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Trent Lott
Chester Trent Lott was the junior U.S. Senator from Mississippi from 1988 until 2007(map). He was the Senate minority whip for the 110th Congress.
- 1 Record and controversies
- 2 Bio
- 3 Money in politics
- 4 Committees and Affiliations
- 5 More Background Data
- 6 Contact
- 7 Articles and Resources
Record and controversies
Iraq War
Lott voted for the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq in Oct. 2002.
Environmental record
For more information on environmental legislation, see the Energy and Environment Policy Portal
Strom Thurmond and resignation
Tremendous political controversy ensued following remarks Lott made on December 5, 2002 at Strom Thurmond's 100th birthday party. Thurmond ran for President of the United States in 1948 on the Dixiecrat (or States' Rights) ticket, whose primary campaign issue was the perpetuation of racial segregation in the United States. Lott said:
"I want to say this about my state: When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We're proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over all these years, either."
Since Thurmond had explicitly supported racial segregation in the presidential campaign to which Lott referred, this statement was widely interpreted to mean that Lott also supported racial segregation, or at best, that Lott did not feel Thurmond's past support for white supremacy was sufficient reason not to vote for him.
At first, the comment, broadcast on C-SPAN, was largely ignored by the mainstream media but was widely discussed on political blogs such as Josh Marshall's Talking Points Memo, which also uncovered Lott's history of actively supporting segregation during college and making similar statements at various points throughout his career. Five days later the story was picked up by major news outlets, and repeated and discussed extensively.
Lott's attempts to explain the remark grew from a mild dismissal as an off-the-cuff remark supporting Thurmond's national defense platform to an explicit repudiation of his racist past and assertions of support for w:affirmative action in a BET interview.
Once reported in newspapers and television, calls for his resignation as majority leader from both ends of the political spectrum grew. Some Democrats and Republicans considered the remark unconscionable, or as Al Gore put it, "fundamentally racist."[1]
Centrist Democrats and Republicans at first defended Lott, insisting the remarks had been blown out of proportion. Some pointed to Sen. Robert Byrd's past as recruiter for the Ku Klux Klan to suggest a double standard, as Byrd was not forced from his leadership position in the Democratic party.[2] Others saw Lott's remarks as simply an attempt to compliment the ancient Thurmond, devoid of any real meaning beyond the context.
After President Bush voiced his own harsh criticism of Lott's remarks ("Any suggestion that the segregated past was acceptable or positive is offensive, and it is wrong. Recent comments by Senator Lott do not reflect the spirit of our country. He has apologized and rightly so. Every day that our nation was segregated was a day our nation was unfaithful to our founding ideals"), Lott's position became untenable. It was obvious he would be unable to remain as Senate Republican Leader, although the official White House line was that Lott did not need to resign.[3]
Lott later agreed with the President's speech. In the aforementioned BET interview, he said, "Segregation is a stain on our nation's soul... Segregation and racism are immoral."
Under pressure from Senate colleagues, and having lost the support of the White House, Lott resigned as Senate Republican Leader on December 20, 2002. Bill Frist of Tennessee was later elected to the leadership position. Lott was chosen by his colleagues as Chairman of the Senate Rules Committee after the controversy.
In a book written after the incident, Lott described what he called a betrayal by the White House and his colleagues in the Senate:
"I'd been knifed in the back," Mr. Lott wrote in his book, Herding Cats: A Life in Politics. "But in order to be effective again," he wrote, "I had to shake some of the hands that held the daggers."[4]
In 2005, Lott expressed confidence in his ability to work around the efforts of Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) to block Senate bills laden with earmarks and pork projects. He stated, "The way I do it is, I fold them into bills where you can't find it...I've been around here long enough to know how to bury it." [1]
Lott was born October 9, 1941 in Grenada, Mississippi. He attended college at the University of Mississippi where he obtained an undergraduate degree in public administration in 1965 and a law degree in 1967. He served as a Field Representative for Ole Miss and was president of his fraternity, Sigma Nu. After getting his law degree, he moved to Pascagoula (where he still lives today) and began a law practice.
He was administrative assistant to House Rules Committee chairman William Colmer, also of Pascagoula, from 1968 to 1972. When Colmer, one of the leading segregationists in the Democratic Party, retired after 40 years in Congress, he endorsed Lott as his successor in Mississippi's 5th District, covering the southern tip of the state, even though Lott ran as a Republican. Lott won handily. It's very likely that he'd have won without Colmer's endorsement, as this was the year of a titanic Republican landslide which Richard Nixon captured 49 of 50 states and 78 percent of Mississippi's popular vote. He and his current Senate colleague, Thad Cochran (also elected to Congress that year), were only the second and third Republicans elected to Congress from Mississippi since Reconstruction. Lott was reelected seven times without much difficulty, and even ran unopposed in 1978. He served as House Minority Whip (the second-ranking Republican in the House) from 1981 to 1989.
Senate Career
He successfully ran for the U.S. Senate in 1988, filling the seat formerly held by retiring John C. Stennis. He was re-elected in 1994 and 2000 with no substantive Democratic opposition. He gave some thought to retirement for much of 2005, especially after his house was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina (see below)He was among the first people to receive help from FEMA. However, on January 17, 2006 he announced that he would run for a fourth term in the 2006 elections.
He became Senate Majority Whip when the Republicans took control of the Senate in 1995, succeeding as majority leader in 1996 when Bob Dole resigned from the Senate to focus on his presidential bid. As majority leader, Lott was best known for his role in the impeachment of Bill Clinton. It was clear that the Republicans were far short of the two-thirds majority required under the Constitution to convict Clinton and remove him from office. However, Lott proceeded with the Senate trial in early 1999 under pressure from the far right. He later acquiesced in a decision to suspend the proceedings after the Senate voted not to convict President Clinton.
After the 2000 elections produced a 50-50 partisan split, Vice President Al Gore's tiebreaking vote gave the Democrats the majority from January 3-January 20, 2001, when the George W. Bush-Dick Cheney Administration took office and Cheney's tiebreaking vote gave the Republicans the majority once again. Later in 2001, he became Senate Minority Leader once again after Jim Jeffords became an independent and caucused with the Democrats, allowing them to regain the majority. He was to become majority leader again in early 2003 after Republican gains in the November 2002 elections. The Strom Thurmond controversy, however (see below), derailed his chances.
He was a cosponsor of the bill to create a Director of National Intelligence. Despite frequent charges of racism from his critics, Lott has been a strong supporter of high levels of immigration from non-white and third world countries.
Later developments
Since he lost the Majority Leader position, Lott has kept relatively quiet. However, Lott started to show an unusual shift from his traditionally strong conservative views when he said that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld should resign within a year. He has also battled with President Bush over military base closures in his home state.
Lott was long rumored to be making a push to return to GOP leadership. Lott publicly considered running for Republican Whip after the 2006 elections if the GOP front-runner for that post, Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, lost his bid for reelection. Additionally, Lott suggested that he was considering challenging Senator Mitch McConnell to become majority leader [2], once Senator Bill Frist retires from the Senate [3]. Santorum lost his reelection bid and the following week, Lott declared his candidacy for the minority whip position. His competition was Sen. [Lamar Alexander] of Tennessee. Alexander had been campaigning for the position over the previous year and claimed that he was certain he had the votes to be elected. In a November 15 vote, however, Senate Republicans chose Lott by secret ballot to become their whip for the 110th Congress. [4]
Lott has also written a memoir entitled Herding Cats, A Life in Politics. In the book Lott speaks for the first time on the infamous Strom Thurmond birthday party gaffe. He also speaks out on current Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, and about his feelings of betrayal toward the Tennessee Senator, claiming "If Frist had not announced exactly when he did, as the fire was about to burn out, I would still be majority leader of the Senate today." He also described former Majority Leader Tom Daschle (Democrat) of South Dakota as "trustworthy." He also reveals that President Bush, then Secretary of State Colin Powell and other GOP leaders played a major role in ending his career as Senate Republican Leader.
2006 elections
In 2006, the Democrats nominated Erik Fleming to face Lott in his November 2006 bid for reelection. (See U.S. congressional elections in 2006) [5] Lott retained his seat. Following the elections, Lott was elected Senate minority whip for the 110th Congress.
On November 26, 2007, Lott scheduled two press conferences to announce his retirement from the Senate. The resignation was to be effective at the end of the year. A congressional official told The Washington Post Lott's health was not a factor in the decision, and the four-term senator has "other opportunities" to undertake.[5]
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour will name a successor to fill Lott's seat through the 2008 general election. Mississippi Reps. Chip Pickering and Roger Wicker are considered likely replacements.[6]
Money in politics
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- Revolving door profile for Trent Lott from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.
- 2006 privately funded travel profile for Trent Lott from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.
- Personal finance profile for Trent Lott from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.
Committees and Affiliations
- Jefferson Awards Board Member, American Institute for Public Service
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
- Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security - Ranking Member
- Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security
- Subcommittee on Space, Aeronautics, and Related Sciences
- Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard
- Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Insurance, and Automotive Safety
- Senate Committee on Finance
- Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006)
- Senate Committee on Rules and Administration - Chairperson
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
- Subcommittee on Aviation
- Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine: Chair
- Subcommittee on Fisheries and the Coast Guard
- Subcommittee on Science and Space
- Subcommittee on Technology, Innovation, and Competitiveness
- Subcommittee on National Ocean Policy Study
- Senate Committee on Finance
- Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight
- Subcommittee on International Trade
- Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy
- Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
- He was on the board of advisors of the Children's Scholarship Fund
More Background Data
Wikipedia also has an article on Trent Lott. This article may use content from the Wikipedia article under the terms of the GFDL.
Articles and Resources
- Official website
- Open Secrets - 2006 congressional races database
- Compare where Trent Lott stands on the issues - whereIstand.com
- ↑ John Mercurio, "Lott apologizes for Thurmond comment", CNN, December 10, 2002
- ↑ Joe Conason, "Note to Hannity, Limbaugh and ditto-heads: Byrd is not Lott. Plus: Where are the Senate Democrats?", Salon.com, December 13, 2002
- ↑ Andrew Buncombe, "Republican leader Lott forced out over racist remarks", The Independent, December 21, 2002.
- ↑ Mark Leibovich, "In Senate Shift, Big Comeback for Trent Lott", The New York Times, November 15, 2006
- ↑ Jack Elliot, "Sen. Trent Lott to Resign by End of Year", The Washington Post, November 26, 2007.
- ↑ Martin Kady II and Josh Kraushaar, "Top official: Lott to resign", The Politico, November 26, 2007
Local blogs and discussion sites
- Talking Points Memo, a political weblog, has posted Lott's racially-inflected Fall 1984 interview with the Southern Partisan and discusses his long-standing association with a paleoconservative group, the Council of Conservative Citizens.
- Lott Decried for Part of Salute to Thurmond, The Washington Post, Saturday, December 7, 2002; Page A06.
- Sen. Lott Fights to Save Post as Leader, The Washington Post, Saturday, December 14, 2002; Page A01.
- Lott Remarks on Thurmond Echoed 1980 Words, The Washington Post, Wednesday, December 11, 2002; Page A06.
- Sen. Lott's New Spin The Washington Post, Saturday, December 14, 2002; Page A24.
- Joe Conason, Lott's involvement with the neo-Confederate movement, racists and extreme rightists goes way back, Salon, December 12, 2002.
- Bloggers Catch What Washington Post Missed, The Guardian (UK), Saturday, December 21, 2002.
- Katrina Weighs on Lott's Decision-Making, Roll Call, September 15, 2005 (subscription retired).
- Emily Pierce, "Coburn Freely Placing Holds," Roll Call, June 23, 2005.
- "Trent Lott Making Comeback as Whip," NewsMax, November 8, 2006.
- Elana Schor, "Lott running for whip post," The Hill, November 13, 2006.
- Laurie Kellman, "Trent Lott Wins Back Leadership Slot," Associated Press (via ABC News), November 15, 2006.
- Faiz Shakir, "Lott Attacks Rove, Says 'I've Had Problems With Some Of His Conduct'," Think Progress, November 26, 2006. re Karl Rove
- Paul Kiel, "Lott: Administration 'Pushed' Intel on Iraq," TPM Muckraker, January 5, 2007.
- Judd Legum, "Lott: I May Oppose Troop Escalation," Think Progress, January 5, 2007. re McCain doctrine
Works by Lott
- Trent Lott, Herding Cats: A Life in Politics (Regan Books: 2005) ISBN 0060599316


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SUNNYVALE -- One day after yet another school shooting, some 250 people on Saturday joined the national outpouring of grief and reflection to mark the one-year anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary massacre.
The public memorial was held at a Catholic church here -- just five miles from the scene of another mass shooting a generation ago.
They came to honor the children and adults who were killed in Newtown, Conn., framed by a hand-lettered sign that read, "We Are Newtown."
But speaker after speaker -- many of whose lives have been touched by gun violence -- also referred to Friday's shooting at Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colo., which left one student in critical condition. They also talked about the rampage 25 years ago at Sunnyvale's ESL Inc., where Richard Wade Farley killed seven co-workers and injured four in one of the worst mass murders in California history.
No one Saturday had any easy solutions to offer for the uptick in mass killings.
"What the hell are we doing in our schools?" asked Rep. Mike Honda, D-San Jose.
Honda, like so many others, had no easy answers. But he said he looks to "the day we can truly say that I am my brother's or sister's keeper."
One thing those gathered at St. Cyprian Church could do was honor the dead: They struck a gong in memory of each of the 20 children and six educators slaughtered at Sandy Hook -- and one more time to remember all those killed by guns in America.
"Although we try to gain perspective on this tragedy with the passage of time," said speaker Josh Wolf, a volunteer for Organizing For Action who helped arrange Saturday's memorial, "repeated incidences of gun violence in our communities since then continue to challenge our sense of security and remind us that we must do more to protect each other.
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Karen Hardy spoke about the shock in 1988 of watching live television coverage of the ESL shooting. She remembered frantically calling her husband at work to tell him that his co-worker, Farley, had already killed at least one person.
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The Universe knows what it's doing. So don't develop a big ego, and don't be afraid. (p207)
Benjamin Hoff
Source: The Te of Piglet
Contributed by: Rebecca
Knowledge and Experience do not necessarily speak the same language.
Source: The Tao of Pooh, Pages: 29
Contributed by: M.Dey.
"Lots of people talk to animals," said Pooh."Maybe, but..."Not very many listen, though," he said. "That's the problem," he added.
"Rabbit's clever," said Pooh thoughtfully."Yes," said Piglet, "Rabbit's clever.""And he has Brain.""Yes," said Piglet, "Rabbit has Brain.""I suppose," said Pooh, "that that's why he never understands anything."
Source: The Tao of Pooh
Contributed by: Becky
Through working in harmony with life's circumstances, Taoist understanding changes what others may percieve as negative into something positive.
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When you discard arrogance, complexity, and a few other things that get in the way, sooner or later you will discover that simple, childlike, and mysterious secret known to those of the Uncarved Block: Life is Fun.
A well-frog cannot imagine the ocean, nor can a summer insect conceive of ice. How then can a scholar understand the Tao? He is restricted by his own learning.
Everything has its own place and function. That applies to people, although many don't seem to realize it, stuck as they are in the wrong job, the wrong marriage, or the wrong house. When you know and respect your Inner Nature, you know where you belong. You also know where you don't belong.
Those who have no compassion have no wisdom. Knowledge, yes; cleverness, maybe; wisdom, no. A clever mind is not a heart. Knowledge doesn't really care. Wisdom does."
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Jimmy Buffett and his Coral Reefer Band will perform a benefit concert on Nov. 23 at the T.D. Waterhouse Centre in Orlando, Florida, with the funds raised going to hurricane relief. "Surviving The Storm - Hurricane Benefit" is being presented and sponsored by Bank of America, Outback Steakhouse and Carrabba's Italian Grill. As an Alabama native and Florida resident, bringing relief to the hurricane victims is a cause close to his heart. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster, Ticketmaster.com [1], Comor Charge by Phone (407-839-3900) and the T.D. Waterhouse Centre box office. Proceeds from the event will be deposited to the Florida Hurricane Relief Fund. The fund has been established as a separate account to aid in hurricane relief, and a public accounting of the Fund will be published every six months until it is closed. The Fund will distribute a portion of the proceeds from this event to hurricane survivors in Alabama and the Caribbean, as well as Florida. If you can't go to the show but still want to make a tax-deductible donation, call 1-800-FL-HELP-1 or go to flahurricanefund.org [2].
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Aleksandr Goldenweiser(10 March 1875 — 26 November 1961)
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=Alternative Names/Transliterations: Александр Борисович Гольденвейзер, Aleksandr Borisovič Gol'denvejzer, Aleksandr Borisovich Gol'denveizer, Alexander Borisovich Goldenweiser
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Two Ascents, Both Seek Summit — Southeast Ridge Team to Focus on Education and Science; West Ridge Team of Anker and Cory Richards to Retrace Route of First American Ascent on West Ridge.
Climb to Be Covered Online Starting March 16 at natgeo.com/oneverest and www.thenorthface.com/everest. Real-time Updates from West Ridge Team to Start April 16 on National Geographic Magazine App for iPad
Click play above to listen to an audio message from Conrad Anker who was surveying a glacier after summiting Mount Everest.
Well, they say you're not done till you're done and, this is Conrad here. I'm at the 5,700 meter elevation. I'm in Nare glacier on the south face of Ama Dablam and I'm here with Subhash, Hey Subhash.
Subhash: Hello
Conrad: Have you been walking?
Subhash: Long time walking
Conrad: Oh yeah, long time walking. We started out this morning walking at 3 a.m. and we gained 2,000 meters of elevation in probably 20km distance. This is the fifth of the Extreme Ice Survey cameras that we're switching the cards out and doing maintenance on. Everyone else is headed to Kathmandu and I'm enjoying one last moment down in the mountains. There's nothing like walking slowly after summiting Everest without supplemental oxygen to feel the effects.
We're happy, it looks like the card came out ok, the battery and computer are all working well and the glacier looks a little anemic from here. It's one that we are studying and we've got two years of data on it now. Yeah, you're not done till you're done, we definitely had work left, we saved the best things for last. So, this is Conrad calling in from the Nare glacier, in the Khumbu valley, and take care!


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By Dave Warner (Reuters) - NBC's Today show on Monday will air excerpts from an interview with former Penn State assistant football coach and convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky, who is serving 30 to 60 years in prison. The former defensive coordinator for Penn State, convicted of 45 sex abuse charges for molesting 10 boys over 15 years, is in prison on a sentence of 30 to 60 years. "The former longtime defensive coordinator will describe what he says happened on the campus, and what he thinks of whistleblower Mike McQueary and late head coach Joe Paterno," the Today show
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The North Country SPCA has moved into brand new digs.
A brand new, state of the art animal shelter just opened up is Elizabethtown, the result of nearly five years of fundraising efforts.
The new site is an ultra-modern state of the art facility here along route 9N.
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Yelp CEO: We May Be Weird, But We Have Nothing To Hide
Faced with a lawsuit and bad publicity, Yelp Chief Executive Jeremy Stoppelman took to his blog to defend against allegations that his company removes or reorders business reviews in exchange for money.
A class action complaint filed on Wednesday (get it here) details how Yelp allegedly offered to take down negative reviews in exchange for advertising fees. The suit also alleges that Yelp employees have written negative reviews of businesses. These types of accusations have been going on for awhile now, and Stoppelman has had enough.
While Yelp has called the allegations "demonstrably false" and said in a statement it will "aggressively" defend against the suit, Stoppelman wrote two blog posts – one on Friday and one on Monday – defending his company against "beyond ludicrous" allegations that "ignore empirical evidence in favor of conspiracy theories."
Stoppelman explains Monday how his company's advertising sales team works – in essence, advertising and the business reviews written by members are "like the separation of Church and State" on the site, he says.
So if Yelp is doing nothing wrong, why do these accusations keep surfacing?
In Stoppelman's eyes, it's partly because of the company's "weird" automated system that often removes reviews from business pages in order to filter out spam. "Because this is a difficult task, sometimes that results in legitimate reviews being suppressed from business pages," writes Stoppelman.
More specifically, Stoppelman details how a business owner might think that it's getting scammed:
Step 1. Business owner gets a sales call from Yelp that explains an advertising product which seems nuanced; hears stuff like "Favorite review at top" and "Enhance your presence". Business owner eventually decides, "Thanks, but no thanks on the ads, Yelp."
Step 2. Business owner newly-exposed to Yelp decides it's interesting and aggressively solicits all their family and friends to write reviews.
Step 3. We've already cautioned against this practice and this is why: a few days later, our automated filter suppresses the suspicious-looking reviews.
Step 4. Business assumes algorithmic process in Step 3 is actually a Yelp employee manually punishing the business for declining to advertise in Step 1.
Optional Step 5. Now-angry business finds the Orly Taitz of internet lawyers who may or may not have read about our recent funding round.
As Stoppelman concludes, "many might say we're weird, but we have nothing to hide."
That may be true, but these accusations have been going on for more than a year, causing the company to spend precious time and money defending itself against bad publicity and now a class-action suit. Before Yelp gets dragged into another lawsuit, it might be in Stoppelman's best interest to find a way for his sales team to more clearly express to business owners how its filtering process works.


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I have been seeing DC comics new titles and series on the websites,Doug. They look pretty darn good. Recently,I have buying DC comics a whole lot,guy. If Marvel doesn't come through,they will lose out on alot of customers/readers buying their merchandises causing their sells to go down. BIG TIME! Keep watching.
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My son has his own special World;
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Japan is worth the extra effort
Many great brands have come out of Japan throughout history – Hello Kitty, Nintendo, Toyota, Sony, among others – but on a macroeconomic level, the country has been in the doldrums for years.
Japan's famous 'lost decade' was the result of the bursting of the asset-inflated bubble from 1989 onwards, which saw the Nikkei index plummet 63 per cent from its peak of 38,916 during the 1990s.
By the time the government injected trillions of yen in public funds at the tail end of the 1990s, the world's second-biggest economy was already mired in a prolonged slump.
In spite of remaining the world's third largest economy, Japan has been marginalised in the eyes of many investors on account of poor demographics, deflationary pressure and faster growth rates in emerging Asian economies.
False dawns
There have been so many false dawns for the Japanese equity markets that it takes the skin of an elephant for any adviser to recommend a Japanese fund to form part of a client's portfolio.
Last year, however, the best-performing fund across the entire IMA universe in 2011 was the Legg Mason Japan Equity fund, in spite of the country being struck by a devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami.
In the year, it delivered 27.07 per cent, which the manager claims was a direct result of sticking to growth stocks, rather than looking for value.
According to Taku Arai, Japanese equity product manager at Schroders, Japan has been taking advantage of the lower costs in Asia for decades, by setting up offshore production bases in Asian countries.
This has been a major part of Japanese firms' strategy to compete in export markets, particularly since the yen started appreciating rapidly against a number of other foreign currencies during the financial crisis, making yen-denominated exports more expensive.
"The development of Asian economies and, in particular, the increasing affluence of consumers throughout the region, will continue to provide a major opportunity for Japanese companies which possess both the technology and the production processes required to meet this demand," he adds.
The Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster that took place in March 2011 led to an overall economic loss of more than $200bn (£125bn), making it the costliest natural catastrophe on record.
Nevertheless, in a very short time, most companies were able to recover production and corporate profits have largely returned to pre-earthquake levels. Some multinationals are reporting their best earnings ever.
Ernst Glanzmann, fund manager of the JB Japan Stock fund at Swiss & Global Asset Management, says: "It is remarkable how fast Japanese companies have recovered from the extraordinary events in March 2011, underlining their high flexibility and dynamics. Going forward, favourable raw material costs and the fairly neutral yen should make a positive contribution to input costs and help companies to expand margins and profits.


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Clinical Conditions
The evaluation of the male with erectile dysfunction consists of three distinct parts, namely, a structured interview, physical examination, and adjunctive testing. While the role of the latter is debated for the general erectile dysfunction population, there are some patients who benefit from identifying a cause of the ED. All patients presenting for the evaluation of impotence should undergo a comprehensive history and a focused physical examination. The purpose of this approach is to define (1) that the patient suffers from sexual dysfunction and to determine the nature of this, (2) that the patient has adequate exercise tolerance to resume sexual relations, (3) that the patient does not have any conditions in his medical or surgical history that represent contraindications to specific therapies and (4) to seek out factors in the patient's medical surgical and sexual history that may indicate an etiology of his sexual dysfunction.
It is unknown what percentage of patients presenting to a urologist for nonsexual complaints ever get questioned regarding their sexual function. However, it has been estimated that only 30 percent of all men presenting to primary care physicians are asked questions regarding sexual function. The reason for this is most probably multifactorial, with both patient and physician factors playing a role. From a patient standpoint, it is widely appreciated that embarrassment and fear play a major role in a patient's reticence to broach this subject. From a physician standpoint, factors interfering with initiating dialogue regarding sexual function include lack of physician time, lack of physician interest, lack of physician knowledge, and cultural and religious issues.
The history taking should begin with a brief survey of the patient demographics, including his partner's age and the duration of his relationship with his partner and the specific dynamics of that relationship. A brief inquiry as to the female partner's menopausal status is also worthwhile. Furthermore, the dynamics in a homosexual relationship are different than that in a heterosexual one. History taking should then move to the medical and surgical history of the patient. Specifically, attention should be focused on vascular, neurological, endocrinological, operative and psychological issues that may represent risk factors for sexual dysfunction. While urologists, internal medicine physicians, and family practice physicians are not psychologists nor psychiatrists, a brief assessment of the patient's psychological status is important. Specifically, it is important to define if there are overt risk factors for psychogenic ED such as the patient being in his first relationship following divorce or following being widowed, whether he is having significant interpersonal difficulties with his partner, whether he has a significant external stressor load or the presence of an overt affective disorder. With reference to a patient's prior surgical history, defining the time of onset of erectile dysfunction with regard to the date of operation is important. Clearly, those operations most likely to interfere with erectile function are pelvic surgeries.
Obtaining a good medication history is important in sexual function evaluation. Many pharmacologic agents have been associated with erectile dysfunction, however, it is often difficult to determine whether it is the drug itself or the condition for which the patient is being treated that is the primary etiologic factor. Those medications that have been most frequently associated with ED include anti-hypertensives, psychotropic medications, medications with anti-androgenic activity and recreational drugs. It is worth noting that monoamine oxidase inhibitors represent an absolute contraindication to the use of systemic or intracavernosal alpha agonist therapy. The use of recreational drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, and heroine have been reported in the literature to induce erectile dysfunction. Paradoxically, cocaine is also a significant risk factor for priapism. While the effect of cigarette smoking on systemic vasculature is well-documented, it has not yet been clearly defined epidemiologically if cigarette smoking is an independent risk factor for erectile dysfunction. The chronic use of alcohol is associated with ED through several mechanisms including peripheral neuropathy, testicular dysfunction and hepatic dysfunction.
Obtaining a good sexual history requires practice. Firstly, it is important to define of which sexual dysfunction the patient is complaining. It is not uncommon for patients to confuse impotence with other sexual dysfunctions such as premature ejaculation, retarded orgasm, or even retrograde ejaculation. Defining a patient's (and partner's) expectations and goals is also of value as some patients present purely to obtain information, others' interest lies only in oral therapy while others want "whatever it takes" to resolve their problem.
With regard to erectile dysfunction (ED) the key questions include duration of ED, degree of ED, erectile spontaneity, erectile sustaining capability, early morning/nocturnal erectile function, timing of last sexual intercourse, and whether the erectile dysfunction is situational or not. The definition of erectile dysfunction is "the consistent inability to obtain and/or maintain an erection sufficient for satisfactory sexual performance," therefore, consistency of ED is important. While the definition of consistency is somewhat debatable most authorities believe that a man with the three-month history of ED warrants treatment. Defining whether the patient has primary problem with spontaneity or sustaining capability may give the clinician an idea as to the etiology of the problem. One of the great myths in sexual medicine is that the presence of a rigid early morning erection indicates psychogenic ED. This is a false concept, as many men with significant arteriogenic ED wake up with good erectile rigidity. The presence of good early morning erections is suggestive only of adequate venocclusive function. The hallmarks of psychogenic ED are sudden onset erectile problems and intermittency of function, therefore assessing these factors by history is also important. Furthermore, defining if the erectile dysfunction is situational, such as a discrepancy in erectile function between partners or between a partner and masturbation, may help support a diagnosis of psychogenic ED.
Even in patients who present with erectile dysfunction, questions regarding ejaculatory function, orgasmic function and libido are important. The goal of the clinician should be to allow the patient to return to satisfactory sexual relations, and while resolution of erectile dysfunction is an important start, addressing and treating any secondary sexual dysfunctions such as premature ejaculation and/or loss of libido will likely be necessary to maintain patient satisfaction. It is not uncommon for patients with long-standing ED to have a significant reduction in their sex drive and furthermore, they are also at risk for developing premature ejaculation particularly if they have problems with maintenance of erectile rigidity. Correcting a patient's erectile dysfunction may have a positive effect on the patient's secondary premature ejaculation.
There are a number of validated questionnaires available that obtain information regarding a patient's sexual function. These include the International Index Of Erectile Function (IIEF), which is the questionnaire routinely used at the Sexual Medicine Program at New York Presbyterian Hospital. More valuable to the primary care clinician is the Sexual Health Inventory For Men (SHIM), a five question instrument that can easily define the presence of ED. In routine clinical practice whether these instruments are utilized or not is a matter of style, however, even if the questionnaires are used, they do not circumvent the need for face-to-face discussion as outlined above.
Physical Examination
The physical examination of the patient presenting with sexual dysfunction should focus on (1) secondary sexual characteristics, (2) abdominal examination, (3) major pulse examination, (4) S2-4 neurological assessment, and (5) external genitalia examination. Abdominal examination should focus on the assessment for an abdominal aortic aneurysm. It has been estimated that approximately 1 percent of all men presenting for the evaluation of erectile dysfunction will have an enlarged abdominal aorta. The major pulses should be assessed, specifically, the femoral and popliteal pulses as these are excellent markers for systemic atherosclerotic disease. In cases where there is a concern regarding neurogenic ED, an assessment of S2-4 neural pathways is indicated. An assessment of the bulbocavernosus reflex (BCR) is only of significant benefit if the reflex is positive as 30% of neurologically intact patients will have a BCR.
Examination of the penis in this patient population should focus primarily on the presence of Peyronie's disease plaques. A good assessment of the integrity of the erectile tissue may be gained from stretching the penile shaft. In patients with significant corporal fibrosis, such as in men with poorly controlled diabetes, there is significant diminishment in the ability of the penis to stretch, in contrast to young patients with psychogenic or mild arteriogenic ED where penile stretch capabilities are normal. Examination of the testicles is aimed primarily at defining the presence or absence of masses and also to ascertain the testicular volume and consistency. All men over the age of 40 years and those with lower urinary tract symptoms undergo digital rectal examination for prostate assessment.
Laboratory Evaluation
Obtaining basic hematologic and biochemistry laboratory analyses in men with ED has been recommended by the NIH consensus panel. The screen should include serum glucose estimation in an effort to rule out the presence of diabetes. Many of the patients seen for ED will already have had such laboratory testing by their primary care physician and will not need to have this repeated. Assessment of liver function tests and thyroid function tests are best reserved for those patients who manifest symptoms and or signs suggestive of hepatic or thyroid dysfunction.
One of the great controversies in sexual medicine revolves around the definition of an adequate hormonal assessment of the patient with ED. There is an absence of medical literature that clearly answers this question. At the Sexual Medicine Program at New York Presbyterian Hospital a single early morning total testosterone level is drawn. Most significant endocrinopathies that are of concern will generally manifest with a low serum testosterone level. In the presence of a low total testosterone level we repeat the blood work to include a total and free testosterone level, combined with an LH and a prolactin level. Most would agree that men presenting with classic symptoms or signs of hypogonadism should undergo a full hormone screen as outlined above at the outset.
Other Tests
In routine clinical practice the majority of men presenting with erectile dysfunction do not require any further testing. However a number of investigations exist which are available to aid the clinician in assigning a cause to the patient's ED. Such investigations include (1) vascular testing such as duplex ultrasound and dynamic infusion cavernosometry/cavernosography, (2) neurological testing such as a biothesiometry, somatosensory evoked potentials and pudendal electromyography and (3) nocturnal penile tumescence and rigidity analysis. Much debate has been conducted on the indications for such investigations. In my practice, adjunctive investigations are reserved for the following groups of patients: (1) patients who are potentially curable: this group includes patients with a high risk for primarily psychogenic ED, patients with endocrinopathy, young males with traumatically induced pure arteriogenic erectile dysfunction and young males with isolated crural venous leak, (2) patients with penile curvature prior to undergoing penile reconstructive surgery and (3) medicolegal cases.
There is also a significant variability in the utilization of psychological assessment during evaluation of the male with ED. Certainly, any patient who presents with an obvious untreated psychiatric disorder should be directed to the appropriate expert. Patients who are routinely sent for psychological evaluation and management in my practice are those who have an overt complex psychological risk factor for sexual dysfunction and those with significant interpersonal difficulties either arising from or leading to their sexual dysfunction.
Two investigations that are frequently used by clinicians in the office setting in evaluation of the impotent male include biothesiometry and office injection testing. The former testing utilizes an electronic device for the assessment of penile vibratory thresholds. Although nomograms have been published for appropriate penile sensory thresholds, the value of routine biothesiometry is debated. Office injection testing involves the administration of intracavernosal vasoactive agents to the ED patient and the assessment of the degree of erectile rigidity in response to this agent. Some clinicians use this test to assess if the patient has psychogenic ED (the development of a fully rigid durable erection) or venogenic ED (failure to obtain a penetration rigidity erection), however, given the fact that approximately 30% of men with normal erectile hemodynamics will fail to obtain a penetration rigidity erection in response to a single dose of intracavernosal vasoactive agent, drawing conclusion from this test may be flawed. A positive response to this test, that is the development of the durable rigid erection, indicates that the patient's venocclusive mechanism is intact.
- Cappelleri JC et al: Relationship between patient self-assessment of erectile function and the erectile function domain of the international index of erectile function. Urology. 56: 477-81., 2000.
- de Meyer JJ et al. The effect of re-dosing of vasodilators on the intracavernosal pressure and on the penile rigidity. European Urology 33: 293-6, 1998.
- Krane RJ, et al. Impotence. New England Journal of Medicine: 1648-59, 1989.
- Lue TF: Erectile dysfunction. New England Journal of Medicine. 342: 1802-13., 2000.
- Mulhall JP, et al. Resolution Of Secondary Premature Ejaculation In Impotent Men By Successful Treatment Of Their Erectile Dysfunction. International Journal of Impotence Research 11: S70, 1999.
- Mulhall JP, et al. Improving The Accuracy Of Vascular Testing Of The Impotent Male: Correction Of Hemodynamic Alterations Using A Vasoactive Medication Redosing Schedule. Journal of Urology. 166: 923-6, 2001.
- Rosen RC, et al. The international index of erectile function (IIEF): a multidimensional scale for assessment of erectile dysfunction. Urology. 49: 822-30., 1997.
- Rosen RC: Quality of life assessment in sexual dysfunction trials. International Journal of Impotence Research. 10 Suppl 2: S21-3; discussion S24-6., 1998.
- Rosen RC, Cappelleri JC, Smith MD, Lipsky J Pena BM: Development and evaluation of an abridged, 5-item version of the International Index of Erectile Function (IIEF-5) as a diagnostic tool for erectile dysfunction. International Journal of Impotence Research. 11: 319-26., 1999.
- Rosen RC: Psychogenic erectile dysfunction. Classification and management. Urologic Clinics of North America. 28: 269-78., 2001.


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It was such a fun day and I got to meet and spend the day with some fabulous bloggers which is always nice. We each had a trend and mine was the color blocking trend with white as the focus. I adored all the outfits that they brought for me but loved the two that I ended up in as they are totally my kind of outfits.
This one was my favorite of the two. As you may know, I love blazers and after the shoot, I got to bring this home with me and it's been such a staple in my closet! You've seen it on me here and in cream here. And those shorts were so cute, all the girls at the shoot wanted them too!
My trip to NYC was short but I had so much fun every single moment! And I will admit that this shoot turned me into a permanent Kohl's shopper as I loved all the clothes that not only I was wearing but what the other girls were wearing too!


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|common bamboo
| USDA PLANTS Symbol: BAVU2
U.S. Nativity: Exotic
Habit: Grass or Grasslike Shrub or Subshrub
|Bambusa vulgaris Schrad. ex J.C. Wendl.
Jump to: Resources | Images | Distribution Maps | Sources
Taxonomic Rank: Liliopsida: Cyperales: Poaceae
|Synonym(s): golden bamboo, grand bamboo
|Native Range: known only in cultivation (BAIL); se Asia (GRIN)
Identification, Biology, Control and Management Resources
|Selected Images from Invasive.org
|View All Images at Invasive.org
John Ruter, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org
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Plant(s); Cv vittata
Forest and Kim Starr, Starr Environmental, Bugwood.org
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|EDDMapS Distribution:
This map is incomplete and is based only on current site and county level reports made by experts and records obtained from USDA Plants Database. For more information, visit www.eddmaps.org
State(s) Where Reported invasive.
Based on state level agency and organization lists of invasive plants from WeedUS database.
|U.S. National Parks where reported invasive:
|Rock Creek National Park (Washington, D.C.)
|Invasive Listing Sources:
|Jil M. Swearingen, Survey of invasive plants occurring on National Park Service lands, 2000-2007
|Mid-Atlantic Exotic Pest Plant Council, 2005


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This new edition of a classic text that we have all become accustomed to using has reversed a trend in that it has become smaller. This was accomplished by tighter writing, use of a great number of diagrams that illustrate rather than describe, and printing the references in smaller type than the rest of the text.
The organization is logical and, as in earlier editions, the anatomy and physiology are covered in separate sections proportional to their clinical importance. The integration of imaging into all sections is prominent and the illustrations, whether actual photographs or line drawings, amplify the point in the text. The symptoms of liver disease, including hepatocellular failure, encephalopathy, ascites, and portal hypertension and jaundice, are covered in appropriate detail, followed by the clinical presentations. Cholestasis, viral hepatitis, chronic hepatitis, and drugs and the liver receive general treatment before moving on to the specific disorders.
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Tuesday, July 7, 2009
A Question for the Pharmacists Out There
The pharmacist I worked with today bitched and moaned all day about tech work. Actually at one point he snapped at me, started yelling and mocking me, when I was offering a quick solution to a problem he was having.
See he, and a few others I work with, believe that entering prescriptions is 'tech work' and that they are above that. They believe they should be able to sit on their stool and merely check all day long.
Now I do not understand this. If I were a pharmacist, and it were not terribly busy like today, I would want to run as many prescriptions as I could in order to catch interactions, notice compliance issues and to make note of the health of my patients. Plus the way our checking system is setup, if the pharmacist does not run the script and look at the past history, he has no idea what it is as he checks it on the counter.
Instead this breed of pharmacist believes it is the technicians duty to do all of the above. Granted, I have no problem with this, but many of my co-techs are not very well versed in interactions. Hell I can't remember the last time anyone besides myself made note of an antibiotic/birth control interaction.
So I ask the other pharmacists that read this blog, what do you think? Are you above this 'tech work' even if that involves a lack of knowledge on the history of your patient? Or am I perhaps just a bit overly ambitious?
12 comments:
- BigEvilRx said...
Can you explain the Antibiotic/Birth Control Interaction...? Does the Antibiotic inhibit the action of the Birth Control or the other way around?
BTW, sounds like that pharmacist is immature and has leadership issues. Also sounds like his parents paid his way through college.
- July 8, 2009 at 5:09 AM
- Pharmacist Erin said...
I'm definitely NOT one of those pharmacists. In my pharmacy, the pharmacists still do 80% of the entering of Rxs and the techs count. I have co-worker pharmacists who think they are too good to count. I hate that. If it needs to get done, I'll count it. I think it shows a lack of maturity on their part.
- July 8, 2009 at 6:50 AM
- Pharmgirl said...
The only time I've seen a pharmacist refuse to enter scripts was when she was the only RPh on duty and she didn't feel comfortable checking her own work (which makes sense to me). That guy you worked with needs a smackdown.
Me, I've been licensed less than a month; sometimes I forget I'm NOT a tech! :)
@BigEvilRx: antibiotics decrease the activity of BCPs. It's though to be a result of decreased gut flora.
- July 8, 2009 at 7:26 AM
I avoid counting but love imputting. I don't count often because it limits the checkpoints and eyes that see the rx. If im counting, there is no "final check" there is but its by the same eyes that filled it. So chances are if wrong once, wrong twice...I like having that extra set of eyes and me being the final checker.
- July 8, 2009 at 2:39 PM
- Phathead said...
Probably should have clarified, I wasn't talking about counting and individual Rx, but more inputting it into the system.
- July 8, 2009 at 3:13 PM
Most pharmacists I work with have no issues entering scripts/counting/getting the register. The only legitimate reason I have heard was stated previously, when the pharmacist didn't feel comfortable checking her own script entry.
However, there is one floater pharmacist I have worked with that flat out stated he could not help enter/count because he "had pharmacist things to do." While in reality he sat there doing nothing (not verifying, checking, doing paper work, anything). Coincidentally, no one likes to work with him, including other pharmacists.
But for what its worth, I'm an intern and feel bad whenever the pharmacist has to come help me do "tech work"
- July 8, 2009 at 4:49 PM
- Frantic Pharmacist said...
I have no problem at all helping out with any job if we are really swamped and everyone else is tied up. What irritates me is if I'm doing it because someone else who is supposed to... just isn't. I am totally puzzled by pharmacists who think they can just sit on their butts and have everything 'brought' to them. Luckily our computer software brings up interactions on the verification screen as well -- one of the few useful things it does..
- July 8, 2009 at 8:14 PM
- The Ole' Apothecary said...
During the first six months of my very first pharmacist job 30 years ago, I was all alone. No technicians. I had to do it all. Even after six months, I was given only about 12 hours of tech help each week. The experience made me value the assistance of pharmacy technicians. I've never seen their work as "tech work." I've always seen it as valuable assistance that means I don't have to do everything. In the end, we all work together as a team.
Retail pharmcy is not a steady stream of applying knowledge heroically. You don't get to field significant drug interactions all day long.Rather, it is a check-and-balance station to keep the public safe from drug misadventures.
- July 12, 2009 at 12:26 AM
I am a relief pharmacist who has managed two pharmacies before deciding to go full-time relief and have worked with dozens of other pharmacists consequently, both relief and full-timers.
I would submit that those pharmacists who basically hang out and avoid doing anything other than checking deserve to get their asses kicked out the door!!! I personally fired several of them for refusing to anything to help the beleaguered techs with such daunting tasks as filing the Rxs they checked off into something resembling a numerically ordered pile of papers, or *gasp* answering the damn phone when it rings for the 5th time while all the techs are clearly occupied.
These a-holes who are fortunate to possess a pharmacy license f*** up the image of the rest of us pharmacists who ARE hard workers, team players who highly value the efforts of great techs. I hope some of you techs out there know that we are not all created equally out of school and you have just ahd the misfortune of being saddled with some shit employees who wear the white coat and think they're a gift to the store.
Just my two cents.
p.s. the active component in many birth control tablets [EE] is eliminated in bile but bacteria in the intestines, through a mechanism which you can read about elsewhere, helps to recirculate metabolites of EE (conjugates), and keep levels high enough to keep the birth control effective...due to a lack of controlled studies it's hard to guess which combo (Alesse-Minocin, Yasmin-Bactrim etc..) is a problem so I just tell all patients to get their male partners to keep it under wraps for a week after finishing the antibiotic...and yes, I document these conversations each and every time on the hard copy after each and every consultation on this unique interaction.
- July 13, 2009 at 5:59 PM
Sure,I answer the phone, count, input, etc when needed (I don't see how one can't when the pharmacy is getting slammed).
But the thing is, tech's are usually a hell of a lot better at many pharmacy related tasks than I'll ever be. I often find myself tempted to bow at their feet and chant "I'm not worthy," because *they* are they're the ones who can plug in ID and group #'s of any given mystery medicaid card without batting an eyelash. A good tech/ancillary is worth their weight in gold.
So, for me part of this is simply a matter of talent/resource/scope of practice-appropriate task allocation.
But perhaps a driving force behind the elitist attitudes of some pharmacists comes from the indoctrination we were all exposed to in pharmacy school. "Counting by 5's" was framed as demeaning unskilled labor, similar to production-line auto factory work in the 1940's.
Maybe it's all part of a master plan designed by insurance companies and mega retail chains to keep garden-variety pharmacists just demoralized enough to organize and effectively fight back. Sounds a little over the top, I admit. But it feels good to come up with a conspiracy theory once in a while doesn't it?
- July 13, 2009 at 7:57 PM
- Phathead said...
Obviously this RPh is in the minority. I realize tech's are better suited at many things. I'm a whiz at figuring out insurances and such and I do not expect every RPh to be familiar with these.
I do not expect them, under any circumstance, to have to count. All I ask is that they actually do their basic job and I'm happy.
- July 13, 2009 at 9:37 PM
- Pharmer Jane said...
I have worked in pharmacy long enough to remember when techs were barely allowed, legally, to do anything; the pharmacists entered orders, filled scripts, etc. The way my state's current practice laws are worded, I may "delegate" certain tasks to technicians, but I am still legally responsible for all of it. Since I'm legally responsible for all of it, I DO all of it. Last week, I had some spare time so I was working on some pre-pack stuff. One of my technicians came over and asked what I was doing. "Do you need a card fixed, Jane? Was something missing? I can do it." He was completely surprised that I would "stoop" to doing "tech work", since none of the other pharmacists I work with will. I rarely have time to work on the typical technician tasks, but I still make sure I know how to do them. After all, I was a tech for a long time, I still remember how shitty it felt when I was super busy and the pharmacist was doing nothing.
- August 23, 2009 at 1:02 PM


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1. i made a boot floppy by using mkboot a: bootrom.bin(after formatting)
2.i got v1.6+++ in console and in host machine i got
VxWorks System Boot
Copyright 1984-2005 Wind River Systems, Inc.
Version: VxWorks 6.4
BSP version: 2.0/7
Creation date: Nov 8 2006, 05:54:36
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Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual. activity. John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States
The health benefits of physical activity are well documented. Health benefits that result from regular participation in physical activity include reducing the risk of developing type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome and improving metabolic health in youth.14 Such activity also benefits musculoskeletal health. "Compared to those who are inactive, physically active youth have higher levels of cardiorespiratory fitness and stronger muscles. They also typically have lower body fatness and their bones are stronger. Youth who are regularly active also have a better chance of a healthy adulthood" (p. 15).14 Physical activity through sport makes it less likely that risk factors for chronic diseases, such as heart disease, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and osteoporosis, will develop later in life.
I think exercise tests us in so many ways, our skills, our hearts, our ability to bounce back after setbacks. This is the inner beauty of sports and competition, and it can serve us all well as adult athletes. Peggy Fleming, Olympic Gold Medal Skater
In 2008, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released its 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans: Be Active, Healthy, and Happy, representing the first major review of the science on the benefits of physical activity in more than a decade. It describes what has been learned through research on physical activity and health and provides information about how physical activity and sport promote physical health and well-being—emphasizing that a range of physical activity is best and that more activity leads to more benefits. The guidelines also note that little progress has been made in increasing levels of physical activity for too many children. Inactivity remains high among American children, adolescents, and adults.
Part of First Lady Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" initiative, the White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity notes that combined with healthy eating, physical activity is an essential component of a healthy lifestyle and can help prevent many chronic diseases, including heart disease, cancer, and stroke. Although risk factors for these diseases can begin early in life, adopting regular habits of physical activity can reduce them. According to the task force, "Physical activity helps control weight, builds lean muscle, reduces fat, and contributes to a healthy functioning cardiovascular system, hormonal regulatory system, and immune system; promotes strong bone, muscle and joint development; and decreases the risk of obesity" (p. 65).15 The Task Force also emphasizes that participation in sports has been associated with higher levels of participation in overall physical activity. In addition, adolescents who participate in greater levels of physical activity are less likely to smoke, or they smoke fewer cigarettes.16
Girls who engage in sport improve their health and well-being in both the short term and the long term. Fitness, maintaining a healthy weight, and stress reduction are among the immediate health benefits. In the long term, physical activity in youth is a key preventive factor for heart disease, cancer, obesity, osteoporosis, and Alzheimer's disease and dementias in later life.8,17,18
The Potential of Sport in Stemming Childhood Obesity
Over the past quarter century, the rate of obesity has doubled in the U.S. youth population. The percentage of overweight teens has tripled.19 One in three American children is overweight or obese by third grade.20 According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the immediate and long-term health effects of obesity on youth include a greater likelihood of developing risk factors for cardiovascular disease and being at greater risk for bone and joint problems, sleep apnea, and social and psychological problems. Obese youth also are more likely to become overweight or obese as adults. Thus, as adults they will be at greater risk for developing heart disease, type 2 diabetes, stroke, several kinds of cancer, and osteoarthritis.20
Sport and physical activity play a critical role in stemming the rise of obesity. Scientific evidence indicates that participating in physical activity helps people maintain a stable weight over time, although how much physical activity results in weight stability varies across individuals.14 In addition, "regular physical activity also helps control the percentage of body fat in children and adolescents" (p. 12).14 Moreover, "exercise training in overweight or obese youth can improve body composition by reducing overall levels of fatness as well as abdominal fatness. Research studies report that fatness can be reduced by regular physical activity of moderate to vigorous intensity 3 to 5 times a week, for 30 to 60 minutes" (p. 18).14
In a large natural experiment, Kaestner and Xu21 studied the effects of Title IX and sport participation on girls' physical activity and weight. They examined the association between girls' participation in high school sports and weight, body mass, and body composition during the 1970s when girls' sports participation dramatically increased as a result of Title IX. They found that increased participation by girls in high school sports was associated with an improvement in weight and body mass, demonstrating a beneficial effect on the health of adolescent girls.
As important as it is to encourage children to play sport for its contribution to disease prevention and health promotion, it is just as important to help overweight and obese children gain the confidence to start or re-enter sport. Faith et al.22 studied reasons that children cite for either playing sport or remaining sedentary. Children between fifth and eighth grade, particularly girls, are highly sensitive to weight criticism during physical activity. According to this study, "children who are the targets of weight criticism by family and peers have negative attitudes toward sports and report reduced physical activity levels, although these relationships may be buffered by certain coping skills" (p. 23).22
Team-Up for Youth (Playing Well) stresses that obese and overweight children are more likely to receive support and benefit from opportunities for physical activity in a structured and supervised environment, such as organized sport, versus physical education classes. Moreover, "once they begin to participate, even those who had believed themselves to be incompetent at sports are more likely to find enjoyment and continue to participate beyond the program" (p. 2).16
The lack of sufficient opportunities for youth to participate in organized sport robs them of the lifelong benefits of improved physical and mental health. Low-income communities often lack the social infrastructure to support organized after-school and summer sports programs without assistance. These limitations often contribute to these youths' unhealthy eating and other risk behaviors.16
Potential Side Effects of Sport
The positive effects of sport on self-image of competence, mastery, fitness, and healthy weight also may create pressures leading to disordered eating or addiction to exercise for weight loss or to achieve what is perceived as an ideal body. The popular culture tends to emphasize thinness rather than fitness. Girls, unlike boys, tend to associate dissatisfaction about body image with self-esteem.23 This can either motivate girls to engage in more physical activity, for the aesthetic benefits (i.e., for "impression management" rather than for physical and mental health benefits), or to avoid the judgments of others about physique by avoiding situations in which one might be more exposed. The result for too many girls is a vicious circle. Poor body image leads to lack of participation in sport and physical activity, which then can compound poor body image. At the other end of the spectrum, studies have shown that girls participating in aesthetic- or appearance-oriented sports (e.g., gymnastics, figure skating) report higher levels of concern about weight and body image than do nonparticipants, even at ages five to seven.24 This concern can even translate into eating disorders.25
Research on health risks for both girls and boys associated with overtraining, overuse, and injury prevention is emerging.
Sport injuries are generally more sport specific than gender specific, but girls and women may face anatomical alignment and hormonal and neuromuscular risk factors.26
The Lasting Positive Health Impact of Sport
As children reach adolescence, they typically reduce their physical activity, and many drop out of sport (see later discussion), thus forfeiting the health benefits that are derived from physical activity and the building of a foundation for lifelong, health-promoting physical activity.14
Children who are physically active, in particular through involvement in sport, are more likely to stay active into their teen years and adulthood than are children who do not play sport.27 Even among children ages three to four, those who are less active tend to remain less active after age three than most of their peers. Perkins et al.27 found that adolescents who are highly active in sport are eight times more likely to participate in sport and physical fitness activities as young adults than adolescents who participate in sport very little.
The Sport in America Report showed that most adults who play a sport began playing it in childhood. Nearly three-fifths of the sports that adults currently play were started in grade school or middle school, and four-fifths began in high school or earlier. Likewise, 82 percent of the sports played by athletes under the auspices of an NGB were started in high school or earlier.
Team-Up for Youth16 reports that adults are more likely to be physically active during their free time if they participated in organized sport as children. Alfano et al.28 studied whether a history of participating in sport in childhood and youth was related to adult obesity and physical activity among women. They found that a history of sport participation predicted lower levels of overweight and obesity and higher sport activity levels as adults. These benefits pay off in lowered risk for heart disease.
Such findings validate the position that participation in sport may lay the foundation for adult health and health behaviors and that sport participation could be an important component of obesity prevention and other wellness programs. This potential highlights the need for parents, educators, and coaches to become positive role models and to be involved actively in the promotion of sport and physical activity and fitness in children and adolescents.
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