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Category Archives: Prevention
Creating a Collaborative Effort to Vaccinate a Nation
The Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation highlighted the need to improve vaccination rates among children and adults last week with the release of the 2014 "Outbreaks" report. The report reveals that more than 2 million preschoolers, 35 percent of seniors and a majority of adults do not receive all recommended vaccinations.
When it comes to vaccinating adults, primers for doctors often say the key to success is more education for medical professionals. However, Litjen Tan, MS, PhD, Chief Strategy Officer of the Immunization Action Coalition says it's not necessarily more education that doctors need. Instead, Tan believes adult vaccination rates can be improved by training the support staff at doctors' offices to vaccinate, and authorizing them to do so.
Public Health News Roundup: October 27
EBOLA UPDATE: New York State Walks Back New Ebola Quarantine Process—Somewhat—After Heavy Criticism
(NewPublicHealth is monitoring the public health crisis in West Africa.)
The state of New York has partially walked back its new quarantine process for health care workers returning from treating Ebola in West Africa after receiving heavy criticism from the federal government and health officials. New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said health care workers who have been in contact with Ebola patients but show no signs of the virus must still be quarantined and monitored for 21 days, but may do so in their home.
The Obama administration's criticism of the initial order was strong." We have let the governors of New York, New Jersey, and others states know that we have concerns with the unintended consequences of policies not grounded in science may have on efforts to combat Ebola at its source in West Africa," an Obama administration official said in a statement, according to Reuters. "We have also let these states know that we are working on new guidelines for returning healthcare workers that will protect the American people against imported cases, while, at the same time, enabling us to continue to tackle this epidemic in West Africa." Read more on Ebola.
Survey: 'Social Resilience' More Valuable than Government Assistance in Helping a Community Feel Prepared for Disasters
"Social resilience"—the feeling of trust in a community, with neighbors helping neighbors and looking out for each other—can be more valuable than even government assistance when it comes to how prepared communities feel for disasters, according to a new Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey. In a survey of more than 1,000 residents in a dozen communities hit by the 2012 hurricane in New York and New Jersey, researchers found that "residents in areas where people say their neighbors actively seek to fix problems in the neighborhood are three times more likely to say their community is extremely or very prepared for a disaster than people in communities without such social resilience."
Among the rest of the findings:
- 37 percent of residents in areas reporting high levels of neighbors helping each other are very or extremely confident their neighborhood would recover quickly from a disaster, compared to 22 percent in areas with lower levels of neighborly cooperation
- 69 percent of respondents said they got help from neighbors in recovering from the storm, while 57 percent said local government assisted them and 55 percent cited federal government agencies as helpful
"Having that level of trust, that preexisting level of trust means you sort of have this reservoir to draw from in times of need," said the survey's principal researcher Kathleen Cagney, a University of Chicago sociology professor and director of the Population Research Center at NORC at the University of Chicago. "Money doesn't buy these informal reservoirs. You need to foster this." Read more on preparedness.
Tips on Warding Off Seasonal Affective Disorder
The shorter, darker days of the fall season also mean the potential to trigger seasonal affective disorder (SAD), a type of depression that can leave some people feeling overly tired and lacking motivation to the point they find it extremely difficult to go about their day. As much as 5 percent of the population is affected by what is believed to be a chemical imbalance linked to reduced exposure to light. Angelos Halaris, MD, PhD, a professor in the department of psychiatry and behavioral neurosciences at Loyola University Chicago Stitch School of Medicine, said there are ways to reduce the likelihood of SAD, which can severely impact an individual's quality of life:
- Spend at least 30 minutes a day outside. Avoid wearing sunglasses during this period of time. If weather permits, expose the skin on your arms to the sun.
- Keep your home well-lit. Open curtain and blinds to allow sunlight in. You can also consider buying a high-intensity light box specially designed for SAD therapy. Sit near the box for 30 to 45 minutes in the morning and at night. Be sure to talk to your doctor before attempting this type of light therapy on your own.
- Physical activity releases endorphins and other brain chemicals that help you feel better and gain more energy. Exercising for 30 minutes daily can help.
- When all else fails, there are medications that can help ease the troubling effects of SAD. Halaris recommends visiting a mental health professional if extra sun exposure, indoor lights and exercise are not effective in treating your symptoms.
Read more on prevention.
Public Health News Roundup: October 24
EBOLA UPDATE: Medical Aid Worker Tests Positive in New York City
(NewPublicHealth is monitoring the public health crisis in West Africa.)
A hospitalized medical worker has tested positive for Ebola in New York City, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The medical aid worker had volunteered in Guinea. The patient is currently in isolation in Bellevue Hospital—one of eight New York State hospitals that Governor Cuomo designated to treat Ebola patients—as the CDC's laboratory performs confirmation testing. Read more on Ebola.
HHS: $840M to Improve Patient Care While Reducing Costs
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has announced an $840 million initiative to improve patient care while also reducing costs, which will encourage patients to seek early preventive care more often. The initiative "will fund successful applicants who work directly with medical providers to rethink and redesign their practices, moving from systems driven by quantity of care to ones focused on patients' health outcomes, and coordinated health care systems," according to a release. Potential strategies include:
- Giving doctors better access to patient information, such as information on prescription drug use to help patients take their medications properly
- Expanding the number of ways patients are able communicate with the team of clinicians taking care of them
- Improving the coordination of patient care by primary care providers, specialists, and the broader medical community
- Using electronic health records on a daily basis to examine data on quality and efficiency
Read more on prevention.
EPA Announces $3M to Reduce Diesel Emissions from School Buses
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced approximately $3 million in funding to reduce diesel emissions from school buses. Through the EPA's National Clean Diesel Rebate program, eligible public and private school bus fleet owners can apply for funding to replace school buses that have "older, dirtier" diesel engines, which will in turn improve air quality. "School buses are the safest and most environmentally friendly way to transport children to and from school," said Janet McCabe, acting assistant administrator for EPA's Office of Air and Radiation, in a release. "The rebates to retrofit older bus engines will provide healthier rides for the 25 million children across the country who ride them on a daily basis." Read more on air and water quality.
Public Health News Roundup: October 16
EBOLA UPDATE: CDC May Add Some Health Care Workers to Federal No-Fly List
(NewPublicHealth is monitoring the public health crisis in West Africa.)
In response to the news that a Dallas nurse who tested positive for Ebola flew on a commercial airliner between when she was exposed to the disease and when she was diagnosed, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is considering adding the names of health care workers being monitored for Ebola to the government's no-fly list, according to Fox News. Seventy workers who helped treat Ebola patient Thomas Edward Duncan at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital are being monitored by the CDC. Read more on Ebola.
HUD: $38.3 Million to Enforce Fair Housing Practices
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded $38.3 million to help enforce the Fair Housing Act through investigations of alleged discriminatory practices, as well as to educate housing providers, local governments and potential victims of housing discrimination about the Fair Housing Act. More than 100 fair housing organizations and other non-profit agencies in 43 states and the District of Columbia will share the funding, which is available through HUD's Fair Housing Initiatives Program. "Ending housing discrimination is at the core of HUD's mission and it takes dedicated people on the ground to address it," said HUD Secretary Julián Castro, in a release. "These funds support community-based organizations that do great work every day on the front lines in the fight for fairness and equality in our nation's housing market." Read more on housing.
Study: Adults Who Are Comfortable With Aging More Likely to Seek Preventive Health Care
Older adults who are comfortable with aging are also more likely to be proactive in getting preventive health care services, according to a new study in the journal Preventive Medicine. One of the obstacles that keeps some older adults from seeking out preventive care is the belief that all their physical and mental declines are typical of old age. Researchers at the University of Michigan examined data on 6,177 participants age 50 and older. Among their findings for individuals who reported higher satisfaction with aging:
- They were more likely to obtain a cholesterol test and colonoscopy over time
- Women received a mammogram/X-ray or pap smear with greater frequency
- Men made medical appointments more often to get a prostate exam
Read more on aging.
Public Health News Roundup: October 10
EBOLA UPDATE: One-quarter of Americans View Ebola as a 'Major Threat' to the United States
(NewPublicHealth is monitoring the public health crisis in West Africa.)
The percentage of Americans who view Ebola as a "major threat" to the United States stands at 27 percent, up from only 13 percent in mid-September, according to a new Harris Poll/HealthDay survey. While saying that the fear is unwarranted, Mayo Clinic infectious diseases physician and researcher Pritish Tosh, MD, said the rising concern is also understandable. "Ebola is an agent that evokes a lot of fear, and can result in societal disruption," said Tosh, according to HealthDay. "There's a reason why it's considered a possible bioterrorism agent. So any time you have any cases in the United States, there is a heightened amount of anxiety." Read more on Ebola.
In-home Parenting Education Improves Mother's Health, Behavior
In-home, intensive parenting and health education reduces illegal drug use, depression and behavior problems in pregnant American Indian teens, while also improving the likelihood that their children will reach behavioral and emotional milestones, according to a new study in the American Journal of Psychiatry. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health analyzed 322 expectant American Indian teens in four Southwest communities, randomly assigning them to receive optimized care or optimized care plus 63 in-home education sessions, finding that the latter group saw greater improvements in various behaviors. "We found a consistent pattern of success across a number of different outcome measures," says the study's principal investigator John Walkup, MD, an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a faculty member within the Center for American Indian Health. "These early years are critical ones for children. We teach these mothers not only how to be competent parents, but how to cope with stressors and other risk factors that could impede positive parenting skills." Read more on maternal and infant health.
Study: Hospital Patients Don't Wash their Hands Nearly Enough
Hospital patients aren't washing their hands nearly enough, according to new research from McMaster University. Researchers analyzed the hand hygiene behavior of 279 adult patients in three multi-organ transplant units of a Canadian acute care teaching hospital over an eight-month period, finding they washed their hands about 30 percent of the time while in the washroom, 40 percent during meals and only 3 percent when using the kitchens in their rooms. "This is important because getting patients to wash their hands more could potentially reduce their risk of picking up infections in the hospital," said principal investigator Jocelyn Srigley, MD, an assistant professor of medicine at McMaster's Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, in a release. Read more on prevention.
Public Health News Roundup: October 9
EBOLA UPDATE: Five U.S. Airports to Screen Travelers from Ebola-Affected Nations
(NewPublicHealth is monitoring the public health crisis in West Africa.)
On the same day that the Dallas, Tex., patient being treated for Ebola succumbed to the disease, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Department of Homeland Security's Customs & Border Protection (CBP) announced that travelers from Ebola-affected nations would undergo increased entry screening when arriving in five U.S. airports. New York's JFK, Washington-Dulles, Newark, Chicago-O'Hare and Atlanta international airports receive more than 94 percent of travelers from the West African nations. According to the CDC:
- Travelers from Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone will be escorted by CBP to an area of the airport set aside for screening.
- Trained CBP staff will observe them for signs of illness, ask them a series of health and exposure questions and provide health information for Ebola and reminders to monitor themselves for symptoms. Trained medical staff will take their temperature with a non-contact thermometer.
- If the travelers have fever, symptoms or the health questionnaire reveals possible Ebola exposure, they will be evaluated by a CDC quarantine station public health officer. The public health officer will again take a temperature reading and make a public health assessment. Travelers, who after this assessment, are determined to require further evaluation or monitoring will be referred to the appropriate public health authority.
- Travelers from these countries who have neither symptoms/fever nor a known history of exposure will receive health information for self-monitoring.
Read more on Ebola.
Study: College Athletes in Contact Sports at Increased MRSA Risk
College athletes in contact sports are at increased risk of carrying and being infected with the superbug methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), according to a new study presented this morning at IDWeek. In a two-year study, researchers determined that contact sport athletes were more than twice as likely as non-contact athletes to be colonized with MRSA. Colonization with MRSA ranged from 8 to 31 percent in contact sports athletes, compared to 0 to 23 percent of non-contact athletes; 5 to 10 percent of the general population is colonized with MRSA. "This study shows that even outside of a full scale outbreak, when athletes are healthy and there are no infections, there are still a substantial number of them who are colonized with these potentially harmful bacteria," said Natalia Jimenez-Truque, PhD, MSCI, research instructor, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn., in a release "Sports teams can decrease the spread of MRSA by encouraging good hygiene in their athletes, including frequent hand washing and avoiding sharing towels and personal items such as soap and razors." Read more on prevention.
ACS: Overweight and Obese African-Americans, Whites at Similar Risk for Premature Death
Overweight and obese African-Americans and whites are at similar risk for premature death, according to a new study in the journal PLOS ONE. The findings contradict previous, smaller studies which indicated the link was less strong for African-Americans. For the study, researchers from the American Cancer Society analyzed data from the Cancer Prevention Study II (CPS-II), which included approximately one million men and women. "While recent large studies have examined the relationship between BMI and all-cause mortality in white and Asian populations in the United States, this relationship has not been well-characterized in African Americans," said Alpa V. Patel, PhD, in a release. "The American Cancer Society's Cancer Prevention Study-II is very well-suited to address this issue because of its large size, including nearly a million participants, and long-term follow-up of 28 years, making it the largest study to date in African Americans." Read more on obesity.
Public Health News Roundup: October 8
EBOLA UPDATE: Kaiser Infographic Lays Out the Key Statistics
(NewPublicHealth is monitoring the public health crisis in West Africa.)
A new infographic on the current Ebola outbreak produced by the Kaiser Family Foundation and published in the Journal of the American Medical Association breaks down the crisis into key elements, including the disease count so far, the rate of response and the key U.S. government agencies charged with addressing the outbreak. Key numbers include:
- Fatality rate — 53 percent which is lower than in previous outbreaks
- Outbreak geography — In the current outbreak, five West African countries that have never had Ebola cases are now battling the disease including Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone
- U.S. agencies responding — Department of Defense, Department of States, U.S. Agency for International Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health
The World Health Organization also maintains a dedicated Ebola information website that is updated frequently and includes case counts, studies, policy announcements and feature stories about aid in West Africa. Read more on Ebola.
CDC: 2.5M Emergency Department Visits for Vehicle Crashes in 2012
Motor vehicle crashes sent more than 2.5 million people to emergency departments (EDs) and led to more than 200,000 people being hospitalized in 2012, according to a new report from the U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). All told, the lifetime medical costs for these crash injuries will be $18 billion and the lifetime work lost will be an estimated $33 billion. "In 2012, nearly 7,000 people went to the emergency department every day due to car crash injuries," said CDC Principal Deputy Director Ileana Arias, PhD, in a release. "Motor vehicle crash injuries occur all too frequently and have health and economic costs for individuals, the health care system, and society. We need to do more to keep people safe and reduce crash injuries and medical costs." Read more on injury prevention.
Task Force Recommends Diabetes Screening for All Americans Over Age 45
Everyone over the age of 45 should be screening annually for type 2 diabetes and prediabetes, according to new recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. "For people with abnormal blood sugar, changes in their lifestyle, such as eating healthier and exercising more often, can help prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes," said Michael Pignone, MD, a task force member, in a release. "The best way to do that is to participate in a program that supports these behaviors. That's why we're recommending that people who are at increased risk be screened." According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 29.1 million Americans have diabetes, although 8.1 million of those cases are undiagnosed. Read more on prevention.
Drug Abuse Control Gets a New, Important Rule
Later this week a final rule goes into effect from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) aimed at reducing the misuse of controlled substances. The new rule will allow pharmacies and other approved outlets to accept unused controlled substances from people who want them out of their home so they can't be abused by people with no medical need for the medications.
Previously, the drugs could only be disposed of at home, brought to a law enforcement agency or brought to one of two annual community "take back" days that the DEA started in 2011. Unused drugs are often found in homes because physicians typically prescribe thirty days' worth of painkillers after surgery or illness, which can lead to addiction or to the drugs being left in home medicine cabinets where they are ripe for misuse.
Under the rule, certain outlets (including manufacturers, distributors, narcotic treatment programs, retail pharmacies and hospitals/clinics with an on-site pharmacy) can apply to the DEA to become authorized collectors. The public can find authorized collectors in their communities by calling the DEA Office of Diversion Control's Registration Call Center at 1-800-882-9539.
Experts say the rule is a good start toward getting millions of controlled substances out of the hands of abusers and potential abusers. Data clearly demonstrates the need:
- According to the 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, almost twice as many Americans (6.8 million) currently abuse pharmaceutical controlled substances than those using cocaine, hallucinogens, heroin and inhalants combined.
- Nearly 110 Americans die every day from drug-related overdoses, and about half of those overdoses are related to opioids, a class of drug that includes prescription painkillers and heroin.
- More than two-thirds of people who misuse prescription painkillers for the first time report obtaining the drugs from friends or relatives, including from a home medicine cabinet.
Writing for the Network for Public Health Law blog, lawyer Corey Davis said that while the new rule doesn't address some key issues—such as who will pay for the returned drugs to be destroyed and whether pharmacies will face any liability if returned drugs are stolen—"it's an important step forward in drug abuse and overdose prevention."
Have a Story about Implementing the National Prevention Strategy? The Office of the Surgeon General Wants to Hear It
The National Prevention Strategy (NPS), a federal-level initiative coordinated by the Office of the Surgeon General (OSG), was launched three years ago with the goal of promoting prevention and improving the nation's health by engaging all sectors, not just health care.
Communities across the country are hard at work integrating different sectors in the joint purpose. For example, transportation agencies and senior health agencies are working to improve travel logistics for seniors who have different needs and schedules than the average commuter. The benefits for seniors can be many and huge, including engaging in social activities, recreation, timely visits to doctors, access to food shopping and greater independence.
In its 2014 required annual status report to the president and Congress on the progress of implementing the National Prevention Strategy, the OSG shared for the first time stories—called Partner Implementation Models (PIMs)—about communities and organizations implementing the strategies. One PIM showcased the work of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), including:
- In 2013, RWJF re-convened the Commission to Build a Healthier America—an interdisciplinary group of leaders in the public, nonprofit and private sectors originally brought together in 2008—to develop recommendations to reduce health disparities. The Commission's January 2014 report references the National Prevention Strategy.
- RWJF's County Health Rankings & Roadmaps show how health is influenced by where people live, learn, work and play. Counties are ranked using data on health behaviors; clinical care; the physical environment; and social and economic factors such as family and social support. In 2014, new measures related to housing, transit, access to mental health providers, injury-related deaths, food environment and exercise opportunities were added to the Rankings. All of these measures directly reinforce the priorities outlined in the National Prevention Strategy.
Another PIM was shared by the Henry Ford Health System (HFHS) in Detroit, Mich., the fifth-largest employer in the city, which launched Henry Ford LiveWell (HF LiveWell) to improve the health of HFHS employees, patients, and surrounding communities.
Public Health News Roundup: September 26
EBOLA UPDATE: American Physician Declared Ebola-Free, Released From Hospital
(NewPublicHealth is monitoring the public health crisis in West Africa.)
Rick Sacra, MD, an American physician who was working in an obstetrics clinic in Liberia when he became infected with the Ebola virus, has been cleared as disease-free by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and released from The Nebraska Medical Center. He entered the facility, which includes one of the United States' few biocontainment units, three weeks ago. Kenty Brantly, MD, who was previously and successfully treated for Ebola at Emory Hospital in Atlanta, had donated two pints of his blood for Sacra's treatment. Read more on Ebola.
UTHealth to Use $1.3M Grant to Study Asthma Risk for Health Care Workers
As asthma prevalence continues to rise across the country, the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health will utilize a four-year, $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to study how the risk of asthma has changed for Texas health care workers over the past decade. The health care field is one of the population groups that see a higher risk for the breathing disorder. For the study, researchers will repeat a 2003 survey which found that, after entering the field, 7.3 percent of nurses and 4.2 to 5.6 percent of doctors, respiratory therapists and occupational therapists developed asthma. "Practices in hospitals have changed in 10 years. There are new cleaning chemicals, including many environmentally friendly ones, but are those products without risk? We want to find out," said George Delclos, MD, PhD, co-principal investigator and professor in the Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics & Environmental Sciences at the UTHealth School of Public Health. Read more on health disparities.
HHS: $212M to Strengthen State, Local Programs Designed to Prevent Chronic Diseases
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced yesterday that it will award nearly $212 million in grants to help all 50 states and the District of Columbia strengthen efforts to prevent chronic diseases. A total of 193 awards will go to state and local programs, and are funded in part through the Affordable Care Act. "Tobacco use, high blood pressure, and obesity are leading preventable causes of death in the United States," said U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, in a release. "These grants will enable state and local health departments, national and community organizations, and other partners from all sectors of society to help us prevent heart disease, cancer, stroke, and other leading chronic diseases, and help Americans to live longer, healthier, and more productive lives." Read more on prevention.


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The Sunderman Conservatory of Music is committed to the health and wellness of students and faculty alike. Musicians have special needs and issues regarding their health, and the resources on these pages address each of them.
Physical Health and Wellness includes information on muscle strain, repetivite motion injury, ergonomics, and posture. Auditory Health and Wellness provides information regarding appropriate sound levels for musicians and hearing protection. Vocal Health and Wellness discusses care of the voice and vocal disorders. Mental Health and Wellness covers topics of interest to all, such as stress reduction, time management, emotional well-being, and performance anxiety.
The Conservatory regularly hosts guest speakers and special presentations on a variety of topics related to musicians' health and wellness.
Our music librarian, Tim Sestrick, has acquired useful materials for the library collection, and included them in an annotated bibliography on the library's website. The site also has links to additional resources, and can be accessed from any computer on campus or on the campus network.
We encourage you to explore each of these areas for information relevant to you and your situation. We also welcome your own ideas and links; to submit your own information for inclusion on this site contact a member of the Health and Wellness Committee.
These pages are for informational purposes only. Please consult a medical professional for any specific diagnosis or treatment.
Tips to stay healthy from our faculty...
Jocelyn Swigger, Associate Professor/Piano
Playing music isn't a "no pain, no gain" situation. It's a "no pain, no pain" situation. Pain is your body's way of telling you "stop that." You need to listen to it.
99% of the time the way that feels the best is the way that sounds the best.
We want to use large muscles efficiently, rather than making small muscles work hard.
We use the same body to play the piano that we use walking around in the world.
Balance on your bones!

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My name is Marie Suk and I live in Rocky Point. I am a psychic intuitive since birth and have a psychic/healing practice which focuses on utilizing sound healing therapy to bring about amazing transformations in the health of the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual bodies. WHAT IS SOUND HEALING?
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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Tuesday outlined a politically fraught plan for allowing oil and gas drilling offshore along parts of the Atlantic coast while imposing new restrictions on environmentally fragile waters off northern Alaska.
A large title insurance, property valuation and settlement services company is the first tenant at Hillwood Commons I, an office complex at Alliance Town Center.
Fifteen years ago if someone had shot a cannon from Fort Worth's world-renowned museum district, nobody would have noticed, joked Lori Eklund, senior deputy director of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. But that has changed.
Energy Transfer Partners LP of Dallas and Regency Energy Partners LP have entered into a definitive merger agreement.
Jason Lamers is leaving the city after 14 years to join Burlington Northern Santa Fe.
FORT WORTH - American Airlines Group plans to break ground in the next 30 days on a new Integrated Operations Control center near its Fort Worth headquarters, the company announced June 4 in a letter to employees.
The city is in talks with American on potential incentives. The staff will brief Mayor Betsy Price and City Council members on Tuesday on a tax abatement and economic development program with American, according to a city agenda published Friday for the pre-council meeting.
According to the letter, American plan to open the new center by the third quarter of 2015. The new center is part of the airlines consolidation of its operations from Pittsburgh to Fort Worth. The new center will oversee the daily flight operations of the newly merged airline.
American officials did not mention the plan during its Wednesday annual meeting in New York.
Aside from the typical voting for board candidates common to annual meetings, many American retirees registered their displeasure with pending changes to the company's employee travel policy.
American Air mulls shareholder returns as 2014 decision seen By Mary Schlangenstein (c) 2014, Bloomberg News. DALLAS — American Airlines' board is considering options and timing to return cash to shareholders, a step that may include a dividend or buyback, and expects to make a decision by the end of the year.
The issue was among several discussed Tuesday by directors ahead of Wednesday's annual meeting in New York, Chief Executive Officer Doug Parker said in an interview. It's the first shareholder gathering since the company was created in a December merger with US Airways Group Inc.
"We are early in the merger," said Parker, 52. "I would like to get more integration work behind us" before settling on a return plan.
Making a choice this year on capital allocation would add to American's fast start since the US Airways tie-up formed the world's largest airline. Fort Worth, Texas-based American may earn an annual profit of $3.87 billion, based on analysts' estimates compiled by Bloomberg, which would be a record for the U.S. industry.
American rose 3 percent to $42.68 at 3:22 p.m. in New York, adding to a 64 percent gain this year through Tuesday that was the most among major U.S. airlines.
Before deciding on returns to shareholders, the 11-member board wants to ensure American has sufficient capital to complete its integration with US Airways, to reduce any high- interest debt and cover other needs, Parker said. American had $10.6 billion in cash and short-term investments through March.
Last month Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines announced plans to increase dividends and repurchase stock. Delta reinstituted a dividend last year, after a decade-long break that included a bankruptcy and the acquisition of Northwest Airlines Corp. Dallas-based Southwest has paid a dividend since 1976.
American has reduced its shares outstanding since the merger by settling a convertible note and paying tax withholdings for employees in lieu of issuing common stock as compensation under its bankruptcy reorganization plan. The steps amount to a $710 million return of capital to shareholders, Parker said.
The carrier has a debt covenant that limits what it can do in the way of share repurchases or dividends unless it refinances the note. If the company waits until next March to refinance, a make-whole provision in the note would not apply, Chief Financial Officer Derek Kerr has said.
Parker told shareholders at the New York meeting that the airline is likely to exceed its $1 billion estimate for merger revenue synergies from combining networks, winning back corporate contracts and other steps.
"So far, we believe we are going to exceed that target," he said.
The airline previously said it had identified other ways since the merger that could generate $400 million more with moves such as adding seats to some aircraft models.
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Today, The Canadian Progressive joins millions of websites, digital rights organizations and Internet freedom fighters demanding stronger "net neutrality" protections.
Tag: Internet
An Online Tracking Device That's Virtually Impossible to Block
A recent investigation by ProPublica uncovered a new kind of online tracking tool, canvas fingerprinting, which follows visitors to thousands of top websites, from WhiteHouse.gov to YouPorn.
Here's One Way to Land on the NSA's Watch List
If you downloaded the privacy software Tor in 2011, the NSA may have scouped up your computer IP address and spied on you, says ProPublica.
Secret TPP talks in Ottawa: Harper has "something to hide"
"Most Canadians would be surprised to learn that Canada is hosting the latest round of TPP negotiations this week in Ottawa," says University of Ottawa Prof Michael Geist
Why Has the Canadian Gvt Given Up on Protecting Our Privacy?
While Canadians still care deeply about their privacy, the Harper government seems eager to weaken privacy protections through 1984-style legislation.
Tim Hortons blocks customers' WiFi access to gay and lesbian website
Last week, Canadian coffee titan Tim Hortons blocked the website of popular gay and lesbian newspaper Xtra from its public WiFi network.
Official trailer for the Wikileaks movie "The Fifth Estate"
A dramatic thriller based on real events, The Fifth Estate reveals the quest to expose the deceptions and corruptions of power that turned WikiLeaks into the 21st century's most fiercely debated organization.
Multi-Racial Cheerios Commercial Provokes Barrage of Racist Comments
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Stuart Boersma, Central Washington University professor of mathematics, has been honored with the award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics from the Pacific Northwest section of the Mathematical Association of America (PNW-MAA). Boersma will receive the award at the upcoming regional meeting April 12-13 at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon.
"I'm deeply honored that my colleagues and students took the time to support the original nomination which led to this award," said Boersma.
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• Foster curiosity and generate excitement about mathematics in their students.
Boersma received his bachelor of science in mathematics degree from the University of Puget Sound in 1988 and his PhD in mathematics from Oregon State University in 1994. He taught at Alfred University in western New York for six years before coming to CWU in 2000. In addition to the MAA teaching award, Boersma received the 2006 MAA Trevor Evans Award for "A Mathematician's Look at Foucault's Pendulum." The Trevor Evans Award goes to exceptional articles that are accessible to undergraduates and published in Math Horizons.
Boersma has led several workshops on "Teaching Quantitative Reasoning with the News" for college instructors as well as middle and secondary school teachers. He has served as chair and past chair of SIGMAA-QL (the Special Interest Group of the Mathematical Association of America on Quantitative Literacy) and is a co-author of "Case Studies for Quantitative Reasoning: A Casebook of Media Articles," with Bernie Madison, Caren Diefenderfer, and Shannon Dingman.
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Monday's void Taurus Moon says roll up your sleeves and get your work done early! Then take the rest of the day off! A Taurus Moon loves comfort and ease, so if you need to make some real headway on a project keep your to-do list visible and hold yourself accountable to it.
On Tuesday, Venus joins Mars in dreamy Pisces and our attraction will be to gentler people and places - I'm thinking warm jammies and mac and cheese - we are expecting a blizzard.
In Pisces our Venus ruled love, money and values drift past all boundaries. The sky truly is the limit! Where is Pisces in your natal chart? Sun sign Pisces will be especially attractive and we will all fall in love with something or someone, maybe for the second time, we are in a "re-do" period!
This is an excellent placement for creative work - just avoid as many escapist distractions, ie the warm jammies and mac and cheese, as possible - and we have this aspect until February 20th. Use it well - just remember the same energy that powers our amazing and imaginative work also powers illusions that we are doing amazing and imaginative work. Ack! Stay grounded. Don't bet the farm.
Venus will square Saturn from Wednesday until Saturday.
This can bring disappointment - somehow our dream (love, money, our values) is delayed or restricted.
Remember it's Saturn's job to clarify and redirect our focus, so we can work with what has real potential for us and so we can get about doing the work we came to do.
There is fate (this doesn't have to be a bad word - it is only our obsession with control and our lack of trust that makes it so) that is predetermined - it serves as the vessel and structure through which our free will destiny is fulfilled and contained. With Saturn, it is safe to assume delays, restrictions and even endings are fated. We work with this best by acknowledging our limits and responsibilities.
Later this week, Mars (action, drive, aggression) conjuncts Chiron (our deep wounding). When these two jam together in uber sensitive Pisces - getting bruised and battered or bruising and battering others is likely. Somebody's going to be crying this week, probably a whole lot of somebodies.
This aspect strokes our wounded masculine - in women this is often wounded assertiveness. This may manifest as an inability to stand up for ourselves or with us confusing assertiveness with aggression and taking things too far. There could be some inability to be direct. Not knowing how to stop doing, running ourselves ragged and being busy, busy, busy are all ways this stuff could show up for us now.
Some keys to working with this aspect will be:
expressing anger and force in
healthy ways,
going after what we
really want even if it pisses other people off,
recognizing that we may be attracting people into our life who reflect our own unexpressed rage,
learning how to defend ourselves,
asking ourselves what are we really trying to prove or win
Also, Chiron (king of the centaurs) was shot in the foot so we need to be careful with our feet this week and since the arrow was poisoned - we need to be thinking about what we are ingesting.
At the end of the week, our Sun
conjuncts Mercury which is retrograde in Aquarius, so whatever Mercury's reversed motion is about for us in terms of the "re's - revising, relooking, reinventing" etc, will get some needed sunlight - it will most likely be something unanticipated.
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The proliferation of drones in domestic law enforcement and beyond has been boosted on Capitol Hill by a 60-representative strong, bipartisan "drone caucus," according to an investigative report by the Center for Responsive Politics and Hearst newspapers.
Pushing an agenda to hurry surveillance drones into the domestic market, even though many questions about the ethics and safety of their deployment remain unanswered, has earned members of the House Unmanned Systems Caucus $8 million in drone-related campaign contributions, the investigation revealed.
The report detailed how legislative efforts have ensured a speedy timeline for putting drones in the hands of local police departments as well as private corporations:
Domestic use of drones began with limited aerial patrols of the nation's borders by Customs and Border Patrol authorities. But the industry and its allies pushed for more, leading to provisions in the FAA Modernization and Reform Act, signed into law on Feb. 14 of this year.
The law requires the FAA to fully integrate the unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, into national airspace by September 2015. And it contains a series of interim deadlines leading up to that one: This month, the agency was supposed to produce a comprehensive plan for the integration, and in August it was required to have a plan for testing at six different sites in the U.S. Neither plan has been issued.
The CRP and Hearst report stressed that concerns about whether drones risked in-air collisions with other aircraft and, more crucially for civil liberties advocates, whether their use in surveillance activity would exacerbate privacy invasions have not been adequately addressed by lawmakers.
"Based on current trends, technology development, law enforcement interest, political and industry pressure, and the lack of legal safeguards – it is clear that drones pose a looming threat to Americans' privacy," said Jay Stanley, a senior policy analyst with the American Civil Liberties Union.
Criticism of drones, often owing to their association with U.S. shadow wars abroad, often fails to mention the benefits proponents of domestic drone use note. As the CRP report states, "Many potential uses for unmanned aircraft, which are cheaper to operate than piloted planes or helicopters, have been identified. Among them: monitoring pipelines and power lines, finding lost hikers, surveying crops, and assessing environmental threats and damage from natural disasters."
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Excellent! Well organized, good meal and wonderful time.
One of the best trips to Europe I have taken. The hotels at the 4 star rate were quite comfy and with a nice sense of luxury. Their location within Italy, specially in Venice were prime sites. The bus was a bit crowded and camped as usual, but it does not deter you from enjoying the views and the site seeing schedule. The food was great. Our tour guide Carlos was excellent.
I had a great time with the tour guests and the extras offered by the program were worth the price, specially the gondola ride across the river. It was worth every penny. I would recommend this package to anyone who is heading for the first time to Italy. I've come to trust the company and I look forward to my next trip.
This trip was well worth every penny. It was well organised and our tour guide was fantastic, providing so much information in two languages. Everything worked smoothly and we felt comfortable and that there was personal attention to all despite the size of the group. I would highly recommend this trip to anyone interested in seeing more than just Rome on their visit to Italy. Thanks for a wonderful week.
We had a wonderful 5 days. Our guide was organized and caring. He went the extra mile for the seniors on our tour. They were given options and safe places to wait for the more active travelers. We never felt controlled but our guide was never far away. We wanted to venture out on our own for an afternoon and our guide gave us perfect train times and fees. Being in Italy for the first time, it was nice to have friendly guides to introduce you to what's there. No one wants to spend so much time on a bus, but watching those drivers maneuver the streets and getting from place to place in comfort was worth the time spent in route. Thanks Viator.
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I highly recommend everyone to go on this 5-Day best of Italy trip, especially if your tour is with Stephano. We enjoyed the beautiful scenary, aswel as stephano's knowledge of the history, and everything else. Before stopping in a village, Stephano would tell us history and helpful tips and recommendations on where we should go. The local guides were very interesting, we loved Recardo, the local guide for Piza. we made new friends, and had a great time exploring Italy. Thank you Stephano for making this trip awesome! your the best
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They chose really special places for this tour. I also recommend to take all the extra trips, specially Pisa and Venice by night. In the end, instead of going back to Rome by bus, which takes the whole day, I recommend taking a night train from Venice.
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This was a great trip but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone that can't do a lot of walking, because there is a lot of walking BUT every step was worth seeing all the wonderful sights that we saw. Our Tour guide Suzette was very nice and knowledgable. My favorite was Venice and Rome. Thank you for the experience.
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Words cannot fully describe this unbelievable tour. Unquestionably worth every cent we paid. Our guide, Stefano was very organized, kind, knowledgeable, patient, understanding, calm and funny! He was able to speak 3 languages fluently on our trip. He worked tirelessly every day explaining all there was to know about so many subjects in Italy and all our stops. The people, the history. This was "soup to nuts" as we say in America. We always felt we were in good hands. We were in Europe for 14 days. This was by far the best tour to do. The hotels included were meticulous, the food was more than ample and fresh. Hoorah for Viator 5-Day Best of Italy Trip. Unbeatable. Take your camera and keep shooting, this tour emcompasses much more than you could imagine. We can't wait to go again with our friends and family.
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The trip was great. For a single person traveling it was a wonderful way to see the different places and feel quite comfortable. Our guide was wonderful. I am now looking to book a tour next month for Spain with Viator.
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This tour is a perfect for those who don't have a lot of time in Italy, and it has good value for money. All the organisation is done for you. The only thing is I would have prefered a little more time in each of the places visited, but others didn't so everyone is different. The tour guide and bus driver were excellent.
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We had a wonderful coach driver and a very experienced translator/tour guide, who guided and organized 65 travellers during the 5 days. If you are looking for a good but fast paced introduction to some of the most interesting and famous cities in Italy, I recommmend this tour.


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Gut microbes produce a key intermediate metabolite that promotes atherosclerosis in a mouse model of red meat consumption.
A study suggests that, at least in US academia, men and women now receive roughly equivalent treatment in the workplace. The scientific community disagrees.
Parents of children with the fatal genetic disease Niemann-Pick Type C are taking an active role in research to understand how mutations associated with the disease may protect against Ebola.
Researchers generate the first functional human stomach tissue in vitro.
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In one of the world's richest cities, unemployment won't pay the bills.
Depending on previous wages, unemployment benefits in Russia range from a minimum of 850 rubles ($25) a month to a maximum of 4900 rubles ($147) a month, plus 850 rubles ($25) for monthly transport.
"If these people get the minimal benefit, of course they can't live," acknowledges Oksana Perelygina, deputy head of the office.
And once they get new jobs, they have to be prepared to accept lower wages, something many are unwilling to do.
Igor Davydov, 42, has been getting 3,000 rubles ($90) a month since being fired from his job as a driver for a furniture shop. "You can't even live on that in one week in Moscow," he says.
He's been offered jobs, but the pay is too low — about half of the 40,000 rubles he was getting before. In the meantime, he's taken his car to join the ranks of Moscow's legions of gypsy cabs. "I can't just sit around," he says.
Analysts expect the unemployment rate to rise even higher. Following a calm March, when the ruble and stocks rose on the back of slightly higher oil prices, officials have begun warning that another downturn is in store.
"A certain growth on the world's stock markets and in oil prices should not leave us relaxed," Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin warned in a government meeting late last month. "This is a temporary improvement."
The government says the economy will contract by 2.2 percent this year. International organizations are more sanguine, with the World Bank expecting the Russian economy to shrink by 4.5 percent, and the OECD projecting a 5.6 percent decline.
The government has worked hard to keep social unrest at bay, urging regional governments and oligarchs alike that they must do all they can to keep employees on the payroll.
"We haven't seen social unrest largely because the government has put lots of pressure on Russia's major companies not to fire hundreds of thousands of people. Rather than cutting down on unemployment, they've decreased working hours. That gives a different psychological effect," said Vladimir Tikhomirov, chief economist at UralSib, a Russian investment bank. The longer the global recession continues, however, the more those companies feel the strain.
"We've moved to hidden unemployment. But wages are falling, incomes are falling, people aren't happy," Tikhomirov says.
And he, like other analysts, warns that the situation will worsen sharply if Russia's economy — highly dependent on foreign demand for its natural resources — doesn't pick up soon.
"Government finances are already stressed. If unemployment increases much more, the government won't be able to provide benefits to a large number of people, and then social-political instability can arrive," he says.
The World Bank warns unemployment will rise to 12 percent by the end of the year, accompanied by a poverty level of 15.5 percent.
The worst is to come far outside Moscow, warns Evgeny Gontmakher, a leading economist at the Institute for Contemporary Development, a Kremlin-supported think tank.
"In the regions unemployment will probably be a lot higher — 30 or 40 or even 50 percent. That will be tough."
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According to a new study by UCLA's Dr. Raúl Hinojosa-Ojeda, Raising the Floor for American Workers: The Economic Benefits of Comprehensive Immigration Reform, legalizing undocumented workers through comprehensive immigration reform would yield $1.5 trillion to the U.S. GDP over a ten year period, generate billions in additional tax revenue and consumer spending and support hundreds of thousands of jobs. The report, which runs several different economic scenarios, finds that enacting a comprehensive immigration reform plan which creates a legalization process for undocumented workers and sets a flexible visa program dependent on U.S. labor demands not only raises the floor for all American workers, but is an economic necessity.
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No company ever shrank to greatness, conclude Dwight Gertz and João Baptista. Drawing upon their new study of more than 1,000 large companies, the authors argue that managers must move beyond the current wave of downsizing, restructuring, and reengineering. Contrary to current management fads, they contend that companies must grow to be great. Managers now involved in downsizing must consider long-term goals for growth alongside short-term measures for slimming.… (more)
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Create a Simple Topiary
Topiary lends structure and formality to any planting design and makes a useful focal point. All you need to bring an overgrown specimen back into shape, or to make a cone from scratch, are some basic tools, patience and a good eye.
When to Start: Early summer
At Its Best: All year round
Time to Complete: 1 hour
Materials Needed:
- 1 boxwood plant (Buxus sempervirens)
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- sharp, long-handled shears
Select a Healthy Plant
When choosing a specimen to clip into topiary, look for one with dense, healthy growth, unblemished foliage and a strong leading stem in the center.
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Looking down on the plant, locate the central stem, which will form the top of the cone. With shears, trim around the stem to create the outline.
Keep Moving Around the Plant
Don't trim the topiary in "sides" — you risk overclipping one area. Continually move around the plant, regularly taking a step back to look at the overall shape.
Assess Shape From Top
When you have nearly finished, look down at the central stem to check that the outline of the cone is straight and even. Assess the shape all the way around and trim accordingly.
Routine Care
Established topiary should be pruned once or twice a year in midsummer and early autumn. Never clip on hot, sunny days to prevent the newly exposed foliage from being scorched.
Tool Choices
Creating topiary shapes is much easier if you have the right tools; always keep the blades sharp and clean. Although you can use garden shears to trim cones and simple shapes, long-handled shears are a better choice because they offer greater control. For more intricate designs, use topiary shears (Image 1).
Top Tip: Clean Cuts
Boxwood blight is a major disease of boxwood. Protect your specimens by cleaning your pruning shears between plants with a spray of household disinfectant (Image 2).
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I'm fascinated with the "Black Swan" movie, I just had to make my own poster for it. :)
I went the minimalist way. Any comment/critique would be welcome! ;)
P.s. The movie had some interesting teaser posters: http://www.laboca.co.uk/LB3site/portfolio_BlackSwan.html
This last one seems a little bit too much on the horror side…
You do have a point. The movie is pretty scary, though. :)
Here's the first version:
I like it more: it goes the minimalist route to the end.
Nice start! The feather is a bit distracting.
Could you try to integrate it more with the type?
Or get rid of the ornamental place holder?
I'll try. :)
Thanks for commenting! Will post new versions...
I plan to make an illustration combining the "nude" and a swan.. (there are some similarities in certain lines and shapes) the above poster is just a sketch... I would like to hear any comments if you have them. :)
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