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Surveillance video caught the heart-stopping moment a man lost control of his electrified wheelchair and tumbled face-first onto Washington, D.C., subway tracks before good Samaritans pulled him to safety.
U.S. Army Spc. Michael Menchaca was coming down the escalator July 4 at the Metro Center station when he "saw something go over the track."
"I went to go see … look down there and there was a guy strapped to his wheelchair," Menchaca told ABC News affiliate WJLA-TV.
The man was apparently trying to read a sign across the tracks when his wheelchair rolled forward and fell off the platform, landing inches away from the high-voltage third rail of the Metro's central hub station.
Menchaca was the first person to jump onto the tracks to assist the unidentified man.
"I just jump down there, start helping him out," Menchaca said. "Tried picking him up but realized he was still seat belt-strapped to his wheelchair."
Menchaca struggled to free the man from his seat belt, worried that a train could be barreling down on them at any moment.
"Every second felt like 30 seconds," he said.
That's when a passenger from the opposite platform jumped into action and leaped over both third rails to help Menchaca. A third good Samaritan descended onto the tracks and, together, the three men were able to pull the man to safety.
The unidentified man only suffered minor injuries and now Menchaca is now being considered for the Soldier's Medal, the Army's highest peacetime award.
"It was just the right thing," Menchaca said. "Pretty much like anyone else would have done."


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Excitement Brewing In Atlanta, GA With Grand Opening Of Combined Dunkin' Donuts And Baskin-Robbins Restaurant
Dunkin' Donuts, America's favorite everyday, all-day stop for coffee and baked goods, along with Baskin-Robbins, the world's largest chain of ice cream specialty shops, will celebrate the grand opening of its combination restaurant in Atlanta, GA at 682 Boulevard on Saturday, November 23 rd. To commemorate the grand opening, the restaurant will celebrate from 10 AM to 2 PM on the 23 rd with appearances by the Dunkin' Donuts mascots (Sprinkles and Cuppy), free medium hot or iced coffee for guests, product samples, and a live radio remote with Star 94's Rob Stadler who will be giving away tickets to the annual Star94 Jingle Jam.
The Boulevard store is located in the heart of midtown Atlanta and is open from 5am to 11pm Monday-Friday and 6am to 11pm Saturday and Sunday. The store is conveniently located where the major interstates I-20 and I-75/85 intersect for easy access by commuters and travelers, as well as neighborhood patrons. The restaurant is complemented by a delicious menu created by Dunkin' Brands culinary team, including Dunkin' Donuts high-quality, great-tasting menu items that can be enjoyed all day, including old favorites such as a wide variety of hot and iced coffee, lattes and cappuccino to new menu products such as the Pumpkin Pie Donut and Red Velvet Latte.
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Xerox (NYSE: XRX) announced today the appointment of Robert Zapfel as president, Xerox Services and an executive vice president of the corporation reporting to Xerox Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ursula Burns. He will join the company on April 1 and will succeed Lynn Blodgett, who will retire at the end of 2014. Blodgett will continue with the company as a corporate executive vice president assisting in a seamless transition to Zapfel.
" Bob Zapfel brings to Xerox extensive experience in global services with an emphasis on transforming complex operations to customer focused, profitable and sustaining businesses," said Burns. "His deep industry knowledge will help drive Xerox Services' Five-Plank Strategy to increase customer value and improve our competitiveness and margins."
"I'm encouraged by the company's strategy to build sustainable value for all its stakeholders. In a very short time, Xerox has built a great collection of services assets and market leading positions in attractive areas, with a strong base of clients," said Zapfel. "It's a thrill to be part of this historic and strategic change and to be given an opportunity to join this strong institution that pushes itself to make its clients more competitive and successful."
Zapfel is a 35-year veteran of IBM who helped guide the transformation of the company's Services business to a profitable model with a sharp focus on delivering excellence to clients. He left the company in 2013.Over the span of two decades at IBM, Zapfel held a host of senior leadership positions in Services, including head of the IBM's Global Technology Services business for the Americas, head of its 90,000 person strong Global Delivery organization, and head of Strategy. He also ran the Travel and Transportation and Financial Services verticals, as well as the services operations in Latin America. In addition, Zapfel ran IBM's global financing unit. He began his career in Chicago as a sales representative in 1977.
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servings1 1/2 pounds
Ingredients1/2 cup Karo light or dark corn syrup
1/3 cup evaporated milk
2 pkg. (8 oz. each) semisweet chocolate
2 teaspoons vanilla
3/4 cup confectioners sugar, sifted
1 cup coarsely chopped nuts (optional)
PreparationLine 8x8x2-inch pan with plastic wrap. In heavy 2-quart saucepan stir corn syrup and milk. Add chocolate. Stirring constantly, cook over medium-low heat until chocolate is melted. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla; add confectioners sugar. With wooden spoon, beat until smooth and creamy. Stir in nuts. Turn into pan. Refrigerate 2 hours of until firm. Turn out onto cutting board; peelk off plastic wrap. Cut into squares.
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I am on a number of new lists since I was a nonpartisan recently. I got this one which I find VERY interesting. So I am considering "thanking" Senator Cornyn with some public protesting. This street is just a block away from the major intersection of Hwy 121 and Hebron. I think that would be a lovely spot.
Sen. John Cornyn was out front fighting Ted Kennedy's amnesty immigration bill. Next Saturday, we will have the opportunity to thank him in person for his courageous stand!
When: Saturday, July 14, 12:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Where: New Song Global Harvest Church – 4220 Fairway Dr, Carrollton 75010 *
What: An opportunity to meet with Sen. Cornyn personally and thank him for standing with us on the amnesty bill.
If you'd like, bring Sen. Cornyn your own personal thank-you note!
Light refreshments will be provided by Congressman Kenny Marchant.
* From I-35E, take the Hebron Pkwy exit, which is also known at Exit 448 B or Round Grove Road. Turn east onto Hebron Pkwy and travel 2.6 miles to Fairway Dr. (Dickie's Bar B Que on the corner.) Turn left (north) onto Fairway Dr. and continue for 1/10 mi to the church, which will be on the right side of the road.
* From North Dallas Toll Road, take Park exit and go west to Fairway Drive, just past to the HWY 121 extension, which you will cross under and then turn north (right) onto Fairway Drive. (Dickie's Bar B Que on the corner.) Continue for 1/10 mi to the church, which will be on the right side of the road.
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Chris Sale in line for weekend start vs. Yankees
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The pitchers: Jose Quintana (2-3, 3.67 ERA) vs. Jeremy Guthrie (2-3, 4.76).
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Sox remained noncommittal and continued with the company line of "caution above all else" in the ongoing process of getting ace Chris Sale back.
Sale threw a light bullpen session of fewer than 30 pitches Tuesday and remains on track for a possible start against the visiting New York Yankees this weekend.
Sale, on the disabled list with a flexor muscle strain, hasn't pitched since he threw a career-high 127 pitches against the Boston Red Sox on April 17. He threw four dominating innings (68 pitches) in a Class AAA rehab start Friday.
"It's always light with Chris, it's never hard,'' pitching coach Don Cooper said of Sale's workout. "If he's going to pitch 210, 220 innings, we're not going to pile up a lot of hard work and innings in the bullpens.
"Touch and feel is the best way to describe it.''
Sale, who did not comment, appeared to be in good spirits. After his workout and a brief chat with Cooper, he ran from the bullpen beyond right field to the third-base dugout, raising his arms as he stepped off the field. He said Monday that he is ready and would love to pitch this weekend.
"It could be,'' manager Robin Ventura said. "He threw free and easy enough to be able to be one of those guys. How early, today is too early to say that. Seeing how he feels going through tonight and tomorrow, we'll make a decision based on that.''
The Sox do not have their probable starters listed for the Yankees series. Saturday would be rookie Scott Carroll's turn, but Carroll (1-3, 6.49 ERA) has had three rough starts after two good ones.
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Javy Guerra, promoted to take Matt Lindstrom's spot in the bullpen, was 1-1 with a 2.33 ERA and three saves for Class AAA Charlotte. The 28-year-old, claimed off waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers on March 26, has 29 career saves and a 2.90 ERA in 101 innings in parts of three seasons with the Dodgers. He said Charlotte pitching coach Rich Dotson tweaked a couple mechanical issues that "really helped me with my stuff.''


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It's Washington's second-to-last game of the season, against division rival Philadelphia. We've got you covered from pregame to postgame.
Washington without defensive starters Jason Hatcher, Keenan Robinson for NFC East reprise against Philadelphia
The Redskins host the Philadelphia Eagles and will try yet again to snap a losing streak that has reached six games.
Hampered for a third straight week by a badly sprained toe, Brandon Meriweather will go on the season-ending injured reserve list, the Redskins announced Friday afternoon.
The NFL has fined the Redskins wide receiver $22,050 for his unsportsmanlike conduct penalty and ejection from Sunday's loss to the Giants.
Washington enters the game as 7.5-point underdogs, but will try to play spoiler to the Eagles, who have no margin for error as they try to remain in the playoff hunt after losing their past two games, including last Sunday's matchup with the Cowboys.
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Jay Gruden hopes Redskins will rally for NFC East rematch with Philadelphia despite yet another last-place finish in division
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As I meet Symantec customers and partners to talk about some of the impacts that virtualization, mobile and cloud computing are having on their businesses, I hear time and time again about the importance of information and about the fact that the governance and securiy policy that surrounds information will be key to ensuring successful transitions to new computing and service delivery models.
In almost every case, though, the organisation that I am speaking to is (fundamentally) struggling with the same problem.... Where on earth do I start with all of this ?
I hear a lot of potential answers to this question ("data classification", "virtualization", "service level agreements", "data loss prevention" etc..). For me, these are all too technical and specific as a first step. In my training (a good few years ago now) in the business of Risk Management, I was taught that any programme of radicial transformation (inside IT or external from it) should start with a question:
"How much risk am I prepared to take ?" (in risk management speak, "what is my preferred risk posture ?").
At first glance, this seems like a tough nut to crack, how on earth can I quantify such a thing ? Well, there are methods our there (the one that I am familiar with is published within the OGC's MoR standard and is called "Summary Risk Profiling") and, even it is it is hard to do, how can organisations possibly make good decisions about technology until there have made clear (to themselves !) how much risk they are prepared to take ?
My advice as a 1st phase of a cloud computing project: Pick a "pilot" scope for transformation, define "risk tolerance" with the business and IT involved for this target, do a risk assessment (based on the risk tolerance defined) and do not switch the transformation "on" until you are satisfied that it can be completed with an ROI and within acceptable levels of risk.


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- Indium is ductile and malleable which allows it to deform and fill in the uneven microstructure of two mating parts, using only moderate pressure.
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- With a relatively high thermal conductivity of 86W/mK @ 85°C, indium is widely used in thermal management applications to dissipate the heat produced by electronic components.
- Indium compensates for different coefficients of thermal expansion (CTE) when bonding dissimilar parts.
- Even in small percentages, indium can improve the thermal fatigue performance of solders used in electronics assembly.
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Sheila Smiley in action during spring 2014. Photo by Jake Ward.
March 29, 2014
RENO, Nev. - The University of Nevada women's tennis team couldn't defend its home court on Saturday, as the Wolf Pack was topped by Grand Canyon by a score of 5-1.
The Wolf Pack (10-6, 1-0 MW) saw its five-match winning streak come to an end with the loss to the Antelopes. Both teams battled through tough conditions, as strong gusts of wind and swirling rain clouds threatened to wash out the match, which had been moved to Saturday from its originally scheduled date on Sunday.
"We played a tough team in very challenging conditions, and unfortunately today we failed to adjust and take on the battle," said Kristian Kuharszky, Nevada assistant coach. "We have to learn from this and do it much better in the upcoming matches."
Because of the weather conditions, the match started with singles play and doubles play would only be held in case of a tiebreaker. Doubles play would not be needed, as Nevada could muster only one victory in the loss to Grand Canyon.
Nevada fell dropped the first set on all but the first singles court, and was not able to recover as Grand Canyon took a 4-0 lead early. The lone win of the day for Nevada came from Michelle Okhremchuk on court one, where she dropped Priscilla Annoual by a score of 6-1, 7-6(7-4). The victory was the 12th of the spring, and 21st victory of 2013-14, two shy of a personal best. That would be all for Nevada, as the Antelopes took the final match of the day. No doubles action was played.
The Wolf Pack will be in action again on April 4, 2014 when it travels to San Diego to battle San Diego State at 11 am in a continuation of Mountain West play.
Tennis Match Results
Nevada vs. Grand Canyon
Mar 29, 2014 at Reno, Nev.
(Caughlin Athletic Club)
Grand Canyon 5, Nevada 1
Singles competition
- Michelle Okhremchuk (NEV) def. Priscilla Annoual (GCU) 6-1, 7-6 (7-4)
- Tatum Prudhomme (GCU) def. Sheila Morales Hidalgo (NEV) 6-3, 6-1
- Janaki Gunuganti (GCU) def. Sheila Smiley (NEV) 6-2, 7-5
- Frederique Van de Velde (GCU) def. Caroline Konigsfeldt (NEV) 6-4, 6-0
- Silvia Tumova (GCU) def. Juliette Legendre (NEV) 6-1, 6-3
- Alexandra Petrzalkova (GCU) def. Monika Magusiak (NEV) 6-3, 6-2
Doubles competition
- Okhremchuk/Morales Hidalgo (NEV) vs. Annoual/Prudhomme (GCU) DNP
- Smiley/Legendre (NEV) vs. Gunuganti/Van de Velde (GCU) DNP
- Konigsfledt/Magusiak (NEV) vs. Tumova/Petrzalkova (GCU) DNP
Match Notes:
Nevada: 10-6, 1-0 MW
Order of Finish: Singles (4,2,5,6,1,3)
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LAVERGNE, Rémi Fernand. Family Allowance Program: a new type of biopolitics. Serv. Soc. Soc. [online]. 2012, n.110, pp. 323-344. ISSN 0101-6628. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0101-66282012000200006.
The purpose of this article is to show how the Family Allowance Program (Programa Bolsa Família - PBF) refers to a form of biopolitics such as evoked by Foucault. Besides illustrating how the PBF is inscribed in a normalizing perspective, the article seeks to show how the Social Services and the Education "for a lifetime" play an important role in terms of building up subjectivity processes and subjective opinions and feelings whose aim is to guide and control the poor and marginalized populations' behavior.
Keywords : Family Allowance Program; Social Services; Universal versus focused policies; Education "for a lifetime"; Biopolitics; Subjectivity Processes.


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They just don't get it! I bought 24 pencils per child in September, the supplies were handed in to the teachers, and each child received 2 pencils in return...... so where the #### have the other 66 pencils gone? oh that's right you sold them.... :censored: :censored: :censored: Where's my cut, because technically I own that ####!
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Corporate counsel increasingly have a role to play in helping their corporations plan for the unusual. Some of the issues being faced in London this year are illustrative of those issues others will face when planning around future major events.
The Olympics will run from July 27 to Aug. 12 with venues all over London, together with events like football and sailing outside of the capital. There are likely to be significant extra visitors to London, not just those visiting the events themselves, but armies of hospitality staff, security personnel, media, sponsors and hangers-on. There is no doubt that the Olympics will be a spectacular event and London will welcome visitors from around the world. For most organizations, however, planning is essential. Among the planning tasks to be included are those in the following areas.
This is likely to be significantly more expensive during the Olympics, and there are already rumors of some restaurants increasing their prices to meet higher demand. For those fortunate enough to be entertaining at the Olympics proper planning needs to be undertaken to avoid committing an offense under the Bribery Act 2010, which covers giving and receiving hospitality. Unlike equivalent U.S. legislation, there is no need for public officials to be involved — offenses can be committed under the Act even when one company executive invites another. In fact, offenses can be committed even if neither the giver nor the recipients are UK citizens. Given the prices of official hospitality packages, planning should include looking at guest lists and checking the motivation behind the hospitality being offered. Accepting hospitality is also under the scope of the Act, so if you have employees being entertained at the Olympics, you need to do those checks too.
When the UK bribery legislation was introduced, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) made it clear that hospitality is fully within the ambit of the new law, saying, "Hospitality and promotional expenditure can be employed improperly and illegally as a bribe." It seems to be the view of the UK government and the prosecutors that hospitality is often just the first act in a bribery play. For example, one of the prosecutors said during the implementation process that hospitality is "used … to groom employees … into a position of obligation and thereby prepare the way for major bribery." The MoJ's guidance also says that the sector of business shouldbe taken into account. What is viewed as normal entertaining in some industries would likely appear lavish in others. The guidance also explains that travel and hospitality connected with the service offered is unlikely to be prosecuted — again showing the importance of working out the exact purpose of the hospitality and the itinerary for the trip.
Aside from the Olympics, the more general point is that when planning for major events, corporations can no longer assume that U.S. law on hospitality is the toughest. While the Olympics may be the first event to put the spotlight on hospitality, pressure groups, regulators and shareholders have a real focus on hospitality and proper planning is needed to ensure that allegations of "junketing on the firm's expense" are avoided.
It is likely that employees' use of social media and their personal Internet use will increase, partly through a desire to follow events and partly (for those based in the UK) to keep up to date with travel issues affecting the journeyhome. Employers may want to review their social media policies, look at a central Intranet portal for travel news, and possibly relax elements of their policy for the period of the games. In addition, it may be a good time to remind employees of the special restrictions that exist during the Olympics on advertising (seebelow and of the need to have transparency on Twitter and Facebook when talking about your products or services. In the UK, as in the U.S., the regulators are investigating companies whose employees used social media to promotetheir products without disclosing their relationship with the company.
London's public transport was an element of the Olympic bid, which scored poorly in the IOC's initial evaluation. However, significant improvements have been made since London won the bid in 2005. Large corporations that need its employees to travel around London have been looking at contingency plans, but some of those have a legal impact too. As just one example of the legal issues in this type of contingency planning, in London, one alternative might be the recently introduced and highly sophisticated cycle hire scheme known locally as the "Boris Bikes." The bikes saw a considerable increase in activity during earlier transport strikes but, disproving the common saying, it seems that many users had forgotten how to ride a bike in the 30 years or so since they left school. For businesses contemplating advocating cycle use, it's important to prepare. This may include making provision for cycling proficiency courses and allocating space for bike and helmet storage. Employers could also consider taking the longterm hire of bikes for employees. There are, however, employment and health and safety considerations in providing equipment. On a cultural note that the terms "office bike" and "office bicycle" should be avoided.
For many organizations, telling staff to work at home may be the answer to transportation difficulties. Be aware, however, that this is likely to have security implications. It is unlikely that employees will have a home Internet connection as secure as your corporate network. If they are using their own laptops or transferring information to home computers using e-mail or USB sticks, be aware of the data security risk and consider whether you need to offer employees additional support, for example virus protection or a security application like Computrace, in case their laptop is stolen. Data protection legislation in Europe and security breach legislation in the U.S. makes an organization responsible for the security of the personal data it holds. You might want to make special provisions for employees who are dealing with more secure data, for example you might want to prohibit online corporate banking from home. You may also need to check software licences, as some may prohibit use of devices that are not part of the corporate network. If you are encouraging home working look at the capacity of your network. For example if your employees are going to access the corporate network over Citrix, make sure that you have enough licenses inplace and if you do have limits on your infrastructure consider telling employees outside of the area where the event is taking place that you would like them to work in the office to free up Citrix capacity for those users who have home working priority for the duration of the event.
Mobile bandwidth may also be an issue. As phones gets smarter and new devices like iPads enable us to use more and more bandwidth to do more and more things while mobile, the London mobile infrastructure has struggled to keep up. Providers are investing in adding capacity to the network but it is now a race against time, particularly as the demand for mobile access generally continues to increase. Last year's prolonged BlackBerry outage in London and the 7/7 terrorist bombings have taught people in the UK that coverage cannot be guaranteed. Companies that may need emergency access to their employees should consider contingency plans, which could include issuing them with SIM cards from an alternative provider, and establishing a reporting procedure using landlines or face-to-face reporting if coverage goes down.
Be aware that specific regulations exist for the Olympics to prohibit ambush marketing. The organizers issued special guidance in April 2010 on their special powers. As with previous Olympics, there is tightened trademark and copyright protection for Olympic symbols, words and logos. In addition, special laws deal with street trading, ticket sales and the unauthorized use of Olympics tickets as prizes in promotions. Coupled with that, UK law protects sports personalities who have been featured in marketing campaigns without their consent. In one case, for example, a Formula 1 driver recovered damages after a radio station implied that he endorsed their coverage. If you are planning an event-related marketing campaign, make sure that it is compliant. While the Olympics protection is perhaps the most well-known example, similar protection does exist for other sporting events and ticket regulations for many more minor events will also include restrictions on ambush marketing.
As with any good contingency plan, the primary solution is to think through what your business needs and how the event might impact on your ability to do business. You might have capacity in other offices in other locations that you could use on a temporary basis. You may be able to manage your customer relationships, for example by with the Olympics by sending out July invoices earlier to avoid capacity issues at the end of July, which will also be the start of the Olympics. As with any event, lawyers don't want to be seen to be spoiling the fun. Proper planning, however, is essential to ensure that we can all sit down and enjoy the event safe in the knowledge that we've done our best to plan for the event and safe in the knowledge that we have alternate plans should events take a different turn. To stretch the Olympics analogy contingency, planning in itself can be likened to a multisport competition like the decathlon. It requires many and varied skills, training and persistence. For many counsel however their core attributes, including their ability to gather facts and respond quickly, make them essential members ofthe team.
Jonathan P. Armstrong is partner in the London office of Duane Morris LLP. A member of this newsletter's Board of Editors Armstrong practices in the area of corporate law with a concentration in technology and compliance, counselling multinational companies on matters involving risk, technology and compliance across Europe.
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By James Slater - Though in the long run hypothetical match-ups between greats from yesteryear and the best around today usually end up in argument and nothing much more, fans still seem attracted to Dream Fight scenarios. Actually, its not only the fans that enjoy/get excited about/get angry about these kind of boxing articles - sometimes the fighters themselves get involved..
Just recently, U.K boxing weekly Boxing News has ran a series of who would win? pieces on their website (with Tyson-Ali and Chavez-Arguello amongst the Dream Fights) and this week, in speaking with the website of Ring Magazine, former light-welter and welterweight king turned world championship trainer James Buddy McGirt gave his take on what would have happened had either a peak Pernell Whitaker or a peak Meldrick Taylor met todays superstar that is Manny Pacquiao. McGirt also gave his opinion on what would have happened had he himself fought Pac-Man.
Buddy gave some interesting quotes, too!
[Juan Manuel] Marquez showed the script on how to beat Pacquiao, McGirt told Lem Satterfield. A guy like Pacquiao, guys like that, youve got to punch when they punch. Youve got to throw them off their rhythm. Once a guy like Pacquiao gets his rhythm going, you can forget about it. I just feel that if you keep your hands going against a guy like him, and you punch when he punches, and you give him different angles, that you can beat him.
I would make the adjustment, baby. Me and Pacquiao early? I think that it would have been a chess match. But once I figured him out, then it would be in my favour. [Meldrick] Taylor, I think, would have been a little too fast for him. Pernell [Whitaker] would have beat him for sure.
Doubtless many Pac-Man fans will strongly disagree with McGirt on all counts, but Buddy has a point when it comes to the speed Taylor held. And Whitaker, he was one of the best pure defensive fighters of all-time. My opinion? I agree with McGirt when it comes to Taylor and Sweet Pea, but I feel Pac-Mans own speed would have been too much for Buddy himself. Remember, Taylor was way too fast for McGirt, stopping him at 140-pounds in 1988. Pac-Mans speed and power, too, would have got to McGirt in my opinion.
There really were a number of great fighters at 140 and 147 back in The Kids day (Meldricks nickname), and had Pacquiao been fighting amongst them I think he would have found it tough. But again, its impossible to prove this kind of argument, one way or the other.
But imagine how fascinating a Taylor-Pacquiao fight, at 140, would have been! Or a Whitaker-Pacquiao clash at either 135, 140 or 147!
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From: OwlRammer | #004They already did nerf her
Personally, I'll always call it Finales MotherFunkeln.
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chaoshadou posted...
_HeX posted...And Master Yi can constantly use Alpha Strike, amirite? Even if it lands on her you can easily make sure he doesn't get away without taking at least just as much harras in return. He can't pressure her in any way and has one ability to deal any kind of damage to her.
Nope, he doesn't. Stop playing vs bots or bads in bronze divison.
Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.
Wanna know the only difference between AP Yi and Lux?
Riot actually realized AP Yi was op.
Tali_Zorah posted...
Suffer_Not posted...From: OwlRammer | #004They already did nerf her
They went full weaboo and decided to name it after the thing it was originally named after, it was shurelya who named it after all, along with youmuu's blade and wriggle's lantern.
Touhou references everywhere, my god that chick must be hard on weaboo.
Give me my god DAMN TEA!
Holy ****, are we really crying this much about her? The only thing that's OP about her is her laugh. If Lux is beating you in lane, you must have counterpicked yourself extremely hard or have no idea how to stand behind minions. Her E costs enough mana that if she's using it to harass you, she's gonna be losing farm later. Just pick Brand and **** on her already and get over it. Or buy some damn magic res.
I luld. Lux is only broken if you make it obvious your trying to attack her. CIP: running directly at her from behind your minion line. She can just snare and gg you. Now say you were farming and constantly moving towards her, and you just happen to q her then flip over her snare, then basic attack with your w on, press r and yell FEEDING TIME then you've got a winner.
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She is so mana hungry early. Dodge a couple spells and then farm up or harass her.
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From: SSJ2Soraka | #002Buy some Mag res
Um....why dont you have some kind of damage items too by that point? or like an abysall, or if you're not using an ap champ then you should be able to merc her since she's super squishy, specially with those items >>
no ones saying she's not strong but theres nohthing in S3 that made her op. she's a long range super long CD champ that can be dived. her shield however is very strong.
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Dan Rather Files $70 Million Lawsuit Against CBS
Cry me a river, you pompous ass. You play with fire, Danno - you get burned.
Rather Files $70 Million Suit Against CBS
By JACQUES STEINBERG,The New York Times
Posted: 2007-09-19 17:42:46
Filed Under: Nation News
(Sept. 19) - Dan Rather, whose career at CBS News ground to an inglorious end 15 months ago over his role in an unsubstantiated report questioning President Bush?s Vietnam-era National Guard service, filed a $70 million lawsuit this afternoon against the network, its corporate parent and three of his former superiors.
CBS / AP Dan Rather sued CBS Wednesday, claiming the network violated his contract by not giving him enough air time. He also claims CBS made him a scapegoat in a bid to "pacify the White House."
Mr. Rather, 75, asserts that the network violated his contract by giving him insufficient airtime on ?60 Minutes? after forcing him to step down as anchor of the ?CBS Evening News? in March 2005. He also contends that the network committed fraud by commissioning a ?biased? and incomplete investigation of the flawed Guard broadcast and, in the process, ?seriously damaged his reputation.? As plaintiffs, the suit names CBS and its chief executive, Leslie Moonves; Viacom and its chief executive, Sumner Redstone; and Andrew Heyward, the former president of CBS News.
In the suit, filed this afternoon in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, Mr. Rather charges that CBS and its executives made him ?a scapegoat? in an attempt ?to pacify the White House,? though the formal complaint presents virtually no direct evidence to that effect. To buttress this claim, Mr. Rather quotes the executive who oversaw his regular segment on CBS Radio, telling Mr. Rather in November 2004 that he was losing that slot, effective immediately, because of ?pressure from ?the right wing.? ?
He also continues to take vehement issue with the appointment by CBS of Richard Thornburgh, an attorney general in the administration of the elder President Bush , as one of the two outside panelists given the job of reviewing how the disputed broadcast had been prepared.
For both Mr. Rather and CBS, the filing of the suit threatens to once again focus attention on one of the darker chapters in the history of the network and its storied news division, at a moment when it is already reeling. Mr. Rather?s successor as evening news anchor, Katie Couric, has languished in third place in the network news ratings since taking over the broadcast a year ago, behind not only Charles Gibson of ABC and Brian Williams of NBC, but also the ratings performance of the ?CBS Evening News? in Mr. Rather?s final years.
The portrait of Mr. Rather that emerges from the 32-page filing bears little resemblance to the hard-charging, seemingly fearless anchor who for two decades shared the stage with Tom Brokaw and Peter Jennings as the most watched and recognizable journalists in America.
By his own rendering, Mr. Rather was little more than a narrator of the disputed broadcast, which was shown on Sept. 8, 2004, on the midweek edition of ?60 Minutes? and which purported to offer new evidence of preferential treatment given to Mr. Bush when he was a lieutenant in the Air National Guard.
Instead of directly vetting the script he would read for the Guard segment, Mr. Rather says, he acceded to pressure from Mr. Heyward to focus instead on his reporting from Florida on Hurricane Frances, and on Bill Clinton?s heart surgery.
Mr. Rather says in the filing that he allowed himself to be reduced to little more than a patsy in the furor that followed, after CBS ? and later the outside panel it commissioned ? concluded that the report was based on documents that could not be authenticated. Under pressure, Mr. Rather says, he delivered a public apology on his newscast on Sept. 20, 2004 ? written not by him but by a CBS corporate publicist ? ?despite his own personal feelings that no public apology from him was warranted.?
He now leads a weekly news program on HDNet ? an obscure cable channel in which he is seen by only a small fraction of the millions of viewers who once turned to him in his heyday to receive the news of the day.
In filing his suit now ? three years after the now-disputed report was first broadcast, and more than a year after he reluctantly left CBS, as his last contract wound down ? Mr. Rather is following, by a matter of weeks, the announcement by CBS that it had settled a similar lawsuit by Don Imus.
Mr. Imus had sued CBS over his firing in the aftermath of derogatory remarks he made about the Rutgers University women?s basketball team. While some Imus associates suggested last month that his final payment was at least $20 million, CBS Radio has characterized that figure as too high.
Mr. Rather?s suit seeks $20 million in compensatory damages and $50 million in punitive damages.
Among the pivotal points of contention in Mr. Rather?s suit are the definitions of the words ?full-time? and ?regular.? As quoted in the filing, Mr. Rather?s contract ? which he signed in 2002, and which called for him to be paid a base salary of $6 million a year as anchor ? entitled him to a job as a ?full-time correspondent? with ?first billing? on the midweek edition of ?60 Minutes,? should he leave the anchor chair before March 2006, his 25th anniversary in the job.
As it turned out, Mr. Rather would leave the anchor chair a year early, and would indeed be reassigned to the midweek edition, known as ?60 Minutes II.? When that broadcast was canceled a few months later, Mr. Rather?s contract called for him to be reassigned to the main ?60 Minutes? broadcast on Sunday evening, where he would ?perform services on a regular basis as a correspondent.?
Over the next year, Mr. Rather would have eight segments broadcast on the main ?60 Minutes? ? including reports that took him to North Korea , China and Beirut. While that would seem to be a substantial portfolio of work, Mr. Rather notes that other correspondents had more than twice as many reports appear on the program during the same period, and that several of his reports had been effectively buried, broadast on Christmas Day and New Year?s Day when far fewer people than usual were likely to tune in.
?He was provided with very little staff support, very few of his suggested stories were approved, editing services were denied to him, and the broadcast of the few stories he was permitted to do was delayed and then played on carefully selected evenings, when low viewership was anticipated,? the filing contends.
Among the most egregious indignities he suffered, Mr. Rather says, was the network?s response to his request to be sent as a correspondent to the scene of Hurricane Katrina in the fall of 2005.
?Mr. Rather is the most experienced reporter in the United States in covering hurricanes,? his lawyers write in the suit. ?CBS refused to send him,? thus ?furthering its desire to keep Mr. Rather off the air.?
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Re: Dan Rather Files $70 Million Lawsuit Against CBS
Dan "I crashed & burned and it's everyone else's fault" Rather may hit his big payday! What a country! Damn, why couldn't I have slipped and fell on that wet spot in Walmart today?
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Re: Dan Rather Files $70 Million Lawsuit Against CBS
i don't get why ya'll are ticked at dan.. after reading the story, sounds to me like he's got a legitimate reason for suing. if his contract said the things he's claiming.
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Re: Dan Rather Files $70 Million Lawsuit Against CBS
and we have women (and even children) who are raped and beaten to within inches of their lives. but have they ever been so wronged that they get to sue somebody for $70 mil.?
just ride off into the sunset dan, and enjoy your life while you still can.... unless you "gotta feed your family" of course. in that case, by all means, SUE!
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AMEN!!!! Great Tony!!!!
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Re: Dan Rather Files $70 Million Lawsuit Against CBS
Dan Rather is an idiot. WIth all those years in journalism--and the increasingly hostile environment for the media--he should have known better than to run with that story. Especially since he was warned that the documents might be fake. But he has a long-standing feud with the Bush family for personal reasons, and he let that cloud his thinking.
Once he got caught lying, CBS had no choice but to kick him to the curb. The only way for a media outlet to maintain any credibility in those situations is to fire the offending reporter.
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Re: Dan Rather Files $70 Million Lawsuit Against CBS
What's funny, I think, is that most everyone had forgotten about this until the lawsuit story. If he'd had just let it go, no one would have remembered, and he'd have been left with his legacy intact!
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$70 million, what a joke.
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Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Thailand's baht headed for a fourth weekly decline after the worst floods in almost 70 years cut production and reduced export growth to a two-year low.
Global funds sold $135 million more Thai stocks than they bought in the last four days, taking net sales for the year to $539 million, exchange data show. Exports rose 0.3 percent in October from a year earlier, the Ministry of Commerce said on Nov. 22. That compares with a 19.1 percent gain in September. Floodwaters swamped seven industrial estates north of Bangkok in recent months, shuttering factories operated by Western Digital Corp. and Honda Motor Co.
"There's a risk of the baht being weaker in the short term and of the currency trading with a little bit more volatility," said Dominic Bunning, a Hong Kong-based currency strategist at HSBC Holdings Plc. "Given the recent flooding, insurers' claims could be potential flows coming through."
The currency retreated 0.8 percent to 31.23 per dollar this week as of 10:53 a.m. in Bangkok, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. It touched 31.43 yesterday, the weakest level since August 2010.
The baht rose 0.3 percent today after the dollar's 14-day relative strength index against it reached 69.6 on Nov. 23, a threshold that signals to some traders the Thai currency will rebound.
The yield on the 3.65 percent bonds due December 2021 gained two basis points this week to 3.432 percent, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The rate was steady today.
The one-year onshore interest-rate swap, the fixed cost needed to receive a floating payment, declined nine basis points, or 0.09 percentage point, during the five-day period to 2.70 percent. It dropped three basis points today.
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The Desegregated Cyclist
My sole mode of personal transportation is my bicycle. I've never driven a car and I'm quite proud of it.
This blog is my place to rant and rave about cycling issues as I see them.
This is not a place for critics of integrated cycling - that conversation is over - segregation has no future - studies show it is not a safe or useful strategy, nor is it a healthy philosophy.
Tuesday, 30 September 2014
"Victorinox" Delémont Evolution S17
This is my "everyday carry" Swiss Army knife - it has the Victorinox logo, but in most respects it's a Wenger knife.
I love lost causes, and this is my latest.
I've been using Swiss Army knives for over 30 years - I've used both Victorinox and Wenger knives, but I have a soft spot for Wenger - they always seemed like they were willing to change and innovate, whereas Victorinox seemed staid and monolithic. Still, most of the time I bought Victorinox knives, probably because their marketing worked on me.
I hadn't been keeping up with developments in the world of the Swiss Army knife (there's no real need to because these knives are made tough and don't need replacing very often), so it was only recently that I found out that Swiss Army knife manufacturer Wenger is now effectively extinct. After Victorinox bought the smaller company in 2005, they promised that Wenger would be kept intact ("that's great," I naively thought - "maybe co-operation will improve both brands"), but as of January 2013 that is no longer the case. All that's left of the knife making part of Wenger are some of their knives, which have been rebranded and are now being sold under the Victorinox name. In my view, a classic case of a better company being overwhelmed by a more regressive but bigger company's ability to fund more aggressive marketing.
Yay capitalism!
So the knife in the image may have a Victorinox logo, but to me, that's always going to be a Wenger knife: the ergonomic handle, the main blade, the cap lifter, the corkscrew, the scissors, the saw and the nail file were all designed by Wenger. Victorinox have added their own can opener (which is definitely not an improvement - Wenger's was less intuitive but it opened cans faster). On the bright side, Victorinox also added their own awl, toothpick and tweezers, all of which are admittedly improvements, and which is why I use this knife rather than hunting around on eBay for a "real" Wenger.
I guess I should be happy - after all, the result has kinda given us the best of both worlds (albeit in a two steps forward one step back kind of way), but I just wish we could have gotten here without hardworking people having to lose their jobs, and without a beloved brand name going the way of the Dodo.
Sunday, 24 August 2014
We drove to Walt Disney World
We drove down to Disney World this month - that's nearly 2,000 miles of driving that my wife did (I don't drive). We took the 95 almost all the way and in nearly 2,000 miles I never saw a single motorist obeying the speed limit except in traffic jams or exiting the freeway. In all that time (24 hours of driving), I saw only one motorist getting a ticket. We even got honked at a few times, because we weren't going fast enough for the driver behind.
On a related note, this month we also had a karmic moment, when a motorist overtook my wife's car unsafely, forcing her to jam on the brakes. About a mile later, we saw this same car pulled to the side of the road behind another car - apparently the idiot had rear-ended someone.
And motorists say cyclists are the scofflaws!
Friday, 22 August 2014
Degenerative Disc Disease
Whoa! It's been a long time between posts. But now I finally have something to write about.
I have degenerative Disc Disease - kind of an invisible illness. I've had it for about 15 years and unfortunately, I'm one of the few who has chronic pain because of it. I'm not on disability - not sure I could even qualify for a disabled parking sticker - haven't even tried to get one (I don't drive anyway).
As regular readers know, I'm a commuter cyclist and I'm very lucky that I have no pain while riding - it's the only time I'm (thus far) guaranteed to have no pain at all. So I'm often seen riding around my neighborhood like a totally fit athletic person, which I am while I'm on the bike - I can cycle for 60 miles or more, no problem. But recently my illness has become worse - another disc gone kaput - still no problems cycling, but if I walk more than a couple of blocks, I need a walking stick; if I walk for an hour or so, I need a back brace, and if I'm out for more than an couple of hours, I need a wheelchair. I avoided even considering a wheelchair until my wife suggested I use one while we were at Disneyworld (they rent them out for $10 per day - pretty good deal, so I went for it), and afterwards I was convinced, because it made it possible to join in all-day family activities that I had subconsciously canceled from my routine.
So I just bought a wheelchair for the first time today, yay! But I'm a bit worried about what friends and neighbors are going to think of a person who's out and about on a bike 5 days a week, but who occasionally uses a wheelchair. When I rented a wheelchair I was even kinda embarrassed to get out of it and stand up or walk around for fear of being labeled a disability scammer or a joyrider. There's a lot of ignorance out there about disability - for so many people it seems like there are only a few kinds of health states - amputee, paraplegic, quadriplegic and perfectly healthy. If you don't fit into the first three categories, because your illness is invisible, that means you're fine. It's nuts, but I'm anticipating puzzled looks and perhaps even questions.
Anyway, just thought I'd share. Does anyone have any thoughts? Any similar experiences or friends with similar issues?
Tuesday, 28 January 2014
Motorists' Sense of Entitlement
Yup. It's that time again. Time for the perennial patent pending Desegregated Cyclist anti-motorist rant.
Speaking as a person who has received training as a cycling safety instructor, speaking as a person who knows the laws and rules of the road and puts them into practice every day without fail, and speaking as a person who has been commuting by bike for over 30 years, I have to say it's getting ridiculous for cyclists out on the road these days. Motorists seem to be getting far worse - I estimate 90% or more don't have a clue as to their responsibilities or even the rules of the road (and they talk about "scofflaw cyclists" as if motorists never speed, never talk on the cellphone while driving, never drink, never run red lights or stop signs, etc., etc., etc.). With that overwhelming ignorance comes a sense of entitlement a mile wide and an arrogance that often seems to lead to violence.
I find 90% of motorists to be disgusting and frightening (by which I do NOT mean they frighten me by honking or buzzing me - I mean that they don't practice the rules of the road because they don't know them, nor do they care to know them, which means they pose a real danger to cyclists on the road). That's something I would never have thought 20 years ago, but today's motorists appear to be a different breed: they seem to have no consideration for other road users, and they seem to act as if the road is their private property rather than a facility that exists for everyone to use, no matter what vehicle they choose to use on it.
The problem, I think, is that there is nowhere near the same respect for cycling that there was 30 years ago. Today's motorists don't have a grounding in cycling culture - many did not commute to school by bike when they were kids and many now view bicycles as mere toys rather than transportation, so they view cyclists as errant children rather than equals on the road. The prevailing attitude is that cyclists are joyriders, whereas the reality is that we are engaged in the very same commuter activities as motorists. The only difference is that when cyclists disobey the rules, they aren't driving a 2-ton chunk of metal that can easily kill. That difference is why motorists should be held to a higher standard. I think the fact that they are, all too often, NOT held to a higher standard is shameful.
Sunday, 19 January 2014
Yay! I'm No Longer a Lardass!
Okay, so maybe I wasn't quite that big, but I was bigger than I liked.
So I finally got motivated enough to do something about the extra 25 to 50 extra pounds I've been carrying around for the past 15 years. Around October 15, I weighed myself and found that I was at my lowest weight in 15 years, but at 180 lbs I was still 25 pounds from my optimum BMI. So I looked online for a website that could help me dump that last 25, and I found it at caloriecount.com.
I started my diet on October 21st. I knew nothing about dieting, so at first I cut back my calories way too much, but the website helped me to figure out how to lose weight in a healthy and effective way. After a week, I was getting all my proper nutrients and losing weight at a good (but not too extreme) 2 pounds per week. I managed to get through Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year with only minor alcohol-fueled setbacks (yay!) and thanks to caloriecount.com, lashings of motivation and self-control and a healthy amount of cycle commuting, after 12 weeks I reached my goal weight of 155 pounds on 12 January 2014.
Now I fit into trousers of a size I haven't fit into since the 1980s - okay, there's a downside - I had to buy new trousers of a size I haven't fit into since the 1980s. Still, it feels freaking great and now I even notice that cycling uphill is much easier without the spare tire I was dragging around.
Thursday, 16 January 2014
A True Cyclist Makes Excuses To Cycle, While Wannabe Cyclists Make Excuses Not To.
Recently, I've been going through a bit of a tough time getting myself out on the bike. In the weeks before Christmas I had a lot of safety issues with motorists honking. I decided to address each one by stopping the bike and (with a smile on my face) asking what the problem was, in order to address the issue and maybe educate them a bit in a non-threatening way. This did not work at all - no one listened, no one wanted the little flyer I offered them, and one guy - a nice West Indian guy - started honking every single time he drove up behind me, just to say hi!
Also, for some reason, being friendly towards motorists seems to make me more nervous for some reason. It may be because I'm an introvert by nature, so the anticipation of one-on-one interactions with motorists adds a lot of stress. This asocial aspect of my personality is why I chose not to become a League Certified Instructor when I took the LCI course in 2010: I'm just not cut-out for interaction with humans.
So I, being the way I am, became a bit of a nervous wreck. I am not off the bike altogether: I have to take my daughter to school, and cycling is the best way, and even on days when my daughter gets a car or bus ride to school, I'm still cycling two miles to pick her up. But I am trying to cut back as much as possible and getting my wife to take my daughter to school on days when she can, to give myself a bit of a rest - maybe until Spring Break. I just need a breather.
One of the problems is that I'm going against one of my maxims, which says, "A true cyclist makes excuses to cycle, while wannabe cyclists make excuses not to."
I fear falling into the "wannabe cyclist" category.
So does anyone have any advice, stories, tips?
Sunday, 12 January 2014
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U.S. Adult Mental Illness Surveillance Report
The economic burden of mental illness in the United States is substantial—about $300 billion in 2002. Mental illness is an important public health problem in itself—about 25% of U.S. adults have a mental illness—but also because it is associated with chronic medical diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and obesity. Mental illness surveillance by organizations such as CDC is a critically important part of disease prevention and control.
The new CDC report, Mental Illness Surveillance Among Adults in the United States, describes the extent of mental illness among U.S. adults and recommends increased efforts to monitor mental illness and anxiety disorders. Released September 2, 2011, as a supplement to CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), the publication is the result of CDC's first agency-wide compilation of data from selected CDC surveillance and information systems that measure the prevalence and effect of mental illness in the U.S. adult population.
What is mental illness?
The term mental illness refers collectively to all diagnosable mental disorders. Effects of the illness include sustained abnormal alterations in thinking, mood, or behavior associated with distress and impaired functioning. The effects of mental illnesses include disruptions of daily function; incapacitating personal, social, and occupational impairment; and premature death. The most common mental illnesses in adults are anxiety and mood disorders.
How widespread is mental illness?
According to the World Health Organization, mental illness results in more disability in developed countries than any other group of illnesses, including cancer and heart disease. Other published studies report that about 25% of all U.S. adults have a mental illness and that nearly 50% of U.S. adults will develop at least one mental illness during their lifetime.
Where in the United States is the level of mental illness highest?
Depression estimates generally are highest in the Southeastern states (e.g., 13.7% in Mississippi and West Virginia vs. 4.3% in North Dakota).
What is mental illness surveillance?
Public health surveillance is the ongoing and systematic collection, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of data used to develop public health interventions that reduce morbidity and mortality and improve health. Surveillance for a particular condition—such as mental illness—might depend either on collecting new data or using data obtained from existing health information systems.
Why is monitoring mental illness important?
Surveillance activities that monitor mental illness are essential because mental illness is a significant public health problem. For example,
- according to the World Health Organization, mental illnesses account for more disability in developed countries than any other group of illnesses, including cancer and heart disease;
- published studies report that about 25% of all U.S. adults have a mental illness and that nearly 50% of U.S. adults will develop at least one mental illness during their lifetime;
- mental illness is associated with increased occurrence of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, asthma, epilepsy, and cancer;
- mental illness is associated with lower use of medical care, reduced adherence to treatment therapies for chronic diseases, and higher risks of adverse health outcomes;
- mental illness is associated with use of tobacco products and abuse of alcohol;
- rates for both intentional (e.g., homicide, suicide) and unintentional (e.g., motor vehicle) injuries are 2 to 6 times higher among people with a mental illness than in the population overall;
- population-based surveys and surveillance systems provide much of the evidence needed to guide effective mental health promotion, mental illness prevention, and treatment programs;
- monitoring mental illness is an important way to provide appropriate organizations the data they need to assess the need for mental and behavioral health services and to inform the provision of those services;
- many mental illnesses can be managed successfully, and increasing access to and use of mental health treatment services could substantially reduce the associated morbidity;
- many chronic illnesses are associated with mental illnesses, and it's been shown that treatment of mental illnesses associated with chronic diseases can reduce the effects of both and support better outcomes; and
- CDC surveillance systems provide several types of mental health information, such as estimates of the prevalence of diagnosed mental illness from self-report or recorded diagnosis, estimates of the prevalence of symptoms associated with mental illness, and estimates of the effect of mental illness on health and well-being.
How is CDC involved in monitoring mental illness?
CDC collects certain mental health data about the U.S. adult population in various ways, including:
- Population Surveys
- State-specific Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
- National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
- National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
- Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)
- Health Care Surveys
- National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS)
- National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NHAMCS)
- National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS)
- National Nursing Home Survey (NNHS).
On September 2, 2011, CDC released Mental Illness Surveillance Among Adults in the United States, an MMWR supplement that summarized current data from the above surveillance and information systems.
What are the report's conclusions?
The authors note that, currently, no surveillance efforts at the national or state level are directed toward documenting anxiety disorders. However, anxiety disorders are as common in the population as depression. Moreover, anxiety disorders have similar characteristics to depression in that they
- can impose as much impairment as depression,
- are also related to the stress response system of the body,
- have health impact similar to depression, and
- are often found to coexist with the same chronic medical conditions found in those who suffer from depression.
The authors stress the importance of initiating national-level anxiety disorder surveillance activities to help guide public health policy. They also call for anxiety disorder surveillance to be conducted at the state and local levels so that public health services addressing this condition can be designed, implemented, and evaluated.
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