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"It is not known precisely where angels dwell - whether in the air, the void, or the planets. It has not been God's pleasure that we should be informed of their abode." -Voltaire
Tony Catlett completed a long journey this past Saturday night at Hagerstown Speedway. Ironically, it was in the rain that he could have used last week when his motor expired with extreme prejudice at the end of the heat race. Due to scheduling conflicts, there would be no final points race for the Pure Stocks this year and Catlett, who rescued his points lead in a borrowed car last week was declared the 2012 Hagerstown Speedway Pure Stock Champion.
It was a journey that started on track in 2006 and actually much earlier as his grandfather took him to area dirt tracks to watch. In 2006 Catlett's grandfather helped him buy his first Pure Stock and slowly the process began. His grandfather was his biggest fan and it didn't matter whether he finished second or 22nd, it was important to get seat time and learn. The winning would come.
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Catlett's 2010 was a bad year, when his grandfather died. Much of the year became lost to Catlett because of this. In 2011 he lost more time putting a car together, but, once running, he was not only doing well, but starting to win, but his grandfather wasn't there. With a good car, and a winter to plan Catlett set out a bold plan. To win the 2012 Pure Stock championship.
Part of it meant racing smart and thinking on multiple levels. In a race you can become easily consumed with the car just in front of you, or in back of you in that one race you're running. But just when you think you can pull some smart move, your internal crew chief has to say, "Fourth is better than wrecked. Remember the championship."
Along the way Catlett gathered up a win, some good top fives and more top 10s. You win championships more times with consistency than heroics and Catlett always kept that in mind. That and being a well-rounded, fair-to-all type of guy in the pits, which is what got him the keys to Davey Gross' No. 27 last week to try and keep his points lead. High hat personality disorders come out quickly in the close confines of the Pure Stock pits and don't work well.
Sunday morning when talking to Catlett, he said his one regret was his grandfather not seeing him pick up his first win and more especially his first championship. After watching Catlett this year, in the pits and on the track as almost a one-man band, doing his own work, trying every week to cover fuel, pit cost, tires, oil and plugs and everything else it takes to race when you have minimal sponsorship I will respectfully beg to disagree. Maybe his grandfather wasn't scraping off mud or changing tires, but I'm pretty sure he was there watching over Catlett. It sure isn't scientific or listed in any speedway rules, but sometimes you just know.
Meanwhile Chad Criswell has been learning hard up at Lincoln Speedway in his 410 Sprint Car. Not all the metrics have been the best this year, even with drivers switching rides among the top teams giving everyone a chance. However, here's a number you can use. Criswell is 13th in points, 70 in front of the winningest driver in 410's, Fast Freddy Rahmer.
Thirteenth might not seem like much but 410 Sprints are the hardest car to compete in on short tracks in this world. Doubt that? Top U.S. drivers head to Australia every winter for more racing. You can compete from Ontario, Canada, through New York, across the country and pop up at Western Speedway in Vancouver, B.C., Canada driving 410's. Engines cost $40,000 or more, fuel is $8 a gallon, tires are more than $200 each. Leading Fast Freddy in points, priceless.
Where to go this weekend? All roads lead to Winchester for the final points race of the year. This will be a no quarters race to secure championships with tight racing all night. Catlett will be heading down there with his second car, a Thunderbird, to tune it up for the Small Car Nationals, a two day event at Hagerstown Speedway on Sept. 14 and 15. On Sept. 14 will be qualifying and Sept. 15 feature races plus the Tommy Thompson Demo Derby.
I will be back on WRNR Talk Radio 740 AM, 106.5 FM on Eastern Panhandle Talk with host Rob Mario from 8:40 to 9 a.m. on Wednesday. Join us as we talk about all things NASCAR and the Race To The Chase as we set up the final race for drivers to lock in a spot at Richmond International Speedway on Saturday. Call in with your questions at 304-263-6540.
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A 22-year-old Bronx man on Thursday admitted using counterfeit credit cards to steal $20,000 worth of iPads from the Apple Store at the Walden Galleria in Cheektowaga.Stephen P. Moore pleaded guilty to felony fourth-degree grand larceny before Erie County Judge Sheila A. DiTullio.Moore used nearly a dozen counterfeit credit cards during several visits to the store between Dec. 1, 2012, and Jan. 4, 2013, Assistant District Attorney Candace K. Vogel said in court.The grand larceny conviction carries a prison sentence of up to four years, but DiTullio told Moore she is inclined to sentence him to probation when he is sentenced on March 27 because of his cooperation with authorities. His cooperation led authorities to the individual who made the counterfeit credit cards in Syracuse. That person has been indicted, Vogel said.The judge said she would order Moore to pay restitution to those whose credit card accounts were charged for the iPads.Moore remained in custody late Thursday in the Erie County Holding Center.


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[The code of Terpsichore The art of dancing, comprising its theory and practice, and a history of its rise and progress, from the earliest times
Catalog. Book. print | vii p., 22 p. (music), [5]-548 p. 17 pl. 23 cm. | On spine: Code of Terpsichore. By C. Blasis ... With seventeen plates; illustrating upwards of sixty positions. With original quadrilles and waltzes. Arranged for the piano-forte. Barton's English translation of Code complet de la danse, which was subsequently translated into French by Paul Vergnaud under title: Manuel complet ...
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Average temps Monday before slight cool down
90 expected in Sacramento
Published 6:24 AM PDT Sep 16, 2013
Spots in the Sacramento Valley will stay sunny and warm with highs peaking in the upper 80s and lower 90s Monday.
Watch David's forecast
Over the weekend, Sacramento enjoyed a high of 90, which is just around average for this time of year.
The edge of a northern weather system might cool temperatures down on Tuesday and stir up winds in the Sierra. The drop in temps will also be associated with stronger onshore winds.
Sacramento could see conditions dip into the low 80s by Tuesday.
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Measuring the Impact of Social Entrepreneurs with Debra Dunn of GIIRSInterviews, Social Enterprise, Talk — By Luke Miller Callahan on 09/28/2011 13:03
Leader in Sustainable Development: Debra Dunn
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Join us as we get into the work that Debra Dunn and the rest of her team at GIIRS are doing to measure the impact that social entrepreneurs are making throughout the world.
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About GIIRS – Global Impact Investing Rating System
The impact investing industry is facilitating investments that are not only socially responsible, but which also actively create positive social and environmental impact. In order to scale the impact investing marketplace, investors require an independent third-party impact ratings product that is comparable, transparent, and easy to use. Learn more about impact investing.
GIIRS, a project of the independent non-profit B Lab, assesses the social and environmental impact (but not the financial performance) of companies and funds using a ratings approach analogous to Morningstar investment rankings or S&P credit risk ratings. GIIRS includes the following features:
- Verified Company Ratings and Fund Ratings;
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Trainer Freddie Roach promised "a whole new ballgame" for Tim Bradley in an April 12 rematch with Manny Pacquiao, whom Bradley beat by split decision in June 2012.
Roach's assertion was made on Saturday night just after he and Pacquiao (54-5-2, 38 knockouts) had landed at Los Angeles International Airport from the Philippines, where they were preparing for the return bout with Bradley (31-0, 12 KOs).
"Please tell Mr. Bradley it's a whole new ballgame," said Roach, who will continue Pacquiao's training at the Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, Calif. "Manny means business this time."
Pacquiao, who turned 35 in December, is coming off November's unanimous decision over former 140-pound titleholder Brandon Rios, who made his welterweight debut.
In victory, Pacquiao rebounded from his loss to Bradley as well as a sixth-round knockout loss to Juan Manuel Marquez in December of that year.
The 30-year-old Bradley won his last two fights by rising from a 12th-round knockdown to unanimously decision Ruslan Provodnikov in March of last year before earning October's split decision over Marquez, who is 1-2-1 against Pacquiao.
"It's great to be back in Los Angeles," said Pacquiao. "I can't wait to begin training at Wild Card. I have really missed it."


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LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) - Los Alamos National Laboratory is taking advantage of its annual winter break to beef up security and allow guards to better scrutinize incoming traffic, especially larger trucks and delivery vans.
As of Jan. 2, commercial vehicles making official deliveries to the lab will have to use a truck route and pass through a screening post. No vehicles making unofficial deliveries will be allowed through.
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This was one of the projects that should be so easy… and yet, it wasn't.
Here's the BEFORE (aka… 2 months ago):
and here was the PLAN:
So John put up the Column Jack (picture metal bar where the Column should go). Just like a car, this lifts the roof so that you can slip the column in and then take the bar out.
Only… our column didn't go in and our bar didn't come out…. for 4 weeks. Yep, we're THOSE neighbors. Ya know, the ones with Barca Loungers and metal poles holding up their front porch.
Eventually, the columns were installed and we took the bar out. They were bare wood, so I set to painting them. Have I mentioned that I have very poor balance? Really, really bad.
As I was painting the column on the right, I slipped off the porch. So I reach out for the freshly painted column for support…
This is one of those slow motion moments when you can have lots of thoughts all at once… like:
"Huh, that column isn't actually attached…"Unfortunately for you, I did not get a picture of this. Fortunately for me, I did not get a picture of this. But you can probably get the general idea.
"I'm definitely about to fall off this porch…"
"I wonder if anyone is driving by right now… THAT would be embarrassing."
"This could hurt…"
"Why is the column coming with me?"
"Umph" (me hitting the ground) "Umph" (column landing on me)
So then we had to get the columns reinstalled… and then John took over the painting.
I do need to give a big THANK YOU to my grandmother, E-moma. She was very concerned that our roof was going to fall down so she offered to pay for the columns. She's wonderful like that and has completely spoiled me my entire life. I'm not complaining
On a completely unrelated note, my Mom's Birthday is tomorrow.


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Dutch Hollow Acres is a family farm established in 2006 in Avon, New York. We specialize breeding Quality Morgan Friesian Crosses (Moriesians) from foundation Morgan Horse lines and Baroque Friesians. These Moriesian horses are very versatile and have successfully competed in everything from in-hand, competitive trail, pleasure carriage driving, CDE, Dressage, Hunt Seat, Games, and a whole lot more. Learn more about our Moriesians and schedule a visit to come see them yourself!
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Here are seven records that could be set by West Texas A&M players in today's game:
WT total offense: Keith Null has 8,286 yards, 80 yards behind Derek Maupin (8,366).
WT, LSC TD single-season TD passes: Null has 36, five short of his 2007 record of 41.
WT single-season passing yardage: Null has 3,812 yards, 322 short of his 2007 record of 4,134.
WT career completions: Null has 695 and is four behind No. 2 Bell and 64 short of leader Maupin (759).
WT career receptions: Charly Martin has 218, second to Brad Bailey (221). He is 18 short of tying ACU's Jerale Baden (236).
WT single-season TD receptions: Martin has 16 and is tied with Bailey.
WT, LSC career TD receptions: Martin can extend his record of 38.
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AG clears Ohio campaign to expand Medicaid
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Supporters of expanding Medicaid in Ohio were cleared by state officials Friday to continue their fledgling effort to put the issue before voters in 2014 if state lawmakers fail to act on the matter.
The group Healthy Ohioans Work is leading the campaign that could put an expansion of the federal-state program on ballots in November 2014, but it must clear several more steps before voters could weigh in.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine on Friday said the group's petition contained the necessary 1,000 valid signatures from Ohio registered voters as well as a "fair and truthful" summary of the proposed constitutional amendment.
The Ohio Ballot Board must now review the proposal for the effort to continue. Supporters must then gather 115,574 valid signatures from registered voters.


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Kelly Clarkson
- 1994
A Moment Like This
After hearing her singing in the school halls, a teacher pressures Clarkson to join the school choir. "Singing gave me confidence," Clarkson tells the Orange County Register. "Friends at school were nervous because they didn't know what they wanted to do with the rest of their lives, but I had a peaceful feeling inside, because I knew. I knew that I would make a living at this since a seventh-grade assembly."
- 2000
Breaking Away
After graduating from Texas' Burleson High School, Clarkson records a demo financed by pal Jessica Huggins. While shopping her tapes, Clarkson begins a string of menial jobs. "I kept getting doors slammed in my face," she tells PEOPLE. Two years later, she saves enough money to move to L.A. But, her West Coast sojourn ends abruptly when her apartment building – with all her belongings – is reduced to ashes. "I decided to cut my losses and go home," she tells PEOPLE.
- 2002
Up All Night
A friend encourages Clarkson to try out for the talent show American Idol at the Dallas open call. The night before her audition she is so nervous she can't sleep. "I didn't have a clue what I was walking into," Clarkson tells Teen People. She blows the judges away and earns a place to compete in L.A.
Million-Dollar Baby
In a two-hour Fox special, Clarkson captures 58 percent of 15.5 million votes with her teary-eyed performance of "A Moment Like This," securing the first American Idol title. "In the end, I couldn't hear them say I won," she tells Teen People. "I actually found out when Justin Guarini hugged me and said, 'Congratulations.'"
- 2003
Clarkson's debut album, Thankful, is released. Though her first single, "A Moment Like This," has already topped the charts, selling nearly 250,000 copies its first week, Clarkson tells PEOPLE, "I'm terrified. I can sing in front of millions of people and not be nervous at all, but release an album and it makes me a basket case." She needn't worry; Thankful goes on to sell more than 2 million copies.
Beach Bummer
In a box office blunder, Clarkson makes her film debut alongside Idol runner-up Guarini in From Justin to Kelly, a musical comedy reminiscent of 1950s beachcomber movies. Later, Clarkson tells Time, "I knew when I read the script it was going to be real, real bad, but when I won, I signed that piece of paper and I could not get out of it. Two words: contractually obligated."
- 2004
On the Road
Clarkson climbs back on the tour bus for a 32-city run with Idol Season 2 finalist Clay Aiken, who quickly learns Clarkson's first rule of the road. "Don't wake Kelly up in the morning," he cautions Teen People, "because she'll want to kill you." Nevertheless, the friends decide to share a bus. "We're from the South," Clarkson says. "We want to save money."
American Dreaming
After her feature film flop, Clarkson openly admits she never fancied herself an actress. But, she scores her second guest spot on NBC's 1960s drama American Dreams, as pop singer Brenda Lee (her first guest role on the show was in September 2003).
And the Hits Keep Coming
Clarkson releases her second album Breakaway. She writes six songs on the album, including "Since U Been Gone," "Because of You" and "Behind These Hazel Eyes," which all hit the No. 1 or No. 2 spots on the Billboard charts. The album sells more than 5 million copies, making it the third best-selling album of 2005 and solidifying Clarkson's place as the real deal.
- 2005
"Ladies and Gentlemen, Kelly Clarkson"
Clarkson is invited to perform on SNL, where host Jason Bateman's introduction omits any reference to Idol, signaling the singer's successful transition from talent show phenom to full-fledged stardom. "I never thought I'd like anything she did," says Kelly Osbourne. "But I'm sorry. I'm obsessed with her CD. I have friends in the heaviest hardcore bands, and they have 'Since U Been Gone' as their ring tone."
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BOBBY ABREU appears to be the odd man out in the Los Angeles Angels' lineup, but he says he's not willing to settle for a bench role.
"I'm an every-day player. I can still be in the lineup for a major league team," Abreu, 37, told ESPNdeportesLosAngeles.com from his native Venezuela. "I will not be on the bench knowing that I can play. If the Angels don't have a position for me, then the best thing is to trade me. It would be the correct [thing] to do. I won't be able to do nothing sitting in the bench."


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Two of Suleman's healthiest and heaviest infants – sons Noah, weighing 5 lbs., 13 oz, and Isaiah, weighing 5 lbs. – were allowed to leave the Bellflower, Calif., hospital's neonatal intensive care unit.
"This is a happy moment for everyone – the family, physicians, nurses and entire NICU staff," says Dr. Mandhir Gupta. "It is always rewarding whenever a premature infant goes home as a healthy baby."
Bottle FedBoth babies could drink from a bottle, are gaining weight and are able to maintain their body temperature, the hospital says in a statement.
"After several home visits Kaiser Permanente determined that Ms. Suleman has safe housing, sufficient child care support and the supplies and equipment needed to care for the first two octuplets," says the statement. "The remaining six babies continue to progress well and remain at Kaiser Permanente Bellflower Medical Center. All continue gaining weight and remain on either formula or donated pasteurized breast milk."
New HomeHome for the babies, who were born in January, is a recently purchased and thoroughly baby-proofed house in the Los Angeles suburb of La Habra.
"I'm anxious, but I'm ready," Suleman tells PEOPLE. "I'm excited to start getting all my family under one roof so I can get on with being a mother."
Since her six other children are still residing at her mother's home in nearby Whittier, Suleman – who says she regularly gets by on two hours sleep – was preparing to dedicate herself to her newborns on the first night.
Nursing CareTwo pediatric nurses from the non-profit group Angels In Waiting, along with two recently hired nannies, will be on hand to help out should she need it. But Suleman insists, "I really want to do all this by myself."
Officials at Kaiser Permanente will reportedly release two more infants in a week.
Suleman's six older children are expected to move into their new home by this weekend, shortly after the backyard is replaced with AstroTurf and a climbing wall is installed.


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It's a dull, continuous buzz, basically sounding like a large swarm of bees has taken over a packed stadium.
If you've watched five minutes of this summer's World Cup in South Africa, you probably know sound of the "vuvuzela" horn. Odds are you're at least a little annoyed by it, and you're certainly not alone.
The Associated Press has received e-mails from a far away as Bhutan complaining about the overwhelming use of vuvuzela horns at this World Cup. It's a South African tradition, and while it may enhance the atmosphere in person, it comes across as a unceasing nuisance on television.
Here's the thing: Tournament officials don't care.
According to the AP, South Africa organizing committee spokesman Rich Mkhondo said, "I won't dwell too much on what outsiders think about vuvuzelas. I won't dwell too much on what the feelings of the spectators are."
Mkhondo was backed by FIFA president Sepp Blatter, who asked: "Would you want to see a ban on the fan traditions in your country?"
Nevertheless, the company that provides the broadcast feed for games has taken steps to reduce the background noise caused by vuvuzela during games.
Personally, I find the vuvuzelas as a bit annoying, but I pretty much learned to tune it out during last summer's Confederations Cup, basically a dress rehersal tournament in South Africa that featured the United States. Those horns were every bit as prominent -- and distracting -- then. But the only real outcry comes now, after the World Cup tournament has started.
(The Press-Register's Gentry Estes will be blogging the 2010 World Cup for AL.com. Go here to keep up with the coverage.)


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Melissa & Doug Terrific Twenty List and Giveaway
We love Melissa & Doug toys at our house. Our kids love to play with them and as a parent, I love them for being educational and made from high quality materials. The first toy we bought our oldest after he was born was a huge Melissa & Doug stuffed dog and it still looks brand new more than four years later. The company has put together a list of its top 20 toys for the 2012 holiday season, featuring gift ideas for kids of all ages. Every day through Nov. 26, Melissa & Doug will giveaway one item from their 2012 Terrific Twenty List to one lucky winner via their Facebook page. Who doesn't love something free, especially around the holidays?
Speaking of free, keep an eye on the South Shore Parent Facebook page for our own Melissa & Doug giveaway in the near future. In the meantime, good luck with Melissa & Doug's daily contests!


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After religiously reading the awesome Juxtapoz magazine for years I've now been featured on the website, without wanting to sound like an extra from Point Break, I'm STOKED!
You can read part 1 of the interview by Sandra Butterfly from the Juxtapoz team HERE .
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How Ron Swanson spent Valentine's Day
I managed to talk to Nick Offerman for a half hour without mistakenly calling him by the name Ron Swanson, the epitome of manhood he plays on NBC's "Parks and Recreation."
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Five singers declared winners in local Met Opera auditions
Five singers were selected by judges to advance to the next round at Saturday's Wisconsin District Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.
Countertenor Kangmin Justin Kim, mezzo-soprano Corrie Stallings, soprano Caitlin Ruby Miller, tenor Ian D. Koziar and tenor Joe Shadday will compete at the Upper Midwest Regional in St. Paul, Minn. The five vocalists also won $2,000 each. »Read Full Article
'Belle of Amherst' best when profiling Dickinson's poetry
Walt Whitman may have rightly claimed that his poetry contains multitudes, but Emily Dickinson can stake an equally valid claim to being America's greatest poet.
She is also the hardest one to know. Harold Bloom once wrote that no poet "seems so separate from us as Dickinson," adding that "we have no accurate approaches to her." »Read Full Article


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The registered nurses at UPMC Altoona are once again planning a one-day strike Feb. 11, after talks broke off Saturday - the second day of negotiations designed to avert a walkout following a nurses' vote Monday to issue a strike notice.
"UPMC is disrespecting nurses and the Altoona community by cutting off discussions and making a strike all but inevitable," said SEIU Healthcare PA local President Paula Stellabotte in a news release. "We were prepared to continue negotiating until we had a contract, and it's frustrating that management did not share that commitment."
According to the hospital, the parties had agreed to resume negotiations to "talk about two specific issues" - the union's top concerns - but the union "reneged," bringing "a much broader agenda," said UPMC spokesman Dave Cuzzolina.
The hospital has "the highest respect" for nurses but not for their "rigid bargaining position that attempts to go over old ground again and again and again," Cuzzolina stated.
UPMC has been bargaining in good faith for four months, done "everything reasonable to find common ground" and has offered a contract that is fair to nurses, the community, local businesses and their employees who must pay for health care, Cuzzolina said.
The end of the talks Saturday surprised the nurses, who had "made what we thought were significant compromises" after Friday's session, according to Stellabotte.
Nurse compromises included concessions on the "big ticket items" - but not staffing, which is the most important item, Stellabotte said.
The organization has compromised only "a little," she said.
Wages are an "irrelevant" issue for the RNs, "the last thing on everybody's list," according to Stellabotte.
Asked about the hospital's recent report that the nurses have been asking for a wage increase of 7 percent per year wage for three years, she said, "I don't know where that came from."
She declined, however, to say what the nurses' wage request actually is, saying she didn't want to negotiate in the media.
"There's no greed on our side," she said. "I think our intentions are pure."
Economic issues are hardly irrelevant in negotiations, according to UPMC.
"Despite the union saying its primary concerns are not economic, the talks have inevitably gravitated to economic issues," Cuzzolina wrote.
The hospital is offering wage increases of 2 percent per year to the nurses, who already earn twice the average income for the Altoona area, according to Cuzzolina.
"The nurses have agreed to that but with conditions that effectively double the raises," he said.
The hospital is proposing the same benefit programs that UPMC has for its other hospitals, which employ 62,000, including 11,000 nurses, he said.
The hospital is pushing to "standardize" UPMC Altoona to match the organization's hospitals in Pittsburgh, Stellabotte said.
Standardization doesn't make sense, however, because while UPMC can dictate in the region where it's dominant, it needs to compete here with non-UPMC hospitals like Mount Nittany Medical Center and Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center to retain and recruit nurses, she said.
Yet SEIU recently ratified a contract at Mount Nittany with the same 2 percent annual raise for three years being offered in Altoona, Cuzzolina said.
"It defies logic to claim that the benefits UPMC offers - and successfully recruits with - in numerous other markets in western Pennsylvania are somehow insufficient for this area," Cuzzolina said.
UPMC is also pushing for the autonomy to "change things whenever they want" - including staffing, benefits and starting wages, according to Stellabotte.
The drive for autonomy reflects on UPMC being "more policy-driven [while the union] is more contract-driven," she said.
UPMC is mostly non-union, she said. UPMC McKeesport and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic have union groups, she said.
But they're much smaller than Altoona's 800-member RN group, according to Stellabotte. When asked whether she thinks the organization is trying to break her union, she said: "I don't know. I wish I knew."
The contract for UPMC Altoona's licensed practical nurses, medical technicians, maintenance, food service and housekeeping workers, represented by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, expires in mid-year, which means UPMC will have another union deal to negotiate here soon, Stellabotte said.
Dealing with UPMC has been vastly different than dealing with the management at Altoona Regional, which UPMC acquired in July, Stellabotte said.
"It's sad some group has come in and just changed everything," she said. "[It has shown] general disrespect for the whole thing - the city, the facility, the employees [and] the patients."
Asked if she was scared, she said she was "not crazy about going on strike - but very determined."
Nevertheless, when they come back to work after the strike, she plans to begin negotiations anew, she said.
"If that's what it takes, to suck it up and sit down, that's what we'll do," she said.
The hospital plans to continue "all services without interruption" during the strike, according to the letter.
It will use contract nurses, hospital officials have said.
It's not clear when the nurses who strike can return to work after the 24-hour walkout, scheduled to end at 7 a.m. Feb. 12.
That may depend on the agreement the hospital makes with the company providing contract nurses, Stellabotte said.
"After a strike, those employees who are now unconditionally available to return to work may have a transition to allow a reasonable and orderly return back to their ordinary operations," Cuzzolina wrote.
Mirror Staff Writer William Kibler is at 949-7038.


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POULTNEY A Rutland man was injured, but not badly, police said, after a car collided with the drivers side of his vehicle on Route 30.
Vermont State Police said Gregory McCormick, 53, was driving north on the highway at 4:23 p.m. Monday when a 1997 Oldsmobile driven by Laura Pike, 39, of Poultney pulled off a side street and struck his 2002 Honda Accord.
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The execution of a South Florida drug trafficker, convicted of killing a state trooper with a pipe bomb, is on indefinite hold.
The U.S. Supreme Court refused the state's request to lift a stay of execution just hours before Paul Augustus Howell was set to die by lethal injection Tuesday.
The Atlanta-based 11th U.S. District of Appeal on Monday temporarily blocked the execution so it could consider a last-ditch appeal.
The state appealed to Justice Clarence Thomas who referred the case to the full court.
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UNFCCC Executive Secretary Takes Stock as Barcelona Climate Change Talks Conclude
6 November 2009: The resumed ninth session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP 9) and resumed seventh session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA 7) were held from 2-6 November 2009, in Barcelona, Spain, bringing together approximately 3,100 participants.
The talks constituted the final round of negotiations under both AWGs before the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the UNFCCC in Copenhagen, Denmark, from 7-18 December 2009.
The Barcelona session sought to to continue streamlining text and to identify key issues and provide clear options for ministers to choose from in Copenhagen. AWG-LCA 7 focused on the key elements of the Bali Action Plan (BAP), namely: adaptation, finance, technology, mitigation, capacity building and a shared vision for long-term cooperative action. It began addressing these issues based on several non-papers developed by the first part of AWG-LCA 7, which convened three weeks earlier in Bangkok. The AWG-LCA produced a series of new non-papers that will be compiled and forwarded to Copenhagen as an annex to the meeting report (FCCC/AWGLCA/2009/L.4).
AWG-KP 9 continued discussions on Annex I parties' emission reductions beyond the first commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol. At the beginning of the meeting, the African Group, supported by other developing countries, called for halting the AWG-KP's work on issues other than the "numbers." This led to suspension of all AWG-KP contact groups until Wednesday, after agreement had been reached to devote 60% of meeting time to numbers and evaluate progress at the end of each day. The AWG-KP did not finish consideration of numbers or of any of the other issues included in its work programme, and will have to finalize its work in Copenhagen before reporting to the fifth Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of Parties (COP/MOP 5).
Speaking at a press conference on the final day of the meeting, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer highlighted the importance of immediate action following Copenhagen to help developing countries fight climate change. He noted progress in Barcelona on adaptation, technology cooperation, mechanisms to disperse funds for developing countries, and reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation from developing countries (REDD). Underlining that little progress had been made on mid-term emission reduction targets of developed countries and finance, two critical components of a deal in Copenhagen, he called for leadership at the highest level, in particular for "industrialized countries to raise their ambitions to meet the scale of the challenge we face." [IISDRS Coverage] [UNFCCC Press Release]


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MORGANTOWN - Friday's second officiated scrimmage of the spring for the West Virginia University football team was as dreary for the offense as the weather that dampened the practice field.
"It wasn't a very good day for the offense," said receiver Tavon Austin. "We were missing a lot of blocks, missing a lot of assignments. A lot of plays were called back (because of penalties). The next time we come out, we need to do better."
Fullback Matt Lindamood agreed, though he added that those mental mistakes were not created by a lack of effort.
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West Virginia University wide receiver Ivan McCartney (5) tries to stretch the football into the end zone during drills in spring football practice.
"It was frustrating," he said. "We played hard, physical football like Mountaineers should. We just weren't focused. The effort was there, but we just didn't mesh."
Coach Bill Stewart said he could accept the penalties, such as holding and pass interference because they are mistakes of aggression. But he admits to being aggravated by the mental penalties of lining up offsides or a receiver not having his feet set at the line of scrimmage.
"We brought our pads, and there was some great, sharp, crisp hitting," Stewart said. "I was really pleased with the way the pads were banging. But I do not like penalties."
Stewart also expressed concerns over the inconsistencies in the team's field goal tries of late. Several have been blocked, some because of missed assignments at the line and others because of poor timing. A few field goals failed to find their way between the goal posts.
"We have to pay attention to the details," Stewart said. "The field goal (kicking) has got get better."
Stewart praised the work of receivers Tyler Urban and Ryan Nehlen, saying they made some nice catches during the scrimmage. He said he also liked the way Vernard Roberts and Trey Johnson have been running the ball in the absence of Shawne Alston, who is battling a neck injury.
WVU will have the Easter weekend off, and it will return to the practice field Monday morning. Another workout is scheduled for Wednesday morning, and spring drills will conclude Friday evening with the charity Gold-Blue Game. An old-timers game will start the evening at 7 o'clock. Tickets are $10, and half of the proceeds will go to the WVU Children's Hospital.
In another football matter, the WVU Athletic Department announced that game with Marshall University has been moved to 3:30 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 4 in Morgantown. The game will be televised by ESPN. WVU's game at Syracuse has been moved to 8 p.m., Friday, Oct. 21. It will be televised either by ESPN or ESPN2.


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The risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) may be related to genetic mutations in the production of apolipoprotein E via alterations to the metabolism of CHD-related blood lipids such as low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglycerides.
The relationship between APOE genotype (*E3/*E3, *E3/*E4, *E2/*E3, *E4/*E4, *E2/*E4, and *E2/*E2) and fatal and nonfatal CHD was examined among 10 035 men and 12 134 women, aged 440 to 79 years, from the Norfolk, England, arm of the European Prospective Into Nutrition and Cancer Study (1993-2007). During an average of 11 years of follow-up, 2712 CHD events were documented.
The hazard ratio for CHD was 0.88 (95% confidence interval, 0.77-0.99) for *E2 carriers (*E2/*E2 and *E2/*E3) and 1.09 (1.00-1.19) for *E4 carriers (*E3/*E4 and *E4/*E4) compared with homozygous *E3/*E3 individuals after age and sex adjustment. Similar values were obtained when systolic blood pressure, body mass index, diabetes mellitus, alcohol intake, physical activity, and smoking were added to the model. After additional adjustment for baseline levels of the ratio of low- to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, the hazard ratios (and 95% confidence intervals) for *E2 and *E4 carriers were 0.97 (0.85-1.10) and 1.06 (0.97-1.15), respectively, when compared with *E3 homozygotes. No interactions by sex, smoking status, or age groups were observed.
In the largest prospective cohort study to date, CHD risk was not associated with APOE genotype after controlling for a variety of cardiovascular risk factors, particularly the ratio of low- to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.
The risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) may be influenced by genetic mutations in the production of a number of genes controlling blood lipids and other risk factors, including apolipoprotein E (ApoE). The different isoforms of this multifunctional protein appear to have opposite effects on metabolism of CHD-related blood lipids such as low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and triglycerides.1- 4 A common polymorphism in the APOE gene (NCBI Entrez Gene 348) results in the *E2, *E3, and *E4 allelic isoforms and 6 corresponding genotypes (*E3/*E3, *E3/*E4, *E2/*E3, *E4/*E4, *E2/*E4, and *E2/*E2, ranked from most to least common).1 Relative to the *E3/*E3 group, carriers of the *E2 allele tend to have increased levels of ApoE and decreased LDL-C, whereas *E4 carriers tend to have decreased ApoE and increased high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels.1,2,5 It has been estimated that between 1% and 8% of variation in LDL-C level can be accounted for by APOE genotype.2,3 The variation in LDL-C levels by APOE genotype has been attributed to increased hepatic receptor–mediated LDL-C removal and decreased conversion of very-low-density lipoprotein cholesterol to LDL-C among *E2 carriers, with the reverse effects proposed among *E4 carriers.4
The results of epidemiologic studies that examined the relationship between APOE genotypes and CHD outcomes are inconsistent, despite well-established differences in lipid metabolism by APOE genotype. Earlier meta-analyses of published studies pointed more strongly to increased CHD risk among *E4 carriers, with no association noted for *E2 carriers.5,6 More recently, a meta-analysis of 17 published and previously unpublished studies with relatively large sample sizes indicated that the risk of coronary disease was decreased among carriers of the *E2 allele and marginally increased among *E4 carriers.7 However, with all the meta-analyses of the association between APOE and CHD, the studies that were pooled had included a variety of covariates in their analyses and the specific effect of adjustment for lipid profile on an individual basis was less clear.
We aimed to examine the prospective association between APOE genotype and risk of fatal and nonfatal CHD events and the effects of adjustment for lipid profile on these associations. The European Prospective Investigation Into Nutrition and Cancer (EPIC)–Norfolk cohort is the largest prospective cohort study with APOE genotype data available that we are aware of. Within this cohort, it was observed previously that the LDL-C level was relatively higher among *E2 carriers and lower among *E4 carriers8; however, the association between APOE and CHD risk within EPIC-Norfolk was not characterized in previous analyses. The availability of follow-up data for this population provided the opportunity to examine the relationship between APOE genotype and CHD outcome, and to explore the role of LDL-C within these associations. Furthermore, age, sex, and smoking status were examined as potential effect modifiers of the association between APOE and CHD in accordance with suggestions from previous studies.6,9- 20
Between 1993 and 1997, men and women aged 40 to 79 years were recruited from general practitioners' registers for the prospective EPIC-Norfolk study.21 A health examination was attended by 25 630 individuals. A second health examination was attended by 15 786 participants in 1997 to 2000, during which a second blood sample was collected.
Participants completed a self-administered health and lifestyle questionnaire, which included questions on smoking, physical activity, personal medical history, and medication use.21 Never-smokers were identified as participants who responded no when asked if they had ever smoked 1 cigarette per day for at least a 1-year period. Former smokers were those who responded yes to the foregoing question but were no longer smoking at the time of the questionnaire, whereas current smokers had responded yes and continued to smoke. Physical activity level was derived from the combination of a 4-level classification of occupational activity and a 4-level category of time spent in cycling and other physical exercise.22 Participants were asked to indicate whether they had been diagnosed by their physician as having a heart attack or diabetes mellitus. Medication use during the past week, including dose and frequency, was also addressed in the health and lifestyle questionnaire. Intake of alcohol during the past year was assessed by a food frequency questionnaire that was mailed to participants along with an invitation to attend the health examination. At the health examination, height, weight, systolic blood pressure, and diastolic blood pressure were measured by trained nurses using standard protocols. A blood sample was obtained. Serum levels of HDL-C and triglycerides were measured with a serum chemistry analyzer (RA 1000; Bayer Diagnostics, Basingstoke, England). The LDL-C levels were calculated with the Friedewald formula23 except where serum triglyceride levels exceeded 354 mg/dL (to convert to millimoles per liter, multiply by 0.0113).
All participants were followed up through record linkage with national death certification and hospital record linkage (ENCORE). Fatal and nonfatal CHD events were identified by means of the International Classification of Diseases (Ninth Revision, codes 410-414, or 10th Revision, codes 120-125). End point data were collected between 1993 and 2007, with an average length of follow-up of 11 years.
DNA for genotyping was extracted from buffy coat from EDTA-treated blood samples collected at the second health examination in 15 786 individuals. For individuals who did not have an available blood sample from the second health examination, DNA for genotyping was extracted from buffy coats collected at the first health check.21 Details of the DNA sequencing (Pyrosequencing; Qiagen, Valencia, California) assessment of the APOE genotype have been published elsewhere.8 For quality control, 135 samples were genotyped by means of restriction fragment length polymorphism24 and the DNA sequencer to check for reproducibility, and they were fully concordant.
Differences in baseline cardiovascular risk characteristics across APOE genotypes were tested separately among men and women by means of analysis of variance and χ2 analyses for continuous and categorical data, respectively. As an exception, an exact test was used to compare the prevalence of previous myocardial infarction and diabetes status across genotype because there were several categories that contained fewer than 5 observations. Cox proportional hazards regression with days of follow-up as the time variable was used to assess the association between APOE genotype and CHD with different covariates.
A 3-level APOE allele group variable was formed, wherein *E2/*E3 was combined with *E2/*E2 ("*E2+"), *E3/*E4 was combined with *E4/*E4 ("*E4+"), and *E3/*E3 served as the reference category. *E2/*E4 was excluded from the APOE allele grouping in the main analysis because the *E2 and *E4 alleles are proposed to have opposite effects on CHD risk4 and because less than 1% of the EPIC-Norfolk cohort carried this genotype.8 However, exploratory analyses were conducted wherein the *E2/*E4 individuals were included in either the *E2+ group or the *E4+ group in the fully adjusted models. The CHD risk was examined in relation to the APOE allele groups first in an age- and sex-adjusted model, followed by additional adjustment for systolic blood pressure, body mass index categories (<18.5, 18.5-24.9, 25.0-29.9, ≥30.0, and "missing," calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared), diabetes mellitus (yes or no), alcohol intake (grams per day), physical activity (inactive, moderately inactive, moderately active, and active), and smoking status (current, nonsmoker, and "missing"). Never-smokers and formers smokers were combined to form the nonsmoker group. Finally, the LDL-C:HDL-C ratio was entered into the model to examine how the extent to which the relationship between genotype and CHD could be accounted for by lipid levels. The interactions between dummy variables for APOE group and age, sex, and smoking status were tested separately for significance by likelihood ratio tests that compared models with and without the interaction terms. A sensitivity analysis was conducted wherein individuals who had self-reported myocardial infarction at baseline were excluded from the fully adjusted models (n = 633). All statistical analyses were conducted with SAS version 8 statistical software (SAS Institute Inc, Cary, North Carolina), and statistical significance was noted at P < .05.
The present analyses were based on 22 169 men and women who had complete data on APOE genotype and lipid profile. During 11 years of follow-up, CHD events were identified in 2712 individuals.
The distribution of cardiovascular risk factors by APOE genotype among men and women is presented in Table 1. For both men and women, mean levels of LDL-C, HDL-C, and serum triglycerides differed across APOE genotypes. Covariate data were missing on fewer than 3% of the participants. The distribution of physical activity levels did not differ across APOE genotypes among men or women (data not shown).
When the APOE genotypes were clustered by allele, the risk of CHD was decreased among *E2+ group (hazard ratio [HR], 0.88; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.77-0.99) and was marginally increased among the *E4+ group (HR, 1.09; 95% CI, 1.00-1.19) in the age- and sex-adjusted models (Table 2). These associations were unchanged following additional adjustment for systolic blood pressure, body mass index, diabetes mellitus, alcohol intake, physical activity, and smoking (Table 2). However, adjustment for baseline levels of LDL-C:HDL-C attenuated the associations previously detected among the *E2+ group (HR, 0.97; 95% CI, 0.85-1.10) and *E4+ group (1.06; 0.97-1.15). Interaction tests of the most fully adjusted models (including LDL-C) indicated that the association between APOE allele groups and CHD risk differed marginally by sex (P = .09) but did not differ by smoking status or age (P = .17 and .87, respectively). When the analyses were stratified by sex, none of the APOE allele groups were associated with the risk of CHD among men or women after adjustment for LDL-C:HDL-C (Table 2), including models in which hormone therapy use and menopausal status were in the models for women (data not shown). Exclusion of individuals with self-reported myocardial infarction at baseline did not materially alter the point estimates, nor did the inclusion of *E2/*E4 individuals in either the *E2+ group or the *E4+ group (data not shown). The LDL-C:HDL-C ratio was associated with increased risk of CHD in multivariate models with systolic blood pressure, body mass index, alcohol intake, physical activity, and smoking (HR, 1.17; 95% CI, 1.14-1.19); the inclusion of APOE genotype in the multivariate models did not affect the point estimates or the CIs (data not shown).
The respective higher and marginally lower CHD risk observed among the *E2+ and *E4+ groups in the age- and sex-adjusted analyses of the EPIC-Norfolk cohort is similar to results obtained in the recent meta-analysis of 17 studies, in which the odds ratios were 0.80 (95% CI, 0.70-0.90) for *E2 carriers and 1.06 (0.99-1.13) for *E4 carriers relative to the *E3 homozygous group.7 Previous research has observed higher serum cholesterol levels among *E4 carriers and corresponding lower serum cholesterol levels among *E2 carriers.3,25 It has been proposed that the mechanism responsible for this effect is defective binding at lipoprotein receptors noted among *E2 carriers,26 which results in decreased cholesterol delivery to the hepatocytes and a subsequent upregulation of hepatic sterol synthesis and LDL receptors.27 Conversely, the relatively stronger binding to lipoprotein receptors observed in *E4 carriers increases the delivery of cholesterol to the hepatocytes,28 which results in the downregulation of hepatic sterol synthesis, a decrease in LDL receptors, and a consequent increase in blood LDL-C concentrations.29
Adjustment for LDL-C level has not resulted in consistent attenuation of the relationship between APOE genotype and CHD risk in some previous studies. In case-control or cross-sectional studies in which LDL-C was added to the model in a stepwise fashion, no alteration to the significance of the association between APOE and CHD risk was noted.16,30- 32 However, LDL-C has not always been included as an analytic covariate in case-control studies of APOE and CHD risk.33- 35 In prospective studies, adjustment for LDL-C either served to attenuate previously significant associations between APOE and CHD, though only among *E4/*E4 men17 and *E3/*E3 smokers,19,20 or did not affect the results.8,10,17- 20 Thus far, meta-analyses of the association between APOE and CHD have not had the individual-level data required to adjust for serum cholesterol,5- 7 including the most recent meta-analysis of 37 850 CHD cases and 82 727 nonevents.7
Age and sex have been proposed as potential effect modifiers of the association between APOE and CHD risk4 because there is evidence that genotypic influence on mortality can vary by birth year11 and that estrogen and APOE may jointly affect lipid levels.6 Both age and sex have been explored as effect modifiers in only a limited number of studies, with evidence to suggest that increased CHD risk associated with *E4 carriers is either not different17 or weaker23,24 among older adults, or present among men only, independent of serum cholesterol level.18,22 Although APOE genotype did not demonstrate any interactive effects with age in the present study, there was a marginally significant interaction with sex. These results must be interpreted with caution because stratification of each allele group by age and sex resulted in a substantially smaller number of cases and controls per stratum and, as such, the power to examine such interactions was somewhat limited. As a reinforcement of the conclusion for the full cohort, though, the association between APOE genotype and CHD risk was null for both men and women after adjustment for blood lipid levels.
Cigarette smoking, a well-established risk factor for CHD,36 was also explored as an effect modifier between APOE genotype and CHD risk in the present analysis. It has been proposed that *E4 carriers tend to produce a greater amount of LDLs, which makes them vulnerable to smoking-related increases in lipoprotein oxidation.19,26- 28 Several studies have found an increased risk of CHD among smokers who are *E4 carriers10,16,19,29; many of these associations were independent of variation in LDL-C level.12,14,16,34 However, other studies found that smokers who carried the *E4 allele were not at increased risk of CHD.17,20,31 The lack of agreement across the aforementioned studies may be owing to the heterogeneity of smoking prevalence, choice of reference group, study design, and classification of smoking history. Stratification by smoking status in the EPIC-Norfolk study failed to produce any significant associations among smokers, even without adjustment for cholesterol (data not shown). Among the Whitehall II population, the absence of an interaction between APOE genotype and smoking was attributed to the relatively low proportion of current smokers in the population.20 The proportion of current smokers in EPIC-Norfolk was lower than that of the Whitehall II population; therefore, it is possible that there were an insufficient number of subjects exposed to smoking for divergent associations to be detected in the present study. It is worth noting that the results of the present study were unchanged when former smokers were included in the current smoker category rather than the nonsmoker category (data not shown).
There are a number of limitations to the present study. The LDL-C values could not be calculated for individuals with triglyceride levels greater than 354 mg/dL; however, only 3% of the sample had lipid levels above this cutoff point (n = 772). The APOE genotype is also known to affect levels of C-reactive protein,37 an inflammatory marker that has been associated with CHD risk.38,39 In the present study, the detected association between APOE genotype and CHD risk became nonsignificant after adjustment for lipid levels, although a small remnant risk of 1.05 (95% CI, 0.96-1.15) was retained among *E4 carriers. This suggests that APOE may have an influence on CHD risk beyond circulating LDL-C and HDL-C levels, potentially via an acute-phase reactant such as C-reactive protein. However, we were unable to explore this association because data on C-reactive protein levels among EPIC-Norfolk participants were not available. Furthermore, although the multivariate analyses controlled for a variety of cardiovascular risk factors, including alcohol intake and physical activity, it is also possible that the observed attenuation after adjustment for LDL-C:HDL-C ratio was due to confounding between the cholesterol ratio and another cardiovascular risk factor. The associations observed in the age- and sex-adjusted analyses were not very strong, and the possibility that they were observed as a result of residual confounding cannot be ruled out. Finally, it is possible that some silent myocardial infarction cases were not identified because electrocardiograms were not included in the present study, thereby potentially reducing the study's power. In turn, with sufficient numbers of the less common APOE genotypes, it might have been possible to avoid the use of combined allele carrier groups and to achieve greater statistical power for the tests of interaction across age, sex, and smoking status. However, given the consistent attenuation of the association between APOE allele carrier risk and CHD on adjustment for LDL-C:HDL-C ratio and the lack of significant interactions across age, sex, and smoking status, it appears unlikely that analysis of the 6 genotypes would have yielded notably different results.
Despite the availability of extensive lifestyle data, the results from the present analysis of the largest prospective cohort study to date with APOE genotype information indicated that CHD risk was not associated with APOE genotype after controlling for a variety of cardiovascular risk factors, particularly the LDL-C:HDL-C ratio. Variation in serum cholesterol level according to APOE genotype is well established and appeared to be the main cause of attenuation of the association between CHD and APOE relative to models without the LDL-C:HDL-C ratio. Because the possibility of residual confounding cannot be ruled out, APOE may be related to CHD through factors in addition to the LDL-C:HDL-C ratio.
Correspondence: Heather Ward, MSc, MRC Centre for Nutritional Epidemiology in Cancer Prevention and Survival, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Cambridge CB1 8RN, England (firstname.lastname@example.com).
Accepted for Publication: May 11, 2009.
Author Contributions:Study concept and design: Ward, Luben, Wareham, Khaw, and Bingham. Acquisition of data: Bowman, Luben, Wareham, and Khaw. Analysis and interpretation of data: Ward, Mitrou, Khaw, and Bingham. Drafting of the manuscript: Ward, Mitrou, and Bingham. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Ward, Mitrou, Bowman, Luben, Wareham, Khaw, and Bingham. Statistical analysis: Ward, Mitrou, and Bingham. Obtained funding: Wareham, Khaw, and Bingham. Administrative, technical, and material support: Bowman, Luben, and Khaw. Study supervision: Mitrou, Wareham, and Bingham.
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SALEM— City electrician Mike Bibbee said he's pushing for replacement of all the traffic light poles in the downtown area, hopefully with the state footing the bill....
Brown asked a question hoping to get an answer and they answered with thanks for the input? Huh?
I bet that went over well. Starting to get the general idea why council members are taking heat. :)
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I'm glad ODOT's going to be the one paying for replacements (at least I assume they are). And ever so thankful that the pole that went down didn't cause other problems. Man, when you look at the location of the worst poles...we dodged some big ones here.
And I agree with Jennifer Brown--some of the downtown sidewalks are horrible, and thus dangerous. I hope they listen to her.
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$1,000 inspection by a private firm? What private firm and is the State going to cover that expense and reimburse the city?
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MUSKEGON — Three residents inside a two-story Muskegon home made it out safely Wednesday after a fire started in a back room around noon.
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His parents, Candice and James Mitchell Sr., smelled smoke coming from the back area of the home. They managed to escape, along with three of the family's dogs. A fourth dog was in the back yard when the fire started, fire officials said.
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Exactly this, although I think they key with the palm down is getting the pivot from the feet and twist in the hips.
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The way I've learned it from my trainer is: On short hooks you can have hour thumb either up or facing towards yourself. On long hooks alsway handpalm facing downwards.
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your right - on short hooks your thumb is up or forrward
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Like Kevin S I have only just started as well, but this is how it feels to me :
It kind of depends where your elbow is when throwing. If it's a chopping kind of hook, I find definitely palm down works better. If it's more like a hooking uppercut, I find vertical palm works better, so it seems to depend on the height of your elbow when throwing - if it's anything higher than horizontal then palm down, and anything lower than horizontal = palm up.
Having said that, range as mentioned before seems to come into play - if it's long range then palm down seems to give a better range (makes it more similar to a jab or straight) and short range palm vertical seems to give a snappier hook without telegraphing so much, but you lose a little bit on range.
Short range chopping hook however I would use palm down.
That's what feels comfortable to me. I have quite long arms though so perhaps it alos depends on your fighting style and arm length?
My trainer has also told me that either way is acceptable for a hook.
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Wrists down is the "correct" way to throw because you generate more power that way and the impact has more fist mass involved! Pronating punches is always the correct way unless your working shots that are moving "up"! Its "easier" to throw hooks thumb up but easier usually spells "less"!
Just go to the heavy bags and throw a straight right hand "pronated" then "thumb up" and tell us which has more power?
Same with a hook except it takes more discipline to throw it correctly. 'Picture the side of a jaw, then visualize a fully Pronated shot and a thumb up and see which punch "covers" the most area?
Then theres the safety aspect involved, the thumbs up is a wrist injury waiting to happen. Well wrapped wrists can certainly help avoid an injury but that alone explains why the pronation technique is the better option.
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To me It feels right just like how Kenny Weldon teaches:
-short hook to the head palm facing floor
-med and long range hook thumb up
I get a decent smack on the bag by doing so....
The thumb facing floor kinda hurts my shoulders....Audley knocked Sprot with this type of a hook..
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A center-right nation no more?
September 21, 2009 - Mike Maneval
President Barack Obama has been "very realistic" in developing the health care reform package, "more moderate than liberal" and willing to reach across party lines. The proposal now touted by moderate Democrat Sen. Max Baucus of Montana, who chairs the finance committee, is "budget neutral" and will cut the deficit in the long run.
The words of a White House czar, too drunk on Obama Kool-Aid to know America is a center-right nation? A sycophantic member of the news establishment? A staff member for ACORN? No, the New York Times reports, these are the views of Republican Senator Olympia Snowe, centrist from Maine.
Snowe, who favors a "trigger" approach under which a public option would only advance if the private sector continued to fall short under certain metrics, has shunted her party's talking points that the White House has locked out opposing views. While her support for the final package is, of course, as uncertain as the package itself, she is working with the majority in good faith - and for her trouble you can see the online communities at right-wing sites like FreeRepublic.com and hotair.com call her "stupid," "a dangerous old bat," and pejoratives for prostitute.
Perhaps the most common slur, though, is "RINO," an acronym for "Republican in Name Only." It is clearly not the worst, but it is the most telling and speaks to something to which I've just alluded, America's status as a center-right nation.
For much of the past fifty years, it's been fair to say America has been a center-right nation. I'd suggest this is no longer the case - not because "the right" is in decline. (I feel the right and left are vastly imperfect concepts to graft ideology over demographic divides anyway - a topic I've covered in the past - but I'll play along with the terms for this post.) No, the abdication of our center-right status stems from an increasing hostility within the conservative movement to anything or anyone lacking in "ideological" purity - an attitude which leaves no one for the center to work with other than the left.
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Brunswick Commercial and Government Products (BCGP), has entered into a supply agreement with MetalCraft Marine Inc. (MCM) to promote a series of high-performance aluminum boats. BCGP and MCM offer five new aluminum models called the "Sentry" series. Each model can be configured for a specific mission, including patrol, special operations, or workboat applications, based on the needs of the purchasing agency. Power options include inboard diesels, jet drives, sterndrives, and outboard engines.
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The Omega Group has worked to make sure CrimeMapping.com is simple, accurate, and intuitive. The company now has 165 agencies live at the site and another 100 in the stag ng environment, set to go live soon. The following features have been recently added to the live site: Copy-a-Link; E-mail-a-Link; and Link to Sex Offenders (Crime Alerts). CrimeMapping.com data are available through Android and iPhone platforms through an app called CrimeTips. The app features a tip-reporting mechanism and displays CrimeMapping.com data under the MyCity tab.
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Sony is a very innovative company with several class leading cameras. However, they are in a pattern where newly released products are quickly updated. Unless you need something immediately, it would be wise to wait twelve months before buying.
I would go and buy the A3000 cheap today rather than get the A3500 as it seems to be a slight regression in overall features and an excuse to bump the price back up again.
Not sure where the battery life claim comes from - my A3000 lasts for ages unless I was snapping every second and a half.
While the new lens does not have OSS, the Sony website states of the A3500:- "Advanced Image Compositioning Technology
Anti Motion Blur mode decreases blur caused by camera shake and subject movement, while Hand-held Twilight mode for pleasing night-time photos." The sentence does not make complete sense, however, from this I am guessing there is some sort of in body stabilisation.
I will take advantage of A big camera chain who have the A3500 at a giveaway $299. I reckon for those on a tight budget like me, this represents the best image quality of any camera at this price point right now.


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