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New York • Catching a Wednesday matinee on Broadway is so last year. The hot thing now is Thursday afternoon shows.
Three shows making the move are "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella," "Mamma Mia!" and "The Phantom of the Opera." "Matilda the Musical" may experiment with the idea this summer.
The change means families will be able to get to see another matinee, a lifeline for family-friendly shows. And with the city bracing for summer tourists, offering a Thursday matinee lets theater lovers cram in more shows if they come for a long weekend.
For performers, it means more flexibility and an end to five-show weekends. Elena Ricardo, who plays Sophie in "Mamma Mia!," now has Sundays completely off and can go to church and brunch. "I can't wait," she said. "I hope other shows catch on to this as well."

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LHS girls eliminate White Co.
LEBANON -- Clutch free throw shooting down the stretch proved to be the difference Thursday as Lebanon's Devilettes held off a determined bunch from White County 65-56 in the first round of the District 7AAA tournament at Campbell Brandon Gymnasium.
LHS improved to 12-13 overall and will play No. 1-seeded Cookeville Saturday at 3 p.m. in the district semifinals at Siegel High School. The victory assured Coach Ashley Johnson's squad of a berth in the Region 4AAA tournament.
The Devilettes led by 17 in the second quarter and by 14 at intermission, but White County (20-9) managed to cut the deficit to seven, 45-38, after three quarters of play. White County trimmed the margin to two points at 53-51 on a Tasha Delaney steal and lay-up with just less than three minutes left.
From that point, Lebanon polished off the win going 12-of-16 from the free throw line led by senior Shay Coggins who went 9-of-10 at the line in the fourth quarter and finsihed with 13 points.
Lebanon was led by District MVP Icelyn Elie who scored a season-high 29 points despite fouling out with 1:40 left in the game. Freshman guard McKenzie Lamberson and Anna Stafford each had seven points for the winners. LHS went 31-of-47 (65 percent) from the line for the game. White County was 22-of-26 (84 percent) for the contest.MT. JULIET 63, GALLATIN 50 – Mt. Juliet's Lady Bears advanced to the District 9AAA semifinals on the strength of a 63-50 victory over Gallatin Thursday night at "The Cave". The No. 2-seed in the tournament, Mt. Juliet led 34-14 at the half and was never threatened. The Lady Bears will take a record of 23-5 into Saturday's 7 p.m. game vs. No. 3 Smyrna at LaVergne High.Ninth grade post player Caya Williams led MJHS with 24 points while junior Emily Gurchiek added 10 and Helen Mitchner chipped in with eight.


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Masino Intaray
From Wikipilipinas: The Hip 'n Free Philippine Encyclopedia
Masino Intaray is a gifted poet, bard artist, and a musician. This man from Makagwa Valley, Palawan is also a prolific and pre-eminent epic chanter and story teller. He was given in 1993 the Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan Award (GAMABA) for his outstanding master of various traditional music instruments of the Palaw'an people such as basal, kulilal and bagit.
- "About Culture and Arts." ncca. http://www.ncca.gov.ph/about_cultarts/cultprofile/gamaba/intaray.php/ (accessed on 18 July 2007)
- Quintos, Paul. National Living Treasures. 101 Filipino Icons. Manila: Adarna House, Inc. and Bench, 2007.
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During 1990-2001, the death rate from poisoning* in the United States
increased 56%, from 5.0 per 100,000 population in 1990 to 7.8 in 2001.1 In 2001, of 22,242 poisoning deaths, 14,078 (63%) were unintentional.1 To describe trends in poisoning deaths, state health professionals
in 11 states† analyzed vital statistics data for 1990-2001. This report
summarizes the results of that analysis, which indicated that increases in
state death rates from unintentional and undetermined poisonings varied, but
increased by an average of 145%; a total of 89% of poisonings involved drugs
and other biologic substances. State public health professionals can use local,
state, and national surveillance data to monitor trends in drug misuse and
to develop effective interventions that can reduce deaths from drug overdoses.
Overall poisoning death rates per 100,000 population and sex-, age-,
and intent-specific death rates were calculated. Trends were examined for
the following categories‡: (1) all poisonings, (2) unintentional poisonings,
(3) suicides, (4) homicides, and (5) poisonings of undetermined intent. Poisoning
deaths might be classified as of undetermined intent if the medical examiner
or coroner lacked sufficient evidence to determine whether the death was unintentional,
suicide, or homicide. Unintentional and undetermined subcategories were combined
for most of the analyses. States with low poisoning death rates because of
undetermined intent had high unintentional poisoning death rates and vice
versa because intent coding practices varied by state.
Of the 11 states, eight§ had multiple cause-of-death data for 1999
and 2000 to identify the specific substances or classes of substances involved
in poisoning deaths in their states. To analyze these data, codes were used
from International Classification of Diseases and Related
Health Problems, Tenth Revision (ICD-10), which was implemented in
1999. ICD-10 contains specific information about substances and classes of
substances in codes T36–T50 (i.e., poisoning by drugs, medications,
and biologic substances). Because more than one T-code was reported for deaths
for which multiple substances were implicated, the percentages reported for
specific substances represent each substance as a percentage of all identified
During 1990-2001, death rates attributed to unintentional and undetermined
poisoning increased in all 11 states, with an average increase of 145% (range:
28%-325%); poisoning homicide rates were stable, and poisoning suicide rates
declined. Nine states (Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Kentucky, New Mexico,
North Carolina, Oregon, Washington, and Wisconsin) reported increases in unintentional
poisoning deaths; Massachusetts and Utah reported increases in undetermined
poisoning deaths. The largest percentage increases in poisoning deaths were
in Florida (325%), Kentucky (252%), and Massachusetts (228%). In Colorado
(125%), Massachusetts, and Washington (108%), death rates began to increase
during 1991-1992. The death rates in Florida, Kentucky, North Carolina (80%),
and Wisconsin (123%) were stable during 1990–1996 but increased thereafter.
In contrast, the rates in Delaware (186%), New Mexico (105%), Oregon (28%),
and Utah (183%) increased substantially during 1990-1998, but declined thereafter.
During 1990-2001, in all 11 states, the increases in unintentional and
undetermined poisoning death rates were greatest for persons aged 45-54 years
(average increase: 359%; range: 139%-710%) and persons aged 35-44 years (average
increase: 195%; range: 14%-910%). Among persons aged ≥65 years, the rate
declined an average of 28%. Sex-specific unintentional and undetermined poisoning
death rates also increased for males (average increase: 126%; range: 11%-339%)
and females (average increase: 203%; range: 95%-486%).
Narcotics and psychodysleptics accounted for 51% of all poisoning deaths.
In the eight states that examined T-code frequencies, the substances associated
most frequently with unintentional and undetermined poisoning deaths were
cocaine (15% of all identified T-codes), alcohol (8%), heroin (7%), antidepressants
(5%), benzodiazepines (5%), and methadone (5%). However, the proportion of
deaths for which these substances were listed varied substantially by state.
Nonspecific categories, such as "other opioids" (e.g., codeine, morphine,
oxycodone, and hydrocodone), "other synthetic narcotics," "other and unspecified
narcotics," and "other and unspecified drugs, medicaments, and biological
substances" accounted for approximately half of all the documented substances
associated with unintentional and undetermined poisoning deaths.
M Singleton, MS, H Qin, MS, P Williams, MPA, Kentucky Injury Prevention
and Research Center, Lexington, Kentucky. PO Coffin, MIA, Center for Urban
Epidemiologic Studies, New York Academy of Medicine, New York. H Hedegaard,
MD, CK Meng, PhD, Colorado Dept of Public Health and Environment. T Mathew,
MD, B Gladders, MS, Delaware Dept of Health and Social Svcs. S Dearwater,
MS, Florida Dept of Health. H Hackman, MD, C Mao, MD, L McKeown, MPH, Massachusetts
Dept of Public Health. MG Landen, MD, New Mexico Dept of Health. C Sanford,
MSPH, K Jones-Vessey, MS, D Schmid, MA, B Woodard, MS, North Carolina Dept
of Health and Human Svcs. J Alexander, PhD, Oregon Dept of Human Svcs. RT
Rolfs, MD, Utah Dept of Health. J Sabel, PhD, M LeMier, MPH, A Lima, Washington
Dept of Health. V Daniel, MBBS, J Olson, Wisconsin Dept of Health and Family
Svcs. VG Coronado, MD, M Davies, MD, RL Johnson, MPH, Div of Injury and Disability
Outcomes and Programs, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control;
CA Peterson, EIS Officer, CDC.
The findings in this report indicate that in these 11 states the unintentional
and undetermined poisoning death rate increased during 1990-2001 and that
the types of substances associated with these deaths varied by state. Among
U.S. adults, drug overdoses are the largest cause of poisoning deaths. In
1992, the total cost of medical spending for all poisoning treatment was approximately
$3 billion, an average of $925 per case.3 Unintentional drug overdose
deaths often are caused by the misuse of multiple drugs, leaving substantial
uncertainty about the contribution of each drug to the death. Illicit drugs
(e.g., cocaine and heroin) have been known to cause unintentional poisoning
deaths. In certain states, the misuse of prescription drugs (e.g., pain-management
opioids such as oxycodone HCI with acetaminophen, hydrocodone with acetaminophen,
and methadone) has contributed to the increase in deaths from unintentional
The findings in this report are subject to at least four limitations.
First, because external cause-of-injury codes used to classify underlying
causes of death often do not provide sufficient information to identify the
particular substances to which a victim was exposed, T-codes were used to
identify specific substances that contributed to death.5 However,
approximately half of the substances identified by T-codes on the death certificates
were nonspecific, including 27% classified only as "other and unspecified
drugs, medicaments and biological substances." This lack of specificity could
reflect limited information provided on the death certificate rather than
deficiency in the T-codes. Second, analyses based on T-codes also are limited
because the underlying causal agent in deaths involving multiple drugs cannot
be identified. Third, these data are state specific and might not be representative
of the entire United States; death certificate reporting practices might differ
both within and among states. Finally, the poisoning death trends presented
in this report should be interpreted with caution because the analysis spans
two revisions of the ICD (ICD-9 and ICD-10), and the two classification systems
do not always produce comparable figures.6
Key risk factors for drug overdose deaths include multidrug misuse and
recent abstinence from substance abuse.7,8 Interventions directed
at providing assistance to overdose patients could include using naloxone,
teaching rescue breathing, and encouraging use of 911 to obtain emergency
medical services. However, preventing these deaths is a complex challenge
that might require a combination of psychological, behavioral, educational,
and medical interventions.
States in this study reported different mortality profiles for different
substances, suggesting that local surveillance data are needed to help guide
prevention efforts. Understanding distribution patterns of medications and
illicit drugs in each state, the circumstances of their use (e.g., while alone
or with others who could intervene), and the factors that contribute to increased
use (e.g., chronic pain, substance abuse, or mental illness) also could help
in developing effective public health strategies. Public health professionals
should engage the help of others (e.g., substance abuse and mental health
workers, law enforcement officials, medical examiners, and physicians) to
reduce use of illicit drugs and misuse of prescription drugs, particularly
opioids prescribed for pain management.9,10
References: 10 available
*Poisoning refers to the damaging physiologic effects of ingestion,
inhalation, or other exposure to a range of pharmaceuticals, illicit drugs,
and chemicals, including pesticides, heavy metals, gases/vapors, and common
household substances, such as bleach and ammonia.
†Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Kentucky, Massachusetts, New Mexico,
North Carolina, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin. These 11 states participated
in the 1999 State Injury Indicators Report,2 a collaborative effort
of 26 state health departments, CDC, the Council of State and Territorial
Epidemiologists, and the State and Territorial Injury Prevention Directors
Association, which noted an increase in poisoning deaths.
‡Categorized on the basis of the following codes: all poisonings:International Classification of Diseases,
Ninth Revision (ICD-9), E850–E869, E950–E952, E962, E980–E982,
E972; International Classification of Diseases and Related
Health Problems, Tenth Revision (ICD-10), X40–X49, X60–X69,
X85–X90, Y10–Y19, Y35.2; unintentional poisonings: (ICD-9), E850–E869; (ICD-10), X40–X49; suicides: (ICD-9), E950–E952; (ICD-10), X60–X69; homicides: (ICD-9), E962; (ICD-10), X85–X90; and poisonings of undetermined intent: (ICD-9), E980–E982;
§Colorado, Florida, Kentucky, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Utah,
Washington, and Wisconsin.
Unintentional and Undetermined Poisoning Deaths—11 States, 1990-2001. JAMA. 2004;291(17):2064-2065. doi:10.1001/jama.291.17.2064
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The 45-year-old nephew of the Dalai Lama was struck and killed by a car Monday evening shortly after starting out from St. Augustine, Fla., on a 300-mile walk for Tibetan independence.
Jigme Norbu, a father of three who ran a restaurant in Bloomington, Ind., made it only 25 miles from his starting point before being hit by an SUV along an unlighted stretch of coastal highway A1A, the Florida Highway patrol told FlaglerLive. He was just a quarter of a mile from the restaurant where he planned to meet up with other walkers for the night.
The driver, 31-year-old Keith R. O'Dell of Palm Coast, was not charged, and he and his 5-year-old son were not injured, the Associated Press reports.
Norbu, who was to end his trek in West Palm Beach, was walking with his back to traffic along the side of the two-lane road. He was wearing a white sign and sneakers with reflectors but did not have reflective markings on his clothing, Donna Kim-Brand, a walk organizer who was driving Norbu's support van Monday, told ABC News.
In the aftermath of the tragedy, many in Flagler County wonder why Norbu didn't use the wide bikepath/sidewalk on the opposite side. In September, a motorist killed a restaurant employee biking home from work late at night along the same stretch of highway.
Damian Collins, owner of a local wine and cheese shop, had planned to cook dinner for Norbu that night. He had also offered the area behind his shop as lodging for the activist, who preferred to sleep under the stars.
Flagler residents have joined people from out of town in setting up a memorial on the side of the highway, according to the Daytona Beach News-Journal.
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Staging Prostate Cancer
What is Staging?
If prostate cancer has been found by any method, the next step is to see how much of the prostate it takes up and whether it has spread outside the prostate to nearby tissue, lymph nodes, organs and/or bones.
This is called staging the cancer. Your prostate cancer stage is key to your treatment options. Primarily, staging is based on your digital rectal exam (DRE).
Two different systems of staging have been used for prostate cancer. Today the older ABCD system has largely been replaced by the TNM (Tumor, Nodes, Metastases) system.
In addition, two levels of staging are used, clinical and pathologic.
Clinical staging is based on digital exam and any further non-invasive tests necessary to find the extent of the cancer. It affects primary treatment decisions.
Pathologic stage refers to examination of the prostate and any other tissue removed during surgery. Only patients who undergo surgery receive the second level of staging.
The TNM system of staging
Primary tumor (T)
TX: Tumor cannot be assessed.
T1: Doctor is unable to feel the tumor or see it with imaging such as transrectal ultrasound.
T1a: Cancer is found incidentally during a transurethral resection (TURP) for benign prostatic enlargement. Cancer is present in less than 5% of the tissue removed.
T1b: Cancer is found after TURP and is present in more than 5% of the tissue removed.
T1c: Cancer is found by needle biopsy done because of an elevated PSA.
T2: Doctor can feel the tumor when a digital rectal exam (DRE) is performed but the tumor still appears to be confined to the prostate.
T2a: Cancer is found in one half or less of only one side (left or right) of the prostate.
T2b: Cancer is found in more than half of only one side (left or right) of the prostate.
T2c: Cancer is found in both sides of the prostate.
T3: Cancer has begun to spread outside the prostate and may involve the seminal vesicles.
T3a: Cancer extends outside the prostate but not to the seminal vesicles.
T3b: Cancer has spread to the seminal vesicles.
T4: Cancer has spread to tissues next to the prostate (other than the seminal vesicles), such as the sphincter, rectum and/or wall of the pelvis.
T4a: Invades bladder neck, external sphincter, or rectum.
T4b: Invades muscles and/or pelvic wall.
Regional Lymph Nodes (N)
To see if the cancer has spread to the lymph nodes or bones, the doctor may order a CT scan or an MRI of the pelvis and a bone scan. Sentinel lymph nodes in the pelvis that look suspicious on CT scan or MRI can be examined by fine needle aspiration biopsy method. This is done commonly in breast cancer staging.
NX: Nodes cannot be assessed
N0: No regional node metastasis
N1: Single node metastasis, 2 centimeters (cm) or less at largest point
N2: Single node metastasis, 2 cm to 5 cm at largest point, or multiple nodes, no larger than 5 cm at largest point
N3: Metastasis larger than 5 cm in any node
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M0: No distant metastasis
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M1a: Distant lymph node(s) involved
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Note on stages that "cannot be assessed."
Patients in whom abnormal digital rectal examinations (DREs) do not match up with their prostate biopsy findings are "clinically unstageable."
To find out what unstageable prostate cancer involves, Wisconsin researchers looked at post-op pathology reports of some 100 patients who were unstageable.
"For these patients pathological staging revealed pT2a cancers in 26%, pT2b in 53%, pT3a in 19%, pT3b and pT0 in 1% of patients." The authors conclude: "Thus, the prevalence of unstageable prostate cancer is low but significant and it can be accurately classified into clinical stage T1c." Clinical and pathological characteristics of unstageable prostate cancer: analysis of the CaPSURE database. Langenstroer P et al. Medical College of Wisconsin. J Urol. 2005 Jul;174(1):118-20.
American Urological Association (AUA); Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Prostate Cancer Treatment Guidelines For Patients (July, 1999) Still an essential starting point . Gives information on how prostate cancer is treated at leading US cancer centers.
Available in Spanish:: Cáncer de la próstata - Guías de la NCCN para el tratamiento de los pacientes.
Phone for the guidelines: (ACS) at 1-800-2435 or (NCCN) 1-800-909-NCCN
This page compiled by J. Strax April 20, 2006; last modified December 28 2008.
More about staging
Endorectal MR imaging in the evaluation of seminal vesicle invasion: diagnostic accuracy and multivariate feature analysis. Radiology. 2006 Mar;238(3):929-37. Sala E, et al. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Cente
Detection of early lymph node metastases in prostate cancer by laparoscopic radioisotope guided sentinel lymph node dissection. Jeschke S et al. Linz, Austria J Urol. 2005 Jun;173(6):1943-6.
Clinical and pathological characteristics of unstageable prostate cancer: analysis of the CaPSURE database. Langenstroer P et al. Medical College of Wisconsin. J Urol. 2005 Jul;174(1):118-20.
Prostate Cancer Staging: Should MR Imaging Be Used? A Decision Analytic Approach "For some patients at intermediate and high risk, we consider MR staging a valuable procedure Gerrit J. Jager, MD, et al. Radiology. 2000;215:445-451. Netheralnds and Madison-Wisconsin.
A selection of useful books
Prostate & Cancer:
Cáncer de la próstata: respuestas a las preguntas más frecuentes by Sheldon Marks, David Fischer, Adriana De Hassan. Price $20
Dr. Peter Scardino's Prostate Book
A Primer on Prostate Cancer: The Empowered Patient's Guide
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By Fort Lee Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization and SecuritySeptember 8, 2011
FORT LEE, Va. (Sept. 8, 2011) -- During a major crisis, emergency responders typically address the most critical needs first and may not be able to reach an area until it is deemed safe. That means a lot of families are basically on their own during the height of a large-scale disaster or even days afterward if damage is widespread and roads are impassable.
Because of that reality, we all share the responsibility of ensuring our homes and families are well-prepared for times of crisis. Emergency kits are an essential tool for meeting that challenge.
To be effective, emergency kits must include enough supplies to meet your and/or your family's essential needs (water, food, medicine, flashlights, radios, etc.) for at least three days. Think reusable and multi-use. A metal bowl can do double duty as a cup and saucepan. A brightly colored poncho can be used as water repellent clothing, a marker and a temporary shelter if two of them are strung together.
Keep a kit prepared at home and consider having key emergency supplies in your car and at work as well. These "kits" will enable you and your family to respond to an emergency more quickly. There will be less rushing around to locate hard-to-find cases of water, batteries and other supplies. If the need for evacuation or sheltering in place arises quickly, you'll already be prepared.
The suggested items for a well-stocked home emergency kit include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Water -- At least one gallon per person per day for at least three days.
• Food -- A three-day supply of nonperishable canned or dry goods; consider items that do not require cooking and will maintain freshness for several months such as energy bars and freeze-dried and dehydrated foods.
• Formula and diapers for infants.
• Food, water, other supplies and documents for pets.
• A manual can opener.
• Flashlights with extra replacement batteries.
• A battery powered radio with cell-phone charger if possible (hand-cranked devices endorsed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are a good option).
• A first aid kit with dust masks rated to at least N95, disinfectants and prescription medications.
• Sanitation supplies -- include moist towelettes, disinfectant and garbage bags.
• Important documents in watertight packaging. Include financial and insurance paperwork, wills and powers of attorney. It's also a good idea to store copies of these documents at a separate location like a safety deposit box or with a trusted relative or friend.
• Local maps with highlighted evacuation routes and a phone roster that includes key numbers for your office/unit as well as electric, natural gas and water service providers.
Additional items that could be helpful include the following:
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• Any tools needed to turn off utilities
• Matches in a waterproof container
• Metal or plastic bowls
• Coats and rain gear
• Sleeping bags or other bedding
• A weather-appropriate change of clothing for each person
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I should have known it would be emotional. After all, I've been avoiding seeing Titanic since its 1997 release for that very reason. Of course, then I had a newborn son and post-partum depression (to say the least) and would have been a wreck seeing doomed children and dead babies floating in icy waters.
But tonight's viewing of the movie in 3D—with Roger and Chaz Ebert sitting in the row in front of me, nonetheless!—was no less traumatic for me. It may sound silly, but a lot of it had to do with the Leonardo DiCaprio character being named Jack.
There are hints but not explicit mentions that Jack Dawson (Leo) was the impetus and catalyst for Rose (Kate Winslet) to leave her life of meaningless upper-class leisure and set out to make something of herself, even if all that "something" was a fool (a sort of 1912-cum-1997 version of "White Girl Problems," I suppose). And in the end, Rose makes a promise to Jack after he tells her:
You must do me this honor. Promise me you'll survive. That you won't give up, no matter what happens, no matter how hopeless. Promise me now, Rose, and never let go of that promise.
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Jack thought I was an artist and a writer. Every time he saw my take out my driver's license or with my hair down or waking up in the morning he'd tell me how beautiful I was. When we saw The Notebook together and I cried for at least an hour afterward, he didn't laugh a bit. Our lottery selections were based equally on intuition and number theory. We were both Mensa eligible but we'd both quit years before, not finding the sort of things we'd wanted there. He saw all of the good in me and none of the bad—or at least he never told me about the bad (when he was drunk, all he could see was the bad in everyone, and I'm grateful to this day that his friends kept him away from me during those times so that I wouldn't be exposed to it). For all his foibles and fumbles, Jack was a good man. He made me want to be exactly as fabulous as he imagined me to be. Not just a better woman; a better version of myself than I'd ever have become on my own.
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But now I'm just rambling. What I'm trying to say is that I miss Jack terribly right now and I have been all week. I've spent most days in bed until after dinnertime for the past few days, probably my subconscious not wanting to think about all the ways in which Valentine's Day just never made it into my experience with Jack. Every holiday we spent together was fraught with his alcoholism. I wish it had been different, but it wasn't. And that makes me sad, especially on days when I see other people lucky in love and so smitten with each other.
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Daily Mail's Hatchet Job On Teachers After MN Thread(122 Posts)
MNHQ have commented on this thread.
I remember OPs thread well. In fact I am the first of the teachers whose MN comment is selectively quoted by the Daily Mail.
Selectively, because what I also pointed out to the OP is that she had acted in a very unreasonable manner by naming the school and making the teacher and her daughter easy to identify. I also called her out on the way in which she manipulated the head teacher's comments to her to make it sound as if she were supported by the school in complaining about the teacher's choice of text.
OP said she was asking for the thread to be removed because she had made herself and her daughter's school too identifiable. Obviously she doesn't have those concerns now, since she has named the school to the press! Of course that wasn't the real reason she wanted it removed.
Nor did she ask for it to be removed because she was so 'shocked by the vile abuse.' She asked for it to be removed because NOBODY agreed with her, wanted to sign her petition or felt she had any case against the school. After all, she failed to withdraw her child from the class when given the opportunity to. She was told by poster after poster her actions were unreasonable and her petition a joke.
I received an email from MNHQ on Friday - which I did not see until Saturday morning - asking me if I wished to contact the 'journalist' writing this story. I wanted to re-read the thread first, but couldn't for the reasons given above. By then it was apparently 'too late' because the deadline was to comment/contact was thought to have passed anyway. And the story is now published.
Of course the Daily Mail journo didn't just 'happen' to see the thread and decide to write a story. After all, the thread was only there a couple of hours before the OP had it deleted. The Daily Mail ran this 'news' story because OP contacted them, wanting to publicise her petition and her disagreements with the school. Furthermore she clearly copied the thread before having MN delete it so that she had the quotes to give to the Mail.
So dear Daily Mail, let me clarify a few things for you:
- I stand by my comments about the OPs desire to impose her values on the school and enable censorship.
- I stand by the fact that I use expletives. It's a free world and a public forum. The fact I chose to swear on it does not devalue me as a teacher. Many, many other people swore on the thread. Presumably however a news story saying 'people swore on public forum' is not as 'newsworthy' as a headline about 'teachers' foul mouthed rants' and a 'torrent of foul mouthed abuse by teachers'. It's the T Word isn't it? You just love to teacher-bash.
- Many - apparently non-teaching - posters agreed with what I and other teachers posted about the OPs attitude towards the use of the text and her attempt to impose narrow minded values on the curriculum and have a highly respected play removed.
- the OPs actions in naming the school and making the teacher identifiable were disgusting. As I said at the time, the teacher concerned remained - and has remained - professionally quiet on the entire matter. Unlike the OP. The fact she has now taken this 'story' to the Daily Mail is of no surprise.
- I'm always happy to stand by my opinion Daily Mail. Perhaps next time you are scrambling to try to fill a few column inches before deadline you could make a greater effort to contact people before you go to press or alternatively, you could fill your paper with something a little more useful, unbiased, researched and, dare I say it, not culled off a public forum?
- any of the students I teach would have been shame-faced at producing such a deliberately biased, one sided and ill-informed piece of writing. They would have commented on the fact the writer was deliberately selective in the quotes used and sought only to produce a piece of shock-value writing to inflame feelings and be provocative. The writing was not designed to add anything to a debate on the value of the play - the value of the play is never mentioned, nor is anything said of the high critical acclaim it has received - but was clearly, from the start a piece aimed at bashing teachers and flattering the point of view of the complainant mother. My pupils would also have pointed out, Daily Mail, that having quotes from 2 posters who 'claimed to be teachers' does not allow you to extrapolate a headline about 'Teachers rants at mother' or a comment about a 'torrent of foul mouthed abuse by teachers' as you lack any convincing evidence that the commentators are teachers. So you apply collective responsibility to all teachers on the flimsiest of evidence.
- Although, just for the record, I am a teacher. And in my classroom Mr. Petre, DM journalist your average article length (published in the last 12 months) of 617 words would be considered a 'disappointing' level of work. In my classroom 617 words is barely a paragraph and would not be considered sufficient to allow a proper examination of the issue under discussion. It's amazing what the internet can tell us, isn't it?
Wrong link. Copy fail. It's here:
Fuck you, Daily Mail
The song, btw, was in response to this shoddy article. DM is shameful in so many ways.
im sorry but this attitude is making me rethink my daughters wish to study drama at GCSE level. yes she is highly talented but really i want my daughter to learn potty mouth it might be "gritty and realistic" to some but not all. i can write better with less swear words something that might have some basis of real life as it is, not the car crash everyone thinks it should be.
and i thought text speak essays were bad
I can't think of a better place than the classroom for these types of issues to be explored. A classroom provides a safe, structured place to facilitate discussions. Teenagers can explore issues which may be concerning them without having to 'out' themselves over the issues. They can explore issues related to sex, violence, sexuality, identity, relationships, abuse etc in a safe and respectful environment where the teacher can keep an eye of the way things are going and guide the discussion. As well as doing all the things a good drama teacher will do in enabling discussions on language, its impact, context etc. It's not as if they are just sitting around and, like that famous scene from Four Weddings and a Funeral (which I bet everyone who has watched has laughed at) repeating 'fuck, fuck, fuck' to themselves and their peers!
Teenagers will be discussing these things anyway and better, I think, that they do so in a safe and open way under guidance, than 'at the back of the bike sheds'. In my time teaching I - and therefore the children in the schools I have worked in - have dealt with child suicide, parental suicide, teen drug addiction, parental drug addiction, alcoholism - teens and parents - murder (of teen/murder of parents/murder by parent), gang warfare, accidental death, death from illness, racism, racial and gender identity, self harm, eating disorders, teen pregnancy, rape, incest and child sexual abuse and criminal offending. I have listened to chilldren - children!! - tell me they have been beaten, raped, starved, prostituted, become addicted, got pregnant, had abortions, and tried to kill themselves. I have watched parents break down as they tell me their child is facing death and they don't know how to tell their siblings. All genuine incidents in mainstream comprehensive schools and in 'normal' areas. After more than 20 years of teaching I can tell you the name of every single one of these children who was lost. We have dealt with these issues because, very tragically, this is the world we inhabit. Children do not live in a little bubble where these things don't happen and - honestly - the least significant part of any of it has been whether anyone expressed their feelings with 'bad' language. It's not 'bad' - it's expressive and emotive and the fact it is 'extreme' enables us to convey the fact our emotions are extreme and stressful.
These things happen to children in the real world and drama needs to deal with it a real way. In the real world people swear. I don't think it is inappropriate 'gritty realism' to give pretty mature 14-16 year olds material like the play Mogadishu (passed by the exam boards) to read and discuss under supervision and with support and guidance. Providing them with material where everyone reacts in a way teens are astute enough to see is fake will make them react and discuss and think about the issues in a very different way.
Well I am with the DM on this one.
Totally unsuitable and unnecessary for 14 yr olds to be studying this
Have you read it Sam?
It is not just Mumsnet that treats the Mail with the distain it so richly deserves, pretty much every football forum on the internet is full of vitriol for the rag.
On the positve impact teachers can have on a child - the Ian Wright documentary was a case in point and extremely emotional. If any teachers here need to have some reassurance regarding their importance they should try and watch it.
Anyone who thinks that drama teachers are forcing children to study needlessly mature texts should have a look at the fabulous NT connections programme. The National Theatre has been running for a number of years. Each year, a number of highly respected playwrights create new plays specifically for young people. Hundreds of schools across the country get involved, working with the playwrights and with young people in their schools to create performances of the plays. They are diverse, engaging, original and challenging, and expose teenagers to new, quality writing. This term, with my Yr 10 groups, I have used several past Connections plays. All have been publicly performed by schools across the country, and I bet the audiences were full of proud parents. Almost all have swearing, but I don't consider it to be gratuitous or inappropriate, and clearly neither do the people who run NT Connections or the hundreds of schools who get involved each year.
I completely agree that it is unfair that Geraldine Stockford was able to have the thread deleted by MNHQ and then quote and edit out of context in The Daily Mail. And that if adoptamama and other MN-ers are to be held up for scrutiny and to account for what they sad, then so should GD for what she said about The Teddington School, Richmond, and other things.
And the full argument and context for her and the DMs claims should be published.
MNHQ, what is your take on this?
I dont think that mumsnet are going to come out against the Daily Mail!
Political lines will then definitely have been drawn, since Justine's husband used to work for the left wing Guardian!
It would also put his current job at Newsnight under a lot more scrutiny.
EvilTwins - especially Enda Walsh's excellent play about the chat rooms
deakymom - seriously, if your dd is talented her talent will involve a very clear ability to imaginatively explore life from a pov totally different from her own. Different. This is very different from 'picking up bad habits' as you may do in the school playground, and IMO drama students, because of this ability, develop very mature understandings of complex arguments and are also equipped, through drama with the ability to articulate and express their views. Your dd is even more likely to stay strong in her own values by exploring the opposite in theatre, IMO.
adoptomama and others - is there a line you would draw in selecting texts? I would be very happy about Mogadishu because the subject and content is totally age appropriate and essentially relevant, and think 14+ years are able to handle the subject matter AND understand that the swearing etc is on context and about authentic characterisation, and is not, primarily, a 'How To Swear' manual.
However there was discussion on the original thread about Blasted, and personally this is not a text I would select for U16s, or use in school, because I don't think 14-16 yos are mature or experienced enough to really understand the material. I also think there is a potential safeguarding issue in the material - fictional or not, it can be very exposing for a child survivor of extreme abuse to be asked to deal with a text like that in a public forum.
At a school near us Yr7s in a first English lesson were asked to make a presentation to the class on 'The Worst Thing That Ever Happened To me' or 'My Scars'.
I have l knowledge of kids in similar schools who are here because they saw their parents raped and butchered, or were themselves the victim of atrocities. The chances are that they would sit quietly and not speak...possibly for the next half term's lessons. In my mind that is an ethical and safeguarding issue.
But swearing in a text about bullying? Most teens are vocal about things they disapprove of and a few would be calling 'naaarsty!' at the language.
And believe it or not most teachers actually discuss things like swearing in a text - why it is there, context, character etc, probably in the context of it not being a good routine tactic in RL. Most lovers of literature and language (incl teachers!) deplore the lazy use of banal swearing. Do GS and the DM not realise this?
This is what adoptamama and other MN-ers are on about: education.
I think part of the problem is that in these days of education being synonymous with testing, people assume that any material in education is 'How to do it' rather than 'how to learn to think about things'. It was the same with Clause 28 - it was assumed that any discussion of fictional gay characters must be training in 'how to commit a homosexual act', rather than 'let's explore the world form many different viewpoints and see what we might learn from that'.
tiramisu: re-instating the original thread in the interests of properly discussing what was in the DM and on the radio is hardly 'coming out against the DM'.
In fact I see form another thread about this, tiaramasu, that you did not actually see the original thread, so perhaps you would find re-instatement illuminating.
I saw the original thread. I think op felt rather humiliated as the vast majority of mumsnetters - teachers and parents - seemed happy to trust the judgement of their children's teachers on these issues.
The bad language really is the least of it - as long as teacher is encouraging the children to think critically about the language used - does it enhance or detract, is there integrity in its use? It's just another element to the play along with its plot, structure, character, dialogue.
To the pp who suggested Hollyoaks as a better way for teens to see relevant current issues dealt with - you do realise Hollyoaks is crap right?
I haven't read Mogadishu or Citizenship but would have more faith in an acclaimed play that teachers thought would be worthy of study than a teen TV soap.
At a similar age practically everyone in my school was busy reading Go Ask Alice (think that's the right title) which, although not dripping in swear words, set out in graphic detail the consequences of meddling in drugs including sexual abuse and overdoses. The problem of just getting it out of the school library was that there was no adult led discussion of the issues and I remember feeling disturbed by some of it but unable to ask my parents.
As a result I am glad to read my children (who aren't quite at this age yet) are more likely to have an opportunity to discuss topics like racism and drugs in literature or drama lessons alongside Romeo and Juliet.
Blu "Do enlighten us into the complexities, from your more mature pov"
You folk know it all, are not disposed to listen and of course enlightenment comes from within.
Wherever enlightenment comes from (within and debate and discussion with others) I doubt very much it comes from people who arrive on a thread, offer nothing but an insult, and disappear without further comment.
Shame, really.
I asked a question below, and I really would like to know from the people who see no problem with Mogadishu whether there is material they would not use with 14-15 year olds, and why.
tiaramasu is one of our regular trolls, we're afraid. We've banned them now (again).
Thanks also for the point about the original thread being deleted - we do see there's an unfairness here. The original reason for deletion, from memory, was that the OP had given a lot of detail that could lead to her daughter being identified - but then she does rather seem to have blown that argument by naming her daughter in the Daily Mail. So we will dig out the thread and see if we can reinstate it. If we do, we'll link to it here.
Hello again - we've reinstated the thread now: you can see it here.
Thanks Rowan.
I did wonder about tiaramasu.
Threads connected with newspaper reports are bound to attract unhelpful visitors.
Blu I've nearly finished a second degree in eng lit and psych. I hope to become an English teacher. I really, really want to do it. So I am not a teacher. But:
I think selecting texts for 14/15 year olds should be based on the quality of the literature rather than shock value/therapeutic value.
I think children should be educated about the literary canon - context of material, themes and devices used by author. I think most teachers are capable of exercising judgement about appropriate titles.
That said Sunset Song a staple of Scottish literature starts with a double infanticide and suicide of mother, father trying to rape his daughter, daughter raped by husband, extra marital sex and is one of most moving books I have ever read.
So I suppose you would not choose a work that had gratuitous content, you would be mindful that children do not choose thus, they have to read it.
Thanks for reinstating it Rowan was very interesting to read.
And for adoptmama and the other teachers who made an excellent case against censorship. I'm not surprised that this wasn't what came across in the Fail article but it's good to see the proof of how one-sided it was.
Regarding choosing texts that are "gratuitous" - is that not part of teaching pupils the context? Sarah Kane's use of language, extreme physical and sexual violence in 'Blasted' has been described by some as 'gratuitous' - it's been described by others as a metaphor for the Bosnian war (which she herself said she was inspired to write 'Blasted' by the news reports about it that she saw). Some could say '4.48 Psychosis' is gratuitous in its use of swearing and the extremely grim, gritty content - but others would argue it's a very powerful portrayal of someone in the grip of a psychiatric disorder (having recently directed a performance of this, I'd obviously say the latter )
And shock value is one of the main reasons for In-Yer-Face theatre, Theatre of Cruelty etc. We can't just teach them the 'nice' bits of theatre, ooh look at the musicals, let's study Stanislavsky. IME we much preferred learning about Artaud and Grotowsky and similar practitioners than Stanislavsky and Brecht.
The point is, if we hide our little dumplings away from the tough stuff in theatre, you may as well hide them away from the tough stuff in life too, and by the time they get to adulthood, they'll be in for a shock. By all means, hide your children away from the fact that there are nasty people in the world, but don't expect teachers to do it, and don't expect the theatre to do it either. If people want their children to learn about theatre, they should be prepared for their children to learn about all aspects of theatre - not just The Sound of Music and A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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Macfarlane is a Fellow in English Literature at Cambridge University, and writes for the Guardian and Granta. His books include The Old Ways (Hamish Hamilton), and he is currently writing a title called Underland, about subterranean worlds.
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High school roundup: Walker-Kimbrough leads Hopewell girls to PIAA first-round win
Hopewell's Shatori Walker-Kimbrough scored 24 points in a 45-28 first-round victory Saturday that eliminated Villa Maria and its Big 10-bound star from the PIAA Class AAA playoffs.
Walker-Kimbrough, a Maryland recruit, also had nine steals, five assists and five rebounds for Hopewell (22-4), outshining Villa Maria's Karlee McBride, an Indiana recruit who had 18 points.
"Her main goal today was one-on-one with Karlee McBride," Hopewell coach Jeff Homziak said. "We tried to make sure that Karlee didn't get any second-chance points. All in all, she did her job."
Villa Maria (22-4) was District 10 runner-up.
Hopewell fell behind, 6-0, at North Allegheny before responding with a 7-0 run to lead after the first quarter. The Vikings led, 19-14, at halftime, and 32-26 after three. A 13-2 fourth-quarter advantage secured the victory.
"Once we turned the pressure up a little bit, the game kind of turned in our favor," Homziak said.
WPIAL champion South Park (24-2) awaits in the second round Wednesday at a site and time to be determined, a rematch with the team that eliminated Hopewell from the WPIAL semifinals.
Blackhawk 86, Bradford 46 — Chassidy Omogrosso scored 25 points and Halle Denman added 24, as Blackhawk (25-1) cruised to a PIAA first-round win at Pitt-Bradford. The Cougars will take on Forest Hills in the second round.
Elizabeth Forward 51, Central Valley 44 — At Baldwin, Dana Buck scored 19 points to lead Elizabeth Forward (24-3) to a PIAA first-round win. Seairra Barrett scored 22 points for Central Valley (18-6). Elizabeth Forward will play District 10 champ Franklin (25-1) in the second round Wednesday.
Forest Hills 46, Hampton 43 — At Central Cambria, Kasey Gallaher and Caitlyn Gallager each had 13 points to lead Forest Hills (20-4) to a PIAA first-round win. Sara Pilarski scored 16 points and had 11 rebounds to lead Hampton (18-7).
Franklin 66, Ligonier Valley 46 — Tenasia Law had 16 to lead District 10 champion Franklin (25-1) to a PIAA first-round win. Maddy Grimm had 19 for Ligonier Valley (16-7), the runner-up from District 6.
South Park 71, Hickory 44 — At Baldwin, Allison McGrath scored 22 points, Shelby Lindsay had 20 and Halie Torris 19 to lead the WPIAL champion Eagles (24-2) to a PIAA first-round victory. Torris had five 3-pointers in the win.
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Clarion 52, Winchester Thurston 30 — Maci Thornton had 14 points to lead District 9 champ Clarion (23-3) to a PIAA first-round win. Winchester Thurston ended the year 13-10.
Kennedy 45, North Catholic 36 — The Trojanettes ended the season 15-11 after falling in a PIAA first-round game at Slippery Rock.
Serra Catholic 67, Cochranton 43 — Eagles forward Megan Sieg scored a game-high 14 points, including four during an 11-0 Serra Catholic (24-3) run, as the WPIAL runner-up rolled to a PIAA first-round victory. Serra will play District 6 champion Bishop Guilfoyle (25-2) in the second round. Cochranton (16-10), the District 10 second-place finisher, missed its first nine shots.
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Erie Cathedral Prep 79, Seneca Valley 54 — At General McLane, Matt Harris had 17 points to lead Erie Cathedral Prep to a PIAA Class AAAA first-round win. Easton Bazzoli paced Seneca Valley (17-9) with 17 points.
Hampton 50, Perry 41 — Luther twins Collin and Ryan tallied 19 and 15 points, respectively, as Hampton (22-5) won a PIAA Class AAAA first-round game at Allderdice. Daron Clark led the Commodores (12-14) with 17 points.
North Allegheny 84, State College 76 — Sean Henningan scored 22 points and North Allegheny (22-4) overcame a slow start to beat State College (17-8) in a PIAA first-round game in Altoona. Adam Haus added 15 points and David Haus 10 for North Allegheny, which advances to play WPIAL playoffs champion New Castle in a second-round game on Wednesday.
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Beaver Falls 92, Bald Eagle Area 48 — WPIAL champion Beaver Falls (24-3) rolled to a PIAA first-round win at North Allegheny. The Tigers will face District 10 third-place finisher Mercyhurst Prep (18-8) in the second round.
Bishop McCort 62, Burrell 43 — WPIAL runner-up Burrell's state playoff ambitions ended in the first round as the Bucs (19-8) were eliminated by Bishop McCort (19-8) at Gateway.
Nemo Trexler and Billy Hipp had a combined 45 points led the Crushers. Matt Hess topped the Burrell scorers with 14.
Conemaugh Township 53, Brentwood 49 — Dylan Boyer's 24 points paced District 5 champion Conemaugh Township in a PIAA first-round win at Pitt-Johnstown. Jason Pilarski had 20 points and Michael Kish had 16 points and 14 rebounds for Brentwood (14-11).
Lakeview 44, Quaker Valley 40 — Quaker Valley (20-6) bowed out of the PIAA playoffs after a first-round loss at Slippery Rock. Lakeview's Cody Gander grabbed an offensive rebound off a missed free throw with under 10 seconds left to seal the win. Burke Moser led Quaker Valley with 14 points.
Northern Cambria 58, Apollo-Ridge 53 — Led by Jeff Hogan's and Josh Bonatesta's 16 points, Northern Cambria captured a PIAA first-round win at Central Cambria. Tre Tipton had 19 points for Apollo-Ridge (17-9).
West Middlesex 55, Jeannette 50 (OT) — At Slippery Rock, Jerrod Palmer hit a 3-pointer in overtime to seal a PIAA first-round win for West Middlesex (23-3). Julian Batts scored 17 points for the Jayhawks (18-6).


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The majority of the ad hoc group members agreed that the proposed increase in iron enrichment will not jeopardize the health of U.S. males who have normal iron metabolism. They noted that adult males have always consumed more dietary iron than required to meet their nutritional needs. It is difficult to conceive of any combination of foods, in amounts consumed to meet caloric requirements, that would not provide more iron than the adult male requires. It is believed by some that in the past, beacuse of gretaer physical activity and consumption of greater quantities of food, the average daily intake of iron exceeded that presently proposed (Finch and Monsen, 1972).
If it is accepted that hemochromatosis is an inborn error of metabolism, then it may be concluded that the propsed increase in the iron content of the general diet will not affect the number of individuals who have the inborn error. In addition, the majority of the consultants agreed that the incidence of hemochromatosis will not be increased. The consultants were aware of the published opinions that the rate of accumulation of iron in the latent hemochromatosis may be accelerated and presumably this would result iin an increase in the severity of the clinical manifestations. This opinion is plausible but there is no substantial evidence to prove or disprove it. Thus, it would appear that the proposed increase in the iron content of enriched flour and related products should have little or no untoward effects on iron accumulation of individuals with latent iron storage disorders. However, the consultants acknowledged that all these opinions where based on informed judgment rather than direct experimental evidence and that additional resaerch would be required to resolve conclusively the significance of the amount of dietary iron on iron accumulation. The majority of the consultants indicated that it would be desirable to perform such research algon with implementation of any regulation increasing the iron enrichment of flour and related cereal products. They stated that if and when the proposed regulation is implemented, continuous careful surveillance of representative segments of the U.S. population will be needed not only to evaluate efficacy in the prevention of iron deficiency, but also to provide information as to whether or not there is any effect on the incidence and severity of iron storage disorders.
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Data upload traffic on the mobile network of UK operator EE has exceeded downloads for the first time ever at a number of major events, according to new research from the operator.
"For the first time in the UK, the amount of data uploaded onto our network has surpassed downloads at major events such as the London Marathon and Baroness Thatcher's funeral," said Fotis Karonis, EE's (Hatfield, UK) chief technology officer.
"4G users are intuitively taking advantage of increased upload speeds," Karonis added. "We predict data volumes over social media sites will increase tenfold by 2015.
The finding comes from the operator's recently launched 4GEE Mobile Living Index, which combines statistics from EE mobile network with a survey of 4GEE customers.
Another headline finding is that 4G availability has encouraged much greater usage of mobile video services, with one in three customers streaming more video over 4G than they did with 3G.
BBC iPlayer, Netflix and Sky Go have proven to be the most popular video-streaming services.
"The way of 4GEE customers are using their mobiles and tablets has evolved significantly since we brought superfast 4G to the UK just ten months ago," said Pippa Dunn, the chief marketing officer of EE's consumer division. "It lets them share more, stream more and spend more while on the move."
According to the research, 4G users are on average about five years younger than 3G ones; and while men were the first to adopt 4G in the months following its launch, women now make up nearly half of EE's new 4G customers.
EE says that video downloading, uploading and streaming now makes up 26% of network traffic over 4G, and also claims that 4G availability has led to a fall in the usage of public WiFi and home broadband services.
Some 43% of survey respondents told the operator they use fewer or no public WiFi hotspots since turning to 4G, while 23% said they use their home broadband services less.
EE became the UK's sole provider of 4G services in October 2012, when regulatory authorities allowed it to use existing spectrum licenses to provide the technology.
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Arthritis & Rheumatism, Volume 62,
November 2010 Abstract Supplement
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Atherosclerotic Vascular Events in a Multinational Inception Cohort of SLE: Description and Attribution over an 8 Year Period.
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A large mutlicentre multinational inception cohort was established to study risk factors for atherosclerosis (AS) in SLE. This study describes vascular events during 10 years of follow-up and their attribution to AS.
Patients enter the cohort within 15 months of SLE diagnosis (>=4 ACR criteria). Clinical and laboratory features of SLE and comorbidities are gathered in a standardized protocol at yearly intervals. Vascular events are described and attributed on a specialized form. Events recorded include myocardial infarction (MI), angina, congestive heart failure (CHF), intermittent claudication (PVD), stroke, transient ischemic attack (TIA). Diagnosis of an event was confirmed using standard clinical criteria, relevant laboratory data and imaging where appropriate. Attribution to AS was made on the basis of lupus disease being inactive at the time of the event, and/or the presence of typical AS changes on imaging or pathology and/or evidence of AS elsewhere. Factors associated with AVE were analysed using descriptive statistics, t-tests and c2.
Since 2000, 1593 patients have been entered into the cohort (89%F, age at SLE 35y, mean followup of 3.7 years). Thus far there have been 134 vascular events in 96 patients. These include: MI (16), angina (17), CHF (32), PVD (10), TIA (21) stroke (33), pacemaker insertion (5). 70 of the events were attributed to active lupus and 20 to other causes and 4 were unknown. 40 events in 26 patients were attributed to AS including: MI (8), angina (14), CHF (6), PVD (6), TIA (3), pacemaker (2), stroke (1).
Ten patients in the AS group had more than one event. Lupus duration at AS event was 2.7 ± 2.4 years. Compared to patients followed for 3 years without vascular events (n=770), at enrolment, patients with AS events were more frequently male (42% vs. 11% p <0.0001) were older at diagnosis (54 ± 13 vs. 34 ± 13, p<0.0001), more frequently had hypertension (65% vs. 32% p=0.0003), and were more often obese (52% vs 30% p=0.02). While hypercholesterolemia, diabetes, smoking and family history of CAD were more common among those with AS events than those without, the difference was not statistically significant. There was no difference in proportion of Caucasian versus other ethnicities in the two groups.
Over the follow-up of an inception cohort with SLE there were 134 vascular events but only 40 were attributable to AS. Patients with AS events were more likely to be male, older age at diagnosis, more frequently obese and more often had hypertension.
To cite this abstract, please use the following information:
Urowitz, Murray B., Gladman, Dafna D., Ibanez, Dominique, Gordon, Caroline P., Bae, Sang-Cheol, Clarke, Ann E., et al; Atherosclerotic Vascular Events in a Multinational Inception Cohort of SLE: Description and Attribution over an 8 Year Period. [abstract]. Arthritis Rheum 2010;62 Suppl 10 :448
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Sunday, September 26, 1999 Published at 18:36 GMT 19:36 UK
Eton displays Egytian treasures
Curators say the ancient artefacts are priceless
One of the world's most valuable collections of Egyptian artefacts has gone on display for the first time at Eton College in Buckinghamshire.
Curators of the exhibition say they are unable to place a value on the exhibits, as they are so rare.
But it has taken the dedication of one of the teachers, Dr Stephen Spurr, to recognise the value of the objects.
Happy days
Old Etonian Major William Meyers bequeathed the collection to the school 100 years ago.
The major was not a great scholar but he loved Egypt and bought the objects while he was travelling there.
"The morning was delicious. I never remember a more beautiful morning in Egypt, more fresh and bright. And to think what one is going back to at home," he wrote.
Next year the exhibition transfers to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
In a letter opened after his death, Major Meyers wrote that his time at Eton was the happiest of his life and he owed the school a debt.
He paid his dues with the priceless Egyptian collection.
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