk took the oath of office after being declared the winner in the 46th District race last week.
The Democrat had been locked in a tight battle with Republican George Amedore. She ended up winning by just 19 votes.
Now that it's all said and done, the newly-elected Senator says she's ready to get down to business.
"I'm here to represent everyone regardless of party affiliation and where you live. It's just important to know my door is open and if I can help you, I will," Tkaczyk said.
Tkaczyk said passing a minimum wage bill and campaign finance reform are among her top legislative priorities.


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Rous Head (North Mole) Fremantle to get a cycle pathFremantle Ports has awarded a $13m contract to construction firm, Brierty Ltd to construct roads and services on reclaimed land at Rous Head, Fremantle. Part of this contract will see the building of a cycle and pedestrian path along the sea wall. I have posted a little bit more detail in at my blog but the image above pretty much sums up what is planned. Andrew
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North Carolina Budget Director Art Pope and the Rev. William Barber of the North Carolina NAACP had a sharp, but respectful, exchange Monday in Raleigh, with Barber insisting that the Republican administration's policies have hurt African-Americans and the poor and Pope defending the administration.
Pope has been dubbed "The Knight of the Right" for his support of conservative causes, and Barber has led the opposition to the GOP agenda, including the Moral Monday protests that gathered steam last spring.
The two men faced each other Monday with cameras rolling as Barber handed Pope a letter and kept pushing Pope to meet with him.
Pope defended his company, Variety Wholesalers, which includes Maxway and Rose's stores.
"Do you realize over one third of our employees are African-American?" Pope asked Barber.
"And do you realize the policies you are supporting are hurting the very people who are spending their checks here?" Barber responded.
Pope said the administration policies were helping add jobs in the state. But Barber said Pope was supporting damaging policies such as cutting benefits to the unemployed.
Barber and his allies held a news conference urging Pope to renounce GOP initiatives approved by Gov. Pat McCrory and the legislature.
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