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The health risks of smoking are well known, but kids and teens continue to smoke and use chewing tobacco. Many young people pick up these habits every year — in fact, 90% of all adult smokers started when they were kids.
So it's important to make sure kids understand the dangers of smoking and using chewing tobacco:
Talking with your kids about the risks of these products and setting clear rules about not using them can help protect them from these unhealthy habits.
One reason that smoking and chewing tobacco are major health hazards is because they contain the chemical nicotine. Someone can get addicted to nicotine within days of first using it. In fact, the nicotine in tobacco can be as addictive as cocaine or heroin. Which means that once a person starts to smoke, it's very hard to stop.
Smoking and tobacco use can harm every body system and lead to health problems such as heart disease, stroke, emphysema (breakdown of lung tissue), and many types of cancer — including lung, throat, stomach, and bladder cancer. People who smoke also have an increased risk of infections like bronchitis and pneumonia.
Besides these long-term problems, tobacco and other chemicals can affect the body quickly. They increase heart rate and raise blood pressure, which can harm athletic performance. They also irritate the throat, cause bad breath, and damage the airways, causing the well-known "smoker's cough."
Finally, many studies show that young smokers are more likely to experiment with marijuana, cocaine, heroin, or other drugs.
Kids might be drawn to smoking and chewing tobacco for any number of reasons — to look cool, act older, lose weight, seem tough, or feel independent.
But parents can combat those draws and keep kids from trying — and getting addicted to — smoking and chewing tobacco. Establish a good foundation of communication with your kids early on to make it easier to work through tricky issues like tobacco use.
To help prevent your kids from smoking and using chewing tobacco, keep these guidelines in mind:
If you smell smoke on your child's clothing, try not to overreact. Ask about it first — maybe he or she has been hanging around with friends who smoke or just tried one cigarette. Many kids do try a cigarette at one time or another but don't go on to become regular smokers.
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Rabbi Dr Shimon Cowen says he's sorry for the little gay boys and girls who are bashed on a daily basis at school, enduring routine taunts of "poof" and "dyke". However he knows that it's more important that little Jewish boys and girls are protected and has cleared his conscience for suggesting that programs like the Safe Schools Coalition Victoria be disbanded, with the funding diverted to the needy Jewish community, with poor funding options and barely adequate safety at their schools.
Cowen's pièce de résistance from his research is the finding that the problem of homosexual bullying will eventually go away because, he says, if the gay boys and girls are bullied sufficently, they'll eventually kill themselves due to self-loathing and depression. He sees this as a win-win situation.
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Mormon crickets are insects with multiple wives who live in Utah, travelling to Nevada to eat crops and play craps—or something like that. I'm not David Attenborough, OK? One real thing: They hate rock music.
They hate it so much that residents of Tuscarora, Nevada, fight this pest with a perimeter of—get this—boom boxes and stereos playing hard rock, tuning to local radio station KHIX. They don't want to kill them, but not because they are a bunch of tree-huggin green commie hippies, but because when you kill them they smell horrible, according to them.
The plague of the two-inch-long walking Mormon cricket—who are born in April in northern Nevada and western Utah—comes every year, devastating crops and anything green, and even causing car accidents. Their two by one miles marching columns are so dense that, when passed over on roads, they form slippery blood and guts spills that may cause automobiles to lose grip and crash. In 2008 they had to call snowplows to clean the highway that goes through Elko County in Nevada.
So people in Tuscarora use the only tool they know to convince them to take another path without killing them: Hard rock and heavy metal during the day, since at night the critters sleep—while they are not eating the fellow crickets that die during the march. And while there's no scientific evidence that strong sound waves like those produced by the likes of Kiss and Metallica, the thing is that it works for them. [WSJ]


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Off the Beaten Path: Non-Red Hook Pupusas
I've been to the Red Hook Ball Fields on more than one occasion and each time I've had a pupusa or two. While the stuffed disks of masa de maíz make for a tasty snack, I've never been all that impressed. That said, I've always been amazed to see two pupusa vendors in such close proximity to each other, since there's only a handful of Salvadoran restaurants in New York City. And truth be told, I've never been all that jazzed by pupusas I've eaten in a restaurant. So when a Salvadoran acquaintance told me she'd found the best pupusas in the city at a humble spot called Viña del Mar II, I decided to give the cheesy corn cakes another whirl.
Viña Del Mar's pupusas are indeed the best I've ever had. For one thing, they're huge and stuffed to the point of bursting. Just look at all that quesillo cheese oozing out. And they look as good as they taste. The masa in other pupusas is usually quite crispy—here it's soft and sort of creamy, even though the cheese that has oozed out has turned brown and crispy. At $1.75 for a revueltas pupusa—which is filled with cheese, chicharrón, and beans—you can't beat the price.
Here's one more shot of pupusa porn. That same $1.75 buys a pupusa filled with the Salvadoran herb loroco, reputed to be a natural aphrodisiac rich in vitamins and minerals.
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Saturday, October 30th, 2010
After you've heard "Fast As I Can," check out this devotional thought. (If you haven't heard the episode, check out the Media Player. You can also find a station in your area.)
By Ashley Padgett
Whit said that fasting is "denying something the body enjoys in order to concentrate on something spiritual, like our relationship with God."
I once decided to have a week long fast from Facebook, a website that I use to keep in touch with my friends. I realized that Facebook was becoming so important and time-consuming that my one-on-one time with God was getting shorter and shorter. I don't think that Facebook is a bad thing (if your parents give you permission to use it!). For me, it's a great way to keep in touch with the friends and family that I don't get to see very often. But it was still making me forget to spend time with God. When I realized how sad it must have made God that I didn't spend time with Him, I decided to log off of Facebook for a week, and use the time that I would be "Facebooking" to pray, read my Bible, or play with my younger brothers and sister.
At first it was hard! I felt a lot like Wooton and Matthew. Every time I'd start feeling bored, I'd want to log on and see what all my friends were saying. But as the week went on, I found myself enjoying the extra time with God and my family more and more. After the week was done, I was able to bring Facebook back into my daily routine without letting it take over all my free time.
Like the folks at Whit's End learned, there are many things that I could fast in order to grow closer to God. Maybe you could fast desserts…I bet that would make your mom happy! Or how about a favorite TV show? Then you could set aside that half hour to spend with God.
How about fasting the snooze alarm? It's easy to hit the snooze button and wait an extra ten minutes before getting up. But what if instead of using those ten minutes to lay in bed, you used that time to pray or read your Bible? There are lots of things that you could fast, and it's different for each person.
Have you ever fasted something before? What did God teach you through that? If you do fast, be sure to post here and let us know what you learned!


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Palo Alto drug manufacturer Affymax is in serious trouble -- laying off 75 percent of its workers and in a cash flow situation -- after recalling its lone product, an anemia drug called Omontys, according to Reuters.
The pill has been found to cause serious side effects in users, including death, according to the news wire. Omontys was recalled on Feb. 23, and the company's stock has since suffered badly.
Affymax's value dipped 85 percent on the news and plummeted to as low as $1.34 in trading on Monday.
The drug may be permanently withdrawn pending an investigation with the FDA.
The company cut 230 jobs, the news wire reported.
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R.W. Baird's William Power returns with his regular weekly check of top-selling smartphones in the U.S. Power writes that his conversations with stores of the four largest wireless carriers in the U.S. last week revealed Apple's (AAPL) iPhone and Samsung Electronics's (005930KS) Galaxy S4 were still the top-selling phones based on store reps with whom Power spoke.
HTC's (2498TW) "HTC One" flagship phone was a popular third place, writes Power, and several other models were proposed in certain cases:
At AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile the HTC One continues to be noted frequently as the third-best-selling device behind the iPhone and S4. At Verizon, the Motorola RAZR HD and other RAZR models are frequently highlighted as alternative options to the iPhone 5 and S4. The Samsung Note II, LG Optimus G, and LG Nexus 4 also received honorable mentions from several reps we spoke with.
Power opines sales have been "modest" for the recently introduced BlackBerry (BBRY) Q10, but that's as regards consumers, with perhaps more product going direct to business customers:
The BlackBerry Q10 launched at Verizon last Monday and the results were very similar to what we saw at T-Mobile and AT&T two weeks ago. The device is popular among die-hard fans and enterprise users, though the vast majority of stores we contacted did not sell out of the product on launch day and most reps indicated that sales were modest. As we noted last week, our checks reflect only the consumer channel and we expect that many Q10 sales are going through the B2B channel.


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There are two major ingredient labeling standards — the Cosmetic, Toiletry, and Fragrance Association (CTFA) standard, which is used in the United States, and the International Nomenclature for Cosmetic Ingredients (INCI) standard, which is used in the rest of the world, including Canada.
European laws require the use of the INCI labeling standard on beauty products. INCI listings show the full "scientific" name of a product and may be a little more difficult to comprehend. For instance: Aloe Barbadensis Extract is Aloe Vera Extract. Also, the word FRAGRANCE is used to describe Essential Oils as well as synthetic fragrance ingredients. Labels can show +- to indicate that an ingredient may or may not be present. For instance, the same label can be used across multiple lipsticks, with all the various color ingredients shown with +- indicators.
Numerous ingredients can be omitted from the label:
Incidental Ingredients:
ANY PROCESSING AID ADDED AND REMOVED OR CONVERTED TO A DECLARED INGREDIENT, or
In particular:
- 1. A substance added during manufacture and removed from the cosmetic in accordance with good manufacturing practices before the cosmetic is packaged in finished form. Example: Filter aid.
- 2. A substance that is added during manufacture of a cosmetic, is converted to an ingredient declared on the label, and does not significantly increase the concentration of the declared ingredient. Example: Sodium hydroxide added to a sodium stearate and stearic acid-containing cosmetic.
- 3. A substance added to a cosmetic during manufacture for its technical effect in processing but present in the finished cosmetic at an insignificant level and not having any technical or functional effect in that cosmetic. Example: De-foaming agent.
- 4. A substance added to a cosmetic as a component of a cosmetic ingredient and having no technical or functional effect in the finished cosmetic. Example: Preservative of a raw material added to a cosmetic as an ingredient at a concentration which reduces the preservative to a level at which it is no longer effective.
Ingredients Deemed Trade Secret
This is typically a blend of fragrance ingredients to create a "signature scent" for a line of products. For products, this is listed as "Fragrance (Parfum)" and is a unique blend of natural essential oils.
To read more, check out the FDA guidelines. Also, check out the European Union's Cosmetic Directive and in particular, note the section ANNEX II, which lists all banned cosmetic ingredients, and the remaining annexes that are permitted with limits and conditions.
With the above listed exceptions, many fragrances can be listed as "Other Ingredients" in the US. In the EU, these are listed as "Parfum" or "Fragrance". The list is very long of fragrance ingredients that can trigger allergies and otherwise irritate the skin. The EU amended their rules to mandate listing of 26 problematic fragrance ingredients. According to the EWG," Phthalates are often used in cosmetics and personal care products to carry fragrances. Under current law, they can then simply be labeled "fragrance," even though they may make up 20% or more of the product." Contaminants such as lead and other heavy metals are not listed.
Certification labels help to provide added protection that the cosmetic you buy does not contain undesired ingredients. Both BDIH and USDA Organic certification labels require a higher standard from the manufacturer - BDIH ensures that your cosmetic is completely free of synthetic ingredients and petrochemicals, while USDA ensures that the ingredients are at least 95% certified organic.


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text: Spark Unlimited's fantasy action game Legendary has become a graphic novel (like a comic only you get to stroke your chin and go 'hmmm' while you read it) available now from indie publisher Top Cow Productions. Legendary, the graphic novel, is written by Mark Waid - author of DC apocalypse tale Kingdom Come and Superman: Birthright and penciled by Top Cow house artist Martin Montiel. The 96-page comic will flesh out main character Deckard's backstory - including how he came across (main MacGuffin of the game) Pandora's Box, how he came to terms with his powers and why the writers couldn't be arsed giving him a character name not already used in Blade Runner.


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Expect a few feels in a comedy comic. Like with Happiness & Cyanides' Depressing Comic Week.
It was. I felt the feels crawl up to me as i read the last several panels.
Pretty sure, since everything in Erma is horror-themed and the mother could either be from the Ring or the Grudge.
I really feel the mom is Sadako from the Ring series.
Now thats a good Erma avie!
You might summon her mom since you're a guy.
I honestly didnt think your avie was Erma until I saw your siggie. It actually looks like a massive hairball... or L's hair. XD
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She gets the hair from her mom. Ahaha
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Reason to garden No. 1: No screens
You can't garden on an iPad.
Now, you can USE an iPad IN gardening, and there are a ton of apps and tools and toys and widgets and networks and other digital doodads you can spend your money on. But sooner or later you've got to get your hands dirty, and that's even if you wear gloves. You can HAVE a garden if you merely pay someone else to get their hands dirty. But that's not gardening, and the result will be something you own, not something you understand.
On the other hand, if all your day and all your week is taken up with screens and apps and tools and toys and widgets and networks and digital doodads, but you gardened last year, you still might miss seed-bust. You might miss bulbs opening. You might miss the angle of early morning light on the leaves of the tulips you planted months ago, leaves that turned out to be the contorted kind you admired when you saw them at a public garden you strolled with your favorite cousin, the one who's funny and successful and bright and generous and whom you never get to see enough of, but who loves trees and flowers and words just like you.
No, gardening is real, not virtual, and if you forget that, if you fail to glove up while doing even an hour's worth of spring cleanup, you'll come away with a few cuts on your palms and a right thumb full of jabby bits almost too tiny to see. It's a reminder that minutes are real, dirt is real, thorns are real, the blood and sweat you shed is real, the time and money you can't spend are real, weeds are real.
But then. So is bloom. So are surprises. So are gifts. So is gardening with a friend and making both of your patches of dirt, whatever their size, a little more joyful, a little more productive, a little more nurturing of beings you may not even wake up early enough, or look closely enough, A lawn full of fat robins. A birdbath swarmed by doves. A spider's home in the Spartan juniper.
Plants don't judge. They connect us in a blessedly silent, wordless, screenless way. Without software, they offer us more each time we look, each time we touch, smell, dig, mulch, seed.
But only if we unplug and pay attention.
Are you ready to Grow? The Denver Post's garden section returns Friday, March 30.


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| 8.9°C Belfast
A seven-year-old boy died and 17 people, including his parents and police officers, were taken to hospital after falling unwell in a flood-hit town.
The boy's parents were in a serious condition as it emerged that flooding which has hit vast swathes of southern Britain may have been a factor in the emergency.
Police were called at around 3.30am today to a property in Thameside in Chertsey, Surrey, at the request of the ambulance service.
The boy and his father, aged in his 40s, and his mother, in her 30s, had fallen unwell and were admitted to St Peter's Hospital in Chertsey.
The boy was later declared dead while his parents were in a serious condition which is not believed to be life threatening, Surrey Police said.
Fifteen people, including two police officers, were taken to hospital as a precaution. One person has since been released.
Police refused to be drawn on whether the illness was due to carbon monoxide poisoning. But they said flooding in the town was "one line of inquiry" being pursued.
One local said he saw a yellow hose hanging from the ground-floor front window of the property at the centre of the incident.
Chief Superintendent Dave Miller said: "The cause of the illness is currently unknown but what I can confirm is that the people who were taken ill are from a very localised area.
"We cannot rule out that there may be a link to flooding in the local area and whilst the investigation is ongoing local residents should follow sensible precautions."
Nearby properties were evacuated as a precaution and people from homes close by were advised to go to hospital to be checked.
Mr Miller urged anyone local to Thameside, Chertsey, who was feeling unwell and showing signs of diarrhoea and fever to seek medical help.
A South East Coast Ambulance (Secamb) spokeswoman said the boy was found to be in a "very serious condition" when crews arrived.
She said it was unclear what caused the illness and was unable to be drawn on the suggestions that carbon monoxide poisoning was to blame.
Mr Miller said: "It is very sad that a young child has died earlier today. Our thoughts are with his parents who are currently ill in hospital.
"Police officers are currently with them and we will continue to offer our support during this difficult time. Our aim is to keep people safe and find out the cause.
"I would like to reassure local residents our officers are working closely with partner agencies and a full and thorough investigation is currently under way to determine the circumstances around this tragic incident.
"We are currently following various lines of enquiry and it would be wrong to speculate on the cause of death at this stage."
A police guard remained at the location and road closures were in place. The coroner's office has been told about the boy's death.
IT worker David North, 45, who works in Chertsey, said: "I was taking photographs of the flooding in the local area. As I turned up, there was a higher-than-normal police presence.
"Officers were blocking direct access to some of the roads and they were being quite forceful about where you could and couldn't go.
"I saw a yellow hose coming from the front window on the ground floor. Whether it was pumping out water or something else, I don't know.
"My understanding is that this incident was found out while evacuations were being carried out due to the flooding."


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Why is copyright extension so important for everyone?
Writers, composers and artists depend upon copyright protection to preserve the creative integrity of their work. This largely ensures that copyright owners can exert some reasonable legal control over the use of their creations and receive adequate compensation when that work is published or performed.
But copyrights only last a certain period of time before they are no longer owned by the author or artist.
Copyright extension is widely supported by writers' associations, artists, societies of composers and lyricists, publishing groups, motion picture studios and producers as well as publishers.
This country enjoys world-wide acclaim for the creativity of our authors, composers, songwriters, movie-makers and others. We also enjoy a good deal of income from the creative works we export.
The information on this website will give you a better insight into copyright extension or the extension of the terms of copyrights is part of this.
The Copyright Clause of the United States Constitution and Its Historical Background
How the Copyright Clause came about and the historical background of copyright extension.
The Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act
Discussion of the reasons for the passage of the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act and its importance.
Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act
The text of the new copyright extension signed into law in 1998
Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act Signature Page
See the actual signed version of the copyright extension law.
New Terms for Copyright Protection
Simply defined, what are the new terms for copyright protection.
Senator Orrin Hatch's Statement Before Congress March 2, 1995
Excerpts from Mr. Hatch's introduction of the law to Congress.
Senator Orrin Hatch's Statement Before Congress March 20, 1997
Mr. Hatch's introduction of the law to Congress.
Senator Patrick Leahy's Statement Before Congress March 20, 1997
Mr. Leahy's remarks in support of copyright extension to Congress.
Senator Diane Feinstein's Statement Before Congress March 20, 1997
Ms. Feinstein's remarks in support of copyright extension to Congress.
Statement of Bruce E. Lehman, Former Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents & Trademarks September 20, 1995
Mr. Lehman's testimony before Congress on the importance of extending the term of copyrights.
Statement of Jack Valenti, Motion Picture Association September 20, 1995
Mr. Valenti's testimony before Congress on the importance of extending the term of copyrights.
Congress May Constitutionally Extend the Term of Copyrights
Discussion of the reasons Congress can extend the terms of copyrights
United States Court of Appeals Decision Upholding Copyright Extension
The United States Court of Appeals upheld copyright extension.
U.S. Should Extend Copyright Terms
Article by David Nimmer published in Billboard on April 16, 1994
Extending Copyrights Preserves U.S. Culture
Excerpts from an article by Arthur Miller published in Billboard on Jan 14, 1995
Clinton Supports Copyright Extension
Excerpts from an article published in Billboard on September 30, 1995
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United States Supreme Court Decision Upholding Copyright Extension
The United States Supreme Court upheld copyright extension.
The Mythology of the Public Domain: Exploring the Myths Behind Attacks On the Duration of Copyright ProtectionPaper written by Scott Martin giving the myths behind the current attacks on copyrights and the true information for each.
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3 lb boneless pork shoulder roast (trim off excess fat)
1/4 cup chili sauce
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
3 tablespoons spiced ginger preserves*
2 teaspoons smokehouse black pepper
2 teaspoons salt
1 1/2 teaspoons mesquite liquid smoke
1 1/2 teaspoons allspice
1 1/2 teaspoons thyme
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon oregano
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1 scotch bonnet pepper, seeds removed
juice and zest of one lime
juice and zest of 1/2 orange
2 onions, chopped
4 cloves garlic
2 tablespoons olive oil
for the spice rub:
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 1/2 teaspoons allspice
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon dried thyme
Mix the spice rub ingredients together. Rub them on the pork. In a large skillet heat the oil and then brown the roast well on all sides. Place roast in slow cooker. Add all remaining ingredients to slow cooker. Cook on high in the slow cooker 6 hours**. When done, meat should shred easily with a fork. Remove roast from slow cooker. Shred with a fork (or use your fingers) and set aside. Mash any solid bits of the sauce with a potato masher. Return the pork to slow cooker, and toss to evenly coat with sauce. Serve on rolls.
*I used Mackay's, it is found in the jam and jelly aisle or with international foods.


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On this last day of 2011 I thought is would be fun to look back and review the year as it was documented on the blog.
It was an unusual year for me. Lots of changes and improvements to my body, my life, my home, my family, and my business.
I started out the year teaching a few workshops. I had a great time meeting so many new friends and sharing what I'm passionate about - organizing. Click on the tab "Presentations" above to see a list of all of the topics I speak on.
Several packages were sent out from my Etsy shop. I like to make each package special and I try to use upcycled paper and ribbon when available.
In the beginning of February, I had the first of two surgeries for 2011. My recovery was slower than I wanted it to be but I've never been known to do well sitting still.
I made a lot of muffins for the family and to freeze for later.
We had good success with our winter garden, growing winter crops under row covers.
We enjoyed a great visit with our oldest daughter and our two grandsons, visiting from Boston. We had no idea that in a few short months their prayers would be answered with a job transfer down to Virginia with Chick-fil-a.
We added onto our organic veggie/fruit garden by doing some lasagna gardening.
We got our order of peeps. Five golden sex links. Good egg layers.
Surprisingly, one of my more popular posts of the year was about how I make my brick floor shiny.
I get a lot of requests from readers, asking how to organize the kitchen. While photographing my pantry, I decided to write my favorite Bible verse on the chalkboard paint I put on the inside of the door.
I found some cute birds that I hung over my fireplace. This photo cracks me up. It's just how I feel some days!
On April 11th my life changed forever. I had been prepping for a kidney transplant, hoping to receive a kidney before I needed to go on dialysis. My friend, Cathy, volunteered to be tested and she was a match. Our family is so blessed by the gift that Cathy (and her family) gave us. There aren't even words to describe how thankful we are. **Cathy raised over $2000.00 for the National Kidney Foundation on the day before she gave me one of her kidneys by participating in the Kidney Walk - yup, she's amazing.
Here we are the day after the transplant. She came down from her room to visit me -they wouldn't let us room together like we had wanted to - you know, slumber party style. My daughter, Ashley, did a great job blogging about it all.
With a new kidney energizing me, I was ready to get back to work. Due to some nerve damage during my transplant, my right leg was temporarily paralyzed so I had to get around with a cane and a bit of help. That didn't slow me down though. I sat in a chair in the middle of the garden and ordered people around. LOL
Because the transplant interrupted our garden expansion, we decided it was a good time to experiment with a new technique (well, new to us). We planted our tomato plants directly into bags of potting soil. It ended up being the best tomato harvest we've ever had.
Our kids threw us an anniversary party to celebrate our 30th anniversary. It was a wonderful evening with family and friends.
Not much happened in June except that I went to the doctor and physical therapist regularly, watered and weeded the garden, and worked on products for the Etsy shop.
I made patriotic buntings from for the house to celebrate the 4th of July.
I was able to buy a Weed Dragon for Hubs, using my Swagbucks (see my link on the sidebar). He's had way too much fun burning up weeds.
I made lots of recipes with our abundance of tomatoes and basil.
Our youngest son joined the United States Marine Corps. Semper Fi
Thanks to a great physical therapist and my sheer will to beat the paralysis, I was finally able to ride my bike.
With our grandsons living in Virginia (finally), we get to spend lots of time playing outside with them. Our oldest grandson happens to be a fantastic tree climber. J and I wrote a story about his tree climbing adventures, using the photos I took on this particular day.
Still continued picking tomatoes and canning them.
Hubs and I celebrated my graduation from physical therapy by going on a camping trip.
And. . . we picked and canned tomatoes. . .
Pinterest loves the picture of my milk glass desk accessories.
And. . . more tomatoes and canning. . .
Some beekeeping. . .
Some chicken wrangling. . .
More bee keeping.
And. . . green tomato relish canning.
With just enough time left over for adventuring.
I was able to sneak a photo of our family's favorite cake before it was completely devoured.
I always enjoy decorating for fall.
Marine Corps graduation at Parris Island, SC was amazing. I'm so proud of all of our young marines.
Back home, we visited Full Quiver Farm with the grandkids and learned all about pastured livestock.
After a trip to my local Re-store, I made a lamp using Oma's old wooden thread spools.
December was pretty quiet - by choice. I was determined to slow down and enjoy the season by simplifying everything. It was my best Christmas ever.
Taking time to play, and snuggle, and read.
We took advantage of the mild weather after Christmas to neaten up the yard and tuck some free pine straw (thank you pine trees in the yard) around all of our plantings.
Well, that's 2011 in snapshots and snippets. It's a year I'll never forget. I'm not the same person I was when the year started. I have a different perspective on life and I'm determined to continue growing and improving as the Lord leads me.
Thanks to all of you who prayed for our family during this past year. God worked in amazing ways - ways I never could have dreamed of.
Happy 2012 to all of you. I can't wait to see what God will do next.


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Your child is having surgery. Learn all you can about the surgery to help your child prepare. This sheet lists some of the common words and phrases that describe surgery. And it gives you suggestions for how to explain these words to your child. Ask a member of your child's healthcare team for help if you have questions.
When speaking with your child about surgery, keep the following tips in mind:
First, ask your child what he or she understands about the surgery. This gives you a starting point for your discussion.
Discuss only what your child will be awake for and remember.
Use short and simple words that your child knows.
Be honest with your child. If your child asks questions, answer truthfully.
Following are common words you'll hear about surgery:
Blood pressure cuff: a device that is wrapped around the upper arm or the leg to check blood pressure. The cuff squeezes the arm or leg when blood pressure is measured.
Sample words to use: "the blood pressure cuff gives your arm or leg a hug"
Suggestions: Mention that the cuff will feel tight, but then becomes looser and looser.
Electrodes: small sticky pads connected to wires that are placed on the chest or the legs to track the heartbeat during surgery.
Sample words to use: "stickers placed on your body to help the doctor listen to your heart"
Suggestions: Mention that electrodes don't hurt.
Gurney: a hospital bed with wheels.
Sample words to use: "bed with wheels"
Words to avoid: "stretcher"
Suggestions: Let your child know that a gurney may be used to bring him or her into the operating room. Your child may also wake up on a gurney after surgery.
Nurse: a healthcare provider who helps with your child's care in the hospital.
Suggestions: Mention that a nurse may be a boy or a girl. Also, let your child know that many different nurses will help with your child's care in the hospital.
Surgeon: the doctor who does your child's surgery.
Suggestions: Mention that a surgeon may be a boy or a girl.
Incision: opening made on the body by the surgeon to do the surgery.
Sample words to use: "opening that's made during surgery and is closed up when surgery is done"
Words to avoid: "cut open"
Suggestions: Explain what an incision is and where it will be on the body. Mention that the incision will heal similarly to the way a scrape or cut heals. Reassure your child that the doctor will make the smallest opening possible.
General anesthesia: medicine that causes your child to fall asleep and not feel pain during surgery. There are several types of anesthesia, but general anesthesia is the most common type used for children. It can be given in gas form through a mask or in liquid form through an intravenous (IV) line. Reassure your child that he or she will remain asleep for the entire surgery and not wake before the procedure is completed.
Sample words to use: "sleep medicine" or "surgery sleep medicine"
Words to avoid: "put to sleep" and "gas"
Suggestions: Make sure your child understands that sleeping for surgery is different from sleeping at night. Reassure your child that the anesthesiologist will stop giving anesthesia when surgery is finished and that your child will wake up afterward.
Anesthesiologist or nurse anesthetist: a doctor or nurse who has training to give anesthesia.
Sample words to use: "surgery sleep doctor"
Mask: used when your child receives general anesthesia in gas form. The mask covers the nose and mouth while your child breathes in the anesthesia.
Words to avoid: "gas"
Sample words to use: "sleepy air"
Suggestions: Let your child know that the mask may have a flavoring. This is to improve the smell of the anesthesia when your child breathes it in.
Intravenous (IV) line: a thin flexible tube that is placed in a vein (blood vessel).
Sample words to use: "An IV is used to give your body things it needs, like medicine."
Suggestions: Let your child know that the letters "I" and "V" stand for "in your vein" and not "ivy" like the plant.
Recovery room: where your child will wake up after surgery. It is also commonly called the PACU (postanesthesia care unit).
Sample words to use: "wake-up room"
Suggestions: Let your child know that you will be in the recovery room with him or her, if possible.


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Sam Denoff, an Emmy-winning writer on the classic sitcom "The Dick Van Dyke Show" who helped create the Marlo Thomas comedy "That Girl," has died. He was 83.
Denoff, who had Alzheimer's disease, died Friday at his home in Brentwood, said his son, Douglas.
Denoff and his longtime writing partner, Bill Persky, had written for Steve Allen and Andy Williams television shows and such series as "McHale's Navy" when in 1963 they sold a script for "The Dick Van Dyke Show," which ran on CBS from 1961 to 1966.
Persky and Denoff went on to share two Emmys for the series (one with series creator Carl Reiner) and work not only as writers but as story editors and producers. "When they came upon the scene, they saved my life," Reiner told The Times on Sunday. "These two guys made my life possible after that."
In a telephone interview Sunday, Van Dyke remembered Denoff as "a real bon vivant. Sam knew all the best restaurants.... They don't make guys like that anymore."
Van Dyke said Persky and Denoff were well-suited to write for the series, which starred Van Dyke as comedy writer Rob Petrie, Mary Tyler Moore as his wife Laura, Reiner as TV star Alan Brady,and Morey Amsterdam and Rose Marie as Buddy Sorrell and Sally Rogers, writers on Brady's show.
"Bill kind of understood the love story between Mary and my character," Van Dyke said. "Sam wrote more for the office. He liked the one-line jokes, loved to write the insults."
Persky said Denoff "had a skewed way of looking at things. Most of his humor was kind of cutting.... He always knew where the punch line was going to be. Sammy always knew where he was heading and backed up to get there.
"We haven't been partners for 35 years, but we are linked forever," Persky said. "Somewhere in the world in a mud hut the credits Persky and Denoff are running on somebody's television set."
Samuel Denoff was born July 1, 1928, in Brooklyn, the second of two sons of Esther and Harry Denoff. He started studying piano at 5 or 6 and "got to like it," Denoff told the Archive of American Television. He left Adelphi College in New York before graduating and tried to become a songwriter.
In 1954, after working as a page at NBC, he was hired at radio station WNEW, where he met Persky. They wrote jingles and other material for disc jockey William B. Williams.
Persky and Denoff moved to California in 1961 to start working in television.
Reiner said their first script for "The Dick Van Dyke Show" was "all wrong," but they came back with another idea and he hired them. Persky described those years as "a free pass to Disneyland for the rest of your life."
Marlo Thomas wanted Persky and Denoff to write a series for her. "That Girl," which ran on ABC from 1966 to 1971, starred Thomas as Ann Marie, an aspiring actress in New York. Persky and Denoff wrote the pilot and were executive producers. Denoff even wrote the lyrics to the show's opening theme.
"Sam was my greatest convert to feminism as part of our great adventure bringing the first single girl to television," Thomas said in a statement Sunday. "He liked to think of himself as the unsentimental guy on the staff, but the lyrics he wrote for our theme song belied his self-description:
"Diamonds, daisies, snowflakes, that girl
… She's tinsel on a tree
She's everything that every girl should be!
"Pretty romantic and sentimental, you have to agree," Thomas said.
Persky said Denoff made the show "more balanced.... I would have tended to be too soft and he too rigid, but together we found a middle ground."
They shared an Emmy in 1967 with Reiner, Mel Brooks and Mel Tolkin for writing a special starring Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Reiner and Howard Morris, and another as producers with Bill Hobin of a 1968 Bill Cosby special.
Persky and Denoff stopped working together in the 1970s because Persky wanted to direct, he said. Denoff's later credits include shows with Don Rickles, Lucie Arnaz and Garry Shandling. For several years, Denoff was a creative consultant on Jerry Lewis' annual muscular dystrophy telethon.
Denoff is survived by his wife, Sharon, and their two children, daughter Melissa of Laguna Beach and son Matthew of Brentwood; and, from his first marriage to Bernice Levey, which ended in divorce, daughter Leslie of England and son Douglas, a Broadway producer who lives in Manhattan.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the Groman mortuary at Eden Memorial Park Mortuary in Mission Hills.


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Intel's Nehalem architecture was a huge step forward in putting high-performance computing into the average consumer's PC. In many cases Nehalem offers performance that was previously reserved for dual-CPU configurations costing several thousand dollars. Now for $700 you can build a killer Core i7 build with 6GB of memory and a board supporting both CrossFire and SLI.
Elitegroup Computer Systems, ECS for short, is primarily an OEM manufacturer so it's not well known to the enthusiast community. This is the second ECS board I've had my hands on and it is obvious that ECS is trying very hard to improve both their quality and their image. The last board, the ECS P45T-A, was an OEM board passed off as an enthusiast board. Just on opening the box though it was obvious ECS meant business.
Intel's X58 chipset, the only current platform supporting Nehalem, supports CrossFire natively. SLI can also be supported but the board must be tested by Nvidia and either sport an nForce 200 PCIe switch or an SLI key within the BIOS. These from my understanding are unnecessary from an electrical standpoint and are simply a vestige of their chipset making days.
Below is a list of all the technologies incorporated into this board. Priced at $245, the ECS isn't your top tier board but thankfully this is reflected in the price. This will be much appreciated by consumers given how most X58 boards are selling for $300 or greater. That being said, this board does have a lot of features that you wouldn't expect on a budget board.
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Get Familiar: Microsoft Bluetooth Stack on Windows Mobile
Few General Words
The previous article, "Experiencing This Mysterious Bluetooth Stack Programming," gave you a very brief overview of the Widcomm BT stack and how to manage it from your own applications. Now, you switch to yet another implementation of Bluetooth stack, this time from Microsoft as a part of the Windows Mobile OS SDK. It follows the common Microsoft C-style paradigm and is quite different from, for example, the Widcomm stack. In this article, you will repeat those typical operations you might be needing to use in many cases (as in BT devices enumeration and so forth) as you did for the Widcomm stack. Code snippets here and there throughout the article should provide you a good basis for your own experiments.
Enumerating Bluetooth Devices
If you look at the SDK headers, you will see a few files related to Bluetooth. What you are interested in right now is located in winsock2.h. Here, you may find client-level APIs to the BT stack. For enumeration purposes, you will use the following functions:
WSALookupServiceBegin WSALookupServiceNext WSALookupServiceEnd
All right, let me start with device enumeration. A scheme here is quite typical for many enumerating operations you can perform with other media, such as, for example, files:
- Open enumeration
- Loop through with 'Next' function
- Close enumeration
In practice you have to do the following steps, as in this code snippet:
struct BtInfo { CString m_sName; BT_ADDR m_btAddr; }; typedef CArray<BtInfo,BtInfo&> CBtInfoArray; int DiscoverBtDevList(CBtInfoArray& arrBtInfo) { BOOL bRes = FALSE; int iResult = 0; LPWSAQUERYSET pwsaResults; DWORD dwSize = 0; WSAQUERYSET wsaq; HANDLE hLookup = 0; memset (&wsaq, 0, sizeof(wsaq)); wsaq.dwSize = sizeof(wsaq); wsaq.dwNameSpace = NS_BTH; wsaq.lpcsaBuffer = NULL; // initialize searching procedure iResult = WSALookupServiceBegin(&wsaq, LUP_CONTAINERS, &hLookup); if (iResult != 0) { iResult = WSAGetLastError(); return iResult; } union { // returned struct can be quite large CHAR buf[5000]; // properly align buffer to BT_ADDR requirements SOCKADDR_BTH __unused; }; for (;;) { pwsaResults = (LPWSAQUERYSET) buf; dwSize = sizeof(buf); memset(pwsaResults,0,sizeof(WSAQUERYSET)); pwsaResults->dwSize = sizeof(WSAQUERYSET); // namespace MUST be NS_BTH for bluetooth queries pwsaResults->dwNameSpace = NS_BTH; pwsaResults->lpBlob = NULL; // iterate through all found devices, returning name and address iResult = WSALookupServiceNext (hLookup, LUP_RETURN_NAME | LUP_RETURN_ADDR, &dwSize, pwsaResults); if (iResult != 0) { iResult = WSAGetLastError(); if (iResult != WSA_E_NO_MORE) { TCHAR tszErr[32]; iResult = WSAGetLastError(); _sntprintf(tszErr, 32, _T("Socket Error: %d"), iResult); AfxMessageBox(tszErr, MB_OK); } break; } // collect name and address if (pwsaResults->lpszServiceInstanceName) { BtInfo btInfo; btInfo.m_sName = pwsaResults->lpszServiceInstanceName; memcpy(&(btInfo.m_btAddr),pwsaResults-> lpcsaBuffer,sizeof(BT_ADDR)); arrBtInfo.Add(btInfo); } Sleep(100); } WSALookupServiceEnd(hLookup); return iResult; }
As you can see, there is nothing complex except few magical words and passes. The latter, I will discuss right here. First, you want to look up all containers in NS_BTH namespace. Second, you don't want to get back any additional information about neither local nor remote addresses. Thus wsaq variable setup and call to WSALookupServiceBegin start the race.
The next stage is a simple iteration through obtained results until you get an error WSA_E_NO_MORE after calling WSALookupServiceNext. You can control which data you want to get via parameters of that function. Our snippet requests a name and BT address. For simplicity, you use MFC's CArray here, but you may return the result as you want to—for example, looking up only for specific device and so forth.
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Geneva College will celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the week of January 18-22. This is an opportunity for students, faculty and staff not only to reflect on Dr. King′s vision, but also to gain a deeper understanding of the cultural, racial and ethnic issues we face today.
Monday, January 18, at 7 p.m., civil rights activist Rutha Harris will perform with the Sons of Thunder. As a student in the early 1960s, Harris was an original member of the Freedom Singers. She traveled 50,000 miles through 40 states in nine months, presenting the civil rights message through song at colleges, universities, jails, political meetings and at the 1963 March on Washington. The Sons of Thunder is an a cappella group from the Beaver Valley. The concert will be held in Skye Lounge, with refreshments to follow.
Also on Monday, an Understanding Racism seminar will be held for faculty and staff from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and for students at 2 to 5 p.m. The seminar will be in Northwood Hall, Room 013.
On Wednesday, January 20, at 10:10 a.m., Professor of Communication Dr. Todd Allen will speak on "The Civil Rights Movement as a Calling" as part of Geneva′s chapel service. Chapel is held in Metheny Fieldhouse. Allen is chair of Geneva College′s communication department and director of The Common Ground Project. Wednesday′s events will also include a showing of The Witness at 8 p.m. in the Science & Engineering building, Room 022.
During the fall semester, students were invited to write and submit essays for the MLK essay contest. On Friday, January 22, at 10:10 a.m. the winner of the contest will be announced and invited to present his or her paper to the gathered audience in Skye Lounge.
Geneva College is a comprehensive Christian college of the arts, sciences and professional studies. Founded in the tradition of the Reformed Christian faith, Geneva prepares students to serve Christ in all areas of society: work, family and the church. Geneva College′s philosophy of education is based on the Foundational Concepts of Christian Higher Education. Geneva is a founding member of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU).
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Another year, another amazing PyCon. I guess I repeat myself, but I keep being impressed about the quality of the talks and the friendly, vibrant atmosphere. It is always a pleasure to spend some time with people interested in code and technology… There was also an increase in the number attendees, and quite a lot students. I said that on Twitter, but Python Ireland, you guys rock.
Of all the talks I attend to, I'd like to comment two that were especially interesting. The first was one of the keynotes, PRISM-as-a-Service: Not Subject to American Law, by Lynn Root. All this think is pretty scary when you think about it. Definitively worth a read. The other one was The Clean Architecture in Python, by Brandon Rhodes, about ways of designing code and make them data-centric.
I also gave a talk, and other than a problem with the project that made me rush a little, I think it went good. Just in case you're interested, here are the slides. Here is also the PDF version with notes.
Oh, and another thing. there are launching the pyLadies Dublin group this wednesday 15th October, so if you're interested, show up.
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MADSION, Wis. — Checking the health of 2,500 show cows arriving in Madison for the World Dairy Expo is a tall task.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine said more than 60 volunteer students are ensuring the process runs as smoothly as possible.
As scores of trailers roll into the Alliant Energy Center for the expo, the students are examining health care papers submitted by veterinarians who have inspected the cattle.
Professor Sheila McGuirk said some of the cows have been on extremely long journey from points around the U.S. and Canada and need to be checked in quickly. Cattle manager Laura Herschleg said last year the cows came from 37 states and seven provinces.
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CFPB Adds Consumer Stories to Public Complaint Database
Today, the CFPB took an important step to make its excellent public database of consumer complaints even better, by adding complaint narratives (stories), but only with the consumer's consent. It's a step we've long urged. It will enrich our research into the marketplace, help consumers make choices and help good-actor firms avoid bad practices by others. As the CFPB explains:
"Consumer narratives provide a first-hand account of the consumer's experience, and adding the option to share them will greatly enhance the utility of the database. The narratives will provide context to complaints, spotlight specific trends, and help consumers make informed decisions. The narratives may encourage companies to improve the overall quality of their products and services, and more vigorously compete over good customer service. [...] The CFPB will not publish the complaint narrative unless the consumer provides informed consent. [...] The Bureau will take reasonable steps to remove personal information from the complaint to minimize the risk of re-identification."
Adding consumer stories has been a key recommendation in each of our five (so far) U.S. PIRG reports analyzing categories of complaints in the database. Powerful special interests, of course, not only opposed the creation of the database in the first place; they fiercely opposed this enhancement.
Our view: Complaint stories will help other consumers decide where to do business, will help other firms avoid bad business models and will help independent researchers better analyze marketplace practices that are unfair. We're excited that we'll be able to use text analytics tools to do a deep dive into the narrative stories. We'll be able to look for patterns and trends that link complaints that may turn out to be about the same problem. We'll be able to quantify statements such as these: "How many times did the consumer complain to the bank over what period of time? How many promises to stop calling the wrong consumer did the debt collector break? How many mistakes were in her credit report and did the errors recur after supposedly being fixed?"
As we told the CFPB last year in greater detail in our comments supporting the proposed change:
By publishing these "consumer stories," you will enable researchers, other consumers and other firms to better analyze consumer complaints and concerns.
- Researchers will be better able to identify trends and develop more insights about good and bad marketplace practices;
- Other consumers will be better able to more wisely choose institutions based on a more robust understanding of a firm's behavior toward its customers, accountholders or consumers it maintains files on. Those consumers will also be able to see if a problem that they are having is the same the problem other consumers are having;
- Other firms will be better able to identify patterns and practices that they might change, or affirmatively choose to avoid, and then be able to market their firm as more consumer-friendly, making it easier for good actors to gain market share and stimulating competition positively, by better aligning the interests of firms with those of their customers and potential customers. Firms without "tricks and traps" should do better in a more transparent marketplace. (In fact, news stories are pointing out that industry consultants are recommending improvements to customer service as a best practice; so are consultant reports, such as one from Deloitte);
- Researchers, armed with more robust data, will be better able to build models to provide early warnings of the kinds of unsafe consumer practices that could lead to a systematic collapse such as occurred in 2008.
Of course, a critical benefit will also be that more consumers will use the database. This positive feedback loop or "network effect" will increase its value to everyone as the financial services marketplace becomes more transparent.
While we support the CFPB's important efforts in its announcement today ensure that the stories protect the privacy of consumers and avoid the collection of information that could allow "re-identification," we look forward (along with other Americans for Financial Reform members) to working with the Bureau to find ways to provide public access to racial, ethnic, age and gender data that can reveal harmful trends, including discriminatory treatment in the financial marketplace that continues to devastate communities of color and other underserved consumers.
Any consumer who has a complaint about any financial firm can complain to the CFPB here (by phone, webform or regular mail). Going forward, you'll be able to add your story to the public complaint database, which currently only lists a summary of your complaint.
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Since it got cold I've been wearing these faux leather numbers from Zara, for which I've gotten lots of compliments. They are super cute, fit really well and are comfy (not to mention really affordable). I found that I wanted to wear them ALL THE TIME, especially in fall/winter when faced with the question "what can I wear out at night in which I'll look fetching yet not freeze to death in?". Enter these pants. These really only work well with heels (not liking the styling in this pic) because they have ankle zippers and are cropped. But they are adorable and I highly recommend them if you a) don't want to part with the money on the real deal b) don't wear leather c) want to see how often you might wear a style like this.
So after realizing how much I would wear a real pair and getting advice from a very stylish client who has a certain pair she said are "the absolute best ever", I bit the bullet and ordered them. Just to see. I never, ever buy really expensive things. The only pair of fancy shoes I own are Jimmy Choos that a girlfriend GAVE me. However, I've been trying hard to focus on buying really great, high quality stuff and less crap that I buy just to have something new to wear (we ALL do that, right?). I fully planned on returning them as I just have a hard time making investments in clothing. Sofas and art, sure. Pants and shoes- not so much.
And then I got the pants yesterday.
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I mean, buttery yet thin stretchy leather. Super comfortable. Long and lean. If you've ever tried on leather pants you KNOW 90% of the time they look so awful (and feel so awful tugging and stretching to get them on) you don't want to even catch your reflection in the mirror. These were different. But maybe I had had one too many glasses of pinot noir. So I went downstairs to show Andrew. And his reaction seriously shocked me.
"What are those?!?! Are you wearing those out without me? You can't! Don't even tell me how much those were because you are absolutely NOT returning them. I consider those an investment in our marriage!"
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PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) � The town that's home to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is dedicating a flagpole in memory of the crew of the USS Thresher a day after an emotional memorial service.
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Two-thirds of the difference between death rates among African Americans and Caucasians are now due to causes that could be prevented or cured, according to a new study appearing in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. The study, "Black-White Differences in Avoidable Mortality in the United States, 1980-2005," found that death from preventable or treatable conditions represented half of all deaths for individuals under age 65 and accounted for nearly 70 percent of the black-white mortality difference.
"People should not be dying prematurely from stroke, hypertension, diabetes, colon cancer, appendicitis or the flu. Our study shows that while much progress has been made, our health care system is still failing to meet the very basic needs of some Americans. Many disparities can be conquered by focusing more on public policies that promote prevention and by ensuring that all Americans have access to good quality health care," said James Macinko, who conducted the research as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the lead author of the study.
The major reason for the black-white mortality gap--representing about 30 percent of the gap for men and 42 percent for women--is due to conditions that have effective treatments, the study found. Disparities were most pronounced for conditions or diseases for which deaths can be prevented, such as diabetes, stroke, infectious and respiratory diseases, preventable cancers, and circulatory diseases like hypertension.
The conditions analyzed included premature deaths from common infectious diseases, cervical cancers, appendicitis, maternal deaths, hypertension, stroke, diabetes, peptic ulcers and traffic accidents, all of which could be avoided through medical care or health policy changes. The study suggests that the reinforcement of policies that improve access to quality medical care will be important to reducing death disparities.
"As the nation turns its attention to health care reform, we now know that much can be done to reduce racial and ethnic health care disparities and to improve the health care for all Americans," said Macinko. "We also have a lot to learn from other health care systems that measure performance based on preventable deaths."
To analyze the death disparity among African Americans and Caucasians, the scholar used "avoidable mortality," a commonly used measure of health system performance in Europe. It is defined as premature death under age 65 from conditions responsive to medical care, changes in public policy, or behaviors. Over the last decade, avoidable mortality has declined less rapidly in the United States than in other industrialized nations.
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Elo also serves as an affiliated-faculty member for the RWJF Health & Society Scholars Program at the University of Pennsylvania.
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