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This roundtable worked through various key issues and ideas to be incorporated into AHHA's proposal for a 10-year health agreement blueprint.
In March 2017, in a meeting between AHHA and Health Minister Greg Hunt, a request was made to contribute ideas for a blueprint for a 10‐year health agreement. A similar request was put to AHHA by Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten and Shadow Minister Catherine King.
Given the focus on longer‐term planning, AHHA is developing a blueprint for a 10-year health agreement that aims to be visionary, yet feasible, with clear recommendations about the steps that can be taken in the short term to achieve medium and longer‐term goals.
Participants had the opportunity to contribute their ideas while hearing from key health leaders on some of the issues for consideration.
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- Margaret Faux on the Constitutional framework for Australia's health system and what's possible and realistic
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- Prof Christobel Saunders on current research on value-based care in both public and private hospitals as it relates to cancer treatment
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- Michael Kitts on value-based healthcare in the public and private sectors
- Prof Richard Reed on avoidable hospitalisations and primary care
- Dr Paresh Dawda on patient engagement
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- Prof Jeffrey Braithwaite on the Australian Institute of Health Innovation's NHMRC partnership for health system sustainability
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The roundtable was followed by AHHA's annual Sidney Sax Medal award dinner.
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A reader writes, "I've been taking a Baby Aspirin daily for years to prevent a heart attack. Now, I've read that not everyone should take this pill." She then added, "So is there a natural way to decrease the risk of coronary attack?"
Acetylsalicyclic acid (ASA), commonly known as Aspirin, has been extolled for years (also by this journalist), as a way to prevent heart attack. But new research suggests that this common practice needs to be reexamined.
Dr. Colin Baigent, at Oxford University, recently reported findings of a study in the British journal Lancet, involving 95,000 patients. The authors concluded that, for apparently healthy individuals, there is questionable benefit from taking ASA, but for patients who have already had a heart attack, or were at risk of having one due to obesity, diabetes, hypertension or a family history of coronary disease, it was prudent to continue this medication.
In March, 2009, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force reached a similar conclusion. They advised that men 45 to 79 years of age, who were at high risk of heart attack, should consider taking a daily low-dose Aspirin (81 milligrams). But for women there was no advantage until 55 years of age, and this was limited to decreasing the risk of stroke during the next 10 years.
Some researchers say that cholesterol-lowering drugs (CLDs) could be used in place of Aspirin. Dr. Malcolm Law, of London's Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, suggests another approach to circumvent cardiovascular accidents. He proposes the use of a "polypill" every day, a combination of ASA, a blood pressure pill and CLD. This is a questionable approach since we do not know the long-term effects of cholesterol-lowering drugs. And surely North Americans are already taking enough drugs.
But if you're healthy, what harm is there in taking a daily Baby Aspirin, just in case it prevents a lethal coronary attack? If that's your conclusion, it then becomes a game of Russian roulette. You may get lucky. ASA may save you from heart attack or help you survive one.
But the downside is that the regular use of ASA by healthy patients may cause serious and sometimes fatal gastrointestinal hemorrhage. It's estimated that in North America 22,000 people die every year from this complication. That's a huge price to pay for taking a "baby" Aspirin.
So is there a natural way to prevent coronary attack? Several authorities say an enzyme called, nattokinase, is effective and free of side-effects. It's derived from a popular Japanese fermented soybean dish called natto.
In a recent study, researchers gave nattokinase to healthy patients, those at risk of heart disease, and another group currently undergoing kidney dialysis who are particularly prone to blood clots. At the end of three months all groups showed a decrease in clotting factors.
The authors concluded that nattokinase is a serious deterrent to the formation of blood clots, thereby preventing coronary attack. In Canada Nattokinase can be purchased at health food stores. In the U.S. a reliable source is Vitamin Research Products. See the web site VRP.com or call the toll-free number 1-800-877-2447. But check with your doctor before taking any medication.
So what should medical consumers do? I interviewed Dr. Marco Di Buono, Director of Research of the Heart and Stroke Foundation. He says, "As a general rule taking a daily Aspirin to prevent heart attack does more harm than good for healthy individuals." He adds, "eating more vegetables and adding more whole grains foods to the diet will result in a 30 percent decrease in cardiovascular risk and chance of dying." I say " Amen" to his remarks.
What North Americans need is to stop looking for pills to prevent heart disease. Pogo was right when he remarked in the comic strip, "We have identified the enemy and the enemy is us." Rampant obesity leads to type 2 diabetes, which in turn causes atherosclerosis (hardening of arteries), then hypertension and heart attack. It's a tragedy that self-imposed faulty lifestyle triggers most heart attacks.
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"The Pope is sad and saddened, but also very determined at discovering the truth," people of his entourage at Santa Marta, his residency, explain. He wants to know every item of the investigation Argentine bishop Jorge Pedro Casaretto conducted in Honduras, on top, of course, of the final destination of the jaw-dropping sums of money obtained by the cardinal. Just in one year, 2015, as shown in an internal university report L'Espresso obtained, the cardinal received almost 600,000 dollars, a sum that according to some sources he collected for a decade in his capacity as "Grand Chancellor" of the university. However, some other rather unpleasant items account for the rest of the sums he received according to Bishop Casaretto's report. The pope's trustworthy person put down on paper the serious accusations many witnesses brought forward (the audits totaled around fifty witnesses and included administrative staff of the diocese and of the university, priests, seminarians and the cardinal's driver and secretary) also against the Auxiliary Bishop of Tegucigalpa, Juan José Pineda, among the most loyal in Maradiaga's inner circle and de facto his deputy in Central America.
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L'amico e primo consigliere di Francesco, Oscar Maradiaga, predicava il pauperismo ma riceveva mezzo milione l'anno da un'Università dell'Honduras. Bergoglio ha voluto un'inchiesta anche su investimenti milionari e sui comportamenti inappropriati del vescovo Pineda, fedelissimo del porporato. E proprio oggi il papa parla di «traditori e approfittatori nella Chiesa». L'inchiesta completa sull'Espresso in edicola da domenica
Maradiaga, of the Salesian order like the Vatican's former Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone, was born in Honduras 75 years ago. His birthday falls on 29 December, around the time he will be handing down his resignation on Francesco's desk, who will then decide whether or not to confirm his duties. A primary school teacher before becoming a middle school math professor, the cardinal is a highly cultivated person fluent in five languages, an expert in moral theology and philosophy and a great lover of music. He became very well-known in Latin America as a sworn enemy of corruption and a strong defender of the very poor. That is why, in 2013, Francesco, who appreciated his intellectual and government skills, called him to head the group of advisors currently developing the reform of the Roman curia.
The accusations are many: "Some expenses go to close friends of Pineda, like a Mexican who calls himself 'Father Erick', but who never took his vows," said a missionary. "The real name of the man is Erick Cravioto Fajardo. He lived for years in an apartment adjacent to that of the cardinal at Villa Iris. Pineda, who lived with him under the same roof, recently bought him a downtown apartment and a car. The money, we fear, came from university funds or from the diocese. We denounced this close and unseemly relationship also to the Vatican. The pope knows everything".
The witnesses envoy Casaretto audited talked also about investments to the tune of millions gone catastrophically sour: Maradiaga supposedly transferred large amounts of the diocese's funds to some financial companies in London, like Leman Wealth Management (whose owner is one Youssry Henien, as the registers of the Company House of England and Wales show). Now part of the money entrusted (and deposited in accounts in German banks) seem to have vanished.
There is more to the story. Casaretto's report also hints to likely huge flows of money from the media empire the archbishopric set up and Suyapa Foundation, which manages the newspapers and televisions of the diocese, controls. As to Bishop Pineda, local newspapers pinpointed him recently as being the man who orchestrated reckless financial operations and the recipient of public funds (for as much as 1,2 million dollars) allegedly destined to obscure projects aimed at "training of the faithful to the values and understanding laws and social life". According to the accusers, these expenses were never supported by valid documentation.
The Vatican is worried also about the Court of Auditors of Honduras' launching of an accounting probe on the Catholic diocese there between 2012 and 2014. The prosecutors at the Tribunal Superior de Cuentas want to see clear about the lawfulness of the projects for which the government transferred every year tens of millions of lempiras to the Foundation for Education and Social Communication, whose official representative is still Maradiaga. As of the time of writing — so in a letter from the prosecutors L'Espresso obtained — the church did not produce the records on assets and liabilities and expenditure documentations.
We will know soon if Bergoglio will consider the serious accusations credible or not.
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Fans disappointed by George's atypical story collection, I, Richard (2002), will be relieved to find the bestselling transatlantic author back at the top of her form. This exquisitely plotted mystery bursts with well-developed characters, notably forensic scientist Simon St. James and his photographer wife, Deborah. Lured by the free airline tickets and the $5,000 fee, China River, an old friend of Deborah's, and her half-brother, Cherokee (their mother was into the hippie counterculture), agree to fly from sunny California to rainy England to deliver a package containing architectural drawings to Guy Brouard, a rich landholder on the Channel island of Guernsey. The drawings are for a museum Brouard plans to build on the island honoring those who resisted the WWII German occupation. When the philandering philanthropist gets murdered and the police arrest China, Cherokee turns to Simon and Deborah for help. Curiously, for all the victim's wealth, no one seems to benefit from his death. The theme of hiding—of hopes, of the past, of secret places—underpins this intricate story about friendship, anger, loyalty and betrayal. Comic touches provide some relief as the suspense builds to an unexpected and explosive climax. With her flair for language, George reinforces her reputation as one of today's finest mystery writers. (July 29)
Forecast:The broadcast this summer of four new mystery episodes on PBS featuring George's Inspector Lynley, who makes a cameo appearance in A Place of Hiding, may help lengthen the novel's run on bestseller lists.
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Wednesday in the Third Week of Lent: I am the light
From the Gospel in today's daily office readings: "Jesus spoke to them, saying, 'I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.'"
John 8:12-20
Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life." Then the Pharisees said to him, "You are testifying on your own behalf; your testimony is not valid." Jesus answered, "Even if I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is valid because I know where I have come from and where I am going, but you do not know where I come from or where I am going. You judge by human standards; I judge no one. Yet even if I do judge, my judgment is valid; for it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father who sent me. In your law it is written that the testimony of two witnesses is valid. I testify on my own behalf, and the Father who sent me testifies on my behalf." Then they said to him, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also." He spoke these words while he was teaching in the treasury of the temple, but no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.
Let us pray.
As we see your light, Lord Jesus, may your light shine forth in our lives, so that those we encounter might know you as Lord and Savior. Amen.
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Warm afternoon sun will trigger moisture in the Southwest and Great Basin, producing scattered showers and thunderstorms. Low coastal clouds along the West Coast will have a tough time burning off and coastal areas will be cool to mild.
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Players Network Publishes Updated Investor Presentation and Announces Accompanying Video
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LAS VEGAS, July 11, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Player's Network, Inc. (OTCQB:PNTV), a leading diversified and integrated cannabis holding company, announced they have published a new Investor Presentation and will be publishing an accompanying video.
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Conversation with Dr. Kyriaki Fitzgerald, co-founder and Executive Director of SCV
Educating Our Children in the Image of God, After the Likeness of Christ
Conversation with members of Saint Catherine's Vision as an organization of Orthodox women and men who work together building up the Body of Christ
Cultivating and Sharing a Charism of Education, Dialogue and Service
Saint Catherine's Vision or SCV is an international, pan-Orthodox, non-profit organization of women theologians, together with ordained and lay servant-leaders addressing contemporary concerns from an Orthodox Christian perspective. Founded in 2001, we are an endorsed organization of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America. SCV is guided by a board of directors who govern general affairs and a larger advisory board (or advisory council), who, together comprise the bulk of a "prayer-based think tank…that also acts." From our first conversations we realized for the sake of "the building up of the body of Christ" (Eph. 4:12) that every project or service we initiated we commit to submit to a discipline simultaneously prioritizing three objectives. These are:
Spiritual Renewal
Through the application of this foundational, yet dynamic discipline, over the years we gradually began to reach out to many persons through our books, conferences, consultations, discussions, retreats, other expressions of education and spiritually based, relationship building. These efforts have been an on-going labor of love.
Building on this foundation, during the spring of 2012 we discerned a deeper and richer appreciation regarding the central importance of Divine Compassion (the "mercy" or "eleos" of God, theion eleos). Divine Compassion is a fundamental, yet largely overlooked dimension of Christian ecclesiological and spiritual life. There is no Christian "story": no incarnation, no gospel, no Pentecost, no Church, without the extension, application and reception of Thrice-Holy Love from outside of creation from the God who loves us first (cf. 1 John 4:19).
The practical ramifications of this essential theological principle are too many to count. With inexpressible gratitude and joy, our commitment to cultivate Orthodox Christian appreciation for "A Theology of Divine Compassion (theion eleos) for Today," has been pervading all of our efforts ever since we came to this discernment. In very short order, our discussions related to Divine Compassion sparked the realization that from our very first explorations[1] Saint Catherine's Vision has been striving to receive and share a charism of Education, Dialogue and Service. These developments in our discerning process have implemented our growth fostering new relationships both in North America and worldwide, including through:
1) consulting with clergy, theologians and parishes on issues especially related to ministry and the laity,
2) offering theological conferences and lectureships (co-sponsored with Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology and the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston),
3) authoring and publishing SCV's international Call for the Rejuvenation of the Ministry of the Ordained Deaconess,[2]
4) responding to lecture and speaking invitations,
5) facilitating and promoting the work of young scholars, [3]
6) continuing to build our social media outreach and witness,[4] as well as
7) collaboratively co-authoring our third book: Encountering Women of Faith: The Saint Catherine's Vision Collection, Volume III (to be published by Holy Cross Orthodox Press).[5]
During spring 2015, we announced our first public Outreach Ministry (diakonima) initiative. We have committed ourselves to cultivating on-going dialogue, learning and strategic action regarding: "Divine Compassion and Human Trafficking". While no one person or agency alone can stop the commodification of human persons; we believe that by virtue of the Lord's own ineffable eleos, greater numbers of prepared and proactive persons collaborating together can make a difference by "lighting a Candle in the darkness". Our first step has been to call attention to the vital importance of Orthodox Christian theological teaching regarding the human person, created in the "image and likeness" of God, to serve at the foundation of building a contemporary, more complete and cohesive pan-Orthodox witness and response to this devastating human crisis. [6] [7] Today, as the Compassionate Lord blesses, we look forward to deepening relationships with appropriate parties who wish to explore, build and support ways to collaborate, educate, coordinate and move forward regarding this endeavor.
As our focus concerns the Lord's will for His Church and not our own, we believe that SCV is still in the process of discerning and cultivating our charism. Practically speaking, our overall commitment is:
- To develop and implement initiatives especially supporting women's ministries in the Orthodox Church through prayer, education, research, training, mentoring, and other related programming related to theology and ministry.
- To promote spiritually and theologically sound approaches that facilitate the education, witness and service of men and women in a manner which fully supports the participation of women.
III. To create and direct endeavors serving Orthodox Christian theology and ministry (or orthopraxia) "for the building up of the body of Christ" (Ephesians 4:12) which is His Church and share the light of Christ in today's world. [8]
[1] These explorations began in the late 1980's by co-founders Clara Nickolson, of blessed memory, and Dr. Kyriaki FitzGerald, who worked with the Boston Theological Institute (BTI) under the auspices of BTI, President, Sister Mary Hennessy, Ph.D. , to create a proposal for an Orthodox Women's Studies Program at Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (HCHC). After a hiatus, a revised proposal was submitted during the 2000-2001 academic year to the new president of HCHC, Fr. Nicholas Triantafilou, who was highly enthusiastic regarding the proposal, yet deeply saddened that funds could not be made available to support this initiative. The co-founders, after much discussion, prayer and the blessing from their spiritual fathers, proceeded to actualize the smallest components of the proposal "for the building up of the body of Christ" (Eph. 4:12) which, by the grace of God, has led us to SCV today.
[2] Greek Orthodox Theological Review, 59:1-4, 2014, pp. 231-258; and http://saintcatherinesvision.org/assets/files/December%20SCV%20Call.pdf.
[6] We are profoundly grateful to H.E. Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia who has been generously encouraging the work of SCV. In addition to keynoting the previous year for our second inter-national Divine Compassion conference on Divine Compassion and Women of the Church: Theological Perspectives, he kindly accepted our invitation to offer the keynote address for our inaugural Divine Compassion Distinguished Lectureship held at Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology June 20, 2015 as a way to assist with SCV's first "diakonima". He spoke on "Divine Compassion and the Restoration of the Human Icon". For audio-visual recordings from these and other related events, see: http://www.saintcatherinesvision.org/media/video-gallery.
[7] For an outline of SCV's Vision Statement on this initiative, see: http://saintcatherinesvision.com/collaborative-work/divine-compassion-and-human-trafficking, and for "Some Ways we Can Help," see: http://www.saintcatherinesvision.org/assets/files/SCV%20DCHT%20Ways%20to%20Help%20July%201.pdf".
[8] "In all things and for all things, we praise and thank the thrice-holy, living God of love Who made this (i.e. SCV) possible…" Michael E. Karidoyanes, July 25, 2007.
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The fix was in, wasn't it?
It didn't hit me that Gordie Howe was gone until the first intermission of Sunday night's Stanley Cup Final game in San Jose, Calif., when SAP Arena, the NHL, the San Jose Sharks and the Pittsburgh Penguins honored his life.
Howe's monumental legacy may never be matched – maybe only by Wayne Gretzky or Mario Lemieux, or maybe Sidney Crosby. And it's difficult to put into words exactly what his legacy truly is, when you've never witnessed it in its prime.
But I got a glimpse of the greatness of Gordie Howe in March, at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, when I was assigned to cover the Detroit Red Wings' birthday tribute to the NHL Hall of Famer.
What struck me was how everyone simply stopped to watch Howe get ushered through the corridor of Joe Louis Arena on a golf cart. It was like a royal procession. Even players from the Buffalo Sabres stopped kicking a soccer ball or hopped off an exercise bike to stand at attention for one of the NHL's giants.
Howe, however, was frail. The look in his eyes was distant. Even surrounded by his family, he needed help walking through the doors and hallways at Joe Louis. When he was shown on the big screen inside Joe Louis Arena, his son Mark held up his hand, as a means for Howe to acknowledge the crowd.
Tears streamed down peoples' faces when 18,000 people sang "Happy Birthday" with Karen Newman, the Detroit Red Wings' anthem singer. The crowd roared. The Red Wings presented Howe with a gorgeous birthday cake for his 88th birthday.
Yet there was something off-center about it. It wasn't a joyous occasion.
As I watched Howe that night, I felt his greatness, but I also felt pity. A titan of the sport was in the twilight of his life.
While everyone gave him the berth of respect, one that comes with being an idol, a legend, a transcendent superstar, did he have any real idea where he was or what he was doing that night? Or, would all the love and the good vibes in the building would somehow sustain him for a little bit longer?
I drove back to Toledo that night with an empty feeling. Glad I finally got to be in the presence of the great Gordie Howe, but wondering where the vitality was, where the joy was that was in so many photos and videos and what I had been told by people, the memories of the times they watched or met Howe. Rach, I told myself. Let's be real here. He's 88 years old, he suffered a stroke, he has dementia. He may not have a lot of time left.
Gordie Howe died on Friday, June 10. In the fall of 2014, my editors told me to begin writing an obituary for him, after he had suffered a stroke.
That obituary sat for 19 months in my file, and while you think you may never have to use it, when you dust off that file and begin line-editing it and updating it for timeliness and plugging in all the information … you just wonder if you fulfill the respect it deserves, and if it will attempt to do it any sort of justice to a person's rich life.
So I'm sad today. The Boston Globe reported this morning that former NHLer Kevin Stevens is being held on federal drug charges and will be arraigned Tuesday in Massachusetts. He's charged along with another man with conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute oxycodone, and is in federal detention.
Kevin Stevens was one of the players on the Pittsburgh Penguins whom I grew up watching. He was the gregarious Bostonian who probably threw the best parties of anyone on your block or in your college dorm, or the guy who lived next door to you and always offered you a beer after a hot afternoon of mowing the lawn and kept you laughing into the night … and a super-talented hockey player – a two-time Stanley Cup winner, a U.S. Olympian, an NHL All-Star.
I'm not sad because of Kevin Stevens' legal troubles – I'm sad after considering what brought it to this point, that Kevin Stevens probably could never get control of himself. I'm sad because I will never forget his arrest in 2000 for soliciting a prostitute and possessing drug paraphernalia – crack cocaine was found on the scene.
I'm sad because I will never forget when I met him in 2009 while covering the American Hockey League, I remember him as engaging and super-funny, and I appreciated that whenever he saw me, he took the time to talk to me. But I also remember thinking, "don't kid yourself, this guy has a lot of problems."
And I think back to the moment it all likely changed for Kevin Stevens, when he was injured in the 1993 playoffs – when his head hit the ice after a check on New York Islander Rich Pilon, and when he came up, half of his face was caved in. He needed major reconstructive surgery, had five metal plates put in his face and had bone fragments removed.
I put that injury to Stevens up there in gruesomeness – and potential psychological after-effects – with the injury Clint Malarchuk sustained in 1989, when his neck was sliced open by a skate blade.
Clint Malarchuk admits he never got the psychological help he needed – likely to deal with post-traumatic stress disorder. And with that in mind, it begs a question: Did Kevin Stevens ever get the help he needed after that injury, or did he take the "I'll be fine" attitude?
Or, in that era of the NHL, the early 1990s, was the help even there?
Earlier this year, CTV's Rick Westhead did a great, insightful, saddening piece on the long-term effects of concussions on retired NHL players – in particular, Mike Peluso.
From the CTV piece:
Did team doctors put the financial interests of their employers ahead of the health concerns of players? And did NHL executives put their collective heads in the sand when it came to learning more about the dangers of repeated head trauma, and about possible rule changes that might have better protected players, even if it meant popular tough guys were sidelined longer between fights?
Watching it made me consider the era of the NHL that I grew up watching, a 10-year span that began in 1988, and what players went through – and how they were (or weren't) helped afterwards. They were almost chattel, commodities that could be bought and traded and dumped.
And because so many of them loved the game, or needed to pay bills, they kept going.
And now, we're starting to see the long-term effects these injuries had on the players. More importantly, on the people these players had to be once they stepped off the ice for good. It's hard to say for certain whether or not Kevin Stevens' latest legal issue is a result of that, but it's not hard to wonder if it contributed to it.
I hope Kevin Stevens gets the help he needs.
A video in which men reading aloud nasty tweets sent to female sports reporters is making the rounds today. I'm not even going to link to it, because it's so vile and sad and pathetic. You can Google it, though.
But I posted a mini-rant on my Twitter feed about it, and went a little further on my Facebook page:
So I watched the PSA on "bros" reading mean tweets to female sports reporters, and I have a few thoughts about the topic. After 18 years of doing what I do for a living, I can say this: That video is only a sliver of the ridicule and harassment I've seen against females in male-dominated realms, not just in sports journalism.
It's not just the internet, either.
In my career I've been grabbed by men, pushed, swung at, threatened to my face, by phone, by email …
Even very recently, while covering a high school basketball tournament, I had another media member tell me, "you really hate the team you cover, don't you? You don't deserve your job."
And I've had colleagues who have been asked, "are you actually okay with working with a female sports reporter?" It's 2016, and I still don't think some are, in general.
Oh, and I had a male coworker at my first job out of college who went out of his way to bully me. He knows who he is, and I think some of you do, too. But, whatever, he knows what he did.
Even worse, I've seen how misogynistic not just men can be, but women, as well. And that's the worst part of it, when I see one female reporter bag on another for … actually doing her job.
I just gotta know … what kind of power do people think they get out of making the others the focus of their ridicule? This is how bullies operate, not human beings.
Bottom line, to quote my friend Bethany: Be kinder.
Some of the other things I've encountered in 18 years of being a sports reporter. I've been laughed at by other reporters for the questions I've asked, I've had things thrown at me, I had a hockey player ask why I was allowed in a locker room (later on, I told him that he was so much better than that, and he apologized), I threatened to call the police on a parent who charged at me in the lobby of a high school because he didn't like something I wrote about his son (um, the kid had an error that resulted in the game-winning run – fact), and that was scary. And thank God a school administrator was nearby to intervene.
Women don't speak up about these kinds of instances, not just in sports journalism but in life. Think about how many sexual assaults and how much office harassment goes unreported. Or being accosted on the street. Or domestic violence. Or bullying at school. There's a strange, innate fear that keeps people from doing something … and they should do something. That's your right.
The other dirty little secret of this? Some of the people whom I've seen expressing outrage and shock because of the video, or retweeting and commenting on the video … are the same people whom I've seen treat their female peers like garbage.
Conversely, there are many good men – and good women – in sports journalism and in journalism. I value my professional and personal relationships with them, and they know what we go through.
One of my favorite tweets came last week from a reporter at the Miami Herald:
Yeah. So, be kinder. Be more considerate. Think about how the things you say or do impact other people.
It should be that simple, right?
Be glad that Andrew Shaw apologized for his homophobic remark.
We don't see a lot of apologizing in sports – or in the world, for that matter. Especially surprising, considering that we live in an otherwise very forgiving society. We don't necessarily forget, but boy, do we forgive.
While I skewered the Blackhawks yesterday in a post, I will give the organization and Andrew Shaw credit for taking ownership of what not only could have turned into a two- or a three-day story. And that should be a cardinal rule of public relations – don't let the story go longer than one day.
Emotions, Shaw said "got the best of me."
He says he will never use "that word" again.
(It's also worth asking, "how many times did you or your teammates use it before?")
But Shaw's apology should also bring another issue to the forefront:
There's the message that yes, homophobia is an ugly issue that needs to be addressed head-on. It's also an unsavory element of the culture of ice hockey, and one that isn't just confined to the NHL level.
This should give the hockey community a chance to take some pause, and maybe do some reflection. How are we espousing certain values in the culture of our sport?
Listen to the kind of language that hockey players at all levels use. How their families use it. What they say to each other and to their teammates. This is where it begins. This is where the culture can be changed.
But the fact that we had to have this conversation to begin with also provides a certain commentary: are we as a society too tolerant of homophobia, racism and sexism?
Still, an apology goes a long way. Let's hope that actions will go a little further.
Music is such a defining part of life. It embodies our thoughts and emotions, and seals memories for us.
The news broke today that Prince died … and all of us are in shock. Not because he was so young (57 years old) but because it was so sudden. And in the hours after his death was confirmed, there are no immediate answers.
MTV introduced me to Prince, dancing around in his purple outfits, pushing the boundaries of sexual freedom, and crossing the lines of culture – you heard his music on the Top 40 stations, the R&B stations, the urban stations, the adult contemporary stations … yet in his own way, he was his own form of rebel. You couldn't put Prince in a box and call it anything.
We watched Prince, Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, David Bowie, Fleetwood Mac on MTV … all musicians and artists who…
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Updated: Give Andrew Shaw credit for taking ownership of what was an ugly situation:
"I'm so glad the Chicago Blackhawks are a tolerant organization…"
Said no one, ever.
After Tuesday night, that divide only deepens. It's now been proven that the Blackhawks espouse misogyny (Garret Ross), sexual deviance (Patrick Kane) and now, homophobia.
The whole English-speaking world saw what Andrew Shaw said in the late moments of Chicago's 4-3 loss to St. Louis in a Western Conference quarterfinal series.
I'm not going to repeat it, but Google it yourself (or click here) and make up your own mind as to whether or not he used a homophobic slur.
Shaw said he didn't remember what he said.
That's an overused defense. I usually say that when I'm lying.
In an ideal world … Andrew Shaw could go against the grain of his organization. In an ideal world, he makes a public apology, admits what he says was wrong and insensitive, and inappropriate, and vows to educate himself on societal issues facing the LGBT community.
But wait, this is the Blackhawks. That probably won't happen.
This is an organization that employs Patrick Kane.
And – it might just be a case of awful timing – an organization that gave away aprons the same week it was announced Ross, a minor-league player in Chicago's farm system, was being charged with revenge porn, a charge later dropped on a technicality.
Bad timing, bad connotation.
It's fair to ask, is the Blackhawks management doing anything to educate its players and employees about societal issues?
On a macro level in sports … is anyone doing anything in any organization?
Watching Andrew Shaw yell whatever it was he did (and we have a pretty good idea of what he said), made me think of a similar talk I had a few years ago with a college hockey player, who now plays professionally. It came in light of another incident in which a professional athlete used a homophobic slur.
"Do you ever say that on the ice?" I asked him.
He sighed. "Sometimes, yeah."
"Do you ever think about what you say?"
Some things, he said – almost in a defensive, yet resigned tone – come in the heat of the game.
I wasn't going to take that for an answer.
"Well, think about it next time." Then, I laughed, and offered him some vulgar advice. "It's okay to say someone's a 'f#%&er' … but it's not okay to say what that guy said last night."
We laughed – I think he was a little surprised that, being a woman, I said such a dark word. I was comfortable with cussing around him, but I hope I helped Will think a little differently after that conversation.
Sometimes, though, I wonder if I did.
Let's be real: it's 2016, but sports are not a kind, welcoming or tolerant environment, despite the advances that have been made for inclusion. This, many still believe, is a man's domain.
Want to see a gender gap? Want to see a hostile realm? Turn on or buy a ticket to a major-league sporting event, and count the number of women you see and find out what their role is in the game.
It might make me a hypocrite that I give my money to professional sports teams, or that I cover sports for a living, but that's also something we as a society have to do – hold the people we cover and financially support to a certain standard.
And we're discussing a realm in which people attempt to justify what some people believe is inherent and acceptable in sports – such as homophobic/misogynistic/racist/sexist/deviant behavior – by saying, "Oh, it's just part of the culture."
No, it's not acceptable.
Do you discriminate or lampoon others in everyday life because of their race? Because of their gender? Because of their ethnic background?
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Two days ago I interviewed a runner for my next book. She is doing her first 50-mile race, something she wouldn't have even considered a couple of years ago. Her race resume consists of a couple of 10km races and three half marathons. While a lifelong runner, she rarely ran more than an hour in training, has never had a coach until five months ago and didn't know about speed sessions or interval training.
Now, at the age of 51 and looking supremely fit she is excited about starting her first ultra race on August 8. She is a mix of confidence and doubt, like nearly every athlete who is about to toe the start line of a goal race. Her training has been solid, she has done all the sessions her knowledgeable coach has given her and she has covered a lot of new ground in the past five months.
Yet she wonders what it will be like stepping into the unknown territory of the second half of the race—she has not run further than 40km or five hours in training, half of the race distance and time she hopes to take on race day. This doubt can only be silenced by starting and finishing the event. And her mind is already working on the next challenge, a 100km run.
This is the mind of an athlete, anxious and nervous before trying something they haven't done before, yet already wondering if they can go further, faster. As she says, "I wonder if I can … if you let that thought come in..."
I first met her during a Sunday run in mid-May. I had considered doing the 50-mile STORMY, mostly because it was right at home, with the finish line less than 3km from my front door. It would be a great way and reason to explore more of the local trails, a huge network of which I have only seen a fraction in the two years I have lived here. I also thought it would be a good way to meet more of the local runners.
And, last but not least, there was that same thought, "I wonder if I can …"
However, I didn't know anyone else training for this race, nor did I know anyone who wanted to go for three-hour trail runs with me. And the possibility of encountering wildlife on my own, particularly after a slew of cougar incidents in Squamish during the previous summer, scared me. Besides, my main goal is still to run a sub-3 hour marathon—for which I need to speed up by 7 minutes and 11 seconds. I decided STORMY was not a good idea and postponed it until another year. Then I ran into someone else training for it and changed my mind.
Since then I have met two local runners, one man and one woman, who have finished the 100-mile Western States and another who is about to run her first 100-miler here in Squamish next week. She'll run two laps of the course that I will be doing. She's an ultra veteran with the longest time on her feet 12 hours and 47 minutes.
While I am not even sure if I will be able to finish the 50 miles, my mind has already turned to the 100 miles—not with a plan to try one this year, or next, but with a more dangerous thought, "I wonder if I can…"
The first time I heard about 100-mile races was at least 10 years ago, when I had first moved to Canada. Living in Toronto at the time and working as a reporter for Bloomberg News covering fixed income and currency markets, monetary policy and economic news, I began training for my first marathon at the end of 1998 and finished it in May 1999.
I probably read about the great 100-mile races like the Western States and Leadville, as I doubt I saw footage on TV about these obscure events that are a lot less obscure now, like I did then for the Hawaii Ironman on the Outdoor Life Network. Watching Ironman I was in awe but I don't remember thinking that I was going to do one of those one day, at least not consciously.
I did my first Ironman in April 2002, and another four in the next three years. It took me at least 11 hours to cover the 226 kilometres of Ironman, which is about the time I expect it to take for me to do the 80 kilometres on the trails of Squamish on August 8. In Ironman you are only on your feet for 42.2km of those 226km one covers in that one-day event.
What is it going to be like to run for 50 miles or 80 kilometres on trails that are at times tricky to negotiate? I can't say that I know because I have never done it before but I can't say that I have absolutely no idea because I have walked 100 kilometres in 24 hours on the trails around Sydney for Oxfam Trailwalker. And one thing I remember from that event is that I would have gladly stopped at 80km.
The final days before a big race are always an exciting and nerve-wracking time. Your training is done, you're ready but wonder if you could have done more. You're confident and yet anxious because you're about to answer that key question, "I wonder if I can…"


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To evaluate the performance of CSTAR related research to operations activities, members of the CSTAR Tropical Cyclone (TC) wind team recently discussed experiences with Tropical Storm Hermine (September 2016). In addition, the sustained winds, wind gusts, and gust factors for Tropical Storm Hermine were examined across coastal and eastern Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia.
A conference call was conducted with team members from NWS offices in Charleston, Columbia, Newport, Raleigh, Wakefield, and Wilmington along with NWS Eastern Region SSD to examine the event in greater detail and to identify ways to improve the process over both the near and longer term. Hermine had some special circumstances that made the use of the TCM wind guidance more difficult than normal, including the TC's weak intensity, the limited wind radii on the western semi-circle of the storm, and the fact that the storm was undergoing extratropical transition as it began to exit the region. The CSTAR TCM wind technique likely won't be able to completely mitigate these issues. However, a couple of other issues were noted and some solutions are being developed to handle these items:
1) Adjustments are being made to the CSTAR_Wind_from_WindReductionFactor smart tool so that the wind reduction is only applied to winds of 34 kts or greater (inside the TCM envelope).
2) CSTAR TCM wind technique offices will explore the use of brief conference calls following the NHC coordination call, to discuss the PREAT guidance and ensure offices are using the technique appropriately and are well collaborated.
NWS Raleigh volunteer Victoria Oliva, examined the sustained winds, wind gusts, and gust factors for Hermine across coastal and eastern Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia. Hourly observations of winds and wind gusts from 48 regular ASOS or AWOS METAR locations impacted by the over land wind field associated with Tropical Storm Hermine were examined. The locations examined in this analysis extended from KSAV (Savanah, Georgia) northeast along and just inland of the coast to KWAL (Wallops Island, Virginia). The map below is a subjective analysis of the maximum wind gusts observed during Tropical Storm Hermine across North Carolina.
Only observations from routine hourly METARs were used (special observations and observations not at the top of the hour were excluded). In addition, gust factors were only calculated for sustained winds of 10 MPH or greater. For each observation, the hourly wind gust factor was computed. The gust factor is defined as the ratio between the wind gust of a specific duration to the mean (sustained) wind speed for a period of time. A total of 860 gust factors were computed for Hermine.
In general, Hermine was characterized by modest sustained winds as it moved across the region although the strength of the wind gusts increased as the storm evolved during extratropical transition as it moved across North Carolina and off the coast. The maximum sustained wind contained in the Hermine data set was only 44 MPH and the maximum wind gust was only 62 MPH. The data set contained a large number of lower end sustained winds and wind gusts. Nearly 82% or 705 out of the 860 observations, contained in this data-set had sustained winds less than 25 MPH. Only 64 observations, or less than 8% of all observations, had sustained winds of 30 MPH or more and only 3 observations had sustained winds of 40 MPH or more.
The chart to the right is a scatter plot of the sustained winds in MPH versus gust factors for the 860 observations included in the study along with a best fit regression curve (y = -0.375ln(x) + 2.6175). In general, the chart demonstrates an inverse relationship between the wind speed and gust factor. Not surprisingly, the gust factors with Hermine were rather variable at low sustained wind speeds and generally converged and decreased with increasing sustained wind speed. This chart is very similar to the database of 15 storms used to develop the CSTAR TCM wind technique.
A histogram of the frequency of gust factors for Hermine is shown to the right. The average gust factor for Hermine was 1.58 which is somewhat higher than the average of 1.53 for the database of 15 tropical cyclones used to develop the CSTAR TC wind technique. The histogram data noted that the gust factors were most frequently noted in both of the bins between 1.4 and 1.5 as well as 1.5 and 1.6. Given Hermine's relatively weak winds, it's not surprising that the distribution of gust factors for Hermine is shifted to the right when compared to the 15 storm database, while the overall pattern and character of the distribution for Hermine is very similar to the 15 storm study.
We generated a regression equation using the gust factor data set associated with Tropical Storm Hermine and compared it to the regression equation used in the 15 storm database used to develop the CSTAR TCM wind technique. The figure above compares the Hermine regression equation to the 15 storm equation. They show a similar trend and generally match each other well, but given the modest wind speeds with Hermine, it's not surprising that the Hermine curve is steeper than the larger dataset.
To summarize, participants from the six WFOs using the CSTAR TCM Wind technique discussed the techniques performance during Tropical Storm Hermine, and while the feedback received noted that the process seemed to work well and forecasts were generally accurate and well collaborated, some issues were identified. Adjustments to the CSTAR_Wind_from_WindReductionFactor smart tool are being made so that the wind reduction is only applied to winds of 34 kts or greater. In addition, CSTAR TCM wind technique offices will try to use brief conference calls to discuss the PREAT guidance and ensure offices are using the technique appropriately and are well collaborated. Finally, despite the modest strength of the tropical storm and its extratropical transition as it exited the region, the observed gust factors matched the 15 storm database used to develop the CSTAR TCM wind technique reasonably well and the tools provided good guidance.


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15,604 km so far.
A little more than 15 months ago Jane and I dreamed our trip would one day bring us to Bali. When we were in Berlin in September last year, the dream started seeming realistic enough for us to print "Beijing to Bali" cards for the second half of our trip. In October we arrived in Beijing and so began part two of the My Five Acres bike trip.
Today, we arrived in Bali.
Hello, Bali!
Monkey See
The ride was long today, the road was less busy than we'd expected, and it was hotter than it has been for a week.
There were more monkeys on our route than we have seen since we left Malaysia. They hang out in family groups by the side of the road, and as soon we get close to them on our bikes they usually run up a tree, or into the edge of the forest, and watch us from there. A few brave or lazy ones sometimes hang out where they are, looking at us, blinking their eyes, and sometimes baring their teeth.
We stopped and fed them a few raw peanuts today, which they really seemed to enjoy. They're so damn adorable it's hard not to stop and talk to them. Sadly they don't talk back in a language we can understand.
The Island
A few kilometres separate Java and Bali, and as we reached the eastern end of Java the golden beaches of Bali shone across the water.
There it is, I thought to myself. Somehow, we have made it! Almost.
There is a ferry that runs 24 hours to transport people to and from the island, and we joined a small group of Indonesians for the 45-minute crossing.
Surprisingly, we were the only foreign tourists on the boat.
Despite the excitement of almost reaching our big goal, we both fell fast asleep for almost the entire 45-minute crossing.
When we landed, a giant Buddha statue greeted us, letting us know we were not on Muslim-dominated Java anymore, although most of the people on this end of Bali still seemed to be Muslim. I wonder what they think of the big Buddha.
The road was no less busy than the highways of Java, despite what we'd read on other blogs, but for the most part it was newly paved, so that made a nice change.
Crap Roads + Crap Tire = Crap
About 9 km from our destination, the city of Negara, with the sun setting, we had to stop because Jane's rear tire, the one that gave us all the trouble a few days ago, was making a weird sound. Turns out the tire sidewall had blown and was rubbing against her brakes. We loaded her panniers onto my bike to lighten her load, we let a bit of air out of her tube to decrease the pressure, and disconnected the rear brakes.
We crossed our fingers that this would allow us to finish today's ride without getting an emergency lift from someone.
Jane's note: The entire 9 km I kept up a mantra. "You can do it little bike. You can make it. Almost there. You can do it." I thought if I stopped for even a minute the tire would completely go, and we'd be stranded a few kilometres out of town.
With the sun setting quickly, we slowly made our way into Negara. By the time we got there it was fully dark. After the first hotel was a bust (overpriced and in desperate need of a refurb) we followed signs to Hardy's Hotel, a new, beautifully finished motel that would fit in perfectly in Palm Springs.
Now we just have to deal with a busted tire in the morning, before we ride the final 100 km to Ubud, bringing an incredible chapter of our lives to a close.
Soundtrack: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, B.R.M.C. | Radiohead, The Bends | The National, High Violet | Spoon, Gimme Fiction | Neko Case, Fox Confessor Brings The Flood | The New Pornographers, Challengers | OK Go, Of The Blue Color Of The Sky ♥
Want to see the route map? View it on Ride With GPS. Here's the Java leg, and here's the Bali leg.
Hi, I'm Stephen. I travel the world leading Adventure Yoga workshops and trainings. Plus I run My Five Acres with Jane. I've taught yoga in 25 countries and we've had adventures in more than 50! My goal is to empower you to decide who you want to be and what you want from life — and to help you cultivate the courage you need to to go get it.


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8. Proposed Study Measures - Introduction
This study will examine the following hypotheses in patients with early stage breast cancer who are treated with adjuvant cytotoxic drugs as part of their standard care.
Further details are below:
The proposed study will be divided into two phases. The first phase, for which applications for funding from the Cancer Council Australia (see Attachment QCF Grant Application Form) and Wesley Research Institute have been submitted, will document the cognitive profiles of patients with early stage breast cancer who are candidates for adjuvant cytotoxic drug treatment. Objective neuropsychologic testing will be undertaken on these patients prior to, and at the completion of adjuvant cytotoxic drug treatment, and at six months and one year after completion of treatment. Self report measures of quality of life, fatigue, anxiety and depression will be administered at the time of neuropsychologic testing. This initial phase of the study will identify endophenotypes of cognitive function. The second phase will seek additional funding for the longer term follow-up necessary to identify the presence of persistent cognitive dysfunction, as well as genotyping. Blood samples will be taken at baseline. Genotyping will build on our published experience of Apo E allele expression and novel genotypes identified in the QIMR twin study.
First Phase (Hypotheses 2, 3)
To identify profiles of cognitive function before and at completion of adjuvant cytotoxic drug treatment, and in follow-up at six months and one year. To evaluate the impact of self report measures of quality of life, distress, anxiety and depression on cognitive measures.
Second Phase (Hypotheses 1, 2, 3)
To assess whether common genetic factors, including Apo E allele expression and novel alleles identified in the QIMR twin cognition study, influence loss of cognitive function during and after treatment with cytotoxic drugs. To evaluate cognitive function and self report measures of quality of life, distress, anxiety and depression at a follow-up interval of two years.
Approximately 120 will be recruited for the study.
Eligible candidates will be treated with conventional doses of standard cytotoxic drug regimens.
Participants will be
recruited from clinics of the investigators (EW, NM, HJ, GB, DG). The
sources of recruitment will be the
Histologically proven breast cancer treated initially by definitive surgery that includes axillary lymph node assessment.
18 years and less than 70 years.
No past history of cancer, except for non-melanoma skin cancer, carcinoma in-situ of cervix, lobular carcinoma in-situ.
No previous cytotoxic drug treatment.
Written informed consent provided according to participating institutional requirements.
Proficiency in English language since childhood.
Patients must be accessible for treatment and follow-up.
Adequate haematological and biochemical function.
Karnofsky performance status index 80%
Plan to receive adjuvant cytotoxic chemotherapy
The presence of metastatic disease.
A history of neurologic/psychiatric symptoms or signs that may lead to deviant neuropsychologic test results.
Medications that might lead to deviant neuropsychological test results.
Alcohol and/or drug addiction.
Concurrent treatment with other experimental drugs.
Male patients, as no data base exists for cognitive function testing in breast cancer.
Participants who meet the eligibility criteria will be treated initially with definitive surgery, including sentinel lymph node biopsy and/or axillary dissection. Cytotoxic drug regimens will be documented and can include the following drugs: Adriamycin, Epirubicin, Cyclophosphamide, Methotrexate, 5-Fluorouracil, Paclitaxel, Docetaxel. Patients will be eligible if they are treated with endocrine treatments and Herceptin. Radiation treatment, if indicated, will be administered after completion of cytotoxic drug treatment.
8. Proposed Study Measures - Introduction
Demographic data will be collected on patients invited to participate in this study. These data will include the following: - age, menopausal status, use of hormone replacement therapy, medications, and plan of cytotoxic drug, endocrine and radiation treatments. These variables will be treated as covariates and will be documented at baseline and at each follow-up interval. Demographic data will be collected prior to the study by hospital based data managers or research nurses. Cognitive testing will take place in a quiet room either at one of the hospitals or at the participant�s homes. Self-report questionnaires for anxiety, depression, fatigue and quality of life will be administered immediately following the cognitive testing. All tests and questionnaires will be administered to each participant in the same order and will take approximately 2 hours to complete. Assessments will be made at baseline, at the end of adjuvant cytotoxic drug treatment, and at 6 and 12 months after cessation of therapy. Neuropsychologic tests will be administered by a registered psychologist in accordance with standard practice procedures.
Clinical data, cognitive measures, self report scales and genetic results will be stored in a purpose designed relational database. The database will be held at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research. Mean changes in cognitive profiles, fatigue, anxiety and depression scores from baseline to post-treatment and for each follow-up will be presented as percentage changes, and tested using paired Student t-tests and repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA). Differences in the degree of cognitive decline between genetic groups of women will also be assessed using independent sample t-tests on mean differences, and repeated measures ANOVA by including a time by genotype interaction term. Multivariate linear regression will be used to assess the independent predictors of cognitive decline, including terms for age, treatment schedule (eg doses), disease characteristics (such as stage), menopausal status, fatigue, anxiety, depression and, after genotyping, genetic polymorphisms.
Power and sample size calculations have been conducted using means and standard deviations of changes in cognitive profiles, anxiety and depression derived from patients undergoing cardiac surgery55 and population Apo E allele frequencies as reported by Gelernter et al. To allow for patient withdrawal, 120 subjects will be invited to participate in the study. For phase 1, 100 subjects will provide 90% power to detect a significant (at the 5% level) 10% decrease in Rey Auditory Verbal Learning scores (sd diff=2.00); 9% change in Trail Making Tests (sd diff=12.23); 5% change in WAIS III Digit Symbols (sd diff=6.36); 13% change in anxiety (sd diff=3.2); and a 15% change in depression (sd diff=2.5). The sizes of these changes are consistent with those reported in previous studies of cognitive function after treatment with cytotoxic drugs. For phase 2, 100 subjects will provide 90% power to detect a significantly greater decline in women who carry the Apo E allele (prevalence=20%) than those who do not carry this allele, with fold-difference in the order of: 2.0 for Rey Auditory Verbal Learning scores; 2.5 for Trail Making Tests.


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Thursday, 28 June 2012
Le Brassage
Unfortunately, it is far too cold to brew beer in winter without heating equipment and a lot of palaver. So, it is solely a warm weather occupation chez nous.
So far I have 2 different beers brewed. The first (pictured) is a bitter, and the second is a Scottish heavy ( a dark beer).
I enjoy the chemistry of beer brewing. Knowing how much sugar and yeast to add and how long to leave before bottling, and then again before drinking to obtain the optimum flavour and alcohol content.
Wayne has enjoyed drinking all the commercial beers to obtain sufficient bottles for my home brew..... 'nuff said about that.
Our french neighbours have been fascinated that I brew, and I have had to allow them to assist in the brassage. Fun and nice to have someone to chat with while I work, but not easy as it is really a one persong operation. Mind you - no one seems to be around when it is time to scrub out all the bottles and sterilise them..... hmmm. No matter.
The fact that it is so easy to do and with such pleasure at the end, means that they all want to start brewing their own beers. Our only problem is that the equipment is almost impossible to buy in France. Slight hitch in the plans. I have found a brew shop in the UK who will post orders across - for a large fee, so that is what we are going to do. If we all club together and place one order, then we can split the delivery price and it is affordable.
My first batch was the bitter, and it has turned out to be a lovely summer beer. Light and fresh, perfect for l'heure d'apero with all the neighbours. The second batch will be ready in a week and I am keen to try it and see how it turned out. Not my taste normally, but the boys all asked for a dark beer, and who am I to say no.
Speaking of brewing...... I put up 8litres of elderflower champagne this season also. Well, I made 8 litres, but we only have 3 litres left to drink.
One of the problems with making fizzy drinks is that they tend to explode... and when they go, they go with a bang!
First 4 litres wound up all over the kitchen floor. A sticky, intoxicating mess that took hours to clean up and resulted in an improptue scrubbing of the kitchen floor mats. Mind you the heady floral scent of the booze was very pleasant and the kitchen smells delicious.
Another litre decided to abandon itself to the heavens after we moved the bottles to the cave. So now our cave and garage smell like elderflowers and alcohol also. Oh well. Have since degassed the remaining bottles and we plan on drinking it as soon as possible!!!
Gratuitous cat photo, just because it has been a while... Eric is now becoming a lap cat! Finally our baby is maturing into a lovely sooky boy
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