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Last season, through all the turmoil, Pacer fans were loyal. They never gave up hope, never quit watching simply because the stars were gone. When rookies and NBA journeymen were starting, they showed loyalty. Why?
Because they had hope for what this team could do, when it was back together. Now this season, when they have all the talent, all the experience needed, they don't try.
In the 04-05 season, the Pacers almost never had the advantage talent wise, but they gave the fans something every night, Effort. Now this season, they would rather fight amongst themselves, and be immature. They would rather try to win on talent alone, never pouring their souls into the game like they did last year.
And FRANKLY the fans don't deserve it, not after what they put up with. The indiana Pacers owe their fans to at least go out and try. Pacer fans suffered, on November 19th, 2004 before the brawl, they saw their chance at a championship. And then it got ripped away. But they did not abandon the team. They raised attendance from the previous season in which the team won a league best 61 games. They suffered trough the losses, and kept hoping.
That hope transferred over to the 05-06 season, but was quickly dashed. When the fans saw the true colors of their team. Immature classless bums, who don't care about their fans. They owed the fans to make up for the previous mistakes made, they refused. They preceded to fight amongst themselves, to give lackluster effort on defense. And each and everyone of the main scorers have preceded to ball-hog and take shots out of the offensive plan.
I was an Indiana Pacers fan, but now I am a fan without a team. Because those 15 players wearing Jerseys with the word Pacers on it, they aren't a team.
Anthony Johnson, Reggie Miller, Stephen Jackson, Dale Davis, and Jeff Foster, Now that was a team. They were so willing to just go out and give everything they had. Jamaal Tinsley, Stephen Jackson, Ron Artest, Austin Croshere, and Jermaine O'neal, nah thats just 5 guys that just, don't seem to care.


text: Interview with the Zombie By Bill Lynch November 20, 2013 Story Share Courtesy photo Horror rocker Rob Zombie and his band will extend the Halloween season with a show in Huntington Saturday. WANT TO GO?Korn and Rob ZombieWHERE: Big Sandy Superstore Arena, HuntingtonWHEN: 7 p.m. SaturdayTICKETS: $45INFO: Call 800-745-3000 or visit www.ticketmaster.com_____CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- It's probably not a huge surprise, but horror rock king Rob Zombie had a busy time this Halloween.For Zombie, who performs Saturday at Huntington's Big Sandy Superstore Arena, Halloween lasted for three weeks while he oversaw the Great American Nightmare: a huge attraction in Los Angeles that includes three haunted houses based on his films "House of 1000 Corpses," "Lords of Salem" and "The Haunted World of El Superbeasto," as well as nightly concerts.Zombie sighed, then said, "I'm always working Halloween. It's like asking Santa Claus what he does at Christmas." Rob Zombie has been bringing the spooky season to locations year-round for going on 25 years now, but he really broke out on the national music scene in the early 1990s, first with White Zombie and songs like "Thunder Kiss '65," "Electric Head, Part 2" and "More Human Than Human," before going solo by the end of the decade. His pulpy horror and sci-fi movie-inspired songs contrasted with the dominant sound of the era that was led by bands like Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins and Alice in Chains.Unlike some of the other recognizable performers of his generation, Zombie avoided jail, rehab and the morgue."I guess I learned from other people's mistakes," he said. "I mean you don't have to be a rocket scientist to understand that heroin isn't going to work out too good for you. I think we figured out heroin was bad with The Velvet Underground."Zombie isn't preaching. He isn't against partying, but he's seen what happens when the party becomes more important than the show."It's not fun watching your favorite band fall down or slur through the lyrics and sound like sh--," he said. "For me, I look at what I do -- music or movies -- as art, and I never wanted to do anything to interfere with that. I mean it's great to party. It's great to be in fame, but I never wanted that to affect the show: the show always had to come first. "I think a lot of people who ended up in a bad way forgot that." But that's just how he sees it. Other performers can do what they want.Zombie sounded a little surprised at his own longevity and the people who come to his shows these days."Obviously, we have older fans," he said.And it's not uncommon, he explained, for people to tell him they've seen the band 50 times or that they first saw him with White Zombie 20 years ago."But that front row is always packed with kids," he said. "And they react the strongest to the new songs. Sometimes, we'll play the old songs, and they'll look at us like, 'What the hell are you playing?' Even if we're playing the hits."Zombie wasn't complaining. He said he never wants to fall into the trap of being in a band that gets by on playing its old hits. "It doesn't have to be a rule that the best days were the early days," he said.He's proud of the new stuff -- particularly the songs off his latest record, "Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor" -- and said the musicians on the road with him with are the best he's ever had.It's all still fun."That's the motivation behind everything," he said.What isn't fun to Zombie is Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving and the busiest shopping day of the year. That freaks the rocker out."I see Black Friday stuff on TV and I go, what the f--- is wrong with people?" he said. "You look at these people herd themselves into Walmart like runaway sheep to buy a bunch of crap they don't even want."At least, he can't make any sense of why they'd do that. He sure wouldn't. Reach Bill Lynch at email@example.com or 304-348-5195. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 DHHR: WV medical marijuana law will need $2 million in upfront costs 2 Vintage West Virginia: Putnam Village 3 Malfunctioning aircraft lands safely at Yeager Airport 4 Gazette editorial: Is it time for health care for all yet? 5 Correctional officers need raises, lawmakers told A timeless tale of true love Previous Story A hard row to hoe with Ray Luzier of Korn Next Story

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STANTON – The city is mulling a law that would ban all outdoor donation-collection bins.
The proposed ordinance was briefly discussed at a recent City Council meeting.
On the proliferation of the bins, Mayor David Shawver joked, "It's like they drop them from heaven."
City officials say the ordinance would curb issues such as the illegal dumping of mattresses and other large furniture, as well as graffiti. The city has tried to work with the companies that manage the bins to address specific instances of illegal dumping, said Omar Dadabhoy, the city's community development director.
"It's a sort of a last resort," he said of the proposed law.
Other cities in the state have enacted similar bans. Goodwill representatives in locations with bans have publicly supported the efforts, saying the illegal dumpings and graffiti hurt the nonprofit group's reputation.
Although Goodwill of Orange County was contacted several times, representatives did not comment on Stanton's proposed ban. There is no Goodwill, which often mans its large bins, within Stanton's city limits, but there are locations in Garden Grove, Anaheim and Los Alamitos and elsewhere in north Orange County.
Recycling bins would not fall under the ban. But Dadabhoy said anyone holding a donation drive, such as a Christmas toy drive, would need to collect the items according to the law, such as in person.
Stanton officials said they recently found 17 bins, including ones specializing in collecting used clothing. Only one had the proper permit: The bin of Planet Aid, a nonprofit based in Maryland, at Katella Avenue and Beach Boulevard behind Conroy's Flowers. If the law were to pass, even this bin would need to go.
Seventh Generation Recycling is a for-profit company that partners with nonprofits, religious organizations, schools and other groups and has two bins in Stanton.
Michael Nijmeh, its director of operations, wasn't familiar with his group's situation in Stanton.
But, in general, he said, graffiti is a ubiquitous problem, not just on the donation boxes. And his company has a 24-hour hotline and will send someone to remove graffiti if it is reported. Additionally, he said, drivers are at the bins at least once a week. Large items like furniture are not dropped off very often, Nijmeh said, but the company will "work closely" with the city to remove them if they are reported.
Jonathan Franks, a spokesman for Planet Aid, said his group would be happy to work with Stanton to find alternatives to an outright ban.
"We don't always understand what these cities are trying to fix, and they don't invite us to propose alternative ideas," he said. "Everybody wants more recycling, but they don't want the vehicles that allow more recycling."
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All 11 members of Tennessee's congressional delegation have signed a letter seeking $80 million for financially struggling hospitals in the state.
They are asking that TennCare money lost from one federal grant program be replaced through another program, an action that requires a waiver from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
In the letter to Marilyn Tavenner, who heads the federal agency, the delegation makes the case that Tennessee is treated differently from other states because of another waiver – one that was granted back in 1994 when the state transformed its Medicaid program into TennCare.
Tennessee is the only state that does not have guaranteed access to Medicaid's disproportionate share hospital (DSH) program. However, Congress in its past four sessions has passed legislation that did grant Tennessee partial DSH payments. The program allocates grants to hospitals based on the amount of Medicaid and indigent care they provide.
"Hospitals are about the most important institutions in our state," said U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper. "Without hospitals, you don't have good health care. You don't have a chance to build a strong community. You can't attract industry. Tennessee hospitals are in serious trouble right now because they see a lot of patients that can't pay the bills."
The letter points out that Tennessee hospitals provided more than $700 million in unreimbursed TennCare costs last year, gave $970 million in charity care and lost another $730 million in services provided to Medicare patients.
"Without this waiver, emergency room lines are likely to be longer and hospitals – especially in Memphis, Nashville, Chattanooga and Knoxville – would struggle to serve Tennesseans who have the most difficult time paying for health care," said Sen. Lamar Alexander. "Governor Haslam has come up with a creative solution to a difficult problem."
Although the DSH program is being greatly diminished because of the Affordable Care Act, it will remain an important revenue source for many hospitals for the next few years. The program is losing billions of dollars in funding because hospitals were supposed to have new sources of revenue, including the expansion of state Medicaid programs to cover more people.
Tennessee, at this point, is not expanding TennCare.
"The real issue that is not touched in the letter – and the best way by far to help Tennessee hospitals — is to expand Medicaid in Tennessee," Cooper said. "It's good that the letter asks for this help, but Tennessee really needs to expand it's Medicaid program."
Medicaid expansion would direct billions of dollar in federal funds to Tennessee hospitals, he said, compared to the $80 million sought in the letter.
But the $80 million means more to some hospitals than others, said Craig Becker, president of the Tennessee Hospital Association.
"These dollars go to those hospitals that provide the most uncompensated care and TennCare so it helps those hospitals that treat the poorest of the poor," Becker said. "For some hospitals, it's their bottom line."
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3 reconstruction techniques to close problem wounds
Consider using the adjustable horizontal mattress suture technique when the skin around a wound can be stretched to close it. The procedure lends itself well to use on distal limb wounds, such as automobile-induced degloving injuries, in dogs.Technique overview
After performing appropriate wound management, place a continuous intradermal suture with 2.0 monofilament (nylon or polypropylene) along the wound's length. Place a small sewing button on each end of the suture, extending from the wound's ends. Apply even tension on the suture ends to carefully pull the wound edges as close together as possible. Next, place small removable fishing weights, or split shots, on the suture adjacent to the buttons to hold the suture tension. Over time, stress relaxation in the skin occurs. Daily tightening of the suture gradually pulls the wound edges closer together and may result in full wound closure.
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Using this technique, I have been able to close many distal limb wounds much faster than if I had treated them as open wounds and allowed them to heal by second intention. Early wound closure is pleasing for all concerned—the animal, pet owner, and veterinarian. In addition, open wound therapy can be applied while the wound edges are being pulled together.
A biologic tourniquet can result if the suture is pulled too tight. But because the suture is adjustable, it can be loosened, and a slower rate of tightening can be started at a later time. Also, be cautious not to use the technique on a limb wound that is very wide because the suture could cut into underlying tissue as it is tightened.
When faced with a distal limb wound of such a magnitude that stretching the surrounding skin for closure is out of the question, you must consider replacing the skin. Skin replacement is also needed if a wound has healed as much as it can by second intention and there is insufficient skin for complete healing. In such instances, consider a mesh skin graft. The term skin graft often causes trepidation. However, a graft can be done with no special skill and by using everyday equipment.
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After a healthy wound bed has been established, prepare the area around the wound and a ventral craniolateral thoracic donor area for aseptic surgery. Cut a pattern of the wound from a sterile cloth, towel, or glove wrapper. While the pattern is still on the wound, mark the side of the pattern that faces away from the wound, and be careful not to turn the pattern over when transferring it to the donor site. Thus, you don't inadvertently excise a mirror image graft. Trace the pattern on the donor site by dipping a sterile toothpick in sterile methylene blue.
After cutting the graft and removing it from the donor area, stretch it on a piece of sterile, corrugated cardboard by using hypodermic needles. Remove all subcutaneous tissue with scissors and thumb forceps, and make staggered, parallel rows of 1-cm-long incisions with a No. 11 scalpel blade to mesh the graft. Remove the graft from the cardboard, place it on the wound, and suture or staple it to the wound edges. Place interrupted tacking sutures between some mesh holes to immobilize the graft on the wound.
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Facebook is in talks to acquire an Indian startup that analyzes data, according to a person familiar with the situation, as it looks to broaden its reach through mobile devices.
Little Eye Labs is based in the southern Indian city of Bangalore, where many Indian technology companies are based including software outsourcing giant Infosys
Founded in August 2012 by five engineers who had worked together at International Business Machines until 2007, the startup built a software tool for Android app developers to analyze how apps are performing. It analyzes data on users, the power consumed and the memory taken by the apps on cellphones and tablet computers.
Kumar Rangarajan, co-founder of Little Eye Labs, told The Wall Street Journal the company is in preliminary discussions with Facebook but declined to elaborate on the talks. Business Standard reported earlier that Facebook is in talks to acquire Bangalore-based Little Eye Labs and a deal is expected to be announced in the next few weeks.
The company also plans to extend its software tools to test apps for Microsoft Corp's Windows as well as Apple iOS operating systems, Mr. Rangarajan said.
Little Eye Labs charges a subscription fee of $50 per month or a $500 a year for individual app developers to test the performance of their apps on the Android platform.
Little Eye currently has about eight employees including its five founders. A group of angel investors shelled out $200,000 in the company and India's technology venture capital firm, Ventureast, provided early stage capital.
The company counts chipmakers Qualcomm and Intel as well as software companies Capgemini and Citrix Systems as its clients.
India is Facebook's second largest market after North America with more than 82 million users at the end of June. An acquisition, if materialized, will help Facebook expand its mobile services. At the end of September, Facebook had about 874 million monthly average users logged onto its site via mobile devices out of its total 1.19 billion users.
"The mobile platform or mobile channel, in the next 18-24 months, will become the No.1 access to Facebook," Jaideep Mehta, a vice president at research firm IDC said. " Facebook really needs to figure out how to earn money from its mobile apps. "
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I had no idea. I thought cigar smokers were a dying, passé lot. Then I got hold of your magazine. I read, reread and proudly displayed the issue. I had no idea there were so many of me out there.
So at 45 and the owner of a company so straight-laced we don't tolerate even strong coffee, I have come out of the closet. Your magazine lies open on my desk. Tonight my wife and I will invite my dear old mother to dinner, and later I will watch her swoon as I light up a Partagas #10.
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Dear Marvin:
Being a young, single male, I often find that the women of my generation have been brainwashed concerning cigars. I find it difficult to pursue a relationship with a woman who has no appreciation for one of life's truly fine things. It may be unorthodox to request, but your list of cigar friendly restaurants has inspired me: perhaps a list of cigar friendly WOMEN in your next issue? (I find I have several like-minded friends.)
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Editor's Response: Paul, we are bending the rules just for you. If there are any cigar friendly women living in your area, no doubt they will get in touch with you. Please let us know if you strike it rich.
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Dear Marvin:
I was gleefully driving home on the Garden State Parkway the other day, celebrating the closing of a major deal with a double corona. A car drove adjacent to mine with the driver frantically vying for my attention. He was also smoking a fine one. We exchanged repeated salutes, pulled into the next rest area, traded cigars and stories and ended up discussing a possible deal.
Congratulations on a wonderful innovative publishing idea whose time certainly was overdue. Cigar smoking is a wonderful avocation. Much to my delight, it is also profitable.
Edward Fields
Old Bridge, New Jersey
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Dear Marvin:
You have by now received my subscription to your magazine. It is a great magazine except for one problem: There should be some sort of warning label, such as there is on tobacco products, affixed to the front cover. The reason is that when I received my latest issue, I took it off to my den, selected one of my best Havanas and sat down to enjoy both my cigar and my magazine. As I read, I became so involved in every page that I read it from cover to cover. When I had finished, it dawned on me that I had also finished my Havana, but for the life of me I could not remember when or how I had enjoyed it. I looked at what was left in the ashtray and considered legal action or tears. On further consideration I decided the price had not been too much for the pleasure I received from the magazine. However, I think in all fairness to your readers, my idea of a warning label should be considered, i.e. Reading this magazine may affect your ability to pay attention to anything else.
Thanks for a great magazine.
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Dear Marvin:
Congratulations on the unprecedented success of your new publication. Perhaps most striking is the extensive letters section--very appropriately titled, I must add--which shows beyond a doubt that CIGAR AFICIONADO already possesses one of the most dedicated readerships of any magazine on the stands.
My impressions concerning this phenomenon are twofold. First, an unknown number of viciously suppressed human beings have suddenly discovered that there exist others of their kind. Yes! CIGAR AFICIONADO functions as a kind of support group for these persecuted individuals who know in their hearts that they are not the criminals and blasphemers our "enlightened" society labels them but, rather, connoisseurs of fine natural products which are lovingly made by some of the finest craftsmen on earth. We do not merely wish to create additional suffering for our spouses, friends and the occasional self-righteous bystander (although at certain moments this can have appreciable value); no, it is simply that we are in love with something we find beautiful and, somehow, true. What punishment for this is that?
Second, you must realize that your original demographics have proved inaccurate. The bank president or CEO-god bless them, it's a free country as they say-- who consume four $5 cigars a week when their wives are out is no economic competition for someone like myself, a relatively low-income artist who requires 180-200 quality cigars a month. Let your advertisers take heed! Even the impecunious may be possessed of taste and style, as you are quickly discovering.
Last, I wish to confirm the experience many readers have attested to--that your magazine makes me...yes, happy!
I just grin from ear to ear as I peruse each issue. So my personal thanks to you for starting the only club I have yet exhibited an interest in joining.
David Myers
New York, New York
New York, New York
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Dear Marvin:
I picked up your publication while on vacation in Denver, and I can't remember when a magazine has brought me so much pleasure! I submitted my subscription card immediately, and I'd like to know how to obtain the first copy.
As one of life's most adamant nonsmokers, I never even permitted smoking in my home. However, I did observe that the only smokers I felt really enjoyed their habit were cigar and pipe smokers.
When I turned 40, 1 developed a taste not only for cigars but also for another of life's delights--a Martini. Discussing this phenomenon with a friend, he astutely observed, "You never needed a Martini--or a cigar--until you were 40!"
As a single mother, the practical side of cigar smoking is that it affords me genuine time to relax. When I smoke a cigar, I can't do anything else except read or watch television. It becomes a reward at the end of the day, and I do took forward to it.
Unfortunately, there are very few public places where I can enjoy a cigar, so I really appreciate the listing in the back of your magazine of restaurants specifically devoted to "cigar aficionados."
While most parents discourage smoking for their children, my teenage son and I enjoy comparing notes on cigars. He enjoyed your magazine more than I did because he loved the article on poker playing.
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William Mills Orlando, Florida, USA, June 13, 2013 7:37pm ET
Dear Marvin - Regarding the letter from Peter Worsham in the August issue, I lived in Havana from 1997 until 2000 as a member of the U.S. Interests Section. The GOOD cigars are indeed heavily controlled and expensive no matter where you buy them including Cuba. That said there was always counterfeit/seconds cigars to be had on the black market, but so easily available that the Cuban government had to be aware or complicit in their production and sale. In the end, although not top of the line cigars it was Cuban tobacco which I think is the best in the world.
Changing the subject, I just returned from a car trip to Eastern North Carolina and was surprised to see farm fields of growing tobacco. These same fields use to grow soy beans, cotton, and corn, while the owners were being paid NOT to grow tobacco. Can anyone tell me what has happened? Chinese demand? Domestic demand? Other?
Thanks for the fine magazine.
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Changing the subject, I just returned from a car trip to Eastern North Carolina and was surprised to see farm fields of growing tobacco. These same fields use to grow soy beans, cotton, and corn, while the owners were being paid NOT to grow tobacco. Can anyone tell me what has happened? Chinese demand? Domestic demand? Other?
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Curatorial duo Rivet (Sarah Demeuse and Manuela Moscoso) considers resonance, a notion they take from philosopher Levi Bryant's The Democracy of Objects, as a perspective on, and potential way of, interacting with the world. Informed by their current exhibitions, Resonance at the Goethe-Institut New York and Resonance and Repetition on view at the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, as well as by ongoing discussions with collaborators and artists, their talk highlights artistic projects and so touches upon current models of resistance, activism, or withdrawal.
In particular, the following questions are raised in this presentation: How can we begin to talk about social impact when annulling distinctions between subjects and objects, or action and inaction? How can we move marks of distinction? In what kind of regimes of attraction can the art object participate, and what does it do differently from other objects?
Rivet was founded in 2010 by Sarah Demeuse and Manuela Moscoso. The office focuses on long-term collaborations with artists and research that takes shape in different formats, from conversations, small circle reading groups, writing and workshops, to exhibitions. Sarah also translates and edits, and is currently part of the 9th Mercosur Biennial Porto Alegre curatorial team. Manuela is co-director of Capacete, an international residency and research program located in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil.
Organized and presented by the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School in conjunction with the center's curatorial focus theme Thingness, the New School class Art & the Political.
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Fairfax County Sponsors Volunteer Fair
Contact for News Media:
Grace Lynch, Communications Manager
Adult and Aging Division
July 14, 2009
Fairfax County Sponsors Volunteer Fair in Reston on August 6
Find your niche in creating a caring community for all ages at Fairfax County's Volunteer Solutions fair on Thursday, August 6, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Reston Regional Library, 11925 Bowman Towne Dr., Reston.
Participants will learn about volunteer opportunities that help older adults and adults with disabilities. The first five people to register and start volunteering will receive a free gift. Call 703-704-6075 for more information.
Volunteer Solutions is a program of the Department of Family Services' Fairfax Area Agency on Aging.
Go to www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dfs/olderadultservices/ for more information about Volunteer Solutions and services for older adults.
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Fairfax County is committed to nondiscrimination on the basis of disability in all county programs, services and activities. To request this information in an alternate format, call Department of Family Services' Fairfax Area Agency on Aging at 703-324-5411, TTY 703-449-1186.
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Fish Oil and Aspirin With Type 2 Diabetes (R-21)
This study has been completed.
University of Rochester
Cornell University
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Robert Block, University of Rochester
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: August 3, 2010
Last updated: October 7, 2013
Last verified: October 2013
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Detailed Description:
The purpose of this study is to understand if omega-3 fatty acids in fish oil enhance the ability of aspirin to reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases such as heart attack and stroke in those who have diabetes mellitus.
|Cardiovascular Disease
|Dietary Supplement: Fish Oil and Aspirin
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
|Official Title:
|The Effects of Fish Oil and Aspirin on Cardiovascular Risk in Type 2 Diabetes
Resource links provided by NLM:
Drug Information available for: Aspirin Fish oilU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Robert Block, University of Rochester:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Platelet function [ Time Frame: 4 hours ]Platelet function effect will be measured with aspirin alone and 4 hours later, after fish oil ingestion.
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Lysophospholipids [ Time Frame: 4 hours ]Plasma measurement of lysophospholipids will be measured with aspirin alone and 4 hours later, after fish oil ingestion. These analyses will be considered exploratory due to the fact that no previous data exist regarding the relationships investigated and multiple testing is inherent to these analyses as 11 species of each LPA and LPC will be measured.
|Study Start Date:
|August 2010
|Study Completion Date:
|November 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|March 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: Fish Oil and Aspirin
Dietary Supplement: Fish Oil and Aspirin
4 grams of fish oil each day for 28 days and 81 mg aspirin
Other Names:
Detailed Description:
A recent increase in the incidence and prevalence of obesity-related diabetes mellitus and the metabolic syndrome as a result of insulin resistance threatens to reverse the health gains achieved in the US during the last half of the 20th century. Novel inexpensive and safe pharmacologic approaches are required to prevent a variety of resulting cardiovascular disease sequelae. Aspirin is a proven agent in the treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease but is greatly underused. Even when it is used, aspirin is ineffective in a large proportion of the population: a problem termed "aspirin resistance." Approximately thirty percent of the adult US population is aspirin resistant and this proportion is higher in those with diabetes and the metabolic events and affected patients do not benefit from other antiplatelet drugs. The omega-3 fatty acids eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) are naturally occurring and can be safely used at low cost in individuals who are in high and lower cardiovascular risk groups. Supplementation with EPA and and DHA (EPA + DHA) modifies the fatty acid balance which is distributed in patients with insulin resistance and atherosclerosis, thereby potentially improving endothelial function, lowering blood pressure, and reducing the risk of fatal and non-fatal acute coronary syndromes. Emerging evidence indicates that the combination of aspirin together with EPA+DHA supplementation beneficially regulates fatty acid metabolism and attenuates atherosclerosis. However, the effects of aspirin together with EPA + DHA on aspirin resistance or in subjects with diabetes mellitus and insulin resistance are unknown. Circulating EPA and DHA are contained largely in lysophospholipids, which contain a three carbon backbone and variable fatty acyl side chains. In preliminary data, we show that both aspirin ingestion and EPA+DHA supplementation after lysophospholipids including lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC) and lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) are now known to bind specific G-protein coupled receptors, which are being explored as novel therapeutic targets in cardiovascular and other diseases. Relationships between LPC and LPA metabolism, aspirin ingestion, and human atherosclerosis have not been investigated (to our knowledge). In the proposed study, we will investigate the effects of combining aspirin with EPA+DHA supplementation on platelet function and lysophospholipid metabolism in a clinical trial of individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus. This trial will build on existing infrastructure in clinical and translational research, as well as our preliminary data using novel in-house assays.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|40 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Between the ages of 40-80
- No significant abnormality noted from the CBC, CMP, TSH
Have diabetes mellitus based on the criteria from the Report of the Expert Committee on the Diagnosis and Classification of Diabetes Mellitus. (57) These data will be collected from medical records in conjunction with the Greater Rochester Practice-Based Research Network (see recruitment plan below)
- Symptoms of diabetes plus casual plasma glucose concentration greater than or equal to 200 mg/dl (11.1 mmol/l). Casual is defined as any time of day without regard to last time since last meal. The classic symptoms of diabetes include polyuria, polydipsia, and unexplained weight loss, or;
- Fasting plasma glucose greater than or equal to 126 mg/dl (11.1 mmol/l). Fasting is defined as no caloric intake for at least 8 h, or;
- 2-hour plasma glucose greater than or equal to 200 mg/dl (11.1 mmol/l) during an oral glucose tolerance test. The test should be performed as described by the World Health organization, using a glucose load containing the equivalent of 75 g anhydrous glucose dissolved in water. This is the protocol within the University of Rochester Clinical Labs.
(In the absence of unequivocal hyperglycemia with acute metabolic decompensation, these criteria should have been confirmed by repeat testing on a different day)
- Available for two morning visits (5 hours at bedrest) approximately 28 days apart and 2 short visits for blood draws
- No fish oil, flax seed oil, vitamins, nutri. supplements or herbal preps. during study
- Able to commit to no aspirin, NSAIDS for 10 days prior to each 5-hour study visit
- Able to commit to no more then 2 meals of fish 7 days prior to each visit
- Non-smoker
- Not currently pregnant, and will not become pregnant during study
Exclusion Criteria:
- History of drug or alcohol abuse, or current weekly alcohol consumption >14 units/week (1 unit=1 beer, 1 glass of wine, 1 mixed cocktail containing 1 ounce of alcohol)
- Diagnosis of cardiovascular disease including coronary heart disease, congestive heart failure, peripheral vascular disease, stroke, atrial fibrillation, and gastric bypass surgery or malabsorption syndrome.
- History of malignancy (unless disease free for >10 years, or non-melanoma skin carcinoma)
- History of peptic ulcer or gastrointestinal bleeding in past 5 years
- Diagnosed bleeding disorder
- Use of antiplatelet or antithrombotic therapy, defined as clopidogrel, ticlopidine, cilostazol, dipyridamol, trapidil, warfarin, and argatroban
Contacts and Locations
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: NCT01181882
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01181882
|United States, New York
|Clinical Research Center of the University of Rochester Medical Center
|Rochester, New York, United States, 14642
Sponsors and Collaborators
University of Rochester
Cornell University
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
|Principal Investigator:
|Robert C Block, MD, MPH
|University of Rochester
More Information
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Keywords provided by Robert Block, University of Rochester:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 18, 2017
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
Block RC, Abdolahi A, Tu X, Georas SN, Brenna JT, Phipps RP, Lawrence P, Mousa SA. The effects of aspirin on platelet function and lysophosphatidic acids depend on plasma concentrations of EPA and DHA. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids. 2015 May;96:17-24. doi: 10.1016/j.plefa.2014.12.005. Epub 2014 Dec 22.
Abdolahi A, Georas SN, Brenna JT, Cai X, Thevenet-Morrison K, Phipps RP, Lawrence P, Mousa SA, Block RC. The effects of aspirin and fish oil consumption on lysophosphatidylcholines and lysophosphatidic acids and their correlates with platelet aggregation in adults with diabetes mellitus. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids. 2014 Feb-Mar;90(2-3):61-8. doi: 10.1016/j.plefa.2013.12.004. Epub 2013 Dec 18.
Block RC, Abdolahi A, Smith B, Meednu N, Thevenet-Morrison K, Cai X, Cui H, Mousa S, Brenna JT, Georas S. Effects of low-dose aspirin and fish oil on platelet function and NF-kappaB in adults with diabetes mellitus. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids. 2013 Jul;89(1):9-18. doi: 10.1016/j.plefa.2013.03.005. Epub 2013 May 7.
|Responsible Party:
|Robert Block, Assistant Professor, University of Rochester
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01181882 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|August 3, 2010
|Last Updated:
|October 7, 2013
Keywords provided by Robert Block, University of Rochester:
Cardiovascular Disease
Aspirin Resistance
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Platelet Function
Omega-3 Fatty Acids
Lysophosphatidic Acid
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Cardiovascular Diseases
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
Analgesics, Non-Narcotic
Sensory System Agents
Peripheral Nervous System Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Antirheumatic Agents
Fibrinolytic Agents
Fibrin Modulating Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
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Beckham denies A-League rumours
David Beckham has denied suggestions he could be bound for the A-League but Football Federation Australia chief executive David Gallop believes there's still hope the superstar could play in Australia.
The soccer world was buzzing on Friday after the FFA said representatives for Beckham had expressed an interest in the 37-year-old coming down under after his commitments with US club LA Galaxy were through next month.
But Beckham's management quickly shot that talk down, claiming their client had "absolutely no plans to play in Australia", before the man himself said on Saturday the rumours were untrue.
"Yeah (LA Galaxy coach Bruce Arena) told me that this morning," Beckham said at a press conference.
"That's the first I've heard of that this morning.
"But no, definitely not true."
Beckham's manager suggested the FFA might have been taken in by an unconnected agent attempting to act as a middle man and set up a deal.
But Gallop responded to those denials on radio on Saturday morning and said there was no need for A-League clubs to be disheartened.
The game's new boss said a similar situation arose earlier this year when Alessandro Del Piero's camp tried to distance themselves from speculation linking him to Sydney FC.
Speaking on Triple M's The Dead Set Legends, Gallop said it was natural for stars to want negotiations kept out of the limelight and urged A-League clubs to be proactive and persist with negotiations.
"A similar thing happened with Del Piero in terms of the contact and, as we all know, that came to be," Gallop said.
"So let's just see how this one plays out. It's certainly an exciting proposition - no one would deny that.
"We're not counting our chickens in relation to this ... but obviously people would prefer negotiations to happen behind closed doors.
"At the mere mention of Beckham's name, it did leak out and there's been a mushroom of interest.
"There would have to be a fair few hoops that would have to be jumped through and getting a deal with one of the clubs is the first step.
"There's definitely been some contact made and let's just see where it gets to."
Gallop said clubs needed to take the initiative with negotiations and not rely on the FFA and said patience would be needed.
"I think the connection points now are going to be between the A-League clubs that are interested and Beckham's management, so we'll just have to let that dialogue happen.
"But the timing is pretty good in terms of him being able to come in on a guest stint from the middle of January for 10 games.
"I think it's a bit of a wait-and-see situation. Of course, it would be fantastic but let's not get ahead of ourselves at this point."
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With hopes for U.S. potatoes to be allowed into the heart of Mexico dashed last fall when Mexican officials backtracked on previous plans to loosen regulations, U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., is urging America's trade representative Ron Kirk to continue his work to harmonize trade standards.
Feinstein sent a letter to Kirk in February specifically discussing what she described as "unscientific barriers to trade."
Feinstein cited an agreement signed in 2003 that was supposed to grant U.S. fresh potatoes access into Mexico beyond the border zone by 2004.
Feinstein said in the letter that the limited access for U.S. potatoes is costing the industry $100 million annually in lost export opportunities.
As of early March, the Mexican government had not issued any new statements about the situation.
John Keeling, National Potato Council executive vice president, continues to maintain a positive outlook on the final outcome of the trade negotiations but does not expect resolution soon.
Keeling predicted it will be a long battle with a lot of back and forth, like a chess game. He describes the situation as a policy fight between two cabinet level agencies in Mexico
"We think in the end that this thing has risen to very high levels in both governments and we're very comfortable with the discussion happening in that way," Keeling said.


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Business News of Wednesday, 30 January 2013
Source: Edward Smith-GhanaWeb
The Ghana Netherlands Chamber of Commerce and Culture (GHANECC) have announced arrangements towards the celebration of ten years of existence and successful business advancement between Ghana and the Netherlands.
Consequently, the association has drawn up an exciting program scheduled from 13- 17 February 2013, to commemorate the occasion.
In a statement released in Accra on Wednesday, GHANEC said while certain events will only be attended by prior invitation, most will be open to all interested persons.
In a move to create awareness of the importance of time keeping, the statement added that the celebrations will be climax by the official launch of Ghana on Time (G.O.T) initiative.
"... As open-minded and culturally-influenced habitants of this beautiful country, we are all aware of the lack of punctuality that is so common in Ghana. From the highest officials to the common house help, the notions surrounding the importance of time precision seem to be of little significance.
"GHANECC strongly believe that now is the time to initiate a new trend within corporate and official sectors that promotes punctuality and its importance to development, progress and business efficiency," the statement added.
Below is the full statement by GHANECC
Official Press Release – 30th January 2013
GHANECC Invites All To Join in "GHANECC 10 Years" Celebrations
And Ghana-Holland Week
The Ghana Netherlands Chamber of Commerce and Culture is pleased to announce arrangements towards the celebration of ten years of successful business advancement between Ghana and the Netherlands! In collaboration with the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Accra, GHANECC has drawn up an exciting program scheduled from 13 – 17 February 2013 to mark a decade of successful operation in Ghana.
While certain events may only be attended only by prior invitation, most are open to anyone interested in attending! Come and experience the benefits of socializing within a business network and familiarize yourself with Ghanaian Dutch business relations!
Wednesday 13th February
Exclusive Evening Cocktail at Dutch Ambassador's residence
Invitation only
Thursday 14th February
'GHANECC 10 Years' Executive Round Table Discussion at Alisa Hotel
Friday 15th February
Heritage International cultural lecture/Launch of Ankobra Gold Route
Saturday 16th February
'GHANECC 10 Years' Grand Gala Dinner and Charity Raffle Event
Sunday 17th February
GHANECC & GFA Mini football tournament & family barbeque!
For more information or to RSVP please call 0302 767 825 or email email@example.com
The "GHANECC 10 Years" Program is proudly sponsored by The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Vlisco, Shell, Wienco, Auto Plaza, Unilever, KEK Insurance, SIMED, Bam International, MaxMart.
Ghana on Time: GHANECC Launches G.O.T Initiative and prepares to go Nationwide!
Ghana on Time (G.O.T) is a movement proposed by GHANECC to create awareness of the importance of time keeping! As open-minded and culturally-influenced habitants of this beautiful country, we are all aware of the lack of punctuality that is so common in Ghana. From the highest officials to the common house help, the notions surrounding the importance of time precision seem to be of little significance. GHANECC strongly believe that NOW IS THE TIME to initiate a new trend within corporate and official sectors that promotes punctuality and its importance to development, progress and business efficiency.
"G.O.T not G.M.T"
Look out for this logo in the near future as it represents punctuality and indicates that the time stated is official! GHANECC have already started distributing G.O.T lapel pins to be worn by all those who support the movement and want to make efforts towards abolishing the tardy behaviour we have all become so used to!
For more information about the "G.O.T" movement or to purchase your own "G.O.T" Pin please contact GHANECC offices at 0302 767 825 or email firstname.lastname@example.com
Common Ghanaian-Dutch Cultural Heritage
Friday 15th February – ACCRA, National Museum – start 9.00 am
Saturday 16th February – AXIM, Fort St Anthony Opening 'Ankobra Gold Route' exhibition – start 9.00 am
Within the framework of the Common Cultural Heritage Policy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the project dubbed, 'Ankobra Gold Route: A common Ghanaian- Dutch Historic and Cultural Heritage in Western Ghana' is funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and managed by a partnership formed by "Ricerca e Cooperazione", an Italian NGO, University of Pavia in Italy and the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board. This is a two-year Common Cultural Heritage Conservation and Sustainable Development project focusing on the conservation and enhancement of movable and immovable objects of Ghanaian –Dutch Cultural Heritage for socio-economic and cultural development with the involvement of local communities.
The project, involves close collaboration between other stakeholders namely, University Departments in Ghana, University of Groningen in the Netherlands, the Public Records and Archives Administration Department of Ghana (PRAAD), the Ghana Tourism Authority, District Assemblies and Local Communities in the Western Region.
Fort St. Anthony in Axim is also hosting an exhibition organised by the GMMB, regarding conservation work and an introduction to the history of Ghanaian-Dutch interaction in the Ankobra valley and the surrounding areas. Saturday 16th February the exhibition will be officially opened by the Western Regional Minister.
Guests are invited to purchase a package which includes a cultural lecture at the National Museum, transportation to Axim, an exclusive occasional dinner inside Fort St. Anthony and an overnight stay in one of Axim's luxurious beach hotels. Definitely a great Valentines Weekend get away!
For more information please contact GHANECC offices at 0302 767 825 or email firstname.lastname@example.com
KLM Donates TWO Business Class Tickets to the Netherlands for "GHANECC 10 Years" Charity Raffle Event!
As one of the most proactive and successful Business Chambers in Ghana, GHANECC (the Ghana Netherlands Chamber of Commerce and Culture) is proud to announce its upcoming 10th anniversary to be celebrated from 13-17 February 2013!
A number of corporate and hospitality organizations have donated prizes to support a raffle which will be held at the 'GHANECC 10 Years' Grand Gala Dinner hosted at Mövenpick Ambassador's Hotel on Saturday 16th February.
Generous prizes from Mamma Mia Pizzeria, Alisa Hotel and Antrak Air can be won at the raffle but the grand prize and highlight of the evening comes from GHANECC's member KLM with their huge contribution of two business class tickets directly to the Netherlands! In addition to a series of fun and business-orientated events scheduled during the week, GHANECC would also like to give something back to charity.
The funds raised from the tickets sold are intended to go to the "Nii Jay Foundation". This foundation is a charity that encourages under-privileged children from the streets of Accra to take part in music lessons and learn creative arts in order to build confidence, creative thinking and sociability. Hopefully, with the motivation of winning such great prizes, guests will be inclined to participate in the raffle event and GHANECC will raise a significant sum of money to donate to the "Nii Jay Foundation" which supports, feeds, clothes and provides shelter for dozens of homeless children.
To purchase a ticket to attend this exclusive event, contact GHANECC offices at 0302 767 825 or email email@example.com
Ex- Footballers Aron Winters and George Boateng Launch Football for WASH program in Ghana!
Football for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) is a public-private partnership made up of the following organizations: Royal Netherlands Football Association, UNICEF Netherlands, Simavi, Vitens Evides International, Aqua for All, Akvo and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The main goal of the program is to improve drinking water and sanitation facilities at 1100 schools in Kenya, Ghana and Mozambique. Furthermore, over 700.000 school children will be taught life skills related to hand washing, clean drinking water and improved sanitation.
By constructing drinking water points and sanitation facilities for boys and girls, along with providing life skills training and education to WorldCoaches, we want to offer children a healthy environment to live in and make them aware of hygienic behavior. The coaches act as role models for the children, and combine football and life skills training.
WorldCoaches program will take place throughout the week
Saturday 16th February – Football for WASH Video Presentation during the Gala Dinner
Sunday 17th February – Mini Football Tournament for Children and Adults.
Lizzy Sports Complex – 12.00
The Maternal Health Channel Television Series
Funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, a long standing supporter of the Ghana health sector, its partners include Ghana Health Service, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Ghana Coalition of NGO's in Health, Marie Stopes International, Discove Ventures, United Nations Population Fund, DKT International, Grameen Foundation, Pemorudas and R3M Ghana.
The weekly series will be broadcast on GTV, Ghana's leading broadcaster and TV3, starting 20 February 2013. It is estimated that between 8 to 10 million people will watch each programme with news and reports from around the country by a roving crew and studio discussions that would seek positive outcomes to maternal health challenges.
The radio programs in Ghanaian languages will spearhead a community outreach programme that will link the national dialogue to local issues and concerns.
Launch: 13 February 2013
His Excellency John Mahama, President of Ghana has been invited to launch the Maternal Health Channel Television and Radio Series on 13 February 2013 at the National Theatre, Accra.


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Should you desire more information or a showing of any other listed property, just let us know and we will be more than happy to get information and make arrangements. We would also welcome the opportunity to visit with you about an auction.
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HintIt's not just an ordinary gate.
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We've heard from a lot of customers who really enjoy our Gluten Free Pizza Crust Mix. This kind of feedback always makes us really happy. We've also discovered how versatile the mix can be, thanks in part to our creative customers out there who are willing to experiment with it. We've received dozens of successful (and tasty!) recipes ranging from perogies and buns to soda bread and muffins. It's wonderful to know that our customers are so adventurous in their cooking and baking!!
We've done some experimenting of our own here in the test kitchen, and discovered a fantastic Gluten Free Cinnamon Roll recipe. We hope that you try this and enjoy it!!
We also want to say thank you to everyone who has submitted such great recipes. If you have created a new recipe with this or any other Bob's Red Mill product, please share it with us by submitting a recipe!
Gluten Free Cinnamon Rolls
1/4 cup Butter
1/2 cup Sugar
2 Eggs*
Yeast Packet (from package)
1 cup Warm Water
1 – 16 pkg Gluten Free Pizza Crust Mix
Rice Flour for dusting
1/4 cup Butter, melted
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
2 tsp Cinnamon
* To replace the eggs, combine 2 Tb Flaxseed Meal with 6 Tb of water; mix and let stand 5 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 375°F.
Add 1 Tb of the sugar to the warm water. Sprinkle the yeast packet on top of water and let sit 5 minutes. Cream together the butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, making sure to blend in completely.
Add the yeast mixture to the butter/egg mixture and blend. Add in the pizza crust mix; blend two minutes. Heavily dust a foot long sheet of wax paper with rice flour. Spread batter over the length of the wax paper, about 19 inches. Using warm water, wet your hands and press the batter outward to fill the sheet. Keep your hands wet. Once the batter evenly covers the wax paper, brush melted butter over the batter from edge to edge.
Combine the cinnamon and sugar and then sprinkle mixture over the batter from edge to edge. Pick up the short end of the wax paper and begin carefully rolling the batter over itself like you would a jelly roll. Cut the roll into 1 ½ inch pieces and gently place the disks into the 8 x 8 inch greased pan. It is okay to crowd them.
Let the rolls rise in a warm place for 30 minutes. Bake for 20 – 25 minutes. Remove from oven, cool until the butter stops bubbling then flip out onto a plate. Makes 8 cinnamon rolls.


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Save Money, Be Nice
Anyone in the service business knows not all clients are created equally. And not all clients are easy to work with. So this post is not for the professional who puts their clients first but for the client who assumes their vendors are second-class citizens.
Just because you're paying someone for their services doesn't mean that they are desperate for work or that this somehow gives license to treat them poorly. The fact of the matter is that you need them more than they need you. You have a problem to solve. You need a pro to help solve it. So be nice… and you might actually save yourself time and money.
While it is true enough that not all vendors are created equally (too), if you're well prepared and listen closely, it is fairly easy to recognize those people who really know what they are doing (and not just giving lip service).
Tip: The more "buzz" a topic gets (e.g. social media), the more charlatans crawl out of the woodwork. So be wary… but be nice.
Having had a bad experience with a vendor doesn't mean the next one is going to be just as bad. If you need to, take a break to restore equilibrium to your objectivity. It is always best to error on the side of caution and give the next person the benefit of the doubt. I know it is not always easy (which is why I never respond to emails when angry) but trust me, it will serve you well in the long run. Stay focus on your goal.
How does this save you money?
Is it really that hard to imagine that the people who are true professionals do what they do because they love it? And because they love it they are very good at it. It is not all about making money but they certainly know what their time and knowledge and talents are worth. They don't need your validation.
When a vendor is facing the prospect of working with a client that respects their time/knowledge/talents versus one that does not, they will either go with the former (most cases) or charge a lot more (exception to the rule).
In addition, if you are not nice then you're most likely going to end up with only charlatans to choose from. A charlatan may charge you less upfront but it will cost a lot more time/money in the end (and you may still not have solved your problem). As David Ogilvy once put it: "If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys."
So be nice.
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AVON and Somerset Police have released CCTV images of two men, possibly from Swindon, who they would like to speak to in connection with a rape investigation in Bristol.
A 24-year-old woman contacted police on Friday to report that she had been raped by a man in the early hours of Sunday, December 15.
Det Insp Mike Buck, of the Operation Bluestone team, said: "The victim had been out with friends during the evening of Saturday 14 December in the Clifton Triangle area of the city.
"She became separated from her friends and went to get a takeaway, where she began speaking to a group of men.
"The victim began walking home and a man walked with her. He then subjected her to a serious sexual assault in St Michael's Park in Clifton and close to Alfred Place in Kingsdown, sometime between 4am and 5am.
"This is a very nasty incident and understandably the victim is extremely distressed and we are doing all we can to support her.
"We are releasing images of two men we would like to speak to as we believe they both spoke to the victim in the Clifton Triangle area and may have information which could be crucial to our investigation. It is possible the two men could be from the Swindon area.
"I would also like to speak to anyone who believes they may have seen or heard something in St Michael's Park or close to Alfred Place, but maybe did not think it suspicious at the time.
"Incidents like this are not commonplace and we have a team of detectives working on the case carrying out a number of enquiries.
"If anyone has any concerns, I would urge them to speak to their local neighbourhood policing team."
If you can help, call Det Inp Mike Buck or the Operation Bluestone team via the 24-hour non-emergency number on 101.


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WINCHESTER Army Cadets have raised £1,000 for a memorial to remember the men and women who passed through the city's Morn Hill camps in World War One.
The young people from the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Army Cadet Force raised the money through sponsored walks, swims and bag packing.
The memorial is being designed by nationally-renowned sculptor Simon Smith and will be unveiled near the Great Hall on Winchester's Armed Forces Day, June 23.
The project honours a promise made in 1919 – and broken – to create a memorial for soldiers who passed through Winchester on their way to war.
The memorial team will stage an exhibition in the Great Hall in June and produce information boards on the site of the camp at Morn Hill, a mile east of the city.
The cadets presented the £1,000 cheque to the chairman and vice chairman of the memorial committee, David Harrison and Tony Dowland, after hearing about the campaign to 'Honour a Promise' to the estimated two million soldiers who went through Morn Hill.
Mr Harrison said: "The cadets have been marvellous and have been involved from the beginning. They have already raised £500 from a concert and this is the second instalment and they have promised to do more.
"It is fantastic that the young people understand and remember what happened 100 years ago and the sacrifices made for their freedom."
Col Rod Lambert, Commandant of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Army Cadet Force, vowed to place a Poppy Wreath on the new memorial on November 11 each and every year.
He said the Army had launched 'Operation Reflect' to recognise the cost of war and remember the sacrifices made in the past.
Sgt Christopher Needham, 17, from Stanmore, added: "This is a really good cause and I fully support everything the Cadets have done for the memorial and what it stands for."


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Review: Assassin's Creed 3 doesn't start a revolution, but still amazes
The Assassin's Creed series to me has always been a bumpy ride. You've got the high points, mostly involving the characters who you jump into as you assassinate high-ranking targets and their numbered guard, and the low points, revolving around Desmond Miles trying to figure out things in the modern day (though some of you still like him, that's just the way it goes). But overall it's been a series that has grown into something spectacular, even though last year's Revelations stumbled a bit upon the familiar – and included a tower defense factor I didn't feel was necessary.
But now the series has shifted into something even more monumental, and even though Assassin's Creed III has its issues, I can't help but feel this is a truly high mark for the developers at Ubisoft Montreal. It gives you an incredible amount of things to do, whether you follow the main story or just feel like decking out your house while occasionally doing a little pig farming. And that's just the single player portion of the game. Multiplayer has its own addictive flavor to it, whether you like stabbing your friends or working alongside them to hunt down targets. Everything just comes together into one of the most respectable packages you'll find on the gaming market this holiday season.
The game doesn't start you out as the main assassin, Connor. Instead, you'll spend a little time portraying Haytham Kenway, a noble killer who has his own agenda to follow in the midst of the American Revolution. I won't spoil the story for you, but it eventually segues into the shoes of the new assassin, as he sets out to stop a Templar conspiracy in the midst of ol' Boston and New York towns. Obviously it's a task with a lot to overcome, as a ton of ill-tempered red coats are more than eager to stop you in your tracks. And, as expected, this story does tie in with Desmond, who's trying to save the world from the "doomsday clock" in his own time. No pressure, right?
Ubisoft Montreal has touched up a number of things to make Assassin's Creed III one of the most fluid games in the series to date. Free running is smoother than ever, as you'll leap across rooftops and swing across posts better than ever. The combat system is also solid, if a bit simplified, as Connor (or Haytham) can easily counter incoming strikes with a button press and bury a weapon in someone's back as they stumble to the ground. (Later opponents pose a bigger challenge, but can still be beaten.) It's especially useful how you can strike at opponents in any direction, as most of these enemies charge in groups.
Not everything is perfect with the gameplay, however. Stealth still plays a huge part in the Assassin's world, and while some parts of it still click (hiding in a crowd, despite being clearly dressed as an assassin), others do not. Some missions require you to hide out near certain people so you can eavesdrop on their conversation, but even when you're hiding in grass or casually trying to sit at the bar, the AI gets quirky and soldiers suddenly notice your presence, then won't leave you alone until you basically kill them. What's more, this soldier awareness gets annoying at times. For instance, when we tried to kill a top-ranking soldier aboard a ship, if we pushed him off one side, in plain view of two soldiers, they'd charge at us and fail the mission. However, if we stabbed this same soldier in the neck on the other side of the ship, in the similar range of view to the other soldiers, they did nothing.
Another thing – the hunting quick-time events. These can be real tiring, mainly because you should be able to simply lift a hatchet and bury it in a wolf's back like any other enemy, rather than be required to hit a certain button or become its lunch. It's mildly annoying. Plus, the rope darts don't do much good against these smaller animals, though they are fun to use on humans. Whee!
These occasional quirks, along with the heavily stacked final mission (which, again, I won't spoil) may be too much for amateur ranked players to bear. Creed fans, however, will overcome the odds and bury their hand blades accordingly.
The single player campaign features a staggering amount of content, from social clubs to side activities to quests that will take you a few miles out, just to learn a thing or two about your heritage. You'll spend several hours completing it all, and though some are more exhausting than others, the experience is rewarding overall. What's more, once you gain control of a ship for naval battles, the game becomes even more addicting. There's a lot you need to do when you're at the helm, like dodging incoming cannonballs and lining up targets, but it's a rewarding experience – and one that should be expanded with even more missions via DLC. You listening, Ubi?
On top of that, Assassin's Creed III also packs a mean punch with multiplayer. The two main additions that you'll want to watch out for are Domination and Wolfpack. Domination is a more "versus" oriented mode, where players try to take over hot spots without alerting the other controlling assassins in the area. They can use occasional camouflage, but if they act jerkily, they'll give themselves away. It's a tricky mode, but one fans will come to appreciate. The second is a co-op supported game where up to four assassins team up together to track down targets and take them down in style. As you do, new targets pop up, and you're given a minimal score to meet. If you've got the right team in tow, this mode can be a blast. Just watch out for those wandering types…they suck.
Ubisoft spared no expense when it came to recreating the ol' towns of the 1700's with Assassin's Creed III. Both New York and Boston are staggeringly beautiful, filled with life and peasants, just as you'd find walking around in the real thing (or so I've heard – I'm not a time traveller). Sometimes glitches occur with characters that jump out of context, but overall it's a huge improvement to an engine, and a nice change of pace from roaming around the usual overseas surroundings. And there's plenty of blood to spill, so don't worry about that.
The game is also backed by some excellent dialogue, thanks to a range of voice actors that bring their roles to vivacious life. Connor can be a little soft-spoken at times for an assassin – a quirky choice, to be sure – but the others really deliver on their roles, even if they can be a little over-arrogant at times. The music is fitting for the theme of the game as well, with plenty of old-style songs and a few dramatic tones when something major is happening. The sound effects are good too, even right down to the burying of a weapon in someone's neck. Ouch.
While a few things keep Assassin's Creed III from being that "perfect sequel" that so many fans have been craving, there's no question that Ubisoft has put the kind of time and effort into the game to utterly satisfy them. It's a huge step up from last year's Revelations, giving you hours upon hours of content, alone or with friends. And Connor is a worthwhile addition to the series, even though I would've liked to have seen more Haytham in action. Perhaps a sequel – or some DLC missions – can fix that.
Overall, don't miss it. It definitely lives up to the hype…despite what a few others may tell you.
[Reviewed on Xbox 360]


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Last week Prince Andrew visited Tech Hub and I was asked to take some photos and shoot some video. I took about 1000 in all and most are in this video. I didn't edit the photos at all (except cropping them to 16:9) and appear in the video in the same order they came out of the camera. Enjoy.
Nathan Rae's Everything Blog
This Blog contains everything Nathan Rae decides to share including business stuff, interesting videos, personal thoughts and updates on everything he's up to.
Barclays Tech Innovation Challenge Live Stream and Video
I've recently been involved in a complex project for Barclays which involved live streaming the launch of the project to schools in Manchester, Cheshire and Lithuania. Then I traveled around some of the high schools to record the teams progress. Then finally I live streamed (securely behind a password as kids were involved) the finals day at Barclays, including the prize giving which was done by The Chancellor George Osborne MP.
Here's a short 1 min video I made for Barclays covering the full project.
So as you can see not all the shots were shot in the same style as the video is a mix of footage from the live stream, footage shot on a DSLR, footage from the event filming cameras and even a couple of shots from my mobile phone.
The Gizwiz, The Pod Delusion and I
One of my New Years resolutions was to write and record for other peoples podcasts so back in January I contributed a bit about multidimensional travel systems to the Episode 219 of The Pod Delusion.
Then this week I filmed a "My Favourite Gadget" segment which was featured on Twit.tv's Giz Wiz Show. It went down very well with the hosts and the audience so here it is. Jump to 32 mins in for my bit:
New Years Resolutions 2014
So here's my to 5 resolutions for 2014:
1. Blog about what I'm doing more...
Over the last few months I've love stranded Hack Manchester, Startup Weekend, Barclays Bank events, Boxing Press Conference and Weigh Ins etc. and yet looking at my website you would not know it. Get your act together Nathan!
2. More Podcasting...
In 2012 I have contributed to the Pod Delusion, Tech News Today and The Science Fiction Book Review Podcast which I hope to continue to do in 2014. I also produced the Northology Tech Podcast for a few months but had to give it up as it was eating into my paid work. So in 2014 I'd also like record more Is This A Good Idea episodes and mage it a weekly show by February.
3. Get Fit Again...
100 Push Ups? 10k Manchester and Leeds Run? 1 mile swim? Yes I'll be doing all those things in 2014!
4. Make Spoonful App a reality...
And I'll also be working on making Pigeon Post Systems and the physical package protocol known me widely. More details about this will coming soon.
5. Learn To Code...
Not sure what language and not sure what platform but I want to be able to communicate with developers in their own lingo with more than the smattering of terms I've picked up by osmosis.
And that's it for now! See you in 2014!
North West Health Hack at Barclays
Last month I live streamed the North West Health Hack at the Barclays campus at Radbrook Hall in Cheshire. I also shot some footage to cut together a short promo video and here it is!


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AKIRA ONIZAWA could be well on his way to serving as executive chef at some posh, metropolitan restaurant. Instead, he is using his culinary skills to nurture young pallets.
Onizawa, a native of Japan, is executive chef and director of food services at Branson School in Ross, where he makes lunch as much of an education for the students as it is a good meal.
After a decade working in Japanese cuisine, Onizawa went to New York to study French cuisine at a culinary school. He worked for a time at Thomas Keller's restaurant, Per Se. Then he discovered the importance healthy eating in schools. He went to work for the Calhoun School, in Manhattan's Upper West Side. There, he worked under Robert Ivan — better known as Chef Bobo — whom Onizawa described as a "pioneer of sustainable school lunch program."
Onizawa moved to California in 2011, to work at the fancy Carmel restaurant, Abergine. A year later, he returned to the school kitchen, taking the Branson gig and hoping other school cafeterias learn from his approach.
Q: What is the focus of the lunch program at Branson School?
A: What we are trying to do here is to establish a sustainable school lunch program. Not just organic, or locally resourced, but also pay attention to how the operation affects the environment.
Q: What is your approach to buying and preparing the food?
A: I want to offer authentic food. Nothing premade. California is one of the great places to find all the artisanal, agriculture, quality foods.
Q: Besides eating good food, what else do you hope for the students to gain from the meals you serve them?
A: I'm basically trying to raise their awareness of where their food comes from, how it's prepared and how the food affects their body and mind. I try to get ingredients from producers directly and introduce those products to students here, and let them know not just through the dishes, but I put all the information on our Web page.
Q: Do you have goals of spreading your approach to other schools?
A: I would like my lunch program to be an exemplary program to inspire other communities.
Kids are one of the biggest hope for us, to keep the United States to continue. If you become stingy about investing in these kids, it doesn't make any sense.
My philosophy is to try to achieve the finest school lunch meal you can find around here, and if people come to see our lunch and I can wow them, then I can make them wish they can offer that.
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ALS, books, history, memory, memory chalet, Tony Judt, twentieth century
Tony Judt had his problems with classifications of all sorts and he too cannot be easily classified—and it is good that way. He was many things—English, Jewish, American, historian, an academic, a public intellectual and a Social Democrat—but never quite, completely or with loyalty, and as a result he was often criticized or found himself feeling at odds with ideological traditions and established intellectual practices.
He preferred the edge, he writes in his collection of short essays entitled The Memory Chalet (Vintage 2011)—or perhaps it was not even a preference, but rather what he became in the course of his journeys as he travelled physically across Europe and the U.S. and mentally across the world of ideas that marked the twentieth century—in good and in bad.
According to Timothy Snyder, with whose help and in conversation he compiled his last book Thinking the Twentieth Century (Penguin Press, 2012), Tony Judt was in search of truth, but unlike most of his fellow historians, he was a pluralist, having recognized that "the search for truth involves many kinds of seeking"—he was, in other words, a contrarian spirit always in conversation with his own and "other peoples' conventions."
When in 2008 at the age of sixty he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) he knew first, that he did not have much time left and second, that this, the last, phase of his life would be especially difficult as he gradually lost all muscle strength, hence also the capability to walk, write or breath on his own, albeit not the ability of sensation or that of thinking. His essay 'Night,' first published in January 2010 in The New York Review of Books and reproduced in The Memory Chalet, is a powerful exposition of what it is like to suffer from this disease, and all the more compelling for its directness and absence of self-pity. Elsewhere in The Memory Chalet Tony Judt writes that at least he had many memories he could retrace with the help of mnemonic devices as well as "a variety of uses to which [to] put them." That is how he survived the many sleepless nights as he lay immobile in his bed without going mad—and how he managed to produce two additional books.
Thinking the Twentieth Century represents a partial fulfillment of Judt's original project before he fell sick to write an "intellectual and cultural history of twentieth century social thought" and, as such, it is a good supplement to his other major work Postwar: A History of Europe since 1945 (Penguin Press 2005). Written on the basis of a series of conversations it discusses the emergence and influence of the major ideological currents of the twentieth century, namely fascism, Nazism, communism, Marxism, Zionism, social democracy and capitalism as well as their reception within specific intellectual streams which were nationally-delimited, i.e. in France, the UK, Eastern Europe etc. By reason of its format it lacks the comprehensiveness of a book with similar objectives, albeit only focusing on Marxism, namely Eric Hobsbawm's How to Change the World: Reflections on Marx and Marxism (Yale University Press 2011), yet it still provides a useful and insightful look into how ideology is transformed into social and political theory and vice-versa, and the role of intellectuals in this treacherous game.
The Memory Chalet is an altogether different book, much more personal, definitely more literary, funny, moving and engaging—and it very likely will also speak to readers with no professional interest in politics or the social sciences. It is a memoir written in an unconventional style, that is to say not in a narrative biographical format, but in the form of associations to the 'things' that mattered in his life: food, cars, trains, work, love, women, midlife crisis, the sixties' cultural revolution, books, places, family, holidays, mountains, history, identity. Here, unlike in all his other books, it is the detail—more so, the palpable detail of the senses—that guides Tony's creative mind as "a literary Gepetto building little Pinnochios" which connect in impressionist style "the private and the public, the reasoned and the intuited, the recalled and the felt."
In the last essay of this book, Tony Judt recalls his holidays as a child, and later as a father himself, in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland and, specifically, Mürren. Unlike all other places which held mixed memories, his memory of Mürren never changed since "nothing ever went wrong there." And it is there he saw himself finishing: "going nowhere in particular on that little train, forever and ever."
Tony Judt died August 6, 2010, only a month after completing work on his last two books.


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I've had this lure for quite some time. It was given to me by a good friend (who since has passed away) in a vintage tackle box along with several other older lures. I've been collecting lures for about 10 years-particularly rapala and storm. I have all of the colors and models of the rapala fr-5 and fr-7(all in double and some triple quanities because I still use them). This particular perch pattern is one that I can't double up on because I can't find another like it. I check Ebay regularly,along with quite a few other vintage sites,but no luck after several years. If anyone knows the history or availability of this pattern,I would greatly appreciate it. Look closely at the pattern-it is markedly different than the standard perch pattern. Info can be sent to me thru Ebay-my usename is flubb4r. Thanks


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This article originally appeared in the January 2003 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.