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Background: Due predominantly to cigarette smoking, lung cancer is the leading cancer-related cause of death worldwide. Cruciferous vegetables may reduce lung cancer risk. The association between intake of cruciferous vegetables and lung cancer risk was investigated in the CLUE II study, a community-based cohort established in 1989.
Methods: We matched 274 incident cases of lung cancer diagnosed from 1990 to 2005 to 1,089 cancer-free controls on age, sex, and cigarette smoking. Dietary information was collected at baseline. Multivariable odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were calculated using conditional logistic regression.
Results: Intake of cruciferous vegetables was inversely associated with lung cancer risk (highest-versus-lowest fourth: OR Q4vsQ1, 0. 57; 95% CI, 0.38-0.85; P-trend = 0.01). The inverse associations held true for former smokers (ORQ4vsQ1, 0.49; 95% CI, 0.27-0.92; P-trend = 0.05) and current smokers (ORQ4vsQ1, 0.52; 95% CI, 0.29-0.95; P-trend = 0.02).
Conclusions: After carefully controlling for cigarette smoking, higher intake of cruciferous vegetable was associated with lower risk of lung cancer.
Impact: The observed inverse association coupled with accumulating evidence suggests that intake of cruciferous vegetables is inversely associated with lung cancer risk, and this association seems to hold true beyond the confounding effects of cigarette smoking. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; 19(10); 2534–40. ©2010 AACR.
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Cruciferous vegetables (e.g., broccoli, cabbage, mustard greens, Brussels sprouts) have generated interest as dietary constituents that may protect against lung cancer (1). These vegetables are a major source of glucosinolates, which are precursors for isothiocyanates and indole-3-carbinol (1, 2). These crucifer derivatives exhibit several anticarcinogenic properties. Consumption of broccoli decreased markers of DNA damage for both smokers and nonsmokers (3). Likewise, evidence showed that isothiocyanates and indole-3-carbinol inhibit the bioactivation of procarcinogens found in tobacco smoke (e.g., polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) into genotoxic carcinogens (4). Isothiocyanates, in particular, also induce the expression of glutathione S-transferase (GST) enzymes, which increase the excretion of carcinogens in urine (2, 5). Experimental evidence suggests that sulforaphane, a major isothiocyanate found in broccoli, can induce cell cycle arrest and apoptosis (6-8). By dually preventing activation and promoting inactivation of carcinogens and by exerting cell cycle control, isothiocyanates could protect against cancer. Furthermore, data have shown that sulforaphane influences epigenetic changes with consequences on cancer outcomes (9, 10).
We previously published a meta-analysis on cruciferous vegetable intake and lung cancer risk (11) and observed inverse associations in case-control studies [pooled odds ratio (OR), 0.78; 95% confidence interval (95% CI), 0.70-0.88] and cohort studies [pooled relative risk (RR), 0.83; 95% CI, 0.62-1.08]. The pooled results for cohort studies were based on six studies (12-16). Since then, the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study, a large prospective cohort study, observed a RR of 0.92 (95% CI, 0.83-1.02; P-trend = 0.09) in men in the highest versus the lowest category of cruciferous vegetable intake, but none in women (RR, 1.02; 95% CI, 0.83-1.16; ref. 17). Additionally, dietary isothiocyanates were significantly inversely associated (P-trend = 0.02) with lung cancer in a recent case-control study (18).
Potential confounding effects of cigarette smoking in these previous studies interfere with drawing clear-cut inferences. Cigarette smoking is the predominant cause of lung cancer (19), and cigarette smokers have significantly lower vegetable consumption than never smokers (20). Under these circumstances, the possibility remains that the inverse associations observed may have been due to residual confounding by smoking (21). Whereas all previously published cohort studies reported estimates that were at least minimally adjusted for smoking status, a lingering issue is the degree to which cruciferous vegetables may be associated with lung cancer risk beyond the potential confounding effects of cigarette smoking. The present study was designed to directly address this challenge. Specifically, the present study was carried out to investigate whether or not consumption of cruciferous vegetables was associated with reduced risk of lung cancer after tightly matching cases and controls to be similar with respect to cigarette smoking. We conducted a nested case-control study within a community-based, prospective cohort in Washington County, Maryland.
Materials and Methods
Study population
Established in 1989, the CLUE II cohort was named for its campaign slogan, "Give Us a Clue to Cancer and Heart Disease." The details of the establishment of the cohort have been reported elsewhere (22, 23). Briefly, from May 1 through November 30, 1989, 32,897 residents of Washington County, Maryland, and surrounding area (30-mile radius) consented to participate in CLUE II. The population for the present study was restricted to 22,631 adults (>18 years old) with a Washington County address and therefore were covered by the Washington County Cancer Registry.
At baseline, participants completed a brief questionnaire on basic demographic characteristics, smoking status, and number of cigarettes smoked per day. At that time, participants were asked to complete and mail in a modified Block food frequency questionnaire (FFQ; ref. 24). Starting in 1996, the CLUE II cohort members received periodic follow-up questionnaires.
Ascertainment of lung cancer cases was achieved through linkage with the Washington County Cancer Registry, the Maryland State Cancer Registry, and the Maryland state mortality records. The Washington County Cancer Registry obtains its data primarily from the county's only general hospital, Washington County Hospital, and its pathology department. Since 1992, CLUE II cohort members were also linked to the Maryland State Cancer Registry, which has a mandatory cancer reporting policy. Lastly, state mortality records of Washington County residents were consulted.
Case ascertainment was believed to be reasonably complete. Based on the most recent report from the National Program of Cancer Registries for 2006, the Maryland State Cancer Registry was considered 98% complete, and the Washington County Cancer Registry has been observed to have higher ascertainment than the state registry (25). Through 1998, the annual rate of loss to follow-up was estimated to be less than 1% based on follow-up of a random sample of cohort members (26). A current estimate was that 6.9% of the CLUE II participants may have moved out of the county. Thus, the study population was relatively stable.
Case and control selection
From May 1, 1990 through October 31, 2005, 274 incident lung cancer cases occurred within the CLUE II cohort. Cases were first-time diagnoses of lung cancer [International Classification of Diseases, Eighth Revision (ICD-8 and ICD-9), code 162 for cases that occurred from 1992 to 2000 and ICD-10 codes C33-C34 for cases diagnosed from 2001 to present).
For each case, up to four controls were selected (one case had two controls and four cases had three controls). Eligibility criteria for controls were (a) completion of the baseline FFQ; (b) having no prior history of cancer except for nonmelanoma skin cancer or cervical cancer in situ; and (c) being cancer-free and alive at the time of case diagnosis.
Matching criteria and smoking exposure
Controls were individually matched to cases on the following variables: sex, race (white, black, other), age (±5 years), and smoking status (never, former, or current smokers). For former and current smokers, cases and controls were further matched on the number of cigarettes smoked per day (CPD) as follows. Ever smokers were categorized into three smoking groups: ≤19, 20 to 29, and ≥30 CPD. For those who smoked <30 CPD, cases and controls were matched within ±5 CPD. Those who smoked between 30 and 45 CPD were matched within ±10 CPD, and the heaviest smokers (≥45) were matched within ±20 CPD. The 1996 follow-up questionnaire was relevant to this study, as it provided additional details on pack-years of smoking in cases and controls. Among those (64%) who provided information on pack-years of smoking in the 1996 follow-up questionnaire, we further matched cases to controls within ±5 pack-years of cigarette smoking. Of the total number of lung cancer cases included in the study, 99 were diagnosed before 1996.
Dietary measurements
At baseline, a validated 60-item Block FFQ was mailed to all participants (24, 27). For each food, participants were asked to classify their usual intake during the previous year into one of nine categories of frequency of consumption, ranging from "never or less than once per month" to "2+ per day". Respondents who ate a food were asked to categorize the average serving size as small, medium (defined as one-half cup), or large.
Based on these data, daily intake of each food item was calculated by multiplying the serving size by the frequency of consumption (expressed as intake per day). Measures of servings per day were calculated for intakes of (a) total vegetables, (b) total cruciferous vegetables, (c) total noncruciferous vegetables, and (d) total fruit.
Intakes of dietary food groups were all energy adjusted by the nutrient density method, in which daily dietary intake was expressed as servings per 1,000 kcal. In this study, total vegetables included broccoli, spinach, mustard greens/turnip greens/collards, cole slaw/cabbage/sauerkraut, green salad, carrots or mixed vegetables containing carrots, vegetable soups, and other vegetables (e.g., green beans, corn, peas). Total cruciferous vegetables intake included broccoli, cole slaw/cabbage/sauerkraut, and mustard greens/turnip greens/collards. Noncruciferous vegetables included all vegetables except broccoli, cole slaw/cabbage/sauerkraut, and mustard greens/turnip greens/collards. Total fruits included tomatoes (e.g., tomato juices and pastas such as spaghetti and lasagna with tomato sauce), apples/apple sauce/pears, cantaloupe, oranges, orange juice, grapefruit, and other fruits (e.g., bananas).
Statistical analysis
Quartiles of the distribution of the controls for each dietary group were used to classify study participants based on their intakes of (a) total vegetables, (b) cruciferous vegetables, (c) noncruciferous vegetables, and (d) fruits. At baseline, 7.5% (36 cases and 66 controls) of study participants had incomplete or no dietary information. Exclusion of these individuals from our study could introduce bias (28). To address the issue of incomplete dietary data in this study, we substituted missing data with the median value of the controls for each dietary factor.
Conditional logistic regression was used to estimate ORs and 95% CIs for the associations between total cruciferous vegetable intake or other dietary factors and lung cancer incidence. Unless otherwise indicated, all analyses were adjusted for body mass index (categories: <24.9, 25.0-29.9, and 30+ kg/m2), total energy intake (continuous), and total fruit and noncruciferous vegetable intakes (continuous). To minimize the possibility of residual confounding, we further adjusted for age and number of cigarettes smoked per day in the full models as continuous variables. Additional adjustment for total meat intake did not markedly alter the results and thus total meat intake was not included in these analyses.
Furthermore, stratified analyses were done by smoking status (never, former, and current smokers). Tests for dose-response trends across quartiles of dietary intake were estimated by fitting the ordinal exposure variables as ordered categories. All analyses were done using STATA version 9.1.0. A two-sided P value of <0.05 was considered to be statistically significant.
To investigate the possible effect of how the data for those with missing dietary information were handled, sensitivity analyses were conducted in two ways: (a) imputing missing values using the multiple imputation method (28, 29) and (b) excluding those with incomplete or missing data. For the imputation analysis, the estimates and variances from three imputed sets were combined to derive the reported total estimates and confidence intervals.
After a mean follow-up of 15 years, 274 incident lung cancer cases (27% adenocarcinoma, 24% squamous cell lung cancer, 18% small cell lung cancer, and 31% others, including large cell lung cancer and nondifferentiated lung cancer) were diagnosed in CLUE II. For both cases and controls, compared with those in the highest fourth of cruciferous vegetable intake, those in the lowest fourth were slightly younger, less educated, more likely to smoke, and more likely to be current smokers (Table 1). Spearman correlation coefficients between cruciferous vegetable intake and noncruciferous vegetable, fruit, combined vegetable and fruit, and combined meat intakes were 0.58, 0.45, 0.62, and 0.21, respectively, indicating that cruciferous vegetable intake was associated with higher intake of fruits and other vegetables and lower meat intake.
The OR for the highest-versus-lowest fourth of cruciferous vegetable intake was 0.57 (95% CI, 0.38-0.85; P-trend = 0.01), after adjusting for age, number of cigarettes smoked per day, total energy intake, and total fruits and noncruciferous vegetables (Table 2). Inverse associations were observed for both men and women in the highest fourth of intake, but were statistically significant only for women (OR Q4vsQ1 = 0.52; 95% CI, 0.29-0.92; P-trend = 0.07; versus for men: OR Q4vsQ1, 0.72; 95% CI, 0.37-1.37; P-trend = 0.18). Similar inverse associations were observed for all three major subtypes of lung cancer (adenocarcinoma, squamous cell lung cancer, and small cell lung cancer); however, none of the associations were statistically significant (data not shown).
After stratification by smoking status, inverse associations were observed in former smokers (ORQ4vsQ1, 0.49; 95% CI, 0.27-0.92; P-trend = 0.05) and current smokers (OR Q4vsQ1, 0.52; 95% CI, 0.29-0.95; P-trend = 0.02; Table 2). Conversely, the associations among never smokers were in the direction of increased risk; however, because of the small number of never smokers in this study, even when the second to fourth quartiles were combined, the association was very imprecise and compatible with chance (OR, 4.9; 95% CI, 0.63-37.8).
When cruciferous vegetable intake for individuals with missing dietary data was imputed using the multiple imputation method, those in the highest-versus-lowest quartile of cruciferous vegetable intake had a 23% (OR Q4vsQ1 = 0.77; 95% CI, 0.47-1.27) lower risk of lung cancer (Supplementary Table S1). For the same comparison, the OR Q4vsQ1 was 0.85 (0.52-1.39) when individuals with no dietary information were excluded.
In this nested case-control study, we carefully controlled for cigarette smoking in the study design to investigate the association between cruciferous vegetable intake and lung cancer risk. Overall, we observed statistically significant inverse associations between higher intake of cruciferous vegetable intake and lung cancer risk, independent of cigarette smoking. Similar significant inverse associations were observed for former and current smokers, but not for never smokers.
In the present study, we report a 43% lower risk of lung cancer comparing the highest versus the lowest category of cruciferous vegetable intake. We previously reported the results of a systematic review of the evidence on cruciferous vegetable intake and lung cancer from both cohort and case-control studies, which showed a pooled relative risk of 0.83 (95% CI, 0.62-1.08) for cohort studies (11). Inclusion of the results from the present study to previous cohort studies showed a pooled relative risk of 0.79 (highest-versus-lowest category: 95% CI, 0.61-1.01). Taken together, the epidemiologic evidence suggests that cruciferous vegetable intake may be inversely associated with lung cancer risk. The results of our study add to this evidence by indicating that the previously observed associations are unlikely to be due to the residual confounding effects of cigarette smoking.
Isothiocyanates and indole-3-carbinol are derivatives of glucosinolates found in cruciferous vegetables. These compounds individually and in combination may reduce the risk of lung cancer through multiple anticarcinogenic mechanisms (30). Most published reports had largely attributed the anticarcinogenic properties of cruciferous vegetables to isothiocyanates, although indole-3-carbinol has recently been shown to have chemopreventive characteristics (31). Previous studies (18, 32-35), including a systematic review (11), have suggested that GSTM1 and GSTT1 might modify the association between cruciferous vegetables and lung cancer risk. GSTM1 and GSTT1 are part of the GST family and are involved in isothiocyanate metabolism (2).
The present study has several methodologic strengths. Compared with other cohort studies, the hallmarks of the present study are that it was a nested case-control study carefully matched on cigarette smoking history, it had the longest duration of follow-up years (15 years), and it used a community-based cohort. The most unique aspect of the study for this topic is that cases and controls were well matched on several smoking characteristics (smoking status and number of cigarettes smoked per day) to minimize the strong confounding effect of cigarette smoking. The prospective nature of the dietary and smoking data minimizes the issue of recall bias by disease status.
There are, however, several limitations to this study. A small percentage of the study participants (<8%) had missing data due to either incomplete questionnaire or not returning a dietary questionnaire. Exclusion of these subjects could introduce selection bias and might lead to erroneous inferences. We instead substituted the median values based on the controls distribution of each missing dietary factor. To assess the effect of this imputation approach, we performed sensitivity analyses using other approaches to address missing or incomplete data: (a) the multiple imputation method and (b) inclusion only of study participants with complete dietary data. For similar categorical comparisons, the results based on the sensitivity analyses showed weaker nonsignificant inverse associations. Thus, even with the relatively small percentage of missing data in the present study, the approach to handling this missing data can affect the inferences to a nontrivial degree, and the approach adopted in our primary analyses was less conservative than the other approaches. In the present study, we matched as closely as possible on smoking status and smoking history such that smoking is more strongly controlled than in previous studies on this topic. Nevertheless, the possibility of residual confounding by cigarette smoking cannot be completely eliminated. For example, the data on duration of smoking were incomplete for 36% of the cohort population, and thus we could only match cases and controls on pack-years in a subgroup of subjects. The distribution of histologic types of lung cancer in the present study differs slightly from the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results data (36), with slightly higher proportions of squamous cell and small cell lung cancers and a lower proportion of adenocarcinoma. It is uncertain whether this is due to chance, a true population-based difference either in risk factors or diagnostic practices, or other factors, but this should not have had a major effect on the observed inverse associations between cruciferous vegetable consumption and lung cancer risk.
Lastly, although the Block FFQ had been validated and found to have adequately estimated dietary intake of Americans overall (27, 37), dietary data derived from FFQs are subject to measurement error that may be random or systematic (38). Dietary intake was obtained before lung cancer diagnosis in the present study; thus, the measurement error would most likely be nondifferential and would most likely have attenuated the associations toward the null. The individual vegetables (broccoli, cole slaw/cabbage/sauerkraut, and mustard greens/turnip greens/collards) that were included in our measure of cruciferous consumption did not cover the full breadth of cruciferous vegetables. Thus, we likely underestimated cruciferous vegetable intake in our population. However, in the United States, broccoli is the most commonly consumed cruciferous vegetable and, therefore, the major source of isothiocyanates (39). Particularly, in a population with low dietary cruciferous vegetable intake, such as the CLUE II cohort, the cruciferous vegetables included in our summary measure probably represented the crucifers commonly eaten in this community.
In summary, after carefully matching lung cancer cases and controls by smoking history, we observed statistically significant inverse associations between consumption of cruciferous vegetables and lung cancer risk that were closely aligned with the previous body of evidence on this topic. Taken together with the existing evidence from prospective cohort studies, at present, the totality of the evidence suggests that it is tenable that cruciferous vegetable intake is inversely associated with lung cancer risk, and that this association holds true beyond the confounding effects of cigarette smoking.
Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest
No potential conflicts of interest were disclosed.
We thank the participants of the CLUE II cohort and the staff of the George W. Comstock Center for Public Health Research and Prevention for their dedication and contributions to the study.
This study is dedicated to the memory of Dr. George W. Comstock.
Grant Support: Institutional Research Epidemiology Fellowship grant T32CA009314, National Institute of Aging grant 5U01AG018033, and National Cancer Institute grant CA105069. This report is based, at least in part, on information provided by the Maryland Cancer Registry, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Health.
The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked advertisement in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact.
Note: Supplementary data for this article are available at Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention Online (http://cebp.aacrjournals.org/).
- Received May 5, 2010.
- Revision received July 7, 2010.
- Accepted July 23, 2010.


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Quantile regression has emerged as a powerful tool in survival analysis as it directly links the quantiles of patients' survival times to their demographic and genomic profiles, facilitating the identification of important prognostic factors. In view of limited work on variable selection in the context, we develop a new adaptive-lasso-based variable selection procedure for quantile regression with censored outcomes. To account for random censoring for data with multivariate covariates, we employ the ideas of redistribution-of- mass and effective dimension reduction. Asymptotically our procedure enjoys the model selection consistency that is identifying the true model with probability tending to one. Moreover, as opposed to the existing methods, our new proposal requires fewer assumptions, leading to more accurate variable selection. The analysis of a real cancer clinical trial demonstrates that our procedure can identify and distinguish important factors associated with patient subpopulations characterized by short or long survivals, which is of particular interest to oncologists.
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From approximately 1986 to 1991, I made my living as a stand-up comedian. There was quite a stand-up comedy boon going on at the time, probably due to the infiltration of cable television into our homes in the '80's and the cheap and easy way stand-up specials filled the airwaves.
My first professional gig was after my first year at college at a club called Giggles just south of Toledo in Perrysburg, Ohio in 1981. They were one of the first chain comedy clubs to emerge that decade. On Sunday nights, they hosted an open mic night. The winner got to come back that week to be the opening act for the headliner plus $50. Even then, club owners knew how to save a buck! For four weeks in a row, I would write material at home, practice it, and come in and do ten minutes. I was disappointed at losing the first few times, but felt good about my sets and my friends encouraged me to keep trying. The fourth time, I won and got to come back to open for Bruce Baum. Bruce Baum was pretty huge at the time. He was a regular on a game show called Me Me Laugh and had just come out with a popular novelty song called Marty Feldman Eyes - a very funny parody of Bette Davis Eyes.
I was in heaven that week and really got a taste of what it's like to perform stand-up every night with an audience. Bruce Baum was a great guy who let me ask a lot of questions about the business. When I went back to college, I found a club in Dayton, Ohio called Wylie's that I developed a relationship with. I became a "go to" guy for them when they needed an emcee or last minute replacement. It was never a huge source of income. Just a creative outlet. I stopped doing it near the end of college because I just needed to focus on having a job and making money. About a year later, my girlfriend at the time who knew about my stand-up past took me to the Red Dog Saloon in Cincinnati for an open mic. I ran into friends I hadn't seen in years and they encouraged me to start coming in and getting back up on stage. And so I did.
Right at this time, stand-up comedy was becoming big all over. Wylie's was selling out every weekend. A Funnybone moved into Cinci. Suddenly, open mic-ers found they could find enough work to start building a career. Once I was able to book a month's worth of work, I quit my job as a nightclub dee-jay.
A lot of people have the misconception that stand-up is a very cut throat-y back-stabby business. I never had that experience nor did most of my friends. If another stand-up liked your work, he or she told you. If they had a suggestion on a way to improve upon a joke or your act, they shared it. If they knew a club or a booker they could help you get in with, they helped.
One of the most generous guys I ever worked with was a Cincinnati home boy named Michael Flannery. Sometimes I would find myself stuck out on the road with a week to kill. Well, that can be a huge financial drain. Michael let me share his hotel room in Detroit once while he was working Chaplin's with Dennis Miller. So, not only did I get a free room for a week, I got to meet Dennis Miller at the height of his SNL popularity. And for the record, he was a really nice guy. He bought us drinks and told us stories about SNL all without us having to beg, which we would have done gladly. Michael helped me get over an unrequited love I had for a waitress in Kalamazoo by sitting up with me playing Wheel of Fortune on a computer and sipping Nyquil (hey - the bars were closed!). The greatest thing Michael ever did for me was get me an Emmy for writing. He hosted an afternoon kid's show in Cinci and asked me to write some character monologues for him, which I gladly did and for free. Unbeknownst to me, he submitted the final product to the Emmy review board. And I won. Pretty cool. Michael has become quite a celebrity in Cinci, even using his gifts to help kids with special needs. Check out this video. (If you watch this video, you'll be flabbergasted to find out this TV station didn't renew his contract this year. They're fools! He got them tons of community lovin' with his work. One of the other stations in the Ohio Valley would be smart to pick up Mike.)
My stand-up career came to an end for several reasons. One, I was single and pretty lonely on the road. I felt the need to be more grounded and, hopefully, find a girlfriend. Two, my act was becoming something I didn't like. It was becoming more vulgar as I started to go for the lowest common denominator just to get laughs. And three, I was a horrible businessman. I never negotiated for more money, I took gigs that paid shit, I didn't promote myself well with booking agents or the press.
So, here are the lessons I learned from stand-up...
- If you want to be on TV or film, move to LA. Maybe NYC, but really, more likely LA. I opened for several comics that ended up working very lucrative jobs in television. They did that by going to LA.
- Talent doesn't speak for itself. Being good only gets you so far. If you don't know the business side of things, then assemble a team of people, like an agent and a manger, that believe in you and will take care of you.
- Always work on your craft. Always hone your unique perspective. I was not very disciplined in this area. I did what I thought was funny. I read papers and watched the news for material, but I didn't hunt it down. If it came to me, I used it. If it worked, I kept it. My act was a little schizophrenic because of my laziness. Talking about silly family or dating things, surreal one-liners here and there and political humor. But always ending on a dick joke. I even had a couple of prop bits (look out, Carrot Top!).
I cherish my stand-up days and occassionally think of trying it again, but for myself.
Until then, I'll just keep telling you what I think is funny.
On Saturday, I asked this question...
"On Monday (today), crewmen on the International Space Station will be taking a spacewalk for what purpose?"
Nobody fell for "Just going out for a leisurely stroll." Although I hear the stars are lovely this time of year.
33% answered "Just fixing that damn antenna." They really haven't had any problems since they got high-speed cable installed.
Another 33% said "Just checking on the neighbors." Sorry, no one else has moved into their interstellar cul-de-sac.
The correct answer, that 33% of you knew, is "Just taking out the garbage." According to Rueters, nearly 1600 pounds of obsolete gear is going to be hauled out to the curb to ultimately burn up in the atmosphere as it falls to earth. Unfortunately, it takes about 300 days to do that. So, til then, the Vulcans are going to look down their pointy ears at us and our space litter.


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Is this man: a) Sleeping on the job; b) dead in his own-made open-air coffin; or c) dreaming of his next blog post?
Well, in July about a couple of hundred highly motivated chaps mount their bikes (and sometimes fall off them) and race them for three weeks around Europe, and this year they came almost past my front door, well, within two miles of it. It's not every day the Tour de France comes up Skipton High Street on a warm Saturday afternoon.
Yes, not a brilliant view, but the build up and atmosphere were great (Good view of Will's hat – Ed). In fact I nearly got caught on the wrong side of the road to my family whilst buying this book:
At a real bargain price of £9! It is a very good review of furniture as found in the less fashionable places such as houses of correction, cellar dwellings and bothies – gripping stuff. The ale houses are my favourite.
Course my son and I have been avid followers of the T de F for many years, well since 1990. So Will and his wife Eva came over for to see the tour (and a holiday in the UK too!) staying with us, which was great, but took a little time up.
We did however, venture into home territory – Lancashire. Partly to visit ancestors' graves, but also for a very interesting visit to Queen Street Mill in Burnley, now run as an award-winning museum.
And they use one of these
To drive two of these
Which drive these
Yes a cotton mill! My grandmother and my aunt worked at a weaving mill in the next village and I visited with my mother as a child and I was terrified by the deafening noise and the terrifying machinery. The noise was bad enough at Queen Street Mill with just four looms running, never mind the 300 in the weaving shed. Almost as scary as the Thames Clyde express at the level crossing – but that's a worse story.
Anyway, back to a spot of woodwork. These large pieces of oak have started to reappear in the bodgery
Dragged in by my powerful righthand man
How Mr McKee does all the hewing he does, just beggars my belief (Oh, c'mon, the guy's suffered enough, he's obviously brain-damaged – Ed.).
I was wrecked this evening after just this little bit
With a curly bench back like this one, holding the beggar still enough to work on leads to much improv, holds …
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It is Valentine's Day…be on your best behavior!
A Trip to the Principal's Office
When students are disrespectful in class, they receive corporal punishment from Principal Anya. She is a very strict principal, who has zero tolerance for bad behavior and you can rest assured that if you are sent to her office, YOU WILL be receiving a paddling. Once you receive an office referral from a teacher, you must go turn it into Anya's secretary, who let's Principal Anya know you are waiting. You take a seat, your mind begins to wonder about what it will feel like, how many swats will I get, and how hard will it hurt. A few minutes go by, which seems like an eternity and you are suddenly startled by Principal's door being opened.
Principal Anya walks out, dressed very professionally, grabs your referral from her secretary, and invites you into her office. She tells you to take a seat across from her desk and she quietly reads your referral. She doesn't smile or talk to you and your mind begins to wonder about what bad things are about to happen.
After Anya reads the referral, she begins to question you about your behavior. You try to convince Anya that you won't do it again, but Anya knows better and says you are going to be paddled. She decides on a number of swats based on your offense and asks if you understand.
Principal Anya asks you to stand up, give a wide stance, and bend over her desk with your elbows on the desk. She pulls out her principal's paddle and pats your bottom to get her aim. She asks if you know why you are being paddled, and based on your response will determine if you will get extra swats or not. She then says "I want you to count out loud and after every swat say thank you Principal Anya. If you fail to comply or take too long, I may be forced to add another swat." "Are you ready?"
Anya raises her paddle and the first swat comes down hard. It nearly takes your breath away and you try to hold your position. The second swat seems to come down even harder! A few more swats are administered and the burn on your butt begins to set in. You can really feel the sting of the paddle through your jeans. You try to hold back the tears, but sadly cannot.
Principal Anya asks you to stand up and says "I better NOT see you in my office again or next time it will be on the bare! Take some time to compose yourself and head back to class." You then rub your already sore bruised bottom while Anya begins to get back to work. You head back to class and sit down at your desk. You cannot seem to get comfortable, but Anya's "reminder" is there to remind you to behave.


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Is the Raw Pet Food Industry on the Brink of Extinction?
August 02, 2013
By Dr. Becker
According to PetfoodIndustry.com, the FDA's new Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) will require all food manufacturers (human food and pet food) to maintain a written Food Safety Plan that is FDA-approved. For producers of commercial raw pet food diets, this will mean implementing manufacturing processes designed to eliminate pathogens.
PetfoodIndustry.com wonders if the raw pet food industry is up to the challenge.
Killing Pathogens in Commercial Raw Pet Food
Companies that make raw food for pets primarily use two methods to insure the safety of their products. One method is to set up interventions all along the manufacturing process that are designed to reduce the risk of contamination. These include steps taken by both the companies' raw material suppliers and in their own facilities to reduce the risk of bacterial contamination. These interventions only limit the risk of contamination – they don't eliminate it.
The second technique involves a test and hold system. Samples of finished product are tested for harmful bacteria and if none is found, the batch is shipped to market. The problem with this method is that pathogens aren't evenly distributed throughout food, so sampling may or may not pick up the presence of pathogens.
But one raw pet food company believes it has developed a process that, in combination with other technologies, meets all anticipated safety requirements.
Raw Pet Food Producer Patents State-of-the-Art Processing Method
Since 2007 Stella & Chewy's, a raw pet food manufacturer, has been using high pressure processing (also called high pressure pasteurization, or HPP), to eliminate pathogen contamination in its raw products. According to PetfoodIndustry.com, the company is able to "maintain their raw character with the same effective kill of bacteria that you would find in a pasteurization technology."
One of the challenges for pet food producers across the board is managing recontamination risk. Having kill steps in the manufacturing process doesn't eliminate the risk of recontamination after production.
Stella & Chewy's has met that challenge as well. Per PetfoodIndustry.com, the company:
"Employs a UV technology that creates antimicrobial conditions in addition to the germicidal properties of UV, so that operations like grinding, patty-making and even packaging can be done without any concern of environmental contamination because pathogens are systematically destroyed in the environment when this technology is operating."
This is a state-of-the-art food processing method that when combined with high-pressure processing delivers pathogen-free finished product. Stella & Chewy's has patented the system.
Is High Pressure Pasteurization the Answer?
According to Marie Moody, president and founder of Stella & Chewy's, HPP is an excellent solution to anticipated FDA oversight of raw pet food production via the Food Safety Modernization Act. Moody is concerned that some raw pet food companies are spreading misinformation about HPP that could ultimately hurt the entire raw pet food industry. She feels HPP is really the only option to meet new FSMA regulations, and when raw pet food producers market against it, "They're taking our only option and obliterating it."
Moody makes the point that compliance with FSMA regulations will not be optional, but mandatory – a fact that some raw pet food producers may not fully understand. She says:
"We really, I think as an industry, need to make sure that we are all in compliance with the Food Safety Modernization Act, because it's not only the manufacturers that are impacted, it's also the retailers. Because the retailers have put money behind educating people on the benefits of raw food diets, and we need to be a viable and sustainable industry."
According to Dr. James Marsden, professor of food safety and security at Kansas State University, the new FDA initiative will greatly improve the safety of food in the U.S. Marsden says that while raw pet diets pose special challenges, most, if not all of the processed (not raw) pet food recalls have been due to recontamination. So the entire pet food industry is looking not only at ways to eliminate pathogens during processing, but also at how to prevent recontamination of finished product before it is packaged.
Will the Raw Pet Food Industry Survive the Food Safety Modernization Act?
Will the raw pet food industry be able to meet the FDA's new requirements?
According to Melinda Miller, president of the North American Raw Petfood Association (NARPA), its members are well positioned. They have Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) plans in place, operate in facilities that produce human food, and use advanced pathogen treatment and testing methods along with test and hold distribution. Per Miller:
"NARPA companies already meet or exceed most of the [Food Safety Modernization Act] requirements, and, by using test and hold distribution for many years now, they have been operating at higher food safety levels than most of the companies producing dry/canned pet foods."
Ms. Miller distinguishes between NARPA and non-NARPA companies, and makes the unfortunate accusation that non-members are "doing little to nothing in the way of food safety." She warns that it will be one of these non-NARPA member that is "likely to be involved in some problematic, raw diet 'event'."
I'm not in agreement with Miller's suggestion that any raw pet food producer who doesn't belong to her organization isn't interested in the safety of its products. I do certainly hope raw pet food manufacturers understand they must comply with the requirements of the new Food Safety Modernization Act, and I hope the growth of the raw pet food segment continues, as it offers pet parents healthy, species-appropriate alternatives to processed pet food.


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After a year that will likely end with record visitation topping five million, the predictably slower pace of the winter holidays seems exceptionally palpable this time around. Only the hardiest of travelers tend to brave the slick roads and frosty temps of December and January in pursuit of a virtually crowd-free Grand Canyon Village. However the rewards of such efforts are many.
Though the hiking and rim-walking require a bit more care once the snow begins to stick, and the abbreviated daylight hours limit one's viewing time from the lofty scenic overlooks, the payoff comes in the form of heightened peace and serenity.
The snow-capped North Rim peaks, the seasonally festooned lobby of El Tovar Hotel, and the unhurried banter with park residents and fellow visitors can all conspire to make for a Grand Canyon experience that bears little resemblance to the frenetic months of summer.
Whether perched at the edge of your favorite chasm, or in the comfort of your own home, may you and yours have a safe and joyous holiday season and a fantastic New Year!


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On this week's episode we discuss Charleston: what happened, how people have responded, and how everyone is coping with last week's tragic news. Join us for this somber, but raw episode as we work through things ourselves.
We want to try something new next week and feature your actual voices on the show. Please record a 30s-1m comment or question on Charleston on your phone's native recording app or the iTalk app and send it to firstname.lastname@example.com. We'll air as many responses as we can on air. Thank you, and enjoy the show.


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Geoff Bright is a former Research Fellow and currently a Visiting Scholar at ESRI. A former steel worker and rail worker, he has a work background in trade union, adult and further education and an academic background in philosophy. His PhD study was an ethnography of the intergenerational intersection of class, place and gender as it impacts on education in deindustrialized coalmining communities, and his current work grows out of a lifelong relationship to mining communities and ideas of independent working class education. He is now leading his fourth AHRC Connected Communities funded project in that area, which uses arts-based methods and the idea of a 'social haunting' to co-produce possible futures for such communities. He is also currently involved in the EU funded Partispace project which is looking into "styles and forms of participation" among under 30s, and is a network convener for the ethnography network at the European Education Research Association (EERA). His 2016 article in Ethnography and Education: "The lady is not returning!: Educational precarity and a social haunting in the UK coalfields" won the WCSA international prize for best academic article.
Living something of a double life, he also works in critical cultural practice as an improvising musician, experimental vocalist and provocateur and is associated with the following projects and collectives: Oppositional Defiance Disorder; Alchemy/Schmalchemy; Dividual Machine and the anti-choir Juxtavoices. In one such guise he co-curated the large-scale (50+ instruments/voices) sonic occupation of a former steel works: Magna: Node/Flow/Mass.
He welcomes inquiries about doctoral supervision in overlapping studies of class, gender, community, affect and psychosocial aspects of deindustrialization; the interdisciplinary field of New Working Class Studies; and arts-based community co-production.
NG. Bright (2016). 'The lady is not returning!': educational precarity and a social haunting in the UK coalfields. Ethnography and Education. 11(2), pp.142-157.
. Geoff Bright (2015). "Comme une Hantise" La greve des minuers 30 ans apres. Contretemps (revue de critique communiste). 25(Avril 2015), pp.77-84.
NG. Bright, H. Manchester, S. Allendyke (2013). Space, Place, and Social Justice in Education: Growing a Bigger Entanglement: Editors' Introduction. Qualitative Inquiry. 19(10), pp.747-755.
NG. Bright (2012). A Practice of Concrete Utopia? Informal Youth Support and the Possibility of 'Redemptive Remembering' in a UK Coal-Mining Area. Power and Education. 4(3), pp.315-326.
NG. Bright (2012). Sticking together! Policy activism from within a UK coal-mining community. Journal of Educational Administration and History. 44(3), pp.221-236.
NG. Bright (2011). 'Non-Servile Virtuosi' in Insubordinate Spaces: School Disaffection, Refusal and Resistance in a Former English Coalfield. European Educational Research Journal. 10(4), pp.502-515.
NG. Bright (2011). 'Off the model': Resistant spaces, school disaffection and 'aspiration' in a former coal-mining community. Children's Geographies. 9(1), pp.63-78.
NG. Bright (2010). Just doing stuff"? Place, memory and youth educational disaffection in a UK Former coalfield. International Journal on School Disaffection. 44-52. 7(1 Spring 2010), pp.44-52.
N. Bright (2018). 'Feeling, Re-imagined in common: Working with Social Haunting in the English Coalfields'. In: Routledge International Handbook of Working Class Studies (eds) Tim Strangleman, Michele Fazio, Christie Launius.. Routledge,
N. Bright (2018). The Hat, the Cobra, and the Manchester Improv Collective: An Ethnographic study. In: In Ethnography and the Arts. Stroud: Tufnell Press.
NG. Bright (2018). "A chance to talk like this": Gender, education, and social haunting in a UK Coalfield. pp105-129. In: Education and Working-Class Youth: Reshaping the Politics of Inclusion Editors: Simmons, Robin, Smyth, John (Eds.).. Palgrave Macmillan,
NG. Bright (2016). N. Geoffrey Bright 2016 La Dame de Fer ne Fera pas Demi-Tou. In: Bertrand, Crowley and Labica (eds) Ici Notre Défaite a Commencé. Paris: Sylleps. Sylleps, Paris,
NG. Bright (2012). "It's not a factory!" Performative educational provision for marginalised and excluded youth in a former UK coal-mining community. In: Jeffrey, B. and Troman, G. (eds) Performativity across UK education: ethnographic cases of its effects, agency and reconstructions. E ad E Publications.,
NG. Bright (2010). Writing inbye and outbye: Doing autoethnography. In: Proceedings of the Perspectives on European Education Policy and Practice Intensive Programme at Haapsalu, Estonia, August 2008,. Sheffield: Sheffield Hallam University.,


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PHILADELPHIA -- Top-ranked Connecticut ran away from Penn State and its pesky Philly connection. Up next, a dream matchup against Tennessee.
With the biggest stars from UConn's glorious past in the stands, the Huskies ended Penn State's run of upsets Friday night with an 89-67 victory over the Lady Lions.
UConn (35-1) gets a chance to repeat its title run of 1995 in a rematch Sunday night with the Lady Vols, who beat Rutgers 64-54.
Sue Bird led the Huskies with 19 points, hitting five crucial 3-pointers and running Penn State (30-5) ragged all night. Swin Cash had nine points, all in the second half, when UConn went on a dizzying 24-6 run that sealed their NCAA finals showdown with Tennessee.
"It could have been Rutgers too," Bird said. "It doesn't really matter to us. The fact that it's Tennessee -- we split games earlier in the year, they won on our floor, we did the same. So I think it's going to be a battle."
Svetlana Abrosimova had 14 points and 10 rebounds as former Huskies stars Rebecca Lobo, Kara Wolters and Jennifer Rizzotti watched from the stands.
"We didn't get a great game from Svet or Shea (Ralph)," UConn coach Geno Auriemma said. "That just shows the quality of our depth."
Penn State's two Philadelphia-area players tried to hold off the Huskies in the second half. Andrea Garner had 19 points and Rashana Barnes had eight.
While UConn's victory set up what could be another memorable grudge match with Tennessee, it ended Penn State coach Rene Portland's dramatic run to the Final Four in the city where her coaching career began.
Portland coached at nearby St. Joseph's, won three national titles as a player at Immaculata and even had a contingent of nuns cheering for her in the stands. Against UConn and its incredible depth, not even divine intervention was enough.
"We can wear any team out," said Kelly Schumacher, who had six points and seven rebounds. "We have so many subs coming off the bench, we don't lose anything."
UConn's bench outscored Penn State's 32-21, but the Huskies held point guard Helen Darling scoreless. Darling was 0-for-4 and had nine assists.
After UConn opened a 12-point lead in the first half, Garner and Barnes got the Lady Lions within four points with 11 minutes left. That's when Cash and Bird slammed the door with some help from the rest of the Huskies' deep arsenal.
At times, it seemed as if the Huskies had been allowed to bring two teams to the Final Four. They had that many weapons.
"We got contributions from everybody," Bird said.
Maren Walseth, who ended up at Penn State after UConn recruited her, cut it to 57-53 on a three-point play with 10:58 left. UConn scored eight of the next 10 points, getting five of them from Cash.


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I had planned to do short thanksgivings for the whole month of November, but I came down with bronchitis and that combined with my Epstein – Barr virus put me down for almost two weeks. So, I'm going to do Thanksgivings as I can between now and Thanksgiving Day.
Today, I'm thankful for blue Pomegranates.
Let me explain:
A few years ago, a prominent and popular pastor, who you would all know if I named, was asked what he thought about the Twilight series. His response was to lump all fantastical type stories into a form of discontentment for the world God has created. Not only did he put Twilight hand-in-hand with such epics as Lord of the Rings, Narnia, Harry Potter, and The Odyssey, but he said they were all a form of saying God just didn't make the world cool enough so I'm going to make my own.
Obviously, I took a strong offense to that. And, I've had mental, talking-to-myself, arguments with this pastor for years now. I don't think fantasy/speculative fiction is anymore sinful than historical fiction or any other type of novel. In fact, I find that they do nothing but enhance my love and enjoyment of what God created. They enhance my awe. Needless to say, I took his comment quiet personally. Much of this had to do with his popularity: lots of people listen to him.
The other Sunday, while home sick with bronchitis, I decided to watch a DVD by RC Sproul about art. In one of his lesson about the value of beauty, Sproul discussed the Old Testament ceremonial robes. He talked about all the artists involved in making this amazing piece of clothing. In passing he pointed out that God instructed blue pomegranates to be sown into the hem of the High Priest's robes. Blue Pomegranates. Sproul asks: has ever seen a blue pomegranate? Nope. It's imaginary. God put something imaginary on the hem of the High Priest's robe. God made something up that he didn't put in creation. RC used this to explain the love God has of beauty, artists, and imagination. I literally wept while watching this lecture. All week, I've smiled and said "blue pomegranates" while I've worked on my own fantasy world. Imagination and imaginary things are a God-given gift that can and should be used for his glory. It should not be used to fulfill lusts, but to worship the Creator, just like all the other gifts he's given us.
"On its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet yarns, around its hem, with bells of gold between them…" Exodus 28/33
Fantasy stories like Lord of the Rings, Watership Down, and so many others are to be richly enjoyed as gifts from God and used to help us worship him even more for how amazing he is. They are not expressions of discontentment but of the creature mimicking the Creator.
So. Today, I'm thankful for blue pomegranates.
(I'm also suddenly concerned some readers might decide blue pomegranates make a good gift. I had a vision of my mailbox flooded with them and my husband wondering if I'd lost my mind. Lol.)


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The Safari Collection is heavily focused on sustainability and giving back. It is at the heart and soul of everything we do. Our ethos is to be low impact, community and conservation orientated to the core and to have a significant positive influence on the people and environment around us. The Safari Collection is supporting conservation and community development through a few carefully chosen projects, all of which directly conserve wildlife, addressing the primary causes of their decline and meeting the most important needs of the surrounding communities.
Our hands on conservation team is committed to protecting, maintaining and enhancing the incredible landscapes in which we work, in order to support the long term vision of The Safari Collection and to preserve the wilderness for future generations.
Education is essential to the elimination of poverty and hunger. The knowledge and skills gained through education is key in being able to live better lives. The Safari Collection runs a few carefully chosen projects that provide conservation awareness, free school food, scholarships and education through sport and theatre in order to connect children in our communities to nature.
Improving health facilitates positive change and development. The Safari Collection runs projects to help improve the health of our communities such as family planning, eye surgery missions and dental clinics.
The Safari Collection was founded out of a passion to share the magic of Africa. We uphold sustainable environmental practices and provide vital economic opportunities to the rural people of Kenya and recognise that we have an important role to play in protecting and enhancing the environment for future generations and facilitating the long-term sustainability of the tourism industry.
The Safari Collection is proud to support conservation and the community through the various sustainability projects we support via the Kenya Wildlife Trust. If you would like to help, you can make a donation. Or to find out more about the Kenya Wildlife Trust please click the link below.


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This Month's Feature
August 3: UBC Pride Picnic (11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.)
Pop by UBC's first-ever Pride Picnic in recognition of the 15th anniversary of Positive Space on campus. Everyone is welcome to come together for a free, fun and inclusive party outside the UBC Bookstore.
Other Events and Activities
August 11: Scholars at UBC Farm – Outdoor Dining Series (6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.)
Enjoy an al fresco five-course, farm-to-table experience under the twinkling lights and live music at the UBC Farm's beautiful Poplar Grove. Celebrate the bounty of local food and support our continuing work towards understanding sustainable food systems at the UBC Farm. Tickets to each dinner are $80 per person, which includes a five-course family style meal and one beverage of your choice.
August 12: Bike Tour of Outdoor Art (10:00 a.m.)
Wesbrook Village, the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery and More Bikes are teaming up to deliver the definitive campus art tour. No bike? More Bikes (Wesbrook Village) can set you up with a rental. The free tour begins at More Bikes, and will only proceed in dry weather.
August 12: Blackout Night Sky Festival at MOA (5:00 p.m. – midnight)
Explore our connection to the stars during an evening of arts and astronomy. Blackout brings together storytellers, musicians, artists and astronomers to share their relationships to the skies. Witness the peak of the Perseid meteor shower, peer into telescopes, make your own lantern and enjoy stargazing to a soundtrack of ambient beats, punctuated by live music and throat singing.
August 14-18: Summer on the Mall
Main Mall is the place to be for this week-long, noon-time summer celebration. From yoga to outdoor art crawls, live music to petting zoos, there won't be a shortage of things to do. Get ready to socialize, be active or just relax in the sun.
August 19: Medicine Collective Workshop – UBC Farm (1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.)
Join the Medicine Collective, a group of Indigenous Elders and Knowledge-Keepers in workshops that aim to reconnect and restore our relationships to lands and people living on Turtle Island. Workshops are $20 per person and medicines will be available to bring home.
August 21: Solar Eclipse Observation at UBC (9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.)
With eclipse viewers and telescopes on hand, join UBC professors and students for the partial solar eclipse (up to 86%). A live stream of the total eclipse and presentations about how an eclipse occurs will be hosted in the Welcome Centre at the Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre. Viewing will take place on the Plaza between the AMS Student Nest and the Alumni Centre.
September 20: Kettle Bell Swing Workshop (6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.)
TWIST Performance + Wellness is teaming up with the School of Kinesiology's UBC BodyWorks Fitness Centre to offer a kettle bell swing workshop with lead strength coach Josh Neumann. This is a great opportunity to try something new or improve your technique.
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DACF Home → Bureaus & Programs → Maine Forest Service → Forest Health & Monitoring → Insect & Disease Fact Sheets → Browntail Moth → Browntail Moth Precautions
Browntail Moth Precautions
The browntail moth caterpillar has tiny (0.15 mm) poisonous hairs (setae) that cause dermatitis (skin rash) similar to poison ivy on sensitive individuals. People may develop dermatitis from direct contact with the caterpillar or indirectly from contact with airborne hairs. The hairs become airborne from either being dislodged from the living or dead caterpillar or they come from cast skins when the caterpillar molts. Most people affected by the hairs develop a localized rash that will last for a few hours up to several days but on some sensitive individuals the rash can be severe and last for several weeks. The rash results from both a chemical reaction to a toxin in the setae and a physical irritation as the barbed setae become embedded in the skin. Respiratory distress from inhaling the hairs has been reported (11% of the population in one health survey) and can be serious.
The following precautions may help people living or visiting browntail moth infested areas during June through August:
- Avoid places heavily infested by caterpillars. Campers should plan their stays on un-infested islands.
- Take a cool shower and change clothes after any activity that might involve contact with browntail moth hairs.
- Dry laundry inside during June and July to avoid having the hairs become impregnated in clothing.
- Wear respirator, goggles and coveralls tightly closed at neck, wrists and ankles when performing activities that stir up caterpillar hairs such as:
- mowing
- raking
- weed whacking
- removing pupal webbing from eaves and boats.
- Perform the above tasks above on damp days or wet down material with a hose as moisture helps keep the hairs from becoming airborne there by minimizing contact.
- Use caution cleaning debris left by caterpillars because the toxin is extremely stable and remains a hazard for a number of years. Summer residents should bear this in mind when opening cottages that have been closed all winter as the hairs frequently settle over the winter and may be contacted when spring cleaning. Wet mopping prior to vacuuming or dusting is advised.
- Consult your physician if you develop a severe reaction to the browntail moth.
- Be aware that the chances of contacting browntail hairs increases during dry windy conditions.
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7 Secrets to Getting Your Next Job Using Social Media
Dan Schawbel is the author of Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success, and owner of the award winning Personal Branding Blog.
Between current economic conditions and the technological evolution of the Internet(), the traditional approach most job seekers have taken in the past is no longer viable.
The approach — developing a resume and cover letter, locating jobs on and submitting your resume to corporate sites and job banks, and crossing your fingers in hopes of receiving a call from a hiring manager — is, for the most part, a thing of the past. The new approach is far different. It boils down to the fact that there are fewer jobs available, more competition for those jobs and more touch points for recruiters and seekers to interact.
1. Conduct a people search instead of a job search
The majority of jobs aren't posted online. Hiring managers get a list of employee referral candidates before they even bother to view resumes from those who submit them online. Sometimes the listed jobs aren't available or never existed in the first place. Many studies have noted that 80% of jobs are taken through networking, but few have sought to use the web to search and locate people they would actually enjoy working for at companies that they get excited about.
The 3-step people search:
1. Identify the top five companies that you would like to work for.
2. Use search engines to track employees that currently work there.
There are over 130 million blogs in Technorati and you can search through them to possibly find someone who works at one of your top five companies. You can search through corporate groups, pages and people on Facebook(). You can even do the same on Twitter. Then there are people search engines such as pipl, peek you, and wink. Once you find a contact name, try googling it to see if there is any additional information about that person.
3. Connect with the person directly.
Social media has broken down barriers, to a point where you can message someone you aren't friends with and don't have contact information for, without any hassles. Before you message a target employee, realize that they receive messages from people asking for jobs all the time and that they might not want to be bothered on Facebook, where their true friends are. As long as you've done your homework on the company and them, tailor a message that states who you are and your interest, without asking for a job at first. Get to know them and then by the 3rd or 4th messages, ask if there is an available opportunity.
2. Use attraction-based marketing to get job offers
The traditional way of searching for a job was proactive, forcing you to start a job that you might not have enjoyed. The new approach is about building a powerful personal brand and attracting job opportunities directly into your doorstep. How do you do this? You become a content producer instead of just a consumer and the number one way to do that on the web is to launch a blog that centers around both your expertise and passions.
You need to be passionate to be committed to this project because it requires a lot of writing, creativity and consistency in order for it to actually help you. A blog is a non-intrusive, harmless and generous way of getting recruiters interested in your brand, without you even asking for a job! Make the recruiters fall in love with you and only send you opportunities that are related to your blog content, so you end up happy in the end.
This works a lot and is expected for new-age marketing jobs that require experience in social media and can even help you jump-start a new business off of your blog platform. By pulling recruiters into your world, you are able to impress them with what you want them to see and they can make a quick decision whether to hire you or not, without you hearing about rejection. Start a blog today using WordPress.com (for beginners) or install WordPress.org onto your own host (such as GoDaddy or Bluehost).
3. Be proactive on Twitter
Twitter() has become the ultimate utility to connect directly with recruiters and employees at companies you want to work for. By conducting Twitter searches, following recruiters on your account and using the "@" sign to communicate with them on occasion, you will start to learn a lot about them and their companies.Before you follow anyone on Twitter, you HAVE TO have a completed profile. This means, you should have a short bio, the location where you're from, a link to a site that recruiters can go to for more information (I recommend your blog or your LinkedIn profile) and an avatar of yourself (not a clown or Homer Simpson please). This way, you stand a better chance of securing an opportunity or a relationship with people who care enough to read your profile.
Most people get jobs on Twitter by already having hundreds or thousands of followers. For example, I've heard of at least ten people getting a job by tweeting "just got laid off, looking for a job in finance" and then receiving a few direct messages with people who want to help them. Of course, these individuals had built trust, credibility and relationships with their followers over time, so they were more inclined to come to their rescue. You can do the same, just start right now!
4. Capitalize on LinkedIn
It's no surprise that LinkedIn() has been extremely profitable and successful as of late. Recruiters are starting to use LinkedIn as the main place for sourcing candidates because it's free and the top professionals are on there. Many people don't use LinkedIn to the best of their ability and fail to complete their entire profile, such that it says "100% complete."Just like any other search engine recruiters are using, keywords are extremely important. You want to fill out your entire profile, just like you would a resume, but include the same avatar you are using on Twitter (see above) and ensure that the summary section is complete. You'll also want to get at least one recommendation from a supervisor or friend, which will give you a "1″ next to a "thumbs up" graphic when people search for you.
Then, you should import all your contacts from Outlook, Gmail(), etc, so that you can start to build your network or grow your existing network. The more people you're connected to the better because you're only able to reach other people in your network (1st, 2nd & 3rd degrees) by having these connections. You may want to pay for a premium account, so you can contact other recruiters that may help you. Finally, you should conduct searches on there for jobs that you may be interested in and reach out to those individuals that may supply you with an interview or referral.
5. Advertise your brand using AdWords and Facebook Social Ads
Google AdWords is Google()'s advertising platform, which offers CPC (cost-per-click) and CPI (cost-per-impression) pricing for advertisements on Google and partner sites. Some of their partner sites are newspapers, radio and TV.
Facebook Social Ads allow businesses and individuals to advertise using Facebook's news feed or left rail (will change to 2 ad spots on the right when the new interface swaps over). This program works similar to Google's but you can use a picture and it's more "word-of-mouth friendly" because ads travel through the news feed of friends.
6. Construct a video resume and upload it to YouTube
A search for "video resume" on YouTube() will give you over 1,700 results. Many video resumes are good, while others are so amateur and rehearsed that they subtract from a given candidates marketing program. The key with a video resume is that very few people have actually created one, so they serve as a differentiator in the recruiting process.
7. Subscribe to blogs that have job listings
We all subscribe to blogs to receive information based on our interests, at least I hope. Over time we rely on these sources for information to keep us updated on what is happening in certain industries or different trends that are developing. In the past few years, the larger blogs have started to integrate job banks into their own websites, using software/hosting from companies such as Job-a-matic.
Blogs that have taken this approach include Guy Kawasaki's blog, GigaOM, and Jeremiah Owyang's Web Strategy Blog.
Integrate the traditional and social media approach
These seven secrets are extremely important in your next job search. The most successful job searches come from those who have already built up strong networks, both online and off. You need to integrate this new-age approach with the traditional approach you've already been using, in order to be consistent, so there are no surprises from the recruiter's perspective. They want the candidate they see on paper or online.I would recommend that you use a link to your blog, LinkedIn profile and YouTube video resume on your traditional resume. You'll also want to link your existence on all social networks together. You need to be where recruiters are searching, as well as become a content producer so you can attract them directly to you. That is how you have a successful job search and stand out for years to come.
Interested in more personal branding & career resources?
– "Career Toolbox: 100+ Places to Find Jobs Online"
– "10 Ways Personal Branding Can Save You From Getting Fired"
– "HOW TO: Get the Most Out of LinkedIn"
– "Twitter, Facebook, Digg: Can You Join Too Many Networks?"


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Monthly Archives: May 2013
Importance Of Personal Branding
Yes, you have a personal brand. Being aware of it and focusing on developing it is a key facet in your evolution as a leader. I'd like to share a great article from Glenn Llopis… Personal Branding Is A Leadership Requirement, Not a Self-Promotion Campaign Developing your personal brand is essential for the advancement of your career and development as…