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TREVOR Rawlings is hoping that his Corsham Town side can draw on their killer instinct more often now after they thrashed local rivals Warminster Town 4-0 on Wednesday evening.
Corsham ran out comfortable winners at Southbank but only held a fragile 1-0 lead at half-time and Rawlings revealed that he had some choice words for his players during the interval.
"We scored an early goal but we seemed to want to settle for a 1-0 lead and I wasn't happy at all," said the Corsham manager.
"We ripped in to them a bit in the changing rooms and they did go out and make the game safe but we should have had the result safe in the first half.
"Teams have punished us in the past but we don't seem to want to punish other teams.
"We've had situations like the game against Cribbs Life, where we were 2-0 up and ended up losing 3-2 because we sat back.
"It was a good result but we need to try and have a bit more of that killer instinct in the future."
Danny Baker opened the scoring for the hosts before goals from Ross Lye, Jamie Moss and Ben Moore put the result beyond doubt.
Warminster boss Adam Collington was dismayed by his side's display.
Collington admitted: "That's the worst I've seen us play and I've said it before but we seem to be making basic errors.
"It's all right saying 'do this and do that' to the players but if they don't implement it, then we're not going to do well. "I'm sure that we're just one good win away from getting our confidence back though."
Last Saturday, Warminster lost 1-0 to Keynsham Town.
Kane Kauppinen could return for Rawlings' men when they take on SKS Blyskawica in the Wiltshire Senior Cup tomorrow while Collington's side will be without suspended keeper Carl Crabtree against Trowbridge Town.
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Five things to do when out and about in Lisburn
Watch the skill and dexterity of Ireland's last two linen handloom weavers at the Irish Linen Centre and Lisburn Museum, the city's oldest building. Based in the city's former Market House, it still keeps its original red sandstone 17th-century arches. The Flax to Fabric exhibition brings the history alive by showing how the cloth was made from flax. Being able to see the linen being woven is the real highlight here. The beauty and uniqueness of the fabric becomes so obvious. You're perfectly primed for the gift shop and wonderful examples of damask linen.
On Tuesday mornings, head to Lisburn's outdoor market. Queues form at Deighan's Cabbage Patch stall for everything from Ailsa Craig tomatoes to Maris Piper potatoes. Gerard McNabb from Silverfin Fish Merchants displays the catch, still twitching, from the fishing ports of Ardglass, Kilkeel and Portavogie.
"Visitors love the atmosphere of the market," says Gerard, "and many have never seen such a wide range of fish." Most popular are mussels and oysters from Dundrum Bay, and in summer, herring and fresh mackerel.
Greene's supermarket started life as a butcher's shop, but now the place to go for the perfect picnic bits and bobs. The options are endless: country rhubarb and ginger jam, Northern Ireland honey, creamy Clandeboye cow's yoghurt, the award-winning Ballybrie Irish soft cheese or Boilie Irish goat's cheese (it's a big hit in Asia).
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The perfect spot for your picnic is the Castle Gardens. The public park gifted to Lisburn at the beginninLisburn Castle, a 17th-century fortified manor house built by the Conways – the landlords of Lisburn. The park has since been restored with its garden terraces laid out in the 1650s. Archaeological works uncovered some significant historical artifacts such as a 17th-century gazebo terrace walls and a stone perron stairway. Look out for the original Second World War air raid shelter, which has been given new life as an education centre.
Local culture, drama, dance, music and comedy all feature in the award-winning Island Arts Centre perched along the banks of the river. It's one of the island's top arts venues and anchors the city's vibrant theatre, music and dance scene. There are art parties and performances for kids, exhibitions, festivals, and top music and theatre productions.
Follow the art and sculpture trail Xplorart, which highlights the work of local and international artists along the river. The cycling sculpture marks the entrance to the cycle path, which is part of a National Network. On spring and summer Saturday mornings, artists display their work on the ornate railings of Castle Gardens as part of the Art on the Rails weekly sale. Cycle up to Wallace Park, a space named after Sir Richard Wallace, who left many legacies to the city, including a gift of five fountains. Only two survive today: one in Market Square and the other in Castle Gardens. Scan the riverbank and you may glimpse electric blue kingfishers darting along it.
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The precise causes of autism aren't fully understood, but experts agree that a combination of genetic, developmental, and environmental factors contribute to risk of developing the disorder. Imbalances in certain brain neurotransmitters are a focus of research as well, with the goal being to identify and correct these brain chemistry abnormalities in children with autism allowing for normal relationship development and social functioning.
NAC may help normalize brain chemistry, but it is not known if more normal brain chemistry translates into more desirable behaviors. To study this question, researchers enrolled 33 children (ages three to eleven years) with autism spectrum disorder into a 12-week study. Half the children were randomly selected to take NAC, and half received a placebo.
The children in the NAC group were given 900 mg once daily for four weeks, followed by 900 mg twice daily for four weeks. During the final four weeks, 900 mg of NAC was given three times per day. The children's behavior was tracked using the Aberrant Behavior Checklist, which is a standardized tool for assessing problem behavior in subjects with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
At the end of 12 weeks, the children in the NAC group had significant improvements in their Aberrant Behavior Checklist scores for irritability compared with children in the placebo group. There were no significant differences in side effects between the NAC and placebo groups.
People with autism spectrum disorders are reported to be more irritable than other people, and this study suggests that the dietary supplement N-acetyl cysteine may lessen irritability in children with the disorder. The study was small, so it makes sense to proceed with caution if you would like your child to try NAC. Keep the following in mind before doing so:
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SHINE, a volunteer program with the Florida Department of Elder Affairs is going on tour in the Tri-county area to help retirees make the best informed decision for the 2012 Medicare Part D Drug Plan or Medicare Advantage Plan.
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Low-Income Medicare beneficiaries should ask about Extra Help (LIS) to help pay for 2012 Medicare Prescription Drug Plan costs.
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A quarter-million Floridians age 65-plus will bite into Medicare's "Doughnut Hole" in 2011.
It's not a treat. The "Doughnut Hole" is another name for the coverage gap in Medicare's Part D prescription drug benefit. Medicare, the federal health insurance program for people 65 and older and for some younger persons with disabilities, offers coverage to help people pay for their prescription drugs.
We can't allow Medicare to be replaced by private insurance. Paul Ryan, the House Budget Committee Chairman from Wisconsin, has been pushing a bill to give seniors financial aid to purchase private insurance.
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President Obama on Wednesday laid out a vastly different vision of how to wrestle the nation's debt problems into submission compared with a Republican plan that comes up for a vote later this week.
"Doing nothing on the deficit is just not an option," Obama told a crowd at George Washington University. "Our debt has grown so large that we could do real damage to the economy if we don't begin a process now to get our fiscal house in order."
WASHINGTON — AARP CEO A. Barry Rand released this statement in response to the speech by the President addressing the nation's fiscal challenges:
The Medicare Fraud Squad is here and needs your help. On a national level about 3 percent of all healthcare spending, some $86 billion, is lost to fraude each and every year.
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Conference for Trade Associations, Membership Organizations and Labor Organizations
The Federal Election Commission (FEC) sponsors conferences where Commissioners and staff conduct a variety of technical workshops on the law. Topics include fundraising, reporting and communications. Workshops are designed for those seeking an introduction to the basic provisions of the law as well as for those more experienced in campaign finance law. Please direct questions about conference registration to Sylvester Management Corporation at 1-800/246-7277 or e-mail email@example.com. For questions about the conference program, or to receive e-mail notification when registration begins, call the FEC's Information Division at 1-800/424-9530 (or locally, 202/694-1100) or send an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com.
FEC Conference on Federal Campaign Finance Laws
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June 4-5, 2007
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I don't know if my organization is a trade association or a membership organization. Which track should I sign up for?
Several workshops are divided into one track for trade associations (which have additional rules to learn) and another for membership and labor organizations. Your organization is a trade association under FEC regulations if its membership is engaged in a similar or related line of commerce or business and if the organization promotes and tries to improve the business conditions of its membership. If this describes your organization, you should sign up for the trade association track. The membership/labor track focuses on rules for labor organizations and other types of incorporated membership organizations, such as chambers of commerce and 501(c)(4) corporations. If you are still unsure which track to enroll in, please contact us for assistance.
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I'm with a nonconnected committee - Can I come to this conference?
You may attend, but it is not recommended for you, as the content of this conference is not tailored to your type of organization. Nonconnected committees (i.e., those without a corporate or union sponsor, including those sponsored by partnerships) should attend an upcoming DC seminar (to be announced later this year) or one of the state outreach programs scheduled for this Summer.
Are there workshops for beginners?
Yes. The workshop entitled Basics: The Big Picture provides an overview of campaign finance law that is applicable to everyone. Breakout workshops for each group in fundraising offer basic information geared to the specific type of organization. Beginners also benefit from the chance to network with more experienced campaign finance law professionals.
How about someone who is a seasoned veteran of campaign finance law - Does this conference fit their needs?
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Are CLE credits (or continuing education credits) available?
The FEC has not applied in any state to be an official CLE (or CE) sponsor. Attendees in the past, however, have applied on their own for, and received, continuing education credits for their attendance at FEC conferences. Contact your state MCLE organization (or state board of accountancy, for accountants) for more information. Please contact us if you have further questions or need additional materials for your application.
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A former Republican state representative from northwest Ohio says he will run for governor next year as a libertarian.
Charlie Earl planned to launch his 2014 bid against Gov. John Kasich Thursday in Tiffin.
The 67-year-old Earl says his vision for Ohio "will inspire and energize liberty-loving Buckeyes to make a real change in Columbus."
His candidacy follows a tea party effort this spring to defeat Kasich's pick to lead the Ohio Republican Party. Challenger Tom Zawistowski lost but warned the party it had grown out of touch with its base and might be vulnerable to a third party.
Earl served in the Ohio House from 1981 to 1984, filling the seat vacated by Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Oxley. He ran unsuccessfully for Secretary of State in 2010.
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It took 32 master builders, over five million LEGO bricks, and more than 17,000 hours to put together a full-scale replica of a Star Wars X-Wing starfighter, but the finished model was well worth it. It's currently the world's largest LEGO model and it's sitting in the middle of Times Square in New Full story
TODAY's Sara Haines joins Harvey Levin of TMZ for the newly launched TMZ celebrity tour of New York City to check out Times Square, where they catch a glimpse of where stars like Beyonce and Katie Holmes live, and even score a celebrity sighting.
Top Talkers: New information in the Boston Marathon bombing investigation indicates the Tsarnaev brothers had rough plans of driving to New York and attacking Times Square. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said during a Thursday press conference that New York "was next on their list of targets." The Morning
MSNBC hosts Chris Matthews, Alex Wagner, NBC's David Gregory, and WNBC's Jonathan Dienst report that the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing had discussed an attack on New York City's Times Square.
NBC's Pete Williams and former ATF agent Jim Cavanaugh discuss the new report that the Boston bombers were planning an attack on Times Square.
Toure explains how a flash mob in Times Square remembering the victims of Newtown, Conn. is indicative of the fact that this time, it's different. And this time, gun control has a real chance of succeeding.
Rachel Maddow reports on a Times Square flash mob protest to memorialize the victims of the Sandy Hook gun rampage, continuing the public pressure on elected officials to do something to improve gun safety in America.
Even with temperatures near freezing, about a million revelers converged on Times Square in New York to watch the ball drop. Cleanup crews arrived immediately after to return the bustling center to its normal order, collecting an estimated 50 tons of trash. NBC's Kate Snow has more.
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Oxford Township resident Will Cole single-handedly started his own business at age 23, making handcrafted caramel corn.
He started out selling the popcorn at local farmers markets after graduating from the French Culinary Institute in New York City. Now, three years later, his brand has taken off and is sold at 300 stores across Michigan. And in 2012, Cole made a profit of a quarter-million dollars in caramel corn.
"I always had a passion for cooking, growing up in the kitchen and helping my mom out," said Cole, a 2004 graduate of Oxford High School.
The caramel corn brand, called Will Cole Co., LLC, is sold in all 132 Kroger locations in Michigan, in Hollywood Market and in select Bed, Bath and Beyond stores.
When he worked at the Clarkston Caf� as a cook, Cole would sell chocolate truffles as a hobby. But while standing outside at farmers markets, the truffles would melt.�
"I had extra popcorn one day, and I decided to make some caramel corn. It took me a few recipes to tweak it a little bit, and from the moment I started selling it at the farmers markets, it just took off much quicker than the chocolates," said Cole. "We pretty much double our business every year."
Cole said, within the last year, the company received enough profit that he was able to quit his other job and work full-time making caramel corn. A childhood friend, Bryan Mattack of Oxford Township, is his business partner.
"Everything is done by us. We buy as much Michigan products as possible," said Cole.
"We pop the popcorn, I make caramel by hand, add butter, brown sugar, corn syrup and vanilla. I bring that to a boil, make the caramel, pour it over the popcorn. The one thing that makes us different from other caramel corn companies is that we take ours a step further and put it in the oven and bake it. The caramel corn bakes for an hour and is stirred a few times throughout the baking process. The end caramel corn, instead of being chewy and getting stuck in your teeth, is very rich and light and crispy."
Cole said he uses no preservatives in his ingredients, and the caramel corn is gluten-free with no transfats.�
"Even though it's caramel corn and it's not healthy, we try to make it as healthy as possible," said Cole.
The flavors of caramel corn Cole makes are original, butter pecan, chocolate, Michigan cherry, Spanish peanut and Monkey business, which is a mixture of cherries, peanuts, pecans and chocolate. The cost for one four-ounce bag is $3.50, $7 for an eight-ounce bag and $12 for a 16-ounce bag.
Cole said, with his job, he looks forward to going to work everyday.
"I don't think I could work a desk job," Cole laughed. "The kitchen is the place for me."
Cole said he would encourage people to buy Michigan products whenever possible.
"I think a lot of people have been affected by the economy. I think it has hit here harder than other places. And, when you buy local, you can see your dollar going toward something instead of off to a corporation headquartered in another state or not in the United States," said Cole.
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Business council names leaders
Robert Murphy, managing director and business development officer with Wells Fargo Insurance Services in Scotts Valley, has been elected chairman of the Santa Cruz County Business Council. His yearlong term begins this month. He previously was vice chairman.
Peggy Dolgenos, president of Cruzio Internet in Santa Cruz, has been elected vice-chairwoman. A member of the board for the past year, she also served on government affairs committee.
Mike Machado, certified public accountant with Hutchinson and Bloodgood LLP in Watsonville, was elected to continue as treasurer. Machado was co-chairman in 2009-2010. He recently retired from Hutchinson and Bloodgood after 20 years as a partner and currently serves as a consultant with the firm.
Established in 1996, the Santa Cruz County Business Council is a privately funded not-for-profit consisting of a cross section of businesses representing industries throughout the county. The group's goal is to support economic vitality.
KOMY host moves to days
San Francisco 415 Media Blogger Rich Lieberman will take over a prime time slot 1-4 p.m. weekdays on KOMY AM 1340 starting Monday.
"It only took one or two shows to make it clear to me that Rich should not be bottled up at night on the weekends," said KOMY owner Michael Zwerling, who also owns KSCO 1080.
"Rich has been blogging about media, sports and entertainment for more than a decade and has built an amazing audience, including many famous people who crave mentions," Zwerling said. "This reminds me of how people would die to be mentioned in Herb Caen's column in the San Francisco Chronicle."
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USC rolled into town as a nine point underdog and left with its fifth straight victory in Notre Dame Stadium, a dominant 31-17 victory over the Irish. Matt Barkley led a perfectly balanced offense and the Trojan defense suffocated Notre Dame's running game while holding Michael Floyd to four irrelevant receptions for 28 yards.
Curtis McNeal, at 5'8″ and barely 180 pounds, paced USC's ground attack with 121 tough yards as he ran through Irish tacklers all night. The Trojans gained 219 yards at a five yard clip while Notre Dame gave the ball to its backs only ten times all night and recorded a measly 41 rushing yards.
The Irish returned to their mistake-prone ways in disastrous fashion, as safety Jawanza Starling picked up a third quarter fumble and ran the length of the field for a 24-10 advantage when it appeared Notre Dame would tie the score at 17. Dayne Crist, in briefly when Tommy Rees was briefly injured, could not handle the exchange from center Braxton Cave at the Trojan one yard line. Starling grabbed the bouncing ball and ran untouched the other way for the score.
Notre Dame had spent most of the night attempting to fight back after quickly falling behind by 14-0 as USC ran at will and carved up the Irish defense. The Trojans extended the margin to 17-0 before George Atkinson returned the ensuing kickoff 96 yards to get Notre Dame on the board in the second quarter. The offense finally started to click late in the first half as Rees began to find Theo Riddick and drove the team inside the Trojan 10. The Irish had to settle for a field goal, however, when Rees missed a wide open Tyler Eifert in the end zone on third down from the seven.
USC opened the third quarter with a promising drive, but a holding penalty forced a punt. Rees responded by connecting with Eifert, but Crist was forced into action when Rees limped off after a scramble near midfield. Crist kept the drive alive with his own passes to Eifert, and Coach Brian Kelly inserted Andrew Hendrix when his team reached the Trojan three. Hendrix kept the ball on first down and pushed inside the one, but Kelly elected to get cute at this point by re-inserting Crist and calling for a pass.
After Starling's touchdown, Rees came back to lead a successful Irish drive to cut the deficit to 24-17 at the start of the fourth quarter. USC missed a chance to put the game away when Andrew Heidari missed a short field goal, but the Trojan defense reasserted itself and forced turnovers on Notre Dame's next two possessions. Barkley converted one of these miscues into a touchdown pass to Robert Woods, and the game ended with a long, punishing drive by USC to run out the clock.
The fumble by Crist leading to Starling's score underscored Notre Dame's football frustrations during the past decade. It seems that every time the Irish are poised to make a statement that they are returning to football relevance, they find a way to regress. In this contest, however, it was more than one play that did them in. The Trojans physically dominated the line of scrimmage throughout the evening and Notre Dame's coaches and players were simply not ready to face a team of USC's caliber.
Let's review the pregame questions for additional insight:
Will Rees be able to adjust to the speed of USC's defense? Rees had flashes where he was effective, but he was not able to carry the offense by himself. The Trojans took away Floyd and Kelly inexplicably abandoned the running game.
Can the Irish pass rush make a dent in Barkley's completion percentage? Not at all. Barkley was a 68% passer coming in, and was 24 of 35 for 68.5% in this game. He was not sacked and even scrambled for a couple of key first downs.
Will Woods and Lee torch Notre Dame's secondary? Woods displayed his exceptional talents by making people miss in the flat and with an acrobatic touchdown catch, but the Irish secondary was not as inept as seven players in front of them.
Which team will be able to sustain its running game? The surprise answer is USC, and by a wide margin. More than any other factor, their success in this area determined the outcome.
Will the Irish shoot themselves in the foot at an inopportune moment? I hate it when I have a nagging hunch about stuff like this.
Did Notre Dame's special teams improve during the bye week? George Atkinson provided a terrific spark, but Woods blew through the Irish punt coverage team to set up an early score.
Will the night time atmosphere and home crowd be a positive factor for Notre Dame? USC dampened the enthusiasm with 14 first quarter points, and the piped-in music dissolved into black comedy as the evening wore on. The traffic jam following the game added a final insult to my injured sensibilities.
The Irish dropped to 4-3 and will attempt to regroup against a relatively weak Navy squad. Any lofty goals for this season have been destroyed, however, as Notre Dame's date with destiny was simply more of the same old song that has played at every meaningful game since Lou Holtz paced the sidelines. That the music was louder and more obnoxious on this occasion almost seemed a fitting complement to the team's poor effort and the abject failure of the coaching staff to develop a cogent offensive or defensive game plan. The Trojans won by executing the things they are built to do with precision, while Kelly's Irish failed to stop the run, threw the ball 75% of the time and grab-bagged themselves into oblivion in the game's defining moment.


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Mechanisms Accounting for Unexplained Anemia in the Elderly
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First received: April 5, 2012
Last updated: June 30, 2017
Last verified: June 23, 2017
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- Anemia occurs commonly and is associated with poor outcomes in the elderly. In about a third of anemia cases in older people (over age 65), the cause of anemia is unexplained. Anemia in older adults may be caused by the bone marrow's inability to produce red blood cells fast enough to replace older red blood cells that have died. Researchers want to look at unexplained anemia by studying the life span of red blood cells in younger adults and older adults. To do so, a vitamin called Biotin will be used as a marker on the red blood cells.
- To investigate possible causes of unexplained anemia in older people.
- Individuals in the following groups:
- Men and women between 18 and 50 years of age who do not have anemia
- Men and women at least 70 years of age who do not have anemia.
- Men and women at least 70 years of age who have iron-deficiency anemia.
- Men and women at least 70 years of age who have anemia with no known cause.
- Participants will be screened with a physical exam and medical history. Blood and urine samples will be collected.
- Participants will have an overnight stay for the first study visit. They will provide a blood sample to which Biotin will be added. The blood sample with Biotin will then be returned to the participant. Twenty-four hours later, another blood sample will be collected.
- Participants will have up to 14 additional study visits. At each visit, blood samples will be collected to measure the amount of Biotin remaining in the blood.
- Participants may also provide a separate blood sample for genetic testing. These tests may provide more information about genetic causes of unexplained anemia.
|Procedure: Biotin RBC survival
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|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Diagnostic
|Official Title:
|Assessing Mechanisms Accounting for Unexplained Anemia in the Elderly
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Measurement of red blood cell survival
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Why red cell survival is less in elderly
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|Study Start Date:
|March 27, 2012
|Study Completion Date:
|July 30, 2015
|Primary Completion Date:
|July 30, 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Active Comparator: Group 1
Age 70 and older with unexplained
|Procedure: Biotin RBC survival
Active Comparator: Group 2
Age 70 and older with iron deficient
|Procedure: Biotin RBC survival
Active Comparator: Group 3
Age 70 and older without anemia
|Procedure: Biotin RBC survival
Active Comparator: Group 4
Age 18 - 50 without anemia
|Procedure: Biotin RBC survival
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Anemia occurs commonly and is associated with adverse outcomes in the elderly. In approximately one third of anemia cases in patients over the age of 65 years, the cause of anemia is not readily apparent (unexplained anemia or UA). Of the various causes of anemia in young adults, overt hemolysis (either acute or chronic) is very uncommon. However, we speculate that older persons tend to develop a low grade hemolytic process which significantly reduces RBC survival, and when this is not adequately countered by increased bone marrow RBC production, anemia (UA) is the consequence. This hypothesis is supported by a few clinical observations. For example, red cells in patients with UA are generally not small and when the peripheral blood smear is examined microscopically, anisocytosis (varying cell size) is observed, as is typical in patients with hemolytic anemia. Similarly, UA is frequently associated with an elevated red cell distribution width (RDW) on electronic measurement. Furthermore, serum erythropoietin levels gradually rise with advancing age (1), and this would be consistent either with a smoldering hemolytic process or a decreased responsiveness to erythropoietin. To address the hypothesis that UA is due, at least in part, to shortened RBC survival, we propose to directly measure red blood cell survival and to correlate this with aspects of red blood cell physiology that may increase susceptibility to the hemolytic process.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
- Ambulatory, community dweller
- Age greater than or equal to 70 years or older or between the ages of 18 and 50 years.
- Able to understand English
- Able to complete study questionnaires as determined by the investigator
- Evidence for recent (within 1 year) clinical evaluation for blood loss directed by primary care physician or consultant in subjects referred with microcytic anemia or with referring laboratories indicative of iron deficiency. Furthermore, subjects found to have microcytic anemia will be eligible but will be referred to their primary doctor for evaluation of blood loss.
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- Hemoglobin (Hb) less than 9 g/dL during screening
- History of red blood cell transfusion withinthe 3 month period prior to accrual to this study, or evidence for active bleeding as ascertained by medical history (e.g., persistent melena, hematuria or dysfunctional uterine bleeding).
- Patients for whom oral iron supplementation has been prescribed within the past two months. (Patients on a stable dose of oral iron for more than two months may be eligible).
- ALT or AST more than 3 times upper normal limitation of the time of screening
- B12 or folate deficiencies during screening period
- Estimated GFR less than 30 ml/min/1.73m(2)during screening period (by the 4-variable Modification of Diet in Renal Disease [MDRD] equation).
- Receiving hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis for renal failure, or history of kidney transplant
- Use of exogenous erythropoietin during the past 3 months
- Any major surgery requiring general anesthesia within the past 3 months
- Treatment with chemotherapy or radiotherapy in the past 12 months
- Current diagnosis of active cancer, other than non-melanoma skin cancer and, stable prostate cancer
- History of blood disorders including thalassemia, sickle cell disease or myelodysplasia
- Current severe (NYHA Class III - IV) congestive heart failure or advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Positive serum monoclonal protein and immunofixation
- Women who are pregnant or women planning to get pregnant during the duration of the study or those with a positive pregnancy test during screening
- Active infection requiring antibiotic treatment or HIV, Hepatitis B or C
- History of overt chronic inflammation, active Crohn s disease, rheumatoid arthritis, or diabetes(HbA1C greater than 7),
- Known hemolytic anemia
- History of prosthetic heart valve
- History of participation in biotinylation studies or handling biotinylated reagent products.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01572506
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01572506
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|Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States, 20422
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|National Institute of Aging, Clinical Research Unit
|Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21224
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National Institute on Aging (NIA)
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|Josephine M Egan, M.D.
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
Ershler WB, Sheng S, McKelvey J, Artz AS, Denduluri N, Tecson J, Taub DD, Brant LJ, Ferrucci L, Longo DL. Serum erythropoietin and aging: a longitudinal analysis. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005 Aug;53(8):1360-5.
Guralnik JM, Eisenstaedt RS, Ferrucci L, Klein HG, Woodman RC. Prevalence of anemia in persons 65 years and older in the United States: evidence for a high rate of unexplained anemia. Blood. 2004 Oct 15;104(8):2263-8. Epub 2004 Jul 6.
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|National Institute on Aging (NIA)
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|Study First Received:
|April 5, 2012
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|June 30, 2017
Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC) ( National Institute on Aging (NIA) ):
Red Cell Survival
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Hematologic Diseases
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For me, the birth of reality TV pretty much marked the end of human civilization.
I don't see how we could go much lower in our never-ending search for banality and time-sucking dreadfulness. In short, I'm not a fan.
But I'm fascinated by Silicon Valley's culture. So when I heard that the reality TV gods at Bravo were training their cameras on the valley, I knew that one day I'd watch "Start-Ups: Silicon Valley." That day has come.
I refuse to join the brutal bashing of the show featuring young and beautiful entrepreneurs (sometimes even fully clothed and sober) struggling against personality conflicts and market forces to launch the next tech home run.
"Silicon Valley is just balls to the wall," says Dwight Crow, 27, who has a Puritan work ethic for work and partying. "It's not something you want to do if you don't want to roll the dice. So if you're not aiming for something $1 billion or larger, why waste your time?
Yeah, why?
But again, no hater here. (Besides all the good snarky lines have been taken. Get this tweet from TechCrunch co-editor Alexa Tsotsis: "Here Comes Silicon Valley Boo-Boo." ) So rather than make fun of a show that surely someone finds entertaining, how about we try to learn? Yes, there are lessons in "Start-Ups" for all those many entrepreneurs who, like the shows' stars, are working to raise buckets of money to create the next app to help you reach your goals, or track your real-time life expectancy, or upload videos of your fabulous life for all to see.
In that spirit, I've picked through the first episode of the show for pearls of wisdom.
First a funding primer from Hermione Way, 27, who with brother Ben, 32, is working on the life-expectancy app. (And if you must know, Hermione is mortal enemies with Sarah Austin, 26, who lives for free at the Four Seasons Hotel in East Palo Alto in return for blogging about the place, and kind of has a thing for Ben.)
"In Silicon Valley there's a number of ways to get cash for your startup," Hermione explains. "There is angel investors, which is like a rich person that now wants to invest in the next best thing. There's venture capitalists, also known as VCs. They're kind of like more corporate, bigger rounds of funding."
Lesson: What the heck. Go for the bigger rounds. How hard can it be?
Next, let's talk about dressing for success. OK, it isn't done in Silicon Valley -- unless you're on a reality show.
"Bloody hell," Hermione, who is from England, says one morning while getting dressed. "This is the worst outfit ever." Now, I'm told Facebook mogul Mark Zuckerberg is often heard to say the same thing. Well, yeah, he wears the outfit anyway, but, you know.
The truth is the "Start-Ups" kids seem really lost on this fashion question. Take this from Sarah: "On a typical day it takes me two hours to get ready for work."
Lesson: Honey, if you want to look good, go for it. I'm just saying, you tack a two-hour commute onto that two hours getting ready and you'll never have time to create that $1 billion company. Balls to the wall, remember?
Now a word on networking. Hermione has got this down.
"Nobody goes clubbing here," she says. "It's about costume parties at people's houses."
So, next time you're invited over to some VC's place to schmooze, be sure to rig up a costume. Togas appear to be big. Or take a tip from Sarah (who says she'll take three to four hours to get ready for a party) who showed up at a bash wearing what looked like two fig leaves covering her breasts.
And, of course most importantly, some pointers on the pitch. Hermione actually got herself and Ben a meeting with Dave McClure, founder of 500 Startups and an A-list tech investor. How'd she do it?
"I sent him a message with this," she says saluting the camera with her middle finger. Really, flipping the guy off? I wondered about that one. But Hermione explains: "He says, 'If you're not upsetting someone in business, you're doing something wrong.' "
I'm just wondering whether your prospective funder is the one you want to be upsetting.
Anyway, the kids got the meeting and of course they had to wait quite a while in McClure's office. "VCs always make you wait," Ben says. "It's their little power game. They want you to sweat it out, so they can take control of the meeting."
Lesson: The VCs already have control of the meeting. You want money. They have money.
Finally, it's best to never waste valuable time. Sure Ben and Hermione had to wait around, but not to worry. Hermione, you see, was terribly hung over from that toga party the night before. Why not use the wait to catch a little nap, in McClure's conference room, under his conference table? Talk about madcap!
Suffice it to say McClure was not amused. His advice: "Don't sleep under my (expletive) table anymore."
Lesson: Just hope he was joking.
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BOSTON -- It was a sad day across baseball after the passing of Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn, and it was no different in the Twins' clubhouse on Monday at Fenway Park.
Twins coach Paul Molitor was saddened to hear the news about Gwynn, who died at the age of 54 after a bout with cancer. Molitor, 57, started his Hall of Fame career just four years before Gwynn began his storied 20-year career with the Padres.
The two never played against each other in a regular-season game because they played in different leagues, but played in five All-Star Games together and also got to know each other in Spring Training and during the offseason.
"It was a tough day," Molitor said. "I had the chance to know Tony over the last several decades. I've spent some time with him in San Diego. He was just a really humble guy and obviously very talented. But I think in times like this you think about the man and not his ability. But he was very gracious and gave back to the community throughout his life. He was able to keep balance in his life."
Twins manager Ron Gardenhire had similar things to say about Gwynn, who was revered just as much for his personality off the field as he was for his talents on the field.
"He was a very, very nice guy," Gardenhire said. "He always had a smile on his face. He loved to talk hitting and to talk baseball. He was a pleasure. He could do a lot of things with a baseball bat. I think his infectious smile made everybody around him feel good. That's what kind of guy he was."
Twins first baseman Joe Mauer said he only had a chance to meet Gwynn briefly but always admired his game, especially considering the similarities between the two as left-handed batters who hit for a high average. Gwynn was an eight-time batting champion with a lifetime .338 average, while Mauer is a three-time batting champion with a career .320 average.
"Everybody knows what kind of hitter he was and I heard he was an even better person," Mauer said. "I think any young hitter could take a lot of things about what he did and be successful. He was one of the better hitters to play the game. You admire guys like that."
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If we consider the early disciples of the Buddha who have become arahants and spoke about their experience, I think you will mostly find the kind of language used similarly by the Thai forest Ajahns. Only occasionally do we come across highly precise doctrinal expositions (such as by Ven. Maha Kaccana or Sariputta) which may have later developed into the Abhidhamma system of categorisation.
Compare some of these early texts:
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Similar things have been said not long ago by Ajahn Mun and his disciples, there is not much technical precision taken with terms like "mano" or "citta", it is more like a poet describing their experience.
If someone has been conditioned to think in terms of Abhidhammic categories, it may be that they would also later describe their realization using those terms. As for forest monks studying Abhidhamma, there is one example in Thailand, namely Ajahn Pramote Pamojjo, who studied as a layman with many forest monks (such as Luang Pu Dune) and only later took up the study of Abhidhamma, managing to combine the two in an interesting way. Some of his English texts are also available at www.wimutti.net .


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My trip to Mali didn't start too well. What should have been a 4/5 hour flight turned into a 9 hour extravaganza.
I noticed that there was a couple of people walking around the plance with orange arm bands that say police on them. One of them address the airplane, but spoke too quickly and I lost him early, so I had no idea about what was to come.
The flight was about 15 minutes late when a police van pulled up beside the plane and 2 people carried a man in a straight jacket kicking and screaming into the plane.
I quickly put 2+1 together and reasoned that it must be a deportee, and indeed I wasn't wrong. They had cleared 3 rows at the back of the plane and they needed every inch of space to try and contain this guy.
The moment he came on board he wouldn't stop screaming "France chez moi, France chez moi"("France is my home, France is my home"). You can't imagine how disturbing this was, and it only took a few minutes before people started to protest.
6/7 people came back from the forward compartment to protest, and I recognised one of the girls from the waiting lounge. She had been dropping passport related flyers that I had only glanced at, because, again, my French wasn't good enough to understand what it was talking about.
So now I was wondering if it was a co-incidence that these "passport people" were on this flight. Some of them sounded German and several had the look of direct action veterans.
Anyway, they weren't the only people. A couple of Malians stood up to protest too. So naturally the plane couldn't take off. The staff didn't know what to do. Everyone, me included was developing more and more of a buildup of adrenaline, and a lot of English speakers, including myself and a few Americans around me still weren't even sure of what was going on.
A prolonged, escalating, nerve wracking confrontation between the police and a few of the hardcore protesters continues, while the captain makes a vocal appearance and decides to taxi back to the parking stand. The whole time the backing track of "France chez moi" stil hasn't let up for a minute.
About 2 hours of "France chez moi", I look out the window and see 2 police vans pull up and about police get out in full riot gear complete with batons and shields. I look at the petite little german girl standing next to me and point out that now would probably be a good time to sit down. She argues that now is a good time to stand up, and I do consider it, perhaps out of shame for not standing up for this poor wretch who's being removed against his will.
A few police come on board to assess the situation and I'm enjoying a bit of Gonzo journalism, taking photos and am told that I will be arrested if I keep taking photos. He wasn't clear what the charge would be, but I'm glad I was a bit more discreet after that.
Thankfully the police decide their sheilds won't fit in the plane and that swinging battons around the cabin, might not be too wise either. They do come rushing in, in a spectacular and completely unnecessary, reheased formation, with their helmets on, and forcably remove the protesters. Once of whom was cuffed and carried kicking and screaming out of the plane.
At least 1 malian who hadn't obeyed the original police guys and staff was also escourted off. An African, who I guess was either Malian or French/Malian, also left the plane with his 2 young children. I guess because he assumed the radio station wasn't about to change any time soon.
I can only imagine him trying to explain to his kids that the man was being treated like this, bound and sat on by 3 men, because he is Malian and France doens't want him in France. Confusing for kids and I must say that when I think about it, it's not a lot easier for me to rationalise.
I think I got so upset about all of this perhaps because I wasn't doing much to aid this man, who's story I knew nothing about, but who's distress was talking to me helplessly.
Afer the protestors and those who weren't in enough of a hurry to deal with this shit had left the plance, we sat for another hour with no news of what would happen next.
Then the captain announces that they have to find the luggage of all those people who are removed before we can leave (assuming they can find another take off window).
Another hour passes and they finally take the deportee off the plane. THANK GOD. Why the hell didn't do that in the first place I don't know... Man, I was really pissed with Air France. I don't know the full story of what they are obliged by law to do, or what sort of arrangements and agreements they have with the French government, but I really didn't feel like a valued customer.
We sit another 2 hours before we eventually take off after 5 hours on the runway.
I wasted my phone battery taking photos, making videos, installing a video editting app and uploading it to youtube, so I'm a bit worried about how to let people know when I arrive in Bamako at 2 am.
I needn't have worried in the end because Celine was with Abdoul and a few others who were in the bush near the airport recording an album, and they saw the flight come in to land. So I was greeted at the airport by Celine and Seydou, things were starting to look up.
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Desperate, lonely, and dying for a thrill, Destiny Donne is perfect prey for a risk-taking skydiver in sexy noir master Hendricks' best novel since Miami Purity.
Destiny - Desi for short - is a large animal vet in the sticks of central Florida who's about to give up on the rest of life to concentrate on her career. That is, until Tom Jenks walks in her door. Sexy and charming but clearly living life on the edge - he comes to her with a sickly lion cub he's keeping illegally - he brings with him a drug like none she's had before, and she's taken them all. It's called skydiving, and with one jump she's addicted before she can even think to say no. Even though her head is telling her no, she quickly begins an affair with Tom and becomes enmeshed in his world of adrenaline and yearning sexuality. But when dangerous things begin to happen around them and the subject of murder rears its ugly head, she'll have to pull out of the dangerous tailspin she's fallen into before she ruins - or loses - her life.
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Hendricks is one of my favorite thriller writers. She mixes bold heroines, sex, mystery, and Florida gothic like nobody else.
This story opens with a lion cub. How can you say "no" to that?
Frustrated exotic animal veterinarian, Destiny is living out in the sticks, hating life. Along comes a pretty blond, "Tom," with a lion cub. He introduces her to the high-adrenaline world of sky diving, sex-- and murder.
Destiny is seduced, betrayed, and pulls out of a tailspin before she goes--SPLAT. "Sky Blues" is a thrill!
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- PIO Number: 13-9-36a
- Date: September 24, 2013
- Time: 11:20 p.m.
- Place of Occurrence: 8710 Banyan Ct., Tamarac
- Missing Person(s): Kacie Doran, 29, female, 9-14-84, 8710 Banyan Ct., Tamarac
- Jurisdiction: Tamarac
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Broward Sheriff's Office detectives are looking for a missing woman last seen Tuesday night in Tamarac.
Kacie Doran was last seen at 11:20 p.m. on Tuesday, September 24, her home at 8710 Banyan Ct in Tamarac. She was wearing a blue tank top, a black sweatshirt and black sweatpants. Doran is possibly suicidal and may have taken an unknown amount of prescription pills before leaving her home. Doran is a 29-year-old white female with blonde hair and blue eyes and is approximately 5-foot-5.
Anyone with information on this case is asked to contact Detective Chris Blankenship of the Broward Sheriff's Office Missing Persons Unit at 954-321-4268 or via BSO's Communications Duty Officer at 954-767-8740 or Broward Crime Stoppers, anonymously, at 954-493-TIPS (8477) or www.browardcrimestoppers.org.
- INVESTIGATORS: BSO Det. Chris Blankenship, CID
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With caesarean rates in Australia now hovering around 30 percent, the issue of VBAC - vaginal birth after caesarean - is becoming more of a talking point than ever amongst mums who would like to attempt a vaginal birth in their second, or subsequent, delivery after experiencing a caesarean birth.
In fact, about half of all caesareans performed in Australia are repeat caesareans, and less than 17 percent of women who have previously had a caesarean go on to have a vaginal birth.
VBAC has traditionally been a controversial choice with most obstetricians considering them too risky for mum and baby. But this is possibly outdated thinking and the old adage of 'Once a caesarean, always a caesarean' need not apply to all women who have previously undergone a c-section.
There are risks and benefits associated with both a VBAC and repeated C-sections, so ensure that you are fully informed before making a decision about how you want to give birth.
Statistically, the risks of complications, the most common being some type of infection, associated with a caesarean delivery are much higher than the complication rate of vaginal births - around 25 percent compared to 1.5-3 percent. While VBACs can carry higher risk factors, it is worth remembering that vaginal deliveries generally experience less complications.
Other benefits of a vaginal delivery include:
A caesarean birth is major abdominal surgery that requires longer recovery time, strong pain medication and a longer stay in hospital. Most post-caesarean mothers need extra help caring for her newborn in the first days after birth due to needing extra rest and having to be careful of her wound.
For women undergoing a caesarean, there is a necessary delay in these special first moments spent together with their newborn. Feeding and bonding can also get off to a rocky start in the first days after a caesarean due to recovery time and pain management.
For many women, experiencing a vaginal birth is an integral part of her identity as a strong woman. Many women who have a c-section - even an emergency c-section - come away from the experience feeling that their body let them down, that they somehow failed or took the easy 'painless' way out of birth - even though a caesarean is anything but the painless option.
The main - and considerable - complication for women during a VBAC is a uterine rupture. A uterine rupture occurs when the scar from a previous caesarean splits open during labour and is potentially life-threatening. A uterine rupture usually occurs during labour but it can occur during the last few weeks of pregnancy when the caesarean scar is stretched to its fullest.
There are three ways a uterine rupture can occur:
Up to 0.7 percent of women with a caesarean scar in the lower part of their uterus will experience a uterine rupture. A ruptured uterus can be life-threatening for mother and baby. 25-30 percent of babies can die (approximately 3 in every 10 000 VBACs). Most babies will survive when an emergency caesarean is performed.
In rare cases, women can die from uterine rupture from shock associated with excessive blood loss. The more likely complication of a uterine rupture is the need for a hysterectomy.
The good news though, is that if you have previously had a successful VBAC, the chances of a ruptured uterus are significantly reduced with each successful vaginal birth.
Not usually requiring any treatment, a uterine dehiscence can occur during the last weeks of pregnancy when the caesarean scar thins and separates slightly, creating a 'window'. 0.7% of women with a caesarean scar will experience uterine dehiscence. These days, many obstetricians recommend looking for separations using an ultrasound of the lower part of the uterus for women considering a VBAC.
It should be noted that, though extremely uncommon, it is possible for a spontaneous rupturing of the uterus to occur in women who have never had a caesarean delivery. Again, 0.7 percent of women will experience a uterine rupture without a caesarean scar.
With Australian rates of caesarean births twice that of the World Health Organisation's recommendation of 10-15%, it seems that much of the difficulty Australian women have in achieving a VBAC lies in finding a network of health professionals who are willing to support her wishes.
Doctors are naturally risk-adverse and have historically recommended repeat caesareans because they consider these as having the best outcome for both mother and baby. In a controlled environment, they can deliver a healthy baby with minimal risk of complications.
However, having a trial of labour and attaining a VBAC is possible. Shop around for a medical caregiver who supports your desire for a VBAC. And then ask questions such as:
Though much harder to find, it is possible to find a medical caregiver who supports VBAC +2. If you have already undergone a repeat caesarean, it is still possible to find a doctor willing to support your desire for a VBAC if you are eligible.
There are some women who simply cannot attempt a VBAC because of medical reasons that would unreasonably put her and her baby at too greater risk. These include:
This article was written by Ella Walsh for Kidspot, Australia's best family health resource. Sources include The Medical Journal of Australia, Caesarean Awareness Network of Australia and The Royal Women's Hospital, Victoria.
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2013 per capita milk production
We've all heard about per capita milk consumption – how many pounds of dairy products we consume annually on a milk equivalent basis. Hint: It's about 600 lbs. per person in the United States.
But what about per capita milk production? The Central federal milk marketing order administrator's office tracks per capita milk production annually, identifying states producing enough milk within their borders to meet the needs of their population. When compared with population estimates, the information helps reflect the aggregate supply and demand balance for individual states and regions throughout the U.S.
According to the Central order's February Marketing Service Bulletin, 18 states produced enough milk in 2013 to meet the needs of their state residents. Six of the top 10 milk production states are also in the top 10 in per capita production: California, Idaho, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico and Wisconsin. Others included Vermont, South Dakota, Iowa, Kansas, Washington, Pennsylvania, Utah, New York, Arizona, Oregon, Colorado and Nebraska.
The leader in per capita production was Idaho, which produced 8,331 lbs. of milk for each resident in 2013. Idaho produced about 6.7% per the U.S. milk supply in 2013, but had just 0.51% of the U.S. population.
Wisconsin was second, at 4,801 lbs. It produced 13.7% of total U.S. milk, but had just 1.8% of the U.S. population.
Nationally, U.S. per capita production for 2013 was 636.5 lbs., down 2.4 lbs. (-0.4%) compared with 2012. However, U.S. per capita production growth has been outpacing population growth, up 12.3 lbs. (+2.0%) between 2008 and 2013.
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Saputo Cheese USA Inc. has been granted a 2014 American Package Design Award from Graphic Design USA magazine for the redesign of its Joan of Arc® brand.
The Joan of Arc® cheese line – imported since 1918 – features a variety of French and French-style favorites. The redesign was first introduced on the brand's brie cheeses in 2013; the award-winning look will be rolled out to the brand's remaining offerings this spring.
Graphic Design USA magazine has sponsored national competitions for five decades, recognizing graphic designers. This year's competition received 1,800 entries, placing Saputo's winning entry among the best designed and most innovative packaging in the food and beverage industry.
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'GOT MILK?' here to stay in California
Following widespread reports that the "got milk?" slogan has been shelved, the California Milk Processor Board (CMPB) said the tag line and campaign are very much alive and thriving in California.
Conceived by agency Goodby, Silverstein & Partners for the CMPB in 1993, "got milk?" was licensed and adopted by the national Milk Processor Education Program (MilkPEP) for use in their Milk Mustache campaign. Since 1996, however, the work in California and the work from the national board have been totally separate creations, linked only by the "got milk?" tag.
"To paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of the end of "got milk?" are greatly exaggerated," said Steve James, executive director of the CMPB. "The national milk trade group has decided to move away from its Milk Mustache campaign and develop a new tag line, but "got milk?" and its consumer equity continue to be very much alive in California. We wish them luck, but the fact remains that the California board anticipates using our beloved slogan for many years to come."
Over the past two decades, "got milk?" regularly tests at the top of all beverage advertising slogans, and remains one of the most honored campaigns in advertising history.
Visit www.gotmilk.com, like "got milk?" on Facebook at www.facebook.com/gotmilk or follow @gotmilk on Twitter and @officialgotmilk on Twitter.