text: Master: Gary Johnson for President, the practical, proven and qualified. A true Republican like his running mate former governor of MA, William Weld. 1. Believer in Jesus Christ as his savior. 2. Says he would close 800 of the 845 military bases U.S. has in other countries. 3. Would pull out of all middle east conflicts except Afghanistan. 4. Would legalize drugs. Saves taxpayers ~$250 billion per year, mostly due to incarceration and interdiction. Makes dealing in illegal drubs unprofitable. 5. Johnson says government should get totally out of the marriage, LGBT, etc family control business. 6. Believes in total freedom of speech, regardless of political correctness. 7. He has proven fiscal responsibility and balanced the budget in New Mexico. 8. Has proven trade skills in plumbing, remodeling and construction thus understands manual work. 9. Experienced employer. Johnson Enterprises employed over a 1,000 workers. He sold his company for $38 million in a deal that had a clause in it that prevents the retrenchment of existing workers by the new owners (prohibiting laying them off). 10. Experienced being poor while growing up in North Dakota. 11. Experienced in politics. Johnson graduated from the University of New Mexico in 1975 with a degree in Political Science in 1975. Johnson was also a very successful two term Governor of New Mexico. 12. Abortion: Johnson believes that a woman has the right to decide on the matter until a point of the viability of the fetus has been reached. As Governor of New Mexico, Johnson signed a law that banned late term abortion. 13. Says bring troops back home from their expensive excursions in Iraq and other conflict zones around the world. 14. Says governments should be run as a business, with clear evaluation of the cost and benefits of every decision, instead of the grand voters and special interests inducing gestures that the country has grown accustomed to. 15. Against Capital Punishment due to mistakes of the past. Says the bureaucracy was capable of making mistakes that could cost the life of an innocent. 16. On China, believes the continued trade imbalance between the two countries is a matter that concerns Johnson as it contributes to the burgeoning budget deficit. On the other hand, government should not be involved except to protect U.S. citizens from unfair practices. 17. Johnson is a firm proponent of the individual rights and civil liberties of the citizens. Considering the fact that the first eight amendments of the Constitution deals with the issue directly, he wants the recent encroachment of government agencies into the lives of private citizens to be reeled back. He has spoken several times of his support in allowing the expiration of the Patriot Act at the end of May 2011 following a final 90-day extension given by the Congress in February. 18. Johnson is supportive of activities that promote friendship between the United States and Cuba 19. Johnson contends that the government undisciplined and indiscriminate spending across all sectors of the economy, especially with the various coffer-bleeding overseas military undertakings, will cripple and eventually bankrupt the country. 20. Johnson's reputation as one of the most economically successful Republican governor of the last couple of decades accords his opinions and arguments on the subject with a certain degree of weight. He believes that the American economy is inherently mismanaged and teetering on the brink of a major collapse, and can only be stabilized by implementing a three pronged approach involving spending cuts, tax cuts and minimizing federal interference in the national economy. 21. Johnson advocates the abolishment of the Department of Education and in its place, allow the 50 states to experiment with their own education system. 22. Johnson, while maintaining the need to constantly improve our national defense, rejects the idea of our troops continued presence in Europe, Iraq, Libya and 845 bases around the world. The undefined and shifting objective of our international military presence, coupled with the enormous expenditure that our creaking economy is saddled with, is a stark reminder of the need to reevaluate our foreign and domestic security policy in the face of our outrageous budget deficit. 23. Johnson wants an end to the practice of indefinite detention of the detainees at Guantanamo Bay; instead, these detainees should be tried under a civil or military court and there should be a complete end to interrogations involving either physical or psychological torture. Continued operation of the prison in Guantanamo is also a massive waste of taxpayer money. 24. Johnson says "I don't believe there should be any restrictions when it comes to firearms. None. 25. Gov. Johnson believes that a bloated legislative and regulatory environment is depriving our healthcare system of the 'competition factor', leading to inefficient government-sanctioned monopolies. A Johnson presidency would see an immediate 43% cut on federal Medicare and Medicaid funding, with the remaining amount redirected wholly to the states, no strings attached. 26. He is against the current militarized border between the United States and Mexico, and envisions a time when there will be free-flowing traffic between the two countries. He believes that a new legislation on drugs would put a stop to a majority of smuggling activities at the border. Johnson is also of the opinion that controlled immigration is beneficial to the country and dismisses the idea that immigrants are taking away jobs from hard working Americans, citing the fact that most of the jobs being involved are the low paying ones that are less attractive for locals. 27. Johnson believes that the ongoing war on drugs has been a costly failure. A prescription based model, similar to the ones used successfully in Holland and Portugal, should be explored on hard drugs such as heroin. If elected, Johnson has pledged to offer a full pardon for citizens convicted of non-violent marijuana crime. 28. Johnson is firmly behind the efforts to legalize medical marijuana and rejects the idea that marijuana is a gateway drug. 29. Johnson is against the idea of having a national minimum wage policy 30. Johnson is a supporter of gay rights, arguing that 'it's freedom, it's liberty' and that the government has no right to intrude on the personal lives of Americans. 31. Governor Johnson believes that Social Security is inherently flawed at conception, and similar to Ron Paul, believes that it has now turned into a Ponzi scheme. Johnson considers Social Security as one of the most important items on his agenda of reform, and believes that privatization, with an option to cede control to individual account holders, is the programs' best bet for maintaining its solvency. 32. Johnson is supportive of NAFTA and sees massive economic opportunities for the country, especially for border states like New Mexico. 32. Supports absolute right to gun ownership. 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Ny talks 'Who Is She' the debut album from one of UK's rising stars
UK singer/songwriter Ny recently released her debut album Who Is She giving fans a collective of diverse sounds from dance, R&B, and soul to a bit of grimey dubstep. Ny's album takes you on an emotional journey with tracks like "Dark Side" a piano driven ballad allowing a window into Ny's soul, to tracks like "Crazy Love" with an edgy dubstep sound, and one of my personal favorites in which the title speaks for itself, "Music." Overall, this record has fresh sounds for every mood. In our recent interview, Ny gives an even closer look into her soul by sharing her background story, what dreams she has as an artist, more on the album debut, and of course her love for the fans.
For those who aren't familiar with who Ny is, can you share a little of your story?
My parents were big vinyl collectors so there was always lots of music at home; ESP roots, reggae, and soul. I loved Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Lauryn Hill, and Alicia Keys. I would always practise.
I did talent shows in my local area of Camden at the age of 12. By age 14 I was recording and writing in friends bedroom studios and doing jingles for pirate radio.
I started writing as a way of self-therapy and escapism from sharing a small room with my 3 sisters, my friend being murdered, and a financially poor upbringing. "The First Lady of Grime" title came about as I was the first female to do a mixtape Split Endz, which was mainly grime based with other elements. I ended up selling it in central London for £5, and stalked the Dj's until they played my first track "Fire." I Followed it up with Split Endz Volume 2, which featured Wiley, JME, Plan B, Professor Green, Sweetie Irie, Sincere, and others.
I featured on Tinchy and Sways first albums, and travelled with Dj's Count and Sinden, performing throughout Europe and the states. Sung at Glastonbury as well. Did a funky house track produced by Wookie and a lot of gigs in clubs. Supported N-Dubz on their arena tour last year, and this year supported Plan B on his forest tour around the UK. I also played at wireless festival, toured UK schools, and wrote my first album Who Is She.
Talk about your debut album 'Who Is She'….
'Who is she' is my heart in music form. I always write truth and it has elements of soul, dance, dubstep and r&b; it is British.
Which tracks on the album are most personal to you and why?
"Dark side" I wrote in my front room, in a very dark and lonely time…it's a peep into my soul. Then I woke up and wrote about being in a relationship that feels perfect, almost dream like, until you wake up and realise it's nothing like what you chose to see it as.
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To inspire, uplift, empathise through my music. To perform across the world. I want to be a legend!
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Love to my fans, they make my dreams real.
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Author Affiliations: The Watson Clinic, Lakeland, Florida, and University of Alabama at Birmingham (Dr Canto); University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester (Dr Goldberg); the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland (Mss Hand and Long and Dr Sopko); Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois (Dr Bonow); and University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville (Dr Pepine).
Optimal diagnosis and timely treatment of patients with an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) depends on distinguishing differences between popular "myths" about ischemic symptoms in women and men. Chest pain or discomfort is regarded as the hallmark symptom of ACS, and its absence is regarded as "atypical" presentation. This review describes the presenting symptoms of ACS in women compared with men and ascertains whether women should have a symptom message that is separate or different from that for men.
MEDLINE (1970-2005), bibliographies of articles, and pertinent abstracts were reviewed, focusing on studies of ACS presentation, especially those reporting differences in symptoms by sex. This analysis included 69 of 361 possible studies. Data regarding symptom presentation were recorded.
The published literature lacks standardization in characterizing ACS presentation, data collection, and reporting of symptoms. Approximately one-third of patients in the large cohort studies and one-quarter of patients in the smaller reports and direct patient interviews presented without chest pain or discomfort. The absence of chest pain or discomfort with ACS was noted more commonly in women than in men in both the cumulative summary from large cohort studies (37% vs 27%) and the single-center and small reports or interviews (30% vs 17%).
Women are significantly less likely to report chest pain or discomfort compared with men. These differences, however, are not likely large enough to warrant sex-specific public health messages regarding the symptoms of ACS at the present time. Further research must systematically investigate sex differences in the clinical presentation of ACS symptoms and must include standardized data collection efforts.
Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among women in the United States.1 A woman is 5.5 times more likely to die from heart disease during her lifetime than from breast cancer (National Center for Health Statistics, 2003). Despite the burden of heart disease in women, many lay persons do not recognize heart disease as an important health issue for women. Recent national surveys of the general public indicate that the awareness of heart disease as the leading cause of death in women has increased in recent years.2 Surveyed women often have described myocardial infarction (MI) as a "male problem" and more often attributed the symptoms of MI to other chronic noncardiac conditions.3 Historically, the description of symptoms associated with MI was based on the presentation characteristics of men. Women's symptoms of MI are often labeled as "atypical" and different from the "classic" MI symptoms noted in men4,5 and include a constellation of associated symptoms, usually without chest pain or discomfort.6- 9
Although the focus of this report is on women, accurate recognition of the symptoms of MI in both men and women is crucial for a number of reasons. First, the patient's inability to recognize MI symptoms will inevitably lead to delay in receiving timely therapy, which in turn may lead to a larger infarct and worse prognosis.10 Women, especially those older than 65 years, wait longer than men before seeking treatment for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) symptoms11 primarily because of symptom-related factors, which comprised more than half of the reasons.11 Second, the inability of health care providers to recognize an evolving MI may lead to an incorrect diagnosis and delays in treatment. Young age and the absence of chest discomfort are among the strongest predictors of a missed diagnosis of MI and inappropriate discharge from the emergency department.12- 14
Optimal diagnosis and timely treatment of ACS-MI, especially reducing patient-associated delay in seeking acute medical care, is critical. Both patients and health care providers must distinguish differences between popular myths and the reality about ACS-MI presentations in both women and men. The major objectives of this review were to examine the literature of the presenting symptoms of ACS-MI in women compared with men and, based on this evidence, to ascertain whether sex differences in ACS-MI presentation are significant enough to warrant a public health message for ACS symptom awareness in women that is separate or different from that for men.
We performed a formal search of the electronic literature (MEDLINE) from 1970 to 2005 using the following search terms: chest pain, myocardial infarction, unstable angina, angina pectoris, acute coronary syndromes, heart disease, gender, sex, and women. This search yielded 361 studies published in the English literature of human subjects. The bibliographies of these articles were reviewed, as were the scientific session abstracts in Circulation and Journal of the American College of Cardiology from 2000 through 2005.
Two individuals (J.G.C. and M.M.H.) separately reviewed each article following a prespecified protocol for inclusion in the review. All studies reporting ACS-MI symptom presentation, especially those reporting the frequency of various symptoms in men and women, were included. This included studies from large cohorts or registries, single-center reports, or studies based on personal interviews. We excluded studies that did not primarily focus on symptom presentation or reported on patients with stable coronary artery disease or chronic angina. Also, we excluded studies of ACS prodromal symptoms because data on differences by sex are lacking. We defined ACS as a diagnosis of either acute MI (ST segment elevation or non-ST segment elevation) or unstable angina. We also included studies that reported on the prevalence of silent or unrecognized MI. Of the 361 studies identified, 69 were included in this analysis.
Data extraction was conducted by several investigators (J.G.C. and M.M.H.) and confirmed by another investigator (R.J.G.) following a prespecified protocol. Information on ACS symptoms, such as the presence or absence of chest pain or discomfort and other associated symptoms, was recorded for the overall population and, whenever available, by sex. For each article reviewed, a brief description of the study, patient population, years under study, sample size, demographic characteristics, and whether the study adjusted for possible differences in symptom presentation between men and women and other possible confounders was recorded. The studies were categorized as typical or atypical chest pain or discomfort, ACS symptoms in the absence of chest pain or discomfort, associated symptoms, and silent or unrecognized MI. Unless otherwise specified, chest pain or discomfort refers to the presenting symptoms of ACS. Given the considerable heterogeneity of the studies analyzed, there were no formal meta-analytic techniques performed except for the reporting of simple descriptive statistics.
Women are more likely to present with unstable angina and are less likely to present with MI than men.15- 17 However, in the setting of acute MI, women more commonly present with Q-wave rather than non–Q-wave MI17 and have less marked ST segment elevations.18 Women are more likely to have cardiac chest pain syndromes not directly associated with obstruction of the large epicardial coronary vessels such as Printzmetal angina, syndrome X, and mitral valve prolapse.4 On average, women are almost a decade older than men at the time of their initial MI19- 22 and are more likely to have comorbid conditions such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and heart failure.19- 22 Generally, women are less likely to be referred for coronary angiography than men20- 23 and are less likely to receive fibrinolytic therapy, a percutaneous coronary intervention, or coronary artery bypass surgery.20- 22 Among those referred for coronary angiography, women are more likely to have normal angiographic findings.24- 26 Overall, in-hospital and long-term mortality after MI is higher in women than in men, but this may be partially attributed to women's older age and greater number of comorbid conditions at the time of presentation.27 However, in younger women with MI, short- and long-term mortality may be worse than mortality in younger men, even after adjusting for several prognostic characteristics.28,29
The Rose angina questionnaire of the World Health Organization30 is widely used as a standardized tool in screening for angina. The "typical" (textbook) symptoms of myocardial ischemia are well-known. Broadly speaking, these include (1) precordial chest discomfort, pain, heaviness, or fullness, possibly radiating to the arm, shoulder, back, neck, jaw, epigastrium, or other location; (2) symptoms exacerbated by exertion or stress; (3) symptoms that may be relieved by rest or use of nitroglycerin; and (4) symptoms associated with shortness of breath, diaphoresis, weakness, nausea or vomiting, and light-headedness.
"Atypical" chest pain or discomfort has been described as not severe; not prolonged; not classic in presentation; not exactly like prior cardiac symptoms; a burning, sharp, pleuritic, positional pain or discomfort that is reproducible on palpation of the chest wall and localizable by 1 finger; or pain or discomfort in areas of the upper body other than the chest, such as the arms, epigastrium, shoulder, and neck. However, the location of one's chest pain has not been predictive in discriminating which patients will have confirmed ACS.31,32
Herrick,33 in his historical treatise on MI in 1912, reported that MI may occur in the absence of chest pain or discomfort. Symptoms occurring in the ACS setting without chest pain or discomfort have been described34,35 and are frequently labeled as "atypical." These include unexplained shortness of breath, especially in those who present with ACS and left ventricular dysfunction36; pain or discomfort in other body locations, such as that localized to the arm(s), shoulder, middle back, jaw, or epigastrium; indigestion; nausea or vomiting; diaphoresis; faintness or dizziness; fatigue; generalized weakness; palpitations; cardiac arrhythmias; syncope; cardiac arrest; and central nervous system manifestations with strokelike symptoms including numbness or unexplained confusion. Each of these symptoms may occur alone or in combination and may be experienced by both men and women in the presence or absence of chest discomfort.
Several studies provide data on possible sex differences in ACS presentation. Studies from large cohorts (Table 1)7,8,37- 43 and those based on small reports or personal interviews (Table 2)6,9,27,46- 57,59 suggest that approximately one-third of patients in the large cohort studies and one-quarter of patients in the smaller reports and interviews presented without chest pain or discomfort. The absence of chest pain or discomfort with ACS was noted more commonly in women than in men, both in the cumulative summary of large cohort studies (37% vs 27%) (Table 1) and the single-center and small reports or interviews (30% vs 17%) (Table 2).
Given the large number of patients in the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction report,8 which may potentially dominate the overall figure from the large cohort studies, we repeated the analysis excluding this study, and still almost one-quarter of all women with ACS did not have chest pain or discomfort. In reanalyzing only those studies that included both women and men, the cumulative summary from large cohort studies did not change, but the sex differences noted in single-center and small reports or interviews were attenuated (24% [women] vs 20% [men]).
There are important limitations in interpreting the literature on ACS symptom presentation according to sex. Many studies based the ACS definition on the presence of chest pain or discomfort, thereby excluding patients with ACS without chest pain or discomfort. Others grouped patients with chest pain or discomfort together with those who had pain or discomfort localized to other areas of the upper body in the absence of chest pain or discomfort. Overall, these studies, which are frequently quoted in the literature, reported either small or no sex differences in clinical presentation in the setting of ACS.60- 71 These studies are not included in our overall estimates but are presented in Table 3.
The frequency of other associated symptoms with ACS differs between women and men. Generally, women are more likely to experience middle or upper back pain,6,31,40,46,53,55,57,62 neck pain,31,40,62,72 jaw pain,40,62 shortness of breath,46,53,55,71,72 paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea,57 nausea or vomiting,40,53,62,65,67 indigestion,55 loss of appetite,46,57 weakness or fatigue,46,53 cough,53,62 dizziness,53 and palpitations55 compared with men. Differences in the frequency of diaphoresis have been inconsistent between men and women.6,40,67 Women appear to have a greater number of associated symptoms as part of their ACS presentation compared with men (average of 2.6 symptoms in women vs 1.8 in men).55
It is well recognized that MI may occur without any symptoms (silent) or that MI may occur without "typical" chest pain or discomfort and thus go unrecognized by patients or their physicians. On average, more than one-quarter of patients with MI in the cohort studies reviewed had silent or unrecognized MI (Table 4),73- 83 and overall, they did not appear to significantly differ by sex (men, 27%, vs women, 26%). In these studies, silent or unrecognized MI was usually determined by the presence or absence of symptoms and electrocardiographic criteria and were generally not validated by use of cardiac biomarkers or other imaging technologies. Among women with unrecognized MI in both the Framingham74 and Reykjavík Cohort Studies,77 approximately one-half lacked identifiable symptoms, whereas the other half had symptoms without chest discomfort that were not recognized by either the patient or their physician.
Advanced age is arguably a more important predictor of ACS presentation in the absence of chest pain or discomfort than sex.8,38,41,43- 45,58,84 Although women are generally older than men at the time of hospitalization for MI, only a limited number of studies have adjusted for age in examining possible sex differences in ACS clinical presentation. In a prospective study of more than 434 000 patients with confirmed MI in the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction 2, increasing age (10-year interval) (odds ratio [OR], 1.28; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.26-1.28) had a stronger association with MI and the absence of chest discomfort than did female sex (OR, 1.06; 95% CI, 1.04-1.08).8 Among Medicare beneficiaries with unstable angina in the state of Alabama in this primarily elderly cohort (mean age, 72 years), increasing age was the most important predictor of ACS presentation in the absence of chest discomfort, while female sex was not.38
Similarly, in 2 separate studies from the population-based Worcester Heart Attack Study, the overall MI prevalence without chest pain was 20%40 and 33%,41 and occurred with greater frequency in women than in men. However, after multivariate analysis, sex was no longer an important predictor of MI without chest pain40 and was only a marginal predictor in women 75 years and older.41 In the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events,37 a large multinational observational study involving 14 countries, approximately 1 in 12 patients with ACS presented without chest pain or discomfort, one-quarter of whom were not initially recognized as having ACS. In this study, women and patients older than 75 years were considerably more likely to present without chest pain or discomfort.
The importance of age-specific differences in men and women with ACS must also be considered. In the National Registry of Myocardial Infarction 2,28 women were more likely to present without chest discomfort as the initial MI presentation than men (Table 5). However, after stratifying by age group, there was a progressive sex-specific decline in MI presentation without chest discomfort with advancing age.28 Similarly, women younger than 75 years in the Framingham Heart Study were more likely to have unrecognized MI than men (Table 5); however, this difference was almost 2-fold higher in the younger age groups (<65 years).74
In general, publications comparing sex differences in ACS presentation have several important limitations. First, there is a lack of standardization in data collection and reporting on women's principal or associated ACS symptoms. Thus, a formal meta-analysis was not performed given the potential for biased results in the face of marked heterogeneity of the studies on symptom presentation. Second, a number of studies have only included patients with ACS who presented with chest pain or discomfort and do not provide data on patients with ACS without chest discomfort. Third, chest pain or discomfort is often lumped together with pain or discomfort localized to other areas of the upper body in the absence of chest symptoms. Fourth, hospital records are notoriously imprecise in characterizing the presence and nature of chest discomfort as well as associated symptoms. Furthermore, the patient's history of present illness in hospital records is undoubtedly influenced by the admitting physician's suspicion of ACS. If the physician suspects that the pretest probability for heart disease is generally lower in women than in men, a more "atypical" history may be recorded.85 Fifth, studies that involve interviews are conducted retrospectively and subject to patient recall bias. Sixth, in studies limited to patients with ACS diagnosis, the sensitivity of a particular symptom may be ascertained, but the specificity of a symptom may not be examined. Seventh, the potential association of comorbid conditions, such as diabetes, with symptom presentation has not been discussed given limitations of currently available data, though likely important.
The published literature lacks standardization in characterizing ACS presentation, data collection, and reporting on women's symptoms, which make it difficult to provide definitive conclusions or recommendations. Nevertheless, this review may help provide a framework for public and professional communication about the presenting symptoms of ACS in women as well as men and provide the impetus for clinical trials and epidemiological studies in ACS to create more standardized symptom definitions and data collection. We report that approximately one-third of patients in the large cohort studies and one-quarter of patients in the smaller reports and interviews presented without chest pain or discomfort, with the absence of chest pain or discomfort being noted more commonly in women than in men. However, these potential differences are not likely to be significant enough at this time to warrant a separate or different message for awareness of ACS symptoms in women compared with men.
Our review suggests that age may be an important contributor to any sex-based differences in ACS presentation. Older age is associated with less frequent reporting of chest pain or discomfort as an ACS presenting characteristic. This is important because women with ACS are older than men. However, this point needs to be confirmed in well-designed studies. From a public health perspective, women, by virtue of being older when they present with ACS, may in fact have a different presentation than men. Until more detailed data are available, it is our opinion that the present public health message on symptom presentation should not be altered for women or men.
The range of symptoms highlighted in this review is currently encompassed in the existing MI symptom message promoted by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the American Heart Association (AHA) in the Act in Time to Heart Attack Signs (http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/actintime. campaign. The campaign, launched in cooperation with the AHA and other partners,86 aims at educating Americans about warning signs of ACS-MI and the importance of calling 911 immediately. The current MI presentation message is given below:
"Chest discomfort. Most heart attacks involve discomfort in the center of the chest that lasts for more than a few minutes, or goes away and comes back. The discomfort can feel like uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, fullness, or pain."
"Discomfort in other areas of the upper body. Can include pain or discomfort in one or both arms, the back, neck, jaw, or stomach."
"Shortness of breath. Often comes along with chest discomfort. But it also can occur before chest discomfort."
"Other symptoms. May include breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea, or light-headedness."
Further research from well-designed clinical and epidemiological studies must systematically investigate differences in the ACS-MI clinical presentation according to sex, age, and race, including separation of the chief complaint from more ancillary symptoms. This must include standardized data collection efforts and better understanding of the ACS symptom profile and possible sex differences therein. Based on the available evidence, the current AHA and NHLBI MI symptom message, which targets women and men equally, should remain unchanged.
Correspondence: John G. Canto, MD, MSPH, Watson Clinic, 1600 Lakeland Hill Blvd, Lakeland, FL 33805 (firstname.lastname@example.com).
Accepted for Publication: July 7, 2007.
Author Contributions:Study concept and design: Canto, Goldberg, Hand, Bonow, Sopko, and Long. Acquisition of data: Canto and Hand. Analysis and interpretation of data: Canto, Goldberg, Bonow, and Pepine. Drafting of the manuscript: Canto, Bonow, and Pepine. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Canto, Goldberg, Bonow, Sopko, Pepine, and Long. Statistical analysis: Canto and Goldberg. Administrative, technical, and material support: Hand, Bonow, and Long. Study supervision: Canto, Hand, Bonow, and Long.
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You're also involved in boxing. How did you get started with that?
Well first of all boxing was like my first love before hip-hop really.
You were a fighter?
No I wasn't a fighter but I wanted to be. Well, yeah I was a fighter—not in the gym. But I used to fight all the time. I wanted to be a fighter in the gym, but there wasn't a gym in the ward that we had access to. I was inspired by Don King. I used to watch him all the time as a kid—and I used to wonder about this man's hair that stuck up straight like that. After learning how to read, I was able to read up on him a little bit and got more inspired by him.
I was inspired by Don King. I used to watch him all the time as a kid—and I used to wonder about this man's hair that stuck up straight like that. After learning how to read, I was able to read up on him a little bit and got more inspired by him.
So I wanted to tap into the boxing world, you know, and I got distracted by the hip-hop thing, which was a good distraction for me. But eventually I was able to, after being attacked by the Feds and all them different people, I had to show them that I wasn't one-dimensional, to the extent where I diversified my portfolio into the boxing arena. And while they was out here planting them traps and setting traps for me and trying to destroy me, I showed up on their TV in their living room, on HBO. [Laughs.]
What were you doing on HBO?
I was in the boxing ring with Floyd Mayweather and one of those guys I was managing. [Laughs.] So you know I had to diversify my portfolio, man, and just really let them know. Because with brothers from the street, they think it's either by luck or by accident that these things happen.
But once you know that formula of success it can be applied to anything. All you gotta do is know the forumla. And that's what I was able to do in the boxing world, take it over there and apply it and I became manager of the year the first year I got into managing.
What is similar about rap and boxing?
Well the overall business—not only the rappers and the boxers—but the overall business, it's a lot of resemblance there. First of all when you're dealing with a rapper and boxer, both of these guys is from my hood. You know what I'm saying? These are my people. I grew up with both of them. They're not separated in no aspect other than the sacrifices they're making with their talents and whatnot. And both of them had a lot to do with who I became.
I listened to these rappers, they was influential with certain things they said, then I had to fight some of these guys that's boxing in the hood to be as tough as I am. So we all was there in the struggle together. So I have no problem communicating to my people that I knew all my life better than the others can. You know what I'm saying? And they had no problems communicating with me, because they knew where I came from. And with them knowing where I came from gives me an edge. They know where I started from the gutter mostly, trying to get to the utmost.
So Willie D used to do some boxing, right?
Yeah, he was boxing.
Any other MCs that could box?
I think all of them could box if they get in shape. A lot of them talk a good boxing game, but if they all put their mind to it and made the sacrifice, they would be able to do it—at least a few ass whoopings.
You mention different traps and tricks were thrown at you over the years. What are your reflections on watching Irv Gotti and all that he went through with the Murder Inc. case?
I talked to Irv Gotti all the way through his case because I was totally familiar with how the government, and the devil, want to destroy the brothers that make it. It's just as real as me and you sitting here right now. They'll take a little lie, and make it so big until you'll be like, 'Damn!' [Laughs.]
My reflection was, I think I was the first one—you know what I'm saying—and my reflection was I'm glad they got a lot of support. Because a lot of people came together. And you know I didn't have people coming together. Definitely a lot of people came together out there in New York, and I think that was major for all the brothers to come together and show up in court and let him know that I'm with him. I even flew out there.
Did you?
Yeah I even flew out there. So, that's the difference. Together we stand, and separate we fall, you know? And I talked to him all the way through because I was totally familiar with how the government, and the devil, want to destroy the brothers that make it.
It's just as real as me and you sitting here right now. They want to do that, there's no doubt about it. So with us knowing that, then it's certain things we have to do. To not leave them different doors open for them to come in and tell that big lie. Cause they'll take a little lie, and make it so big until you'll be like, 'Damn!' [Laughs.]
So don't even give them a reason to start.
You can't do that. I tell everybody you can't. A lot of people want to straddle the fence to the extent that they can have 99 percent of it right, and leave one percent where you—you know, straddling the fence, doing a bunch of other shit. And they'll take that 1 percent and contaminate that whole 99, and destroy everything you built. So you gotta keep the shit clean.
And you have to have a made-up mind that "I am going to keep it that way and I'm going to separate it from all this extra shit that can contaminate it." And you've got to do it, make the sacrifice. Don't work for free though. Don't do 99 percent and then let them come in. And that's what they was trying to do to me, that's what they was trying to do to the Inc.


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Despite carrying the weight of expectation of a nation in the capital this summer Ennis delivered to add the Olympic title to the world and European crowns she had claimed in preceding years.
At 26, on paper Ennis seems to be primed for at least one or two more attempts to add to her Olympic medal tally at Rio 2016 and beyond.
However the heptathlon is a notoriously brutal event on the joints leaving multi-eventers to typically retire younger than some of their peers.
Ennis has a ready-made exit strategy in the 100m hurdles - an event in which her London 2012 time, 12.54 seconds, equalled that of Dawn Harper's gold-medal dash at Beijing four years earlier.
Ennis toyed with the idea of doubling up in London before eventually choosing to enjoy a few glasses of wine and a rest instead.
And while winning back her heptathlon title from Chernova - the Russian beat Ennis into second in Daegu last year - remains a priority for now, Ennis believes switching to the sprint hurdles could extend her career.
"I think you have a relatively short-lived career in the heptathlon because of the training and the stresses of it on your body, but the hurdles is definitely something I would love to have a serious shot at and hopefully that will give me a little more time in the sport," she said.
"I need to get back into training and train hard and get my focus on the World Championships next year in Moscow, it's going to be big.
"Tatyana Chernova will be there and I'm sure she will want to retain her title so it's going to be a really big competition."
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MUMBAI/CHENNAI: Meleveetil Damodaran has set in motion something that could electrify the Indian financial markets. The Sebi chairman on Wednesday announced a slew of financial products that can deepen the market, empower investors to more aggressively hedge their stock bets, enable corporates to trade dollar or euro futures in local exchanges and attract global investors from many offshore markets.
The Sebi board has given an 'in principle' clearance to new financial products, some of which are advanced derivatives traded in many developed markets, based on the recommendations made by the Sebi Committee on Derivatives headed by M Rammohan Rao. However, the final launch of these products will be preceded by a wider consultative process.


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Yesterday's DOE Retail Fuel Report reflected an increase in diesel prices across the board. As seen on the graph below, the U.S. national average for on-highway diesel fuel prices rose $.012 to $3.915 during the week ending July 29th. On a regional basis, the biggest contributor to the increase in the national average was the Rocky Mountain Region (PADD4), which increased $.047, followed by the East Coast's $.012 (PADD 1B rose $.022), the Midwest and West Coast's $.011 increase, and the Gulf Coast's $.004 increase.
As seen on the graph below, the increase in diesel fuel prices pulls the 2013 price trend further away from the 5-year average and closer to the upper range of the 5-year range. With that said, diesel prices remain comfortably within the 5-year range so far.
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Carbon Motors, the Indiana-based security technology company and upstart automaker, has learned that the U.S. Department of Energy has denied its request for a direct loan under the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing (ATVM) program. That $310 million loan, had it been approved, would have helped the company receive the funding it needs to produce its E7 law enforcement pursuit vehicle. That sedan, powered by a 3.0-liter turbodiesel engine mated to an 8-speed automatic transmission, is being developed from the ground up strictly for law enforcement personnel. The company has won support from police and security departments across the country for a vehicle that they say is better suited to serve police than the current offerings from General Motors, Ford and Chrysler.
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Upon receiving notification that its loan application would not be considered, the company updated its website and issued a statement denouncing the DOE's decision. Said William Santana Li, chairman and chief executive officer, Carbon Motors Corporation, "We are outraged by the actions of the DOE and it is clear that this was a political decision in a highly-charged, election year environment. Since Solyndra became politicized last fall, the DOE has failed to make any other loans under the ATVM program, has pulled back one loan that it previously committed and, as of this month, the DOE has pushed aside the three remaining viable loans under active consideration. Each of these applicants has been caught for several years in a costly and extensive DOE due diligence process. Carbon Motors simply appears to be the last victim of this political gamesmanship. In failing to deploy the tax dollars that Congress allocated for the creation of advanced technology manufacturing jobs in the U.S., the DOE ATVM program represents a glaring failure of the Obama Administration to create jobs that are clearly within its power to create."
Li noted that a series of applications from other automotive companies have been sat upon by the DOE including ones submitted by Chrysler and General Motors as well as by Aptera and Next Autoworks. Aptera was developing a three-wheel electric car, but the company went out of business following the denial of its loan application. Next Autoworks has had two applications denied by the DOE and has had to close its San Diego headquarters, consolidating its operation to its Detroit technical center. Neither the GM nor the Chrysler loan denials have affected these established automakers to the extent that it has the others, but the related jobs that would have been created following DOE loan approval have been lost.
DOE Engagement
Carbon's CEO also noted that his company spent 30 months engaging the DOE, by responding to every request made, some of which he described as "unnatural." Li insists that the DOE gave no indication of problems with its application and that the department had assured him that its request was a top priority. He called the recent spate of application denials a "political decision," one designed to deflect attention of the ATVM loan program and of DOE officials specifically. The recent failings of several high profile companies including Solyndra has been seized upon by President Obama's Republican counterparts, an issue that is likely to dog the president as he seeks a second term this November.
Carbon Motors claims that it has 20,000 orders in hand for its sedan. The company says that it will create 1,550 direct jobs for its Connersville, Indiana, manufacturing plant with as many as 10,000 indirect jobs created across the United States. Li claims that the E7 can offer "dramatic savings" for U.S. taxpayers and local governments, pegging that amount at $10 billion. Carbon says that its E7 sedan offers fuel savings of up to 40 percent over current law enforcement fleets. Both its engine and the 8-speed transmission would be sourced from BMW.
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The company is quick to note that it has received "strong bipartisan support" for its business plan and also secured $200 million of matching funds from private, local and state sources. Without DOE backing, those funds are in jeopardy.
Li also reminded everyone that the AVTM program began under the Bush administration and was continued under the Obama administration. "Our plan cuts across party lines and would have a positive impact on every highway, every street, every city, town, airport, road, port and congressional district. We remain honored to have had received so much support from leaders of all political stripes from around the country," said Li. Hehas vowed to continue to fight on behalf of his company, promising to follow through with its production plans. However, private funding has been hard to get and without some sort of federal financing, its plans will most likely remain on hold.
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People living in an apartment complex that's had three arsons in less than five months are upset after being told they can't break their leases.
Residents of Kirklevington Hills met Wednesday night at the Tates Creek Library to talk about what their legal options are.
About 30 people came out and heard from an attorney with Legal Aid of the Bluegrass. Residents say they will get an attorney to represent them if the apartment's owner refuses to let them all out of their leases.


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MARIETTA - The city of Marietta could put extra cash in its coffers by leasing municipal properties to a company planning to use hydraulic fracturing to drill for natural gas in the area's Marcellus and Utica shale formations.
James Vuksic, CEO of MNW Energy LLC in Marietta, told members of city council's lands, buildings and parks committee Monday that 35 acres of city property could be included with a block of surrounding lands for lease to Protege Energy III, a Tulsa, Okla., based oil and gas company.
Vuksic said MNW is working with about 200 area landowners to put together a 6,000- to 7,000-acre block of properties in Washington County where Protege could set up horizontal drilling operations to extract natural gas from nearly a mile below the earth's surface.
"The company is leasing property for gas and oil drilling, and will pay $4,750 an acre, plus a 17.5 percent royalty based on any product they retrieve from the well," he said. "The drilling would be 200 feet above the Marcellus -- about 4,800 feet down."
Vuksic said the city owns 35 acres within the area Protege plans to lease. Thirteen of that acreage are in the Goose Run Road area off Ohio 26 in Marietta Township, and the remaining 22 acres are near the Ohio River behind the Wal-Mart and Lowes complex along Pike Street.
"If the city is interested we'll present the property to the company for possible lease," he said. "We hope to have the majority of 6,120 acres of property ready for lease within a 60-day period."
City law director Paul Bertram III said Ohio Revised Code allows oil and gas companies to lease and drill on municipal properties unless zoning or other regulations prevent it.
"But you can put in the lease documents that no surface drilling will take place on the city property," he said. "Any subsurface drilling activity (horizontal drilling under city property) is governed by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources."
Councilwoman Kathy Downer, D-at large, asked if there would be any possibility the city's water supply could be contaminated by the drilling.
"I can't promise that some accident would not happen, but there is so much steel and concrete in these wells that I don't know how any material could get outside the well housing," Vuksic said. "I've drilled dozens of wells myself, and never had any problems. And these wells are so highly regulated there's not much room for error."
But Councilman Mike McCauley, D-2nd Ward, disagreed.
"I don't think the science is there that would protect our wellfields," he said. "As chairman of the water, sewer and sanitation committee I'm really concerned about possible contamination of our wellfields from oil and gas drilling."
Marietta resident Marilyn Ortt, a member of Friends of the Lower Muskingum, was also concerned.
"I would be very concerned about the woodlands area behind Lowes. We've planted trees there," she said, noting the city accepted that area as green space after the Lowes and Wal-Mart complex was built.
"And I'm also concerned for that property's proximity to the Ohio River," Ortt said.
Betsy Cook, a member of the Southeast Ohio Fracking Interest Group (SEOFIG), agreed.
"Our major philosophy is to try and raise awareness about what impacts the oil and gas industry could have on our community and the environment," she said.
Cook handed out literature to the council committee members and said SEOFIG would be happy to schedule a meeting if council would like to hear what the public thinks about the drilling offer.
Councilman Michael Mullen, I-at large, asked Bertram to obtain more information about the issue as well as research a case before the Ohio Supreme Court involving hydraulic fracturing on municipal property in Summit County.
City safety-service director Jonathan Hupp noted that, whether or not the city participates in the lease, the horizontal hydraulic drilling will take place anyway because surrounding landowners are agreeing to lease their properties to Protege.
"If council says no to this, the taxpayers will simply lose a revenue source," he said.
Committee chairman Harley Noland, D-at large, said he would schedule another meeting next week to determine whether council would be willing to consider Vuksic's offer.


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1⁄4 (50 mL) cup rice flour
2 tbsp (30 mL) cornstarch
5 cups (1.25L) vegetable oil (for deep frying)
Thai Kitchen® Sweet Red Chili Sauce
Thai Kitchen® Peanut Satay Sauce
Lettuce leaves and cucumber slices
Fresh cilantro sprigs (optional)
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HEAT oil to 385°F in wok or large skillet on medium heat. Deep fry tofu strips 7 to 8 minutes or until golden brown. Drain on paper towels.
SERVE with Sweet Red Chili Sauce and Peanut Satay Sauce, and lettuce leaves and cucumber slices. Garnish with cilantro, if desired.
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Hello again to everyone; it's been awhile. As I promised at the end of the season I'll be providing updates from Ottawa at the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. I'm heading up tomorrow for what should be an exciting few days for the franchise.
Barring an unforeseen mega-trade offer, it looks like center Steven Stamkos will become one of the newest members of the Lightning organization. I'm excited to meet the young man I've heard and read so much about, and I'll be equally excited to see him pull on a Lightning jersey on the stage Friday night. I'll try to get some behind-the-scenes pictures to post here, as well as some of the happenings you won't read about in the papers.
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Add that perfect finishing tough to your holiday gifts with a festive gift tag. This set of 60 tags is made up 20 unique designs that feature a mix of fine and specialty paper stocks and finishes decorated with highly embellished whimsical, sophisticated and traditional elements. Each tag comes pre-strung with ribbon or cord. Best of all, the tags are organized within a clear PVC keepsake package with a built-in handle to help keep your wrapping supplies neat and tidy.Product Features:
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