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In House With Kirko Bangz: Houston MC 'Annoyed' by Ugly Women, Sees 'Role Model' in Derrick Rose
Kirko Bangz adores women. Yet, it's the ugly ones that irk him. The Houston rhymer explains exactly why members of the attractively-challenged opposite sex irritate his existence, but he'll get to that in a minute. At the moment, he's shielding his eyes from bright office lights with the brim of his New York Giants fitted cap. Kirko, 22, had a late night out at a strip club shaking hands with music industry professionals and spending dollars. In his line of work, that's where both business and pleasure are conducted.
Since releasing his twangy lean-inspired track "Drank In My Cup" last year, Kirko has been busy telling his come-up story around the country. Subsequently, he's allowed fans, critics and DJs, among others, to match the song with the man who crafted lyrics celebrating the art of "hitting it and quitting it." After 31 weeks on Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, the tattooed rhymer's work is paying off. Last week, he earned his first top 10 with the song.
As a former Prairie View A&M University student with hoop dreams, a drive to succeed has been at the core of every project he's put forth. He's got five mixtapes under his belt since 2009 — three in the Procrastination Kills series, Progression and Progression 2: A Young Texas Playa — and this year will finally see his debut LP on Warner Bros. Records come to fruition.
Read on as Kirko Bangz takes The BoomBox inside his head, where he reveals his pet peeve with ugly women, why he finds a role model in Chicago Bulls basketball player Derrick Rose, the stunt he pulled while sipping lean before a show and why representing Houston the right way has earned him respect from his community.
You were 15 when you realized you had a rapping talent. Describe that moment.
I ain't really notice it. I really just needed an outlet to talk about things, every day things that was going on in my life. I just chose to write about it, you know what I'm saying. Slowly but surely, I showed one of my partners what I was doing. You know, when you start doing stuff, I was kinda like embarrassed to tell people, "I think I could rap." And then they think it's weak or whatever, lame. After that, they used to have freestyle battles in my partner crib and for the whole week I knew they was gonna freestyle. I was telling myself, "I'm gonna rap, I'm gonna rap." Everybody was outside rapping and stuff, and I was in the house prepping myself to rap. Then I just went out there and just smashed. Ever since then people thought I could rap so I just stayed with it.
Who were your rap influences during that time?
During those times I was a big Lil Wayne fan. That's when Wayne was flaming. He was just killing everybody. Everything was consistent. He had the best verses on every song he was on. Before that I was just jammin' to Eminem. He had a struggle and he always talked about stuff he was going through. It was real-life stuff and there was truth behind pretty much everything he was talking about.
So when did you make the moves to have a rap career?
When I was young, like 15. I never thought it would turn into something. Right before I went to college, I was like, "I'm really gonna do this." Probably when I got to college is when people started taking notice of me.
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Nah, hell nah. I wouldn't do that s—. I wouldn't even tell nobody I was rapping or nothing like that. I just did freestyle videos. I didn't start performing until I actually started getting shows or people let me open up [for them], stuff like that. I would not go to no open mic. One time I did a talent show at school, I took my shirt off and then they closed the curtains on me. I don't even know why I did that. That's crazy 'cause the first time I did that that was the first time I sipped lean [a mixture of Promethazine with Codeine VC paired with a drink like Sprite]. It's crazy, now my song is "Drank in My Cup."
So that was the first time you ever drank lean?
Yeah. That was my first time ever. I was backstage and it was all my partners and it was a group song too. One of my partners, he wasn't even performing, he just had a cup. I was like, "What's that?" He's like, "It's drank." I was like, "Oh, s—. Gimme some." I drunk some of it and then after that I went onstage with my shirt off like, "What's up?"
Do you still drink it?
Not like every day.
Were you surprised at the momentum of "Drank In My Cup"?
Hell yeah. I remember when I first did it, everybody was like, "Man, this song is gonna change your life." I was like, "Yeah right, whatever." Tomorrow it ain't change. The next day it ain't change. The next week it ain't change but slowly and surely it did.
Why did you refer to yourself as a "playa" on your mixtape title, Progression 2: A Young Texas Playa?
H-town, back in the day, everybody was just on that playa lifestyle — shining, jewels, coming out in cars and grills, stuff like that. I'm young, I'm from Texas, I ain't got no girlfriend. Young Texas playa. I really wanted to continue with the Progression series, so we just put them both together.
Is this the last mixtape in this series?
I'm gonna keep it going.
What's your debut album looking like right now?
I'm creating songs. I don't have a title or a release date yet. You know, whenever you do records, you say, "I could put this out tomorrow, I could put this on the mixtape or I'ma hold this 'cause it sounds like it could be on the album." Like different little cubby holes. So that's the process where we're in right now.
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Ugh, when they try to call other people ugly. I don't have no problem with ugly girls or nothing like that. I wont call 'em ugly or treat 'em differently and stuff. The ugliest people always try to talk about people. I was on Twitter and this girl was like, "Why are you always talking to ugly girls on Twitter?" Then I go on her [Twitter] page and I'm like, "Damn! What you talkin' 'bout?"
There's also a song on that mixtape called "Touch the Sky." I thought it was interesting because you used Shawn Lee's "Kiss the Sky" for that. Why did you use that song?
Actually the beat, that was brought to me by my homie already prepared. That's when I first started getting on or whatever. I did it like a year-and-a-half ago. He pushed for it to be on the mixtape. Every day I'd be like, "I don't want it on my mixtape. It don't sound like it fit on there." He pushed the issue and now it's one of the biggest songs on there. [When I first heard it], it was so rappy-rappy. Everything else was just real slow, the melodies. It played perfect.
You're a big basketball fan. Who are some of your favorite teams?
Chicago Bulls. They're gross. Derrick Rose is my favorite player. He's good. He's like 22, 23 years old and he doesn't say too much on the court, but he hold it down. He kill everybody. At a point in time, people was like that he couldn't be MVP. He's like, "Why can't I?" The year before last and all that s—, he was MVP. And he's got a lot of heart. He's a perfect role model. Don't say too much about what you're doing, just get the job done.
Tattoos, I see you have a lot. Can you tell me about a meaningful one?
Well, this one is my coolest one so far [on my left hand]. It's the old Houston Rockets logo. I just put Eastside on there 'cause I'm from the Eastside of Houston, Texas. And nobody got this tattoo in the world. They shouldn't have it [laughs]. I've got like 20-something tattoos.
Since your rise to fame, have you experienced people around you changing in a negative way?
They just think that I change so they just automatically start acting different. You ain't about to go the extra mile to be like, "Hey, I'm the same. I got the same shoes on." When more people start paying attention to you, then people get jealous. Or they want to pay attention to you now and ain't never did and they wanna act like they did back in the day.
What's one of the biggest changes you've made for yourself since you've released this music and profited off of it? For example, a new home or a new car?
I got all of that stuff. I'd say the biggest thing to me is — I hate to keep talking about the girls — the way the girls treat you [laughs]. On a more serious note, just how I get the love I get from my city. At first they were like, "Man, I don't know." Now it's like, "We love the way you represent H-town." That means a lot to me. People in my city look at what we doing to make sure we represent them the right way.
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The art of cheesemaking is an ancient one - one that goes back to the beginnings of civilization. Throughout history, this art has been passed down from generation to generation, and it is only in recent years that this family craft has almost disappeared.
It was 26 years ago that we started our Workshop Series, inviting people from far and near to join us for a day of cheesemaking - learning techniques and sampling our homemade cheeses and cheese spreads.
Now there has been a renewal of interest in home cheesemaking workshops throughout the United States. With these workshops, we hope to simplify the technicalities of the cheesemaking process and make them understandable. This beginners class is about the art and the fun of producing some of the easier cheeses.
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You will make new friends who share similar interest in home dairying and you will learn how to make additive-free cheeses which can be low in cholesterol, calories and salt for a fraction of the cost of store-bought cheeses. The workshop starts at 10:00 am and run through 5:00pm. There is a one hour break for a delicious lunch with a sampling of our tasty cheeses. A FREE copy of Ricki's Cheesemaking 101 DVD is included with class. These classes usually fill up quickly, and sign up is on a first-come-first-served basis. A letter of confirmation will be sent along with directions and a list of local places to stay as soon as payment is received. Our cancellation policy is: with notification up to 2 weeks in advance you will receive a full refund or if space is available you may change dates. We are sorry that with a cancelation closer than 2 weeks before a class we can not refund your money unless there is a waiting list and we can fill your spot. The workshops are held at our facilities in Ashfield, Massachusetts.
Cancellation Policy If you need to cancel for any reason and you notify us 2 weeks before your class you will receive a full refund or if space is available you may change the date into another class. In the cases of any cancellation closer than 2 weeks prior to a class we can not refund your money unless we can fill your spot from our waiting list.Thank you for your understanding, we are looking forward to seeing you here and having a great time!
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DIRECTIONSWe are located at 292 Main Street (also known as Rt 116) Ashfield, MA.This is in Western Massachusetts, the beautiful, picturesque foothillsof the Berkshires, a magical place. From the South take 91N to exit 24, right off the ramp and left at the3rd light, continue 14 miles into Ashfield. We are a large multi coloredhouse with a wrap around porch, on the left just before the conveniencestore. From the North take 91S to Rt 2W in Greenfield. Follow Rt 2W for 12miles. Take a right onto 112S, continue 8 miles and turn left onto 116S.We are on the right just past the convenience store.
The following is an article in the June 2006 issue of Food & Wine magazine:DIY Cheese
Barbara Kingsolver learns that making a pound of mozzarella at home is even faster than baking a cobbler, but speed is not the only reason to try it
By Barbara Kingsolver
Years ago, when I was young and still sure of my own power over boring routines, I studied a map one weekend and found a new, faster route back home from the city where I'd recently moved. I described my clever navigations to my grandfather, boasting that I'd saved 37 minutes. "Thirty-seven," he mused. "And you just used up 15 telling me all about it. What will you do with the other 22?"
Time-saving, the modern credo that sends us zipping from microwave dinners to the fast lane, can blur the truth that life is a zero-sum equation. Every minute saved will get used up on something else, possibly an activity no more sublime than watching TV. Ever since my grandfather's rebuke, I've tried to bear in mind that taking time with the quotidian might make it satisfying enough to be the goal, rather than the obstacle. Cooking dinner, especially, is a pleasure to stretch out over the day's end when work is done and family members trail home. A quick recipe can turn slow because of the experiments we hazard. We make things from scratch for the fun of it. We grow a garden. We bake bread. We make cheese.
Okay, I know. You were with me right up to that last one. I'm not sure why, since it takes less time to make a pound of mozzarella than to bake a cobbler, but most people find cheesemaking a preposterous idea. If friends happen over just as I'm draining a freshly made Neufchâtel, they act like they've caught me at witchcraft.
In our family it began with experiments. We missed certain things, soft cheeses especially, that my daughter and I often don't eat because of our mild lactose intolerance. A little knowledge of biochemistry (and a love for learning about interesting food processes) led us to think we might feel comfortable eating cheeses again if we made them ourselves, culturing out a lot of the lactose and draining it off with the whey—and this turns out to be true. Making a great soft cheese is as simple as warming some milk, stirring in a special bacterial culture that imparts a particular flavor, allowing it to curdle overnight, then draining off the whey. Our chèvre and fromage blanc were so delicious, we were inspired to try hard cheeses, which are often heated gently in the curd stage, then pressed and aged in a cool cellar or in the crisper drawer of the fridge. Our successes keep us trying. We've even converted some of our friends. You could be next.
I know, you don't have time. Who does? To calm the great American subservience to hurry, to convince us that an hour or two spent rendering up cheese in our own kitchens could be worth the trouble—what would that take? A motivational speaker, an artist, a devotee, a pal who builds your confidence? A Cheese Queen, maybe?
The answer is yes, all of the above, and she exists. Her name is Ricki Carroll. Since 1978, when she started New England Cheesemaking Supply Company and began holding workshops in her western Massachusetts kitchen, she has taught some 7,500 people how to make cheese. That's not even counting those of us who ordered her supplies online and worked our way through her book, Cheesemaking Made Easy, which has sold over 100,000 copies (the new edition has been renamed Home Cheese Making). She's inspired artisans from the Loire to Las Vegas. Partly to hone my own skills, but largely out of curiosity, I sought out the woman whose Web site really does identify her as the Cheese Queen.
Her reign began even before the Sunday morning last spring when my family and several of our cheesemaking friends stepped onto the porch of a colorful Queen Anne with lupines and lilies blooming around the stoop. We walked through the door and fell through the looking glass into a place where cheesemaking antiques mix in with handmade dolls and African masks, unusual musical instruments and crazy quilts.
Ricki waved us into the big kitchen as she hastily pinned up her curly hair with a parrot-shaped barrette. She'd generously invited our group to sit in as her guests at an ordinary one-day workshop for beginners. We sat at long tables and introduced ourselves to the 20 other students. For several men this was a Father's Day gift. Others described practical goals: a chef hoped to broaden her culinary range; mothers desired healthier diets for their families. Martha, from Texas, owned water buffalo and dreamed of great mozzarella. Our common wish was to understand a food we felt passionate about.
As we examined the stainless steel bowls, thermometers and culture packets assembled before us, Ricki introduced us to her world. Fundamentally, cheesemaking is a way to store milk, which goes bad quickly without refrigeration but keeps indefinitely—improves, even—in the form of cheese. "Artisanal cheesemakers combine science and art. All over the world, without scientific instruments, people make cheeses the way their grandparents did," Ricki said. In the Republic of Georgia she watched cheesemakers stir their cheese pot with a twig and then swaddle it in a kitty-print sweater, a baby blanket and a cape.
She promised we would make queso blanco, whole-milk ricotta, mascarpone, mozzarella and even farmhouse cheddar. Yes, us, right here, today. We looked on in utter doubt as she led us into our first cheese, explaining that we'd make all this with ordinary milk from the grocery store. Raw milk from a farm is better, creamline milk is great, but any milk will do, unless it is labeled "ultra-pasteurized" for long-distance shipping.
Ultrahigh-temperature pasteurization denatures proteins and destroys the curd necessary for firm cheese. The closer to home your source, the better it is for you and your cheesemaking. And, Ricki pointed out, buying raw or creamline milk will help local farmers at the same time.
While waxing poetic in praise of slowness, Ricki moves quickly. By the time we'd warmed our milk and added bacterial cultures to begin setting our cheddar, she was on to the next cheese. With a mirror propped over the stove so we could see into the pot, she curdled queso blanco by stirring in vinegar, laughing as she guessed the quantity. There's no perfect formula, she insisted, only some basic principles and the confidence to try. As we inhaled the lemony-sweet scent of simmering whey, the steamy heat of the kitchen curled our hair, and new textures and flavors began to rise before us as possibilities: mascarpone, fromagina (Ricki's cross between fromage blanc and mascarpone), mozzarella. Even so, to a roomful of novices, turning ordinary milk into such extravagances seemed unlikely.
At lunch break I noticed, in the wildly colorful powder room, a quote from Alice in Wonderland painted above the sink:
"'There's no use trying,' Alice said. 'One can't believe impossible things.'
'I daresay you haven't had much practice,' said the Queen. 'When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.'"
We really did make all those cheeses. Most of them we ate for lunch, a spread that included sliced tomatoes with mozzarella, fromagina on wheat bread, stir-fried vegetables with queso blanco and mascarpone-filled dates.
In the afternoon, as we put our farmhouse cheddar into a simple mechanical press to squeeze moisture out of the curd, Ricki talked about the process of aging and waxing our cheeses as if these really lay ahead of us—as if we were going home to make cheeses. I'd be willing to bet we all did.
Why? It's a kick. Some of us are refining exquisite products while others like myself are just shooting for edible, but we all catch our breath together in the moment of alchemy when the milk divides into clear whey and white curd, or the mozzarella stretches in our hands to a glossy golden skein. We're connecting with food artisans across geography and time. We're recalling our own best memories infused with scents, parental love and ordinary routines of childhood. We're hoping our kids' memories won't all smell like carpool exhaust.
Soon after the workshop, my husband's mother came for a long visit. We spent our best times in the kitchen, my daughters and me listening to stories about her mother, who came over from Italy as a teenager and made ricotta, routinely, to the end of her life. We felt that great-grandmother smiling on us, the Saturday we made mozzarella together: three more generations joined in the place where science touches art and carries on.
Ricki Carroll's New England Cheesemaking Supply Company in Ashfield, MA, offers one-day beginner classes and two-day advanced ones. For more information, call 413-628-3808
Hi Ricki, Our goats kidded a couple of months ago, and now our whole family is drinking delicious raw milk. Then yesterday I finished making my first batch of chevre from their milk. I made half of it Lemon Thyme, and half of it Roasted Garlic and Olive Oil. It is wonderful, and so much better than store-bought cheese. And I have you to thank for it! I have been a cheesemaking fool ever since I took your Cheesemaking 101 class with my sister-in-law in the spring of 2004. Now we live on 3.5 acres in a small farming community with four beautiful registered Nubians. You gave me focus and direction for something I feel passionately about. Thanks for what you do. You have changed my life, as well as many others, I am sure. Thanks! Layne H.
Hi Ricki - Great Class! Wonderful Vibes! Good Job! We had a fantastic time at the cheesemaking workshop on Saturday. You were absolutely terrific - full of stories and cheese wisdom and a gracious and entertaining host and teacher. We really learned a lot about the practical aspects of home cheesemaking, plus making it a really good family trip...and meeting up with some very nice people. We are still talking about the cheeses we made, the people we met and that tasty and wholesome lunch you served...we wanted it to never end..so...We are going to make creme fraiche, mozzarella and chevre this week with much more to follow...and I will definitely do several cheeses for our Farmers Market next spring...if this works out I might even open a small business outlet in town for retail and wholesale throughout the year...one step at a time though. It was a pleasure meeting you and I hope to see you again...thanks again for a great learning experience and a fun time. Peace, Frank from New Jersey.
Hello Ricki, I doubt if you remember whey back to (I think) 1994 when you held a cheese making class at the ADGA convention in Madison WI. I was one of many who took the all day class. Every time I make a cheese I still think of the demonstrations you gave and the whey you made it look so easy. That gave me the courage to continue, even when I had the inevitable failures. Thanks so much for doing those classes and continuing on with your wonderful mission to help all us amateur cheese makers. Although I have cut whey (oh! I do love that new word you taught me) back on my goat herd, I still have to have one or two milkers so that I can make the cheeses that all my family and friends love to eat. PS. The catalogs arrived yesterday along with the wonderful surprise of your signed book. I\'ve considered several options for the book, but just may be very selfish and just keep it for myself! Leafing through it gave me ideas for making new kinds of cheese and better ways of doing some of my old favorites. Thanks and keep up the wonderful work at New England Cheese Making Supply Company! Elaine
Dear Ricki, I want to thank you for your workshop last Saturday, what fun it was! I have made Mozzarella twice more now with good luck. I have a new appreciation for the entire process. Again my thanks, Carla
I thoroughly enjoyed the cheesemaking 101 class last May, and while I am still sticking to fresh cheeses & kefir at this time, I may just get up the courage to try my hand at feta one of these days. Elizabeth Murphy, NJ

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An interesting mix of names is highlighted in the Nameberry 9 this week by Appellation Mountain 's Abby Sandel, drawn from the Grammys, new starbabies, and the pages of Charles Dickens.
A fellow berry recently mentioned that Coraline wasn't accidentally invented by Neil Gaiman for his story. In fact, as thetxbelle pointed out, Coraline peaked in France in 1996 – about half a dozen years before Gaiman reversed two letters in Caroline to name his literary heroine.
It happens more often that you might think. Parents believe they've created Aidric by combining parts of different names, only to stumble on a ninth-century saint by the same name.
The two celebrity births to make baby name news this week fit that pattern. They seem stunningly original and terribly familiar all at once.
If mix and match baby names isn't your style, there are a few other appellations grabbing headlines this week, thanks to the impending Oscars, Grammys, and a few literary classics, too.
This week's nine newsiest baby names go from the modern to the medieval and everywhere in between:
Exton Elias – Since Robert Downey, Jr.'s firstborn was named Indio, we were expecting something wildly inventive from the actor and his wife Susan. Instead, the couple settled on Exton, a place name that has never been on the baby naming map, but feels an awful like Jaxon, Axton, Maddox, and a bunch of other just-add-x baby names in favor in recent years. If his first name fell short, his middle name is rich with meaning. Robert Downey, Sr. was born Robert Elias, the son of Russian immigrants.


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I took a very long break, roughly eight months, with a few rounds in between. I stretch before I go out and throw, and I've been in fairly good shape sense I stopped playing disc golf. However, I'm wanting to get back into disc golf for the new 2011 season and I'm in a bit of a rut.
Last week was my first time throwing in awhile, I stretched well, and started with a few mids, and then drivers. Slowly building up my run up back to normal. I knew I'd be rusty, so I thought throwing 5-6 at 50% power would help my muscles break in. (I'm assuming I'm gonna have to throw a lot more at that power to recover)
Anyways, After my first couple drives, I instantly felt pain in my wrist, elbow, and shoulder. This is RHBH drives. So I tried two light forehand drives and the pain was even worse. That didn't surprise me because before I quit, I threw a lot of overhands, and forehands, to the point of needing to stop before I injured myself more.
It seems silly, but I do I need to start working those muscles more, and after a month or so, start throwing again? Should I drive with very little power for awhile? I want to get into the sport again but the instant pain I'm feeling has made me walk off the course after hole 2...
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Mets drop suspended game to Braves in 10 innings
Lyon allows two runs as clubs finish contest that was halted Friday
NEW YORK -- The delay was long and intricate, the resolution sudden and abrupt.
The Mets played to their first suspended result in more than 25 years Friday night, an impasse caused by inclement weather in a tie game. Eighteen hours passed before the game resumed, but Atlanta worked quickly Saturday and notched two crucial runs in the 10th inning to take a 7-5 win over New York.
"It's weird," said manager Terry Collins. "I think you even saw it on their side. It's a little different situation. They're out there and they're doing stuff during the game. They're stretching and doing different things. When you start right in the ninth inning, there's a different feeling to it."
Freddie Freeman started the decisive 10th inning by drawing a leadoff walk, and he moved all the way to third base on a double down the right-field line by catcher Brian McCann. Dan Uggla followed with an RBI single to plate Freeman, and Jordan Schafer, who pinch-ran for McCann, hustled home on a squeeze bunt by B.J. Upton.
The Braves, who had scored once in the seventh inning and twice more in the eighth on Friday, threatened in their first at-bat on Saturday. The first batter -- Ramiro Pena -- sprinted to second on a standup double through the middle, but Atlanta later hit into a threat-ending double play.
The Mets, meanwhile, went quietly in the ninth inning on a groundout, a fly ball and a strikeout. New York got two runners on in the 10th on a hit batsman and a clean single by Ike Davis, but Ruben Tejada popped up on a bunt attempt and Justin Turner hit into a game-ending double play.
"When you're playing bad baseball, you've got to play perfect baseball to win," said Collins. "We didn't execute some things, certainly. It came back to hurt us."
New York's last suspended game came all the way back in 1986, and that one was interrupted due to darkness at Chicago's Wrigley Field. Atlanta and New York both scored two runs in the eighth inning Friday night, and then they sat for 75 minutes before the game was deemed unplayable.
The Mets have now lost five of their last six and 11 of their last 14 games, and they'll have Dillon Gee matched against southpaw Mike Minor in Saturday's regularly scheduled game.
Spencer Fordin is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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One of Britain's top sports stars will be crowned the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year as the nation celebrates a year of sporting achievement hailed as the greatest ever.
Olympic and Paralympic heroes dominate the list, with golfer Rory McIlroy the only one of the 12 nominees not to have won medals at London 2012 this summer.
Cyclist Bradley Wiggins is the bookmakers' odds-on favourite after his historic triumph in the Tour de France and gold in the Olympics time trial, followed by heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis.
Mo Farah, double gold medallist in the 5,000 metres and 10,000m, is ranked third favourite with the bookies, just ahead of Andy Murray, who became the first British man to win a grand slam singles title for 76 years when he triumphed in the US Open and won an Olympic gold.
David Weir, the wheelchair athlete who won four golds in London, and four-time Paralympic swimming champion Ellie Simmonds are the leading Paralympians with the bookies.
The list of nominees has been extended from 10 to 12 this year to reflect the incredible year for British sport.
The strength of competition has meant the only two British women to win double gold medals at the Olympics - cyclist Laura Trott and dressage rider Charlotte Dujardin - did not make the shortlist.
Fellow Olympians Greg Rutherford, Victoria Pendleton, and Alistair Brownlee, along with Europe's Ryder Cup hero Ian Poulter, also missed out.
The nominees were chosen by an an expert panel including national newspaper sports editors and three former award nominees, Sir Steve Redgrave, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson and Denise Lewis.
The panel also selected the winners of the coach of the year, team of the year and overseas personality.


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I had found out that two first class suite rooms had personal wash room bath tubs. The remainder first class passengers, how many wash rooms bath tubs they shared bewteen them?
Third class only had two bath tubs between all third class pasengers. Is is true?
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There has been considerable speculation, writing and discussion these past several weeks about how the impacts of Hurricane Sandy may have been amplified by climate change.
Similar discussions and arguments were made about the drought this past summer that affected about 64 percent of the United States, as well as the large number of wild fires in the western states.
After our 100-degree weather in early October I wrote a column on the difference between weather and climate. Weather is short-term or day-to-day. Climate is long-term. But in time, there is no question that weather will be influenced by a changing climate. The weather extremes of all sorts we have been experiencing, whether highest average temperatures, driest summers, or smallest Arctic ice coverage, are all observations or trends we ought should pay attention to.
The question about Hurricane Sandy and its relationship to global climate change echoes the speculation in the sports pages about whether records such as those of Lance Armstrong and Barry Bonds were aided by performance enhancing drugs.
Both men were clearly exceptional athletes and may have had great careers anyway, but the steroids probably didn't hurt. We may now be experiencing weather on steroids.
There are several different ways climate change might have influenced the strength of Hurricane Sandy:
Two major factors affecting water levels are at work along the New York and New Jersey shorelines. First, land rebounding farther north after the removal of the massive weight of Ice Age glaciers has caused the island of Manhattan itself and parts of New Jersey to slowly sink. Think of the island as a seesaw or teeter-totter.
Second, at the same time, the oceans have been slowly rising. While the average global rise in sea level during the past century was 7-8 inches, the shoreline of Long Island, Manhattan and New Jersey experienced a rise of 10 inches to 16 inches. All this simply means that any storm surge will now reach further inland or reach higher elevations.
While 4 inches to 8 inches may not sound like a lot, where the land is very flat, this may allow seawater to flow for blocks. To the Metropolitan Transit Authority or Consolidated Edison, the main electric utility in Manhattan, each additional inch of sea level rise matters a great deal.
Climate change amps up other basic factors that contribute to hurricane strength as well. Higher ocean temperatures lead to increased evaporation and water vapor, which are both fuel for hurricanes. As the Earth's atmosphere has warmed, it retains more moisture, which is drawn into storms and is then dumped on us as rain.
Water temperatures off the East Coast were unusually warm this summer -- September had the second highest global ocean and atmospheric temperatures on record -- so much so that New England fisheries officials observed significant shifts northward in cold-water fish such as cod.
Sea surface temperatures off the Carolinas and Mid-Atlantic remained warm into the fall, offering a perfect energy source for Hurricane Sandy as it moved northward from the Caribbean.
Some scientists, and I realize that there are a lot of scientists out there, believe that about 1 degree Fahrenheit out of the 5 degrees Fahrenheit East Coast water temperature anomaly may have been due to manmade global warming.
Warmer seas provide more water vapor for storms to tap into. This water vapor can later be wrung out as heavy rainfall, resulting in enhanced flooding.
The most damaging aspect of the storm was the massive storm surge that struck the coastline from Maryland to Massachusetts.
The added 10 inches to 16 inches of sea level rise of the last 100 years gave the surge a higher launching point than it would have had a century ago and making it more damaging than it otherwise would have been. The impacts of storm surges are only going to get worse as sea level rise continues as a result of warming ocean waters and melting polar ice sheets and glaciers.
The storm surge at Battery Park in Lower Manhattan was the highest recorded at that location. It surpassed even the most pessimistic forecasts, with the maximum water level reaching 13.88 feet above the average of the daily lowest low tide of the month, known as Mean Lower Low Water. The result was a tide that took water from New York harbor, the Hudson River, and the East River and put it right into New York City.
Sandy was also somewhat unprecedented in its pathway. Hurricanes coming up the Atlantic seaboard almost always drift to the northeast and dissipate their energy at sea. Sandy made nearly a 90-degree turn toward the coastline. Why?
Hurricane Sandy crashed into cold air moving south from Canada. This collision increased the storm's energy level and extended its geographical reach. An atmospheric pattern above the Arctic Ocean, known as a blocking high, pushed that cold air into the path of the hurricane. Two climate scientists from Cornell University provided evidence earlier this year that Arctic ice melt linked to global climate change was contributing to the very atmospheric pattern that sent the frigid air down across Canada and into the eastern U.S. All of this put the National Weather Service forecasters in the odd position of having to issue snow advisories for a tropical-hurricane system.
Gary Griggs is director of the Institute of Marine Sciences and Long Marine Laboratory at UC Santa Cruz. He can be reached at email@example.com. Visit the Marine Discovery Center at Long Marine Lab website at http://seymourcenter.ucsc.edu/. For past Ocean Backyard columns visit http://www2.ucsc.edu/seymourcenter/


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Holiday Pet Care Tips
By now we have all heard about the recent news story that an Iowa pet cat recently was diagnosed with the Swine Flu. It was the first reported case in a feline. Since many pet owners consider and treat their pets like children, this should reinforce in our minds that it's important not to neglect the health of our pets this flu and holiday season.
With the hustle and bustle all of us are caught up in during the holidays, sometimes our pets don't receive as much attention as they are accustomed to. During this time period, ensure you make an effort to give your pet some extra attention. Make efforts to ensure their feeding habits are not interrupted and that they are not locked up in the house for more than 8 hours without a bathroom break. Simply stop at home to let out the dog and give he/she some attention before you dash out to those holiday sales.
Also if your pet is exhibiting any abnormal behavior, take him/her to the vet as soon as possible. If your pet is ill, it's best to catch it early to help them get better quickly. Remember, your pet cannot tell you that he/she is not feeling well.
If someone in your household is ill, even with a cold, make sure they stay away from your pet as much as possible. We know that diseases can be transmitted from the human to the animal, so try and limit your contact with your pet if you are sick and take precautions to prevent the spread of germs as you would between any member of your household.
By following these simple tips, you and your pet will enjoy a happier, healthier holiday and flu season.
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Very good MascaraI received as a prize and have been hooked on this product ever since. Nice and last a long time. — 9 years, 1 month agoPamela937 | 542 reviews
Love itI am a big fan of this mascara. It goes on without clumping (a huge plus for me) and with each swipe my lashes get longer and thicker but never clump. My tube isn't waterproof, but with the staying power it has I would swear that it was. I live in southern Georgia where waterproof/sweatproof anything is an absolute must. I like this mascara in particular because you don't have to use a primer with it to really build up your lashes - this does it on its own. — 8 years, 1 month agoradar626 | 326 reviews
Really Helps To Make Your Lashes Come Alive!This is a good mascara to use if you want longer, more defined eyelashes that won't leave them brittle. I like it and I highly recommend that others try it! — 9 years, 6 months agoReservechic | 269 reviews
Lancôme rules!I use this mascara, as well as the Hypnose Drama and the Oscillation Intensity (depending on where I'm going. I use L'Extreme by day and Drama by night.) I put Lancome's Oscillation Primer on first (primer is awesome extra help for mascara and for making your lashes thicker. Don't have one? Run out and get it!). Then I use the Oscillation Intensity (a vibrating mascara), to separate the lashes...read more before using Drama or L'Extreme. Make sure you wait at least 30 seconds after adding the primer before adding the mascara. If you wait a minute between applications of the mascara, it makes your eyelashes look fuller. — 5 years, 4 months agoCheryl5752 | 26 reviews
I like itI do like this product however the price is kind of steep. — 9 years, 4 months agoAmyB58 | 203 reviews
Another Fantastic Lancome MascaraI received this in a gwp and gave it a try. Very impressed would buy again. My lashes looked fabulous, appeared longer and fuller. I noticed no clumping — 2 years, 3 months agobrenda_gholson_sierra | 22 reviews
Great, but replaceableI can honestly say that I don't really see any difference between this mascara and cheaper ones found in drugstores. It definitely does what it says it can, so for that I can't take off stars. But I feel as though the brush is fairly basic in a world of much better applicators and that less expensive mascaras deliver a little bit more, for that I took off some stars. — 5 years, 10 months agosarfraned | 48 reviews
Great product!This is my favorite mascara. I love how it lengthens and separates. It also lasts a really long time. I only have to replace it once every three months. — 6 years, 6 months ago2529 | 17 reviews
Great for separationUnlike some other reviewers, I didn't find the formula goopy at all. The brush does a great job at separating and lengthening lashes. It's a great mascara for fluttery, long lashes, but it's much to expensive for someone who wears several coats a day like me...the tube dried out after about 5 weeks. — 7 years, 8 months agoTTLBeautyAddict | 24 reviews
I'll never use anything elseI am extremely allergic to most mascaras but I can use this without any problems. — 7 years, 8 months agosmarthayo | 1 reviews
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What is this medicine?ZOLEDRONIC ACID (ZOE le dron ik AS id) lowers the amount of calcium loss from bone. It is used to treat too much calcium in your blood from cancer. It is also used to prevent complications of cancer that has spread to the bone.
What should I tell my health care provider before I take this medicine?They need to know if you have any of these conditions:
How should I use this medicine?This medicine is for infusion into a vein. It is given by a health care professional in a hospital or clinic setting.
Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. Special care may be needed.
What if I miss a dose?It is important not to miss your dose. Call your doctor or health care professional if you are unable to keep an appointment.
What may interact with this medicine?
What should I watch for while using this medicine?Visit your doctor or health care professional for regular checkups. It may be some time before you see the benefit from this medicine. Do not stop taking your medicine unless your doctor tells you to. Your doctor may order blood tests or other tests to see how you are doing.
Women should inform their doctor if they wish to become pregnant or think they might be pregnant. There is a potential for serious side effects to an unborn child. Talk to your health care professional or pharmacist for more information.
You should make sure that you get enough calcium and vitamin D while you are taking this medicine. Discuss the foods you eat and the vitamins you take with your health care professional.
Some people who take this medicine have severe bone, joint, and/or muscle pain. This medicine may also increase your risk for a broken thigh bone. Tell your doctor right away if you have pain in your upper leg or groin. Tell your doctor if you have any pain that does not go away or that gets worse.
What side effects may I notice from receiving this medicine?Side effects that you should report to your doctor or health care professional as soon as possible:
Side effects that usually do not require medical attention (report to your doctor or health care professional if they continue or are bothersome):
Where should I keep my medicine?This drug is given in a hospital or clinic and will not be stored at home.
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Organizations building defensible, in-house e-discovery processes quickly learn that their success requires people, well-documented processes and technology. Whatever is driving the request for collecting and producing electronically stored information (ESI), the goal is to provide responsive information in a consistent, timely and cost-effective manner. This effort takes a discovery response team (DRT) that is staffed with the right kind of people.
Every organization is different and there is no standard when it comes to creating a DRT—it should be shaped by the needs and resources of the company. Large, multi-national companies will require a larger and more geographically diverse team than smaller, national or regional organizations. However, certain universal roles are important for a successful DRT, and it is important that each team member's role is well-defined, documented and recognized by the organization.
The primary players on a DRT should come from legal, IT and/or IT security and records management. Optimally, the team also should include representatives from HR, audit and outside vendors providing related technology, consulting or services, as well as a senior executive sponsor with the pull to ensure that the team has organizational buy-in and is well-resourced.
The team should be supervised and managed by a lawyer, the more senior the better, particularly for larger organizations. The more e-discovery work an organization has to accomplish, the more time this lawyer must dedicate to oversight. As Ronke Ekwensi, Pfizer's VP for e-discovery and records management puts it, "if e-discovery is not a substantial part of their day job, you have a problem."
While the lead e-discovery lawyer need not have a detailed understanding of technology, he must have a basic understanding of the organization's IT environment and processes and records management strategy. The lawyer certainly needs a thorough understanding of current e-discovery legal requirements and case law, the expectations of courts and applicable regulators,and must keep abreast of trends and best practices.
This lawyer's role is to obtain organizational buy-in; develop policies, procedures and processes for the team; and ensure their effective implementation. He should lead the discovery plan for each new matter (including both ESI and paper documents), coordinating and monitoring the in-house counsel responsible, outside counsel and the DRT. The lawyer also should manage training and education, and act as a resource for in-house and outside counsel to ensure consistent approaches and legal positioning across all matters. He must be prepared to designate an appropriate witness to testify (or sign an affidavit or attestation) as to the defensibility of the discovery approach in each matter, see to it that they are appropriately prepared for that role, and participate in conferences with the court, regulators or opposing counsel. If the organization chooses to utilize the e-discovery lawyer as the designated witness, the company should be careful not to include him in the development of legal strategy for the matter, as he may be called upon to testify at depositions or in court, thus creating a risk of being questioned on matters that may result in a waiver of attorney-client privilege or work product protection.
Some organizations engage outside counsel to serve as national or global e-discovery counsel, who are brought in to counsel on e-discovery defensibility on each matter requiring e-discovery, regardless of whether their law firm is merit counsel. There is a select group of outside counsel who have a high degree of expertise and focus almost exclusively on e-discovery. One of them, Denise Backhouse of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, says "As dedicated discovery counsel, we get to know our client's business and data in intimate detail and can partner with the in-house team to create real efficiencies across the EDRM spectrum."
The other legal component is a discovery specialist—typically a senior paralegal or litigation support professional. They are the organization's hands-on responder and coordinator for each discovery request, and their role can be key to the success of the team. They work closely with in-house and outside counsel, including assigned paralegals, to identify employees who may possess relevant ESI and put a legal hold in place. They also respond to legal hold questions from business clients, then coordinating the collection and preservation of ESI pursuant to the discovery plan for that matter in accordance with established processes and procedures, documenting compliance with those processes. The discovery specialist often manages relationships with external e-discovery vendors, tracks overall vendor costs and works directly with them on database management, hosting, document review and production to ensure consistency and best practices. They assist the e-discovery lawyer with refinement of policies and procedures and with education and training as needed. Some organizations assign the discovery specialist the role of witness testifying to the defensibility of the e-discovery effort in a particular matter, as they generally are not involved in case strategy.
IT/IT Security
IT and IT security are responsible for operation and maintenance of the infrastructure, enterprise content management that contains the responsive ESI and, therefore, are essential to any effective e-discovery process. The primary IT/IT security representative on the DRT—sometimes referred to as the discovery technology coordinator—is the liaison to the IT specialists that utilize the organizations' technology for collection of relevant ESI and, therefore, must be equipped to perform the key role of translator between lawyers' "legalese" and the technical personnel's' "geek speak." They often serve a project management role for the technical aspects of the e-discovery process in each matter, and manage the personnel who perform the preservation and collections. They must have a general knowledge of IT systems including e-mail systems, messaging, active directory, databases, HR and backup systems, as well as an understanding of legal requirements for ESI preservation and production, including quality control of those processes.
Some organizations include another IT/IT security DRT member with the role of IT compliance coordinator/data collection, tasked with managing data collection, such as collecting data required for legal holds. This person must understand the legal requirements for data collection chain of custody. They often also manage the deletion of preserved data at the expiration of a hold, and provide status reports to the DRT on systems and issues as needed. This person frequently reports directly to the discovery technology coordinator, with a dotted-line connection to the e-discovery lawyer, but working closely with the discovery specialist and paralegal on the case on a day-to-day basis.
Records or Information Management Group
Many organizations have records teams who have specialized knowledge of the location and types of important business records across the enterprise. It is wise to include a senior records manager on the DRT to leverage their knowledge, as they often have the best information on where specific data resides. Records managers also are often called upon to serve as witnesses for organization, so it is smart to include them on the DRT to educate them on the overall discovery approach and procedures.
Human Resources
Frequently HR records are a target of discovery, so it can be beneficial to have a senior HR manager on the DRT as a point of contact in such cases. HR also frequently conducts internal investigations and analyzes the results, and they can help assure you can locate such information.
Internal Audit/Compliance
These groups also conduct investigations of various types. Knowledge of this material can be crucial in certain matters. Also, their inclusion on the DRT and buy-in can help assure that the DRT has defensible and auditable processes.
I hope this overview has been helpful for considering how to build your DRT. For an excellent, more in-depth, resource, consider referring to "E-discovery: Creating and Managing an Enterprisewide Program" by Karen Schuler.


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THERE were smiles all round at Ridgeway School yesterday as students ripped open their envelopes to read their A-Level results.
Once again this year, students improved on last year's achievements, with many being accepted to the course and universities of their choice.
Many students also did better than they expected to, like Alyce Hunt, from Chiseldon, who did not make plans for when she completed her A-Levels because she did not expect to make the necessary grades after failing her mocks.
But after achieving ABC in her courses, media studies, English literature and English language, and psychology, she is now reconsidering her options.
The 18-year-old said: "I was expecting a BDE and so I didn't bother applying for university because I didn't think anybody would want me.
"I saw all the stress all my friends were going through while they were applying and I just thought there wasn't a lot of point going through that if I didn't really stand a chance.
"I'm just overwhelmed with the results. I'm going to spend the year doing some volunteering I think and think about going next year."
Sebastian Pease, from Wroughton, was another student celebrating success after securing his place to study maths at Oxford with three A*s.
During the past year, the 18-year-old spent many sleepless nights worrying and preparing for his exams.
He said: "I have been really worried, especially after some of the exams. I'm really pleased with how I've done and obviously I'll be going to Oxford, which I'm really looking forward to."
Others, like Charlotte Leigh, from Broad Hinton, who will go on to read medicine at UCL, came top of the class when she secured three A*s and an A grade.
"I am very happy," the 18-year-old said. "It feels a bit surreal at the moment to be honest. I wasn't expecting to do this well, I needed three As for UCL but I wasn't expecting to get A*s.
"I really find that people are the most interesting thing to study. Everyone is so different and so complex and I find that fascinating, and really want to learn about the differences and how I can help them."
Steve Colledge, head teacher at The Ridgeway, was exceptionally proud of what the youngsters had achieved this year.
He said: "We have been delighted that despite concerns over grade adjustments our students have continued to do well. We have seen many happy students today who have achieved the place at university they desired or what they required for their next step.
"We congratulate all our students who have contributed so much to the life of the school and worked so hard to achieve.
"As always we would recognise the success across a broad range of ability from those who have gained many A* or A grades and going on to study at Oxford or another Russell Group university and those who have flourished to achieve beyond what they first thought they could."


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On water in Old Town
Located in Key West's popular Old Town district, this compact waterfront hotel faces sunsets on the Gulf of Mexico, a block off Duval Street and two blocks from Mallory Square.
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Amenities include a pool and restaurant. Guests can also parasail, snorkel, and Jet Ski from two piers; sunset cruises are available on a 60-foot sailboat.
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Hotel Amenities
A covered veranda overlooking the central garden offers shaded seating. The garden courtyard has a swimming pool and poolside bar.
A fitness center includes a massage room, free weights, treadmills, exercise cycles, and stair climbers. WiFi (surcharge) is available in public areas of the resort. Business amenities include 3 meeting rooms and audio visual equipment.Other great resort features include a champagne welcome toast, fitness classes, and fishing demos. Parking is available at a surcharge.
- Outdoor pool
- Poolside bar
- Spa services on site
- Concierge services
- Bar/lounge
- Restaurant
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Conference space
- Multilingual staff
- 24-hour front desk
- Porter/bellhop
- Express check-out
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Newspapers in lobby (surcharge)
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Full-service spa
- Free WiFi
- Total number of rooms - 120
- Number of floors - 4
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Meeting rooms 3
- Luggage storage
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Number of meeting rooms - 2
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Number of buildings/towers - 3
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Self parking (surcharge), Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Pay movies
- Premium bedding
- Room service (limited hours)
- Air conditioning
- Ceiling fan
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Free weekday newspaper
- Phone
- Premium TV channels
- Free bottled water
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Bathrobes
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower/tub combination
- Iron/ironing board
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Furnished balcony
- Free local calls
- Satellite TV service
- Rainfall showerhead
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- iPod docking station
Where to Eat
Shor American Seafood Grill - Views of the Gulf of Mexico and Key West sunsets. Serves fresh seafood, including conch fritters and American blue crab cakes. Open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Blue Mojito Bar & Grill - Situated beside a pool and overlooking the Gulf of Mexico, this tropical, open-air restaurant and bar offers cocktails and casual meals. Open for lunch and dinner.
Nearby Things to Do
The hotel has two piers on the Gulf of Mexico. One offers parasail flights and Jet Ski and speedboat rentals. From the other, guests embark on scuba diving, snorkeling, kayaking, and fishing excursions. After swimming at the nearby sandy beach, swimmers sunbathe on a raft moored near one of the piers. The resort's 60-foot sailboat provides sunset cruises. The hotel also offers bicycle and scooters rentals.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Snorkeling nearby
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
- Kayaking nearby
- Water skiing nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
- Parasailing nearby
- Skydiving nearby
- Golfing nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
- Fishing on site
- Sailing on site
- Scuba diving on site
- Personal motorized watercraft on site
Spa Services
- Hot stone massage
- Deep tissue massage
- Swedish massage
- Prenatal massage
- Reflexology
- Number of treatment rooms 2
- Couples treatment rooms
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body wraps
- Body scrubs
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Massages
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at midnight
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time starts at 4 PM
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 15.0 per night.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 150.00 per accommodation, per week
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The WOMEN Study: What is the Optimal Method for Ischemia Evaluation in WomeN?
This study has been completed.
Hartford Hospital
GE Healthcare
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Hartford Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: January 25, 2006
Last updated: July 31, 2012
Last verified: July 2012
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The purpose of this study is to compare two types of exercise stress testing to find the best method for detecting heart disease in women.
|Coronary Artery Disease Heart Disease Coronary Arteriosclerosis Cardiovascular Disease Myocardial Ischemia
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|The WOMEN Study: What is the Optimal Method for Ischemia Evaluation in WomeN?"A Multi-Center, Prospective, Randomized Study to Establish the Optimal Method for Detection of CAD Risk in Women at an Intermediate-High Pre-Test Likelihood CAD"
Further study details as provided by Hartford Hospital:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- To compare 2-year event rates for women capable of performing exercise treadmill testing with normal myocardial perfusion SPECT using Tc-99m tetrofosmin as compared with a negative stress ECG. [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- To evaluate the differential prognostic accuracy of normal exercise myocardial perfusion Tc-99m tetrofosmin SPECT against a normal exercise ECG. [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- To compare the diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of exercise ECG versus exercise ECG-gated Tc-99m tetrofosmin SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging in women who undergo an elective cardiac catheterization. [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- Utility of the DASI questionnaire in determining which women are able to achieve predicted maximal heart rate response with treadmill testing [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- Non-fatal myocardial infarction [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- Unstable angina leading to revascularization [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- Unstable angina with objective evidence of ischemia requiring hospitalization [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- Cardiac death [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- Hospitalization for heart failure [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- Revascularization [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- To provide objective information for developing guidelines for the evaluation of women at intermediate-high likelihood for CAD. [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- A cost-effectiveness analysis will be performed comparing the various evaluation strategies. [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
|Study Start Date:
|June 2004
|Study Completion Date:
|December 2010
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Standard Exercise treadmill test
Exercise treadmill testing with nuclear imaging
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|60 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Probability Sample
Study Population
Females age 60 and above with suspected heart disease
Inclusion Criteria:
- Women 60 years of age and older presenting for the evaluation of chest pain, or other anginal equivalent symptoms while at an intermediate-high pretest risk for IHD
Exclusion Criteria:
- Women with known CAD
- Women scoring <5 METs on the DASI
- Nursing or pregnant females
- Nuclear medicine study within the preceding 10 days
- Electrocardiographic abnormalities precluding interpretation of peak stress changes including: Left bundle branch block, electronic ventricular pacemaker, left ventricular hypertrophy, WPW, and resting ST-T wave changes. Additionally, patients currently on digoxin therapy
- Significant valvular heart disease (i.e. severe aortic stenosis or regurgitation, or severe mitral insufficiency)
- Hemodynamic instability (blood pressure >210/110 ml/Hg or <90/60 mm/Hg)
- Left ventricular systolic dysfunction with a left ventricular ejection fraction less than 30 %
- Unavailability for long-term follow-up
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Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00282711
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00282711
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Sponsors and Collaborators
Hartford Hospital
GE Healthcare
|Principal Investigator:
|Gary V. Heller, M.D., Ph.D.
|Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT
|Principal Investigator:
|Robert C. Hendel, M.D.
|Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
|Principal Investigator:
|Jennifer H. Mieres, M.D.
|North SHore University Hospital, Long Island, NY
|Principal Investigator:
|Leslie J. Shaw, Ph.D.
|Atlanta Cardiovascular Research Institute, Atlanta, GA
More Information
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Keywords provided by Hartford Hospital:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
Mieres JH, Shaw LJ, Hendel RC, Miller DD, Bonow RO, Berman DS, Heller GV, Mieres JH, Bairey-Merz CN, Berman DS, Bonow RO, Cacciabaudo JM, Heller GV, Hendel RC, Kiess MC, Miller DD, Polk DM, Shaw LJ, Smanio PE, Walsh MN; Writing Group on Perfusion Imaging in Women. American Society of Nuclear Cardiology consensus statement: Task Force on Women and Coronary Artery Disease--the role of myocardial perfusion imaging in the clinical evaluation of coronary artery disease in women [correction]. J Nucl Cardiol. 2003 Jan-Feb;10(1):95-101. Review. Erratum in: J Nucl Cardiol. 2003 Mar-Apr;10(2):218.
Shaw LJ, Miller DD, Romeis JC, Kargl D, Younis LT, Chaitman BR. Gender differences in the noninvasive evaluation and management of patients with suspected coronary artery disease. Ann Intern Med. 1994 Apr 1;120(7):559-66.
Mosca L, Grundy SM, Judelson D, King K, Limacher M, Oparil S, Pasternak R, Pearson TA, Redberg RF, Smith SC Jr, Winston M, Zinberg S. Guide to Preventive Cardiology for Women.AHA/ACC Scientific Statement Consensus panel statement. Circulation. 1999 May 11;99(18):2480-4. Review.
Holdright DR, Fox KM. Characterization and identification of women with angina pectoris. Eur Heart J. 1996 Apr;17(4):510-7. Review. Erratum in: Eur Heart J 1996 Sep;17(9):1452.
Gibbons RJ, Balady GJ, Beasley JW, Bricker JT, Duvernoy WF, Froelicher VF, Mark DB, Marwick TH, McCallister BD, Thompson PD, Winters WL Jr, Yanowitz FG, Ritchie JL, Cheitlin MD, Eagle KA, Gardner TJ, Garson A Jr, Lewis RP, O'Rourke RA, Ryan TJ. ACC/AHA guidelines for exercise testing: executive summary. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on Exercise Testing). Circulation. 1997 Jul 1;96(1):345-54.
Hlatky MA, Pryor DB, Harrell FE Jr, Califf RM, Mark DB, Rosati RA. Factors affecting sensitivity and specificity of exercise electrocardiography. Multivariable analysis. Am J Med. 1984 Jul;77(1):64-71.
Kwok Y, Kim C, Grady D, Segal M, Redberg R. Meta-analysis of exercise testing to detect coronary artery disease in women. Am J Cardiol. 1999 Mar 1;83(5):660-6.
Iskandrian AE, Heo J, Nallamothu N. Detection of coronary artery disease in women with use of stress single-photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging. J Nucl Cardiol. 1997 Jul-Aug;4(4):329-35. Review.
Santana-Boado C, Candell-Riera J, Castell-Conesa J, Aguadé-Bruix S, García-Burillo A, Canela T, González JM, Cortadellas J, Ortega D, Soler-Soler J. Diagnostic accuracy of technetium-99m-MIBI myocardial SPECT in women and men. J Nucl Med. 1998 May;39(5):751-5.
Hachamovitch R, Berman DS, Kiat H, Bairey CN, Cohen I, Cabico A, Friedman J, Germano G, Van Train KF, Diamond GA. Effective risk stratification using exercise myocardial perfusion SPECT in women: gender-related differences in prognostic nuclear testing. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1996 Jul;28(1):34-44.
Pancholy SB, Fattah AA, Kamal AM, Ghods M, Heo J, Iskandrian AS. Independent and incremental prognostic value of exercise thallium single-photon emission computed tomographic imaging in women. J Nucl Cardiol. 1995 Mar-Apr;2(2 Pt 1):110-6.
Hachamovitch R, Berman DS, Kiat H, Cohen I, Friedman JD, Shaw LJ. Value of stress myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography in patients with normal resting electrocardiograms: an evaluation of incremental prognostic value and cost-effectiveness. Circulation. 2002 Feb 19;105(7):823-9.
Galassi AR, Azzarelli S, Tomaselli A, Giosofatto R, Ragusa A, Musumeci S, Tamburino C, Giuffrida G. Incremental prognostic value of technetium-99m-tetrofosmin exercise myocardial perfusion imaging for predicting outcomes in patients with suspected or known coronary artery disease. Am J Cardiol. 2001 Jul 15;88(2):101-6.
Shaw LJ, Hendel R, Borges-Neto S, Lauer MS, Alazraki N, Burnette J, Krawczynska E, Cerqueira M, Maddahi J; Myoview Multicenter Registry. Prognostic value of normal exercise and adenosine (99m)Tc-tetrofosmin SPECT imaging: results from the multicenter registry of 4,728 patients. J Nucl Med. 2003 Feb;44(2):134-9. Erratum in: J Nucl Med. 2003 Apr;44(4):648.
Marwick TH, Shaw LJ, Lauer MS, Kesler K, Hachamovitch R, Heller GV, Travin MI, Borges-Neto S, Berman DS, Miller DD. The noninvasive prediction of cardiac mortality in men and women with known or suspected coronary artery disease. Economics of Noninvasive Diagnosis (END) Study Group. Am J Med. 1999 Feb;106(2):172-8.
Shaw LJ, Heller GV, Travin MI, Lauer M, Marwick T, Hachamovitch R, Berman DS, Miller DD. Cost analysis of diagnostic testing for coronary artery disease in women with stable chest pain. Economics of Noninvasive Diagnosis (END) Study Group. J Nucl Cardiol. 1999 Nov-Dec;6(6):559-69.
Gibbons RJ, Chatterjee K, Daley J, Douglas JS, Fihn SD, Gardin JM, Grunwald MA, Levy D, Lytle BW, O'Rourke RA, Schafer WP, Williams SV. ACC/AHA/ACP-ASIM guidelines for the management of patients with chronic stable angina: executive summary and recommendations. A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on Management of Patients with Chronic Stable Angina). Circulation. 1999 Jun 1;99(21):2829-48.
Diamond GA, Forrester JS. Analysis of probability as an aid in the clinical diagnosis of coronary-artery disease. N Engl J Med. 1979 Jun 14;300(24):1350-8.
Chaitman BR, Bourassa MG, Davis K, Rogers WJ, Tyras DH, Berger R, Kennedy JW, Fisher L, Judkins MP, Mock MB, Killip T. Angiographic prevalence of high-risk coronary artery disease in patient subsets (CASS). Circulation. 1981 Aug;64(2):360-7.
ACC/AHA 2002 guideline update for exercise testing: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee of Exercise Testing). 2002 American College of Cardiology website. Available at www.acc.org/clinical/guidelines/exercise/dirlndex.htm
Cerqueira MD, Weissman NJ, Dilsizian V, Jacobs AK, Kaul S, Laskey WK, Pennell DJ, Rumberger JA, Ryan T, Verani MS; American Heart Association Writing Group on Myocardial Segmentation and Registration for Cardiac Imaging. Standardized myocardial segmentation and nomenclature for tomographic imaging of the heart. A statement for healthcare professionals from the Cardiac Imaging Committee of the Council on Clinical Cardiology of the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2002 Jan 29;105(4):539-42. Review.
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Shaw LJ, Mieres JH, Hendel RH, Boden WE, Gulati M, Veledar E, Hachamovitch R, Arrighi JA, Merz CN, Gibbons RJ, Wenger NK, Heller GV; WOMEN Trial Investigators. Comparative effectiveness of exercise electrocardiography with or without myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography in women with suspected coronary artery disease: results from the What Is the Optimal Method for Ischemia Evaluation in Women (WOMEN) trial. Circulation. 2011 Sep 13;124(11):1239-49. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.111.029660. Epub 2011 Aug 15.
|Responsible Party:
|Hartford Hospital
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00282711 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
The WOMEN study
|Study First Received:
|January 25, 2006
|Last Updated:
|July 31, 2012
Keywords provided by Hartford Hospital:
Diagnostic Techniques, Radioisotope
Radionuclide Imaging
Diagnostic Techniques, Cardiovascular
Heart Function tests
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Cardiovascular Diseases
Coronary Artery Disease
Myocardial Ischemia
Coronary Disease
Heart Diseases
Arterial Occlusive Diseases
Vascular Diseases
Pathologic Processes
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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