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Marked increases in permanent placements were signalled in all four monitored English regions, with the South posting the steepest rise. Growth of temp billings was signalled in each of the English regions during January. The strongest rate of expansion was indicated in the North, followed by the Midlands.Demand for staff rose in both the public and private sectors during January, with the latter registering the faster growth. In both sectors, permanent staff saw a stronger improvement in demand for their services than temporary workers. Engineering remained the most in-demand category for permanent staff in January, closely followed by Construction. Rates of growth were marked elsewhere and in all cases faster than long-run series averages.Demand rose for all nine types of temporary/contract staff in January. As was the case for permanent employees, the strongest rate of expansion was indicated for Engineering workers. The slowest growth was signalled in the Construction category.Comments:
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May 27 - Anne Austin (Stanford University)
May 20 - Bissera Pentcheva (Stanford University)
May 13 - Luis Jaime Castillo Butters (Pontifical Catholic University of Peru)
May 6 - Alexei Vranich (University of California, Los Angeles)
April 29 - Kate Kreindler (Stanford University)
April 22 - "From Sèvres to Horizon 2020: U.S. and European Development Legacies in Turkey," presented by Christina Luke (Boston University) Flyer here
April 15 - "Land Reclamation: A History and Archaeology of Shoreline Extension in the Pearl River Delta and Sydney Harbour," presented by Denis Byrne (University of Western Sydney, Australia) Flyer here
April 8 - "Beyond Aphrodite: Island Dynamics on Kythira, Greece," presented by Cyprian Broodbank (University of Cambridge, UK) Flyer here
February 25 - "Speaking on Behalf of the tataayiyam honuuka' (Ancestors): Indigenous Archaeology, Archaeologists and the Tongva Community," presented by Desireé Reneé Martinez (Cogstone Research Management) Flyer here
February 8 - "Glass Beads and Colonial Networks: A Social Network Approach to Exploring Population Aggregation at 17th Century Mission Santa Catalina de Guale," presented by Elliot H. Blair (University of California, Berkeley) Flyer here
February 11 - "Choosing Your Own Adventure: Interdisciplinary Object-Centered Engagement and the University Art Museum," presented by Catherine Hale (Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University) Flyer here
February 4 - "Gobernador Polychrome Technology and Practice in Dinetah," presented by Tim Wilcox (Stanford University) Flyer here
January 28 - "University Collections and the New Museum Anthropology," presented by Christina Hodge (Stanford University Archaeology Collections) Flyer here
January 21 - "Is Archaeology Different now?: A Post-Virtual Perspective," presented by Maurizio Forte (Duke University) Flyer here
January 14 - "Alive but Soundless: Rwandan Heritage as Speech and Silence," presented by Annalisa Bolin (Stanford University) Flyer here
November 19 - "Understanding a Managed Landscape: The Pimu Catalina Island Archaeology Project," presented by Wendy Teeter (University of California, Los Angeles) Flyer here
November 12 - "Should Archaeologists be Talking to Economists?" presented by Peter Gould (University of Pennsylvania) Flyer here
November 5 - "Art, Animism and Power," presented by Chris Gosden (University of Oxford) Flyer here
October 29 - "Scandinavians in the Early Modern Colonial World and Beyond," presented by Jonas Nordin (Uppsala University, Sweden) Flyer here
October 22 - "Native Agency at the Margins of Empire: Understanding Landscapes and Community at the California Missions," presented by Lee Panich (Santa Clara University) Flyer here
October 15 - "Bunga Bunga at San Vincenzo al Volturno in the 8th and 21st Centuries," presented by Richard Hodges (American University of Rome) Flyer here
October 8 - "Geoarchaeological Perspectives on Pottery Production in Late Neolothic/Early Bronze Age China," presented by Michael Bonomo (Stanford University) Flyer here
October 1 - "I Know What You Did Last Summer," presented by the undergraduate students on their summer fieldwork (Stanford University) Flyer here
2013-2014 academic year
May 28 - "The Horse Culture of American Indians: Past, Present and Future," presented by Sarah Sargent (University of Buckingham) Flyer here
May 21 - "The Thing About Religion: Christian-Muslim Market Interaction during Early Formations of Islam," presented by Ian Simpson (Stanford University) Flyer here
May 14 - "The Social Lives of Pottery in the Plain of Flowers: Individual Objects and Hidden Assemblages from Late Bronze Age Southern Caucasia," presented by Alan Greene (Stanford University) Flyer here
May 7 - "Networks, Power and Identities in a Port of Trade: A Study of the Culinary Traditions of Emporion, North Catalonia (5th-4th centuries BC)," presented by Meritxell Ferrer (Stanford University) and Ana Delgado (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) Flyer here
April 30 - "In Search of a Usable Past: Memory and Forgetting in Post-Soviet Estonia," presented by David Beecher (Berkeley) Flyer here
April 16 - "Knowledge Practices and Heritage," presented by Tim Winter (Deakin University, Melbourne) Flyer here
April 9 - "Planning and the Limits of Participation: Managing World Heritage in Istanbul," presented by Daniel Shoup (University of Bologna, Italy) Flyer here
March 6 - "Migrations, Dissonance and Unsettled History: The Case of the Kenya Luo," presented by Paul Lane (Uppsala University, Sweden) Flyer here
February 26 - "Archaeology, Gastronomy and Trappings of Authenticity," presented by Shanti Morell-Hart (Stanford University) Flyer here
February 19 - "Rethinking Inca Performance: Diverse Performances, Diverse Practices, Diverse Strategies," presented by Larry Coben (University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology & Founder and Executive Director of The Sustainable Preservation Initiative) Flyer here
February 12 - "The Qiang People in the Oracle Bone Inscriptions of Shang, China," presented by Jigen Tang (Institue of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing) Flyer here
February 5 - "Archaeobotany in Pre-ceramic Peru," presented by Neil Duncan (Stanford University) Flyer here
January 22 - "Heritage, Maroons and the Politics of Recognition in Colombia and Brazil," presented by Maria Escallon (Stanford University) Flyer here
January 15 - "Traces of Ourselves: Collecting Oral Histories About Archaeological Work in the Middle East," presented by Allison Mickel (Stanford University) Flyer here
November 20 - "Estonian Museum of Occupations and Stanford University Libraries: A Collection for Enhancing the Estonian Studies," presented by Kadri Viires (Estonian Museum of Occupations) & Liisi Eglit (Stanford University Libraries) Flyer here
November 13 - "Fashionably Late: The Transformative Role Social Networks Play in Social Complexity and Secondary State Formation in so-called Marginal Societies," presented by Tara Carter (Stanford University) Flyer here
November 6 - "Lessons From A Coursera MOOC: 'Archaeology's Dirty Little Secrets,' " presented by Sue Alcock (Brown University) Flyer here
October 23 - "Knotted-cord Record Keeping in the Andes Through Time: Wari, Inka and Colonial Khipus" presented by Gary Urton (Harvard University) Flyer here
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May 22 - "Community Engagement in and as Archaeological Scholarship: A North American Example" presented by Steve Silliman (UMass Boston) Flyer here
May 15 - "The Historical Resource Curse: Heritage, Development and the South African Diamond Fields" presented by Lindsay Weiss (Stanford University) Flyer here
May 1 - "Nomadic Archaeology and the Making of Colonial New Mexico" presented by Lindsay Montgomery (Stanford University) Flyer here
April 24 - "Xiongnu Archaeology in the Context of Ancient East Asia," presented by In Uk Kang (Kyung Hee University, Korea) Flyer here
April 17 - "Intellectual Tyranny and Violence in the United States," presented by Terry L. Jones (CalPoly) Flyer here
April 10 - "Brazilian Archaeology: History, Trends and Outlook" presented by Pedro Paulo A. Funari (Brazilian Professor of the Department of History, University of Campinas, Brazil) Flyer here
March 13 - "The Mauritian Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Project: Archaeological Insights Into Post-Medieval Labour Diasporas" presented by Krish Seetah (Stanford University) Flyer here
March 6th - "Archaeological Heritage Policies in Europe: the French Experiment" presented by Pascal Depaepe (French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research, INRAP) Flyer here
February 27 - "This is (not) A Talk About Rocks: Thoughts on Source- Entanglement and Raw Material Procurement" presented by Adam Nazaroff (Stanford University) Flyer here
February 20 - "Understanding and Stewarding the Kashaya Pomo Landscape: A Community-Based Approach" presented by Kathy Dowdall (Associate Archaeologist at Caltrans, Lecturer at Sonoma State University and Santa Rosa Junior College) Flyer here
February 13 - "From Landscape to Politics- the Gordion Regional Survey, Turkey" presented by Lisa Kealhofer (Santa Clara University) Flyer here
February 6 - "Pottery and Petsas House: Recent Research on Late Helladic IIIA 2 Mycenae" presented by Kim Shelton (University of Berkeley) Flyer here
January 30 - "Material Contexts of Social Inequality in the Southern Andes (Valle de Ambato Argentina, c. VI- X A.D.)" presented by Andrés Laguens (University of Buenos Aires, Argentina) Flyer here
January 23 - "Materializing Difference in the South Indian Iron Age" presented by Carla Sinopoli (Professor of Anthropology, University of Michigan) Flyer here
November 14 - "Decolonizing the Canadian Museum of Civilization: Barriers and Possibilities" presented by Stacey Jessiman de Nanteuil (Visiting Student Researcher at the Stanford Archaeology Center) Flyer here
November 7 - "Colonialism in California: Taking a Fresh Look at Complex Hunter-Gatherers" presented by Kent Lightfoot (Professor of Anthropology, University of Berkeley) Flyer here
October 31 - "Stanford Southwestern Ethnographic Field School Experiences" presented by the Undergraduate Students
October 24 - "What is a Biocultural Model?- A Defense of Why Biocultural Models are Essential for the Future of Bioarchaeology" presented by Patrick Beauchesne (PhD, University of Berkeley) Flyer here
October 17 - "Modeling for the Masses: Advances and Applications of Photogrammetry" presented by John Rick (Stanford University) Flyer Here
October 10 - "Why Archaeology is Always Political" presented by Professor Martin Hall (University of Salford) Flyer here
October 3 - "I Know What You Did Last Summer" presented by the undergraduate students on their summer field work Flyer here
2011-2012 academic year
April 11 - "The Priestesses of San Jose de Moro, Female Power and the Collapse of the Moche of Ancient Peru" presented by Luis Jaime Castillo (Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru) Flyer here
April 4 - "Changing Practices in Turkish Archaeology" presented by Tamar Hodos (University of Bristol, England) Flyer here
March 7- "Digital Outerfaces to Archaeological Investigation" presented by Ruth Tringham (UC Berkeley). Flyer here
February 29- ""Rethinking Archaeological Practice and Relationships, Past and Present: Lessons from Honduras and Mexico" presented by Doris Maldonado (IHUM Fellow, Stanford University). Flyer here
February 22- "Archaeological Resource Management: relations between academia and heritage management" presented by Willem J.H. Willems (University of Leiden). Flyer here
February 15- "A Transition Towards Standardization at Cerro del Oro" presented by Francesca Fernandini (PhD Student, Stanford University). Flyer here
February 8- "What do the Great Stones of Chavín Want?" presented by Prof. Mary Weismantel (Professor of Anthropology & Director of Gender and Sexuality Studies, Northwestern University). Flyer here
February 1- "From osteometry to cruise ship dollars: Archaeology and economic development in Nunavik" presented by Elspeth Ready (PhD Student, Department of Anthropology, Stanford University). Flyer here
January 25 - "'New and Shiny Ruins" presented by Dr. Stratos Nangolou (Greek Archaeological Service). Flyer here
January 18 - "'Death and Destruction at La Real: Mortuary Rituals and Social Change in Pre-Columbian Southern Peru" presented by Justin Jennings (University of Toronoto & Royal Ontario Museum). Flyer here
November 30 - "'I Just Couldn't Wait to Start Digging!' - An Overview of Stanford's Big Dig Educational Outreach Project" presented by Lisa Newble (Stanford University). Flyer here
November 16 - "Experiences in Community-Oriented Archaeology in Three New World Settings" presented by Prof. John Rick (Stanford University). Flyer here
November 9 - "Between Susa and Anshan: Results of research in the Mamasani Region, southwestern Iran" presented by Daniel Potts (University of Sydney). Flyer here
November 2 - "Fixing CRM Archaeology" presented by Adrian Praetzellis (Sonoma State University). Flyer here
October 26 - "Distance learning applications in the field of archaeological heritage" presented by Arek Marciniak (University of Poznań, Poland). Flyer here
October 19 - "Anthropologies of Ivory: A Report on Field Work and Dissertation Brainstorming" presented by Alexandra Kelly (PhD Candidate, Stanford University). Flyer here
October 12 - "Architecture as Materialization: An Archaeological Glance" presented by Felipe Criado-Boado (Spanish National Research Council & Institute of Heritage Sciences). Flyer here
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By Kerensa Cadenas | Women and Hollywood September 6, 2013 at 12:45PM
Angelina Jolie and Angela Lansbury will be receiving awards at the Academy's 5th Annual Governors Awards.
Lansbury will receive an Honorary award. The Honorary Award is given to honor those who have made exceptional
contributions to the state of film, lifetime achievements and service to
the Academy. She has received three Oscar nominations in her career--for her debut in Gaslight (1944), The Picture of Dorian Grey (1945) and her iconic performance in The Manchurian Candidate (1962). She's a beloved film and television actress known for roles in Murder She Wrote and voice work in Beauty and the Beast.
Jolie will receive the the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. The award is given to individuals whose humanitarian work has brought credit to the industry. Jolie has worked on many humanitarian causes such as the Prevent Sexual Violence Initiative. She has worked on the Council on Foreign Relations and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Jolie was later appointed as the Special Envoy of High Commissioner Antonio Guterres in 2012 after working with them for 12 years. Many of Jolie's films, including her directorial debut In the Land of Blood and Honey, tackle humanitarian issues. She won a best supporting Oscar for her role in Girl, Interrupted. Jolie is the youngest recipient of the award.
Steve Martin and Piero Tosi will also be receiving Honorary Awards. Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs commented on the Awards.
The Governors Awards pay tribute to individuals who've made indelible contributions in their respective fields. We couldn't be more excited for this year's honorees and look forward to bringing their peers and colleagues together to celebrate their extraordinary achievements.
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Global electronics giant, Samsung, has reaffirmed its position as the market leader in innovative technological devices, with the introduction of the Galaxy Camera onto the Ghanaian marketplace.
Tagged connected camera begins and largely hailed as the rebirth of the traditional camera, the professional camera combines the features of a smart phone with high performance photography using the latest Android 4.1 Jelly Bean platform, and a choice of a 3G, 4G or wireless connectivity.
A statement issued by the company in Ghana says users of the camera can send and receive emails on the device.
The camera comes with exciting features like a Sim card slot and a Smart Pro technology, which allows users to choose from a series of preset scenario options that automatically adjusts the cameras settings in order to capture the perfect photo.
The super versatile device allows users also to shoot and share high quality photographs and video spontaneously from anywhere and anytime using the easy-to-navigate menu system that gives stunning clarity, and allows them to edit and share their photos instantly sacrificing picture quality.
Business Head for Hand Held Products at Samsung Jaspreet Singh, notes that Our customers are at the heart of the design of the Samsung Galaxy camera; we know that our customers love to capture high quality memorable, historic and fun moments they have every day, and be able to share them instantly with loved ones; that is why this device comes with fun features such as the Smart Content Manager, an innovative on-device organization tool which intelligently creates folders, tags faces, and even suggests which pictures to delete when they dont come out as desired.
It also features a comprehensive set of 35 powerful photo editing features through the Photo Wizard and Movie Wizard, which allows users to make professional quality edits on the go, in addition to creating and editing expert-quality videos easily with the touch screen. Once the images have been taken, the convenient Auto Upload feature automatically saves and stores precious photos into the cloud via Samsungs AllShare tool. The Share Shot feature also allows images to be shared instantly with users able to share photos at the same time they shoot.
He continued that evidently, the Samsung Galaxy camera has broken frontiers in photography; like all our other hand-held devices, this will complement and enrich the lively lifestyles and tastes of our customers.
The public should watch out for Samsung brand ambassadors this festive season who will be giving the public exclusive opportunities to experience the fun features on the camera for free. We are also giving our customers an opportunity to win great prizes when they buy the galaxy camera; we are giving away get 200MB of data from Airtel for six months, a free camera pouch, or battery charger and an additional free special gift from Samsung.
The GALAXY Camera boasts a large and vivid camera display - a 4.8 (121.2mm) HD Super Clear LCD screen; allows perfect picture-taking with a 21x super long zoom lens and a super-bright 16M BSI CMOS sensor, and is supported by a quad-core processor that enables fast web-browsing and multi-tasking, as well as high-speed image processing without a significant impact on battery life.
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The Wall Street Journal reports that "Insurers are facing pressure from regulators and lawmakers about plans that offer limited choices of doctors and hospitals, a tactic the industry said is vital to keep down coverage prices in the new health law's marketplaces." The report says that some consumers have complained "that they don't have access to a broad enough range of care—such as specialists at top academic medical centers, which tend to charge insurers higher fees and aren't included in many of the new networks. Instead federal and state regulations could force doctors back into networks. "This week, federal regulators proposed a tougher review process for the doctors and hospitals in plans to be sold next year through HealthCare.gov, a shift that could force insurers to expand those networks. "Meantime, regulators in states including Washington and New Hampshire are ramping up their own scrutiny, and lawmakers in Mississippi and Pennsylvania, among others, are weighing bills that could force plans to add more hospitals and doctors." Recent Blog PostsThe Weekly Standard ArchivesBrowse 20 Years of the Weekly Standard |


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Crystal's Story
Severe ITP in a 75-year-old woman who had a
spontaneous remission after one year
was diagnosed with ITP by her primary care physician when she had her annual
physical examination and routine blood check on July 31, 2001.
back, Crystal recalls being very tired for no reason at the beginning of May
2001. She also remembers seeing tiny
red spots on her legs for the previous 3 months. But she had had no excessive bruising and no other bleeding
symptoms – no nose bleeds, no bleeding gums.
the time of her annual physical examination, Crystal was volunteering for a
local hospital. She was called by her
doctor's office and asked to come in for another blood test. Her blood platelet count was extremely low
(6000) and her doctor thought there must have been an error. However, the repeat platelet count was also
extremely low - 10,000. (A normal
platelet count is over 150,000.)
had been in excellent health her entire life.
She was taking no medications.
She had never had high blood pressure.
After the low platelet count was confirmed in her doctor's office,
Crystal was taken immediately to the hospital and a hematologist was called to
see her. She was started on prednisone
tablets and was given intravenous gamma globulin (IVIG) to help raise her
platelets. She had no reaction to the
IVIG. The hematologist did a bone
aspirate and biopsy; the report was normal.
"At that point, I didn't feel bad," says Crystal. In fact, her medical history, physical exam,
and laboratory data were all completely normal, except for the low platelet
count and the red spots (petechiae).
The next day, on August 1, she was released from the hospital and given
a prescription of prednisone.
seemed to be responding to the IVIG with her platelet count rising to 32,000 on
August 8, 2001. But by August 16, her
count fell to 6,000, then 15,000 on August 23, while she was still taking
prednisone. On August 28, Crystal
received anti-D at her hematologist's office.
This is another intravenous treatment for ITP, similar to IVIG. The treatment went well; she had no
symptoms. However on August 31, Crystal
had her count checked and her platelets had plummeted to 2,000. It seemed that "anti-D didn't do any good
and the prednisone wasn't working," says Crystal.
then started another course of IVIG while continuing with the prednisone (60
mg/day). Again, she responded to the
IVIG and her platelet count increased to 122,000 by September 4. Unfortunately, the response was brief and
her platelet count fell to 5,000 again by September 19.
received a third treatment of IVIG on September 24 to raise her platelet count
in preparation for a planned splenectomy.
The following day, she continued with the IVIG treatment, received a
platelet transfusion, and had her spleen removed. The day after surgery, on September 26, Crystal was feeling
good. Her platelet count jumped to
49,000. At this time, her prednisone
was reduced to 50 mg/day.
Unfortunately, the next day, her platelet dropped to 34,000 and reached
a low of 8,000 on October 5. Crystal,
her husband, her family, and her doctors were all very disappointed by the
ineffectiveness of the splenectomy and all the other treatments. What could they do now? This chart describes the first 2 months of
Crystal's ITP.
Date |
Platelet count |
Treatment |
Outcome |
July 31, 2001 |
6,000 |
Prednisone (30mg/day) IVIG #1 |
Diagnosis of ITP.
Responded to IVIG. |
Aug. 8 |
32,000 |
Aug. 16 |
6,000 |
Aug. 23 |
15,000 |
Aug. 28 |
anti-D |
No increase in platelets. |
Aug. 31 |
2,000 |
IVIG #2 & Prednisone (60mg/day) |
Responded to IVIG. |
Sept. 4 |
122,000 |
Sept. 19 |
5,000 |
Sept. 24 |
Sept. 25 |
Splenectomy |
Responded to IVIG and a platelet transfusion. |
Sept. 26 |
49,000 |
Sept. 27 |
34,000 |
Oct. 5 |
8,000 |
Platelets decreased again. |
October 9, Crystal had noticeable facial puffiness as well as puffiness on the back
of her neck and shoulders. These were
part of the side effects of her ten weeks of prednisone treatment. Along with the side effects of prednisone
and low platelets, she had some bruises over her hands and arms. These may have been caused by her low
platelets, but this bruising could also have been caused by prednisone;
steroids can make the skin become very thin.
Crystal was then referred to another hematologist, who specializes in
ITP. They saw him on October 9. Her son came from California to be with
her. Together Crystal, her family, and
her doctors coordinated Crystal's plan of treatment.
major issue in the treatment plan was whether any additional treatment would
provide more benefit than harm. A lot
of different medicines have been used to treat patients with ITP who have
failed to respond to splenectomy. These
are all drugs to suppress the immune system and slow down the destruction of
platelets. But these drugs are
effective in only about 15-20% of patients.
And they can have severe side effects, especially an increased risk for
serious infection.
most important reason to treat patients with ITP is to prevent bleeding. But Crystal had never had any significant
bleeding – only tiny red spots on her skin.
So her hematologist told her that additional, stronger medicines would
certainly make her worse because of their side effects, but how could they make
her better? She had no bleeding
problems. She felt well – except for
the effects of prednisone. Any
additional medicine would only be given to prevent bleeding.
was Crystal at risk for serious bleeding?
Her platelet count was extremely low – 9000. But her hematologist told her he thought she was safe. He said that if she had a nose bleed, or gum
bleeding – wet bleeding – that he would be worried. Or if her blood pressure was high, he would be worried that the
low platelets would increase the risk for stroke. Or if she had any other medical problems that could weaken her
blood vessels, such as diabetes, he would be worried. He worried more about her because she was 75 years old; he
thought her risks for bleeding were greater than if she had been 17. But at the end of a long conversation, everyone
– Crystal, her husband, her son, her doctor – agreed that no treatment at all
was the best plan.
importantly, Crystal's doctors recognized that continuing prednisone was not an
option, as more severe side effects would inevitably occur and these side
effects could be dangerous in a 75 year-old woman. The greatest risk is bone loss or osteoporosis. Prolonged use of prednisone for several more
months would result in significant osteoporosis with increased risk for a
fracture with any fall. Also, long-term
use of steroids may lead to cataracts in a 75 year-old woman, and the decreased
vision would increase the risk of falling.
An increased risk for serious infections may be the most serious problem
with prolonged steroid use.
Furthermore, "Prednisone was really bothering me. I didn't feel good taking prednisone," says Crystal. As a result, the hematologist discussed with
Crystal, her husband, and her son about reducing and eventually discontinuing
prednisone. This was a key point in her
treatment. Crystal, her family, and her
hematologist all shared the decision to gradually take Crystal off prednisone,
to avoid the unnecessary side effects and to closely observe whether she would
remain asymptomatic with no treatment for her persistently low platelets. A schedule was developed to gradually
decrease the prednisone dose and stop it in 6 weeks. Crystal was very happy with this plan. To stop prednisone treatment had been her major goal.
October 24, her platelet count was 8,000.
There was no change in her bruises, and she continued to feel well, to
sleep well, and to maintain cautious normal activities. She continued to volunteer at the local
hospital. Additionally, she received a
flu shot. A week later, she came down
with a cold. She also had a sore bump
in her mouth. The following day she
went to her family doctor for the cold.
Her family doctor was very concerned about the low platelet count
(2000). She consulted Crystal's
hematologist and placed her in a hospital for another IVIG treatment. She was released that evening. Three days later, her platelet count was
November 12, her platelet count was 7000.
Her prednisone was reduced to 5 mg every other day. By November 26, her platelet count was 9000
with some bruises. She had been off of
prednisone for a week and feeling well.
Her hematologist said that she should start getting her blood count only
every two weeks, not weekly, then every month, then every two months. Now that she was off prednisone, she noticed
some aches and pains, probably old arthritis symptoms that had been suppressed
by the prednisone.
4, her platelet count was 6000. After
sending an e-mail to her hematologist, he called back and assured Crystal that
"Everything was about as expected. As
long as there were no signs of bleeding, he was confident. He was nervous, but he was still confident
that this was the best approach." If
bleeding or blood blisters in her mouth occurred, Crystal would have to start
some type of chemotherapy treatment.
January 3, 2002 her count was 4000.
14, her platelet count was 6000.
Crystal told her hematologist that there was a small amount of bright
red blood showing up in her stool. Her
hematologist said, "It was not from the nose, the blood had to be from lower
down. Blood coming all the way through
from the nose would be digested and turn black." Her hematologist told her that he was considering treatment with
vincristine, a type of chemotherapy used for ITP, because of the blood in her
21, Crystal's platelet count was 5000.
Her hematologist told her, "Hang in there; stay the course." Her doctor thought she would feel better if
she didn't get a platelet count every week.
The weekly blood count just caused everyone to worry too much! So Crystal began to have her platelet count
checked every two weeks.
February 5, 2002, Crystal's platelet count dropped to its lowest level,
1000. Two days later, her platelet
count went up to 3000. But at these low
levels, probably these platelet counts are not actually any different. Crystal was told by her hematologist to
continue her normal activities unless blood blisters in her mouth or bleeding
occurred. If that happened, she was to
notify him immediately. On February 20,
her platelet count was 6,000. Crystal
felt good. Her only problem was that
she had lost some hair. Her doctor
thought that her hair loss was due to the prednisone she had taken. Her hematologist agreed that since Crystal's
platelet had consistently remained below 10,000 for 5 months, and blood had
been present in her stool previously, some attempt to increase her platelet
count was now appropriate. Everyone,
including Crystal's doctors, just seemed worn out by the nervous anticipation
of checking platelet counts and watching for bleeding.
on February 21, Crystal was started on vincristine treatment. She was scheduled for vincristine
intravenously once a week. After her
first two vincristine treatments, her platelet did not change much, 4,000 to
8,000. On March 11, Crystal was not
feeling well – she had no energy and she had stomach and leg pain. Her hematologist said that he would stop the
vincristine if her platelet count was not up by the next week. By March 13, after 3 treatments, Crystal's
platelet count jumped to 32,000. Then,
Crystal was given her last vincristine treatment on March 14. A week later, her count was at 38,000. However, throughout that week, Crystal says
that she suffered quite a lot from the side effects of vincristine. She recalls the stomach ache, constipation,
and numbness and tingling in her fingers.
Crystal's platelet count dropped to 14,000 on March 28, then to 13,000 by April
10. Crystal's hematologist said that
since the vincristine hadn't been effective, they would – again – just watch
carefully for any signs of bleeding.
Now, 8 months after her diagnosis with ITP, Crystal still had never had
any significant problem with bleeding.
Her only problems had been from her treatments, not her ITP!
the spring and summer, Crystal and her husband gradually became more adjusted
to living with her low platelet counts.
The platelet counts were spaced out to every 2 weeks, then every month,
then every 2 months. Crystal and her
husband traveled to visit family and friends.
Life seemed almost normal again.
All of the symptoms from the prednisone and vincristine treatments had
disappeared. Then on August 22, her
platelet count was 20,000. Then it was
25,000 on November 27. Was the ITP
going away – on its own? This was
almost too good to be true! Three
months later, on February 25, Crystal's platelet count increased to
37,000. Her most recent blood check was
on May 28, 2003; her platelet count was 53,000. Now it seemed certain.
Crystal's ITP was going away. Or
at least it was much less severe and her platelet counts were in a very safe
asked what has been most helpful in her experience with ITP, Crystal quickly
replies, "My faith in the Lord."
Crystal says, "We would pray" and also there are "a lot of people
praying for me." She also mentioned the
continual support she receives from her husband and doctors. Recalling her experience with ITP, Crystal
says, "At the very beginning of this, I felt that everything will be OK. I had a good state of mind about it." For the past six months, Crystals says, "I
have been feeling pretty good." She
claims that "I have a good quality of life," as she has little to no
restrictions with her daily activities.
Although she notes, "I am cautious about bumping into things because I
still bruise easily." Her most recent
platelet count at 53,000 makes her feel more confident in her recovery, and "I
like to see my platelet count continue to go up." One issue that concerns Crystal and her husband is
traveling. According to Crystal's
husband, "It makes us a little nervous when we travel," especially when
Crystal's platelet was low.
her experience with ITP, Crystal's advice for people with a new diagnosis of
ITP is, "Have a positive outlook on it, have good faith in the Lord, and be
optimistic." For herself, she says, "I had
a good mind about it from the start," feeling that she would recover. Crystal also had a good support group in her
family, friends, doctors, and people who pray for her. Crystal's optimistic outlook on ITP, her
faith in the Lord, and her support group have been important in her recovery.
After her difficult experience with ITP
five years ago, Crystal recovered quite dramatically. We are happy to report that she continues to be in good health
today. She sees her hematologist and
gets her platelets checked every six months.
At the time of her last update on this website, Crystal's platelet count
had increased to 53,000. Then Crystal's
platelet count increased even further to 113,000 in June of 2004! Since that time her platelet counts have
been in the normal range, higher than 150,000.
She hasn't had any ITP-related problems such as bruising or
bleeding. Her husband stays in touch
with her hematologist by email. He sent
the following email on December 18, 2006:
"Crystal went for her semi-annual check with her doctor on
12/14/06. Her platelet count was
338,000. Sooo good. She is doing well. Her next appointment is 12/13/07. She talked him into twelve months instead of six for the
check-ups. We wish you and your family
a Merry Christmas."
When asked about how often she thinks
about ITP, Crystal says, "I do think about it often, and am grateful for the
recovery, but it does not affect my life."
She says that she thinks about ITP more when she hears or reads about
someone who is affected by it. Her advice
to others with ITP is to be patient, have faith, and follow the advice of a
hematologist that you trust.
Crystal has stayed very active over the
past few years. She and her husband
continue to volunteer at their local hospital two days a week, and she
exercises daily. Crystal states, "My
activity has not been curtailed by having had ITP." In fact, she is soon traveling to California for the wedding of a
In the summer of 2006, Crystal reached an important milestone. She celebrated her 80th birthday! She states that she feels good and is in apparent good health "for an 80-year-old!" Crystal and her husband are looking forward to their 60th wedding anniversary this year. We wish Crystal and her husband many happy, healthy years to come.
Note by Mr. Doan:
was very impressed by the record keeping by Crystal and her husband. They kept a very detailed diary of the
events throughout the course of Crystal's ITP, which was used as a reference in
our interview for specific dates, facts, events, and platelet counts. The story of Crystal is the result of the
information provided by the diary and a personal interview with Crystal and her
husband in July 2003.
Comments by Dr. George
Crystal's Story demonstrates
as vividly as any experience I have had about the value of cautious,
conservative treatment for patients with ITP.
The goal for treatment of ITP is only to treat or prevent bleeding. There is no other goal. The platelet count tells us something about
the risk for bleeding, but even patients with very low platelet counts for a
very long time may have minimal bleeding symptoms, or none at all. The worry is that patients with very low
platelet counts may be at great risk for bleeding. Sometimes patients worry about this, but even more often their
doctors worry about the risk for bleeding.
Therefore patients with ITP who have very low platelet counts are often
treated with many different medicines even though they have never had any
significant bleeding. And the outcome
is often that the treatment of ITP is much worse than the disease itself.
I first saw Crystal on October 9, 2001, she, her husband, and her son and I
talked about all of these things.
Crystal was impressively healthy, except for the apparent toxicity from
prednisone. Her face was round, her
cheeks were puffy, she had some bruising on her forearms related to steroids,
she had the lump in between her shoulder blades – which is often called a
"buffalo hump". And this was only the
beginning of the prednisone problems.
As we said above in Crystal's story, it would only get worse. She would have accelerated osteoporosis with
risk for fracture, she would have accelerated development of cataracts, she
would have risk for serious infections.
To continue prednisone was not an option. It had to be stopped. But
what about any other treatment for ITP?
Anything else had some chance for success, but a greater chance for not
changing the platelet count at all.
Furthermore, any additional treatment for Crystal would have risks of
more serious side effects, particularly the risk of suppressing her immune
system and making her vulnerable to serious infection.
as we sat and talked together, the decision evolved that we would gradually
decrease the prednisone dose and stop it all together in about six weeks, and
that she would receive no other treatment.
In one way, this just seemed perfectly reasonable, the common sense
thing to do. However in another way,
this seemed radical and even frightening.
Crystal's platelet count was less than 10,000, where the risk for
bleeding may be high. Crystal was 75
years old, not 17. Certainly her blood
vessels would be more brittle than those of a young person. Older patients with ITP seem to have greater
risk for bleeding than younger patients.
But, although Crystal was 75, she was healthy, bright, alert, and
determined to avoid toxicity from medicines as much as she could. She had had enough problems already! A key point in her evaluation was her normal
blood pressure. If her blood pressure
had been high, that alone would have increased the risk for stroke. The risk for a bleeding stroke would be greatly
increased if the platelet count is extremely low.
At the end of our discussion, the decision just seemed the natural and right thing to do. Therefore Crystal gradually decreased and stopped her prednisone, and gradually after that she lost the toxic effects in her appearance and began to feel better. But then the issue was the constant focus on the weekly platelet count, and the frightening numbers that always stayed less than 10,000 and even at times approached zero. Crystal's hematologist in her own community was comfortable with our decision, but I suspected that her family doctor thought that we were all crazy! I am sure that her family doctor felt extremely nervous every time Crystal had a platelet count of 6,000, or 4,000, or even 1,000. So, after several months, it just seemed inevitable that a trial of some form of treatment was appropriate. Crystal had had some blood in her stool, but otherwise she had no bleeding symptoms, other than the few petechiae on her legs and ankles. But I think that everyone was worn out with the anticipation and apprehension. We had talked about the possibility of additional treatment for months, it just could not be put off forever. Therefore the treatment with four weekly injections of vincristine seemed reasonable. Vincristine had a transient effect but no lasting effect. The side effects of vincristine were substantial, with abdominal cramping, constipation, and toxicity of the nerves in Crystal's fingers which lead to numbness and tingling. So after four weekly injections, the vincristine was stopped. The platelet count returned to 9,000 where it had been before. And gradually the problems with vincristine toxicity went away as well.
having tried some additional therapy and having appreciated once again that the
treatment was worse than the disease, everyone seemed to settle down and seemed
better prepared to just live with the low platelet count. Crystal's life gradually returned to more
normal activities. She and her husband
began to travel again. This was all
very good for her. Perhaps the best
thing was spacing out the platelet counts so she didn't have the focus on the
platelet count number week after week after week.
later that summer, a year after her diagnosis, an amazing thing happened. Crystal's platelet counts gradually began to
increase – all on their own. The ITP
was gradually going away without any treatment. Doctors refer to this as a "spontaneous remission". It is said to not happen often in ITP, but I
am not sure that we know how often it happens.
I believe that many patients like Crystal gradually get frustrated with
their lack of response to treatment, then gradually drift away from their
physicians. Their physicians may not
aggressively search for them because they also are frustrated by their inability
to provide effective treatment. So
perhaps many patients ultimately have a complete remission without any doctors
knowing what has happened. Crystal has
excellent physicians in her community.
She has excellent rapport with her doctors. She trusts them and they trust her.
nearly two years after her diagnosis, her experience with ITP seems to be
securely in the past. However the
future remains somewhat unpredictable.
I think the chances are good that her platelet count will gradually
recover to normal. Even if her platelet
count does not reach normal, she is certainly safe from any risk for serious
bleeding now, with her platelet count of 53,000. But, since we do not know why the ITP appeared two years, we
cannot be certain that it will not reappear in the future. But for now, Crystal will only have a
platelet count several times a year.
Then, in another year or two, she will be back to her routine annual
exams. Back to where she was before
this story began.
January 2007: As noted above, Crystal's
platelet count did recover completely to normal and it has remained
normal. In the future, management of
patients like Crystal may be different.
New drugs are being developed for ITP that stimulate platelet production
and do not suppress the immune system.
Currently these drugs remain experimental but they may be approved for
use in ITP patients in 2008. These
drugs may have been a safe and effective option for Crystal in 2001. They would not have cured her ITP but they
could have kept her platelet count at a higher, safer level until the ITP cured
itself. Crystal's experience teaches us
very important lessons: (1) Treat the
patient, not just the disease. (2) Make
decisions together: the patient, family, and the doctor. (3) Stay in touch. This is easy in our email era, and it provides reassurance for
the patient and continuing education for the doctor.


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For his bday (and a happy belated to a man), KUTMAH he recorded a mix under the infamous Sketchbook flagship of exclusive Madlib madness. Not sure I can add much else. GO.
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In light of the file's expiry on Soundcloud, I've thrown the file back up. Enjoy.
SKETCHBOOK w/ KUTMAH 13.04.2011 (MADLIB unreleased instrumentals set)
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
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hey i was late for the download can anybody reupload it or pass it up?
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I was late for it too, perhaps our man Henri can re-host it? ;)
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i am looking as well! weird im looking same day as geech lol
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F.E.A.R. was, without a doubt, one of 2005's best first-person shooters -- deftly mixing balls-to-the-wall, head-exploding action with pee-your-pants level horror. Even better, its sequel, F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, is poised to top its award-winning older brother in every conceivable way. We were lucky enough to engage in a quick email exchange with Craig Hubbard, F.E.A.R. 2's Principal Game Designer, and we're posting it here for you today.
MPC: Is this the end of the F.E.A.R. story? Are we going for a trilogy?
Craig Hubbard, Principal Game Designer: As you'd probably expect, our immediate focus is getting the game done. Beyond that, who can say?
MPC: Was the story arc planned from the beginning, or has it evolved as it's moved along?
CH: It evolved quite a bit, but that's normal. What works on paper doesn't always pan out when you implement it, so you have to make adjustments and do what's right for the game. We also decided to take out the subplot about the unicorn who lost its horn. It was very emotionally resonant, but didn't really fit the tone.
MPC: What's the biggest problem you had with the original F.E.A.R.? How do you aim to correct it in the sequel?
CH: The biggest complaint people had with F.E.A.R. was that the environments were repetitive and bland. The sequel has much more varied and interesting settings.
MPC: Are you developing the game simultaneously for consoles and PC? What's the game's lead platform?
CH: The team knew how to make PC games but hadn't done a console title before, so it was easier to ensure that decisions made for the consoles would work on the PC rather than the other way around. When the project started, we didn't have our tech up and running on PS3 yet, so Xbox 360 ended up being the lead platform by default but we are still developing for all three platforms at the same time.
MPC: Three words: digital rights management. How big of a concern is PC piracy? If not DRM, how do you think piracy should be dealt with?
CH: Anti-piracy measures are a publisher decision, so our only real involvement is doing what we're required to do by the people calling the shots. I personally haven't done enough research on the subject to have an opinion on potential solutions.
Although I am fairly familiar with methods the British Empire used to combat piracy back in the 1800s. Maybe an occasional public flogging or slow, agonizing death by hanging would help…
MPC: Why go with a proprietary engine? With development costs as high as they are, wouldn't Unreal 3 or something of the like make more sense?
CH: The costs are astronomical whatever route you go. Either way, you're starting off with a tech foundation that you have to modify to achieve your goals. For us, the cost/benefit ratio has been better with our own tech than with licensing, but who knows what the future holds? Personally, I just care that we can continue to make competitive games.
MPC: Your game is generally classified as a horror title, or some variation on the theme. Most horror titles thrive on taking power away from the player (through limited ammo, bad camera angles, etc.) to create a sense of fear. Why give so many potent abilities (slow mo, mech piloting, plentiful ammo, etc.) to players in F.E.A.R.? How do you intend to keep a sense of trepidation alive when the game's main character is such a badass?
CH: Well, Aliens features a bunch of bad-asses with powerful weapons, but it still keeps you on edge. I personally feel that good horror is more about fear of the unknown than fear of death. The thing that makes a serial killer scary isn't so much the act of murder as the senselessness of it. Things that defy understanding can get under your skin even if you're packing a missile launcher.
MPC: In the original F.E.A.R., it seemed like you'd either be fighting, or getting the crap scared out of you – but not both at the same time. How will F.E.A.R. 2 make these disparate elements more seamlessly intertwined?
CH: The trick was making sure you fight some things that scare the crap out of you.
MPC: These days, with games like Far Cry 2, Crysis, and Rage on the rise, linear shooters seem to be fading into the background. Sure, linearity allows the developer to tell a tighter, more focused story, but openness allows the player to create their own. Why go the linear route with F.E.A.R. 2?
CH: It's not really about the story so much as a tighter, more focused game experience. The great thing about Far Cry 2 is that you can decide where to go and what to do, while the great thing about Gears of War 2 is that it plays like a tightly paced action movie. Each is fun for different reasons.
MPC: F.E.A.R. was one of the first FPS titles to give the player a real sense of body in the game world. If you looked down, your character actually had legs! Legs that could kick people! What do you think about games like Mirror's Edge, which have taken that concept to the next level?
CH: I'm really impressed with the Mirror's Edge demo. They did an amazing job. Obviously, it's imperative to have a sense of body in a game where your body factors into the game experience, so it makes sense that a game about free-running would raise the bar in that area.
MPC: F.E.A.R.'s A.I. was lauded for its craftiness and realism – three years ago. Yet here we are now, and few games have passed or even approached F.E.A.R.'s lofty heights. Why is that? Do game developers care more about tightening up the graphics on level three than improving NPC intelligence?
CH: After Shogo, we decided AI needed to be a much higher priority. If you're making a game based around fighting NPC enemies, the only way that's going to be really fun is if they present a suitable challenge. Part of it is making the enemies tactically smart and showing them coordinating with each other, but you also want to feel like they have a desire for self-preservation.
MPC: If you could fix one thing about the FPS genre as a whole, what would it be?
CH: It's a pretty rich and diverse genre, so I don't think there's anything fundamentally in need of fixing. Obviously, individual games have individual issues, but that's not the fault of the genre.
MPC: Thanks for your time, Craig.
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WDSU has reporters in the field across the city stationed at events held by tonight's candidates.Updates: on.wdsu.com/1di3rFmby wdsu via twitter 2/2/2014 2:27:45 AM
Foti looks to likely runoff with Gusman in Orleans Parish sheriff's race on.wdsu.com/MLvyYsby wdsu via twitter 2/2/2014 2:34:53 AM
I'll be hitting up campaign headquarters throughout the city tonight. First up #mayoralcandidate Danatus King @wdsu http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bfb6ES6IYAAdZ5z.jpg
by Casey Ferrand via twitter 2/2/2014 2:37:35 AM -
The media is set up waiting for Mitch Landrieu to arrive @wdsu http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bfb6EpiIcAIuJ00.jpg
by Travers Mackel via twitter 2/2/2014 2:37:36 AM -
Three candidates vie to become Orleans Parish coroner on.wdsu.com/1fyJyygby wdsu via twitter 2/2/2014 2:40:09 AM
live @wdsu coverage is about to begin for 2014 #elections . keep it on 6 for the latest updates. i'll be tweeting too.by camille whitworth via twitter 2/2/2014 2:41:10 AM
The Fire Chief and Homeland Security Director here at Landrieu camp @wdsu http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bfb7ClyIAAAcCz5.jpg
by Travers Mackel via twitter 2/2/2014 2:41:50 AM -
At Gusman campaign in New Orleans East @BlakeMHanson @wdsu http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bfb7SNyIgAArvE7.jpg
by Erika Ferrando via twitter retweeted by BlakeMHanson 2/2/2014 2:47:45 AM -
State Representative Helena Moreno at Landrieu camp http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bfb9DPsIIAAtFr7.jpg
by Travers Mackel via twitter 2/2/2014 2:50:37 AM -
Video: 8:30 p.m. Orleans Parish elections update on.wdsu.com/1fyMjj4by wdsu via twitter 2/2/2014 2:54:07 AM
State Representative Walt Leger at Landrieu party @wdsu http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bfb-Vu8IIAEwLEv.jpg
by Travers Mackel via twitter 2/2/2014 2:56:15 AM -
Anticipating the Mayor http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bfb-uprIMAASGr3.jpg
by Travers Mackel via twitter 2/2/2014 2:57:57 AM -
Live updates: Pelicans vs. Bulls on.wdsu.com/1kuKd5tby wdsu via twitter 2/2/2014 3:01:25 AM
Mayor Mitch Landrieu easily wins a second term.by Scott Walker via twitter 2/2/2014 3:02:24 AM
WDSU has also called the races for Stacy Head (at large div 1) and Susan Guidry. (Dist a)by Scott Walker via twitter 2/2/2014 3:03:13 AM
Mayor expected to speak soon at Landrieu HQby Travers Mackel via twitter 2/2/2014 3:03:22 AM


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