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Zotac GeForce GT 640 DDR3 Review: Glacial Gaming & Heavenly HTPCby Ryan Smith & Ganesh T S on 6/20/2012 12:00 PM EST
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extide - Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - linkFor posting folding benchmarks! A lot of people really appreciate that! Reply
Zink - Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - link+1
No one else uses your benchmarking tool and it doesn't always correlate to performance with current F@H projects but that is the only reason I care about GPUs. Reply
Marlin1975 - Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - linkGood design if it had DDR5. If they can do 2gig of DDR5 then it be a great mid-price card. Reply
Homeles - Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - linkIt would still be terrible until the price dropped. Reply
Samus - Thursday, June 21, 2012 - linkThere's no reason this wouldn't be similar in speed to a GTX460 if it had DDR5. The only difference would be 128-bit vs 192-bit memory bus, everything else would be an advantage: same number cores, substantially higher clock speed, lower power consumption increasing overclocking headroom, etc. Reply
MrSpadge - Thursday, June 21, 2012 - linkYou forget: substantially lower shader clock speed, more coarse shader grouping -> more difficult to use them all at once, and software scheduling -> need a better compiler, can't do runtime optimizations. Reply
t_case - Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - linkSo who has the Sony VPL-vw1000ES? Now that's a nice projector... only roughly the price of a new car heh. Reply
stephenasmith - Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - linkI love me some painfully slow gaming! Reply
nitrousoxide - Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - linkJust curious if the most powerful IGP can keep up with entry-level Kepler Reply
Roland00Address - Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - linkBut this should get you an idea of what performance you would be getting with llano. (Numbers taken from Llano review that appeared 12 months ago so drivers will be old.)
Crysis Warhead 1680x1050 performance quality
A8-6550D with 1600 mhz memory
58.8 fps
A8-6550D with 1866 mhz memory
62.5 fps
99.8 fps
This makes the 640 about 69.7% faster than a non overclock Llano (people are going to get 1600mhz memory). Reply
Joe H - Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - linkThis is the type of review that other hardware sites can't even imagine, let alone write. Thanks for putting this and the other HTPC articles together. It's great to see a hardware review site taking HTPC enthusiasts and their needs seriously. Excellent review. Reply
n0b0dykn0ws - Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - linkIs there a chance of a follow up once a few driver updates have been released?
I would love to see if the card gets even better after a few releases.
I have a Radeon 6570 right now, and I've found it to be palatable for HTPC purposes.
n0b0dykn0ws Reply
Taft12 - Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - linkThey haven't done it before, I don't know why they'd start now. Reply
Ryan Smith - Thursday, June 21, 2012 - linkWhat specifically are you looking for? Gaming performance or HTPC functionality? Gaming performance isn't likely to improve; even with the newer architecture it's not Kepler that's the limiting factor. HTPC functionality on the other hand can easily be improved with drivers. Reply
n0b0dykn0ws - Thursday, June 21, 2012 - linkHTPC only. For gaming I would get a 670.
Sometimes drivers break HTPC performance/quality though. At least in the AMD world.
n0b0dykn0ws Reply
Kevin G - Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - linkIf they're going to release a DDR3 version, why not just offer a version with no onboard memory and two DIMM slots so that users can add there own? You can get a DDR3-2133 kit which would boost bandwidth limited scenarios by roughly 15%. While I don't see the need, such a card could be upgraded all the way to 16 GB of memory. Reply
MrSpadge - Thursday, June 21, 2012 - linkSockets
- are unconventional (I don't think nVidia likes this word)
- introduce a little cost (GPU manufacturer doesn't like it)
- make the board larger (GPU manufacturer doesn't like it)
- make the bus timing worse, so it's harder to clock them as high as directly soldered chips (wouldn't matter with DDR3, though)
- introduce another point of failure (GPU manufacturer doesn't like higher RAM rates)
- add cost to the overall product, as the end user wouldn't get as sweet a deal on RAM as the GPU manufacturer (this would eat into the GPU manufacturers profit margin) Reply
Stuka87 - Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - linkSounds like unless temps are really important to you, the 7750-800 is by far the better choice. It outperforms the GT640 (And by a wide margin in some cases) in what looks like, every single test.
And they are priced the same, which makes the GT640 kind of worthless for its intended price point. Reply
cjs150 - Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - linkGreat review.
It is too noisy, and the HDMI socket is an epic design fail. As a card for an HTPC what were Zotac thinking of? This is so badly wrong.
Now onto frame rates. Nvidia, AMD and Intel really are total and utter idiots or they have decided that we the customers are total and utter idiots. There is simply no excuse for all IGPs and video cards not to be able to lock on to the correct frame rate with absolute precision. It is not as though the frame rate specs for film have changed recently. I cannot decide whether it is sloppiness, arrogance or they simply do not give a rats a##e for the customer experience. Reply
Stuka87 - Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - linkGod forbid there be a technical reason for it.... Reply
cjs150 - Thursday, June 21, 2012 - link"God forbid there be a technical reason for it.... "
Intel and Nvidia have had several generations of chip to fix any technical issue and didnt (HD4000 is good enough though). AMD have been pretty close to the correct frame rate for a while.
But it is not enough to have the capability to run at the correct frame rate is you make it too difficult to change the frame rate to the correct setting. That is not a hardware issue just bad design of software. Reply
UltraTech79 - Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - linkAnyone else really disappointed in 4 still being standardized around 24 fps? I thought 60 would be the min standard by now with 120 in higher end displays. 24 is crap. Anyone that has seen a movie recorded at 48+FPS know whats I'm talking about.
This is like putting shitty unleaded gas into a super high-tech racecar. Reply
cjs150 - Thursday, June 21, 2012 - linkYou do know that Blu-ray is displayed at 23.976 FPS? That looks very good to me.
Please do not confuse screen refresh rates with frame rates. Screen refresh runs on most large TVs at between 60 and 120 Hz, anything below 60 tends to look crap. (if you want real crap trying running American TV on an European PAL system - I mean crap in a technical sense not creatively!)
I must admit that having a fps of 23.976 rather than some round number such as 24 (or higher) FPS is rather daft and some new films are coming out with much higher FPS. I have a horrible recollection that the reason for such an odd FPS is very historic - something to do with the length of 35mm film that would be needed per second, the problem is I cannot remember whether that was simply because 35mm film was expensive and it was the minimum to provide smooth movement or whether it goes right back to days when film had a tendency to catch light and then it was the maximum speed you could put a film through a projector without friction causing the film to catch light. No doubt there is an expert on this site who could explain precisely why we ended up with such a silly number as the standard Reply
UltraTech79 - Friday, June 22, 2012 - linkYou are confusing things here. I clearly said 120(fps) would need higher end displays (120Hz) I was rounding up 23.976 FPS to 24, give me a break.
It looks good /to you/ is wholly irrelevant. Do you realize how many people said "it looks very good to me." Referring to SD when resisting the HD movement? Or how many will say it again referring to 1080p thinking 4k is too much? It's a ridiculous mindset.
My point was that we are upping the resolution, but leaving another very important aspect in the dust that we need to improve. Even audio is moving faster than framerates in movies, and now that most places are switching to digital, the cost to goto the next step has dropped dramatically. Reply
nathanddrews - Friday, June 22, 2012 - linkIt was NVIDIA's choice to only implement 4K @ 24Hz (23.xxx) due to limitations of HDMI. If NVIDIA had optimized around DisplayPort, you could then have 4K @ 60Hz.
For computer use, anything under 60Hz is unacceptable. For movies, 24Hz has been the standard for a century - all film is 24fps and most movies are still shot on film. In the next decade, there will be more and more films that will use 48, 60, even 120fps. Cameron was cock-blocked by the studio when he wanted to film Avatar at 60fps, but he may get his wish for the sequels. Jackson is currently filming The Hobbit at 48fps. Eventually all will be right with the world. Reply
karasaj - Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - linkIf we wanted to use this to compare a 640M or 640M LE to the GT640, is this doable? If it's built on the same card, (both have 384 CUDA cores) can we just reduce the numbers by a rough % of the core clock speed to get rough numbers that the respective cards would put out? I.E. the 640M LE has a clock of 500mhz, the 640M is ~625Mhz. Could we expect ~55% of this for the 640M LE and 67% for the 640M? Assuming DDR3 on both so as not to have that kind of difference. Reply
Ryan Smith - Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - linkIt would be fairly easy to test a desktop card at a mobile card's clocks (assuming memory type and functional unit count was equal) but you can't extrapolate performance like that because there's more to performance than clockspeeds. In practice performance shouldn't drop by that much since we're already memory bandwidth bottlenecked with DDR3. Reply
jstabb - Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - linkCan you verify if creating a custom resolution breaks 3D (frame packed) blu-ray playback?
With my GT430, once a custom resolution has been created for 23/24hz, that custom resolution overrides the 3D frame-packed resolution created when 3D vision is enabled. The driver appeared to have a simple fall through logic. If a custom resolution is defined for the selected resolution/refresh rate it is always used, failing that it will use a 3D resolution if one is defined, failing that it will use the default 2D resolution.
This issue made the custom resolution feature useless to me with the GT430 and pushed me to an AMD solution for their better OOTB refresh rate matching. I'd like to consider this card if the issue has been resolved.
Thanks for the great review! Reply
MrSpadge - Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - linkIt consumes about just as much as the HD7750-800, yet performs miserably in comparison. This is an amazing win for AMD, especially comparing GTX680 and HD7970! Reply
UltraTech79 - Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - linkThis preform about as well as an 8800GTS for twice the price. Or half the preformance of a 460GTX for the same price.
These should have been priced at 59.99. Reply
MrSpadge - Thursday, June 21, 2012 - linkAnd they support newer features and cost significantly less to run. Still, the price is ridiculous, especially for DDR3. Reply
Taft12 - Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - link"Zotac has worked themselves into an interesting position as the only partner currently offering a single-slot card"
I think EVGA's launched even before Zotac. No blocked mini-HDMI port either!
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82... Reply
nathanddrews - Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - linkFirst off, I want to thank you for testing the 4K capabilities of this card. While disappointing that there is no DP output for 4K@60Hz, I suppose it's only a matter of time.
Second, and more important, I wanted to make you aware of this in case you haven't seen it. Shot in 4K, edited in 4K, mastered in 4K and you can buy it in any format including Blu-ray (1080p), 2560x1440p, and even its raw 140GB 4K Cineform resolution. Seeing as how one of you awesome people now has the Sony 1000ES (jealous!), you definitely shouldn't waste time showing 4K YouTube clips!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-GYrbecb88 Reply
Hrel - Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - linkI saw a GTX560 on newegg for 145bucks after MIR today. Whenever people ask me about gaming cards and say they don't want to spend much more than 100 bucks I say, cut back on coffee for a week or skip that night at the bars and just spend the extra 30 bucks or so. Makes absolutely NO sense to handicap yourself over 30 bucks. GTX560 FTW!!! Reply
just4U - Thursday, June 21, 2012 - linkThat's pretty much where the 7750 comes in. Performance overall is fairly similiar. Plus you can do away with the confusion since the 560 comes in 4-5 different flavors, yes? Reply
maroon1 - Saturday, June 23, 2012 - linkWhat ?! GTX 560 is much faster than even HD7770.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/5541/amd-radeon-hd-7... Reply
Lolimaster - Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - linkSo slow that a 6670 feels like high end and 7750 a total monster. $109 for these joke of a gpu (gt640)? You must be trolling. Reply
Lolimaster - Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - linkA8 5800K is a tiny bit slow thatn 6670 so it should be faster (for free with the APU) than a $109 nvidia discrete gpu. Reply
bhima - Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - linkThis card is horrible. I was initially unimpressed with AMD's 7750 and 7770 performance, but now those cards just look beastly compared to this. This should be a $50-60 card at max for that kind of performance. Hell I think my 540m performs almost as good as this card. Reply
staryoshi - Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - linkGDDR5 would have really lifted the performance of this card. I'm sure they went with GDDR3 as a cost-saving measure and to not canibalize the sale of other cards.. but at this price point it's not a compelling item at all for most.
They really need to get the 28nm process under control and wrangle in pricing on this pup. Reply
HighTech4US - Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - linkAt least hen the GT240 was released it came in both DDR3 and GDDR5. Reply
UNhooked - Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - linkI wish there was some sort of Video encoding benchmark. I have been told AMD/ATI cards aren't very good when it comes to video encoding. Reply
mosu - Thursday, June 21, 2012 - linkwho told you that kind of crap ?Please check the internet. Reply
Rumpelstiltstein - Thursday, June 21, 2012 - linkDid this low-end offering really manage to pull off these kind of numbers? I'm impressed. Not something I would buy personally, but I would have no problems recommending this to someone else. Reply
Samus - Thursday, June 21, 2012 - linkDDR3....ruined a perfectly good chip. Reply
Deanjo - Thursday, June 21, 2012 - link
Really the only thing we don't have a good handle on for HTPC usage right now is video encoding through NVENC. We've already seen NVENC in action with beta-quality programs on the GTX 680, but at this point we're waiting on retail programs to ship with support for both NVENC and VCE so that we can better evaluate how well these programs integrate into the HTPC experience along with evaluating the two encoders side-by-side. But for that it looks like we won't have our answer next month.
Noooooo! Come on, post some benchmarks as it is right now. Some of us do not want to wait for AMD to get their VCE in order. People have been waiting for VCE for months and there is no valid reason to hold off NVENC waiting for their competitor to catch up. When and if VCE support comes out then run a comparison then. Reply
ganeshts - Thursday, June 21, 2012 - linkNVIDIA indicated that official NVENC support in CyberLink / ArcSoft transcoding applications would come in July only. Till then, it is beta, and has scope for bugs. Reply
Deanjo - Thursday, June 21, 2012 - linkSo? That didn't prevent them benching trinity and it's encoding capabilities despite it all being beta there.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/5835/testing-opencl-... Reply
drizzo4shizzo - Thursday, June 21, 2012 - linkSo... do these new cards still support HDTV 1080i analog signals for those of us who refuse to give up our 150lb 34" HDTV CRTs?
ie. ship with a breakout dongle cable that plugs into the DVI-I port? If they don't ship with one can anyone tell me if they are compatible with a 3rd party solution? For it to work the card has to convert to the YUV colorspace. My old 7600gt *did* support this feature, but none of the new cards mention it...
Upgrading my TV also means buying a new receiver for HDMI switching to the projector, fishing cable in walls, and all manner of other unacceptable tradeoffs. Plus monay.
Thanks! Reply
philipma1957 - Thursday, June 21, 2012 - linkI have a sapphire hd7750 ultimate passive cooled card.
This card seems to be worse in every case except it is 1 slot not 2.
The passive hd7750 is 125 usd this is 110 usd.
I am not sure that I would want this until they make a passive version. Reply
saturn85 - Thursday, June 21, 2012 - linkgreat folding@home benchmark. Reply
kallogan - Thursday, June 21, 2012 - linkWORST GPU EVER Reply
dertechie - Friday, June 22, 2012 - linkHere's hoping DDR4 is cheap and cheery enough for low end cards when it comes out, because this is ridiculous. We have here a card with 50% more shader horsepower than an 8800 Ultra, and 70% less memory bandwidth. Way to ruin a perfectly good GPU by not shipping with real memory.
My old 7900 GS had more memory bandwidth than this. . . in 2006. Reply
skgiven - Saturday, June 23, 2012 - linkAt GPUGRID the CUDA4.2 crunching performance of the GT 640 matches that of a GTX460.
65W TDP vs 150W TDP.
The low running cost, no high end PSU, or 6-pin power cable requirements make it a good entry card for crunchers.
The 950MHz GDDR5 version (75W TDP) and the 797MHz DDR3 (50W) TDP versions should also perform well. Reply
anac6767 - Thursday, June 28, 2012 - linkA video card with a fan on it has no place in a modern HTPC... we're well past that. You might as well order a full tower (80's off white) ATX case and corded peripherals to go along with your noisy card. Reply
infoilrator - Wednesday, July 04, 2012 - linkNot appealing at this price.
FWIW department, mITX motherboards taking single slot cards are maybe due for an upgrade.
Maybe a motherboard could mount connectors sideways to allow fitting a two slot card.
Maybe mITX cases could come with provision for two slot cards.
If the numbers are right AMD Llano/Trinity and Intel IVB HD4000 make more sense than adding a $100 discrete card with limited capabilities. At least at the moment.
I am seeing AMD Llano 3850/ A75 Combinations for $150 in mATX. Better, even though I find FM1 limiting.
Contemplating an FM1 or FM2 such a build in a couple months. Unless I go after more GPU power.
? still new at these decisions. Reply
Felip3 - Saturday, July 07, 2012 - linkLook what I found ...
http://www.gainward.com/main/vgapro.php?id=886&... Reply
xeizo - Friday, July 27, 2012 - linkThat's old Fermi and not new Kepler, rather uninteresting even though it sure is gddr5, a passive GT640 with gddr5 would be interesting but seems nonexistent. Too bad! Reply
stanislav_kosev - Thursday, September 20, 2012 - linkI love me some painfully slow gaming! http://www.insightvision.biz/cd-dvd-packaging Reply
Montmac - Friday, March 01, 2013 - linkDon't expect Zotac to admit this when you call them to try and get a replacement card. One of the high ups told me they had never heard of this problem.
However another in tech support told me he had and will be sending me a call tag to get the card I just bought replaced.
It has taken almost 4 weeks to get this accomplished. I'm not very impressed with Zotac at all.
When a company manufactures something wrong it shouldn't be a problem getting an exchange but it's not the case with them. Reply


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Can you eat before physical activity?
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What foods should be avoided before physical activity?
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How often should you eat for optimum energy?
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Carbohydrates are natural substances that contain oxygen, hydrogen and carbon. We need these substances to give us energy – to 'get up and go'.
Carbohydrates are the only fuel that the brain and red blood cells can use, and the main source of energy for our muscles.
We get carbohydrates from starchy foods like bread, pasta, rice, cereals, biscuits and potato. We also get carbohydrates from sugars such as table sugar, the natural sugars in fruit and dairy, and sugary foods such as desserts.
No matter what type of carbohydrate you eat, your body will use it for energy.
When we eat carbohydrates, our digestive system breaks them down into their simplest form – glucose. Our cells use glucose to produce energy.
Carbohydrates break down into glucose at different rates. This means that different carbohydrates – that is, different foods – cause blood glucose levels to go up and down at different rates.
The glycaemic index (GI) measures the effect that carbohydrates in food have on blood glucose levels. GI ranks foods on a scale from 0-100:
The following is a guide only to some foods and their GI values. Different brands of food can have different GI values, so it's best to speak to a dietitian or check the label on the food.
Many foods, but not all low GI foods, are now marked with the Glycemic Index Foundation's Low-GI symbol.
Foods with the symbol must be low GI and meet strict standards for kilojoules, fat, saturated fat, sodium and, where appropriate, fibre and calcium.
Low-GI foods (GI of 55 or less)
Intermediate-GI foods (GI between 56 and 69)
High-GI foods (GI of 70 or more)
Low-GI foods are good because they give you longer-lasting energy, which can help you concentrate better and keep going for longer if you're doing physical activity.
If you do endurance sports such as long-distance running, low-GI foods help you keep up your energy levels.
Low-GI foods also keep you feeling fuller for longer, which can help you with maintaining a healthy weight.
It's good to think about GI when you're planning what your family will eat, as well as making sure that your family eats plenty of lower-fat, higher-fibre foods.
Getting a balance of high and low GI
Low-GI foods are generally better than high-GI foods. This is because high-GI foods make blood glucose (sugar) levels go up and down quickly, which can leave you feeling 'hungry'. This can lead to overeating.
It's OK to eat some high-GI foods occasionally. The trick is to have a low-GI choice for your family at each meal and snack.
High-GI foods and low-GI foods combine in your body for a medium GI – they balance each other out.
Quantity matters
When you're choosing which foods to offer your family, it's important to think about not just the GI rating, but how much of these foods you're eating – that is, portion size.
A big serving of a high-GI food such as potatoes or chips will have a big impact on blood glucose levels. So if you have small serves of high-GI foods and larger, more frequent serves of low-GI foods, you can balance things out.
When to eat your carbohydrates
There's no hard and fast rule about when to eat carbohydrates, but it's good to have three regular meals and two snacks, so that you get an even spread of carbohydrates across the day.
This will lead to more even blood glucose levels and provide fairly steady energy levels. This is essential for adults and children with diabetes, but it's also important for people who want to keep up good general health.
Switching to low-GI food is easy. Chances are your family won't notice the difference – at least not all of the time.
By swapping at least half your carbohydrate food choices for lower-GI options, your whole family can reap the benefits.
For example, you can swap:
What if my child doesn't like low-GI foods?
Not all of your child's food needs to be low GI. Low-GI and high-GI foods combine to give a medium GI – they balance each other out.
You can try to:
Ideally, at least half of your child's carbohydrate foods will come from the low-GI foods he enjoys.
Chocolate has a low-GI value. Does this make it a good food choice?
Many foods high in fat have a lower-GI value – chocolate is a good example of this. Low GI doesn't cancel out the problems of high fat – you need to look at the whole food.
So you and your family should try to have foods such as chocolate as occasional treats only.
Does eating too much sugar cause diabetes?
There's no link between eating sugar and developing diabetes. But eating too much added sugar can contribute to weight gain, and being overweight increases the risk of developing type-2 diabetes.
Eating too much added sugar can also lead to tooth cavities.
What's the best food for my child to eat before sport?
Carbohydrate foods are the best source of energy before sport. Low-GI breakfast foods – such as traditional porridge, wholegrain cereal or toast, or fresh fruit smoothies – will give your child sustained energy on the day of the game.
If you have type-2 diabetes or impaired glucose tolerance, your blood glucose levels might rise above a normal level more quickly than other people's.
Eating low-GI foods can help you manage your blood glucose levels. And eating moderate amounts of low-GI foods regularly over the day will help you keep consistent blood glucose levels.
If you have a medical condition such as diabetes, it's important to talk with your GP, dietitian or specialist before making any changes to your eating.
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2010 will be another volatile year for ocean freight rates. In my 25-plus years in this business, I have never seen such constant adjustments of rates. This is mainly because the global supply of vessels and equipment is seriously above current demand. Even as carriers worldwide have taken out capacity to try to equalize supply and demand, the world economy is not catching up.
At the same time, ocean carriers, in their effort to keep market share in the first half of 2009, reduced rates to ridiculously low levels on virtually every trade lane worldwide. Those lower rates led to significant losses by the carriers. Many carriers are losing at least $1 million PER DAY.
This cannot continue, so the carriers in 2010 will continue to announce general rate increases, surcharges…anything they can do to recover some revenue. In the past, the carriers have been their own worst enemies regarding rate stability; it only takes one or two mavericks to destabilize rates.
Carriers this year must have more resolve in recovering revenue, or some major players could go out of business.
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Officers have arrested a 31-year-old local man on suspicion of attempted murder after an altercation outside the Hare and Hounds at High Hawsker, at around 10pm on Sunday.
The victim, a 30-year-old man from Derbyshire, was taken to James Cook University Hospital in Middlesborough for surgery on his stab wounds and is now in a stable condition.
The suspect was arrested at 1.55am today near Hawsker. An area outside the pub was cordoned off for a forensic examination which has now been completed, but police still want to hear from any witnesses.
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The RM of Springfield wants a court challenge on its decision to disallow a group home for three intellectually-challenged individuals to be put on hold.
In a hearing this morning before Justice Joan McKelvey, counsel for Springfield said the application by New Directions is an abuse of process and is asking the court to for a stay of proceedings until the Manitoba Human Rights Commission completes an investigation.
The dispute between the rural municipality and the group home operator began in 2010. New Directions bought a home near Birds Hill Provincial Park for three clients with severe intellectual disabilities who need around-the-clock supervision. While the municipality's zoning bylaw definition of a family includes no more than four unrelated people living together, Springfield would not allow the New Direction clients to move in unless the home was rezoned for an institutional use.
New Directions complained the municipality was discriminating against its clients and filed a human rights complaint. Frustrated by the slow pace of the human rights complaint process and an allegation that the municipality was refusing to participate, New Directions later asked the court to make a declaration that it didn't need a rezoning and that Springfield's actions were a violation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
At this morning's hearing, Springfield counsel Darcie Yale argued that the court application was an abuse of process as the complaint before the Manitoba Human Rights Commission is still under investigation. Yale said dealing with the issue in two different forums is unnecessary and could result in two conflicting rulings.
Yale said New Directions needs a letter from the RM before the province will provide funding for staffing at the home, adding however that the group home operator isn't asking the court to order the RM to produce such a letter.
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The NBA draft used to be a night you'd mark on your calendar but it's lost some of it's luster over the years. I believe the influx of young entries and foreign players nobody knows about has caused the drop in interest. It's too saturated now and how often, outside of the top 5 or so will be impact players on a team?
Not many.
The Rockets are slotted for 14 and 23 in the first round Thursday. If they stay, don't expect the players to be of any immediate help. GM Daryl Morey needs to move up and I'm told that attempts have been made and continue to be made . How nice would that be? The lockout will kick in soon and who knows how long that will last. I have heard December and January by those that get their paychecks from teams. That will be disasterous if it's that long. The league needs an upgrade on PR and this won't only continue the disconnect with the fans. Lot of empty seats at arena's across the country is a sign of fan apathy.
Now to our Texans. I had a good conversation with Gary Kubiak 2 weeks ago as he and I did a charity event together. We got to talk about the lockout, his summer schedule and planning for camp when it does open. Kubiak told me for a while now he and his staff have had their schedule mapped out and ready to go. That's a good sign. Now we just need some football.
By now, the Texans should of had OTA's, mini-camps, etc completed and on break until later in July. I asked Gary even though players are working out in groups , what scares you most as a Head Coach and staff?
" They are working out but it's not what we'd be doing every day out here," Kubiak said. "It's just not the same and hamstring injuries are going to be a concern when we resume."
The Texans have to prioritize and it begins with a shutdown cornerback like Nnamdi Asomugha. He's hands down the best in the business and is shopping his talents. When the labor deal is done, the bell will ring and Asomugha will have the chance to go anywhere he wants.
MEMO TO BOB MCNAIR/RICK SMITH: Have your cell phone on speed dial and call him immediately. Mr. McNair, you have the money and now is the time to spend . Pony up the 15-20 million it will take to land Asomugha and get the man to Houston. Send your plane with Andre Johnson aboard and make him a Texan.
Now, after spending big bucks, there will be more checks to write. To be a Super Bowl contender you have to spend money and spend it wisely. Fullback Vonta Leach needs to get his deal and stay put and if Matt Schaub goes down, you'll also need a dependable backup with experience. I'm not sold on Matt Leinart but if he bolts you've gotta find someone else. There are some other holes on the line as well that are important . Would be nice to keep em' all but that may not be feasible. PRIORITIZE, PRIORITIZE AND PRIORITIZE.
Finally…Gold Cup Semi's are at Reliant Wednesday. USA/Panama at 6pm then it's Mexico/Honduras at 9pm. If you like soccer or want to experience a World Cup feel this will be the place to be . It's sold out and the stadium will be rocking on Wednesday night.
Thanks to Texans President Jamey Rootes of Lone Star Sports and Entertainment, Dynamo President Chris Canetti and Dynamo forward Brian Ching for coming on SPORTS SUNDAY last night to preview the big week.
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THE warnings about a huge rise in people trying to kill themselves and other problems caused by cutting mental health services are incredibly stark.
Funding for the £700,000 service is being cut by the Government and there are no guarantees that even a fraction will be picked up by the Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group – which decides the funding for much of the health services in our county – for it to continue.
Even if the OCCG can find £250,000 there will still be – and we quote from a high level report from Oxford Health, which runs the scheme – "a huge reduction in capacity of the service to meet the needs of Oxfordshire patients".
The report goes on to detail an anticipated extra 1,200 suicidal acts, 470 people not being assessed and stuck on lengthy waiting lists, £65,000 extra in psychiatric medication costs, 1,500 extra visits to GPs and 2,400 additional mental health inpatient days.
It is all worrying stuff and you will no doubt think this is a matter that quite rightly the public should be concerned about and have an input into.
Yet this has only emerged through the report having to be released under the Freedom of Information Act.
And when we contacted the OCCG and Oxford Health separately to seek more information and each organisation's view, they clubbed together and released a response almost insulting to the public in its blandness.
This is called "partnership work" – where organisations cosy up to each other to essentially say nothing that will upset officialdom's apple cart – and it has infested our services to the detriment of public knowledge and scrutiny.
Everyone knows our health service has serious funding problems.
So why shouldn't Oxford Health speak honestly and openly to the public through the media to further inform them about what it is prepared to say privately are potentially catastrophic problems?
If its senior executives are happy to pocket taxpayers' money in wages, why can't they show some leadership over such serious and, bluntly, life-threatening cuts by communicating with the public rather than holding behind-closed doors chats?
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Providence was subsequently kind to both of them, it seems. Only a few months ago, I sat with an older but still steadfastly buoyant Buchan in Radiant Star's now gorgeous, Herreshoff-style saloon (once the hold that featured the bins of fish and ice, by the way) as the fabled rains of the Pacific Northwest beat a soft tattoo upon the decks above. I'd come to Anacortes to discuss the wonderful old vessel, her voyage around the Horn, and her adventures afterwards. Our conversation had been a lively one thus far, somehow delivering us to one of the grand old questions of passagemaking—is a single-engine powerboat truly safe for crossing oceans?
"Well, I'll grant you," Buchan said, harking back, "when I first saw the last bit of land disappear behind us, I was a bit concerned—all we had for power was our old 230-hp Gardner 8L3B diesel. What if it quit?"
Two factors kept confidence levels high, however. First, the Gardner's reputation for reliability was radical, explained Buchan. Fishing-boat diesels like Radiant Star's endured punishing regimes. They were typically cranked up on Monday mornings, run steadily throughout the ensuing week, night and day, finally shut down on Saturday afternoon (so crews could attend church services ashore on Sunday), and then simply cranked up all over again on the following Monday for another weekly cycle. "And this would go on for years," Buchan added. "Decades even. Very dependable—the old Gardners."
The second factor had more of a hands-on quality. Because the 8L3B was such a low-rpm engine, developing just 1200 rpm at wide-open throttle, Buchan said he was able to idle it down to a virtual crawl each day at noon during Radiant Star's successive passages, pull the dipstick, and add oil if needed. "The process wasn't as precise as it might have been with the engine stopped," he asserted, "but it was comforting and useful. I checked the transmission the same way each day as a matter of fact."
Useful indeed. On her way to what would be her home port for many ensuing decades, Radiant Star actually doubled the Horn, an archaic, albeit decidedly bold, practice that harks back to the days of wooden ships and iron men. More particularly, she crossed the 50th parallel twice, first to the east of the Cape and then to the west, without ever once ducking into one of the comparatively protected anchorages along the way to avoid bad weather. "The only real difficulty we encountered came a few days after the Cape, in the Straits of Magellan," explained Buchan, "We took green water on deck there. Saw the bow go under altogether a few times. But otherwise, we simply kept on going, never missing a beat."


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Ray 320 Sundancer — By George L. Petrie — October 2002
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|Just a foot longer than her predecessor, Sea Ray's 320 Sundancer nevertheless offers big-time living space.
Introduced earlier this year, the 320 Sundancer will replace Sea Ray's popular 310 model, and in my view she's destined to win the hearts of even more cruising families. Responding to input from focus groups across the country, Sea Ray has made changes in her layout that achieve the seemingly contradictory goals of increased living space and greater stowage capacity. And she's not just a stretched version of the 310; Sea Ray has given the 320 a new hull form, redesigned for better fore-and-aft balance and a smoother ride in rough seas.
Part of the extra space comes from a modest increase in size, an addition of about 20 inches to her overall length and three inches to the beam. Although three inches doesn't seem like much, added along a length of 30-some feet, it adds nearly eight square feet of area to the interior and deck spaces, while the additional length adds about 20 square feet to her layout.
Just as important as size, however, is how Sea Ray uses that extra space. In the saloon there's a big, crescent-shape settee along the starboard side that is far less intrusive than the fixed dinette that was used in the 310 model. In the 320 a removable table makes the saloon a cozy dining area, but when mealtime is over, the table can be stashed in its stowage cuddy, converting the entire saloon into an open entertainment space. At bedtime the settee serves as a berth for an extra guest or two little ones.
To make the saloon seem even larger and more open, there's a wide mirrored panel above the back of the settee. A similar mirrored panel above the midcabin's U-shape settee serves as a unifying element that makes the entire saloon/midcabin seem like a single open space. To enhance the illusion, the stairway up to the bridge deck is comprised of open steps cantilevered from a slender center pillar that barely disrupts the visual field between the saloon and midcabin.
With all the spaciousness, I wondered where all the stowage was. Sure, I could see that there were three big eye-level cabinets above the saloon's settee, flanked by two even larger ones, all faced with an attractive, low-maintenance cherry veneer-like Formica, and the galley had several big cabinets, both above and below the countertops. But Sea Ray's marketing specialist, Gary McCloud, told me the 320 had more than 132 cubic feet of enclosed stowage space. "Where is it?" I asked.
Beneath the saloon sole, there are two stowage bins, one 15"x20" and another 46"x20". Behind the starboard settee, there's a 12"Dx18"Hx42"W hidden stowage cabinet that is accessed by pulling the back of the settee towards the centerline. Then there's the cavernous space beneath the island berth forward, the large hanging locker to starboard, and another big cabinet beneath the TV on the port side. You get the idea. Sea Ray made other changes as well. One I especially like is the centerline island berth, offering access on all three sides, instead of the angled berth on the 310 and some other models.
About the only thing I didn't care for was the shower setup in the head. The head itself is spacious enough, about 41⁄2'x3' with four mirrored cabinets at eye level and a large under-sink stowage space. But the "shower" itself is one of those pull-out-of-a-faucet affairs that attaches to a bracket on the bulkhead, and the "enclosure" is just a curtain. Granted, there's a limit on what can fit on a boat this size, but if you're going to offer a shower, it ought to have a fixture and an enclosure that won't douse the other essential facilities in the area.
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A traveler on foot was three cents. A horse, mule or ox was nine. A one-horse wagon was 37 cents. And crossing faster than a walk brought a fine of a dollar.
The Burfordville Covered Bridge, in Cape Girardeau County in southeast Missouri, was a toll bridge. The oldest of Missouri's four remaining covered bridges, the Burfordville bridge is part of the Bollinger Mill State Historic Site, which is named for the stately four-story, brick-and-stone mill that sits just downstream on the Whitewater River.


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Published: Sunday, November 3, 2013 at 5:36 p.m.
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Now that their small glimmer of hope for winning the SEC Eastern Division is gone, the Florida Gators will turn their focus to getting bowl eligible and avoiding the program's first losing season since 1979.
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Who: Vanderbilt (4-4) at Florida (4-4)
When: Noon Saturday
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Based on what's happened through the first eight games of the season — the last three, in particular — it's not going to be easy.
Of the four remaining games, the Gators likely will be a big favorite in one (Georgia Southern, 4-4), a slight favorite in another (Vanderbilt) and a significant underdog in the other two (No. 13 South Carolina on the road and No. 3 Florida State at home).
It starts with Vanderbilt (4-4) in The Swamp on homecoming Saturday. Then the Gators close out their SEC season at South Carolina (7-2) the following week.
At 4-4, UF needs to win two more games to become bowl eligible. The Gators find themselves in this position after falling 23-20 to Georgia on Saturday for their third consecutive loss.
The Gators rallied from a 23-3 halftime deficit and had a chance to win the game in the fourth quarter, but failed to make game-changing plays on both sides of the ball that allowed the Bulldogs to escape.
"I feel like we did seize control (in the second half)," UF coach Will Muschamp said on his Sunday television show. "Our players. … we have a lot of character guys on the team, a lot of guys who will understand what it takes to be successful.
"We've been through some tough times. We understand that. We need to win those games in the end.
"We dug too deep of a hole to get out of. I'm extremely proud of our players and how we fought back in the game and put ourselves in a position to win the game in the end."
The loss was the third in a row for the Gators in the rivalry.
"It's always an emotional game," Muschamp said. "We need to get back on the right end of the stick here as far as that game is concerned."
That, of course, is a future concern. The big concern now is trying to finish out the season strong and make it to a bowl game.
Clearly, some positives came out of Saturday's loss in Jacksonville as UF moves forward. The Gators showed more balance and less predictability on offense, and the revamped offensive line (with Tyler Moore starting at left tackle and Trenton Brown at right) was solid, creating some holes in the running game and holding up in pass protection for most of the game.
On the negative side, the defense gave up far too many big plays that allowed the Bulldogs to jump out to a commanding 23-3 halftime lead. The defense also had early problems in the losses at LSU and Missouri.
The defense failed to come up with key stops in the closing minute of the first half and again during the game's final eight-plus minutes, which allowed the Bulldogs to run out the clock.
"It was very frustrating," Muschamp said of UGA's final drive, which consumed the final 8:17 and four third-down conversions by the Dawgs. "We need to find a way to get a stop in that situation."
Also on the negative side, as has happened so often over the past several seasons, the Gators hurt themselves with some critical penalties, including two big 15-yarders in the fourth quarter.
Despite those issues, the Gators hung tough in a game where it looked like they might get blown out. But they came up short.
"They did (fight hard)," Muschamp said of his players. "Our guys play hard. They always have. They always compete. I'm very pleased with that part of it.
"We've got to win those games."
With only four games to go, and needing to win two to reach the postseason, the Gators are running out of opportunities.
NOTES: The Gators did not sustain any serious injuries in Saturday's game. … Muschamp said placekickers Frankie Velez and Austin Hardin will battle for the starting role in practice this week. Both missed field goal attempts in the three-point loss.
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Online map nets national recognition for St. Albert
Art in Public Places to be featured in calendar by Esri Canada
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The city�s online tour of St. Albert�s public art is set to be featured in a nationally-distributed calendar this year.
Michael Mitchell, web co-ordinator for the city, did the development work for the Art in Public Places online map that allows the curious to take a tour of St. Albert�s public art collection without ever leaving their desk.
The online map was developed with products from Esri Canada, a company that provides geographic information systems software. The project was released in spring 2013.
The innovative use of one of Esri�s products caught the company�s eye, Mitchell said, and it has been used in presentations to show off how the templates can be customized.
�We just saw some of the potential with those tools,� he said.
Every year the company holds a contest and features the winners in a calendar that�s distributed nationally.
�I didn�t even know it�d been submitted for the calendar,� Mitchell said.
He found out in early December it�d been sent in for consideration, and about a week before Christmas he found out it was one of the 12 winners.
�It�s all been kind of surprising, I guess,� Mitchell said.
His colleagues at the City of St. Albert have been impressed with the national recognition, he said.
�It�s something we can build on,� Mitchell said.
The St. Albert project was picked from more than 60 submitted map and application submissions from a wide-range of organizations in various industries, said a spokesperson from Esri Canada in an e-mail.
�To be selected for the calendar, we look for interesting content, beautiful cartographic rendering, wide regional representation and impact. The City of St. Albert�s Art in Public Places app scored high in these areas,� said Marianne Kupina, marketing director for Esri Canada.
The calendar is sent to about 8,000 different customers and geographic information systems enthusiasts across the country.
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You've joined an online dating site and are excited to meet new people and explore possibilities. Finally, you discover one person in particular with whom you have a lot in common and feel that wonderful bubbly sensation of looking forward to meeting and deepening the relationship. Yet, you begin to notice a few things.
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Often times, people who are married or are otherwise attached will avoid communicating when their partners are around, usually evenings or weekends. People who are truly unattached and available will usually communicate equally on the weekends and evenings compared to communications during other times.
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2. He gives mixed messages.
He drops out of communication for stretches of time yet still expresses interest or desire for you. Usually when people cheat, they are wracked with guilt. They may love the excitement and adventure of pursuing someone outside of their relationship, yet they may also feel awful that they are cheating on a partner.
This conflict often manifests as the behaviors of pulling away from the new person for a while, returning to the existing marriage or relationship only to discover that there is still unhappiness, then reaching back out to the new person again. A person involved in another relationship might say to you, "Oh I've just had a lot of work or have a lot on my plate so have been a bit out of touch but let me make up for that — let's plan a romantic weekend get away!"
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SOUFRIERE, ST. LUCIA — There's a lazy Sunday afternoon feeling to this pretty town. Brightcoloured boats dot the harbour.
Soufriere is the second largest city in St. Lucia and home to some 300,000 people. On this day, most have retreated to the quiet of their homes or to the volcanic black sand beaches for a bob in the sea. Only the rustic bars show signs of life on a hot weekend afternoon.
Soufriere is an easy boat ride from Castries, the capital. In fact, it used to be St. Lucia's capital. The town is best known as the home of Sulphur Springs, billed as the Caribbean's only drive-in volcano.
Clots of cruise-ship passengers crowd the area, taking photos of themselves taking photos. The stench of sulphur fills the air. Steam vents from the crater as the guide talks about the formation of the island. Fifteen minutes after you got off the bus you're back on.
But this isn't the real St. Lucia. It's an island of remarkable beauty. To simply visit the volcano is to ignore the luxury of a sail down the coast, with its little villages and fishing boats dotting the landscape like so many toys.
It doesn't pay tribute to Soufriere, a slow-eyed place clinging stubbornly to the faded beauty of so many Caribbean towns, places where your silly questions will be treated with tolerance, where men still sit at tables and play dominoes on the sidewalk and where an empty beach is more than an advertising dream.
As you leave Soufriere, be sure to stop at the overlook for lovely views and the chance to talk to "Big Mama" (aka Teresa) who sells what she calls "Viagra rum" with tremendous conviction. You'll want to spend some time admiring the twin Pitons, two mountains that are the landmark of the island.
George Foreman lives on St. Lucia, a fact that raises pride in the locals. They know him as the boxer, not the purveyor of electric grills. Nobel laureate Derek Wallcott hails from St. Lucia. Oprah has a place on island that locals say is her second home.
"It's very expensive too," confides Hilary Moise, a cab driver. That's no surprise, you say.
A cab ride will usually net you a skilled tour guide. A funny blackboard sign on the side of the road requires a lengthy explanation of the charcoal business on the island. It seems you can become very wealthy from charcoal. It's the cooking fuel of choice here.
Trivia rolls out of Moise. The island is 85 per cent Catholic and you can't swing a cat without hitting a Matthew, Mark, Luke or John. Country music is wildly popular and you're more likely to hear George Jones than Bob Marley.
For the tourists, there are Rain Forest Sky Rides. You can either zip line through the rainforest or travel in a tram. There's no athleticism to the tram but it's thrilling and educational. The sound of plants rubbing against the car sounds like the growl of an animal. The guide casually mentions the wild pigs, boa constrictors, bats and tarantula who call the rainforest home.
You'll get some great photos but it is not for the vertiginous. It's not for the poor either, as the ride will set you back $72 US, not including the cab fare from your hotel.
For cheap fun, head to the Castries market to watch the haggling over fresh fish, meat, root vegetables and fruit. It's a riot of smell and color, the tiny stands tucked a hip's distance from the next. Upstairs, there's an informal bar and restaurant where you can watch the harbour and puzzle at the appeal of giant cruise ships.
For an utterly different view of St. Lucia, take a cab to the Fond Doux, a charming hotel set on a 250-year-old plantation. Ninety-five per cent of its cocoa goes directly to Hershey's.
Owner Eroline Lamontage says she wants to present an authentic St. Lucian experience.
"There's a time in your life when you want an all-inclusive experience," says the former accountant, "and a time when you don't." She's got 130 acres and just 12 guest cottages. Privacy is guaranteed. There's a small house available for rent, an original building she had disassembled and reassembled on her property. It's a dream of gardens, a bedroom meant for love and slumber and enough room to pretend this really is your home.
If you walk the grounds with a staff member you'll be taught about the agriculture and horticulture of the property. You may have the chance to taste fresh cocoa bean nuts, fleshy and citrusy and delightful.
Fond Doux can also arrange spa services, which was about the only way they could add to perfection.
If you're a person who loves the all-inclusive experience, the Almond chain has some wonderful choices. Be warned: They mean what they say about the dress code. If you show up for an elegant dinner wearing shorts or a T-shirt you'll be sent back to your room to change.
But if you've packed a shirt with a color, enough sunblock and a will to relax on a piece of paradise, this is the place for you.
* The language of St. Lucia is English. The currency is Eastern Caribbean (EC) dollars. American cash is accepted many places. Bank machines are plentiful. There's no problem using credit cards unless you're haggling in a local market.
*Charters and Air Canada flights will get you to the island from Toronto.
* Looking for a place to stay? If you like all-inclusive comfort, pick one of the Almond resorts. Rooms are spacious, the food good and the beaches gorgeous. Best of all, the economy has driven prices down.
* If you have a sense of adventure, a solid bank account and don't need to be spoon fed your fun, Fond Doux Holiday Plantation is perfect. It's a still-active 250-year-old coffee plantation nestled on lush grounds. Only 24 people can be accommodated at any time, lending the spacious grounds an even more exclusive feeling. Prices start at $300 (US) in the winter. The owner calls it "laid back luxury" and she's right.


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A recent study showed that women who have been through menopause and have a high risk of breast cancer were less likely to develop the disease when they received an aromatase inhibitor (AI) called exemestane (Aromasin). An AI is a drug that reduces the amount of the hormone estrogen in a woman's body by stopping tissues and organs other than the ovaries from producing it. Previous research has shown that estrogen may help breast cancer grow. Drugs that block estrogen, such as tamoxifen (Nolvadex) and raloxifene (Evista), have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to lower the risk of breast cancer for women at high risk for the disease. However, there is a risk of rare but serious side effects, such as uterine cancer and blood clots, with these two drugs. Researchers designed this study to find another option to lower breast cancer risk with fewer side effects.
The 4,560 women who participated in this study had been through menopause and had at least one of the following risk factors for breast cancer: age of 60 or older, a five-year Gail risk score of 1.66% or higher (this means that out of a group of women with similar risk factors, 1.66% will develop breast cancer), a history of abnormal cells in the breast, or ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS; a noninvasive cancer) that was treated with a mastectomy (removal of the breast).
After around three years, researchers found that the women who received exemestane were 65% less likely to develop invasive breast cancer. Also, the women taking exemestane were less likely to develop DCIS or abnormal cells in the breast. Menopausal symptoms, such as hot flashes, fatigue, sweating, sleeplessness, and joint pain were slightly more common for women who received exemestane.
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"The potential public health impact of these findings is important. World-wide it is estimated that 1.3 million women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year and nearly 500,000 women die of the disease. Results from this study indicate that exemestane is a promising new way to prevent breast cancer in menopausal women most commonly affected with breast cancer," said Paul E. Goss, MBBCh, PhD, lead study author and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
Questions to ask your doctor
- What is my risk of breast cancer? What does this mean?
- How is my risk determined?
- If I'm at a high risk, are there steps I can take to reduce my risk?
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