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21-Gene Recurrence Score Assay Use Appropriate, Equitable in Older Breast Cancer Patients
Adoption of the 21-gene recurrence score test to guide breast cancer treatment in older women is consistent with guidelines and 'relatively homogeneous'
- Date: 06 Mar 2015
- Author: Shreeya Nanda, Senior medwireNews Reporter
- Topic: Pathology/Molecular Biology / Personalised/Precision Medicine / Breast Cancer / Basic Scientific Principles / Basic Principles in the Management and Treatment (of cancer)
medwireNews: US researchers find that use of the Oncotype DX 21-gene recurrence score (RS) assay, which can help to guide adjuvant chemotherapy decisions in women with breast cancer, is in accordance with guidelines and equitable across geographical regions and racial groups.
The US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services approved coverage of the test in women with stage I or II, oestrogen receptor (ER)-positive, lymph node (LN)-negative breast cancer in 2006, since when it has been "adopted quickly" in clinical practice, say the researchers in JAMA Oncology.
Overall, in the 70,802 breast cancer patients aged 66 years or older who were identified from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results–Medicare linked dataset, the use of the RS assay increased from 1.1% in 2005 to 10.1% in 2009.
The majority of tests (60.9%) were performed in women with intermediate-risk disease (ie, invasive, ER-positive, LN-negative tumours >1 cm), which, the team explains, is the population for whom the test is recommended as per previous studies and the American Society of Clinical Oncology guidelines.
Of the 1442 tests in patients without intermediate-risk disease, 47.5% had T1b and 26.8% had N1 disease, and as such had "borderline indications for testing", which suggests that "testing was largely consistent with guidelines and clinical practice recommendations".
Multivariable analysis of data from the 18,128 intermediate-risk patients showed that women aged over 70 years had a significantly lower likelihood of receiving the RS assay than those in the 66 to 70 years age bracket.
Patients with multiple comorbidities were also significantly less likely to be tested compared with women lacking comorbid conditions, at an odds ratio (OR) of 0.64, as were those with progesterone receptor-positive tumours compared with receptor-negative tumours, at an OR of 0.82.
But being married, having tumours larger than 2 cm and living in the Northeast of the USA compared with the West significantly increased the odds of receiving the test, with ORs of 1.19, 1.29 and 1.83, respectively. This was also the case for women with tumours of histological grade G2 or G3 compared with G1 disease, with ORs of 1.39 and 1.28, respectively.
Researcher Michaela Dinan, from Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, and co-workers, did not find a correlation between test use and race. Nor was there a significant association with education level, socioeconomic status, urban location or tumour histology.
Interestingly, rates of chemotherapy use were comparable between 2005 and 2009, both in the overall study population and in the subgroup of women with intermediate-risk disease.
Writing in an accompanying commentary, Lisa Flaum and William Gradishar, from Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois, USA, observe: "If the use of the RS assay is not altering treatment recommendations in the older patient population, it would be interesting to document whether this is related to tumor characteristics, physician bias, or patient preference."
They conclude: "A prospective study of physician and patient decision-making in this patient age group would also be useful in answering some of these questions."
Dinan MA, Mi X, Reed SD, et al. Initial Trends in the Use of the 21-Gene Recurrence Score Assay for Patients With Breast Cancer in the Medicare Population, 2005-2009. JAMA Oncol 2015; Advance online publication 5 March. doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.43
Flaum L, Gradishar WJ. Refining Treatment Decisions in Older Patients With Breast Cancer. JAMA Oncol 2015; Advance online publication 5 March. doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.32
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Microsoft is plannig an extension to the RSS 2.0 spec to make it "multi-directional" - namely, adding synchronisation across different applications.
RSS 2.0 is best known as a way to let Internet users subscribe to content from websites. When content on a site is updated, the RSS feed informs the subscriber, usually with a summary of the updated content and a link to it.
Microsoft's extensions will let it exchange and synchronise content that is updated by two or more parties. The goal is to expand the one-way publishing mechanism to two-way, or three-way etc.
The software giant published version 0.9 of the specification, called Simple Sharing Extensions (SSE), on its site earlier this month and is seeking feedback for a final version.
The extensions "enable feed readers and publishers to generate and process incoming item changes in a manner that enables consistency to be achieved," Microsoft said. "In order to accomplish this, SSE introduces concepts such as per-item change history (to manage item versions and update conflicts) and tombstones (to propagate deletions, and un-deletions)."
The specification could be used to keep contact lists synchronised across a user's various devices, such as a PC, PDA and mobile phone. Or it could be used by family members (or co-workers) to synchronise entries they wish to share from their personal calendars.
Microsoft has a checkered past when it comes to "extending" technologies it does not own, raising inevitable questions about its intentions with RSS 2.0. Sun sued Microsoft for extending Sun's Java technology in a way that prevented some Java applications from running properly on Microsoft's software.
"Microsoft is notorious for developing what it calls 'standards' that are actually Microsoft standards," said Chris Harris-Jones, a principal analyst with Ovum.
Still, Microsoft said its aim is to define "the minimum extensions (to RSS) necessary" to achieve its goal. It released the specification under the Creative Commons license, which is also the license used for RSS 2.0, and it said it is not aware that it owns any patents related to SSE. If it finds any, it said, it will offer a royalty-free patent license on "reasonable and non-discriminatory terms".
Ovum's Harris also wondered why Microsoft picked RSS 2.0 rather than a similar syndication format, Atom. RSS is far more widely used, but Harvard University, which currently owns RSS 2.0, has said it does not plan to update that specification any further, according to Harris. "RSS 2.0 is frozen; it's not going anywhere," he said.

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In 2015 we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the end World War II and 25 years of German Unity. Thanks to the peaceful revolution of East Germans the wall fell — and many of the world's leaders at the time supported Germany in its quest for reunification, with the US playing a very important role.
25 years later we want to examine how Germany has dealt with its past and how this shapes the present: What were the lessons learnt from history and how does it influence current perceptions and foreign policy? How do the US and the rest of the world perceive Germany's role in the international community today?


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Obesity is an excess of total body fat, which results from caloric intake that exceeds energy usage. A measurement used to assess health risks of obesity is Body Mass Index (BMI).
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Fangs And Fishnets For The Win: 'Goth Barbie' Is Monstrously Successful
I am going to give you just two words: Goth Barbie. She has become a force. On the list of best-selling dolls in the world, only the classic Barbie line is doing better. The official name for this darker line of dolls is Monster High. These bone-thin beauties are all related to famous monsters. They come with books and webisodes that follow their stories in that place where a lot of people feel like an outcast - high school.
UNIDENTIFIED ACTRESS #1: (As character) It was like I had death breath, a disembodied spirit cursed to spend all high school as a loner.
GREENE: Monster High is made by the world's biggest toy company, which also manufactures Barbie. But as NPR's Neda Ulaby reports, no one at Mattel expected Monster High to become such a sensation.
NEDA ULABY, BYLINE: You know a toy is really big when everyone tries to get in on the game. Last spring at Toy Fair, New York's annual showcase of top toys, Monster High wanna-bes were everywhere. [POST-BROADCAST CORRECTION: Toy Fair is held every year in February.] Gail Yanofsky was peddling Disney Princess knockoffs.
GAIL YANOFSKY: We have Cinderella; we have Snow White; we have Little Mermaid; we have Belle; and we have Sleeping Beauty. And they are all zombies.
ULABY: Armies of undead dolls doing their damnedest to copy Monster High's success. In the hopping Toy Fair compound run by Mattel, Barbie's pink displays seemed almost dowdy and passe next to Monster High's glamorous dolls that look like the underfed love children of Tim Burton and Lady Gaga. Dana De Celis works for Mattel. She showed off a pretty, brunette doll with flowing hair and wolfish ears.
DANA DE CELIS: She's our werewolf, so she's going to howl for us.
DE CELIS: She tosses her head back, she arches her back, she closes her eyes; and she is literally, howling at the moon.
CATHY CLINE: The message about the brand is to really celebrate your own freaky flaws, especially as bullying has become such a hot topic.
ULABY: Cathy Cline is in charge of marketing for Mattel's girls' brands. Its sales surged 56 percent this year, thanks to Monster High.
CLINE: And it's also one of the fastest growing brands within the entire toy industry.
ULABY: Mattel had no idea Monster High would, in just three years, become a billion-dollar brand, says Kiyomi Haverly. She's vice president of design at Mattel.
KIYOMI HAVERLY: Honestly, it was very surprising to us. We just noticed that girls were really into this kind of darker, goth fashion.
ULABY: And "Twilight" and zombies. But Monster High dolls are designed for girls aged 6 through 12. The dolls are not that dark.
UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: (Singing) This is where the cool kids rule. Monster, Monster High...
ULABY: The characters are plugged into the same kind of things as cool 16 year olds - rockabilly, snowboarding or environmental activism. Dracula's daughter in Monster High cannot stand the thought of blood.
UNIDENTIFIED ACTRESS #2: Hey, Draculara. Who's the fresh blood?
HAVERLY: She's a vegan; she's turned off by meat. Girls could just relate to that because that's really part of what they're thinking about these days.
ULABY: That 21st century relatability surprised Gerrick Johnson. He's a toy analyst for BMO Capital, and he admits he did not take "Monster High" seriously when it debuted in 2010.
GERRICK JOHNSON: In fact, when I first saw the doll, I didn't think it would work. Why does Barbie work? Barbie works because she's aspirational. Girls want to be like Barbie.
ULABY: Johnson figured the ghoulfriends of Monster High would be more like Shrek.
JOHNSON: Shrek has never worked in toy format because no boy wants to be a green ogre from the swamp. He wants to be Luke Skywalker.
ULABY: But Monster High, for all its fangs and fishnets, feel more far relatable than Barbie to Rebecca Salms. She's the mother of a 9-year-old, and a self-described ex-Goth. But one thing really turns her off: Monster High dolls make Barbie look fat.
REBECCA SALMS: Their arms are so skinny that you need to take off the hands to get the sleeves on the arms. That's how scrawny they've made them.
KEIKO: Jinafire.
JADE: What?
ULABY: Salm' daughter, Keiko, is playing with her Monster High dolls in her sunny, lavender-painted upstairs bedroom with her friend Jade. They have between them exactly 30 Monster High dolls.
JADE: Do you any of you people know someone named Cleo?
ULABY: Their play today revolves around getting back at a mean girl.
JADE: Well, if you do, we're sick of her. And if you don't, we're still sick of her.
ULABY: Jade is making the werewolf doll talk to the daughter of Frankenstein.
JADE: She's mean to everyone and, yeah, we hate her. So if you guys can come and help us, we're going to teach her a lesson.
ULABY: The doll that may ultimately learn a lesson is the toy world's reigning queen. Recently, Barbie sales have been dropping.
Neda Ulaby, NPR News.
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The good news for the Ravens is that they have no injured players listed as less than probable to play on Saturday at Denver. The bad news is that guard Jah Reid has been placed on injured reserve with a toe injury.
Reid had started seven straight games to finish the regular season. He missed the wild-card win over the Colts, and he did not practice all week.
As to the 17 players listed as probable — including receiver Anquan Boldin (shoulder), linebacker Ray Lewis (triceps), safety Ed Reed (shoulder), defensive tackle Haloti Ngata (knee), and receiver Torrey Smith (back) — there's technically a virtual certainty they'll play.
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Trait Data was designed to understand and predict behavior. This ebook details how and why trait theory and data derived from this type of measuremnet is significantly more predictive of behavior than type theory and a basic understanding of the key differences.
So, how do we define Psychological traits? What exactly are the measurements? This section of the ebook details the reliability and accuracy of a sample set of psychological traits that we measure in MotiveMetrics.


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Wallpaper Calculator
1. Determine the length of your wall, or perimeter of the room, you plan to cover and round up to the nearest inch. Divide this number by 27 (27 inches is the width of a strip of wallpaper), which gives you the number of strips or "drops" of wallpaper you will need. Note: Normal sized windows and doors do not figure into the amount of wallpaper you need to cover a room. Do not subtract their area from the total wall area you are covering. Trust us.
2. Next, measure the height of the wall in inches, excluding baseboards and moldings. Add 4 inches to this number for leeway, then divide it by 36 (36 is the vertical repeat of most wallpapers), and round up to the nearest whole number. This is how many repeats per wallpaper strip you need. Multiply that number by 36, and you have the length in inches that each wallpaper strip should be. To determine the number in feet, divide it by 12.
3. Take this final number and multiply it by the number of strips you calculated in STEP 1. This should give you the total feet of wallpaper you need to cover your space. Divide this number by 30 (the number of feet in our wallpaper rolls) and round up to the nearest whole number. Voila! This is the number of wallpaper rolls you should order.
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Thesis on Infant Mortality
Chapter 1
Children are vital to the nation's present and its future. Parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles are usually committed to providing every advantage possible to the children in their families, and to ensuring that they are healthy and have the opportunities that they need to fulfill their potential. Yet communities vary considerably in their commitment to the collective health of children and in the resources that they make available to meet children's needs. This is reflected in the ways in which communities address their collective commitment to children, specifically to their health. In recent years, there has been an increased focus on issues that affect children and on improving their health. Children are generally viewed as healthy when they are assessed by adult standards, and there has been a great deal of progress in reducing childhood death and diseases. Death is a certainty of life. Everyone who born alive has to die sooner or later while the first year of new life is the most important and vulnerable period for child. Infant mortality has traditionally been viewed as an indicator of the social and economic well-being of a society. It reflects not only the magnitude of those health problems which are directly responsible for the death of infants, such as diarrheal and respiratory infections and malnutrition, but the net effect of a multitude of other factors, including prenatal and postnatal care of mother and infant, and the environmental 2
conditions to which the infant is exposed. The high level of infant mortality is an indication of discouraging socio-economic development and along with the poor government commitment for improving health status of its nation. Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 6 focuses on improving maternal health, with target 5 aiming to reduce the child and infant mortality ratio by two-thirds, between 1990 and 2015. Like many developing countries Pakistan too, is facing with problems of high infant mortality especially, in the rural areas. So this study was focused to explore the determinants of infant mortality in the, "Warayamal", a village of district Chakwal.
Infant mortality refers to deaths of children under the age of one year. It is measured by the infant mortality rate, which is the total number of deaths to children under the age of one year for every 1,000 live births. The infant mortality rate is often broken down into two components relating to timing of death: neonatal and post neonatal. The neonatal mortality rate refers to the number of deaths to babies within 28 days after birth (per 1,000 live births). Sometimes a special type of neonatal mortality is assessed. The prenatal mortality rate measures the number of late fetal deaths (at or after 28 weeks gestation) and deaths within the first 7 days after birth per 1,000 live births. The post neonatal mortality rate involves the number of deaths to babies from 28 days to the end of the first year per 1,000 live births. The distinction between neonatal (and prenatal) and post neonatal mortality 3
is important because the risk of death is higher close to the delivery date and the causes of death near the time of birth/delivery are quite different from those later in infancy. Therefore, effective interventions to reduce infant mortality need to take into account the distribution of ages at death of infants (Encyclopedia of Death and Dying, 2010).
Every day, 1500 women die in pregnancy or due to childbirth related complications worldwide. Two thirds of all maternal deaths in Asia and the Pacific occur in India (540 deaths per 100,000 live births) and Pakistan (500). Every year about 11 million children die, of which 10 million are in the developing world. South Asia is the continent where world's poorest population is habituating. It's social and economic indicators stand out in terms of the number...
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The State of Online Content March 4, 2010Posted by bitchwantstea in Tech / Science.
Tags: bias, free press, information, internet, news corp, newspapers, spin
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Not too long ago we brought your attention to A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing, and The Telegraph's warning of the power of information on the internet.
Now a survey has surfaced that states most Americans now get their news online – hardly surprising. We'd bet it's a similar picture in the UK. Accessing a wealth of information quickly, easily, and (in the vast majority of cases) for free is a no brainer. But is receiving our news in this manner reliable, or indeed sustainable?
HighTalk.net doesn't think so.
On the matter of newspapers and/or magazines publishing online versions of their content for free, HighTalk states:
"I'd argue that the online properties of offline publications aren't truly offering "free" content. It is subsidized content. In other words, it is paid content that is being given away. As I've argued before – free isn't a good business model for journalism and I don't believe the current state of "free" for newspapers and magazines is sustainable."
Fair enough, you could argue. Rupert Murdoch (founder of uber media beast News Corp, which also owns The Times and The Sun) has already said that giving away newspaper content for free is not a viable long term solution.
So what's left?
Apart from Wikipedia and the odd and the occasional awesome blogger or expert, not much. Then you find yourself slipping into the worlds of 'spin' and 'deceit.'
HighTalk continues: "Spin is content generated by any source that has an agenda – political parties, non-profit organizations, corporations, activists, political action committees, trade associations, unions, and even branches of the government. Spin isn't necessarily "untruth" and, in fact, good spin uses reliable information to make its case. When you get a bit of information from a friend it probably contains some of their spin – unintentional most of the time, but filtered through their own experiences and biases."
"Deceit is outright lies or misinformation either by design or from ignorance."
So how reliable is free content? Are we walking blindly into a massive online world of Chinese whispers? Or do most of us only really give a damn about articles involving cute kittens getting rescued by firemen?
Of course, BWT is never so lazy as to take existing content and then re-hash it for your reading pleasure. Even though we're essentially just doing that right now. But never mind. Today's news is tomorrow's fish 'n' chips wrapper.
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Taking drugs can either be for medical or personal purpose. People take drugs as a form of medication. There are also those who take drugs for pleasure. Drug dependent individuals never realize their addiction until their family members notice a sudden change in their mood and personality. We can say that a person is at his peak of addiction when they crave for the substance. They may also show some signs of changes in attitude, personality and behavior. They cannot live without a dose of cocaine, heroin, marijuana and other illegal drugs.
The purpose of this article is to know some of the causes why some people get hooked into drugs.
1. Curiosity. Some people are too curious, and they would like to try everything in life. They might be curious how it feels to be on the state of being "high on drugs."
2. Peer Pressure or Social Pressure. Since no man is an island, we tend to have friends and partners. Those who would like to be accepted on a circle of friends will do everything. They may be even forced to take drugs to test their loyalty to the group. A group of drug addicts can easily encourage an individual to take drugs because peer pressure is too strong.
3. Low Cost. There are illegal drugs that are too cheap and accessible to many. Marijuana is extraordinarily cheap, and they are available almost anywhere.
4. When a person lost a family member or a loved one. Those who suffer from emptiness tend to use drugs to alleviate their pain and emotional distress.
5. Competition in Sports. This is a prevailing issue among the athletes today. Some of them take drugs because it boosts maximum performance. The level of energy that they can show in the game may reach at the maximum level. Some of the drugs used by athletes include steroids and amphetamine.
6. Stress in the workplace. Those who have stressful jobs take drugs. They need it for long work hours and overtime.
7. Sexual Abuse. They maybe forced to take drugs by their sexual partners aside from sexual abuse that they experience.
8. Love life. Those who are often on a break up and failed relationship tend to take drugs because of low self-esteem.
9. Marital Problems. Bad relationships and a compelling husband or wife can also be the reason. Drugs can be used to reduce stress caused by marital arguments and misunderstandings.
10. Financial Problems. Even those poor people can still have access to illegal drugs. They do certain crimes in order to get money and buy the substance that they need.
Many people had been trying to combat drug addiction. There are instances wherein an individual can no longer fight the pressure that they tend to give in to the negative vice. Drug addiction can be addressed with counseling services and therapy. Family members often bring their loved ones to a family therapist or drug rehabilitation center to help them move away from drug addiction.


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Housing is the cornerstone of building sustainable, inclusive communities.
It's vital that Canadians have access to safe and affordable because without it, the effort to pursue other goals – like education or raising healthy children – becomes much more difficult.
Investing in our communities today ensures a stronger tomorrow.
Join me along with MPP Hon. David Zimmer at our Willowdale Housing Forum to discuss the latest developments by the Provincial and Federal governments on this important topic.
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I am really trying to target my lower-level learners in my classes to hopefully help them catch up and experience success in orchestra. I have been working with one cello student who just can't seem to understand how to get his left hand to work properly. He will not bend his fingers or keep his thumb on the neck of the cello. So far, I have not been able to find a solution that has 'cured' his issues, though I do work with him every day and I am constantly trying new things to help him progress. After I fixed his hand for the 5th time in a row in class today, I could tell that he was getting very frustrated and emotional. Time to think of a brilliant idea to help him feel better....
We string teachers are like doctors, sometimes. We diagnose performance issues and we try everything to cure our students ailments. Today I think I may have missed the mark, though. I was so concerned about my student's hand position, I didn't consider his feelings about playing or about my class. It is my job to find something to help this student experience success. In my study of the Suzuki method, I learned that Dr. Suzuki always thought of something nice to say about each student's performance....even if all he could say was, "You played!" Students need to experience some degree of success in order to develop the motivation to keep working and keep trying.
I just stumbled upon this little fortune:
I would love to have some fortune cookies stuffed with this fortune to pass out to students who are having an especially bad day. I think I will buy some fortune cookies from the grocery store, take out the fortunes with tweezers, and replace them with this little note. (Yes, I'm serious.) Don't we all sometimes just need a little encouragement? :)


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My second release under the guise of 'fascinating earthbound objects' finds its way to your ears in the form of this 20 track album. Running the gamut of unrestricted genre exploration, expect a little bit of everything. Enjoy!
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|Receiving TOYM award at Malacanang palace from then-President Arroyo (2006). Being myself, I may have cracked a joke (hence the smile) but I can't recall what.
The prestigious 'TOYM' or The Outstanding Young Men award has been in existence for more than 50 years. JCI (Jaycees) and later on with Jerry Roxas Foundation, has been spearheading this effort to lookout for, and recognize individuals (and to quote:)
"whose selfless dedication to their profession or vocation has resulted in significant contributions to the welfare of their countrymen, as well as to the advancement of their fields of endeavour."
In my typical simple life as a corporate employee, a mountaineer on the side, and later, an occasional 'help organizer' - I was never aware of 'society matters' such as Presidential Lakandula awards, TOYM awards or organizations like the Junior Chamber International.
So imagine my confusion when my team of promoters and colleagues from Primer Group and GMA Network, asked me to 'attend a meeting' regarding TOYM awards. I saw both the excitement and worry in their faces – not understanding well what was going on. I knew it was some sort of an award interview, but so what… right?!
|at JCI 100th year Gala Event at Solaire's (May30,2015), here with co-TOYMs. This event actually reminded me of TOYM, hence this post.
A quick memory check revealed that; yes, they did ask for some materials on my past projects, and my series of Climb for a Cause (I officially did 4 at that time), many things about my mountaineering conquest; a mention that a team was managing the requirements for award nomination (to what level of effort, I have no idea); and the excitement in the faces of everyone involved in the process.
I just concluded that "it's important", failing to first google 'TOYM' (or rather Yahoo as I used it more often at that time) to understand it before the said interview.
So I walked in that room (I think inside DBP building) wearing my usual office uniform (i.e. smart casual attire). I was led inside a big conference room where at first glance, I thought I was o.p. (a short of out of place) seeing guys in business dress, others in semi-formal, most of them exuding aura of authority or leadership. I don't know a single one except co-climber Leo Oracion. He was wearing blue jeans and white long polo. I said a joke (referring to us both) that we were to attend a binyag (baptism event) and not a business session.
Slowly but surely, I felt some individuals' uneasiness and perhaps even nervousness. No amount of power dressing can hide one's emotions! Every year, hundreds of nominations are submitted and only a few are chosen. Celebrities, philanthropists, scientists, business men, politicians, and many other - throw in their application papers to hopefully "win" a TOYM slot. I am still clueless about the award's "magnitude", so looking back it was a good thing for me. Zero worries!
The clock ticked and tocked and there was a general slow in progress. I didn't know that the screeners and interviewers where seriously discussing and deliberating in the other room. Earlier, as I glanced around the room, I thought Mr. Miro (and another one) were the interviewers – seeing them both confident and wearing a suit! We all laughed after learning that both of them were also nominees.
Soon my name was called and some said good luck – as if I was about to be sentenced. But the interview was more like kuentuhan (story telling) and nothing else. Or at least in my view. I guess if you're with former TOYM awardees and top JCI representatives - all with gleaming personal successes "inside them", you won't feel being barbequed at all. With my somewhat short recall of that meeting, I only remember one TOYM interviewer who happens to be one of our national artists, the same one who made the TOYM sculpture award – Mr. Abueva.
|Brandishing a specially sculpted award made by Mr. Abueva himself. L-R: Mr. Penado (JCI National President 2006), then President Arroyo, myself)
I also failed to recall when the award confirmation was made (I think the same day) – and the proclamation was that – all 12 of us in the room will be awarded The Outstanding Young Men award! Nobody was dropped from the short list! I heard it was one of those rare years with more than 10 awardees. We were all lucky I guess, I believe 12 is a lucky number. (As well as 0-999 :)
For reference here are the other 2006 TOYM awardees:
Romero "Miro" Quimbo for government service (Pag-IBIG);
Louis Benedict Hernandez for business leadership,
Federico Hizon for broadcast journalism (BBC),
Vivienne Tan for business education/entrepreneurship,
Michael Allen Cacnio for arts/sculpture (some of his art work can be seen in Glorietta Art Galleries),
Dr. Rafael Consunji for medical community service,
Windell Rivera for science and technology-microbiology,
Dr. Mariella Sugue-Castillo for medicine-child protection,
Eugenio Isabelo Tomas Sanchez Jr for community development (Bo Sanchez is behind the series Kerygma), and
Samuel Soliven for education.
|borrowing a photo of TOYM 2013's Emerson Atanacio (right-most in the pic). At the JCI's 100yr Gala Event (with Mr. Cacnio as well).
Mr. Cacnio and myself attended the 100th year JCI Gala event, and I was surprised he still remember my 'internal group speech'. He only shared partially but if I were to complete his thought, I think my message was:
"It became a consequential duty (of us TOYM awardees) to share the story, to share whatever success – to hopefully inspire the next generation to pursue their personal dreams, while at the same time contribute to general human welfare; and as a double-edged sword, the award is also a constant challenge to each of us to continually look for opportunities to further our cause." And I probably said that after a couple of wine drinks. ;)
In my case, what landed me this award was my series of NGO tie-ups using climb as my medium to raise awareness and fund for environmental and humanitarian needs. Of course the well-celebrated 'Everest conquest' helped me (and Leo) boost our standing. It was the first year for Pinoys to summit the highest peak. Not that I felt that I've accomplished so much, but we were also seen as messengers to others…
The subtle message to connect what we do (or what we do best) to the welfare of humanity was now seen as a 'must-do'. It's probably an added 'pressure' or a challenge, but it's where we consequently get more fulfillment and strength.
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The time after the Great Opening shall be known by numbers, and the numbers shall be followed by the letters AD, for which there is no meaning. The numbers shall be decided upon by the Devs and continue in a sequential fashion. Soon after the Great Opening the Holy Wars will start. The Shirt_576, though so long an ally of the Shrub, will turn and ask the High Priests to start a War. All will be struck with a great thirst for blood. The High Priests will consult the people, and the Shrub. The Shrub will be silent, though the people will cry out. "Let us fight! Let us stain the ground with the blood of our enemies under the name of the Shrub. Let us dance elaborate dances on their corpses and perform rude emotes to celebrate!" The Servants of the Shrub will go to war.
The first great war will be bloody and many lives of Shrubbites will be lost. The Shrub will have mercy on those who are loyal and through a cloning center, will allow them to be reborn into this world. This first war will last for many days but when it ends the Servants of the Shrub will feel the taste of victory and smell the blood of their enemies on their boots. At the end of this first great war will follow the first great party. Alcohol will flow and scantily clad dancers and music will abound for the returning warriors. It will be good.


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Introduction Red Eared Sliders have a vast distribution in the United States ranging from Illinois to the Gulf of Mexico, and the East Coast to western Texas. Due to people releasing their pet turtles into the wild, they may also occur in other areas as well.
They spend most of their time in or near water. Although it can be found in lakes and rivers, the Red Eared Slider prefers marshes, ponds, and slow-moving water that is capable of providing food, basking and hiding spots. They are omnivorous and will consume most plant or animal matter that they encounter.
Acclimation and Quarantine Quarantine and/or acclimation enclosures need not be elaborate, instead they should be sterile and easy to clean. Appropriately sized tanks or plastic Rubbermaid containers can be used. Water should be filtered and/or changed frequently. Be sure to provide a heat source, a pool, and a dry spot. A hide area should be provided for additional security. This setup should be used until the turtle is feeding regularly and appears to be in good health.
Housing Red Eared Sliders will need housing that mimics their natural environment - warm, with water for swimming, and a dry warm area in which to bask. A glass or acrylic aquarium will be needed to house the Red Eared Slider; glass is usually better, since acrylic tends to be scratched easily. Another option is a plastic utility tub, wading pool, or stock tank. Remember that your turtle will grow, and have larger housing requirements. An adult Red Eared Slider will eventually require at least a 55 gallon aquarium. To avoid having to buy several enclosures over the life of your turtle, you may wish to start out with a larger aquarium. Bigger is always better. The cage will need to include a way for the turtle to easily exit the water and basking sites totally out of the water. Substrate such as large, smooth, aquarium gravel can be used to form a slope to an area of dry land. Cork bark, driftwood, a piece of plexi-glass glued to the side of the aquarium, or a stable platform of smooth rocks may be used for a basking site. It is usually best to avoid plastic plants, as the turtle may attempt to eat them.
Heating and Lighting Day light can be provided using incandescent bulbs, fluorescent tubes, or simply natural sun light if the day length is long enough. Whatever type of light you decide to use, be sure it produces UVB, as hatchlings and juveniles that do not receive enough UV will develop MBD (Metabolic Bone Disease). Incandescent lights may also be used as a heat source. They are available in a wide selection of wattages, so the right level of heat for the basking spot can usually be found and then controlled with a thermostat as required. One may also choose to utilize ceramic heat emitters for larger enclosures. They can be used at night without emitting light that would otherwise disrupt the turtle's photoperiod. Aquarium heaters may also be used for evenly heating the water in small to medium-sized enclosures. You should choose a heater that will provide 2-3 watts per gallon. The heater's thermostat should be set to keep the water between 78-82 degrees. If you choose to use a glass heater, be sure it is well protected. If the turtle knocks it against the tank and causes it to break, it will be electrocuted.
Feeding The diet of the Red Eared Slider should be well varied, containing foods from commercial diets (25% of the diet), animal proteins (25% of the diet) and vegetable matter (50% of the diet). The commercial diet can be comprised of trout food and commercial fish or turtle pellets or sticks; try to purchase a commercial diet that is vitamin enriched. The animal protein food items can be earthworms, snails, feeder fish, pinkie mice, crickets, bloodworms and mealworms. For the vegetables and fruits in their diets, offer collard greens, mustard greens, dandelions, shredded carrot, squash, beans, berries, tomatoes, strawberries etc. Keeping a cuttle bone in the enclosure for the turtles to chew on is an easy way to provide additional calcium as well.
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The educational program of Grace Baptist College is a balance between the academic and the practical, thus producing a great preparation for ministry. We offer a range of degrees that allow any individual to successfully function as a leader in the ministries of the local church – whether the full-time ministry is the student's vocational calling or not. Regardless, students are equipped both to pursue a fruitful life as a layman and continue their education in some other vocation. The degrees we offer are either an Associates or a Bachelors in Biblical Studies (64, 96, and 128 credits, respectively).
Grace Baptist College include the following:
The Pastoral Major is the backbone of the training of men at GBC. It follows a path of core courses, surveys of books of the Bible, expository analyses of single Books, advanced writing, Biblical interpretation and apologetics, a myriad of practical ministry courses, and an in-depth study of the Bible Itself, along with electives that produce a well-rounded servant leader.
Students pursuing this major have five concentrations to choose from: youth, education, music, media technical, and general (administrative). While following much of the pastoral track, one then specializes in one of these programs. Teachers in each program are those serving in their area of giftedness and calling as full-time members of pastoral staff.
This subject has a primary Major – Music Education, for those seeking to become church pianists, music teachers, or to otherwise serve in teaching and ministry capacities within the local church. This is a Bachelors degree with three years of theory, practical hymn playing, ear and sight training, leadership in groups, four years of private voice/instrument lessons, and much more, with continuation exams and recitals monitoring the student's progress. Additionally, music is a concentration for both Secondary Education Majors and Assistant Pastors, who desire to specialize in this field as they endeavor to fulfill their respective calls–whether teaching or leading.
Gone are the days of the quiet, isolated secretary waiting to be told by her boss what to do. The needs of today demand workers to manage and lead a multi-faceted office with a careful relationship both under and with the primary leader. Initiative, savvy, and advanced skills are coupled with being a Christian lady.
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The opportunity to train for both elementary and secondary education is emphasized greatly at GBC. Although sharing some core classes between them, the two part company with increasingly specialized classes. Everything from phonics and reading to advanced methods classes per subject leading to internship rounds out the elementary program, while the secondary education student studies in one of the two declared concentrations (major and minor): math, English, science, history, home economics, music, business.
This three-year major is intended to train the lady housewife in domestic skills that are practical, spiritual, and economical. Skill classes like sewing, cooking, typing, decorating, etc. have progressive levels of expertise, challenging any young lady no matter what her existing skill level may be. Practical budgeting habits are also taught. An array of personal development classes are intended to deepen the student's walk with God and spiritual maturity, thus enabling her to be a competent wife, mother, and servant of God in and through the local church.
Whether an Associates or a Bachelors, General Studies offers the student ample opportunity to explore a diverse program of multiple emphases. The programs follow basic core requirements like other majors, but branch out and become successively more difficult throughout the scope and sequence.
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National Inland Championships-3 - Datchet
Sat 19th - Sun 20th October
Who can enter?
Racing will be in the following fleets and sub-divisions where notified:
- 3.5 Open (Any board-any 3.5 sail)
- 3.5 Techno (Techno board-any 3.5 sail)
- 4.5 Open (Any board-any 4.5 sail)
- 4.5 Techno (Techno board-any 4.5 sail)
- 5.8 Open (Any board-any 5.8 sail)
- 5.8 Techno (Techno board-any 5.8 sail)
- BIC Techno 293 - 6.8 Techno / 7.8 Techno / Techno+ 8.5
- Raceboard
- Formula Windsurfing
Within these fleets the following age categories (divisions) may be recognised:
- Junior (aged 14 or under as at 31st December 2019) – Techno 293 6.8 only
- Junior (aged 16 or under as at 31st December 2019)
- Techno 293 OD 7.8 (over 17 born 2002 or before)
- Youth (aged 19 or under as at 31st December 2019) – 18 for RS:X Youth
- Master (35+ born 1983 or before)
- Veteran (50+ born 1968 or before)
- Super veteran (60+ born 1958 or before)
Within these fleets the following National class divisions may apply:
- Formula Windsurfing
- Formula National
- Raceboard
- 7.8 Raceboard, Raceboard Lightweight, Raceboard Heavyweight, Div II.
How do I enter & how much will it cost?
If you are a UKWA member the best way to enter is with the link to the right of this page.
If you are not a UKWA member, and a Junior (3.5/4.5/5.8) you can pre-enter with the following button. Note, we will need to collect more details from you on the day. None UKWA members although welcome at this event do not qualify for any pre entry discounts.
On Line Pre entry closes at 10pm on the Monday prior to each event after this you can only enter on the day at the event.
Why enter on line? If you pre enter on line you will receive a 10% pre entry discount. Alternatively if you enter 5 or more events across Slalom and or Course Racing National Championships and or Inland events (excluding National Windsurfing Championships) you will receive a 20% pre entry Discount.
How much will it cost?
Adult £50
Junior/Youth Under 20/Full time student £40
Please Note: You need to be a member of the UKWA to enter any course racing events. To join the UKWA go to JOIN HERE. However if you are a 3.5, 4.5 or 5.8 sailor you may instead be an RYA member.
For course racing you may take temporary membership once only for £20 as an introductory offer. If you upgrade to full membership over the same weekend the £20 can be deducted from the full membership payment. JOIN HERE.
There will be two courses
Course 1
Racing for Techno 5.8 (experienced racers only) / 6.8 / 7.8 / 8.5, RS:X, Raceboard and Formula.
Techno sailors should be aware that the minimum sail size raced on this course is 5.8 however if you are a 5.8 sailor and want to race on the main course you need to be reasonably compitent. Less experienced 5.8 sailors should enter course two as described below.
Please Note: Pre entry for course One is to the right however 5.8 sailors will need to enter by the PayPal button above as the normal UKWA entry system does not include a 5.8 option.
Course Two
Racing for 3.5, 4.5 & 5.8 Fleets
On the junior course there will be a mix of skilly training and racing to introduce our junior fleet sailors to National racing events. These events are supported by the RYA and The Techno Steering Group who will appoint a coach to guide sailors through this new experience.
The event is open to all of our junior sailors and is intended to be a fun learning experience that will offer maximum enjoyment as well as some friendly racing.
Please Note: Anyone can pre enter on course two.
Alternatively you can download an entry form and send a cheque to the admin office which should be received by 10pm on the Monday prior to each event you wish to enter. ENTRY FORM
Entry is always available on the day of the event from 8am.
Camping and or car parking fees normally apply.
In addition all vans, tents and motorhomes parked on site are required as per terms of entry to carry an appropriate fire extinguisher.
The UKWA will be using its Public Address System to make announcements this weekend
However in addition we will be using a smartphone App. Whilst the PA system works well if you are in proximity, we can now talk to you directly via your smartphone throughout the event.
Not only can we talk to you, if you miss the transmission you can play it back so you never miss a thing.
If you want to be part of this then please search for and download the App called Zello Once you are signed up you go to Channels and search for UKWA including the UKWA logo.
So long as you have the App open at the event you will receive our transmissions
Further details at the events, just ask a member of the race crew.
Please note: Neither of the above replaces an individuals responsibility to The NoR, The SI's, Flags and The official Notice board
The UKWA welcomes your honest feedback on its events. Your feedback at the event or completed within 4 days on line will be collated and published on line with a selection of comments. You may add your name or remain anonymous.
Please download a form here Feedback Form and e-mail to The Feedback Administrator
Feedback Results
Results of the event feedback and a selection of comments will be posted here
Datchet Water Sailing Club, Queen Mother Reservoir, Horton Road, Horton,
Slough, Berkshire, SL3 9NT. 01753 683872.
Event Organizers
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The UKWA reserves the right to exclude or expel any member / non member / family / group or individual from its event site should it be considered that they may by their actions or the perception of such bring the UKWA, its hosts other parties or individuals into disrepute. The UKWA Committee, in part or in it's entirety, shall be the sole judge of such action, and their decision is deemed final.
Persons expelled shall leave the event site within 30 minutes of any verbal notice and shall not return. Exclusion may be deemed temporary (this event) or permanent (all events). Permanent expulsion shall be the decision of the elected committee and shall be confirmed in writing within 21 days of any temporary expulsion, however any excluded individual may not attend any UKWA events during this period of consideration.


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Carrie & Lowell at 2am (has Sufjan ever been better?)
dear sufjan: thanks for sharing your whispered monster.
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history, if you can call her that, is coming and going.
something like rain - which from time to time i look out my window and notice, other times not. other times, only when i step outside onto wet ground it occurs to me rain has come and gone, another thing that happened to me, that i lived through without even noticing.
do you know you're doing that? she asks - the chiropractor. you clench your back muscles when you inhale. i'm lying on my belly, with my face in the baseball-mitt thing so she can't see what i'm thinking. you don't need to do that. your body is trying too hard, it thinks being alive is much harder work than it really is.
i can't seem to sit still. a 3-week-long problem. i remember the unpleasant dreams, and wake up dry. i have no recollection of the other dreams - except i wake up sweaty. dear soul: i am happy you have found secret hiding places. one of us should have secrets. there are no bruises around my eyes so the handkerchief you blind me with when you ride me there must be silk. you are generous.
poor broken boy she says. just remember, it's not you - not entirely. i know. i do. good. she wants to know what i'm thinking. nothing.
but that's a lie. i'm thinking about the first line of a poem i wrote 16 years ago: 'the toys in this store are broken, battered and bruised'. i don't remember the rest of the poem. i remember writing that line under a drawing of three toys in one of my notebooks.
it's getting dark again.
on thursday, on the way home, i wrote lovelike letters in my head. when i got back you were still asleep in bed. i drew the curtain a little bit and sat at my desk and looked at my pen and thought about the words.
you grumbled and opened your eyes. heyy. heya. how was it? good. helpful. come here.
maybe it's easier to just live a life than to document it. it's hard enough the first time.
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Well in a literal way yes, because one of the "stars" was someone called Olly Murs who I'd never heard of but apparently was runner up in the TV show the X-Factor. He sang something, not sure what as headed off in the opposite direction but I noted a number of young women hurrying towards the stage so maybe he is an acquired taste.
On another stand where they were trying to sell very expensive Italian speed boats there was another show, this time models and lingerie. Why no photos the blokes out there will ask? Well partly it seemed rather sad in the huge aircraft hanger of ExCel but also because the models were just inhumanly skinny. Someone give them all a square meal please.
A more acceptable form of entertainment was on the Princess stand where there was this DJ and saxophone player:
It seemed much quieter than normal. One stand I talked said it had been dead in the first few days blaming (quite understandably) the snow and difficult travel conditions.
It seemed much quieter than normal. One stand I talked said it had been dead in the first few days blaming (quite understandably) the snow and difficult travel conditions.
I dropped in as I always do to the On Deck stand where I have an annual will I do Antigua week discussion with Simon "oh hello, I recognise you" but this year it was all over as apparently they are already full. BVI is an alternative and in this month's Yachting World as being fab sailing but that would involve getting organised and so to be honest less likely. But they are talking of hot boats for Cowes week so will keep an eye on my inbox (now its working).
Then went off to Neilson and SunSail to ask some questions for my nephew who's got to the age when he's thinking of summer jobs (they grow up so fast) before getting to the book shops and authors doing a meet and greet.
Always like this bit and could say hello to Lisa Copeland again. I met her at the show last year just before went off to Venezuela which she had sailed so had an interesting chat and this year got another of her books, this time Comfortable Cruising.
While I'm sure it will be a wonderful winter escape to warming waters was a bit sorry as felt, in these credit crunch times, unwilling to expand my reading to a second book and so turned down the tempting sounding "Ice Bears & Kotick: Rowing at the top of the World".
This tells the story of how Peter Webb and friend decided to row around Spitzerbergen in a 17 foot classic wooden boat:
Clearly this was an act of insanity, particularly when the local wild life decided to say hello, poking its nose through their tent:
Dropped in on the Navionics stand to ask for VMG and proper waypoints and apparently they're in the plan but not considered urgent as the chart app for iPhone is considered a "social tool". Hmm... not my view of what navigations all about but then it does have a facebook feed so maybe I've judged it wrongly.
And that was pretty much it.
I do enjoy a wander round but there was less buzz than many previous years. If however you had money and an idea what to spend it on I'm sure you'd get an absolute bargin from vendors desperate to sale.
Me, I even said no to a second book!


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Chiquito at The O2
'South of the border' passion is always served up at Chiquito. A menu of bold Mexican and Tex-Mex cuisine is prepared however the diner likes it. Burritos, sizzling fajitas and tacos can all be customised for vegetarians or those wanting more spice. A kids menu, games and entertainment add to the family-friendly vibe, and there is a great range of exciting cocktails, mocktails, wines and tequilas.
|Average main course
|£13.00 per diner
|Average food spend
|£25.00 per diner
Venue Details & Map
Chiquito at The O2
- Address
Peninsula SquareGreenwichLondonSE10 0EN
- Telephone:
- +44 2082694200