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DURHAM, N.C. - Fourth-year ASU head coach Pat Murphy has been named Baseball America's Collegiate Coach of the Year after guiding the Sun Devils back to the College World Series for the first time since 1994 and to their highest finish, second, since 1988. ASU finished the 1998 season with a 41-23 record.
Faced with a challenging schedule that included 30 games against 1998 NCAA regional participants, ASU responded with the intensity and fundamental play characteristic of Murphy's teams. The Sun Devils went to Wichita, Kan., for the Midwest regional as a No. 3 seed and won the regional for a trip to Omaha.
"I'm humbled and overwhelmed by the award," Murphy said. "Coaches don't like to get awards. Awards are for players. You get your satisfaction from watching them do things the right way on the field."
Murphy's first appearance at the College World Series has been, to this point, the peak of his career. He got his start as a player at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Fla., and was a member of the school's first baseball team. His first coaching job was at Maryville (Tenn.) College at the age of 24, and he moved on to Division III Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Calif.) College for two years before coaching at Notre Dame for seven seasons. He became coach at Arizona State in 1995 and has compiled a record of 149-87 (.631) in Tempe.
The Six-Pac swept Baseball America's postseason honors as Stanford's Jeff Austin was named the College Player of the Year earlier this month and California's Xavier Nady was selected as the Freshman of the Year.

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Sometimes things that are meant to help you on your journey can hinder it. I've experienced this with my scale and I'm going to tell you about it.
Everyone has one - one of those little bathroom scales. It usually just sits there, but when you're on a quest to lose weight and get fit it can be used once a week, once a day or sometimes multiple times a day (obsessive much?). Well my scale, the last time I checked, said I was 289 lbs. I'll give you a moment to pick up your jaw and then I'll remind you that when I started this journey I was about 330 lbs. So, yeah...I felt okay about that!
Anyways, once I REALLY got into working out again I started weighing myself once a week. I thought it would be a good measure of my progress and help me stay motivated. I could SEE the change in myself and in my clothes. They fit differently and I was noticing that I was actually able to see some definition in my muscles but the scale saw nothing. Literally for 4 weeks I saw NO change - not up or down - exactly the same weight. I thought my scale was broken so I weighed myself at the gym after a workout. Same weight. No change. And then it happened - I got frustrated. "Why the HELL aren't I losing more weight?!" I'd say to my husband, who would always respond with something like "You're working hard, you're being very healthy and you look beautiful! You'll lose it soon...right now you're building muscle!" But it wasn't helping. I started to think about giving up...
Then I had an ah-ha moment. What the hell was I doing letting my scale, which is just a device I have to HELP me, dictate how I felt about my body?! What was wrong with me?! I KNEW I was working hard. I KNEW something was changing in my body (my clothes are all kinds of weird sizes right now!). And I KNEW that no matter what the scale was saying I could NOT give up. I would NOT let myself go back to what I was before. It was NOT happening. So I took my scale, took out the batteries, and put it under a basket in the bathroom. I didn't take it away - I think it serves as a good reminder of where I want to go - but I didn't want to focus on it and let it run my life.
So, I haven't weighed myself in 2 months. I don't know if I'm down much, but I know I won't be up. And you know what? Right now, I don't care. I want to continue on this journey and I need to do it in a way that motives me. The scale didn't work, it made me upset, it made me obsess, and it made me think about quitting. And that's not something I'm willing to do.
I will weigh myself again, but right now I'm focusing on how I feel, how I look, how my energy, stamina, and mood have improved and how differently my clothes are fitting. Those, to me, are all positive signs that I am on the right track. And I won't let me scale drag me back down!
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Have you seen the "Weed Fairy" today? While many people might know Tinker Bell (who hangs with Peter Pan,) the tooth fairy who visits the kids after their teeth falls out and maybe even the Fairy Godmother, but in Seattle there is pot loving fairy roaming the streets. According to Fox News on Friday, an individual has been distributing free nuggets of marijuana to people in Seattle since Memorial Day weekend.
So how does this pot find the way to people? Apparently it is taped to fliers around the city. The weed is mostly in neighborhoods for people to just stop and grab. Over 50 flyers have been posted and people wondered just who might be behind the trend. After intriguing the community, 23-year-old Yeni Sleidi stepped forward to reveal her identity. She says she shares her pot to amuse people and to give them a break from everyday stress.
The latest pop culture trends appears to be giving away items by hiding them in community areas. While the Weed Fairy is in Seattle giving away drugs, in Los Angeles a millionaire has people tearing through parks, shopping centers and other locations looking for envelopes of cash. On Thursday night there was a massive traffic jam in the Burbank area as thousands of people rushed to a general location after Hidden Cash shared a clue on where money could be found. Causing chaos and giving hope, the free cash has people watching Twitter and rushing to an area to find cash first.
If drugs and cash aren't your type of freebies, in Santa Monica there is a temporary stand where visitors can walk up and get a hug. No strings, no questions and no names. It's a simple exchange where a random stranger comes out of the booth to give the guest a big squeeze and remind them they are human.
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Although they're not officially announced yet, the HTC Evo 3D and HTC Evo View 4G have been spotted at Sprint. The carrier doesn't provide too much info on the two new Android devices, but it does show images of them.
The Evo 3D looks a lot like the Evo 4G, while the Evo View 4G is an all-black version of the HTC Flyer.
As previously reported, the HTC Evo 3D should feature Android 2.3, a 4.3 inch qHD (960 x 450) 3D display, dual 5MP cameras on the back, 1.3MP video-calling camera on the front, 1GB of RAM, and a dual-core 1.2GHz Qualcomm processor.
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Schwandt, P; Bischoff-Ferrari, H A; Staehelin, H B; Haas, G M (2009). Cardiovascular risk screening in school children predicts risk in parents. Atherosclerosis, 205(2):626-631.
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BACKGROUND: Since children have frequent contact with the health care system, while their young parents very often do not, screening children routinely might represent an important opportunity to target the young parents. We examined whether cardiovascular risk factors in children predicted the risk of their parents. METHODS: Five silent (hypertension, high triglycerides, high LDL-, high non-HDL-, and low HDL-cholesterol) and two clinical apparent (general and central adiposity) risk factors were compared in 2720 child-parent pairs from a well-defined sample of German elementary school children and parents. RESULTS: All clinical apparent and silent risk factors were significantly correlated between children and their parents, and most pronounced were those for three silent risk factors: HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, and non-HDL cholesterol (correlation coefficient r=0.26-0.28). In multivariate models, adjusting for age and gender, child general and abdominal adiposity conferred a significant 2.9-fold and a 2.6-fold enhanced odds among parents of carrying the same risk factors. Similarly, abnormal LDL, HDL, or non-HDL among children conferred a significant 3.0-fold, 2.0-fold, or 2.9-fold increased odds among parents. The odds of parents appeared stronger if the child had the same sex only for clinical apparent risk factors, and most pronounced for general adiposity. CONCLUSIONS: Cardiovascular risk screening in children may serve as a case finding strategy for early prevention in high risk families. The inclusion of silent risk factors in a screening program of school children may be warranted for the high prevalence among children and enhanced case-finding potential among parents.
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I tye Jigs. Big Narly things to alot fly people. I actually use up to 9/0 jigs. Well I was hoping to get something that clould do a 5/0 and just use a bench vise for the rest. Well when I recived the vise the jaws looked to be wide open and look huge. So I picked up a 9/0 and it slid in easily flipped the tension lever and I actually had to tighten it up. A very nice and simple tool. The actual model is a Terra 8101 Master Vise. The service here was outstanding I will be back. Oh this year I intend to pick up my fly rod and relearn.
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Not too impressed with the vise. Holds hooks very well and seems sturdy until you try to uses the rotary feature. It's loose and gritty, the fly wobbles all around so its useless when trying to use it to wrap chenille or wire. It's nice being able to see all sides of the fly but the tolerances are just too loose to be able to really take advantage of the rotary function. Not a big deal to me, but my vise was not nickel like shown but rather black. again not a big deal but I do prefer the looks of the nickel. It was only $20 so I guess I can't complain too much but my advice is to save up the extra $40 $50 and buy a better set up.
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I bought 4 of these for Boy Scouts to use as part of their Fly Fishing Merit Badge. Each Scout will have to tie 2 of their own flies.
For this purpose, the vise will go to good use. Otherwise, this should be considered a cheap first (beginner's) vise that will get replaced at some point, as you can afford it or once you are committed to tying flies.
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Pro Football Talk on Thursday corrected a report that erroneously said Saints tight end Jimmy Graham had until April 22 to file a grievance arguing he should be paid $5 million more, or like a wide receiver, under the franchise tag New Orleans handed him in late February.
Graham actually has until 2017, Pro Football Talk is now reporting.
During the annual NFL owners meeting in March, the site published a report citing an anonymous source saying that Graham had 50 days to file a grievance through the NFL Players Association. April 22 was 50 days from when Graham was tagged.
Furthermore, the site reported that it was "likely" Graham and the Saints would reach a long-term deal before April 22.
But April 22 is actually irrelevant. If he went that route, Graham would not be filing a non-injury grievance but for a system arbitration, Pro Football Talk said.
Players have 50 days to file non-injury grievances. Players have three years to file for a system arbitration, according to the NFL's collective bargaining agreement, per Pro Football Talk.
The site apparently began going over its reporting after Saints General Manager Mickey Loomis told reporters at LSU's Pro Day on Wednesday that he didn't view April 22 as any kind of meaningful deadline in negotiations with Graham.
The Saints tagged Graham as a tight end after he led the team with 1,215 receiving yards and the NFL with 16 touchdown catches in 2013, the last season on the rookie deal he accepted from New Orleans in 2010.
But Graham, whose tag is worth about $7 million, spent most of his time last year lining up out wide for the Saints. A franchise tag for a wide receiver is worth about $12 million, and it's believed he could file a grievance through the players association to be classified as a wideout, given the massive boost in pay that could result in, depending on the decision of a third party.
Yet Graham would not even play under the tag if he and the Saints can agree on a long-term deal to replace the one he accepted from New Orleans as a rookie in 2010.
Loomis restated his desire for that long-term deal Wednesday. He said he hoped one was reached by the start of training camp but did not commit to a firm timetable.
"Lots of us would rather have things done sooner rather than later, but it doesn't always happen like that," Loomis said. "We want to have Jimmy Graham on our team when training camp begins, and I am sure he wants to be with us.
"So we'll just keep plugging away at the process. He has a great agent (in Jimmy Sexton). All his people … know what they're doing; so do we."
Other tidbits:
-Florida State center Bryan Stork's visit with the Saints will be Thursday and Friday, the Baltimore Sun's Aaron Wilson reported. Stork has drawn fourth-round draft projections as well as comparisons to Brian de la Puente, who started at center for the Saints from 2011 to 2013 but left for the Chicago Bears in free agency.
-After cornerback Champ Bailey's two-year deal went on the books Thursday morning, the Saints are about $4.01 million under the salary cap, the NFLPA site showed. That figure does not account for safety Rafael Bush's new two-year deal.


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Most investors don't take advantage of foreign investment opportunities
and are too heavily weighted in Canadian investments. Although the
federal government allows 30 percent of an RRSP to be invested in
foreign companies based on book value, most RRSP holdings don't
even come close to that amount.
"That's probably not a good thing," says
Dennis Tew, senior vice-president and chief financial officer of
Franklin Templeton Investments in Toronto. "They're really
missing out on a lot of opportunities out there. Many major industries
operate outside of Canada."
Canada accounts for less than 3 percent of the world's
capital markets, so investors who hold mostly Canadian stocks and
bonds are putting a lot of their investment eggs in one economic
basket and exposing themselves to the vagaries of the Toronto Stock
Exchange (TSX) at the expense of 97 percent of the world's markets.
Part of the problem is Canadians don't understand
the foreign content rules. A 2002 survey by RBC Financial Group
found the average RRSP portfolio had only 9.9 percent foreign content,
well below the 30-percent cap (investors must pay a one-percent
tax per month for any amount that exceeds 30 percent). Only 12 percent
of Canadians maximize their foreign content holdings, and more than
one-third say they don't have any foreign content at all.
Those who don't invest outside of Canada are missing
out. One only needs to look at the Morgan Stanley world performance
indexes (www.msci.com) to appreciate the opportunity foreign markets
present. At the end of April, the TSX was down about 0.2 percent.
However, Austria was up 24 percent, Greece was up 14.6 percent and
Japan was up 13.7 percent.
However, there are some risks to investing offshore,
says Adrian Mastracci, financial adviser at KCM Wealth Management
Inc., in Vancouver. You expose yourself to foreign currencies, which
can be volatile. "For those who don't have the stomach for
it, it may not be a good idea to be fully maximized in terms of
foreign content," he says.
But if you want to expand beyond Canada's border and
not be held back by the 30-percent rule, here are some simple-and
perfectly legal-strategies:
You can skirt the 30-percent cap by engaging in what is known as
double-dipping, effectively hiking your foreign content to 51 percent
without feeling the wrath of the tax police. Double-dipping hinges
on the fact that mutual funds can also avail themselves of the 30-percent
foreign-content rule.
First, invest 30 percent of your portfolio in foreign
equity. Then, invest the remaining 70 percent of your portfolio
in RRSP-eligible mutual funds that maximize their 30 percent foreign
content exposure. This hikes your total foreign exposure by an additional
21 percent (30 percent of 70).
Labour funds
Another way to hike the limit is by investing in Labour Sponsored
Investment Funds (LSIFs). The federal government allows you to increase
your foreign content holdings by $3 for every $1 invested in an
LSIF, up to a maximum of 50 percent of your RRSP. However, be aware
that LSIFs are risky ventures that invest in early development companies,
so they may be too dicey for investors with low risk tolerance.
Clone and index funds
You can sidestep the foreign content restrictions all together by
investing in a growing number of specialty products created specifically
to deal with the limitations.
First, there are clone funds, 100-percent RRSP-eligible
mutual funds that maximize their 30-percent allotment in foreign
stocks and then use derivatives to mimic the performance of an actively
managed fund within the same fund family, such as a U.S. equity
fund or international fund. For example, the Templeton International
Stock RSP Fund mimics the popular Templeton International Stock
By using derivatives, clone funds qualify as Canadian
content, but mirror the returns of the foreign mutual fund they
copy. You should only consider clone funds once you've hit your
foreign-content ceiling of 30 percent. That's because the management
fees are usually 0.4 to 0.6 percent higher than the Management Expense
Ratio of the underlying fund, which means their overall performance
will fall short of the funds they mimic.
If you want to maximize foreign content and are looking
for lower fees, then consider a 100-percent RRSP-eligible index
fund, such as the iIntR fund from Barclays Global Capital. It tracks
the popular international MSCI EAFE Index, but is fully RRSP eligible.
Foreign indexes have traditionally outperformed the
TSE. Like clone funds, index funds use derivatives and short-term,
fixed-income instruments to mimic the index, and management fees
are normally less than 1 percent.
One caveat: there are some risks to the hedge techniques
used by clone funds. Future contracts are short-term, so there's
no guarantee they will be available down the road. As well, futures
and derivatives are purchased through third parties and therefore
are exposed to insolvency issues should the third party go bankrupt.
If you prefer sticking closer to home, you can always
look at leveraging foreign exposure through the Canadian content
of your RRSP. For example, many Canadian companies, such as Sherritt
International, Bombardier and Alcan Aluminum, earn much of their
revenue outside our borders, but still count as Canadian content.
As well, Canadian bonds issued in foreign currency also qualify
as Canadian content in RRSPs, but provide foreign exposure.
Jim Middlemiss is a freelance
writer and lawyer based in Toronto. He's a frequent contributor
to National Post, Investment Executive and Wall Street & Technology.
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All I've read about mercury detox protocols says you shouldn't take these two together so it's weird to see it in a HMD combo. Most protocols seem to state that you should take chlorella about 30 minutes before taking cilantro so when cilantro starts pulling mercury from your cells, there's already chlorella in your body to remove the mercury. If you're taking it together, the mercury might get reabsorbed into other cells instead of being removed from your body. That's one of the reasons I avoid this supplement.
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Zahoruiko Named Second Team All American At USCSA Nationals
March 6, 2009
WINTER PARK, Colo. - UMass Men's Skiing co-captain Alex Zahoruiko was named a Second Team All American at this week's USCSA Nationals in Winter Park, Colo. The Minuteman senior recovered after a slow first run to finish 15th in the Giant Slalom on Thursday. The North Andover, Mass. native finishes his career at UMass as one of the premiere skiers in program history.
Zahoruiko played a key role in UMass Skiing's success this season, finishing in the top 15 of the Giant Slalom seven times. He led the Minutemen to a second place team finish in the Giant Slalom at last week's ECSC Regionals, finishing in seventh place with a time of 2:13.60. Zahoruiko also finished seventh in the Slalom at the ECSC Regionals (1:32.33). His best time of the season came at the MIT Carnival on January 31 with a time of 1:44.57 and a third place finish.
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Brentwood School, an independent K12 school in California, just released a new LibGuides for NoodleTools. Check out how the librarian, Elisabeth Abarbanel, promotes research basics and NoodleTools to students and teachers. Ms. Abarbanel maintains a blog, InfoEagles, and she is using a RSS feed to display in LibGuides the research tips that are featured in her blog (lower right hand column).
For more great ideas how to use LibGuides to promote NoodleTools, take a look at what others have done at their schools via the LibGuides community.
TIP: To embed our tutorial videos on your web pages, as opposed to linking to them, use the videos at our YouTube NoodleTools Channel where embed code is provided for each video.
- Click on video you want to use
- Click the "Share" and then the "Embed" button
Note: these YouTube videos are not closed captioned. We will address this in the future. For now, captioned versions of tutorials are at our Tutorial page on our website.
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Headed into their first-round playoff matchup against Syracuse in 2005, the University of Massachusetts men knew just who they were facing.
They knew the Orangemen were the defending national champions, with nine NCAA championships to their credit. They knew Syracuse hadn't lost a preliminary-round game since 1981 and had made 23 consecutive trips to the Final Four.
But UMass also knew it could win, and its white-knuckle 16-15 victory catapulted the program to the next level.


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Asthma Hits the Obese Harder
Obesity seems to make everything worse. Here's what I mean. New research claims that serious asthma is more likely to develop in obese individuals than the non-obese. Robert Preidt of HealthDay News reports:
In their study, a team at Emory Crawford Long Hospital in Atlanta examined data from the U.S. National Asthma Survey.
"Our analysis showed that out of more than 3,000 patients with asthma, obese patients were 66 percent more likely to report continuous symptoms, 36 percent more likely to miss more days of work and 52 percent more likely to be classified as having either moderate or severe persistent asthma when compared to non-overweight people," Dr. Brian Taylor, a pulmonary fellow, said in a prepared statement.
These findings held true after the researchers adjusted for factors including gender, race, age, smoking status, and family history of asthma.
Taylor said he and his colleagues, "noted that obese patients were more likely to have less education, be unemployed and be African-American."
They also found that obese people with asthma made more frequent emergency room visits and used daily controller and as-needed rescue medications more often. The association between obesity and asthma severity seemed slightly stronger in women than in men, which has been noted in previous studies.
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Fort Smith, Arkansas, in 1890, is a haven of justice presiding over thousands of square miles known as the Indian Nation, a land that harbors the most hardened criminals in the country. When a woman is found murdered, young attorney Eben Pay, newly arrived to the territory, is pulled into a posse that follows a trail of blood and destruction. Among the dead he discovers a survivor, the beautiful, traumatized Jennie Thrasher, and the question of what she witnessed… (more)
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Police: Woman struck by motorcycle in Glendale dies; speed, impairment not a factor in crash
GLENDALE, AZ - A 61-year-old woman has died after she was hit by a motorcyclist in Glendale Wednesday, according to police.
Jay O'Neill, spokesman for the Glendale Police Department, said the woman was crossing Glendale Avenue outside the crosswalk around 7:15 p.m. when she was hit by a motorcyclist traveling eastbound.
He said the woman was not in the crosswalk. The woman suffered life-threatening injuries and was transported to a nearby hospital where she died.
O'Neill identified her as Matilde Chacon, of Glendale.
The motorcycle rider, a 34-year-old man, suffered minor injuries and remained on scene, according to police.
O'Neill said the investigation is on-going. Speed and impairment do not appear to be factors in the crash, he said.
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UCLA's Steve Alford is among 48 head coaches across the country participating in this season's Infiniti Coaches' Charity Challenge, teaming with ESPN, NABC and the NCAA to produce a one-of-a-kind charity competition.
For 10 weeks, Alford and 47 other head coaches will compete in a round robin bracket tournament for the chance to win $100,000 for charity. Alford has teamed with the Special Olympics, a global movement of people who look to improve the lives of those with intellectual disabilities.
While training with and competing for the USA Basketball Olympic Team in the summer of 1984 prior to his sophomore season at Indiana University, Alford and his teammates worked with the Special Olympics. Since then, the Bruins' head coach has continued to give back to the nearly 45-year-old organization.
"That summer, they took our team to see the national Special Olympics in Terre Haute, Indiana," Alford recalled. "I've been hooked on helping them ever since. For as long as I've been in coaching, I've been giving back to the Special Olympics. Those participants give 100 percent of what they have all the time. They're always fun to watch."
This year's Infiniti Coaches Challenge incorporates a tournament format divided into four rounds. The coaches with the most votes will advance to the next round and earn more money for their charity.
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Sixth Annual
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June 10-11, 2006, Stanford California
Highlights from
Making the Link: Hepatitis B and Liver Cancer
Dr. Sam So, MD, FACS, The Lui Hac Minh Professor, Stanford University Medical Center, and Founder and Director, Asian Liver Center at Stanford University
As the keynote presenter at the 6 th Annual B Informed Patient Conference, Dr. Sam So, re-titled his presentation, "Scream If You're Not Getting Screened Regularly for Liver Cancer" to emphasize that there is a strong link between the hepatitis B virus (HBV) and liver cancer, which is the fastest growing cancer in the United States.
Below is a summary of the highlights of Dr. So's presentation.
First some important facts…
- Worldwide, 400 million people with chronic HBV vs. 40 million people with HIV
- 1 in 4 individuals with HBV will die of liver cancer, cirrhosis or liver failure
- 1 million lives are lost each year due to HBV
- A vaccine to prevent HBV has been available for more than 25 years
Remember, hepatitis B transmission is not "BS", but " BBS" – that is, blood, birth, and unprotected sex. Many people do not realize that most people in the world are infected at birth by their mothers who do not know they have chronic HBV.
HBV is NOT transmitted through sharing food, drinks, casual contact, sneezing or kissing ("unless you routinely bite someone while kissing").
Connecting the dots between HBV and liver cancer…
Dr. Palmer Beasley was the first to conduct a large study of more than 22,000 Taiwanese government workers. He discovered that the risk of liver cancer was 60 times greater in those with chronic HBV vs. those who are uninfected. This is a much higher association than lung cancer and smoking, which is about 20-25 times greater in smokers vs. non-smokers.
In 1997, Taiwan reported a significant drop in liver cancer rates in children after universal infant HBV immunization programs were adopted.
In 2005, the United States Food and Drug Administration added HBV to its small list of 58 known cancer-causing agents (e.g. carcinogens).
The World Health Organization designated the HBV vaccine as the first "anti-cancer" vaccine (contrary to media reports about the HPV vaccine being the first).
HBV is second, only to tobacco and lung cancer, as a known cause of cancer!
HBV in China
If one were to believe the media in China, then it would seem that HIV was the most important public health problem. In fact, hepatitis B is an enormous problem with 130 million Chinese infected with HBV (10% of total population) versus 650,000 infected with HIV (0.05%).
In addition, with 12 reported deaths due to avian flu last year, the Chinese government has responded by recommending the vaccination of every bird against avian flu! But isn't it more important to vaccinate every person against hepatitis B, which is a much more real threat and danger?
HBV in the USA
The greatest health disparity between Asian Americans and Caucasians is chronic HBV and liver cancer:
- 1 in 10 Asian Americans have chronic HBV
- 1.2-1.4 million Americans have chronic HBV, and 60% are Asian Americans
- Risk of liver cancer is 4-13 times greater for Asian Americans than Caucasians
- Liver cancer is the 2 nd leading cause of cancer among Asian American males
- The 5-year survival rate for liver cancer is only 7% vs. 87% for breast cancer
- Liver cancer is the fastest growing cancer in the United States
Physicians are unfortunately themselves not aware that HBV is a huge public health problem among
Asian Americans and that it is the primary cause of liver cancer. This lack of awareness and understanding was confirmed by the results of a survey of incoming house staff at Stanford University Medical Center in 2003, which reflects national figures:
- Only half were aware HBV is a major health problem among Asian Americans (53%)
- Less than half recognized perinatal transmission as the major mode of transmission among Asian Americans (40%)
- Only a quarter knew about the increased risk of liver cancer from chronic HBV (27%)
- Only a quarter would order HBV screening for their Asian American patients (27%)
Screening for chronic HBV patients
Screening for Liver Damage : Every 6 months blood tests for ALT and HBV markers should be monitored (or more frequently if needed)
Screening for Liver Cancer : Both of the tests below are very important to for liver cancer screening.
- Add AFP (alpha-feto-protein) to the ALT and HBV blood tests every 6 months (or more frequently if needed)
- Ultrasound the liver at least once a year (twice a year if you have cirrhosis or a family history of liver cancer). For fatty or cirrhotic livers, a Triphasic CT provides a clearer image than ultrasounds.
Remember, early detection of liver cancer is critical to increasing successful intervention and survival!
Dr. So's recommendations in a nutshell . . . "B Informed"
- Know what tests are needed
- Don't assume all doctors understand HBV and the risk of liver cancer
- Don't let your doctors scare you!
- Change doctors if they won't order the right tests
- Get your family tested and vaccinated
With a few simple tests at least twice a year, you too can live a healthy long life!
Please see Dr. So's slides for additional information.
Dr. So invited Richard to share his story about liver cancer…
"One winter Monday morning, my number one priority was to complete a major project at work. After receiving my blood test results later that evening, my top priority on Tuesday morning was to save my life," so began Richard in his emotional and compelling story that emphasized the urgent need for regular liver cancer screening.
Four years ago, Richard was diagnosed with chronic HBV during a routine physical and was seen by a liver specialist. His AFP blood test was 18, but neither he nor the doctor was very concerned. "I had a false sense of security and was more concerned about GI cancer and colonoscopies due to all the media attention," he said. "I became complacent and didn't follow-up with regular appointments."
In January 2006, the doctor discovered that Richard had a 10 cm liver cancer tumor. After undergoing two difficult chemo-embolization treatments, his liver tumor has shrunk to 7 cm. But it's not yet clear whether a liver resection or transplant will be necessary.
"I'm fighting for my life now. It's very emotional and very hard on my family. I don't know what the result will be, but I'm doing everything possible to qualify for the liver transplant list, in case that's my best option."
Richard is not only fighting for his life, but is also hoping to save other lives by publicly telling his story. "I'm sharing my story because prevention is so much better than waiting until treatment is too late. Everyone should be proactive, get tested and screened regularly for liver cancer. Don't wait!"


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Jackson has a long history with Children's, but his story begins in New York, where he was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer, at age 4. His doctors were forced to amputate his left leg above the knee about a year later. Jackson has been using a prosthesis for most of his life.
He moved with his family to Georgia in 1999 and first came to Children's in 2000. Jackson received the usual prosthetic adjustments and replacements that came with growing.
But he also had to receive several new prostheses because he kept breaking them. He broke the ankle of his prosthetic leg when he was chasing his cousin, and he snapped a metal pylon while playing basketball.
"It isn't supposed to be that way," he said. "I was rough on them. The people at Children's taught me how to walk and get used to each one."
Much of the problem came from Junior's size. By age 10, he weighed 150 pounds and he spent many of his teenage years at or above 250 pounds.
During his freshman year at Valdosta State, Jackson dedicated himself to getting fit. By doing so, he has lost more than 100 pounds in just over a year and has completely transformed his life.
"I have a regimen now," he said. "I had to change my eating habits–I cut out carbs completely. Girls tell me I'm cuter now, so the benefits outweigh the consequences."
An unexpected result of his weight loss was the inability to fit into his prosthetic leg. Jackson said that it sometimes fit so poorly that he was basically carrying the leg with a strap attached to his waist.
A short walk to class became a painful experience for the quickly shrinking Jackson. When he had to get a replacement, he didn't hesitate to make the three-hour drive back to Children's.
He still works with the same team made up of Physical Therapist Colleen Coulter, Senior Prosthetist Brian Giavedoni and Clinical Assistant Robin Cavender when he comes back to Atlanta, even though he is approaching his 21st birthday.
"They are like my family," Jackson said. "Brian talked to me about my career options. Robin is so sweet and helpful. Colleen is like my mom. I met her family and had so much fun with them."
Jackson has been with Children's for more than a decade and doesn't plan on losing touch with those he has grown so close to. He has other options for treatment closer to home but prefers to make the drive back to Atlanta.
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Omaha, OSU Face Off in Game Three Sunday
OMAHA, Neb. — Nebraska-Omaha (23-14-3) evened up its best-of-three playoff series with Ohio State (17-17-2), winning 2-1 on goals by Billy Pugliese and David Brisson and forcing a third game slated for Sunday night in the Omaha Civic Center.
Once again the Mavs scored early to force the Buckeyes to play from behind, when Pugliese picked up James Chalmers' rebound at 5:25 in the first, capitalizing on UNO's third shot on goal.
"I was real pleased with the way we came out in the first period," said Mike Kemp, Maverick head coach. "I thought we had jump, and unlike last night we were able to sustain it … from start to finish. That's the key. We're not in the situation where we can play 20 minutes and then take 20 off and try to come back and play 20 more. We have to play thorough and complete from start to finish."
Miguel Lafleche notched his second goal of the weekend for the Buckeyes late in the third period. Dan Ellis had 18 saves to Mike Betz's 21.
"I thought we played well," said Ohio State head coach John Markell. "Last night they hit a couple of posts, tonight we hit a couple of posts. It was reminiscent of the last time we were here, even though the score was six to one. I thought we came out and finished the game we wanted to finish it, with a little bit of momentum."
In UNO's first real offensive opportunity in the first period, Shane Glover passed up to Chalmers, whose shot squirted in between Betz's leg pads. Buckeye defender Eric Skaug tried to clear it, but Pugliese poked it home for the early 1-0 lead.
In the second period, it was Brisson's second goal of the series that would stand up as the game-winner, a "designed" play right off a face off in OSU's right circle. Andrew Wong won the draw and passed back to Brisson, whose one-timer deflected in off of Betz's stick at 12:05.
"Like every team today," said Kemp, "you have several different faceoff plays, and that was a designed play. It was nice to see that connect. We haven't run that play a lot this year and I don't think we scored a goal on that play this year yet and it was one of those things…[when] sometimes the simplest plays are the best."
Late in the second, the Mavericks found themselves down two men for the second time in the weekend, but unlike last night — when Jean-Francois Dufour was able to convert for the Buckeyes — UNO killed off 49 seconds of five-on-three followed by over a minute of five-on-four.
"Our guys did a great job … by not letting them have any chances, and the chances they did take went wide or over the net," said Maverick defender Greg Zanon, who was by his own admission in the box and "holding my breath" at the time. "We took a lot of the net away. To finish that five-on-four at the end of period was just unbelievable. That could have been the turning point in the game. It gave us a lot of life going into the third period."
Kemp agreed. "Last night we were in the same position, and we didn't kill the five-on-three, and we go from a two-one game going into the third period to three to one. That was a big turning point. Let's face it; you don't see a lot of five-on-threes these days, and they're a tremendous advantage. It's big to kill those off, especially two that were as long as those two were."
As the buzzer was sounding to end the second period, Skaug ripped one toward the net from the right point and banged it off the far post. There was some debate about whether or not the puck went into the net, and Markell seemed agitated as the players left the ice.
"What was upsetting me was that the goal judge took off right away," said Markell. "I think he has to stay there in case the referee wanted to question him. His body language said it wasn't in, but he has to stay there in case you want to question him.
"From our vantage point, it looked like the puck disappeared. Sometimes it hits the padding and the post, and that's what we thought happened. But I saw [in review] that it hit the post."
Ellis said, "I thought it was in. I was blessed."
The Buckeye outshot the Mavs 7-4 in the third but could only get one past the outstanding Ellis. OSU defenseman Reed Whiting sent a cross-ice pass to Lafleche, who fired it long from the right circle at 10:09 for the only Ohio State goal of the night.
Even though the game was closer and the Civic Center was half as loud as Friday night's overtime barnburner, Zanon said that Saturday's contest was by far the more intense of the two.
"There were a lot more body checks thrown tonight, bigger body checks thrown. The crowd was right into it. Guys were banging even if they weren't big; our forecheck was unbelievable tonight. You know, you don't like to get hit a lot, and you flinch up and cough up the puck, and that's our goal. Our forwards did a great job with that tonight."
Each coach was happy with his team's performance. Said Markell, "They played a good solid game, we played a good solid game. Again, a one-goal difference."
Neither team capitalized on the power play. The Mavericks had three chances, while the Buckeyes had six.
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Said Kemp of the rubber match, "Obviously we need to come out and play with the same type of intensity that we did tonight. It's going to be an emotional game. It's a trip to Detroit or it's spring break."
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In attendance were la crème of la crème of the plus size industry including Plus Model Magazine Editor In Chief Madeline Figueroa Jones, Full Figured Fashion Week creator Gwen DeVoe, as well as some of the top fashion bloggers and models in the plus size industry such as Robyn Lawley, Ashley Graham and Julie Henderson.
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Just found out my mother does not have any HH,her mayo clinic results came in..so that leaves my Dads tests to come back....so...is it possible that I may just have one copy of c282y??? and possblly just need to be de-ironed and then maybe I won't load up on iron as fast???
I copied this from mayo clinic:The gene that controls the amount of iron you absorb from food is called HFE. The HFE gene has two common mutations, C282Y and H63D. In the United States, most people with hemochromatosis have inherited two copies of C282Y � one from each parent.
Inheriting just one gene with the C282Y mutation means you're a carrier. You aren't likely to develop the disease yourself, although you may absorb more iron than normal. About one in every 10 Caucasians carries one gene for hemochromatosis. If both your parents are carriers, you have a 25 percent chance of inheriting two mutated genes. Complicating things is the fact that not everyone with two copies of C282Y will experience symptoms.
A few people inherit one copy of C282Y and one of H63D. Of these, a small number develop symptoms of hemochromatosis. An even smaller number of people inherit two copies of H63D. Whether they're at risk of hereditary hemochromatosis is a matter of debate::
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Hi Singlecop,
Just to clarify- have YOU had the gene testing and do you KNOW if you carry BOTH copies of the C282Y mutation?
Also, you say your Mom doesn't have HH, but does she carry ONE gene of the C282Y mutation?
I'm not a geneticist, but what I THINK I know, is that you get one gene from each parent. You need BOTH the C282Y mutation genes to get HH. So, if you have HH, you got the bad gene from each parent. Your parents could have each been carriers (one normal gene, one mutated) or one or both carried both genes.
My husband is into geneaolgy, somewhat. His roots date back at least to the revolutionary war. For Father's Day, I ordered him a genetic test, so that he can connect with others with very close DNA.
Before we did this, he came to grips to the fact that there may be "lapses" in the lineage- perhaps adoptions, or out of wedlock issues- perhaps an unwed sister gave a brother a child to raise, stuff like that.
My husband was was OK with going forward with testing. No paternity issues have emerged. (It only tracks paternity)
So, I think you need to define all parameters of all tests, then consider outcomes and consequeces. What I am trying to gently convey, is that perhaps you want to consider any possibilities.
Not all hemochromatosis is genetic, too.
Now that gene testing is so prevalent, this type of issues are bound to appear. And I don't think we should assume all tests are 100% infallable.
I hope I was not out of bounds to suggest other possibilities. My sincere apologies if I did.
Best to you!
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I think I am OK on that,all my brothers and sister(6 of us) undoubtedly all look alike,I just need to get all of the Medical paperwork for my mom and my dad goes for testing today,...my sister is being sent to a blood doctor because her doctor said she has it and my brother also has it,still have 3 more sisters that have not been tested yet... my sister still has her monthly cycle(she is 47)
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do you know what is a solid full proof test I can get myself from the internet..
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I used DNA for my son and I felt they were very good- $199
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OOPS! I meant DNA Direct...
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So are you compound heterozygous then?
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Singlecop what is your Serum Ferritin level?
Most people with HH have parents who are carriers. This means that they carry one C282Y gene. 1 out of 8 people carry this one gene.
Now if you have HH, not always, but the resounding majority of people have two copies of the C282Y gene.
The MAJOR issue here is not what genes you have, it's your iron saturation and your serum ferritin. Genetic testing is just a confirmation of the diagnosis.
Call your doctor and they will give you copies of the labwork.
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Hey littlebutter
My Mom and dad both got there paper results back,they do both carry one gene c282y and that is why so far my sister and myself have got both copies..I went to the Dr with her yesterday and her iron is over 500 with ferritan sat 95%..so she will be starting some blood lettings
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my liver does not hurt as bad as it did..I think the swelling is sarting to go down
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