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Circuit Training and Motivational Interviewing to Reduce Type 2 Diabetes in Youth
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The overall goal of this project is to examine the physiological and metabolic effects of a 16-week circuit-training (strength training + aerobic activities) program, with and without a behavioral component utilizing motivational interviewing, in 45 overweight Latina adolescent girls (14-18 years of age). This 16-week randomized control study will examine the incremental effects of the following 3 intervention groups on insulin sensitivity, insulin secretion, adiposity, and habitual and ad libitum physical activity:
- Control group (delayed circuit training intervention; n=15)
- Circuit training group (strength + aerobic training; 2 times per week; n=15)
- Circuit training (same as above) + weekly motivational interviewing sessions (n=15)
Specific Aim 1: To examine the effects of a 16-week circuit training program on adiposity, insulin dynamics, other associated hormones and adipocytokines, cardiorespiratory fitness, and muscular strength in overweight Latina adolescent girls. Hypothesis 1: Participation in the circuit-training program will result in significant improvements in both physiological and metabolic outcomes, including: a) body composition as measured by DEXA, b) fat distribution as measured by MRI, c) adipose tissue hormones (e.g. leptin, adiponectin, TNF-α) as measured by fasting blood samples, d) insulin sensitivity and secretion as measured by frequently sampled intravenous tolerance test, e) aerobic fitness as measured by the single stage submaximal treadmill test, and f) increase muscular strength as measured by repetition maximums.
Specific Aim 2: To examine the incremental effects of adding the motivational interviewing sessions to the circuit training on self-selected ad libitum physical activity during a 5-hour observational period, habitual physical activity levels using 7 day accelerometry, and the meanings and motivation to exercise using questionnaires before and after the intervention. Hypothesis 2: The addition of motivational interviewing will encourage and empower participants to be more active outside of the intervention and foster healthy physical activity behaviors in daily life. Improvements in physical activity behaviors will lead to greater improvements in all other health outcomes listed in specific aim 1 compared to circuit training alone and control group.
|Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes
|Behavioral: Circuit Training Behavioral: Circuit training + motivational interviewing Behavioral: Control
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Factorial Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|Circuit Training and Motivational Interviewing to Reduce Type 2 Diabetes in Youth
- insulin sensitivity [ Time Frame: post intervention (week 16) ]
- adiposity [ Time Frame: post-intervention (week 16) ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|October 2007
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|July 2011
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|July 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: 1
Behavioral: Circuit Training
Circuit Training (aerobic + strength training 2 times per week for 16 weeks)
Other Name: CT
Experimental: 2
Behavioral: Circuit training + motivational interviewing
Circuit training (aerobic + strength training 2 times per week for 16 weeks) + motivational interviewing (4 individual + 4 group sessions)
Other Name: CT + MI
No Intervention: 3
Behavioral: Control
Control (delayed intervention
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|14 Years to 18 Years (Child, Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- At Risk of Overweight and Overweight (age- & sex-specific body mass index ≥ 85th percentile based on CDC BMI growth charts [US Department of Health and Human Services, 2000]. There will not be an upper BMI limit. In our experience, we have had numerous children above the 99th percentile for BMI complete the outcome measures, and this group could benefit greatly from participation.
- Gender & Age: Females from grades 9th to 12th (approximately 14-18 years of age). We chose to study adolescents because pubertal youth will likely possess the requisite hormonal milieu needed to elicit physiologically and metabolic changes in response to resistance and aerobic training. In addition physical activity declines are more pronounced in minority females. By limiting the study to just females, we will retain a more homogenous group. This will eliminate sensitive gender issues related to exercise such as body image concerns, goal setting, and motivations for behavioral changes. To reduce effects of the menstrual cycle, all females will be tested during the follicular phase, while those with irregular/unpredictable menses will be studied at random times.
- Latino origin all four grandparents must be of Hispanic heritage (reported on screening forms). This approach is consistent with all of our previous and ongoing work.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Presently taking medication(s) or diagnosed with any syndrome or disease that could influence physical activity, body composition and fat distribution, or insulin action.
- Previously diagnosed with any major illness since birth (e.g. chronic birth asphyxia, cancer, etc.).
- Children with type 1 and/or type 2 diabetes will be excluded and referred to a physician. Children with impaired glucose tolerance (fasting glucose >100 mg/dL during a fasting blood draw) and/or conditions associated with insulin resistance (e.g. acanthosis nigricans, hypertension, dyslipidemia) will be eligible, as long as they are not receiving treatment and meet other eligibility criteria.
- Children who have any physical, cognitive, or psychological disabilities that would prevent them from participating in an exercise program.
- Currently, or in the past 6 months, involved with any dietary, physical activity or weight loss program.
- Children who live farther than 20 miles away from the GCRC.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00693511
|Contact: Alma Acosta
|United States, California
|Veronica Atkins Lifestyle Intervention Laboratory
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90033
|Contact: Alma Acosta 323-442-4309 firstname.lastname@example.com
|Contact: Jaimie Davis 323 4423066 email@example.com
|Principal Investigator:
|Jaimie N Davis, PhD, RD
|University of Southern California
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00693511 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
K01DK078858 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
1K01DK078858-01 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|Study First Received:
|June 5, 2008
|Last Updated:
|March 15, 2011
Keywords provided by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK):
insulin sensitivity
type 2 diabetes
circuit training
physical activity
motivational interviewing
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Glucose Metabolism Disorders
Metabolic Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
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There are a number of attack vectors associated with Sessions. [Session Hijacking, [URL="http://shiflett.org/articles/session-fixation"]Session Fixation. Another thing to do other than safeguarding these attacks is[URL="http://shiflett.org/articles/storing-sessions-in-a-database"] storing sessions in the database](http://shiflett.org/articles/session-hijacking)
Here is more information to read about session security: http://phpsec.org/projects/guide/4.html
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BRAVE Madison Shurmer, who has hardly missed a day at school despite going through intensive cancer treatment, was a guest of honour at a special party held to salute the courage of all children coping with the disease.
Seven-year-old Madison attended a 'stars and space'-themed Little Star Awards party, held by Cancer Research UK and TK Maxx at the Kensington Roof Gardens in London.
The cosmic celebration was organised to help raise awareness of the charity's groundbreaking work in childhood cancer research. Madison met several celebrities, including Strictly Come Dancing's Robin Windsor and Kristina Rihanoff.
Madison, from Churchward Avenue, was diagnosed with leukaemia last October. She had swollen glands in her neck, but did not feel unwell and attended Ferndale Community School as normal.
She had been sent home from several visits to her GP surgery and A&E as being "too fit to be ill", but her grandmother was not convinced and secured a hospital appointment for Madison which led to the diagnosis.
Her mum, Michelle, said: "All the doctors she saw thought she had a virus.
"They said she was too fit for it to be anything serious. And when they asked me to return to the hospital immediately, I was expecting them to repeat what they said earlier – that it was nothing serious.
"The first thing I thought when they told me it was leukaemia was, 'Is Madison going to die?' They quickly reassured me she could be treated. They have been brilliant ever since."
Doctors said Madison had a high-risk cancer requiring intensive chemotherapy. Her treatment – in Oxford and Swindon – is ongoing but her parents have been assured by doctors her prognosis is good.
Michelle, who has two other daughters – Florence, five, and one-year-old Willow – added: "Our lives have been thrown apart but Madison is absolutely amazing and I'm so proud to call her my daughter.
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Madison's progress was confirmed to her proud mum when she came second in the egg and spoon race at her sports day recently.
Michelle added: "She has coped so well. She has hardly had any days off school and she has kept up with her school work. She lost her long hair because of the chemotherapy and wears a scarf. But she wanted to continue to go to school through her treatment.
"The other children really look after her and the school have been brilliant."
Michelle said Madison loved the party. "Maddie particularly loved sitting in the beautiful roof gardens." For more information about the Little Star Awards visit www.cruk.org/littlestar.
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I have wanted to be a runner since I was a teenager. I have never before wanted to put in the time and energy and effort to truly become a runner. I am not a natural born runner. I have short, stubbly legs and I still carry baby weight ~ hard to call it baby weight when my baby is almost 12 but that's my story and I'm sticking to it. I do not have hours to devote to working out and getting in shape and I don't have a fancy gym membership.
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It is early in the half marathon training cycle as most training programs are 12-14 weeks but I am out there training. This month my training is all about finding consistency and motivation. Running can be as simple as lacing up sneakers but it is hard and it hurts and one of the hardest things is making yourself go outside to inflict pain on your poor, unsuspecting legs. Running, for me, is a battle between my body and my mind. I am excited to finally be in the pre-training phase of half marathon training. And after a terrible winter and a slow-starting spring, I am finally training. I am out there running.
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I will begin an official and yet-to-be-determined training plan in early June. Stay tuned for details.
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A day after New England Patriots cornerback Alfonzo Dennard was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, we now have his side of the story on Friday. The NFL Network reports, according to a source close to Dennard, that the player neither refused to take nor "failed" the field sobriety test that led to his arrest.
Dennard, a former University of Nebraska standout, was cited in Lincoln after the vehicle was driving was spotted swerving lanes. Per the NFL Network, when Dennard blew into a Breathalyzer, his blood-alcohol level was within the legal limit. From his perspective, police, however, deemed that Dennard didn't blow hard enough to make the test decisive, and also did not administer a follow-up blood test.
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Single-port Thoracoscopic Sympathicotomy in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type I (CRPS)
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Background of the study: CRPS type-1 is a pain syndrome that usually develops after an initiating noxious event (e.g. fracture) in an extremity. Although treatment options life dimethyl-sulphoxide (DMSO), N-acetylcysteine (NAC) and intensive physical therapy exist, the treatment effect is often unsatisfactory, even leading to amputation of the extremity. Surgical treatment of chronic pain disorders by dividing the sympathetic chain is an established treatment. Its more invasive nature has prevented widespread application. After introduction of minimal invasive techniques in recent years, the UMCG has now devised a truly minimal invasive, yet safe and effective thoracoscopic technique, that requires only a single 1 cm long incision in the anterior axillary line. This technique is developed as treatment for primary focal axillary and palmar hyperhidrosis, and is performed in over 50 patients producing very satisfying results. This fact has led to the hypothesis that this same surgical technique can offer this group of chronic pain patients a safe, effective treatment modality.
Objective of the study: The effect of the intervention on pain an regain of function in de affected extremity. This will be quantified in multiple questionnaires at baseline and three follow-up points, and by clinical evaluation of the hand function at baseline and two follow-up points.
Study design: Single center prospective feasibility study
|Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type I of the Upper Limb
|Procedure: unilateral single-port VATS sympathicotomy
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Single-port Thoracoscopic Sympathicotomy for Treatment of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Type I, a Feasibility Study.
- Change in perceived pain measured in Visual Analogue Scale [ Time Frame: Baseline, 1, 3 and 6 months postoperative ]
- Change in function in extremity [ Time Frame: Baseline, 1 and 6 months after intervention ]Strength in fingers, maximal flexion/extension in all digits, volumetric measurement, timing simple daily tasks.
|Study Start Date:
|August 2015
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|February 2017
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|December 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Sympathicotomy
unilateral single-port VATS sympathicotomy
|Procedure: unilateral single-port VATS sympathicotomy
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 65 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
Age 18 - 65 years.
- ASA 1 en 2.
CRPS-1 defined according to IASP-Bruehl criteria at the wrist or lower arm level.
- Continuing pain which is disproportionate to any inciting event
Must report at least one symptom in each of the four following categories
- Sensory: reports of hyperesthesia
- Vasomotor: reports of temperature asymmetry, skin color change or asymmetry.
- Sudomotor/edema: reports of edema, sweating changes, sweating asymmetry
- Motor/trophic: reports of decreased range of motion, motor dysfunction (weakness, tremor, dystonia), trophic changes (hair, nail, skin)
Must display at least one sign in two or more of the following categories:
- Sensory: evidence of hyperalgesia (to pinprick) and/or allodynia (to light touch)
- Vasomotor: evidence of temperature asymmetry, color changes, asymmetry
- Sudomotor/edema: evidence of edema, sweating changes, sweating asymmetry
- Motor/trophic: evidence of decreased range of motion, motor dysfunction (weakness, tremor, dystonia), trophic changes (hair, nail, skin)
Exclusion Criteria:
Known COPD > Gold class 1.
- History of smoking > 20 pack years, due to higher risk of complications following unilateral lung- deflation and re-insufflation.
- Documented substance addiction.
- Previous intra-thoracic pleural drainage on affected side.
- Previous thoracic surgery on affected side (including sternotomy). - Gross pulmonary or pleural abnormalities on chest X-ray.
- Pregnancy, determined by preoperative pregnancy test.
- Unsuitable anatomy (e.g. due to severe physical malformations).
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01886625
|University Medical Centre Groningen
|Groningen, Netherlands, 9700
|Study Chair:
|Massimo A Mariani, MD, PhD
|University Medical Center Groningen
|Principal Investigator:
|Michiel Kuijpers, MD
|University Medical Center Groningen
|Responsible Party:
|Michiel Kuijpers, Principal Investigator, University of Groningen
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01886625 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|March 24, 2013
|Last Updated:
|February 8, 2016
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Somatoform Disorders
Complex Regional Pain Syndromes
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
Pathologic Processes
Mental Disorders
Autonomic Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
Neuromuscular Diseases
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Two of the biggest names in entertainment went head-to-head at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
Both unveiled new video games consoles that would launch against each other in a matter of months.
One company was the current market leader. But it had stumbled en-route to E3, and was on the back foot after a series of poor strategy and business decisions.
And so its rival, the underdog Sony, was able to steal the show in emphatic fashion, with a new machine that was $100 cheaper than its rival.
Meanwhile, Nintendo barely even showed up.
The year was 1995.
"In 1991, CES put us in a tent. You had to walk past all the porn vendors
to find us. I was furious with how CES treated the video games
industry and I started planning to get the hell out."
- Tom Kalinske, Ex-Sega America boss
During the many interviews MCV conducted at E3 last year, one question we always ended up asking was simply: "So what have you made of the show?"
The answers were pretty much identical.
"It felt like a throwback to the old E3s," said PlayStation Europe chief Jim Ryan.
"It was great to have a 'what are they going to do, what are we going to do.' It was very energising."
EA chief Andrew Wilson was equally as excited: "I had an absolute ball. Because there was an energy at the show that we haven't had for years. And that's pretty special."
There were two men at E3 last year that were feeling particularly nostalgic.
Tom Kalinske and Steve Race may not be household names in the games industry today, but back in 1995 they were the industry's Phil Spencer and Andrew House. Race was the man charged with introducing PlayStation into a sceptical marketplace. Meanwhile, Kalinske – CEO of Sega America – was tasked with launching the Sega Saturn.
"I went to E3 last year and I said to the guys I was walking around with: 'You know, this show is kind of back to like it was when we started it,'" Kalinske tells MCV.
"It is because of the competitiveness of the hardware systems. It generates a lot of excitement."
And competitive is certainly what the games industry was at the first E3 in May 1995. But to truly appreciate the drama that surrounded that show, we have to jump further back in time, to when Kalinske joined Sega in 1990.
Back then Sega was a $70m business in the US. But when Kalinske took control he made Sega America a $1.5bn business in just three years. And with the help of Sonic and some cheeky advertising, he turned the firm's Genesis console (or Megadrive to you and I) into the biggest games machine in the country in 1993 – eclipsing the Super Nintendo.
Kalinske was certainly an influential man and not just at Sega, but in the US video games industry as a whole. He was instrumental in the creation of the US games industry trade body, he was part of the team that introduced the first age ratings system, and he was there at the birth of the Electronics Entertainment Expo.
"Back in the early 1990s we always used to show at CES in Las Vegas," recalls Kalinske
"We were there alongside the guys that were showing their new automotive speakers, or their new computing systems, or TVs, or telephones, or what have you.
"And the CES organisers used to put the video games industry way, way in the back. In 1991 they put us in a tent, and you had to walk past all the porn vendors to find us, to find Nintendo and ourselves and the third party licensees.
"That particular year it was pouring rain, and the rain leaked right over our new Genesis system. I was just furious with the way that CES treated the video games industry, and I felt we were a more important industry than they were giving us credit for. So I started planning to get the hell out of CES."
Sega launched its own independent show in 1992, where it invited third party publishers to the Silverado Country Club to show off its titles to retailers. It was a huge success, and the following year Sega went even bigger, and even invited its arch nemesis Nintendo to exhibit "But they didn't show," laughs Kalinske. "We were just so competitive back then."
Meanwhile, as Sega began its slow transition away from CES, the US games industry was embroiled in a heated debate over violent video games. The US Senate was worried that Mortal Kombat was damaging the minds of children, and called for an age ratings system to be introduced for games.
"We at Sega had our own rating system," says Kalinske (pictured right).
"We started that in 1992 and it was very much like the ESRB one we have today. And I said to the industry, we need an industry-wide rating system and we need an industry association to police it.
"At the time the software publishers association, in our opinion not just mine, wasn't doing an adequate job in representing the video games industry. They were more concerned about PC software. It took a while but I finally got us all to agree to start the IDSA – the interactive digital software association. The next step was to adapt an industry rating system. And then to create an industry show – because we were important enough to have one.
"To get it going initially, Sega lent the IDSA $300,000 and so did Nintendo. We financed the association, we financed getting the rating system going and we financed the first E3."
"Ken Kutaragi saw what we had and said let's jointly market a single games console – The Sega/Sony hardware system."
- Tom Kalinske, Ex-Sega
May 1995 and the very first E3 made its debut at the Los Angeles Convention Center. And much like this year's show, it was awash with new hardware.
But with the 3DO struggling and Nintendo's new Ultra 64 (or N64 as it became) delayed until the following year, eyes were firmly fixed on the battle between PlayStation and Sega.
But these two juggernauts weren't always rivals.
"Sony came to us after they had been rebuffed by Nintendo," remembers Kalinske.
"They had wanted Nintendo to use some technology that they had, and Nintendo instead chose to work with Philips. That really annoyed Sony. Olaf Olafsson [Sony Electronic Publishing President] and Micky Schulhof [President of Sony America] came to my office and said: 'Tom, we really don't like Nintendo. You don't like Nintendo. We have this little studio down in Santa Monica [Imagesoft] working on video games, we don't know what to do with it, we'd like Sega's help in training our guys. And we think the optical disc will be the best format.'
"Well I agreed with them, I thought CDs would be the next format as well. But in those days nobody knew how to programme on optical discs. So I said, "Ok. Let's combine our efforts. Let's finance Imagesoft, and let's finance this little developer called Digital Pictures, which seemed to be furthest along in knowing how to programme on optical disc.' And they financed three titles from Digital Pictures and we did as well.
"So our relationship with Sony was very close and very tight. We together worked a lot of these things out. And Sega of America and Sony were both convinced that the next platform had to use optical discs. We had been working on this CD ROM attachment to the Genesis [Mega CD], which we knew really wasn't adequate, but it taught us how to make games on this format.
"We had the Sony guys and our engineers in the United States come up with specs for what this next optical-based hardware system would be. And with these specs, Olafsson, Schulhof and I went to Japan, and we met with Sony's Ken Kutaragi.
"He said it was a great idea, and as we all lose money on hardware, let's jointly market a single system – the Sega/Sony hardware system – and whatever loss we make, we split that loss."
Kalinske loved the sound of this deal. As Sega made some of the biggest games in the world, he was certain it would be Sega that would make the most money from this deal. All he needed was the Sega Board to say yes.
"Next we went to Nakayama [Sega President] and the Board at Sega, and they basically turned me down. They said: 'That's a stupid idea, Sony doesn't know how to make hardware. They don't know how to make software either. Why would we want to do this?' That is what caused the division between Sega and Sony and caused Sony to become our competitor and launch its own hardware platform."
"People in or close to the video games industry just felt that
the Saturn was a move of desperation on Sega's part."
- Steve Race, former PlayStation US boss
This was the first of many disagreements between Sega Japan and its US team in the build-up to E3. In fact, Sega America had little faith in the Saturn and was desperate to improve it.
"I tried to get the launch date delayed so that we had a reasonable amount of software supporting it," said Kalinske. "I was not successful in those efforts. I had four years where Sega Japan pretty much let me do whatever I wanted, and then this series of events happened where they didn't, and that's why I ended up leaving the company."
Kalinske even went as far as sourcing an alternative graphics chip that the Saturn could use.
"Sega in the US was never meant to get involved with hardware, we were meant to focus on software. But because I was so concerned about the Saturn during its development, we ended up trying to get the specs revised. I had meeting with the head of Silicon Graphics, and he showed me a new chipset that I thought was perfect for the next video games hardware system. I called the hardware group in Japan and they said it wasn't quite good enough. It was too big. It would cost too much. So Silicon Graphics later asked me: "What do we do?" and I said: "Well there is this other company in Seattle you might want to call." And of course that chipset ended up in the next Nintendo console – N64."
Sega had shunned the chance to work with PlayStation or develop a more advanced system. And Sony were now spoiling for a fight. Having been rejected twice by a games industry it was desperate to work with, Sony went it alone and built an entire business unit dedicated to launching its own console. And the electronics giant began by poaching senior staff from the likes of Sega, including Kalinske's right-hand man, Steve Race.
"He know all our secrets and we didn't know any of his. And we were in this very uncomfortable position trying to launch this new hardware system, a system that I didn't believe in and didn't like."
Race adds: "I had some insight and PlayStation and Sony were able to capitalise on that. I knew the product was slapdash. I knew that they weren't committed to it. In many ways Sega Japan was forcing products on the United States and Europe.
"People in or close to the video games industry just felt the Saturn was a move of desperation on Sega's part. It was slapped together in very short order. It was not something we thought was terribly compelling. So we felt we had the winning product.
"We knew that Sega's heart and soul wasn't behind Saturn. It was very much a gap product that they were trying to use to spoil the introduction of Sony. What we had to do, we needed to freeze the consumer like a deer in the headlights, and just let them know that the PlayStation was coming and was going to be a substantially better product.
"3DO was struggling mightily. We knew that the Saturn was going to be a stillborn. Sega had made a number of faux pas coming into that console. And Nintendo was just somnambulistic, they were asleep at the switch. So really the stage was ours to make a break."
"When Sony announced that PlayStation was going to be $299,
we said: "Well, gee. We are kinda screwed here aren't we?"
- Tom Kalinske, Ex-Sega
Sega was stumbling, Sony was confident. Sound familiar? And indeed what happened next certainly had echoes of this year's E3.
Sega took to the stage first, showed off Saturn, its games and its $399 price point. But then the platform holder surprised everyone by announcing that Saturn wasn't coming out in September, as previously announced, but was actually launching that day.
"I didn't want to announce that," says Kalinske.
"We already had a ship date, but the Board at Sega said that as Sony are launching in the Fall – this the same Board that didn't believe Sony knew how to do hardware – you have to launch immediately.
"But I said that we don't have enough hardware to fill the shelves and we don't have enough software. And they just said: 'Too bad, you've got to launch.' So then I had to make an awful decision, because I couldn't give every retailer hardware and software, so I could only do it with a few. Who should I do it with? So we picked a couple of retailers and we launched with them immediately that day at E3, with a little bit of software. So that was the launch. That's not how you launch a video games console."
It sounded like an exciting announcement at the time. But the reality of the situation was that Kalinske had managed to alienate many of Sega's retail partners.
But the biggest shock was still to come later that day when Sony took to the stage.
In the middle of the PlayStation conference, Steve Race was called on stage to deliver a small speech about the new console. He walked up to the podium, simply said "299" and sat back down again. The room exploded.
"Oh the speech? The shortest speech in the history of E3," laughs Race.
"The interesting thing was that up until the very last minute we were debating what the price was going to be. It was varying between $299 and $399. And myself, my CFO Tom Krause, and Olaf Olafsson, were battling it out with the Japanese to try and get the $299 price point, which we thought was much more compelling.
"We started our discussions in the afternoon before the speech, and even by the morning it was still to be decided. We finally got the go-ahead early morning. I have no idea what I'd have said if they'd have insisted on $399. You could probably tell, but I didn't have a speech prepared."
Kalinske added: "We actually thought they were going to be $399. So that was a big surprise, and as it turned out it was a great competitive move for them. Now clearly they lost money at that price for quite a while before they could bring the production cost down. But it was a brilliant move on their part. We didn't know they were going to do it and when they did it we said: "Well, gee. We are kinda screwed here aren't we?" Because we weren't making money at $399, so we knew we had a problem."
"Japan wouldn't let us put Sony on the box. It wasn't convinced
PlayStation was something that was going to work and they didn't
want to sully the brand. After E3, Sony became more prominent on the boxes"
- Steve Race, ex-Sony
"We were on cloud nine," says Race
"Going into E3 we had a lot of sleepless nights. We had an enormous booth, we had to run a lot of what we were going to show by Japan. They gave us very few degrees of freedom. So in many cases they were changing things that we didn't want to change, and there were arguments about that, and we'd be flying back and forth to Japan or they would be flying back and forth to us.
"So it was a huge enterprise to get this out. When I joined Sony I was like the sixth employee of PlayStation in United States, and from the time that I joined to the time of E3 was about nine months. We put everything together in that short space of time, including all of the third-party developers. We put together the organisational structure, we hired some people, we put together E3. So we were at the point of exhaustion and I am not quite sure what would have happened if we had gone over with a resounding thud. I am not sure the psyche of the staff would have taken it.
"But as it turned out we were the Belle of the Ball, and everyone knew it. We won booth of the show. We had a huge booth, 100 by 120 feet. We had this spectacular party at the Sony studio in Culver City. Michael Jackson came to the party, and Sting was on the studio set recording, too. It was a terrific show and a terrific party, and we certainly made our presence known. My view made by somewhat shaded, but I thought not only did we win the show, we won it by head and shoulders.
"And any momentum that we had built was magnified coming out of E3, and while we still had our hands full, and we were still exhausted, nonetheless it was gratifying that what we had worked so hard on, so diligently and so fast, was really being acknowledged in the market place.
"The proof was still going to be in the pudding. But I got to tell you that it was a lot easier with retailers post-E3 than it was prior to E3. After E3 everyone was taking their orders up. And that was when the demand outstripped our supply."
But E3 didn't just cause an upturn in retail orders, it also brought about a change within the Sony Corporation. Sony was cautious about launching a games console. After E3, that trepidation had gone.
Race adds: "While it was a spectacular show and significantly exceeded even our wildest expectations, it was nonetheless consistent with what we thought was going to happen. But I think for our Japanese counterparts it was much more important to come to the United States, see what the reaction was, feel the vibe towards PlayStation at the show, and see how it stacked up against the competition.
"With the exception of a very small thing on the back, they wouldn't let us put Sony on the box. They weren't convinced this was something that was going to work and they didn't want to sully the brand. So we couldn't prominently feature one of the biggest things we had, which was the Sony brand name.
"It was really odd because I made a presentation to the senior management in the United Stated and the senior management in Japan, and I said that PlayStation – or PSX as we wanted to call it but Japan insisted on PlayStation – was a great opportunity to expand the brand. Sony didn't have much credibility with the 16 to 21-year-old audience at the time.
"I think that probably fell on deaf ears, which is why we couldn't put Sony on the package. But after E3, and after our initial sell-in, they saw what the value PlayStation could be to the Sony name. Sony became more prominent on the boxes on the second wave of consoles."
"We ran a series of in-trade promotions and posters saying that
'If you bought a Saturn, your head was in Uranus.'"
- Steve Race, Ex-Sony
Another moment from E3 2013 that brought back memories of the 1995 expo was the 'PlayStation Used Game Instructional Video'. The video showed two Sony execs pass a game to one another to explain how to share a PS4 game. It was a humerous attack on Xbox One, which at the time proposed restrictions on how users could share games.
This was not something the modern games industry was used to. This is an age where the big console manufacturers either never referenced each other, or spoke respectfully about their rivals. Yet back in 1995 this kind of banter was commonplace.
"E3 was really fun," remembers Kalinske.
"Sony played a lot of pranks on us. They deflated my inflatable Sonic character that was at the front of the show. In previous shows against Nintendo, I used to put flyers and leaflets under the doors of retailers' rooms the night before the show, announcing our new products and pricing, so that Nintendo didn't have time to react to it.
"Steve Race was with me at Sega when I did that. But when it came to E3 1995, he did the same thing, pretty much, back at me. It was very enjoyable in that sense."
Race laughs: "We knew Sega was about to launch the Saturn. So we had run a series of in-trade promotions and posters saying that "If you bought a Saturn, your head was in Uranus."
"E3 today is a platform for stumbling, not necessarily for succeeding.
One succeeds by somebody else failing.
That's what happened this year between Sony and Microsoft."
- Steve Race, ex-Sony
Yet for all the similarities, E3 '95 was a very different kind of show to the one today. Back then E3 was about doing business with retailers, orders were actually made, money was won and lost. Today the expo is mainly a great big press event. Winning and losing E3 today doesn't quite have the same commercial impact.
"In 1995 we were new entrants," says Race. "And it was unclear how committed to the market Sony was going to be. So E3 that year took on herculean proportions for us that was probably outsized relative to the real value of the show to most people.
"I've attended many of these trade shows, not only in the video games industry but industries in general, and they are no-longer shows where you do deals and write orders. Retailers have every insight into what the product is going to look like, when it is going to get delivered, they've already seen many of the games. In today's market place trade shows like E3 are much less important for retailers. It's more about posturing and positioning than it is for selling. It's more like a press event
"Today E3 is a platform for stumbling, not necessarily for succeeding. One succeeds by somebody else failing. It's almost a zero sum game. Case in point this E3, I think everyone would suggest it was more a case that Sony advanced because Microsoft stumbled."
Race and Kalinske both left their respective companies shortly after E3. Race to head up Microprose, while Kalinske, with the relationship between himself and Sega Japan in tatters, walked away from the industry altogether.
But they still regularly pop along to E3. They still keep an eye on the latest developments. And they still play games.
And Steve Race concludes by pointing out the one other similarity that the games industry today has with 1995. Perhaps the most important similarity of all.
"Video games is an exciting, difficult, stressful, frustrating industry in many ways," he says with a smile. "But it is also a lot of fun."
There's no disputing that.


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White Chocolate Macadamia Cookies Recipe
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup macadamia nuts, chopped
- 1 cup white baking chips
- Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk flour and baking soda; gradually beat into creamed mixture. Stir in nuts and baking chips.
Drop by heaping teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake 10-12 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on pans 1 minute. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.
Freeze option: Freeze cookies, layered between waxed paper, in freezer containers. To use, thaw before serving or, if desired, reheat on a baking sheet in a preheated 350° oven 3-4 minutes. Yield: 4-1/2 dozen.
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"very good. made 25 cookies from recipe."
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"Stop looking! This is the best White chocolate Macadamia cookie you will find! As a volunteer field editor I have tried many cookie recipes. This is a keeper. My recommendation is to double the recipe and make the cookies a little larger. Also, be certain to only use slightly softened butter. As with all my cookies, I made the dough then let it chill in the fridge for an hour. This will guarantee super soft cookies that are loaded with nuts and chips!"
"not sure what happened here. I used shortening instead of butter and these cookies were a big flop. . not only did they stick to pan but they were very thin. didn't make the yielded amount either. I think it should have called for more flour is my guess. disappointed because the ingredients are expensive."
"Very simple and very tasty. I used a cookie scoop and it only made 2 dozen but simple enough to double. My son loved them!"
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"4 1/2 dozen is 54 cookies no way it made that many..... possibly half of that using a small teaspoon. Substituted macadamias for slivered almonds and still tasted yummy... not sure what Mrs Jepson is on about as there is no almond extract in the recipe."
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TPWD to Wrap up Dove Lethality Study
AUSTIN — A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department officials are content with the 1,360 birds collected during two years of field research comparing lead and non-lead ammunition effectiveness for doves.
Public concern about the incidence of lead in the environment is growing. This issue has been discussed by the Central Flyway for the past five years. It is conceivable that non-lead shot requirements could be proposed for the hunting of all migratory game birds, including doves at some future date. This could have considerable impact in Texas, which boasts the nation's largest dove population at an estimated 20-25 million breeding birds and a rich hunting tradition that sees from 300,000 to 350,000 hunters take to the field each fall. Texas hunters harvest about 6.4 million doves annually or roughly 30 percent of all doves taken nationally.
There is also an economic consideration. Based on a 2005 survey conducted for the U. S. Census Bureau and the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service by Southwick and Associates, Texas dove hunting has an economic impact of $316 million annually. Texas dove hunting produces 3,145 jobs in the private sector and $21 million in sales tax revenue.
Given the popularity of dove hunting in Texas, TPWD is conducting a study to determine the effectiveness of lead versus non-lead shot on dove under real Texas hunting conditions. This study was designed by an internationally recognized shotgun ballistics expert, who has designed over a dozen similar studies involving waterfowl and upland game birds. This research is supported by many organizations, including the Central Flyway Council, the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies and the Wildlife Management Institute.
The goal of the dove lethality study was to collect between 1,050 and 1,500 one-shot-kill doves under real hunting conditions. Wildlife officials need fewer than 200 samples to reach the 1,500 benchmark, but say they will forego a third collection effort this year after preliminary statistical evaluations and discussions with ballistic and university consultants.
"Statistical analysis of the existing data indicates that one more year of dove collection will not significantly enhance our understanding derived from the data collected thus far. Additionally, given the cost and effort needed to obtain a couple hundred more samples, we feel that further collections are not warranted" said Corey Mason, TPWD Dove Program Leader.
The study parameters call for between 5,000 and 7,000 shots fired. After two years of collection, TPWD has recorded about 6,300 shots taken by 58 volunteer shooters.
Currently, 500 dove are being processed (x-ray and necropsy) and approximately 360 previously collected birds will be processed in 2011. TPWD Program Staff anticipates producing publications on the study findings in the summer of 2011.
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Hello all,
I've been playing disc golf regularly since august 2009 and my drives max out at around 290'-310' (occasionally at 330') on golf lines. I would like to get some feedback on how tp improve my driving distance.
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I'm still struggling to get the nose down after 3 full seasons of playing. I was out practicing today, trying my best to throw my discs at an incline of just a few degrees, and I did, but they continued to rise the entire way, apexing out at like 80% or further of the total distance thrown. I had two throws that I got the nose down out of about 60, and they went somewhere in the vicinity of 390'(PPD's) as far as I could estimate with google earth, which was a full 40' or more than my stall outs. Needless to say this is frustrating to me, I'd like to own that extra 40'.
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As a consumer, I appreciate the tips issued by government and private agencies on how to stay safe. Summer presents many opportunities to learn about managing money, from what teenagers should know about getting a summer job to how families can keep vacation costs down. That's why I am pleased that the Summer issue of our Money Smart News presents new ways the FDIC and our outside partners are working to educate people of all ages how to safely manage their money and plan for their future.
In this edition, read what FDIC Chairman Sheila C. Bair thinks about financial education and consumer protection efforts -- and avoiding another financial crisis. Chairman Bair explained her interest in expanding access to "safe" accounts, which she described as "federally insured, affordable, easy to understand and free of hidden or unfair fees."
In fact, the FDIC recently sought and received public comments on templates for safe, low-cost transaction accounts and basic savings accounts for low- and moderate-income consumers. Once finalized, the templates may be of interest to financial institutions as they design or review their own deposit products, particularly those that they offer to Money Smart workshop participants. You can also find out about the results of the FDIC's two-year pilot project that reviewed affordable and responsible small-dollar loan programs in financial institutions.
There are several new educational resources that bankers and other educators can use to promote safe and smart banking by consumers. One is a new online catalog for ordering free educational products from the FDIC. Another is an educational resource from NeighborWorks America® about avoiding loan modification scams. Read the latest issue of FDIC Consumer News, a quarterly newsletter for consumers, which features money-saving tips in the new world of credit cards. Also learn about an update to EDIE the FDIC's interactive, online deposit insurance calculator that can be customized by banks for use on their Web sites.
When summer draws to a close, that will mean it is back-to-school time. The "Success Stories" feature in this edition of Money Smart News looks at ways that financial education can reach students at colleges and universities. Several of these teaching strategies can be put to use by other educators, in various settings, for all age groups.
As always, if you have questions or suggestions regarding financial education or how to promote access to insured financial services, please contact the FDIC.
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FDIC Chairman Discusses Importance of Financial Education to the Economy
In a speech in Atlanta on April 7, FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair offered five ways that financial education can help us avoid another financial crisis. She noted that financial education empowers consumers to use mainstream financial services responsibly. She also said that all consumers should have access to "safe" accounts and services that are well-structured, easy to understand, and competitively priced. To read the speech, visit http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/speeches/archives/2010/spapr0710.html. Also see the related news item below on discussions of safe accounts by the FDIC Advisory Committee.
The FDIC Testifies Before Congress on Initiatives to Advance Financial Education
On July 15, FDIC Division Director Sandra Thompson testified before a Senate subcommittee on the role of the federal government in empowering Americans to make informed financial decisions. Her testimony discussed a number of initiatives by the FDIC to improve financial education and access. Read it at: http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/speeches/archives/2010/spjul1510.html.
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According to @RavensInsider Arthur Jones got $16 million guaranteed, $5.5 million signing bonus on $33 million deal, average of $6.6 million— Mike Chappell (@mchappell51) March 11, 2014
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Indian Spiced Beans
I'm always on the lookout for a quick and tasty meal. Bonus points if it makes good leftovers. I made this one day for lunch when I was working from home and I knew it would be an instant hit. Since that random Thursday a few weeks ago, we've had this probably 5 times. The smell of garam masala blooming in a pan sends my mind straight to Indian food, which is a favorite in our house.
This meal comes together in a snap and it perfectly hearty for these long winter nights without being too heavy. I serve it over brown rice and used pinto beans the day I took this picture, but you could use whatever beans you have on hand. Since it calls for a 1/2 can of coconut milk, I just double the recipe and portion it out into single servings and freeze some for an even quicker meal in the future.
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Indian Spiced Beans
Yield: 2-4
1 large onion, minced
2 tablespoons olive oil
4 garlic cloves, minced
1 tablespoon garam masala
1 can pinto beans (any kind of beans would work here)
1 can diced tomatoes
1/2 tsp ground ginger
2 teaspoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup coconut milk
1/2 cup chopped cilantro leaves
Saute onion in oil. When the onion becomes transluscent add minced garlic cloves and garam masala. Cook for one minute or until the spices become fragrant.
Add beans, tomatoes, ginger, sugar, and salt. Let it cook for about fifteen minutes.
Pour in coconut milk. Heat until warmed. Add cilantro just prior to serving.
Recipe adapted from Lori's Lipsmacking Goodness
12 Responses to "Indian Spiced Beans"
This does look easy and the ingredients seem really flavorful! I love simple meals like this that have a lot of flavor and make great leftovers 🙂
I love Indian Food! I totally agree about the smell of garam masala cooking!
sounds like a delicious easy meal! Great to see you and hubby last night!
BB – what is garam masala? What spices are in it (maybe I can recreate with what I already have).
Looks like an easier dinner made a bit more fun with the Indian twist!
Mom-in-law: I buy garam masala at a small Indian market near our place. I did a quick Google and came up with this recipe.
I love garam masala!!! It's one of my favorite ingredients.
Yum! I love Indian food and this is a great way to make it at home without a whole lot of work. And pretty healthy, too 🙂
These Indian spiced beans look great! Thanks so much for the recipe.
This will be cooked in Prague today with minor modifications 🙂 (Occhio beans..)
Would be helpful if the can size of the tomatoes were provided.