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By Emma Hall As smartphones have become more affordable, mobile advertising has hit an all-time high. The possibilities for mobile marketing have a broad reach for many countries, where for some people a smartphone is their first access to the Internet. In the U.S., apps have become a part of daily life to many people. The average person uses 15 apps each month, yet the average lifespan of an app is only one month—barring the big kahunas like Facebook or weather apps. As of January/February 2011, smartphone users spent an average of 40 hours each month using apps. This ballooning market means that changes are happening so quickly, it is hard for even the experts to keep up. Currently, an estimated $3 billion is being spent on mobile advertising annually, a number that is projected to reach $21 billion in the next few years. It is a lucrative market where currently one of two users takes some sort of action after viewing a mobile ad. These issues were addressed at a recent Innovation in Motion, a monthly gathering in downtown Portland to discuss interactive marketing and online innovation. Held on the first Thursday of each month at Haypenny Marketing, December's meeting was "Mobile on the Move: 2012 Trends and Beyond." Moderated by Haypenny Marketing's Kevin Long, the panel was comprised of three heavyweights in the Portland mobile marketing world: Ben Leftwich, account executive at Anvil Media, Dave Shanley, founder and CTO at CrowdCompass, and Scott Townsend, marketing manager at Urban Airship. As mobile marketing becomes more widespread and users are increasingly inundated with mobile ads, this number is bound to go down, Leftwich says. With so many potential consumers to be reached, there is a huge fight brewing between apps (Apple) and the mobile web (Google). Mobile search has increased more than 30 times since the release of the first iPhone. The top sites visited on the mobile web are currently: 1. Search engine sites 2. Social media (mostly Facebook) 3. Retail sites (mostly Amazon and eBay) So what's next for mobile innovation? The panelists agreed that local search is becoming more and more important. They advised attendees to claim their Google Places page and Bing Local listing. "That's the No. 1 thing you can do as a small business owner," says Leftwich. As smartphone users become more savvy, they don't want an app from every business that just promotes one company. In order to stay relevant, apps are going to have to become more useful, such as the Nike+ app that maps your runs, or Weber's On the Grill app that provides recipes and techniques for barbequing. "Not everyone needs a native app," says Townsend. Emma Hall is the web editor for Oregon Business. |
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Long-term compliance with beta-blockers, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, and statins after acute myocardial infarction
Aims To study initiation, dosages, and compliance with beta-blockers, angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE)-inhibitors, and statins in patients after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and to identify likely targets for improvement.
Methods and results Patients admitted with first AMI between 1995 and 2002 were identified by linking nationwide administrative registers. A total of 55 315 patients survived 30 days after discharge and were included; 58.3% received beta-blockers, 29.1% ACE-inhibitors, and 33.5% statins. After 1, 3, and 5 years, 78, 64, and 58% of survivors who had started therapy were still receiving beta-blockers, 86, 78, and 74% were receiving ACE-inhibitors, and 85, 80, and 82% were receiving statins, respectively. Increased age and female sex were associated with improved compliance. The dosages prescribed were generally 50% or less of the dosages used in clinical trials, and dosages did not increase during the observation period. Patients who did not start treatment shortly after discharge had a low probability of starting treatment later.
Conclusion The main problem with underuse of recommended treatment after AMI is that treatment is not initiated at an appropriate dosage shortly after AMI. A focused effort in the immediate post-infarction period would appear to provide long-term benefit.
- Acute myocardial infarction
- Beta-blockers
- ACE-inhibitors
- Statins
- Pharmacological treatment
- Compliance
Beta-blockers, angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE)-inhibitors, and statins are recommended for most patients following an acute myocardial infarction (AMI), but underuse is widely documented.1,2 Underuse may involve not starting therapy, poor compliance, and underdosing. Much attention has focused on the fact that many patients are never offered treatment,2 but compliance with treatment and dosing has received less attention. Comprehensive analyses of initiation, compliance, and dosing are necessary to learn the likely targets for improving long-term use. Since 1995, the Danish Registry of Medicinal Product Statistics has registered all prescriptions dispensed from pharmacies in Denmark according to each patient's unique civil registration number. In this study, we linked data from this Registry with data from the National Hospital Registry to study initiation of treatment, drug dosages, and long-term compliance with beta-blockers, ACE-inhibitors, and statins in 71 515 patients after their first AMI between 1995 and 2002.
The National Hospital Registry keeps records on all hospital admissions in Denmark since 1978, and each hospitalization is classified according to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), until 1994 the ICD-8 and from 1994 the ICD-10. All patients are registered via a unique and permanent civil registration number. The Danish Registry of Medicinal Product Statistics includes information about all prescription medicines dispensed from pharmacies in Denmark since 1995. All prescriptions are registered at an individual level by using the civil registration number. The Registry classifies medicines according to the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) system, an international classification system of pharmaceuticals. As all residents in Denmark are covered by a national health security system and get the cost of drugs partly reimbursed, all pharmacies are required by law to register all prescription dispensed in this nationwide registry.
All patients aged 30 or older admitted with a diagnosis of first AMI (ICD-10: I21–I22) between 1995 and 2002 and alive 30 days after discharge (180 days for statins) were identified from the National Hospital Registry. The diagnosis of AMI in the National Hospital Registry has been validated and has a sensitivity of 91% and predictive value of 93%.3 The selection procedure and characteristics of the patients have been detailed previously.4,5 We registered whether patients had a prescription of beta-blockers (ATC code C07) and ACE-inhibitors (ATC code C09—also including angiotensin 2 receptor blockers) dispensed 0–30 days from discharge after first AMI and statins (ATC code C10AA) dispensed 0–180 days from discharge. The reason the interval for statins differed was that the reimbursement policies for statins changed during the period. In 1995, reimbursement required individual application, but after 1998, all AMI patients were reimbursed for the full cost of statins without need for individual application.
All subsequent prescriptions were identified until the end of year 2002 or the date of death. Among patients who did not receive treatment early after discharge, we identified those who started treatment between 30 days and 1 year to estimate whether a significant proportion initiated treatment later. As the registries do not include information of left ventricular function and that the ICD-10 cod for heart failure has a relatively low sensitivity, the dispensed prescription of loop diuretics (ATC code C03C) 90 days before to 30 days after discharge was used as a proxy for the diagnosis of heart failure. In the same way, dispensed prescription of antidiabetics (ATC code A10) 90 days before to 30 days after discharge was used as a proxy for the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus.
The Danish Registry of Medicinal Product Statistics includes information about the dispensing date of the prescription, the strength of the drug, and the total number of tablets dispensed but not the prescribed dose of the drug. The dose of each prescription was therefore calculated from the average dose given during up to three consecutive prescriptions. Excess tablets were allowed to be accumulated for up to three previous consecutive prescriptions at any time. On the basis of these assumptions, we calculated whether patients at any time had tablets available or not. We defined a patient as receiving treatment if tablets were available.
To determine long-term compliance, we calculated whether patients who did not receive treatment were in a break of 7, 30, 90, and 180 days or longer. We calculated the proportion of patients who restarted therapy after a break of a particular length and found that a substantial proportion of patients restarted treatment again after a break shorter than 90 days. We therefore used a break of at least 90 days as a proxy for poor compliance.
To validate the calculations, sensitivity analysis was performed with the average daily dose calculated also from single prescriptions, with the minimal dose equal to a previously calculated dose for the same patient and allowing each patient to keep residual tablets from one to five prescriptions. The manipulations resulted in 75–85% agreement between the calculated doses and 2–4% with changes in the number of patients stopping therapy.
We calculated the average dosages of the most frequently used medications within each group by multiplying the strength of the formulation by the number of tablets per day. The average dosage was calculated only for patients who had medication available for treatment. To estimate underdosing, we compared the average dosage with the dosages used in major randomized clinical trials.
Statistical analysis
For descriptive statistics, the results are given as mean values with standard deviation or as median values with range. To analyse differences in proportion in drug use and death rates between 1995 and 2002, we tested for linear trend in logistic regression models. The rates of first dispensing of treatment and break in treatment were estimated by the Kaplan–Meier method. To analyse the effect of available covariates (age, gender, year of AMI, and concomitant medical treatment) on long-term compliance, we used Cox multivariable proportional hazard models and censoring for death. Model assumptions—the linearity of continuous variables, the proportional hazard assumption, and lack of interaction—were tested and found valid unless otherwise indicated. Furthermore, we calculated the persistence of therapy, defined as number of patients having medicine available at any time (having filled at least one prescription early after the AMI) divided by the number of patients alive within particular treatment group. Patients with missing information or lost to follow-up (emigrated), n=22 (0.04%), were censored at the time of disappearance. All statistical calculations were performed using the SAS statistical software package, version 8.2 for UNIX servers (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, USA).
The Danish Data Protection Agency approved this study, and data were made available to us such that individuals could not be identified.
During the 8-year study period, 71 515 patients had a first admission for AMI. The 30-day mortality was 22.7%, ranging from 26.0% in 1995 to 17.4% in 2002 (P<0.001). A total of 55 315 patients were alive 30 days after discharge and were included in the analysis of the use of beta-blockers and ACE-inhibitors after AMI. The 48 412 patients who were alive 180 days after discharge were included in the analysis of statins. The baseline characteristics of the study population are shown in Table 1.
Figure 1 illustrates the timing of the first dispensing of each of the three drugs during the first year after AMI (censored for death). The probability of starting treatment was low if treatment was not started early for beta-blockers and ACE-inhibitors. Only 5621 (10.7%) patients started beta-blocker treatment and 6694 (12.1%) ACE-inhibitors between 31 days and 1 year after AMI. For statins, the start of treatment was slower, but between day 181 and 1 year, only 2868 (5.9%) patients started therapy. From 1995 to 2002, the number of patients initiating beta-blocker treatment later than 30 days after the infarction declined from 11.5 to 9.3% (P<0.001) and statins after 180 days declined from 6.7 to 1.7% (P<0.001), but the number of patients receiving ACE-inhibitors after 30 days increased from 10.5 to 12.0% (P<0.001). Hospital-based physicians issued the majority of the initial early prescriptions of beta-blockers, ACE-inhibitors, and statins (Table 2). The later prescriptions initiated were distributed almost evenly between hospital-based physicians and general practitioners.
Figure 2 illustrates the long-term compliance for patients who filled a prescription for a beta-blocker or ACE-inhibitor within 30 days of AMI or a statin within 6 months. Short breaks in therapy were common, but many patients restarted therapy later (Table 3). We used a break of at least 90 days to analyse factors of importance for poor adherence with treatment.
The Cox multivariable proportional hazard analysis (Table 4) revealed that although there were increasing number of patients initiating treatment from 1995 to 2002, this did not affect compliance. On the contrary, compliance improved with beta-blockers. Women had better compliance with beta-blockers and statins than men, and older patients had better compliance with beta-blockers but worse compliance with ACE-inhibitors and statins. Concomitant medical treatment did not worsen compliance, except for patients taking loop diuretics had slightly poorer compliance with beta-blockers.
Table 5 shows the average dosages of the most frequently used beta-blockers, ACE-inhibitors, and statins. We analysed whether dosages changed during the observation time by comparing the average dosages used during the first year of treatment with the average dosages used between 3 and 5 years of treatment. This revealed that the average dosages of beta-blockers and ACE-inhibitors changed only between 2 and 7%. The average dosages of simvastatin and pravastatin changed <3%, but the dosages for atorvastatin increased 21.5% from the first year when compared with 3–5 years of therapy.
This study has four main findings. (i) If prophylactic treatment after a myocardial infarction is not initiated at the time of discharge, the likelihood of ever receiving treatment is small. (ii) If treatment is started early post-AMI, most patients adhere to treatment for many years. (iii) Initiation of treatment nearly always relies on the initiative of the hospital physicians. (iv) The prescribed doses of all three drugs were substantially lower than those recommended and seldom adjusted during long-term therapy.
Initiation of therapy
All three drugs were prescribed with increasing frequency during the study period, the increase being most pronounced for beta-blockers and statins. Beta-blockers and ACE-inhibitors were primarily initiated during the first 30 days after AMI, whereas statin therapy was more gradually initiated during the first 6 months (Figure 1). This was probably related to Denmark's reimbursement policies, which changed in 1998, and AMI patients no longer need to apply individually for reimbursement of the cost of statin therapy. Notably, the vast majority of early prescriptions were written by hospital-based physicians, whereas general practitioners initiated very few early prescriptions (Table 2). The relatively few patients who started late had a more even contribution by hospital-based physicians and general practitioners, but the general practitioners still only accounted for about half the initial prescriptions. Further, the number of patients initiating treatment later than 30 days for beta-blockers and 180 days for statins from 1995 to 2002 declined substantially. This emphasizes the importance of initiating treatment early, as the probability of starting treatment later is low.
It is interesting that although treatment was mostly initiated by hospital-based physicians, there still remains substantial proportion of patients who do not start treatment. Hospital-based physicians taking care of patients with AMI are most often specialists in internal medicine or cardiology, and thus should be updated in appropriate treatment of AMI patients. Most likely, some discharging physicians rely on the fact that the doctor taking care of the AMI patient after discharge initiates appropriate therapy not already started in the hospital, whereas doctors taking care of the patient after discharge depend on the judgement of the discharging physician. To prevent such misunderstanding, the discharging physician should initiate treatment in the hospital and if not started at discharge give clear message to the doctor taking care of the AMI patient after discharge regarding further medical treatment.
Long-term compliance with treatment
After 5 years of treatment, 58% of patients were still receiving beta-blockers, 74% ACE-inhibitors, and 82% statins (Figure 2). The literature is sparse regarding studies on long-term compliance with treatment post-AMI. Registries that included selected departments have shown 6-month compliance with ACE-inhibitors and beta-blockers exceeding 80%.2,6 Studies from North America among patients older than 65 years of age and patients participating in specific insurance systems showed that 60–80% continued treatment after 1 year.7 The most comprehensive long-term studies available are studies of lipid-lowering therapy. The long-term compliance in these studies was 50–85% after 1 year, 40–77% after 2–3 years, and 45–50% after 5 years.8–14
The difficulty in comparing these numbers with those in our study is that compliance has been defined in many different ways. Previous studies have not distinguished between breaks and discontinuation. Most of our patients restarted therapy after a break, especially after a brief break (Table 3). Even after a break of at least 90 days, almost half of the patients restarted therapy with beta-blockers and ACE-inhibitors within 1 year and almost 70% restarted statins.
To analyse the factors influencing long-term compliance, we used the time to first break of 90 days, or longer, in multivariable proportional hazard analysis (Table 4). The increase in early initiation of treatment during the study period was not associated with decreased long-term compliance—instead, compliance improved moderately but statistically significantly. Notably, multiple drug therapy did not reduce compliance, and increased age and female sex were also associated with improved compliance. These results emphasize that an increased effort during the study period to initiate more medicines in more patients was not associated with worse compliance.
Analysis of the dosages of the most frequently used drugs within each class revealed substantial underdosing of almost all medicines, with dosages generally 50% or less than the dosages that randomized trials have proved to be effective (Table 5).15–19 We also analysed whether dosages changed from the first prescription dispensed when compared with later on but found that patients largely stayed at their initial dosage. Defining a target dose for statins is more difficult because this may be related to the effect on serum cholesterol levels. Our data do not cover patients' cholesterol levels, and thus we cannot conclude about the dosages of statins. Although not as prominent as for beta-blockers and ACE-inhibitors, the dosages of statins were generally lower than those used in randomized trials.20–22
Strengths and limitations of the study
The AMI diagnosis in the National Hospital Registry has been validated and is sensitive as well as specific.3 The registry includes all hospital admissions in Denmark from 1978 and therefore not affected by selection bias by only including selected hospitals, certain health insurance systems, or age groups. A comprehensive accumulation of nationwide admission data and linking to other registries is unique for Denmark. Although the study is based on registries from a single country, Denmark's health insurance system, which partly reimburses all patients for drug expenses, is typical of many western countries.23
A break in therapy of at least 90 days was arbitrarily selected to define long-term compliance, as one-third to half of the population experienced break of at least 90 days. Analyses of the effects of shorter or longer breaks in therapy did not change the results noticeably.
The diagnostic criteria for AMI changed in 1999, and during the study period more sensitive diagnostic markers have been introduced (i.e. troponins). Nevertheless, this has not resulted in dramatic change in the prognosis of AMI 24 and it is unlikely that this affects our study.
The National Hospital Registry does not include information about basal clinical variables such as location or size of infarction, smoking status, systolic function, and co-morbidity. However, the indication for treatment with beta-blocker or statin after AMI is independent of these factors. Further, ACE-inhibitors are primarily indicated for patients with reduced systolic function and diabetes. We therefore used the concomitant use of loop diuretics and antidiabetics as a proxy for, respectively, heart failure and diabetes, to define subgroups of patients where there was definite indication for treatment. The registries do not include information about contraindications to treatment, adverse reactions, or allergies that might have caused the treatment not to start or to be terminated early after start. Also, we do not know how many patients started treatment in hospital and did not continue treatment after discharge. Furthermore, factors such as race/ethnicity, history of depression or other psychiatric illness, and the specialty of the physician taking care of patient could also influence long-term compliance.
Clinical implications
This study demonstrates that long-term compliance can be expected if treatment with beta-blockers, ACE-inhibitors, and statins is started early after AMI, although dosages are seldom uptitrated during long-term therapy. In contrast, if therapy is not started in the early phase after AMI, the patient is unlikely to ever receive appropriate medical treatment. Most general practitioners and other physicians treating survivors of AMI seem to rely on the initiative and judgement of the hospital department from which the patient is discharged. This underscores the importance of hospital departments initiating appropriate long-term therapy in survivors of AMI. A more focused effort from hospitals treating AMI patients in starting these patients on relevant medicines and titrating them to an effective dose will result in long-term benefits.
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The study sponsors had no involvement in study design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; and in the decision to submit the article for publication.
Conflict of interest: several of the authors have given industry-sponsored lectures and taken part in clinical trials sponsored by the industry, but there are no specific conflicts of interest related to the current article.
The study was supported by an unrestricted research grant from the Danish Pharmaceutical Association (Grant no. 31-03) and the Danish Heart Foundation (Grant no. 05-04-B46-A522-22207).
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"I don't really care about that shit," U-God (Lamont Hawkins) says, when asked how he feels about being excluded from the rock hall. "They ain't going to respect us. Once we go out and start crushing heads and busting heads open, then they'll respect us. We have sold over four million records and haven't won a Grammy. We haven't won any awards. They're not going to respect us until somebody in the group dies, basically."
While the Wu-Tang Clan has been signed to a major label (Loud, a division of RCA) since 1994, in order to preserve the members' individual identities, each has the freedom to record solo albums on other record labels. In fact their deal is virtually unheard of in the record industry, where artists generally are tied to one label by restrictive contracts. That the Wu-Tang Clan members were savvy enough early on in their career to understand that a traditional recording deal wouldn't serve their needs, both aesthetically and economically, is a feat in itself. As a result nearly every member of the group has released at least one solo album and collaborated with a variety of different artists. Hawkins, who just issued his first solo effort, Golden Arms Redemption, in November, is one of the last members to strike out on his own.
"Everything is always hard to make," he explains when asked why it took him so long. "Painters take time, and it's hard to make certain things, you know what I mean? I put a lot of time and focus into the album. I didn't get no sun the whole fucking summer, because I was in the studio. I was just learning things. I'm the type of brother who likes to look before I jump into things. I like to observe what niggas do and what people do and shouldn't do. I don't have to do what they've done in the past. I know how to make my music a certain way. Whatever I have in my head, I can bring to my heart and out of my mouth now. My album is different, because I have a different style, sound, and a different ear. My style is my style."
While Hawkins might have worked diligently on Golden Arms Redemption, the album unfortunately represents yet another subpar Wu-related product. Songs like "Enter U-God," "Stay in Your Lane," and "Turbo Charge" have distinctive melodies (their shaky string arrangements put together by the RZA have that telltale Wu-Tang sound) but there's a dearth of solid material on the disc. Hawkins brags about outdoing other MCs to a dull mix of beats on "Glide," while "Rumble," a collaboration with Method Man, Leatha Face, and Inspectah Deck, is a disappointment, consisting of a series of chest-beating howls that essentially amounts to little more than hot air.
"It means I bring earthquakes. I put earthquakes on wax. It's how I master my art," he says of "Rumble," adding that the song is not a reference to the world's end, a subject Method Man continually explores. "Nah, I'm not thinking about no fucking apocalypse. My shit is about redemption, which means kill, breed, redeem."
The controlled insanity that comes out in Hawkins's answers is indicative of the way the Wu-Tang Clan has spiraled out of control. The rap sheet on Ol' Dirty Bastard, for starters, includes well-publicized tussles with the police, battles with drug addiction, and frequent drug-related arrests (he's currently in rehab). Hawkins says he's tried to confront ODB about his problems, but "he's his own man." ODB isn't the only troublemaker in the group. When the Wu-Tang Clan dropped off a much-hyped tour with Rage Against the Machine in 1997, it faced a lawsuit after four members of the group allegedly beat an employee of Loud Records at a tour stop in Chicago. Members of the Wu-Tang Clan apparently have fallen into the trap that seems to afflict so many rappers: They started acting out the hyperviolence depicted in songs like "Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing ta Fuck Wit." In addition members were implicated in a gun ring operating between Staten Island and Steubenville, Ohio (so far only the band's manager has been convicted of any crime; he's serving 33 months behind bars).


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If you're grateful that the Grand Canyon, Glacier Bay, and the Olympic Peninsula have been preserved as national parks, consider that these icons were once national monuments. The Antiquities Act of 1906 allows the president to proclaim areas of "historical or scientific interest" as national monuments, using a signature alone. The first to receive the honor was Devils Tower in Wyoming, designated by Theodore Roosevelt in 1906. The most recent is Fort Ord (below) along the California coast, protected in April by Barack Obama. And the largest is a marine sanctuary near Hawaii, established by George W. Bush in 2006. (Only three presidents since Roosevelt have not established a monument.) Here's a sample of places the Sierra Club is urging the president to protect, as well as a look at our newest addition. For others, go to sierraclub.org/monuments.
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Oh Sleepy Hollow, you break my heart.
-Best Episode, the premiere. It has Crane actually working towards getting Abbie out. Crane working with Jenny, a great combo, great abbie and Crane moments, and John Cho. Also Mama was good. In which Lori Mills was more helpful in ten minutes of screen time than Katrina has ever been.
- Just one worst? Definitely agree about the Demon Baby trope. Terrible.
-Best Character. Abbie Mills managed to grow as a character even though she was terribly sidelined.
-worst character. Without a doubt Katrina "Endless Whispers" Crane. There should be no questioning that. She was the weakest link in the first season and it just got progressively worse this season. There is no redeeming such a poorly written character. She's ineffective, useless, and a liability more than an asset.
Most Underused. Frank Irving was grossly underused. As was Jenny.
Best Ichabidism, probably playing Halo.
Overall grade, a C.
-Her ability to adapt and change herself to appeal to her victims was interesting.
-All of them sort of ran into each other because he was the equivalent of a crotchety old man or in dad mode most of the episode. He and Hawley bonding towards the end was cool.
- You can't have the 2 witnesses fighting the apocalypse without allies and they've sidelined a handful of allies. No one expects them to be on every single episode but one of the last episodes Jenny was in she literally appeared to make out with Hawley. And the last time Frank was shown it was a ten second appearance to bring Henry and Ichabod together, even though an ongoing thing was that ichabod wasn't on Frank's visitor list. All I could think about was the 10 hours Orlando Jones spent on set wearing an orange jumpsuit and fooling around on Tumblr while he waited for his 10 second scene. Jenny not being active is contradictory of how they've written her so it defies canon and characterization. They've rescued Katrina 4 times so them not making an attempt to get Irving out seems difficult to accept. And Hawley. Hawley being tossed in wouldn't be as big of a problem if his contributions weren't doing exactly what Jenny does, because it leads the audience to always ask why we really need him at all if we have Jenny? He's Jenny with man parts. And because Jenny has been mostly nonexistent since the premiere Hawley isn't seen as an addition so much as a replacement. Then this love triangle BS is contrived and cliché and insulting and overdone. Why is this still a go to thing for female characters? Putting a guy in the mix to unnecessarily complicate things? - I actually was excited that for once she had things to do and was useful, and they still made her a damsel all throughout and had her flame our in the end. Again. I don't like Katrina. I don't dislike Katrina. I'm just not interested and I don't care. She has and still is the shows weakest point. It's like 5 seasons of the Bonnie Bennett situation on TVD all over again except it might even be worse. Stop telling us she's great and powerful and nagical. Show us. She's supposed to be a powerful witch and honestly Abbie has come across more powerful in witchcraft than her. I want her to be better written. It's painful and infuriating to watch at times. They got two female characters right so how do they continually screw her up? At this point I was fine with her going back to Abraham. Hell at this point Crane didn't seem to care either. - Is the sky blue? Is the grass green? Does Tom Mison have expressive eyebrows? Of course she will. It looks like a normal baby to her. She still thinks they can somehow save Hebry. This is a baby, in her mind this one stands a chance. Nature v Nurture. Dear God let this be the first step towards her joining the dark side and becoming evil. Then Maybe something good could come from the second mystical pregnancy in 2 seasons. And it'll give Katrina something to do.


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Supon Phornirunlit is the brains behind Naked Décor, a vibrant, fabulously fun collection of throw pillows, trays, clocks, lamps, ornaments, animal head wall mounts and other funky home decor. Born in Thailand, Supon came to the US to further his education – and liked it so much that he decided to stay. It's a decision that's definitely worked for him: his Supon Design Group won over 1,000 design awards in under 10 years, and his first collection of Naked Décor throw pillows – called Live Like A Queen – sold out repeatedly in 2007, the first year of production. Supon's range has expanded to encompass themes like the British Invasion, vintage flair, and an all-dog wall art collection, Pooch Decor, founded after the death of his beloved pup, Pica. Doxie the dachshund is a particular favorite on pillows, but for your walls you'll find all sorts of canine friends – pugs, Dalmatians, German shepherds and more – just waiting to bring a little friendliness (and flair!) into your home.
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Warren LaRoche, 23, was indicted Nov. 14 for access device fraud and larceny. LaRoche appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark A. Moreno Nov. 18 and pleaded not guilty to the indictment.
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Japanese Name: | 八宝水軍 |
Romanized Name: | Happō Suigun |
English Name: | Eight Treasures Water Army |
First Appearance: | Chapter 704; Episode 633[1] |
Captain: | Sai, Chinjao (former) |
Total Bounty: | Over 500,000,000[2] |
The Happo Navy is a pirate crew[3] that the Chinjao Family; Sai, Boo, and formerly Chinjao of the Flower Country belong to.[4]
Chinjao was the 12th commander of the Happo Navy, but after Vice Admiral Garp caused his famed drill-shaped head to cave in, he lost his legendary strength, and access to the vast fortune buried inside the Jewel Ice Sheet. Losing everything and left with a broken heart, he gave up on piracy, and retired.[3]
His position as the commander succeeded by his grandson, Sai, while his other grandson, Boo, became the lieutenant.[4]
Dressrosa ArcEdit
While Chinjao was fighting Luffy at the Corrida Coliseum, Luffy dealt a strong blow on his head recovering his drill-shaped head once again.
After the fight, while Chinjao was struggling to thank Luffy for bringing his head back to its original shape. Chinjao said that he will put his grandson's Happo Navy Army under Luffy's wing as a token of gratitude.
Crew StrengthEdit
The Happo Navy consists of a large fleet of ships,[3] situated in the New World, with the position of leader being passed down for 13 generations.[4] The army was strong enough to survive an encounter with Vice Admiral Garp, and has amassed a great cove of treasure.[3]
Signature TechniqueEdit
The Happo Army's signature combat technique is the Hasshoken,[5] which allows the user to emit vibrations in a physical strike, breaking through shields and defenses and inflicting heavy damage. The vibrations can be imbued in virtually any melee attacks, such as fists, elbows, and kicks.[4] It is similar to one of the applications of the Gura Gura no Mi.
- See also the associated category: Happo Navy.
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Translation and Dub IssuesEdit
- Happo (八宝 Happō?) literally means "Eight Treasures", which is derived from the Chinese name of the flower Sedum erythrostictum.
- The organization is known as a Navy (水軍 Suigun?), which is how the the Japanese, Chinese and Korean navy are or were named. This differentiates them from the Marines (海軍 Kaigun?).
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 71 Chapter 704 and Episode 633, Boo, Sai, and Chinjao debut.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 71 Chapter 708 (p. 4) and Episode 637, when Chinjao was still a pirate, he had a bounty of over 500,000,000.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 72 Chapter 719 and Episode 649, Chinjao is introduced as a pirate and head of the Happo Navy and soon attacked by Garp.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 72 Chapter 715 and Episode 645, Gatz mentions the Happo Navy and their combat style.
- ↑ One Piece Manga and Anime — Vol. 72 Chapter 716 and Episode 646, Kelly, Sai and Gatz all refer Hasshoken as the Happo Army's and Flower Country's fighting style.


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A special soup when we visited was the chicken pozole ($12), which Pria says is one of his great favorites. Classic pozole is usually made with pork and hominy Pria riffs on the less common Pacific version from Jalisco, which uses chicken instead of pork and substitutes fresh fire-roasted corn kernels for the hominy. The result is a brighter, more complex flavor and texture, sounding peak notes of jalapeño and cilantro.
Avocado, tomatillo, serrano, jalapeño, jícama, achiote the words themselves are as lovely and evocative as these needle-sharp, fleshy, searing, smoky, reticulated, dusty flavors. The most foreign of the foreign, though, is the cactus paddle (an appetizer, $12), a true exotic. If you've never tasted oil-brushed, grilled nopales (and most of us haven't), imagine a vegetable cross of eggplant, portabella mushroom, and okra. Pria makes a sandwich of the paddles, filling them with grilled pork loin marinated in achiote (used in quantity, the spice has a flavor similar to saffron), adding a touch of guajillo chili sauce. It's a mouthful of diverse flavors and textures the pork chewy and sour, the cactus slippery and sweetish.
And then there are the thoroughly modern touches. Sashimi-grade loin of yellowfin tuna dusted with roasted pistachios. North Atlantic calamari, ubiquitous menu filler, but this time marinated in guajillo chili-infused garlic and olive oil with homemade pickled onions and smoked chipotle chili vinaigrette. Another menu standard, a crab cake appetizer ($15), is infused with Mesoamerican spirit: Chunks of Florida blue crab are rolled in yellow corn and pan fried for a toothsome texture far from the mushy bread-crumb-and-mayo-stuffed New England version; they're served with a deep red-brown chipotle sauce and chocolaty mole. Seared Keys yellowtail gets the treatment with pico de gallo and cilantro. A trio of tiny, tender, and ruby-centered Colorado lamb chops ($32) is brushed with fresh cilantro garlic oil and served with a wild mushroom-stuffed tamale and a miniature corn-husk boat of puréed black beans scattered with queso fresco. Even a grilled petite filet mignon ($32), pan-seared, luscious and pink, comes done up in a pepper brandy sauce alongside marinated roasted red peppers and a silky, fresh masa tamale steaming in its husk.
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A tray of desserts brought around after dinner looks delicious, but we are too stuffed to do more than split the sabayon ($8) three ways ("Ah," our server sighs, "this is my favorite") a whisper-soft egg-yolk foam laced with kahlua and blanketing piquant jolts of strawberry, blueberry, and raspberry like shocks of lightning in an equatorial sky.
Between the years 1518 and 1623, the native population of Central Mexico dropped from 25 million to 700,000 decimated mainly by diseases carried over in the lungs, provisions, and domesticated animals of the Europeans. It's hard to say what we might be celebrating this month if the kingdom of the Aztec Triple Alliance had lived and thrived. As it is, Thanksgiving's a holiday as loaded as a double-barreled musket. The cactus and the chili peppers and squash blossoms Eduardo Pria serves with such grace and flare are the little we have left of a once wildly rich and articulate culture; the compatible marriage of these to French and Spanish foodways are like the gleanings of an alternative, now impossibly foreclosed history. "Be it jade, it shatters. Be it gold, it breaks. Not forever on earth; only a little while here," the ancient Mesoamerican poet Nezahualcoyotl wrote. In our brief interval, it's worth giving thanks for a little bit of culinary artistry that has survived all incursions.


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In the hypersexualized world of pop and R&B, it's nice to hear a singer like Young Money up-and-comer Shanell addressing life's more mundane frustrations: y'know, like when you're getting dressed, and you have a stubborn button that just won't stay fastened. Wait… never mind, I see where this is going. If you haven't guessed, My Button is actually an unusual take on the all-too-common theme of female sexual disappointment. Hit-Boy's innocently catchy synth/piano production serves as the canvas for a veritable bucket-load of innuendo. Addressing a crucial part of the female anatomy, the artist encourages it to make the best of of an underwhelming sexual encounter; and, when it's clear that satisfaction isn't in the cards, she urges it to sit tight till the man in question is out the door, at which point they'll enjoy a little alone time. The cheerily risque result sounds a little like something you might hear in an X-rated Disney musical – I'll leave it to y'all to decide whether that's good or bad. If this joint succeeded in pushing your buttons (no, not in that way), you'll want to keep it locked for details on Shanell's debut set, whose title and release date are currently unknown.
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After a day exploring the Highlands' many attractions, indulge in a real foodie experience by enjoying the unique and mouth-watering flavours in the region's excellent eateries. From idyllic rural restaurants and country house hotels, there are plenty opportunities to enjoy the regional flavours. Wherever you are in the Highlands, don't miss out on the fantastic range of produce on offer.
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During your Highland break, enjoy a culinary experience you'll never forget on the Isle of Skye at the Michelin-starred Three Chimneys restaurant. Dine in the 100-year-old crofting cottage and soak up the intimate atmosphere as you savour delicious Skye produce, cooked with flair and expertise.
Another Skye favourite and Michelin-star holder is Kinloch Lodge, at Sleat, which offers exceptional fine dining with a distinctly traditional Scottish twist. Two other fine restaurants in the Highlands have also been honoured with the coveted award, namely Boath House at Auldearn, Nairn, and The Albannach at Lochinver in Sutherland, Britain's most northerly Michelin-starred restaurant.
The award-winning Applecross Inn focuses on fresh seafood with much of it fished from the bay. On any given day you could be feasting on prawns, lobster, crab, scallops, mussels or oysters. Meanwhile, the remote Old Forge Inn at Inverie on the Knoydart peninsula is praised for its seafood, venison and real ales.
Further north in Lochinver, dine in the Chez Rouz Restuarant at the Inver Lodge Hotel. The menus are devised by the legendary Albert Roux whose aim is to offer hearty country cooking using the best local produce, such as organic salmon and seabass.
Sample some fine local produce at the Rothiemurchus Centre including venison, beef, trout, heather honey and locally brewed beer. Take a look around the farm shop or sit down to a warming meal of local produce at the Druie Restaurant Café.
While in Inverness, see the finest Highlands and Scottish ingredients turned into unique and original dishes at Café 1, or sample delicious food in a converted church, with period features and modern finishes, at the Mustard Seed.
Head east to the Classroom in Nairn where Cullen Skink, Highland venison and Kildrummie beef are all on the menu, and look out for succulent cooked meat and lovely cakes in the Olive Tree Café in an idyllic location near Forres.
If you're looking to indulge your sweet tooth, the Clootie Dumpling Restaurant in Grantown on Spey serves the traditional Scottish pudding in 21 different ways. Sit outside or keep warm by the wood burning stove in the restaurant.
Have you heard about Taste Our Best, a new award which recognises establishments which put quality and Scottish ingredients at the forefront of everything they do? Search through accredited Taste Our Best restaurants and cafés in the Highlands.
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Authentic international cuisine may be enjoyed in the elegant restaurant or cosy Whisky Bar, where more than 230 whiskies may be found, alongside more than 100 Belgian beers, real ale & cider and a wine list of over 100 bottles.
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Welcome to Applecross Smokehouse - producers of gourmet smoked fish, shellfish and cheeses.
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Located in the centre of the historic fishing village of Findhorn on the Moray Firth. Specialising in fresh, local and organic food. Featuring bread & bakery products from our adjoining bakery. Indoor & outdoor seating.
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This world famous whisky store is set on the southern edge of the Cairngorm National Park in the heart of the Malt Whisky Trail.
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All our food is cooked daily on the premises by our chefs and baker using local ingredients where possible.
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Everything we understand about our own universe has to come from information gathered through the senses. And while the eyes and ears can have quite abstract concepts ferried to them, it's still impossible to actually observe these complex ideas in everyday life. We can only really observe analogies. So where we have come to understand the three spatial dimensions we exist in, quantum physicists for years have proposed there may be more. And just like the complexity of life is able to be sustained in three dimensions, would it be possible to sustain intelligent beings in more? Scientists developing the multiverse theory, also known as M-Theory or Meta-Universe Theory have spent considerable time examining what higher dimensions and parallel realities would be like. There are several schools of thought on the subject, but there are several different possible ways higher dimensions could manifest. The easiest way to imagine a higher dimension is to examine them relatively through the lens we already have of seeing lower dimensions. For example, a being able to only exist in the flat two dimensional would be able to move along its simple plane, but unable to see the hand hovering over it. An ant crawling across its simple world would be a fantastic and magical being only appearing to it as six impossible individuals occasionally shifting in and out of its reality as the bottoms of its feet made contact with the plane. Likewise a simple pencil scratching across the surface of its world could create structures of such complexity the simple two-dimensional being would find it difficult to comprehend, if not impossible. It's difficult enough to imagine how matter would exist in the fifth dimension, but the first, second, third, and fourth dimensions can all be represented mathematically. The abstract fifth dimension is represented by the symbol N. But before it seems like we'll never understand higher dimensions, consider that our eyes are not actually capable of perceiving true three dimensional space because the retinas collect light in what is essentially a flat (even if slightly curved) plane. One of the more interesting elements of having binocular vision, as opposed to eyes on the side of the head is the additional illusion of three dimensional vision, which is facilitated through comparative analysis between eyes. This is called in simpler terms depth perception. So what might a higher dimensional being be like? While there are plenty of theories on what such a being may actually be like, it's difficult to get a firm understanding of something so beyond our own universe. In fact, rather than being super-beings in our own dimension such a being could theoretically actually suffer severe limitations on our own world, and would have to learn to function in an entirely new way. And our existence, may even seem confining to such an entity to a point where operating within it would feel trivial and perhaps even disturbing. Of course, concepts like triviality would be difficult to translate into higher dimensions as much as the physical being itself. They may operate according to patterns of thought completely beyond what we are capable of on Earth.
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To be held in March 2015 - Parallel to ExpoPrint Digital , which addresses the print market-oriented graph - the FESPA Brazil promises to present incredible releases from the best manufacturers entered the market in screen printing, digital printing large format , digital printing and clothing, signage and digital signage.
Thinking of adding value to this business and to the market, FESPA and APS will deliver the Digital Textile Conference São Paulo. The conference is the Brazilian edition of this consecrated textile conference organized by FESPA around the world and will take place on March 20th during FESPA Brazil.
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The Nordic Print Congress has been organised by the four Nordic Associations who are members of FESPA.
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From 18-22 May 2015, Printeriors 2015 invites the interiors and architectural design community to connect with international print agencies and suppliers offering an insight into the versatility and power of print for interior design and decoration.
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The annual European Sign Expo unites sign-makers and visual communication practitioners with innovation in conventional and digital signage. Producers of architectural and informational signage can see the latest solutions in channel lettering, signage systems, illuminated displays (including neon and LED), etching and engraving, as well as digital signage.
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FESPA Mexico is the largest dedicated wide format exhibition in Central and North America. The event also focuses on textile printing, garment decoration, screen printing, and signage, alongside quality educational content that will offer visitors the chance to build their businesses and add new print solutions.
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Radio Angola tera o privilégio de entrevistar ao vivo o advogado e activista cívico, Francisco Luemba. A Entrevista esta progrmada para o dia 27 de Novembro as 15 horas de Washington e 21 horas de Angola. O nosso interlocutor debruçar-se-á sobre uma Mesa Redonda "REFLECTIR CABINDA" organizada pela Omunga no dia 27 de Novembro de 2014, a partir das 15 horas, na Sala de audiências do Hotel Luso, em BENGUELA, do programa QUINTAS DE DEBATES. Este Fórum tem como objetivo "Inserir a situação de Cabinda na agenda política nacional, Reafirmar o espaço da sociedade civil em Cabinda, Promover um diálogo aberto e inclusivo sobre Cabinda."
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Our topic today: Habits That Steal Happiness...
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Danimator's chum and returning guest, Turo will be playing the roll of Biff ... kinda-sorta. You'll see. Anyhow, we want to talk about animation and one of our favorite directors of all time, Hayao Miyazaki! Plus, with the latest news about Studio Ghibli closing, it makes you wonder ... what's up for the future of animation?
Dan WAS gonna title this week's show "Turo's Dreams and Punching Bulls in the Face", because we've mentioned Turo's fun-filled and curious dreams in his first show with us (see Geek Pile #17 - Turo & Dan: Adventures in Puberty), so we thought it might be fun to share some of those dreams. We'll also talk about how playing an arcade game nearly got him killed in real-time-high-def!
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Warrior Talk with GI Jenn is very honored to have A Soldier's Whisper Author Jenny La Sala. Jenny's book is a collection of wartime letters with reflection and hope for the future. "My silk is my silent weapon," as quoted by this 101st Airborne paratrooper of the 5-0-Deuce, as he later reflected on his jumps into Normandy in June 1944 and in the liberation of Holland in September 1944.
Readers will embark on a heartwarming, poignant and inspirational journey in this collection of literary works written by the author's father, a young 101st Airborne paratrooper between 1943-1945. Comes a Soldier's Whisper is filled with resilient hope that will touch your heart and soul.
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The French Foreign Legion has established a reputation as the most formidable of military forces. Created as a means of protecting French interests abroad the legion spearheaded French colonialism in North Africa during the nineteenth century. Accepting volunteers from all parts of the world the legion acquired an aura of mysteryand a less than enviable reputation for brutality within its ranks. Attracting recruits from all over the world these new soldiers explain in their own words why they submitted themselves to such brutal training and dangerous military assignments. Voices of the Foreign Legion looks at how the legion selects its recruits where they come from and why they seek a life of incredible hardship and danger. It also analyzes the legion's strict attitude toward discipline questions why desertion is a perennial problem and assesses the legion's military achievements since its formation in 1831. Its scope ranges from the conquest of the colonies in Africa and the Far East through the horrors of the two World Wars to the bitter but ultimately hopeless battles to maintain France's imperial possessions.
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On a flight from New York to Paris, Julie and Antoine are seated side-by-side for the first time since their break-up and relive the lows and highs of their past.
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Full review…What raises it a notch above the typical slick Hollywood romances are its stars, Ludivine Sagnier and Nicolas Bedos.
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