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ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. — Unilever's Dove Men+Care has teamed up with basketball greats to share a different side of themselves with sport fans throughout the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball tournament.
The Unilever men's personal care brand is giving fans a look beyond free throws during March Madness to show how important fatherhood is to nine-time basketball All-Star Dwyane Wade and college sports analyst Jay Bilas. Starting on Wednesday, Dove Men+Care will celebrate men who care for what matters in the "Real Moments" campaign, which highlights relatable experiences from the lives of these college basketball icons, the manufacturer stated.
"This year during the tournament Dove Men+Care will showcase moments in men's lives that really matter," stated Rob Candelino, VP for Unilever skin care. "When fans learn that playing 'Defense' for Dwyane Wade means teaching his sons how to guard a mini-hoop in his living room, instead of a fellow player during a professional game, it hits home where men today place priority — caring for their family comes first."
The campaign will share what matters to Wade and Bilas off the court through a humorous yet personal video series that will also highlight the grooming maintenance Dove Men+Care provides men. Featuring new Dove Men+Care face and hair ranges designed specifically for men's needs, and new additions to existing personal wash and deodorant/antiperspirant lines, these videos will air as commercials throughout NCAA March Madness programming, as part of Unilever's multi-year NCAA corporate partnership with CBS Sports and Turner Sports.
Fans can go beyond selecting teams predicted to win the tournament with a new type of 'bracketology' this March Madness. Starting on Wednesday, Dove Men+Care will launch a series of eight online matchups that asks guys to vote between two "Tournament Tools." Tools will include experiences that can enhance basketball viewing such as a baby pool full of nachos, enough hot wings to fill a pickup truck or a one-on-one interview with Bilas.
One fan will be chosen each round to win that week's top tool. One winner will have the chance to take home the complete 'Tournament Toolbox' of every round's top picks, including tickets to the 2014 Final Four.


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Obama goes on the offensive deep in Republican territory
AUSTIN, Texas (AFP) – US President Barack Obama on Monday took a swing at opposition Republicans on a campaign fund-raising trip to the state capital of Texas, accusing them of not being serious about governing.
Texas is the home state of George W. Bush, who was governor here before he was elected president in 2000. The Republican who succeeded him, Rick Perry, is still Texas governor.
Obama visited the state less than three months ahead of November 2 mid-term elections, in which the president's Democrats are widely expected to lose seats in both the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Obama complained that he got no help from Republicans in Congress as he reviewed his administration's successes since he took power in January 2009.
He said that Republicans were happy to delay any progress in health care, for example, without offering any worthy alternatives.
"The point is, there's been a fundamental lack of seriousness on the other side," said Obama. "We've spent the last 20 months governing. They've spent the last 20 months politicking."
Obama accused Republicans of thinking about "the next election, rather than the next generation."
In the mid-term elections the entire House of Representatives and one-third of the 100 Senate seats are up for grabs. Both chambers are currently controlled by Democrats.
"Now we've got three months to go, and so, we've decided: 'well, we can politick for three months.' They forgot I know how to politick pretty good, and so I'm happy to make this argument, I'm happy to have this debate over the next several months, to know what their vision of the future is. Because they don't have one," Obama said.
During his day-long visit to Texas the president delivered a speech on education at the University of Texas at Austin, then flew to Dallas — where former president Bush retired to after leaving the White House — for another fundraising event.

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Birth Outcome Production Function in the United States
This paper contains the first infant health production functions that simultaneously consider the effects of a variety of inputs on race-specific neonatal mortality rates. These inputs include the use of prenatal care, neonatal intensive care, abortion, federally subsidized organized family planning clinics, maternal and infant care projects, community health centers, and the WIC program. We place major emphasis on two-stage least squares estimation. Our results underscore the qualitative and quantitative importance of abortion, prenatal care, neonatal intensive care, and the WIC program in black and white birth outcomes.
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NBC's The Firm, a television sequel to the hit John Grisham-adapted film from the early 1990s that starred Tom Cruise, has been alternating between good and bad news as the show preps to shoot this month in Toronto. After lining up a pretty solid cast, the legal drama ironically got embroiled in a legal-rights dispute between CBS and NBC. However, this snafu hasn't stopped the show's casting efforts, and now another talented actress is joining The Firm.
Before diving into the casting news, it's worth taking a minute to discuss the roller-coaster ride of bringing this once best-selling property to the small screen. It seems that series creator/writer Lukas Reiter first brought the project to CBS three years back before retooling the show and landing at NBC. However, CBS is claiming that Reiter did so without their permission, hence the legal objections (for more detail on the rights issues, check out Leslie's piece here).
Kelly, in her posts about the show throughout the various stages of development, has already voiced some concerns (which I completely share): namely why bring a 15+ year old project to television when, let's face it, there is little cachet left in the property, or even in John Grisham. Despite all these fears, Kelly and I also agree that they are at least assembling formidable actors to take on the project (first by casting Josh Lucas and then Juliette Lewis and Callum Keith Rennie). This trend continues with the latest hire, Molly Parker.
THR announced that "Deadwood's Molly Parker has landed the female lead opposite Josh Lucas in NBC's upcoming series The Firm. Parker will play Abby in the legal drama, based on John Grisham's best-selling novel." She will play Lucas' wife, Abby McDeere (played by Jeanne Tripplehorn in the Tom Cruise flick) on the show and brings her pedigree to the project as a former cast-member of Deadwood and Dexter. Good news for a project that has been getting more of the bad variety of late.
The show is set 10 years after the novel/film and finds McDeere (Lucas) returning to the law after years in witness protection. Production will commence this month in Toronto, filming a full 22-episode order, and is scheduled to air in the post-Sunday Night Football slot on NBC.
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The good people at Matuse and Ever cordially invite all friends, family and fans to a May 22nd shindig that will be held at Ever's Montecito flagship store (1145 Coast Village Road, Montecito, CA 93108). The occasion is to announce the launch of Matuse's Premium (the ichiban) Game sold at Ever Montecito (a stone's throw from Santa Barbara).
On this special opening night, 20% of all sales on Matuse suits and Ever clothing and accessories will be donated to the Surfrider Foundation's Santa Barbara chapter.
In addition to top shelf gear being sold for a worthy cause, this happening will also boast beers from New Belgium Brewing Company (Fat Tire flowing), Barefoot's wine and food provided by the sustainable restaurant, Julienne. Also in the mix will be a special Soul Music mash-up from DJ extraordinaire, Frankie Inglese of Soul Kitchen. In short, get to Montecito on the 22nd.


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Azur, is a distinctively contemporary lodge located on a hilltop overlooking some of the most spectacular scenery in New Zealand. Set among native trees and with the stunning panoramic vistas of Lake Wakatipu, The Remarkables, Cecil Peak and Queenstown, Azur is known for privacy, discretion and serenity. The Lodge's nine villas were designed to let you absorb the incredible views in chic luxury and total privacy. Every design detail has been taken into account to provide guests with a distinctively contemporary New Zealand experience.
Each 75 square meter villa has a private deck and lounge area, with a gas fire place, LCD television and DVD/CD stereo system. Bathrooms are modelled on those of some of the world's great hotels and include dual vanities, rain forest shower heads and spa tubs positioned in the window to be enjoyed either indoor or outdoor. Each bathroom product has been chosen to indulge you, from the luxurious towels and robes, to New Zealand made Linden Leaves amenities, each an experience to savor. Azur's super king beds are dressed with the finest 300 thread count Egyptian cotton sheets milled in Germany and provided by Ploh, a specialist in luxury bedding. Pillows and duvets, also from Ploh are filled with pure goose down. Such attention to detail promises an exceptional sleep experience.
You decide what arrangements suit you best. Rather than a communal dinner each evening, you can choose from dining at any of the world-class restaurants in town or in your private villa with sunset views of Lake Wakitpu. In-Villa dining at Azur brings all the flavors from town to your doorstep. Simply place your order with the hotel team by choosing from the curated selection of menus in the compendium provided. Share your preferences, and then leave the rest to us. Your meals will be elegantly plated and presented by candlelight.
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If you've watched any MTV2 lately, you know that today's landscape is littered with many, many YM-worthy punk poppers. While most are fourth-rate Green Day and Blink-182 knockoffs, an occasional act shows up to the party with more than just a six-pack of Bud Light and a new tattoo. With their clean, chugging guitar rhythms, three-headed lead vocal attack and surprisingly substantive lyrics (for a band of their genre), Midtown is one band that breaks away from the pack with their second full-length release, Living Well Is the Best Revenge.
Formed four years ago by four freshman at New Jersey's Rutgers University, Midtown is Rob Hitt (drums), Tyler Rann (guitar), Gabe Saporta (bass) and Heath Saraceno. The last three trade off on lead vocals -- sometimes in the same song. And most of Saporta's words are free of irony, innuendo and self-pity. Imagine that!
There's good energy to tracks like "Become What You Hate," "Still Trying" and "Perfect," while "Like a Movie" (the band's first single and video) and "A Faulty Foundation" dip toes into more pop and rock waters, respectively. However, the band's self-mythologizing about its not-too-distant-or-difficult "struggling days" on "In the Songs" is, well, laughable.
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The Educational Weekly, published in Chicago, was formed in 1877 as the consolidation of seven midwestern education journals. Specifically, it was the union of:
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By June 19, 1879, it was registered as second-class matter, and in later issues it proudly declared it was the first periodical entered at the Chicago Post Office as second-class matter. Its last issue was in 1881. It was intended to be renamed and continued as The Present Age and Educational Weekly.


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System offers cost effective fat content monitoring, says FOSS
Controlling fat content is important for food processors that need to ensure the quality of the meat used in recipes and to comply with food legislation. Analysis is also important in making products that claim to have low fat content
Consumers expect that what is declared of meat content (or fat content) on the product label is correct, regardless if it is a pack of 500 gram minced meat, a pack of sausages or a pack of burgers.
Poul Erik Simonson, market manager FOSS told FoodProductionDaily.com that the XDS Direct Light system is one of its new generation of in-line analyzers for the food industry based on the smart use of near infrared reflection (NIR) analysis technology.
He said that the XDS Direct Light system consists of a near infrared scanning device and process control software, enabling the surface of ground meat to be continuously scanned as it flows through the production process to reveal information about its fat content.
Simonson explained that the device can be installed above a grinder outlet to scan the meat and the results of the measurements taken during the processing of a batch are shown on a touch screen, thus allowing the operator to adjust the batch fat if necessary.
NIR or near infrared transmission (NIT), microwave and x-radiation have become three of the most widespread techniques used by processors to determine fat content in sorted raw meat.
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"FOSS has vast experience in this area coupled with a longstanding association with the meat industry, including a good knowledge of everyday challenges and demands. The result is a system that makes process control more accessible to meat producers," claims Simonson.
He said that the new technology is highly accurate and is the only full-scanning monocromator based system available in the market for meat analysis.
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According to Simonson, the XDS Direct Light system helps the processor to avoid using more of the expensive raw material (the lean meat) than needed, thus ensuring the processor can maximize the use of fat/fatty trimmings according to the specifications:
"By being able to monitor the fat-content of the batch in 'real time', the operator will be able to optimize the use of the raw material."
Simonson claims the new system has a better transferability of data between instruments due to hardware standardization and one of the biggest advantages of the XDS Direct Light system is the reduced calibration costs it provides.
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He said that as the system has a small footprint and is easy to integrate into existing process setups, it is ideal for small and mid-sized producers seeking a fat control system that does not require in-house experts or lengthy installation:
"The software supplied with the XDS Direct Light system can be used by production personnel and requires little prior training and the interface can be customised to specific requirements."
The software also includes recommendations for operators on how to reach the defined fat content target level as well as enabling intuitive recipe handling, according to the company.
Simonson said that the XDS Direct Light system can be adapted to also monitor protein and moisture in ground meat through calibration development:
"The system is collecting spectra from the meat it is scanning and this includes information about the content of protein and moisture."
He added that all measurements can be stored in the system for up to a year, thus enabling traceability of products.
Since July 2003, the EU restricted the definition of meat to mean the skeletal-attached muscles. Other animal parts such as fat and offal have to be labelled as such and not as 'meat'. Fat that adheres to the muscles may be treated as meat, subject to the maximum limits determined by the EU's directive.
The law also requires processors to label their products with the percentages of muscle-meat, fat or offal content. The directive applies to products that contain meat as an ingredient, while meat sold without further processing is excluded.


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I had a small crock pot / slow cooker passed along to me which had been part of a set, but not used. Bravetti model, looks like it'd hold about 2 cups or so. There are no settings or knobs, just a plug in. No instructions and I don't seem to be having much luck online, with the exception of sales sites.
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Winners of the 77th annual Drama League Awards, which honor the best of Broadway and off-Broadway theater, have been announced with War Horse and The Book of Mormon taking home prizes for Distinguished Production of a Play and Distinguished Production of a Musical, respectively. Mark Rylance was presented the Distinguished Performance Award for Jerusalem and La Bete, beating out over 60 other actors nominated in the category. A complete list of winners follows:
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War Horse
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The Book of Mormon
Distinguished Revival of a Play
The Normal Heart
Distinguished Revival of a Musical
Anything Goes
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Mark Rylance for Jerusalem and La Bete
The Drama League also presented non-competitive awards to Susan Stroman (Julia Hansen Award for Excellence in Directing), Whoopi Goldberg (Unique Contribution to the Theatre Award) and Liza Minnelli (Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre Award).
The ceremony took place on May 20 with presenters that included Daniel Radcliffe, Josh Gad, Andrew Rannells, Robin Williams, Patina Miller, John Kander and more.


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- Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
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'We don't manipulate things like Ferrari do' - Mateschitz
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Red Bull drivers should be free to race - Alonso
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Sebastian Vettel has put the possibility of using team strategy at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to the back of his mind.
If - as he did in Brazil last weekend - the German wins on Sunday ahead of his team-mate Mark Webber, Fernando Alonso will only need to finish fourth to be crowned world champion. With team orders illegal and ruled out by his employer Dietrich Mateschitz, whether Vettel will voluntarily move over to help Webber win the title is the topic of wide speculation in the media.
"Without joking, I am not thinking about it now," he told Bild newspaper. "My first goal is pole position, my second is winning the race. And if necessary I can analyse the situation and decide very quickly."
Red Bull's chief designer Adrian Newey is the latest to weigh in on the debate, insisting that both drivers will have a free run to the title this weekend but hoping that one might be "magnanimous" enough to help the other.
The marketing professor at the top Spanish business school IESE thinks Mateschitz's approach to the 2010 season finale is very clever.
"If they lose the championship, they have not betrayed the values that convey the brand, so Red Bull still wins. They cannot lose," marketing professor Jose Luis Nueno told El Pais newspaper.


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Indicators of Sustainable Development: Guidelines and Methodologies, 2nd Edition
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Fidaxomicin to Prevent Clostridium Difficile Colonization
This study has been withdrawn prior to enrollment.
(Study not performed)
Washington University School of Medicine
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First Posted: March 13, 2012
Last Update Posted: May 28, 2014
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The purpose of this research study is to evaluate the effectiveness of an antibiotic called fidaxomicin in preventing C. difficile infection.
|Clostridium Difficile Infection
|Drug: Fidaxomicin Drug: Placebo
|Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|The Effect of a Twice Daily, 200 mg Dose of Oral Fidaxomicin Compared to Placebo on Risk of Acquiring C. Difficile and Developing C. Difficile Infection (CDI) in High Risk Patients
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Clostridium difficile [ Time Frame: At discharge from hospital (average of 7 days after enrollment in study) ]Clostridium difficile isolated from patient stool specimen
|Study Start Date:
|September 2012
|Study Completion Date:
|December 2013
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Fidaxomicin
Receive 200 mg of fidaxomicin twice daily
Drug: Fidaxomicin
Receive 200 mg of fidaxomicin twice daily
Other Name: Dificid
|Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Drug: Placebo
Receive Placebo twice daily
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A novel approach to prevent C. difficile infection is to use compounds with activity against C. difficile as primary prophylaxis in high risk patients. Chemoprophylaxis theoretically can prevent C. difficile infection by two mechanisms. It may reduce transmission from asymptomatic C. difficile carriers by reducing the number of spores shed in the stool and prevent replication and subsequent toxin production of the organisms in patients at risk for C. difficile infection.
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- ≥ 18 years old
- On broad spectrum antimicrobials
- Anticipated length of stay of > 48 hours after enrollment
- A non-ICU inpatient
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnant
- Expected to die within 7 days
- Have previously been enrolled in this trial or a trial of an investigational agent to treat CDI, and/or are on monotherapy with an antimicrobial generally considered not to increase the risk of CDI (vanc, macrolides, tetracyclines, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, aminoglycosides, colistin, linezolid, nitrofurantoin, metronidazole)
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01552668
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01552668
|United States, Missouri
|Washington University in St. Louis
|St. Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110
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Belmares J, Johnson S, Parada JP, Olson MM, Clabots CR, Bettin KM, Peterson LR, Gerding DN. Molecular epidemiology of Clostridium difficile over the course of 10 years in a tertiary care hospital. Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Oct 15;49(8):1141-7. doi: 10.1086/605638.
Dubberke ER. The A, B, BI, and Cs of Clostridium difficile. Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Oct 15;49(8):1148-52. doi: 10.1086/605639.
Bobo LD, Dubberke ER. Recognition and prevention of hospital-associated enteric infections in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med. 2010 Aug;38(8 Suppl):S324-34. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181e69f05. Review.
Dubberke ER, Butler AM, Hota B, Khan YM, Mangino JE, Mayer J, Popovich KJ, Stevenson KB, Yokoe DS, McDonald LC, Jernigan J, Fraser VJ; Prevention Epicenters Program from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Multicenter study of the impact of community-onset Clostridium difficile infection on surveillance for C. difficile infection. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Jun;30(6):518-25. doi: 10.1086/597380.
Dubberke ER, Butler AM, Reske KA, Agniel D, Olsen MA, D'Angelo G, McDonald LC, Fraser VJ. Attributable outcomes of endemic Clostridium difficile-associated disease in nonsurgical patients. Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Jul;14(7):1031-8. doi: 10.3201/eid1407.070867.
Dubberke ER, Butler AM, Yokoe DS, Mayer J, Hota B, Mangino JE, Khan YM, Popovich KJ, Stevenson KB, McDonald LC, Olsen MA, Fraser VJ; Prevention Epicenters Program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Multicenter study of surveillance for hospital-onset Clostridium difficile infection by the use of ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 Mar;31(3):262-8. doi: 10.1086/650447.
Dubberke ER, Gerding DN, Classen D, Arias KM, Podgorny K, Anderson DJ, Burstin H, Calfee DP, Coffin SE, Fraser V, Griffin FA, Gross P, Kaye KS, Klompas M, Lo E, Marschall J, Mermel LA, Nicolle L, Pegues DA, Perl TM, Saint S, Salgado CD, Weinstein RA, Wise R, Yokoe DS. Strategies to prevent clostridium difficile infections in acute care hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Oct;29 Suppl 1:S81-92. doi: 10.1086/591065.
Dubberke ER, McMullen KM, Mayfield JL, Reske KA, Georgantopoulos P, Warren DK, Fraser VJ. Hospital-associated Clostridium difficile infection: is it necessary to track community-onset disease? Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Apr;30(4):332-7. doi: 10.1086/596604.
Dubberke ER, Reske KA, Noble-Wang J, Thompson A, Killgore G, Mayfield J, Camins B, Woeltje K, McDonald JR, McDonald LC, Fraser VJ. Prevalence of Clostridium difficile environmental contamination and strain variability in multiple health care facilities. Am J Infect Control. 2007 Jun;35(5):315-8.
Dubberke ER, Reske KA, Olsen MA, McMullen KM, Mayfield JL, McDonald LC, Fraser VJ. Evaluation of Clostridium difficile-associated disease pressure as a risk factor for C difficile-associated disease. Arch Intern Med. 2007 May 28;167(10):1092-7.
Dubberke ER, Wertheimer AI. Review of current literature on the economic burden of Clostridium difficile infection. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Jan;30(1):57-66. doi: 10.1086/592981. Review.
Louie T, Miller M, Donskey C, Mullane K, Goldstein EJ. Clinical outcomes, safety, and pharmacokinetics of OPT-80 in a phase 2 trial with patients with Clostridium difficile infection. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009 Jan;53(1):223-8. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01442-07. Epub 2008 Oct 27.
|Responsible Party:
|Washington University School of Medicine
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01552668 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
1U54CK000162 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Submitted:
|March 8, 2012
|First Posted:
|March 13, 2012
|Last Update Posted:
|May 28, 2014
|Last Verified:
|May 2014
Keywords provided by Washington University School of Medicine:
Clostridium difficile infection
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View of Lake Pepin is worth a million bucks
LAKE CITY -- It costs about $15 to pitch a tent at Hok-Si-La park.
At that rate, Steve Prigge figures he's gotten his money's worth, considering the park's stunning campsite views of Lake Pepin.
For 34 years, the Winona man and a group of relatives and friends have congregated at the same campsite each Memorial Day weekend.
"We used to call it our million-dollar site," Prigge said. "Now it's probably up to $3 million."
Park manager Joanne Klees says it's no secret why the Prigges and thousands of others have been drawn to Hok-Si-La for decades.
"It's definitely Lake Pepin," she said.
Visitors can soak in the views -- or the water -- of Lake Pepin for free at the park, which is owned by the city of Lake City. Visitors such as Lake City resident John Scheuer and his daughter come to enjoy the park's swimming beach and playground equipment.
"It's a nice park," he said.
Amenities abound at Hok-Si-La, including volleyball and basketball courts, an interpretive center, screened shelters and an amphitheater.
Of all its offerings, however, Klees believes the 52-year-old dining hall is "the gem of the park."
"It's just the perfect place for gatherings," she said.
Built in 1956 by the Boy Scouts, the hall boasts a massive seating space, a full kitchen and a walk-in cooler. The hall -- which from its east-facing windows frames majestic views of the lake and Wisconsin's river bluffs -- has become a destination for wedding receptions and company functions, Klees said.
Hok-Si-La became city property in 1974 when the Boy Scouts sold it. The park was purchased with a combination of city, state and federal dollars, Klees said.
It's the solitude of the setting that keeps campers and groups like Prigge's coming year after year, she said.
"It's a way to get away from noises," Klees said.
Campers can drive to their site and drop off their gear. After that, it's off to the parking lot, where all vehicles must remain.
"It's really unique, as far as just tent camping," Prigge said.
The park also has its share of wildlife.
Campers on the park's southern end can catch a glimpse of the nest of Hok-Si-La's resident eagle. The nest, which cradled an eaglet this year, can be best seen near campsite G4, Klees said.
Hok-Si-La staff fogs for the park's more notorious flying creatures -- mosquitoes -- but savvy campers are sure to keep a can of bug spray handy.
Despite more than three decades of exploring the park, Prigge said his group has no intent of bringing tradition to an end. In fact, he said one of the children who first visited the park on their annual trip will be getting married there later this year.
"It's special for us all," Prigge said. "We have a lot of good memories. We're still making them."
Hok-Si-La Park, 2500 N. Highway 61, Lake City: 252 acres, including public parkland, camping and waterfront.
Camping season from mid-April to Oct. 31 (weather permitting)
Call (651) 345-3855 or go to www.ci.lake-city.mn.us


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For many people, the end of May means one thing and one thing only: If you have a child or grandchild, or a friend moving on to a new phase in their academic career, the month of May means far more than flowers or Mother's Day or spring-cleaning; It means graduation.
Ah yes, graduation…the pomp, the circumstance, the gifts, the ceremonies, the awards, the speeches, the accolades. I guess I just didn't realize it's the same gilded lily ritual whether you're earning your PhD or completing the year at Miss Lois's Younger Years Play Group. This year, we had one graduation in the family and it was a big one—not since the grades went from words to numbers (senior kindergarten to first grade) in 2006 has there been such an auspicious occasion in our house: Punch graduated sixth grade.
Now, most of you know Punch is my youngest, behind Cranky (15) and Whiny (14). This is my third sixth-grade graduation. Were they always this involved? My friends assure me that yes, in fact they were; and no doubt, they have the video to prove it. I guess at first blush, a sixth-grade graduation ceremony seems like a fatuous, self-indulgent event—just another sign of how today's children are coddled into a complete lack of efficacy. Upon further analysis, however, I reconsidered. I mean, Punch spent nine years at that school, and he passed some pretty big milestones. In a strange way, sixth-grade graduation pays tribute to some of the most important goals these kids will ever achieve.
Punch learned how to read and write in grade school, (If your child is learning how to read and/or write in high school, you might want to rethink your school district.)
He learned about friendship in its purest form. Grade-schoolers don't care who drives the coolest car, they don't know if someone belongs to a country club (OK in fairness, access to a swimming pool and/or trampoline may tip the scales.), they don't let stupid girls come between them. They just know who they like.
Punch also learned how to throw and catch in grade school—sure you smirk, but just wait. When Punch is tapped to join the senior partners of Dewey, Cheatum and Howe for their mid-life crisis pick up game, he will be ready.
The list goes on. He learned how to camp. He learned how to add. He learned how to sing, perform and speak in public. He learned how to swim—he's no Michael Phelps, but if he falls into Lake Michigan, I can say with 90-percent certainty that he could make it ashore without assistance. He learned about elements and animals and chemicals and tetherball and dinosaurs and ancient Egypt and the solar system. I mean, what did we learn in college that's more important than any of those? I took a class my junior year on Marxism and Communism, and I still can't tell the difference.
For goodness sake, if there were ever a time for Punch to make a speech and get a pin and pose for photos and earn a diploma, certainly that time is now.
So it's been nine years. Nine years, four broken bones, two cases of pink eye, one chipped tooth, 19 pairs of sneakers, seven sports, one and a half languages (including English), seven stitches, 2,714 band aids, 27 parent-teacher conferences, a head lice scare and one ride in the back of a squad car (I'd rather not say). He's practically ready to go out and face the world, but I think I'll keep him at home for a little longer. He still has a few things to learn.


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CLEARWATER, FLA. - Brian Burke was looking for truculence in his Maple Leafs and never got it.
Ricky Romero is hoping to have more luck in the Blue Jays quest for arrogance.
Romero, the ace of the Jays staff and their opening day starter (April 5 in Cleveland), had an abbreviated final tuneup Saturday against the Philadelphia Phillies as a brief shower limited his outing to two innings.
Romero threw an additional two innings in the indoor cages at Bright House Field before launching into the expectations the Jays have placed on themselves for the 2012 season.
Our teams special, he said when the question turned to his own leadership qualities. I feel like everyone is a leader in their own way. I told you this at the start of spring training, its a little different feel. I feel like were bringing a little different attitude in a good way.
Were arrogant and we know that we can win. I think thats good qualities to have when youre out there playing.
It may seem odd to use the word arrogant given that this Jays team has not won a thing, not even had a sniff, but Romero believes its something they have and hopefully will provide them with an edge. Where does that arrogance come from? The arrogance of youth?
I think it comes from, you know, honestly, Im sick of going home in October and I think those guys (his teammates) are too, he said. We see the talent around. We see the young guys, the way they carry themselves, the Lawries, the J.P.s (Arencibia) and we believe.
I think when were out there we play with that confidence the way that you should play the game, that Im going to kick your ass attitude every time. I think thats a great attitude to have and we feel like nothing is going to get in our way.
Its the edge that teams such as the Yankees and Red Sox always exude. It comes from winning championships and being in the running every season.
Absolutely. The Yankees and Red Sox are some of the best, he said. And the Phillies, they know theyre going to win year in and year out. Just the way they carry themselves, I want that to be my team and I think were ready.
Last season, June 20 to be exact, frustration and the desire to win reached the boiling point within Romero when following a 2-0 loss to the Atlanta Braves, Romero jumped on the lack of offence the team was receiving at the time.
We cant rely on (Jose) Bautista, we cant rely on (Adam) Lind (for all the offence), Romero said in Atlanta. Weve got to get somebody else to step up and get on base and drive em in.
Those guys are getting pitched around. Everyones got to step up or else were not going to keep winning ball games, were going to keep losing ball games like this. This team doesnt revolve around one or two guys. Everyones got to put in their part.
It was a message that Romero felt needed to be made even if it rankled some of his teammates.
I talked to me team about it and they understood what I said and no one took offence to that, Romero recalled. I think this team gets it. They know what were out for.
Every single one of these guys will tell you that this team can do some special things. I hate watching the playoffs at home. I want to be part of it. I think the city of Toronto deserves it and this team, I think, is going to be ready.
God knows the fans of the various pro franchises back home deserve something to cheer, anything.
Burke and the boys have failed to deliver for 31/2 years and running.
Maybe arrogance wouldnt be a bad thing.
Truculence? That one hasnt worked out so well.
The ghost of Roy Halladay doesnt haunt the Blue Jays every day but there is an occasional sighting.
Halladay was on the mound for the Phillies on Saturday before passing showers blew him away.
Afterwards, the former Jays ace was one of the topics touched on by current Blue Jays ace Ricky Romero.
I got two good innings in and finished up with two more in the bullpen, Romero said of his abbreviated day of work. The first thing I asked was: Is Halladay done? If hes done then Im done. Obviously he knows what hes doing and he was finishing off in the cage.
Later when team leadership was brought up it was suggested that Romero is more interactive with his teammates than Halladay was. Romero, though, rose to Halladays defence.
I remember when I threw one of my best games in New York, a complete game, he was one of the first guys that texted me, Romero said. He said: Congratulations man, I saw your game. When I signed my contract he was one of the first that texted me and said: Congrats, you deserve it. Its little stuff like that that people dont see and dont know. Its something that I appreciate a lot.
Blue Jays 8, Phillies 5
- A brief shower interrupted play after the second inning, sending both Ricky Romero and Roy Halladay to the showers.
- In his two innings, Romero didnt allow a hit and struck out two.
- Romero was due to pitch five innings and threw two additional innings in the indoor cages.
- The Jays touched Halladay for two runs in the second, including - solo homer by Edwin Encarnacion.
- RF Jose Bautista hit a solo homer off David Herndon in the fifth.
- INF Luis Valbuena hit a two-run homer that cleared the fence, the grass slope, hit the walkway and bounded out of the stadium.


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Everyone was out celebrating for the Easter weekend, including A-List stars! Find out what Beyoncé & Jay-Z, Justin Bieber, and the Jonas Brothers all did for the holiday.
Hopefully everyone had a great sugar-overdosed weekend and spent quality time with the family for Easter! Celebrities were out in full force taking in the festivities of the day. See who did what for the holiday below!
- [lastfm]Jay-Z [/lastfm]and [lastfm]Beyoncé[/lastfm] spent their anniversary weekend in the Big Apple hanging out with the cast of the broadway hit, Chicago. The two were there to support former [lastfm]Destiny's Child [/lastfm]comrade, Michelle Williams, in her role as Roxy Heart.
- Justin Bieber showed off his drum chops playing at the White House for the annual Easter Egg Roll on the same bill as Glee cast members. He covered classics from Aerosmith and Michael Jackson, and even busted out a drum solo before singing "Baby." Watch the video of JB banging out on the drums before transitioning into his boppy single.
- After performing at the Angels Stadium on Easter afternoon, the [lastfm]Jonas Brothers[/lastfm] plus little bro and sis Frankie and Danielle feasted at the Four Season Hotel in Beverly Hills for family togetherness.
- [lastfm]Jennifer Lopez[/lastfm] and hubby [lastfm]Marc Anthony[/lastfm] brought their twins Max and Emme to J-Lo's parents house in Pasadena. J-Lo even prepared her own dish to bring to the family get together.
Check out the paparazzo shots of the celebrities spotted out on Easter! How did you celebrate your holiday, let us know below!
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Anthony Rizzo's two-run homer in the seventh inning Friday brought the Chicago Cubs from behind to a 5-4 victory over Pittsburgh.
The Pirates overcame an early three-run deficit to take the lead, but could not hold on for what would have been their fifth straight win.
Jason Grilli (0-2) took the mound in the seventh for his first inning of work and retired the first two men he faced. Luis Valbuena, however, walked on a 3-2 pitch and Rizzo then hit a 1-0 offering from Grilli over the wall in right.
Pittsburgh put one runner on in each of its last three at-bats, but was eventually shut down by the Chicago bull pen.
Carlos Villanueva (6-8), the third of six Chicago pitchers, picked up the win by recording a lone out in the sixth. Kevin Gregg worked the ninth for his 32nd save.
Brian Bogusevic contributed a two-run Chicago homer in the fourth, but Pittsburgh came up with three solo blasts in the bottom of the inning from Pedro Alvarez, Russell Martin and Garrett Jones.


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The man accused of making the threat that led to an hour-and-a-half-long lock-down at Central Connecticut State University is now being held on a $550,000 bond.
Police said they tracked Rufino Cotto-Martinez, 47, down through his cell phone, and arrested him in Willimantic for making threats against his ex-girlfriend, Vangie Vasquez, and others on the campus.
Cotto-Martinez was arraigned on Thursday morning in New Britain Superior Court. His attorney said he is homeless and unable to post bond.
It all started around 8:30 Wednesday morning when Cotto-Martinez called a C.C.S.U. police officer and said, "You no put out Vangie Vasquez, I go to University killing everybody,okay," according to court records. Vasquez is a food services worker on the campus.
Around 10 a.m. on Wednesday, school officials told people on campus to stay in their rooms and secure their doors after campus police received a "credible threat" to kill people, according to the university.
"It (the threat) was against her and the university, that he wanted to come here and kill her and people at the university and just kill people," Mark McLaughlin, of C.C.S.U., said. "When police got that, we began to make plans for our emergency notification system."
School officials said Martinez was the subject of a similar alert in June 2011.
Before police closed in on Cotto-Martinez, he called Vasquez repeatedly. Police instructed her to answer one of those calls and recorded it, according to court records.
During that conversation, Cotto-Martinez talked in Spanish and said, "They are not going to catch me before I get you," according to court records. He went on to say, "I am going to beat you up and if I can't get you I will get someone else," according to court records.
After his arrest, police described his behavior as "combative" and said he had to be physically restrained on the ride to C.C.S.U., according to court records. Once on campus, he refused to be fingerprinted and kicked the door of the campus holding cell so many times that the lock broke, according to officials and court records.
"You get people who don't like to be arrested so they resist and that's what happens," said Chief Jason Powell of the C.C.S.U. Police Department.
Overall, Chief Powell says he's pleased with how the university handled the situation.
There were some kinks in the emergency notification process, such as alerts going to incoming freshmen. Powell says the system will be reviewed by university officials.
"I think there's room for improvement. We're gonna be talking about that internally. I think as technological changes occur and expectations change there's always an opportunity to look at the system and find out if there's ways to improve it," said Powell.
Some students said the system worked well.
"I was really impressed overall," Arielle Kubie, a student, said. "You think something scary like this would make you spooked, but kind of the lasting impression I got was, whoa, I feel very secure knowing that if something were to happen on campus. It was like instant and really, really well-organized."
Cotto-Martinez is charged with first and second degree threatening and terrorism.
At the time this happened, he was also on probation for harassing Vasquez. He also faces a criminal charge for violating that probation.


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Maybe these robbers should have had a practice run first.
Two men allegedly used a fake gun to rob a Payless Shoe Source in the Chatham neighborhood on the South Side Tuesday night, but the whole awkward event, which was captured on security cameras, is more comical than it sounds, police said.
At about 8:45 p.m., two men wearing ski masks walked into the store and announced a robbery, according to authorities. But one of the criminals was having a problem already.
"This one kid comes into the store, he realized he forgot to pull the ski mask down so he pulled it down real quick – so the eyeholes were off, causing him to begin stumbling around," before adjusting it, reports a source for the Sun-Times.
One of the men drew out a weapon... sort of. Sources have described it to be a drill, a staple gun or a wrench covered in duct tape.
Perhaps strangest of all, one female customer was so engaged with her cell phone, she didn't stop talking during the robbery! In fact, she purchased her shoes and walked out of the store—still on her phone—after the whole event oblivious to the felony being perpetrated in front of her.
The two robbers made their escape in a 1990 Honda Accord after taking an undisclosed amount of cash from the register. Someone inside the store got the license plate number, which police used to track down the owner.
The owner turned out to be the girlfriend of one of the suspects, according to Chicago Breaking News. Police searched her residence and found the two 23-year-old men, the stolen money, the fake gun, and the ski masks.
The two suspects were arrested only 30 minutes after the hold-up, said police.
Now they're just waiting for the other shoe to drop.
Matt Bartosik is a Chicago native and a social media sovereign.


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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (ABP) – A Southern Baptist seminary president says debate among evangelicals over whether Adam and Eve were real people is not just about different interpretations of a few verses in Genesis but rather a matter of "gospel urgency."
Albert Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary published a blog Aug. 22 about his recent appearance on National Public Radio where he debated evangelical scholars saying science doesn't support a literal reading of Genesis.
Appearing with Mohler Aug. 9 on NPR's "Morning Edition, Dennis Venema, a professor of biology at Trinity Western University, said mapping of the human genome proves that people evolved over a long period of time and cannot be traced back to a single couple within the last few thousand years.
John Schneider, a former professor at Calvin College forced to resign after 25 years for writing an article questioning the historical Adam, said it is time for Christians to "reformulate some of their tradition about human beginnings."
Mohler, who has long argued that the most natural reading of Genesis is that God created the world in six 24-hour days, said in his blog that if such arguments hold sway, "we will have to come up with an entirely new understanding of the gospel metanarrative and the Bible's storyline."
The debate between young- and old-earth creationists spilled into a new audience Aug. 17 when Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert described Mohler as a "real Christian" who understands what is at stake while introducing an excerpt from the NPR broadcast.
"When Adam sinned, he sinned for us, and it's that very sinfulness that sets up our understanding of our need for a savior," Mohler said. "Without Adam, the work of Christ makes no sense whatsoever."
Colbert, a comedian who parodies conservatives by pretending to agree with them, used an analogy of "how without 'Happy Days,' 'Joanie Loves Chachi' makes no sense" and quipped that if evangelical scientists are right, "I have been helping people and forgiving them for nothing."
Mohler's Aug. 22 blog treated the subject as anything but a laughing matter.
"Each generation of Christians faces its own set of theological challenges," Mohler wrote. "For this generation of evangelicals, the question of beginnings is taking on a new urgency. In fact, this question is now a matter of gospel urgency. How are we to understand the Bible's story, if we can have no confidence that we know how it even begins?"
Mohler, a graduate of Samford University with a Ph.D. in theology from Southern Seminary, has argued for a literal reading of the three chapters of Genesis. In 2005, Mohler rejected the idea of human "descent" in a Time magazine article. He has declared the theology of evolution "incompatible with the gospel of Jesus Christ" and argued the "exegetical and theological necessity" of affirming the universe is no more than several thousand years old and was created in six 24-hour days.
"The denial of an historical Adam and Eve as the first parents of all humanity and the solitary first human pair severs the link between Adam and Christ which is so crucial to the gospel," Mohler wrote in his blog . "If we do not know how the story of the gospel begins, then we do not know what that story means. Make no mistake: a false start to the story produces a false grasp of the gospel."
Christianity Today recently devoted its cover story to "The Search for the Historical Adam" describing several ways conservative Christians have tried to reconcile faith and science.
The 2000 Baptist Faith and Message doesn't address creation directly, but it describes man as "the special creation of God" who "fell from his original innocence whereby his posterity inherit a nature and an environment inclined toward sin."
The 1987 report of the Southern Baptist Convention Peace Committee -– a failed attempt to repair theological rifts in the nation's second-largest faith group -- found that most Southern Baptists "believe in direct creation of mankind and therefore they believe Adam and Eve were real persons."
One recommendation called on Southern Baptist institutions "to recognize the great number of Southern Baptists who believe this interpretation" and "in the future, to build their professional staffs and faculties from those who clearly reflect such dominant convictions and beliefs held by Southern Baptists at large."
Responding near the end of the NPR program to a panelist who said Christians who reject the evidence of geology and biology "will lose whatever intellectual currency or respectability they have," Mohler said, "If so, that's simply the price we'll have to pay."
"The moment you say, we have to abandon this theology in order to have the respect of the world, you end up with neither biblical orthodoxy, nor the respect of the world," he said.
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- A live chicken?
- One eighth-ounce of high-grade medical cannabis?
- Your sense of smell?
- "Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity"?
- A Ph.D. in philosophy?
- A day spent working in a coal mine?
- A three-day migraine headache?
- A human embryo?
- A human heart?
- An act of oral sex with an attractive person?
- An act of oral sex with an unattractive person?
- Your memories from ages 5-13?
In order to put a figure on such disparate items as these, we must have a somewhat rigorous idea of what we mean by "value."
One feature of value is audience - who values the item? What is it worth to whom? The same act of oral sex might have different values to the performer and the recipient (not to mention any bystanders). It also might have different value to different recipients. We must be clear about for whom we are calculating the value. What is an embryo worth to would-be parents? To the world? To the potential person created?
The issue of audience is pretty easy to formalize. A more difficult issue is how, exactly, we measure value.
One option: ask people. How much is your sense of smell worth to you? What is the value of not having to give Ron Paul a rim job? How much are your childhood memories worth?
The "ask people and see what they say" option we can call stated preference. The main problems with this method are that (a) people don't necessarily have introspective access to these values, and (b) even when they do, there is a great danger that they might not tell us the truth.
There is a proverb that actions speak louder than words. Economists employ this fact to get around these problems with stated preference - they try to measure how much we act like things are worth.
Where markets exist - as they do for many of the items in my list, from chickens to blow jobs - we can measure value to some degree by price. What a person is willing to pay for the item in question, and what another person is willing to accept in exchange for it, can give us a good idea of the value of an item. An offer (e.g. a statement that one "has five on it") in the context of a potential transaction is better evidence of the value of the item than a mere assertion of value - and an accepted offer is better evidence still, a principle embodied in the essentially-informational request to "put up or shut up."
What about when there's no market?
Certainly there is no market for a sense of smell. Yet we often have a need to calculate the value of such things - e.g. in tort lawsuits when one's sense of smell is lost because of the wrongdoing of another. Are we stuck with stated preference? Willingness-to-accept is often as far as it goes in the law; juries might be asked, for instance, how much they would accept to be without their sense of smell for a day, and then multiply that by the life expectancy in days of the plaintiff.
But there is another set of evidence available. We can measure how much people act like their sense of smell is worth. For example:
- How much do people demand to be compensated for a given risk to their sense of smell? If people are observed to be willing to take a given risk of losing their sense of smell for a particular value (e.g., to get rid of a cold a few days earlier), we can arrive at a figure based on that.
- How much do people who have lost their sense of smell pay to try to fix it? If a procedure with a given probability of success is regularly bought for a certain amount, we can calculate based on that.
- How much does one increase one's consumption of quick-fix utility boosters when faced with a loss of one's sense of smell?
And perhaps there are other sneaky ways to indirectly measure the value of a sense of smell, childhood memories, a human heart.
The point is that when a thing's value is difficult to evaluate because it lacks a market, we can often calculate the thing's value not just based on the reports of the valuers, but based on their observable actions.
The ultimate question of value that I am concerned with is: how much is it worth to you to have been born? What is a human life worth to the individual human?
Too often, when faced with the question of the value of life, even normally rigorous economists default to what I term the "imaginary survey justification" - not even pathetic stated preference (for which the evidence is not even that great), but an extra-lame-out imaginary survey of stated preference ("Of course everybody's glad to be alive!"). It is my position that we can do better.
In the next post in this series I will outline how we might indirectly, empirically measure the value of a human life to the individual living human. This will be largely based on an unpublished paper by Richard Posner and Gary Becker, called "Suicide: An Economic Approach." If you read this in combination with "Behavioral Economics and Perverse Effects of the Welfare State" by Bryan Caplan and Scott Beaulier, you will have an idea where I'm going with this!
This also seems related: (via Rob Sica)
We introduce the concept of life salience (activation of biophilia) as a compliment to the concept of death salience (activation of a fear of death), which plays a prominent role in Terror Management Theory. Four experiments tested whether life salience decreases the need to defend one's cultural worldview, including consumption patterns. Death salience, in contrast, should increase worldview defenses and consumption patterns. Life salience was manipulated by writing about a situation that made participants feel fully alive (Experiment 1), by watching plants grow (Experiment 2), by watching a baby movie (Experiment 3), and by subliminally priming the word 'life' (Experiment 4). As expected, life salience increased life-related thoughts, decreased support for consumerism, and lowered spending intentions. Death salience had the opposite effect. These findings suggest that consumerism may be rooted in the existential need to "love life." [Emphasis mine.]
—Abstract of "Feeling Alive Without Spending a Dime: Life and Death Salience Exert Opposite Effects on Worldview Defense and Consumption Patterns."


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Great rant: Avoid weak, vague arguments with specifics
Everyone who writes opinion pieces about sports should go read this rant by NBC Sports writer Mike Tanier, who has written for Bleacher Report
Tanier tries to vanquish a quartet of "tired talking points" about the NFL once and for all:
- Beware of teams that won in the first round—they have "momentum."
- Coach should have gone for it on fourth down, or not: poor Mike Smith.
- The quarterback doesn't have what it takes to win in the playoffs
- A rookie quarterback should learn from the bench, or start right away
He does so with specific arguments that point out either how wrong or how pointless all four—actually six, since two of them include both sides of an argument—of these statements are, but even if you don't write about NFL football, you can take his larger point to the bank:
All four of these chatter points have one thing in common: They are all vague and over-generalized. So if we want to talk football, let's make it more interesting for everyone by getting specific. Let's talk about the Giants' defensive line, not their momentum. Let's look at fourth-down plays that work instead of [just] lambasting the ones that don't. Let's focus on [Matt] Ryan's short-passing accuracy, not his intangibles. Let's talk about a rookie quarterback, not "rookie quarterbacks." We will have better, more intelligent, more entertaining debates.
I would add that aside from being vague and overgeneralized, these statements all hold truths to be self-evident that are not. For example, Tanier points out that however much some writers like to talk about how first-round winners in the NFL playoffs have a momentum advantage over their second-round opponents, who had a bye in the first round, the facts don't back up the theory.
"Since 2001, teams with a first-round bye are 25-15 (.625) in the second round of the playoffs," Tanier writes. "In gambling terms, 62.5 percent is as close as you will get to a 'lock' in the NFL."
I'd say you can do better. If you look at the last 20 years instead of the last 10, teams with a first-round bye are 57-23. That's a .713 winning percentage, which is better than an 11-5 record in a single season.
So first-round winners have gotten better, from 8-32 in the '90s to 15-25 in the last decade. Maybe there are good reasons for that. Our NFL Lead Writer Matt Miller speculated that maybe advances in technology have made it easier for teams to study an opponent quickly, thus limiting the advantage of the team that had the extra week. He also pointed out that coaches move around more now, so there's more familiarity within the league than when coaches stayed in place longer.
Then again, as Miller also noted, the improvement might just be statistical noise. But even if that improvement is real, and "momentum" is a better argument than it was 10 years ago, it's still a bad argument. First-round winners have "improved" to the point of being on the bad side of what Tanier calls the closest thing you can get to a "lock" in the NFL.
Too many writers, at Bleacher Report and elsewhere, take momentum as a given.
A recent Bleacher Report playoff preview began, "If history has taught us anything, it's that momentum is a key ingredient for teams headed to the NFL postseason." The writer was talking about late-season momentum, not playoff momentum, so maybe history has taught us that lesson. But as a reader, my immediate reaction was, "Has it?" I wanted to see some supporting evidence, either some numbers backing up the assertion or a link to another page where someone else has done that work.
As a writer, you should be challenging your own assertions in the same way. Is this really true, or am I just repeating something that's taken for granted? And if it's true, remember what your high school English teacher told you about your writing: Show don't tell.


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So, before we even get into what the definition of what "boon-ga boon-ga" is, let's just take a look at this arcade cabinet for a moment. We have the severed, lower body of an individual barely fitting into their mom jeans. We don't know who you're the competition is, but this game wins the prize.
"Boon-ga, boon-ga" is a game Japanese school kids play with one another on the playground during recess. To play, you form two fingers like your shooting an imaginary ass laser and cram them up the closest school kid's rear end. This seems more like a sexual asssault training program than an innocent arcade game.


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WARSAW, Poland -- Allen Iverson is looking down on me.
The tour bus is rolling along a busy street here in the Polish capital when suddenly there's the Philadelphia 76ers star, staring with attitude from an athletic shoe ad on the side of a skyscraper.
Welcome to the United States of Poland. At least, that's the way it feels sometimes, what with all the Pizza Huts, McDonald's, Mars bars, J.Lo, Levi's, and billboards of American pop icons like Iverson and rapper 50 Cent. And have I mentioned the kid on Idol (no "American," just "Idol") singing Sinatra? Or the posters in a cobblestone courtyard outside a hotel in Krakow, shouting "Bling! Bling!" and advertising a concert produced by some people who call themselves "Dirty Hustlaz, Inc?"
Sixteen years after communism fell, the Polish embrace western pop culture with a stunning eagerness. Watching on the streets of Warsaw as a beefy guy in a Chicago Bulls cap passes a petite blonde babe with a blouse cut down to there, it feels like I never left home.
Indeed, unlike travelers of a previous generation, I have no need to walk around with a Polish-English dictionary pointing to phrases and mangling the language. Most people -- at least most I come in contact with -- speak English, some flawlessly. After a while, you begin to expect it.
Frankly, there's a certain pride that comes of seeing your country's products, fashions and mores so eagerly adopted by a new democracy. But at the same time, I find myself wondering if these people realize what's happening here. Do they understand that they are selling their uniqueness for the price of an MTV video?
I think similar thoughts when I drive through the U.S. and find it difficult to remember where I am because this town looks like every other town, the same jumble of golden arches and Wal-Mart signs, Exxons, Taco Bells, Denny's and Holiday Inns. And is it just me, or doesn't every town increasingly sound like every other, too, Dixie twang, Yankee tartness, Southern California dude-isms -- the sounds that tell where you're from -- blending into a blankness that makes you sound like a TV anchorman, a person who grew up nowhere.
"McWorld," political scientist Benjamin Barber famously dubbed it. He saw a world that was simultaneously being pulled apart by tribalism and extremism, and drawn together by McWorld -- free market forces. Meaning, teach the people what to want and then give it to them.
The result of tribalism and extremism was on view Sept. 11. The result of McWorld can be seen here in Poland and, more broadly, in the ongoing homogenization of the world's cultures and languages into a blanded, blended uniformity that looks and sounds like everything in general and nothing in particular. And it's mostly a one-way exchange: How many Polish sports icons have you seen towering over Times Square lately?
The world remakes itself in our image.
Small wonder France has sought -- futilely, of course -- to institutionalize French as the nation's one and only language, waging war against the encroachment of English into daily life. If you think that's much ado about nothing, well, you probably haven't seen the Nike swoosh sign in the old marketplace at Krakow.
Which is not to pick on Nike. Rather, it is to note -- and lament -- the passing of a time when American popular culture was ... escapable. But birds gotta fly, fish gotta swim and business gotta expand. And if it's really a choice between McWorld and extremism, I'll take McWorld. Reluctantly.
Still, I wish Poland looked more like Poland.
One day on the bus, a member of our group is grousing about the inefficiency of the air conditioning. As our guide futzes with it, he reminds us that we are in a country where sometimes, you actually have to lower your expectations and maybe even do without. "You are not in U.S.," he says.
Hey, it's an honest mistake.
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Is it already missing parts? If so give RCBS a call and they'll fix you right up. I've been reloading for forty years and have used various and sundry presses and the only part I ever had to replace was the little clip spring that holds the shell holder in. I wouldn't worry about having spare parts on hand.
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It has a shell plate I can't use; I need a #3 shell plate to start with. The powder measure is missing but I have one on hand. I'm not sure if it will come with the large or small primer feed, extra primer system parts are always a help.
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I got the press last week and found that all of the plastic parts were either gone or worn out. I contacted RCBS and they replaced all of the parts I needed for free! Other than a little cleaning, the press looks ready to go. Thanks all for your input.
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I bought my AMMO Master many years ago and used it quite alot until I got Married..... Left it out in the garage and it rusted up some. In the last few months I have rebuilt the unit and RCBS was very helpful in replacing damaged parts under their lifetime warranty program. About a month ago I reloaded a 1000 40 S&W rounds. I did disconnect the auto index as I found that it helps to be able to back up sometimes. Remember if backing up not to double charge the case with powder.
I found the new RCBS linkage for the powder measure worth its weight in gold as it is much less complicated than the original system. Depending on the brass being used, I found it is sometimes better to deprime the cases before inserting them into a progressive press. Some of the cheap brass I used were a pain to deprime. Lemmon
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So far I've just cleaned the thing and tried running it to set the dies. I haven't had any trouble with the powder charge system, seems to work perfectly. I did have to make a small spacer to get the rod at the right height. I ordered the star shaped device to manualy index if I want to.
I plan on setting this one up for large primers and leaving my Dillon set up for small primers. I'll be loading 45 ACP for a start.
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The parts from RCBS came today and I got the press working. It only took a few minutes to install the parts and adjust the machine. I then loaded 100 rounds of 45 ACP.
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