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Author Affiliations: Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh (Drs Omalu, Wecht, and Kuller; Ms Ives; and Mr Buhari), and Department of Pathology, Allegheny General Hospital (Dr Lindner), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Department of Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio (Dr Schauer).
Bariatric surgery has emerged as the most effective treatment for class III obesity (body mass index, ≥40). The number of operations continues to increase. We measured case fatality and death rates by time since operation, sex, age, specific causes of death, and mortality rates.
Design and Setting
Data on all bariatric operations performed on Pennsylvania residents between January 1, 1995, and December 31, 2004, were obtained from the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost and Containment Council. Matching mortality data were obtained from the Division of Vital Records, Pennsylvania State Department of Health.
Outcome Measures
Age- and sex-specific death rates after bariatric surgery.
There were 440 deaths after 16 683 operations (2.6%). Age-specific death rates were much higher in men than in women and increased with age. Age- and sex-specific death rates after bariatric surgery were substantially higher than comparable rates for the age- and sex-matched Pennsylvania population. The 1-year case fatality rate was approximately 1% and nearly 6% at 5 years. Less than 1% of deaths occurred within the first 30 days. Fatality increased substantially with age (especially among those > 65 years), with little evidence of change over time. Coronary heart disease was the leading cause of death overall, being cited as the cause of death in 76 patients (19.2%). Therapeutic complications accounted for 38 of 150 natural deaths within the first 30 days, including pulmonary embolism in 31 (20.7%), coronary heart disease in 26 (17.3%), and sepsis in 17 (11.3%).
There was a substantial excess of deaths owing to suicide and coronary heart disease. Careful monitoring of bariatric surgical procedures and more intense follow-up could likely reduce the long-term case fatality rate in this patient population.
The prevalence of class III obesity (body mass index [calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared], ≥40) has increased substantially in the United States.1,2 Surgical treatment of obesity (bariatric surgery), especially the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, has emerged as the most effective treatment for class III obesity.3- 6 Obese individuals who undergo bariatric surgery lose up to 80% of their excess body weight at 1 to 2 years after surgery.7,8 Bariatric surgery results in clinical improvement and resolution of the obesity-related comorbid diseases.5,6,9,10
Recent studies of bariatric surgery have focused on the increased frequency of bariatric surgery in the United States and specific states or other countries; the short-term, usually 30-day or in-hospital, case fatality rates; and morbidity in the hospital.11- 24 Several studies evaluated the follow-up of patients from single or several hospitals.25- 27 Zingmond et al28 evaluated hospitalizations before and after gastric bypass surgery in California from 1995 through 2004 and reported a high percentage of readmissions during the 3-year follow-up, usually for obesity-related conditions.
A follow-up study of patients at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, from 1986 to 200229 compared obese patients who did not undergo bariatric surgery with those who did and reported an extraordinarily low (0.68%) 5-year mortality compared with 6% among the obese controls. Their 5-year mortality rate was lower than the 30-day case fatality rate reported in many other studies, including an earlier study from Pennsylvania.30
In the present study, we have identified all bariatric operations for Pennsylvania residents from January 1, 1995, through December 31, 2004 (n = 16 683), performed in Pennsylvania. It is likely that almost all Pennsylvania residents to the present have undergone their bariatric surgical procedures within the state because of the large number of facilities in Pennsylvania performing bariatric surgery, including major research centers. We measured case fatality and death rates by time since bariatric surgery, sex, and age and the specific causes of death and mortality rates in relation to comparable death rates among Pennsylvania residents. Patients were followed up for a maximum of 9 years (1995-2004).
Data were obtained from the following 2 databases: (1) the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost and Containment Council database,30,31 to identify patients hospitalized for bariatric surgery, and (2) the Division of Vital Records, Pennsylvania State Department of Health, to determine deaths and obtain copies of death certificates.
The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost and Containment Council collects data in the state of Pennsylvania, including all hospital discharges and ambulatory/outpatient procedure records each year from hospitals and freestanding ambulatory surgery centers. The hospitals and freestanding surgery centers are required by law to electronically submit quarterly administrative data for all in-patient discharges and select specified ambulatory/outpatient procedures within 90 days after the end of a quarter.
All state-resident patients who underwent bariatric surgery in Pennsylvania were identified in the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost and Containment Council database. Each study subject fulfilled the following criteria: all in-patient discharges with International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification, diagnosis codes of 278.00 (obesity, unspecified) or 278.01 (morbid obesity); and all in-patient discharges with major diagnostic group code 10 and diagnostic related group code 288 (operating procedures for obesity).
The following variables were collated for each patient: (1) age of the patient at surgery, (2) sex of the patient, (3) race of the patient, (4) date and year of surgery, (5) hospital where the surgery was performed, (6) county where the surgery was performed, and (7) primary operating surgeon.
The specific diagnoses were reviewed, as well as the comorbid conditions from the hospital record before entry into the database to exclude miscoded records.
After identification of the patient cohort, the data were directly matched with the database of the Division of Vital Records, Pennsylvania State Department of Health, using the Social Security number of patients in addition to age and sex. The matching was performed directly between the staffs of the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost and Containment Council and the Division of Vital Records. A positive match would occur only if a patient had died and the death certificate was archived by the Division of Vital Records. It is possible when using an administrative database that a small number of deaths may be missed because of improper matching. This would have a trivial effect, however, on the rates.
The death certificates of the patients had undergone bariatric surgery and who had died within the study period (1995-2004; n = 440) were made available to us for review. Pennsylvania residents who died outside the state would be missed by the surveillance methods. Our mortality rates are underestimated by the percentage of missing deaths because of the migration of some patients outside the state. Less than 2% of Pennsylvania residents are anticipated to have died outside the state. Previous studies have clearly documented the completeness of the Pennsylvania vital statistics system.32 We selected only Pennsylvania residents so that we would have a population-based study and because of the decreased likelihood that they would move out of the state after bariatric surgery. We did not obtain information on patients from outside Pennsylvania or outside the United States who had undergone bariatric surgery during this time in Pennsylvania hospitals. For estimations of rates and follow-up, we used only the first bariatric surgical procedure for each patient.
The study was approved by the institutional review board at the University of Pittsburgh and by the Pennsylvania State Department of Health. We did not have access to any patient identifiers for living patients because all matching was performed through the Department of Health.
We performed data analysis with SPSS statistical software (SPSS Categories 14.0 for Windows; SPSS Inc, Chicago, Illinois). We estimated case fatality rate by the time since surgical procedures to the date of death. Person-years of observations were accumulated from the date of surgery to the date of death or to the end of the study.
The follow-up for individuals who underwent surgery in 2004 is likely to be incomplete. They were included for estimations of the 30-day case fatality rate, but not for generating long-term case fatality rate or the longer-term death rate. Age- and sex-specific deaths rates and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were determined by dividing the number of deaths with age- and sex-specific person-years of observation. The age-specific total mortality was then compared with similar death rates for Pennsylvania residents. The number of nonwhite patients was very low and therefore we used the total and age-specific death rates rather than race-specific rates. The 95% Poisson CIs of the rates were calculated on the basis of the assumption that the number of events followed a normal distribution.
The reason for comparing the mortality rates was to determine how closely the age- and sex-specific rates for patients after bariatric surgery approach those of the general population. This is determined in many follow-up studies. The use of hospitalized obese patients as control subjects introduces a substantial bias referred to as Berksonian bias33 because obese hospitalized patients are likely to be in the hospital for diseases related to obesity and have increased morbidity compared with all obese individuals in the community and are, therefore, not representative of all obese individuals of that class. A large population-based sample of obese individuals with characteristics similar to those of the bariatric surgery population is nonexistent in this and any other study in the United States.
The causes of death listed on the death certificates were reviewed by 2 of us (D.G.I. and L.H.K.) who have extensive experience on mortality review committees for large longitudinal and clinical trials. Given the relatively young age of this sample, there would be relatively little disagreement, as has been our previous experience, between the causes of death on the death certificate and the review of the clinical records. However, the absence of postmortem examinations for many of the deaths is a limitation of the study.
There were 16 683 bariatric surgery procedures performed in Pennsylvania between January 1, 1995, and December 31, 2004, on 2949 men (17.7%), including 179 black men (1.1%), and 13 734 women (82.3%), including 1501 black women (9.0%), who were residents of Pennsylvania at the time of the operation (Table 1 and Table 2). Although 32 bariatric surgical procedures were identified in 1995, 3818 bariatric surgical procedures were performed in 2004 (Table 1). The mean age of patients at the time of bariatric surgery was 48 years (median age, 49 years). The estimated incidence of bariatric surgery by age, determined by using the mean number of bariatric operations in 2003 and 2004 as the numerator and the population in Pennsylvania in 2003 as the denominator, was 97 per 100 000 for those aged 25 to 34 years; 116 per 100 000 for those aged 35 to 44 years; 119 per 100 000 for those aged 45 to 54 years; and 72 per 100 000 for those aged 55 to 64 years. The rates were much lower for men, at 16 per 100 000 for those aged 25 to 34 years; 24 per 100 000 for those aged 35 to 44 years; 26 per 100 000 for those aged 45 to 54 years; and 20 per 100 000 for those aged 55 to 64 years. There were 440 deaths (2.6%), including 159 (36.1%) among male patients and 281 (63.9%) among female patients. The percentage of men dying (5.4%) was almost 3 times that of the women (2.0%). The percentages of black men (6.1%) and black women dying (2.3%) were higher than those of white men (5.0%) and white women (1.9%) (Table 2). The 16 683 bariatric surgical procedures were performed in 74 hospitals. However, 90.3% (n = 15 064) were performed in 32 hospitals and 48.2% (n = 8047) were performed in only 8 hospitals. Three hundred sixty-four of the 440 deaths (82.7%) occurred in the 32 hospitals that contributed more than 90% of the procedures. As noted, only the first surgical procedure has been included in our analyses.
The 30-day case fatality percentage was 0.9% (95% CI, 0.76%-1.05%), excluding 5 traumatic deaths. The 30-day case fatality rate increased with age, especially among those older than 65 years (Table 3). There was little evidence of change in the 30-day case fatality rate over time. Of the 440 deaths, 155 (35.2%) occurred within 1 month; 37 (8.4%), within 1 to 3 months; 34 (7.7%), within 3 to 6 months; 38 (8.6%), within 6 to 12 months; and 176 (40.0%), more than 1 year after bariatric surgery. In all, 164 of 440 cases (37.3%) underwent autopsy, and 125 cases (28.4%) were certified by a coroner or medical examiner. Eighty-eight of the 125 coroner-certified deaths (70.4%) and 76 of the 315 non–coroner-certified deaths (24.1%) underwent autopsy. All of the traumatic deaths, including 16 due to suicide; 10, to motor vehicle crashes; 14, to drug overdoses; 3. to homicides; and 2, to falls, were certified by the coroner, as well as 77 of the 395 nontraumatic deaths (19.5%). The probability of autopsy was inversely related to the time between bariatric surgery and death, including 76 of the 155 deaths in the first 30 days (49.0%) but only 71 of the 285 deaths more than 1 year after the surgical procedure (24.9%).
The cumulative case fatality rate for patients who underwent bariatric surgery and who were at risk for up to 5 years of follow-up, excluding 2004 hospitalizations, was 2.1% (95% CI, 1.8%-2.4%) for less than 1 year; 2.9% (95% CI, 2.5%-3.2%) for 1 to less than 2 years; 3.7% (95% CI, 3.2%-4.3%) for 2 to less than 3 years; 4.8% (95% CI, 4.0%-5.7%) for 3 to less than 4 years; and 6.4% (95% CI, 5.3%-7.8%) for 4 to less than 5 years (Table 4). The time-specific death rates for each year separately were 21.0 per 1000 person-years for less than 1 year, 14.3 per 1000 person-years for 1 to 2 years of follow-up, 12.4 per 1000 person-years for 2 to 3 years of follow-up, 12.1 per 1000 person-years for 3 to 4 years of follow-up, and 13.1 per 1000 person-years for 4 to 5 years of follow-up (data not shown).
The age-specific death rates for men and women based on person-years of follow-up from the time of surgery were much higher in men than in women and increased with age (Table 5). The age- and sex-specific death rates after bariatric surgery were substantially higher than comparable rates for the age- and sex-matched Pennsylvania population, even after excluding deaths in the first 30 days (Table 5).
We also estimated the long-term mortality for individuals who had undergone surgery many years ago. For the 1995 cohort who had at least 9 years of follow-up, 13.0% had died. From the 1996 cohort with 8 years of follow-up, 15.8% had died, and from the 1997 cohort with 7 years of follow-up, 10.5% had died. For the 1998-1999 cohorts with 5 to 6 years of follow-up, the total mortality was 7.0% to 2004.
The distribution of causes of death within the first 30 days and during the entire follow-up is shown in Table 6. Therapeutic complications accounted for 38 of the 150 nontraumatic deaths (25.3%) that occurred within the first 30 days, pulmonary embolism for 20.7%, coronary heart disease (CHD) for 17.3%, and sepsis for 11.3% accounting for 74.7% of all deaths within the first 30 days (Table 6). Sepsis (n = 19), pulmonary embolism (n = 9), and cardiac events (n = 5) were the leading causes of death among the total 45 deaths due to therapeutic complications. Other causes of therapeutic complications included respiratory failure and aspiration (n = 5), gastrointestinal tract perforation, infarction, or hemorrhage (n = 4), and multisystem failure (n = 3).
Coronary heart disease was the leading cause among the 395 deaths, at 76 (19.2%) (Table 6). Sepsis (13.9%), pulmonary embolism (11.9%), therapeutic complications (11.4%), cancer (10.6%), and CHD accounted for 67.1% of all natural deaths.
The CHD death rate was much higher for men (78.1 per 10 000, with 37 deaths in 4736 person-years of observation) than for women (14.7 per 10 000, with 33 deaths in 22 406 person-years of observation). The CHD death rates were substantially higher than for similar age groups in Pennsylvania. For example, in the group aged 45 to 54 years, the CHD mortality rate for women after bariatric surgery was 15.2 per 10 000 person-years compared with the rate of similarly aged women in Pennsylvania of 5.46 per 10 000.
The 45 deaths from traumatic causes included 16 deaths (4%) due to suicide and 14 due to drug overdoses (3%) that were not classified as suicide. Twenty-one of these 30 traumatic deaths (70%) occurred more than 1 year after the bariatric surgery and only 2 occurred within the first 30 days. Ten of the 16 deaths due to suicide (62%) and 12 of the 14 due to drug overdoses (86%) were among women. Of the 11 deaths in participants younger than 24 years, 4 (36%) were due to suicide or drug overdose, as were 3 of 37 deaths (8%) in the group aged 25 to 34 years. There were also 10 deaths due to motor vehicle crashes, 3 to homicide, and 2 to falls.
The US Vital Statistics rates of death due to suicide for white women are approximately 7 per 100 000 and for white men are 25 per 100 000 among the population aged 25 to 64 years. There were 2245 person-years of observation for women and an estimated 2 suicide deaths should have occurred; for 4736 person-years for men, 1 suicide. There is a substantial excess of suicide deaths, even excluding those listed only as drug overdose.
Patients undergoing bariatric surgery had a 1-year case fatality rate of approximately 1% and a 5-year case fatality rate of nearly 6%. Less than 1% of bariatric surgery patients died within the first 30 days after the procedure. The death rates after bariatric surgery remained higher than those for age- and sex-matched Pennsylvania residents. This continued high mortality rate is likely a function of the initial comorbidities related to substantial obesity and the likelihood that the patients remain obese even after the substantial weight loss and have remaining comorbidities.
Flum et al34 recently reported the follow-up of a Medicare bariatric surgery sample. The 30-day case fatality rate was higher than that for our Pennsylvania sample. For the group aged 25 to 34 years, the Pennsylvania 30-day case fatality rate was 0.4% and the Medicare case fatality rate was 1.1%. Similarly, for the group aged 35 to 44 years, Flum et al reported a 30-day case fatality rate of 1.5% vs the Pennsylvania rate of 0.82%; for the group aged 45 to 54 years, 1.9% vs 1.0% in Pennsylvania; and for the group aged 55 to 64 years, 2.0% vs 1.5% in Pennsylvania.
The only previous population-based study has been recently reported by Flum and Dellinger35 from the state of Washington. They used the Washington State Hospital database and state vital statistics. The 30-day case fatality rate was 1.9%. Flum and Dellinger compared the survival of the patients who had undergone bariatric surgery with that of other hospitalized obese patients and noted a small decrease in mortality among those who had undergone bariatric surgery compared with obese controls, ie, 16.3% mortality for obese controls compared with 11.8% of the patients who had undergone bariatric surgery. The obese nonsurgical sample, however, was substantially biased by selection for hospitalization, the Berksonian bias as previously described.36 Their 30-day case fatality rate was 1.9% compared with 0.9% in the Pennsylvania study. They also reported a 10-year survival of 91.2% based on 233 bariatric surgery cases with 10-year follow-up. The Pennsylvania follow-up from 1997 to 2004 (approximately 8 years) was about 90%, based on 571 bariatric surgery cases performed during that time and 63 subsequent deaths. They did not provide information on causes of death.
The death certificates were carefully reviewed by 2 individuals with expertise in determining of causes of death in other studies (D.G.I. and L.H.K.). However, only 37.3% of the deaths had a postmortem examination. We strongly suspect that some of the CHD deaths were primarily due to obesity-related cardiomyopathies and cardiac arrhythmias. Approximately one-third (24 of the 76 CHD deaths) were certified by the coroner, but only 18 of the 76 CHD deaths (24%) underwent a postmortem examination. Deaths attributed to other heart disease (10 of 18 [56%]) were certified by the coroner, and 9 of the 10 coroner-certified cases had a postmortem examination. A more thorough examination of cardiac morbidity and mortality, including more detailed clinical evaluations of cardiac pathophysiologic characteristics before and after surgery, is indicated because of the continuing high mortality due to cardiovascular disease in this population.
It is very likely that suicide deaths were also underestimated because some of the deaths were listed as drug overdoses rather than suicide on the death certificate. The large number of deaths due to suicide and drug overdose, in excess of what we expected, is also a cause for concern. Most of them occurred at least 1 year after surgery, suggesting that careful follow-up, especially the need to recognize and treat depression, should be provided for patients who have undergone bariatric surgery.
Only about 27% of the deaths due to therapeutic accidents were certified by the coroner. Less than two-thirds (28 of 44) underwent autopsy. All deaths that occurred immediately after bariatric surgery or within the first 30 days should probably be reviewed by a coroner or medical examiner and include a postmortem examination, to evaluate the circumstances and specific cause of death. Such information would be useful in enhancing efforts to minimize the 30-day case fatality rate.
Patients who undergo bariatric surgery patients continue to have higher mortality in part because of the obesity and comorbidities before the surgery and probably because of continued obesity or weight regain after the surgery. Our study cannot determine whether surgery reduced mortality compared with patients with class III obesity who did not undergo surgery.
The benefits of bariatric surgery in reducing the prevalence of diabetes, hypertension, high lipid levels, sleep apnea, and other complications of obesity should result in decreased long-term mortality. A recent meta-analysis of surgical treatment for obesity33 concluded that surgery is more effective than nonsurgical therapy for weight loss and for reducing some comorbid conditions in patients with a body mass index greater than 40. That meta-analysis noted, however, that only a few clinical trials were available for analysis and that these were mostly small studies comparing weight loss over a short period in relationship to different types of surgical procedures. A few studies also included measurements of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, or changes in lipid levels.
The Swedish Obesity Study of bariatric surgery has not reported long-term mortality differences between the surgical group and a nonsurgical control group matched for obesity.9,10 An ongoing trial in Utah37 is comparing 415 patients who underwent bariatric surgery, 420 who sought but were denied bariatric surgery, and a control group of 324 patients with severe obesity. A 24-month evaluation of morbidity was proposed. However, the sample size is too small for the evaluation of major changes in morbidity and mortality among the 3 groups.37
It is likely that this continued excess mortality after bariatric surgery could be reduced by better coordination of follow-up after the surgery, especially control of high risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, and smoking, as well as efforts to prevent weight regain by diet and exercise and psychological support to prevent and treat depression and suicide.38- 40 It is recommended that surgical procedures be performed in institutions that have adequate follow-up of patients and the best practices in bariatric surgery.39
It is unlikely, for now, that a true randomized trial of bariatric surgery vs nonsurgical treatment will be performed. As changes in the types of bariatric surgery become available, as well as new potent pharmacological therapies to reduce weight, large randomized trials with morbidity and mortality outcomes could compare different types of surgical procedures or surgical therapy vs potent pharmacological therapies and morbidity and mortality outcomes.
In the meantime, objective independent monitoring of the outcomes of bariatric surgery, such as in the Pennsylvania study, and especially more careful evaluation of specific causes of death and circumstances related to the deaths could lead to better identification of preventable morbidity and mortality and to improved outcomes for the patients.
Correspondence: Lewis H. Kuller, MD, DrPH, Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, 130 N Bellefield Ave, Room 550, Pittsburgh, PA 15221 (firstname.lastname@example.com).
Accepted for Publication: March 10, 2006.
Author Contributions:Study concept and design: Omalu, Ives, Schauer, and Kuller. Acquisition of data: Omalu, Ives, Lindner, Wecht, and Kuller. Analysis and interpretation of data: Omalu, Ives, Buhari, Schauer, and Kuller. Drafting of the manuscript: Omalu and Kuller. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Omalu, Ives, Lindner, Schauer, Wecht, and Kuller. Statistical analysis: Omalu, Buhari, and Kuller. Administrative, technical, and material support: Omalu, Ives, Schauer, Wecht, and Kuller. Study supervision: Kuller.
Financial Disclosure: None reported.
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Parete and her partner, Carl E. Andolina, were both shot while responding to a fight inside a gas station-convenience store at West Chippewa Street and South Elmwood Avenue. Andolina recovered from his injuries, but Parete, who suffered severe damage to her spine, was paralyzed from the neck down.
She spent nine months in rehabilitation at a New Jersey facility before returning to Western New York. She was still unable to move her arms or legs. At that point, the community came to her assistance, raising more than a half-million dollars for her care. In 2009, a house was built in Niagara County to make it easier for her to get around in her wheelchair. In an unprecedented and generous arrangement, the city and Police Benevolent Association agreed to pay salary and benefits to Parete's life partner to provide the necessary care.
Together, Western New Yorkers responded in a deeply caring way to the trauma Parete suffered on that day six years ago, and every day since. It is easy, in the midst of busy lives, for most people to overlook the dangers that police officers and firefighters face daily in their dangerous jobs, but those dangers are significant. An officer may go through his or her career without ever facing an armed person, but the risk is always present and sometimes it plays out in terrible fashion.
Shortly after the shooting, family members shared a statement with The News about Parete's remarkable life: "The thing that makes Patty loved and truly unique is how she has always, since she was a little girl, brought people together and created friendships and bonds that have affected lives in ways that mend the difficulties and differences of everyday life. She is a healer."
Although Parete's struggle is now over, these are bound to be difficult days for her family, friends and fellow officers. Her former partner made the point eloquently on Tuesday, before today's funeral.
"The events of Dec. 5, 2006, were tragic on many levels," Andolina stated. "Now is not the time to relive the incident which shattered Patty Parete's life. It should, however, be a time to celebrate Patty's time with us and embrace her family and friends in love and support." And embrace also the police who lost a colleague.


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Cooking is relaxing for me, as it is for so many, and jam-making has always done the trick. The patience required to make strawberry jam is like a breathing exercise in yoga–you calm down, focus, and soon enough you're left feeling less stressed-out and a lot less tense. But recently, when I wanted to chill out over a bubbling pan of fruit and sugar, I couldn't bring myself to do it to myself. Or to my roommate. After all, jam needs heat, and my kitchen rests at a way-above-comfortable hot.
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di joe 11 maggio 2004
When you allow your "girlfriend" to kiss you on your knee in front of your boys.
di Concerned other 14 maggio 2003
When an administrative assistant is totally dominated by a high maintenance female boss.
The administrative assistant often cancels lunch with friends in order to complete a last minute request for a female boss. She/he does everything to please the female boss and to keep her happy. She/he gets very little recognition and no special treatment. Example: She is so whipped.
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A term that is normally used wrongly to describe a male who is in love and does things that aren't normal for a male. The term is incorrectly used because it implies that men are doing these actions against their will, while in fact they have pet names, buy gifts etc etc because they want to.
Cock - Alex bought gabi a rose and bear that said "i love you" he is so pussywhipped.
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To be deprived of your daily dosage (self-conscious recommended)of pussy.
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A man whose primitive instinct is so accutely attuned that he seeks out that place where he first came into the world. Just like a salmon who swims upstream to lay its eggs where it was once an egg. The problem is, that too many modern men try to eat it where real men simple know that it's THE PLACE to stick it. (Men who think the place to stick it is their hand have more in common with gay men) If you eat it, you are pussy whipped. If you use it as a place to stick it, then you are a real man and the woman knows her place.
Men in the united states and western europe are mostly pussy whipped. Men prior to the 1960's were not, neither are most Muslim men in the third world. And you wonder why a bunch of towelheads are kicking our ass.
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For the 10 years that I have been watching figure skating, Eurosport has always been my first choice of channel to watch on. Admittedly, the main reason for this was that, until I discovered internet streaming, Eurosport was the ONLY place that I could watch figure skating.
But the other reason was that I really like Eurosports English-language commentary team. They have had the same 3 guys commentating together for about 20 years and, no matter who is paired up with who, they all compliment each other very well.
Sure, there are little things about each of them that can be annoying, but this is just a minor thing.
However, over the past few years, Eurosport has been increasing the number of figure skating championships than it shows. This may sound like a good thing, but because Eurosport has the rights to more sports than it used to, the coverage of the figure skating is not as comprehensive as it used to be.
One big side affect of showing more championships is that it is getting harder for Eurosport to get its figure skating commentators together at the same time! Like, each of them has other commitments:
Simon Reed has his commitments as a tennis commentator, not to mention his day job of running Eurosports commentary department. Oh, and I just found out that Simon stood in as commentator on the last few episodes of Dancing On Ice, while the regular commentator Tony Gubba was on his death-bed. So if he gets the job permanently, thatll be even less time with us.
To be honest, I dont know what Nicky Slaters day job is now that hes not skating. But, I cannot even begin to imagine the anguish he has been going through in his personal life. I was just surprised that he did come back before the end of this season. But, maybe watching the skating helped take his mind off things.
Chris Howarths day job is running a rink in Chicago, so it is not always possible for him to come home every few weeks to commentate for British Eurosport. But, I like the way that when he cant make it home for a competition he is pencilled in to commentate on, he gets his former coach, David Clements, to stand in for him. It is good to see that even after all these years, the relationship is still there
I have already given my opinions on the regular commentators elsewhere on this forum ( http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/sho...l=1#post716913 ) . But, since I just mentioned one of the stand-ins, I will give my verdict on the commentary given by David Clements and Richard Vaughan on the Gala at Junior Worlds.
Firstly, Richard Vaughan has a lovely voice that I could listen to all day. But, he knows very little about figure skating (as somebody pointed out, he normally commentates on curling, a sport I have no desire to ever watch!) He would frequently ask David a question just as a performance was about to start, and it would take most of the performance for David to explain the answer. The result was that we didnt get to hear the music properly!!! Grrrrr!!! (As you have probably gathered by now, this is a pet hate of mine!)
David Clements, on the other hand, knows a lot about figure skating because hes been there himself. He was a pretty good former singles skater (1959 British Mens Champion, no less), and has been a coach for many years. But, knowledgeable though he is, you can tell he has been out of the game for a long time.
The result of Eurosport having a small team that it is becoming more common for them to have one commentator flying solo. Personally, I dont like it when this happens. I prefer it when we are getting two sets of opinions rather than just the one.
So, I would like to propose that Eurosport expands its (regular) commentary team. In fact, I would not just expand it by one or two, I would double it to six!!!
From what I can tell, Eurosport seems to like to pair a journalist with a former competitor in its commentary teams. Below is a list of some examples.
Figure skating: Simon Reed (journalist); with Chris Howarth or Nicky Slater (former competitors)
Nordic skiing: David Goldstrom (journalist); with Mike Dixon or Patrick Winterton (former competitors)*
*Curiously, the stand-in commentator, Steve Day, is a former motorbike racer! But, he does know a lot about ski-jumping.
MotoGP: Julian Ryder and Toby Moody (journalists); with Randy Mamola (former competitor)*
*Randy Mamola left the team a few years ago, to become manager of British rider Bradley Smith. He was replaced by Neil Spalding, who is better known now as a journalist, but was a successful Club racer back in the day. But, he never got to GP level.
Superbikes: Jack Burnicle (journalist); with Jamie Whitham or James Haydon (former competitors)
Snooker: David Hendon or Mike Smyth (journalists); with Mike Hallett or Joe Johnson (former competitors)
Womens football: Tim Caple or Wayne Boyce (journalists); with Sue Smith or Emma Hayes (former competitors)
You get the drift?
At the moment, Eurosports figure skating commentary team consists of:
Simon Reed(male journalist)
Chris Howarth (male singles skater)
Nicky Slater (male ice dancer)
At the moment, we only have one journalist on the team. If figure skating was made to follow the Eurosport trend, then this would mean that all the weight was falling on Simons shoulders. Given the number of competitions Eurosport is covering, that wouldnt be fair on him. But, of course, Simons in charge of commentary, so he wont let it get to that!
Although I like the current team, I do think that it could do with some female input. Women look at things differently to men, so it would put a different perspective on things.
So, I would like to add a female journalist to Eurosports figure skating team.
Also, it is very noticeable that although Mens singles skating and Ice Dance are catered for in the Eurosport commentary team, Ladies singles skating and Pairs skating are not.
This may seem a minor thing, but when the commentary team is as small as it currently, you are going to get skaters commentating on disciplines that are not their area of expertise. Ive said this before elsewhere on this forum, but Chris makes no secret that he doesnt know much about Ice Dance, yet he still ends up commentating on it. Similarly, when Nicky is commentating on Singles and Pairs skating, he tries to apply things from Ice Dance, and it doesnt always work.
So, I would like to see a Ladies skater and a Pairs skater join the boys on Eurosports figure skating team.
The result of my suggestions is a team consisting of:
a male journalist (i.e. Simon Reed)
a female journalist
a male singles skater (i.e. Chris Howarth)
a female singles skater
a pairs skater
an ice dancer (i.e. Nicky Slater)
With a commentary team of six, there will be a bigger pool from which a commentary team for a particular competition can be drawn from. So, there will be less chance of us being left with one commentator flying solo. Even if two or three from the team cant make it for a particular competition, we will still have enough commentators to give us a variety of views and opinions.
The question now is, who would you like to see join Simon, Chris and Nicky in the team?
Given that Chris sometimes finds it difficult to get back home, it would work best if the additional commentators were based in Britain, or at least in Europe!
So, get your suggestions in. I already have a few ideas, but I am going to post them in a separate reply, as this message is already very long!!! (But, including lists does tend to have that effect!)


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A 13-year-old student at Sedgefield Elementary School was arrested and charged Tuesday morning with possession of a firearm on school property. He was additionally charged with making threats.
A tragedy was avoided Tuesday morning by the actions of a Berkeley County Sheriffs Office School Resource Officer and as a result a 13-year-old student was charged, according to a BCSO statement.
Deputy Gary Lipsey, the resource officer at the school, was contacted Tuesday morning by a relative of a 14-year-old student who expressed concern for the safety of that student.
Lipsey contacted the seventh grade administrator to have the 13-year-old pulled from class.
When questioned, the 13-year-old student admitted to being in possession of a semi-automatic handgun which was located in the students backpack.
The student stated that he had taken his mothers gun without her knowledge.
The incident apparently stemmed from a past altercation the two had been involved in, whereas, he felt that the 14-year-old was going to harm him.
The 13-year-old student was placed under arrests and transported to the Department of Juvenile Justice in Columbia.
Berkeley County School District (BCSD) does not tolerate the possession of firearms on school grounds, BCSD Public Information Officer Susan Haire said in an email. A gun was discovered in a students backpack at Sedgefield Middle school. No students were hurt, and there were no interruptions to the school day.
Charges were filed with law enforcement. The student was immediately removed from campus. Per the districts protocol and as clearly stated in District Policy JDE and the BCSD Student Handbook the school has recommended the student for expulsion.
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When someone started shooting at a half-dozen golfers at nearly 12:30 p.m. Sunday at the Maui Country Club, they didn't seek cover in a sand trap. Infuriated and armed with golf clubs, they charged their assailant instead.
"My wife was playing," said Chris Werner, a club member. "I mean, you gotta do something."
"He had to be captured," said Paul Peters, a 49-year-old attorney and Paia resident. "You couldn't let him be loose.
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Golfers continue play at the Maui Country Club in Spreckelsville Sunday while police investigate a pellet shooting.
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Police officers investigate a pellet-shooting scene off the Maui Country Club's 8th hole's fairway on Sunday.
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Paia resident Paul Peters walks Sunday afternoon from an ambulance to the emergency room at Maui Memorial Medical Center. He said he was wounded while pursuing a man firing a pellet gun toward golfers.
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With his hands and feet shackled, a man is wheeled into the emergency room. The man was suspected of shooting at golfers with a pellet gun.
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"We can't have our family members shot at the club and at the beach," he said.
Kula resident Chris Millen said the golfers thought the man might have a .22-caliber firearm.
"It's dangerous. Somebody could die," he said.
So, disregarding their own safety, the golfers ran toward a wooded area between the green of the 1st hole and the fairway of the 8th, trying to flank the shooter on either side.
"I went directly toward the area where the shooting was coming from," Peters said. He heard the man yell repeatedly, "I'm going to kill you!"
The golfers found themselves in what Peters described as "very dense foliage." He made his way through grass that was hip high and climbed over logs.
Another golfer, Paia resident Ronald Moore, also went after the man, tracking the apparently homeless man to a tented area that Peters described as a "fort."
"We just heard the sound of a pellet gun firing repeatedly," Moore said. "It must have been on automatic because there was a shot every few seconds. We all kind of ran toward that area, and we could see him. He was inside a tent, and he would pop up and fire two, three times."
The men ran up to about 12 to 15 feet away from the man and were fired upon 25 or 30 times, Moore said.
One of those shots struck Peters in his upper-right arm as he was going over a log, he said. A lead pellet embedded in his humerous bone, too deep to have removed right away, Peters said after being treated and released Sunday evening from Maui Memorial Medical Center's emergency room.
"It hurt. It hurt a lot," he said.
Werner saw Peters get hit.
The pellet "went into his arm quite a ways . . . It was a bad one," Werner said.
As the golfers closed in on the man, Peters said the man started firing at him exclusively, and he tried his best to dodge the shots.
Then, just as the man was zeroing in on Peters, police arrived, the men reported.
Police yelled at the man, telling him to drop his weapon, Peters said. The man shot at police, hitting one officer with a pellet in his bulletproof vest, he said.
Remarkably, the officers showed restraint, not using deadly force to subdue the man, the golfers said.
"Given that they were being shot at, I couldn't believe how restrained they were," Peters said. "They saved his life. He should have been shot."
Moore said police used Tasers on the man two or three times to subdue him, but he continued being combative.
"He was still fighting," he said.
Peters said he and the other golfers were aware of another pellet-shooting incident Wednesday, at almost the same location. Dr. John Mills, an emergency room physician at Maui Memorial, confirmed Sunday that he was shot Wednesday in his thumb while playing golf.
Both shootings occurred in the vicinity of the 1st hole's green and the 2nd hole's tee at the par-36, nine-hole golf course, said golf course manager Russell Goshi.
Around 1 p.m., Peters arrived at Maui Memorial in an ambulance, and the suspect was taken there for treatment as well, although he was hand-cuffed in the back seat of a police cruiser.
He emerged from the vehicle with his face and legs bloodied. He was taken inside the emergency room on a gurney with his hands and feet shackled.
At 12:24 p.m., Maui police dispatchers received multiple calls of shots being fired off of Nonohe Place near the country club, said acting Sgt. Karen Wong, public information officer for the Maui Police Department.
An "unidentified responsible" was arrested, she said.
As of 9:13 p.m., the man remained at Maui Memorial, and "this case is pending further investigation," Wong said.
The shooting drew a half-dozen police cruisers and an ambulance to the Spreckelsville course where golfers continued to play, even while police investigated the crime scene.
The golfers who helped hunt down the suspect refused to let the events ruin a sunny day on the links. After the man was taken into custody, they continued to play.
"It ended up being a long day," Moore said. "We were all pretty jittery, and it was hard to get back into focus. But it was pretty fun.
"This wasn't a normal Sunday," he said.
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Asked about the recent rumblings that DiCaprio may finally settle down with longtime girlfriend Bar Refaeli – despite some occasional bumps in their relationship and his rep's denial the duo became engaged – Mortimer, 38, let out a laugh and said, "I didn't know he wasn't married! I'm sure that he will, yes, and be very happy."
While Mortimer – red-carpet ready in a sleek, black Oscar de la Renta dress at Wednesday's Manhattan premiere of her movie only one month after giving birth to May Rose Nivola, her second child with actor-husband Alessandro Nivola – didn't dish about DiCaprio and his main squeeze, the actor's longtime friend, Roberta Armani (niece of Giorgio Armani, whose company sponsored the Ziegfeld Theatre event), told reporters that the pair are well-suited for each other.
"They are very similar," said Armani. "Not only do they look alike, they are both very lively and warm. No pretenses at all."
Mick Jagger Chimes InFor his part, DiCaprio told reporters that he is in love – with working with Scorsese, that is.
"After doing four films with him now, what I've really discovered about the way Marty works is the fact that he really gives actors ownership of their characters and almost finds the emotional narrative through the actors that he hires," DiCaprio told TV station NY1's George Whipple on the red carpet. "That's so empowering and it makes you trust yourself as an actor and go places that you maybe, normally wouldn't."
Also joining DiCaprio at the star-studded premiere were director Scorsese, Shutter Island author Dennis Lehane and DiCaprio's costars Michelle Williams, Mark Ruffalo, Sir Ben Kingsley and Patricia Clarkson – as well as Mick Jagger.
Asked what he was doing there, the Rolling Stone said, "It's fun! I wanted to see the movie!"
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Classical Mystery TourClassical Mystery Tour returns with a special tribute to the Beatles' acclaimed album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band – the first rock album to win the 'Album of the Year' Grammy. Hear favorite Beatles hits presented by a group that looks, sounds and plays just like John, Paul, George and Ringo. Fawzi Haimor conducts Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.11/15/2012 - 11/18/201211/15 - 7:30 pm11/16 - 8:00 pm11/17 - 2:30 pm11/17 - 8:00 pm11/18 - 2:30 pmHeinz Hall, 601 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
A Great and Mighty VoiceOvreArts presents a free community concert featuring all-new works composed especially for the occasion for chamber singers, small ensemble, and special guests -- The Three Rivers Ringers. A wine and snacks reception follows the concert.11/15/2012Time: 7:30 pmHeinz Chapel, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Finalist concertAlia Musica performs five finalist pieces selected from the 2012 PNME/Alia Musica Call for Scores.11/16/2012Time: 8:00 pmLocation: Kresge Recital Hall, College of Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Brass Fanfares, Folk Music, and Martin Chalifour Plays BruchMartin Chalifour, Concertmaster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, performs Bruch's lyrical Violin Concerto #1, a true showpiece for the master violinist. This concert begins with the rousing Tenfold by Higdon, includes Mendelssohn's Symphony #5, and ends with Bartok's fiery The Miraculous Mandarin suite. André Raphel conducts.11/16/2012Time: 8:00 pmCapitol Theater, 1015 Main St., Wheeling, WVwebsite | map
The Nordic Sound: DenmarkChatham's Friday Afternoon Musicale series presents pianist Walter Morales in music by Kuhlau, Gade, Nielsen, and Langgaard in honor of the Chatham University Global Focus Program's Year of Europe: Scandinavia,11/16/2012Time: 4:00 pmLaughlin Music Center, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
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Campbell Brothers' Sacred SteelThe Campbell Brothers present Sacred Steel: African-American gospel music with steel guitar and vocal from the House of God Keith Dominion Church, where for over 60 years it has been a vital, if little known, American tradition. Secular audiences at the Hollywood Bowl, the Kennedy Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music and Symphony Space have come to discover a performance both devoted and rocking.11/17/2012Time: 7:30 pmCarnegie Lecture Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Your Art Needs YouAn exhibition of more than 150 diverse pieces from the permanent collection – still life, landscape, sculpture, etc. – in need of conservation. The goal is to show how artworks are affected by sunlight, temperature, humidity, and so on, nd how we all can help preserve them.11/17/2012 - 02/17/20134764 State Route 30, Greensburg, PAwebsite | map
Hoodlebug Brass QuintetThe HoodleBug Brass is the brass quintet-in-residence at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and performs regularly in western Pennsylvania. Their first CD, entitled "Brass Fac's," was released in March 2004. The quintet performs works of all styles, from the Baroque to contemporary, pop and jazz.11/17/2012Time: 7:30 pmFirst Presbyterian Church, 309 Lincoln St., Johnstown, PAwebsite | map
Music on the Edge: SequiturNew York's critically acclaimed contemporary music group performs Ravel's Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé, Amy Williams' Cineshape 5, Mathew Rosenblum's Maggies, Eric Moe's Strenuous Pleasures, and Variations on a Summer's Day by Harold Meltzer.11/18/2012Time: 8:00 pmLocation: Bellefield Hall Auditorium, 315 S. Bellefield Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
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Women's Choral EnsembleProgram TBA.04/06/2014Time: 3:00 pmLocation: Heinz Chapel, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Trio Nova MundiAfter its tour to Africa and appointment as Trio in Residence at Geneva College, Trio Nova Mundi performs the Piano Trio by Amy Beach, 5 Spirituals by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Trio Romantico by Manuel Ponce, and Cafre Music by Paul Schoenfield. Members are violinist Maureen Conlon Gutierrez, cellist Elisa Kohanski, and pianist Becky Billock.04/06/2014Time: 7:00 pmLocation: First Unitarian Church, 605 Morewood Ave, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Cabaret Series - Liz CallawayTony nominee and Emmy winner Liz Callaway debuted on Broadway in Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along and received a Tony Nomination for her performance in Baby. She starred in the original cast of Miss Saigon, and as Grizabella in Cats. Liz starred as Norma Desmond in Pittsburgh CLO's Sunset Boulevard. She's best known for singing in numerous animated movies including the title role in Anastasia, The Swan Princess, Aladdin and the King of Thieves. Her recordings include 4 solo albums as well as Sibling Revelry and Boom! Live at Birdland with her sister Ann Hampton Callaway.04/07/2014Time: 7:30 pmLocation: Cabaret at Theater Square, 655 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Ann PatchettAnn Patchett returns for Literary Evening with a new collection of essays, This Is the Story of A Happy Marriage. A distinguished novelist who can match wits with Stephen Colbert, Ann Patchett is an audience favorite and here for a special reason that will be revealed.04/07/2014Time: 7:30 pmCarnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Percussion EnsembleAll percussion majors gain experience by performing in the Duquesne University Percussion Ensemble, directed by Eliseo Rael.04/08/2014Time: 7:30 pmLocation: Pappert Center, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Electronic EnsembleShowcasing an eclectic mix of contemporary, classical and jazz fusion material, students perform on electronic keyboards, violin and cello; wind and guitar controllers, and electronic percussion. Lynn Purse & Kenneth Karsh, directors.04/09/2014Time: 7:30 pmLocation: Pappert Center, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Music 101 - Robert MoirRobert Moir, Pittsburgh Symphony Senior Vice President of Artistic Planning & Audience Engagement gives an informal lecture, titled "Adventures in Programming."04/09/2014Time: 12:30 pmHeinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Bugs Bunny at the SymphonyA fantastic fusion of classical music and classic animation, Bugs Bunny at the Symphony is created and conducted by Emmy Award-winner George Daugherty. The concert features favorite Warner Bros. Looney Tunes characters on screen in their most memorable moments, all with live accompaniment by the PSO. "The roaring kettledrums, the sweetly confiding strings, the braying brasses, and luxuriant woodwinds were every bit as vibrant as the colors and choreography of the animation on screen." -- The Chicago Tribune04/10/2014 - 04/13/201404/10 - 7:30 pm04/11 - 8:00 pm04/12 - 2:30 pm04/12 - 8:00 pm04/13 - 2:30 pmHeinz Hall, 601 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
The Playboy of the Western WorldIrish playwright J.M. Synge's The Playboy of the Western World takes place in the early 1900s at a pub on the west coast of Ireland, where a young man running away from his farm, claiming he killed his father, finds the locals are more interested in vicariously enjoying his story than condemning the immorality of what he did. At the pub, he captures the attention of the barmaid, who also is the owner's daughter. Kim Martin directs in the Rauh Theatre.04/10/2014 - 04/19/2014Pittsburgh Playhouse, 222 Craft Ave, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Don Quixote with the OrchestraRanked among ballet's most complex choreography, Don Quixote weaves a rich tapestry of love, illusion and adventure based on Cervante's classic Spanish novel. Packed with balletic bravado, intricate footwork and virtuoso variations, Don Quixote claims one of the most breathtaking grand pas de deux in classical ballet.04/11/2014 - 04/13/201404/11 - 8:00 pm04/12 - 8:00 pm04/13 - 2:00 pm237 Seventh St., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
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VIENNA, 28 June 2011 – In an effort to further support the African cotton industry, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and Gherzi Textil Organisation AG, a consultancy specialized in the textile industry, have released a study that looks at ways to build productive capacities in the cotton, textile and garment value chain.
The study will also help policymakers in Africa learn from the experiences gained by cotton and textile-producing Asian countries in strengthening the value chain.
The publication, "Feasibility study for a cotton yarn spinning mill in 11 sub-Saharan African countries", includes a techno-economic feasibility study for setting up a cotton yarn spinning mill based on the factor costs prevailing in 11 sub-Saharan African countries.
"A comparative analysis of economic returns has revealed that because energy is scarce and expensive, only a few African countries meet the investment criteria. A strategic research finding was that Government support in the form of policies and incentives is essential for attracting foreign direct investment to the capital-intensive spinning industry, especially in Africa. It is, as a matter of fact, Government support that drove the expansion of cotton value chains in Asia," said Philipp Scholtes, Director of UNIDO's Agribusiness Development Branch.
Cotton plays a significant role in the economy of sub-Saharan Africa, yet hardly 15 per cent of the cotton grown in the region is processed locally - the bulk of it is exported as a basic commodity. The spinning of cotton yarn represents the first stage in the industrial transformation of raw cotton into an intermediate textile product (yarn), and results in significant value addition.
World trade in cotton yarn is estimated at eight billion US dollars, so the market represents an attractive option for cotton-producing African countries. From a development perspective, promoting the spinning industry helps integrate the African cotton economy into global value chains.
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'Piss-arse' is a synonym (however, not exclusively a synonym) of 'diarrhea'. The literal meaning is 'an arse (or anus) that expels piss (urine) rather than faeces'. Breif etymology: It is believed the original usage was as an alternative word for dysentry and developed a secondary usage as either an insult or as baseless slander.
Statement: I've got piss-arse from eating raw chicken
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Santana (Naya Rivera) has officially moved in with Rachel (Lea Michele) and Kurt (Chris Colfer) on Glee, and you better believe the Lima Heights Adjacent native is going to shake things up in Brooklyn.
However, in these new Glee photos, it looks like Santana and Kurt are getting along swimmingly ... but it looks like she'll be getting under Rachel's skin. Considering Rachel's recent surprise news, this might also be chalked up to a big case of hormones? Or maybe it's because someone is finally telling Rachel the harsh truth about her new and "improved" image.
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Meanwhile, back at McKinley, Marley (Melissa Benoist) looks ready to cause a stir when she shows some skin during glee club rehearsal. And which glee club senior is suddenly sporting a Cheerios uniform?! Check out these first-look photos to find out.
Glee returns Thursday at 9:30/8:30c on Fox.
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