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Equity in health care is an important national goal, both because it fulfills our commitment to equality of opportunity for all and because it can improve the overall health of all Americans. Although the United States spends more on health care per capita than any industrialized nation, some health indicators remain lower than we would like. Multiple studies conducted over the past two decades have documented that differences in health care related to race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status exist in the United States. This report assesses the extent of these differences from a national perspective and examines the capacity of current datasets to measure and monitor differences across the country.
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The NHDR presents seven key findings to policymakers, clinicians, health system administrators, and community leaders who seek to use this information to improve health care services for all populations:
This report presents the most comprehensive national picture confirms that there is significant inequality in quality in the United States. Although selected research studies have documented disparities in health care services, these examinations were often limited to specific populations with specific conditions. By using nationally available data sets, a national view on health care disparities is provided.
This first report clearly demonstrates that racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities are national problems that affect health care at all points in the process, at all sites of care, and for all medical conditions-in fact, disparities in the health care system are pervasive. Our conclusions bring us closer to understanding why, where, and how disparities occur-essential knowledge for devising and targeting programs to eliminate these inequities.
While disparities in health care potentially affect all Americans and individuals of any population group, they are not uniformly distributed across populations. We are only beginning to understand the magnitude of differential burden of illness in populations with special health care needs, such as minority children and poor patients with disabling chronic illnesses. Geography can play an important mitigating role in health care disparities. Remote rural populations, for example, are clearly at risk for having worse access and receiving poorer quality care
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Health care disparities are costly. Poorly managed care or missed diagnoses result in expensive and avoidable complications. As discussed in Unequal Treatment: "to the extent that minority beneficiaries of publicly funded health programs are less likely to receive high quality care, these beneficiaries—as well as the taxpayers that support public health care programs—may face higher future health care costs."1 The personal cost of disparities can lead to significant morbidity, disability, and lost productivity at the individual level. At the societal level, distal costs follow from proximal opportunities that were missed to intervene and reduce burden of illness. For example, end-stage renal disease may result from longstanding, poorly controlled diabetes. The highly morbid and highly costly condition could potentially be avoided with access to indicated services and effective management of diabetes.
Access to health care is an important prerequisite to obtaining quality care. Some access barriers, whether perceived or actual, can result in adverse health outcomes. Patients may perceive barriers to delay seeking needed care, resulting in presentation of illness at a later, less treatable stage of illness. For example, a usual source of care can serve as a navigator to the health care system and an advocate to obtain needed evidence-based preventive and health care services. Of the major measures of access, the lack of health insurance has significant consequences. Avoidable hospitalizations are a good example of the link between access and disparities in quality of care. These hospitalizations may reflect, in part, the adequacy of primary care. When health care needs are not met by the primary health care system, rates of avoidable admissions may rise. In contrast, perceived problems with specialty referral do not have clear clinical consequences.
Our health care system continues to emphasize care that occurs after an illness occurs, rather than preventive services that could potentially prevent the illness or reduce the burden of disease. The NHQR documents that this is a pervasive issue for all Americans; the NHDR illustrates that there are significant disparities in the use of evidence-based preventive services for certain populations. For example, while smoking remains the single most preventable cause of mortality, rates of smoking cessation counseling during hospitalization are only 40%. For blacks, this rate of smoking cessation counseling is only 29%. Given the significant impact on morbidity, mortality, outcomes, and costs of care, efforts to target preventive services to populations most at risk would be a critical aspect of an improvement strategy to decrease disparities.
There are complicated interrelationships between race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status that may result in health care disparities. Although we may have sufficient data about disparities by race and ethnicity, it is difficult to tease out the individual contributions of race, income, or education to these differences. For example, we found significantly lower rates of smoking cessation offered to minority patients. However, we cannot determine how much these differences are affected by different levels of patient income, education, or types of insurance. While the relationships between these factors may seem theoretical, a better understanding of the underlying factors that result in disparities could better target improvement efforts aimed at reducing disparities. Further research may help to sort out these issues for future reports.
The NHDR cannot tell us what factors are causally related to health care disparities, although it does identify factors that may be related to disparities.
Although this report offers a sobering view of health care disparities, there are some positive findings which suggest that targeted improvement efforts could significantly reduce health care disparities. The following notable exceptions demonstrate what is possible to achieve.
When detailed data are available at the most actionable level, such as population subgroups, the efficiency of quality improvement efforts can be enhanced. For example, the subpopulation data from the California Health Interview Survey would allow more targeted prevention efforts directed at Asians over age 50 in need of colorectal cancer screening. The information on language spoken at home provides a far more precise target population—Asians who do not speak English were 20% less likely to undergo colorectal cancer screening than their English-speaking Asian counterparts. The NHDR can also serve to identify the best "performers," help others learn from their experiences, and disseminate the lessons learned to other communities. Community-based participatory research has numerous examples of communities working to improve quality overall, while reducing health care disparities for vulnerable populations.
Gaps in national data exist. National data currently being collected are useful for examining many racial, ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in U.S. health care. However, large gaps in the data required for a complete study of disparities were noted. For analyses of disparities related to racial/ethnic groups, data limitations were found to usually related to sample sizes.
Much is still unknown about disparities in U.S. health care. As noted above, because of data limitations, relatively little is known about disparities among many populations such as AI/ANs and NHOPIs. Studies have just begun to explore disparities among individuals with special health care needs—such as the disabled, persons receiving chronic care, and persons at the end of life. In addition, possible disparities in the care provided for many medical conditions have yet to be addressed.
As Federal data continue to improve, the ability to study different aspects of disparity will increase. For example, the expansion of questions related to barriers to health care and delays in care and the addition of questions related to cultural competency in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey starting in 2002 are expected to greatly improve the ability to study disparities in these areas. The increase in sample size of over 50% between 2000 and 2002 and the addition of oversamples of Asians and of low income populations in 2002 will also greatly facilitate disparities research using MEPS.
In addition, new Federal data collections will help fill some data gaps. For example, the recently completed National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs will provide a unique opportunity to examine disparities in health care among this otherwise difficult-to-study population.
Although health care disparities are a national problem, they vary from place to place; and solutions will likely be developed at the local as well as the national level. Currently, however, relatively little information is available about disparities in health care in many States and localities. The measurement tools developed for the first NHDR (as well as in future iterations of the report) will be made widely available in hopes that it can help States and localities measure and understand disparities at the local level.
A variety of methodological issues also limit understanding of disparities in health care. For example, this first NHDR focuses on measures that have been developed for, and used to study, access and quality of health care in the general U.S. population. However, priority subpopulations—i.e., women, children, the elderly, each racial and ethnic minority, low income persons, rural populations, and individuals with special health care needs—often have different health care priorities and different needs for services. Measures that capture the unique needs of specific priority populations are required for a fuller understanding of disparities faced by each group.
In this first NHDR, income and education level were used in this study as primary measures of socioeconomic position. It is unknown if other dimensions of socioeconomic position might be more relevant to disparities in health care, especially in terms of access and quality of services. Are different dimensions relevant for different aspects of health care? If so, can they be measured? And should they be measured individually or as a composite measure?
Data and measurement issues also limit the examination of disparities in health care as they relate to the urban-rural continuum. Most Federal data collections are able to distinguish MSA from non-MSA counties, and these two categories form the basis for the geographic analyses presented in this report. However, it is well known that these two categories do not capture well the heterogeneity that exists along the urban-rural continuum. As a result, disparities being experienced by residents of inner cities and very rural areas could not be adequately addressed.
It is hoped that future NHDRs will benefit from continuing methodological innovation in each of these areas. Such innovations will help to focus investigation of the most pressing disparities issues and allow a better understanding of disparities with reduced data collection needs.
Perhaps the most important limitation of this first NHDR is the scarcity of information about why disparities in health care exist. Causes of disparities are likely to be multifactorial, complex, and specific to each priority population and type of health care. While DHHS continues to support research aimed at identifying the root causes of disparities, much remains to be known. Optimal interventions to eliminate disparities cannot be developed without knowledge of the causal factors.
How such interventions should relate to quality improvement activities is also relatively unstudied. With some notable exceptions such as the HRSA Health Disparity Collaboratives, interventions to reduce disparities and to improve quality are often conducted separately. Additional research is needed to understand how efforts to reduce disparities and improve quality can best be coordinated.
This report, the first NHDR, could not address all the issues important to the elimination of health care disparities. Future reports will build upon this initial effort and will seek to fill in gaps as they are identified.
The first NHDR is cross-sectional and provides a snapshot of disparities in the United States at a point in time. While some longitudinal data were gathered, these generally were insufficient to examine trends over time. Future NHDRs will build upon this baseline to identify trends and mark the progress of the Nation towards the elimination of health care disparities. In addition, future NHDRs will seek to communicate innovations in measuring, understanding, and intervening to eliminate disparities as these are developed.
The first set of NHDR measurement tools has limitations. The measure set on the first NHDR is long, and similar concepts are sometimes duplicated by different data sources. In addition, it is generally restricted to common measures that were developed to assess access to care and quality of care in the general population. Many health care needs and services specific to particular populations are not addressed.
Future NHDRs will build upon the first NHDR measurement tools. Data assembled for the first NHDR, which encompass a broad range of measures, will enable an informed review of these measures. It is anticipated that the number of measures that are useful for tracking disparities in the general population will be reduced significantly. In addition, measures specific to particular priority populations will be developed and incorporated into the measure set.
Identified methodological limitations for studying disparities include problems measuring socioeconomic position and rurality. Future NHDRs will incorporate refined measures of socioeconomic position and rurality as these are developed.
Using this report as a baseline, future NHDRs will be able to report on best practices and innovations for reducing disparities in health care. In addition, effective ways of coordinating efforts to eliminate disparity and to improve quality will be presented. The continuing simultaneous release of the NHDR and the NHQR should serve to reinforce the important linkages between disparities and quality and facilitate the study of solutions that effectively address both issues.
The journey to high quality and equitable health care will be long and challenging. It will be marked by small but continuous improvements. At its end lies the promise of better health and well being for all Americans. The first NHDR and the first NHQR are small but significant steps on this journey. Future reports will mark the progress of the Nation towards a better health care system for all.
1. Institute of Medicine, Board of Health Sciences Policy, Committee on Understanding and Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care. Unequal treatment: Confronting racial and ethnic disparities in Health Care. Washington DC: Institute of Medicine; 2003.
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Elizabeth Keogh - Attleboro, Mass resident Elizabeth Keogh has led a full life. An elementary teacher for nearly 30 years in Foxboro, Mass., she later managed a group home for adults with mental retardation and was an activity director at a nursing home. But none of her careers prepared her for a diagnosis of cancer.View Elizabeth's full profile here.
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In May 2013 I received my undergraduate degree in Architecture from Pratt Institute. I became interested in the technique of perspective and the use of material through my father's photography at a young age, which led to the discovery of a creative passion leading to Architecture.
I began studying Architecture in high school where I learned basic hand drafting and space organization skills. Attending three years at Brookdale Community College, I learned advanced approaches to a variety of artistic skills and a foundation for the appreciation of Architecture. Here I earned the privilege to serve as Project Manager in a design studio leading four student colleagues to complete a sustainable residential living community. My exploration in conceptual design began with form, light, material, perspective and organization.
Finishing my education at Pratt Institute strengthened my ability to bring concept and notion into the real world augmented by technical skills. I assumed several responsibilities at Pratt which range from multi-tasking group efforts ranging from presentation, research, model making and design issues. I have become accustom to a rigorous and responsible work ethic.
Currently, I am looking to fulfill my responsibility as an Architect by gaining work experience and exploring my personal limits within the New York area.
Applied Drawing Architecture and Design, Brooklyn, NY, US, Project Manager
At Applied Drawing, I am regularly responsible for providing complete and comprehensive construction document sets for bidding, construction and filing. I maintain detailed log of meeting minutes and track active project components while preparing and revising specifications and necessary project documentation as needed. I consistently review contract documents and drawings, client needs and construction progress with the client and trade professionals. I have been exposed to many site conditions while gathering detailed site information including maps, tax data, zoning restrictions, survey data, photographs and existing building records if available. I consistently evaluate technical data pertaining to materials, equipment and shop drawings. I actively manage and direct several projects simultaneously and meet required deadlines.
In the office environment I manage an expanding office file, active and completed project records, and material library. I also assist in developing and maintaining general office procedures to improve work productivity and staffing needs.
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Advanced Level Design Course
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Sent 'em a note! Thanks!
Anyone else get them? They looked so cute on my tree even if my pictures kinda suck.
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Katelin Black
Student Blogger
Hi y'all,
My name is Katelin Black, and I am a senior at Franciscan University. I was born in Kentucky but have lived in Gulfport, Mississippi my whole life.
I am studying to be an elementary school teacher, and after graduation I want to move somewhere really cool, get a dog, and teach third grade.
A few of my favorite things are hiking, swimming, Mardi Gras, coffee, and my big brother.
Ready to Launch: AFROTC at Franciscan
Growing up as an Air Force "brat," moving around every couple of years and living on different military bases around the world was a part of my everyday life. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it's the lifestyle I also pictured for myself. However, I also wanted to attend Franciscan University. Thankfully, I'm able to do both thanks to Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) at the University of Pittsburgh—just 40 miles from campus.Details
Schmiesing: Like Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa is a favorite saint for many young Catholics, myself included. She moved mountains with her quiet, steady, and loving presence. She answered a call that was extremely difficult, trusting in God even when she falt utterly abandoned and alone. And this great saint, a leader of service and love, a spiritual giant among mankind, started simple.Details
Niemaszyk: Learning How to be Served.
Mission is fruitful. Mission is hard. Mission is learning how to serve and to be served. Over ten-day break, I was on a team that went and ministered to high school students in Budapest, Hungary. The Austria program had five Eastern European mission locations this semester: two in Slovakia, two in Romania, and one in Hungary. Each mission varied in its experiences and ministry but all benefited from the raw experience of the Lord's love and His ability to work through each missionary individually.Details
Niemaszyk: Footsteps – Verso l'alto
Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati: a modern witness to the hope that springs from the Gospel. A young Italian whose faith and way of life were harmoniously fused. A man who prayed through the night and climbed a mountain in the morning to hear the voice of God clearer. A man whose life was full of constant joy and self-giving.Details
Jernberg: Exploring Europe
Explore the beauty of Europe with Martin Jernbergs filming.Details
Jernberg: Gaming, Austria
Explore the beautiful country of Austria, as filmed by Martin Jernberg.Details
Schmiesing: Born in the Spirit
I grew up number three in a family of seven children. My parents met as students at Franciscan, married, and never left. I've always thought of myself as a 'traditional Catholic"—no hand-raising, speaking in tongues, etc. All that was somewhat foreign, even though, as kids, we saw a great deal of charismatic worship on campus.Details
Schmiesing: Praying with Strangers
Standing in the middle of the hallway of Franciscan University's academic building, Egan Hall, I found myself with eyes closed, hands folded, and praying with a complete stranger. Two of my household sisters were next to me, but I still couldn't get past the fact that it was normal to pray in public with someone I didn't know.Details
Hughes: Forming a 'Disciple'
In casual conversations with friends at Franciscan, you'll often hear stories about saints with crazy heroic virtue. Francis of Assisi threw himself into thorns at the first inkling of temptation. Teresa of Avila levitated during her deep conversations and unions with the Lord. Padre Pio, well, Padre Pio once woke up…Details
Watson: Fitting In
Whenever you enter a new environment or a new culture, it can take time to adjust. Thankfully, one of Franciscan University's households helped me to navigate this time of adjustment.Details
Jernberg: Traunsee Lake
We ran into this unexpected lake and stunning location on our way from Hallstatt to Linz! A few of us were even brave enough to jump into the freezing cold water.Details
Jernberg: Slovenia's Famous Vintgar Gorge
A day packed full of adventure and exploring! This is Slovenia's famous gorge that is held to be one of the most beautiful in Europe!Details
Jernberg: Assisi "The City of Peace"
Rome was spectacular, but Assisi was something different. It was overwhelmingly beautiful and peaceful. I definitely will return some day!Details
Niemaszyk: European Backyards, People, and Backpacks
In New Hampshire, my backyard has a shed, a pool, a large grassy area, a tree with a swing…things that are ordinary for a backyard to have. So far, the places I've stayed in Europe have had extraordinary backyards, with astounding nature and famous historical sights to replace the ordinary.Details
Vodola: Relearning the Power of Prayer
A few days after my eleventh birthday, I was admitted to the hospital with a ruptured appendix. It felt like someone had spilled boiling soup all over my insides, and it landed me in the pediatric ward for more than three weeks.Details
Jernberg: Hallstatt
After an amazing weekend of driving through central Europe, we had to head home from Lake Bled to Linz. In Linz we would drop off our rental car and then take a train back to Gaming. On our way back we were able to stop for lunch in Hallstatt and were lucky enough to soak in the beauty of this amazing town while munching on kabobs, good bread, and brie!Details
Crites: Seeing Pope Francis in America
Regardless of whether they are Catholic, Pope Francis is someone who absolutely amazes Americans. He is puzzling, he is baffling. So when he came to America almost a year and a half ago for the first time as pope, twenty-four-hour news stations followed his every move.Details
Schmiesing: Households are Families
Here at Franciscan University, we have a unique system called "Households." Commonly explained as a "Catholic fraternity," these small groups of men or women are united by more than just a banner, color, or t-shirt. Households are families.Details
Jernberg & Niemaszyk: Beauty
My friends and I took advantage of our first free weekend. We spontaneously planned a trip in two days and ended up spending time in 4 countries: Austria, Germany, Italy, and Slovenia. It sounds like a lot, and hectic, and not worth it, but it was totally doable and a great asset to our Europe experiences.Details
Niemaszyk & Jernberg: Avalanches
The Carthusian monastery I'm currently living and studying in has steep, slick roofs and Austria has snow built up on every surface from recent storms: the perfect equation for an "avalanche." At any time of day, heavy snow will unexpectedly slide off the roof and crash to the ground, disturbing the silence and even waking people from their sleep in the midst of the night.Details
The Best Paper in the World: The Troubadour
I joined The Troubadour as a freshman during my first week at Franciscan University. I came in as a mass communications major with a concentration in journalism and had high hopes to become a mainstream newspaper journalist. It made sense to join the school paper. I had been a part of my school paper in high school and wrote a few articles so had some experience that would help me be successful, but my editors gave me the tools I needed to do well. Within my first year at Franciscan, I wrote over 40 articles on topics ranging from expansions on campus, student government, the March for Life, and more.Details
Crites: Reasons Why Franciscan Professors are the Best
Because of the very broad core program at Franciscan, Franciscan students have the opportunity to take classes with a wide variety of professors from different departments. Within my first semester, I knew there was something very special about this group of people who have dedicated themselves to the education of their younger brothers and sisters in Christ. So what is it that makes them the best?Details
Jernberg: Arrival in Austria
My friend Isiah Springer-Blacke and I hiked to the steel cross on Book mountain last night. We were surrounded by fog and clouds until about seven pm when the sky cleared up and the stars came out!Details
Schmiesing: We Continue to March for Life
Sometimes it seems that the March for Life is the Catholic/Pro-Life thing to do mid-January. We make our signs, try to sleep on a bus, stand for a few hours in the cold, catch up with old friends, shuffle along Constitution Avenue, say a rosary, pack up our things, and leave.Details
Niemaszyk & Jernberg: If You Don't Like the Weather, Wait Five Minutes
A common thing for students to do before beginning their semester in Austria is to visit a country a week before classes start. A popular destination is Ireland where students are surrounded by the Cliffs of Moher, beautiful countryside, and Irish culture. Four of my friends and I decided to break this tradition and take a riskier trip: explore the beautiful country of Iceland.Details
Schmiesing: Coming Home
Most students returning from Austria will tell you similar things: "It was a great semester." "It feels so weird being back." "I'm still processing." It was no different for me. As soon as I was home and waking up in my bed, the whole experience felt like a dream. Had I even left?Details
Crites: Father Michael Scanlan: A Francis-like figure
I didn't have the pleasure of ever meeting Father Mike. He left Franciscan before I was a student, but he still had such a significant impact on my life that losing him felt like losing a close, personal friend. His name was present from the moment I stepped foot on campus. I can't remember the first time I heard his name. It was probably on my tour as a prospective student as we walked past his portrait in the J.C. Williams Center.Details
Schmiesing: Remembering Father Mike
Even though I grew up in Steubenville and visited Franciscan frequently, I don't have any vivid memories of Father Michael Scanlan. But he was always there, usually as one of the many priests at the altar during mass at Christ the King or in the Field House for Household Life.Details
Baker: The Not So Sunset Sunset Festival in Key West
On my final full day in the Florida Keys, the class spent the day in Key West. Our day began with a trip to the Hemingway House Museum. Afterword we were free to explore on our own until the sunset festival later that evening.Details
Baker: Departure and Return
The day had finally come for us to return to home. After we checked our diving gear back in, the class loaded up the vans and went to the airport. I took a few final photos of the sea campgrounds to chronicle my stay here and never forget my time in Florida.Details


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August 26 2011
Singh goes on the offensive
By Helen Ross, PGATOUR.COM
EDISON, N.J. -- When Vijay Singh teed off on Friday, Matt Kuchar had already shot 65 and moved to 14 under through 36 holes at The Barclays.
So Singh was still trailing by eight shots. That was motivation enough for the big Fijian, who had also learned Friday was essentially "moving day" after the tournament was shortened to 54 holes.
"I didn't think of it that way," Singh said. "But if you know it's only going to be one more day to go, and starting off, I was, what, eight shots back, and so you play a lot more aggressive than you normally would.
"And that's what I tried to do, and limit my mistakes as much as possible."
Singh did just what he needed to in the second round, firing a 64 that included eight birdies and just one shot dropped to par. He's tied with Dustin Johnson at 13 under, now just a shot behind the leader and defending champ.
With Plainfield Country club sodden from more than 15 inches of rain over the last 10 days, Singh was able to be the aggressor, and that played right into his hands on Friday.
"You know there is a lot of birdie holes out there,' Singh said. "You can attack the pin from anywhere on the golf course. It doesn't matter what club. So that's all you try to do is go at the flags and see if you can rack up as much birdies as you can. ...
"But it's an interesting way of playing golf. You know you can go at it from anywhere and it's going to stop. So would have loved to see this golf course play firm."
On Saturday, weather-permitting, it will be more of the same as Singh tries to win for the first time on TOUR since he won the 2008 Barclays and Deutsche Bank Championship back-to-back on the way to the FedExCup. The 48-year-old is rejuvenated after having a treatment on his ailing back in Germany and hoping to win The Barclays for the fourth time overall.
"I'm playing well here, because I'm feeling good," Singh said. "I can be more aggressive and not really worry about how I'm going to wake up the next morning, and if I can play or not. So I've been struggling with this for two years, so it's the first time I feel really comfortable to go out and there."


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Riner, Teddy
|Teddy Pierre-Marie Riner
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|Pointe a Pitre, Guadeloupe, 16n14, 61w32
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|18°17' 16°41 Asc. 03°33'
French world champion in Judo, winning his first world title in 2007, the youngest male ever to do so. Competing in the 2008 Beijing Olympics he earned a Bronze Medal and has additional world championships to his credit for 2008 and 2009. He won a Gold medal at the 2012 Olympics in London. In 2015, he is world champion for the 8th time (European for the 4th in 2014).
The youngest of four siblings, his family moved from the Caribbean Island of Guadaloupe where he was born to Paris when Teddy an infant. His parents looked for sports to engage the energy of their active child and he took up judo at age 6. By 14, he had become devoted to it.
A son (born 1st April 2014) with his companion, Luthna.
Winner of a new gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics, he became double olympic champion like other French judoka David Douillet.
- compare to chart of Douillet, David (born 17 February 1969)
- Work : Prize 2007 (First world championship)
- Work : Prize 15 August 2008 in Beijing (Olympic Bronze medal for Men's +100 kg)
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Source Notes
Paddy de Jabrun quotes from birth certificate
- Traits : Body : Weight (Heavyweight (over 100kg))
- Vocation : Sports : Martial arts (Judo)
- Notable : Awards : Olympics (Bronze, Gold)
- Notable : Awards : Sports Championship


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Ryan Braun Breaks Out With Three Home Runs
The much maligned Ryan Braun led the Milwaukee Brewers to victory over the Philadelphia Phillies by blasting a trio of homers. The fans in Philadelphia were giving him the business before, during, and after each home run.
Ryan Braun will face fans from all over during the 2014 season. Most likely he'll receive his share of jeers on the road but more days like today will go a long way to silence his critics.


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I used to blog here on the Loop long, long ago (about 3 years ago ) and so many things happened to get in the way of enjoying this community. It's really fun to get back into reading all of the fantastic posts and I look forward to getting to know people around here.
A little about me and what I've been up to:
- I met my husband a little over three years ago (yes, he was probably the biggest reason for my absence from blogging). Our mutual friends decided to "creatively engineer" our presence in the same van while running the Wild West Relay from Fort Collins to Steamboat Colorado. 30 hours in a sweaty van inspired our love )
- I've run 8 full marathons, several halves and a smattering of other races. Altogether I've been running for around 18 years and I love, love, love it
- I'm from Illinois, moved to Colorado for grad school, lived in Arizona for a couple of years, moved back to Colorado and now I have lived in lovely North Carolina for a year
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The Gentleman's Magazine gives a curious account of his death :— "Whilst [the Vicar was] preaching on the text, 'In the midst of Life we are in Death,' one of the congregation was seized with an epileptic fit. This circumstance arrested the attention of all present, but of none more than the preacher, who fixed his eyes with remarkable earnestness upon his afflicted parishioner, and his countenance was observed to exhibit a reflection of every contortion that occurred in the features of the sufferer. It was soon found advisable to bring the service to a close. Upon leaving the church, the Rev. gentleman, having been requested to sign some document concerning parish affairs, was surprised to find himself unable to write ; in fact, his right hand was paralysed. Expecting benefit from exercise, he did not proceed towards the glebe house, but had his gig driven in another direction to the residence of his friend, T. Gamble Esq. of Cullinagh. His disorder, however, gained ground, and was gradually aggravated into an universal paralysis. He became unable to leave Cullinagh, and died there on Thursday evening."
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Sade - Staples Center - 8/19/2011
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Has Staples Center ever before oozed with such love? And not just the gooey, puppy love stuff neither. All the most time-worn of L'Amour's swooning, blushy themes played out Friday, with Sade delivering all love's ups and downs in her impressively dignified and consistent way.
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During the dawn of the "Quiet Storm" sound in the early '80s, Sade was never quite as black as Keith Sweat, as jazzy as Al Jarreau, or politically cool as Paul Weller and his Style Council. She was still, however, hip enough to play opposite Bowie in Absolute Beginners. Sade was the cosmopolitan sound somewhere in between with subtle strains of repetitive bass, gentle saxophone, and her soothingly pensive voice. Sade's is woodwind in itself: low, British, restrained and so beautiful on just a few notes she never bothered to fluctuate around to too many others.
Never the typical, flashy big-time pop female performer, Sade Adu retains that easy control over the breezy and blissed-out emotional catharsis she's gently dragging you through, and never flies off the handle like other "divas" whose octave-bouncing, vocal calisthenics pass for showmanship.
Despite the anomaly of her style, or probably because of it, Sade's been asked so many times to do guest spots on hip hop records, its almost an industry joke at this point. True, Sade and the band would supply the perfect bottom-y swagger and chorus to any hip hop track but, alas, she has made it famously clear over the years that her sole profession is singer and songwriter in the band with which she plays. There will be no side gigs, guest spots or samples.
For better or for worse, that means audiences have to deal with the stadium-sized Sade, which comes out gun blazing in all the theatrical glory you'd expect but also brings some glaring drawbacks.
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The show opened with last year's comeback hit "Soldier of Love," and its ode to love in the time of post-traumatic-stress-disorder set a badass military vibe. It served as the locus for the re-occurring narrative of Sade as harbinger of a brutal new soul style - with its military march and chunk-a-chunk guitar crunch and everybody wearing utility belts.
But the mixed themes got messy as the evening wore on, especially when syrupy hits like "Your Love is King" were thrown in. Or, even worse, when the band tried to apply the "Soldier of Love" shtick to the old stuff. Case in point, "No Ordinary Love" - 1992's gloriously minimal engineering of just drum machine, bass, and voice - suffered through layers of too-digitized vocal effects and over-noodling by Stuart Matthewman on his distorted guitar.
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What came shimmeringly clear through the stylized stadium rock aesthetics was the group's majestic integrity on the intimate, scaled-back songs. 2010's "In Another Time" was played out with the group huddled together at one corner of the stage and was close to the best moment of the evening, next to Sade's slaying of "Pearls" - which she performed alone in a stark spotlight.
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John Legend, on the other hand, served up Friday night's happy hour with his hand-claps-over-the-head audience encouragement and effortless soul-singer moves. Legend's Cutie-pie style and Al Green charisma easily translated from the tops of the rafters all the way back down to the floor's industry big wigs.
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Better Than: Toni Braxton, Anita Baker, and what's her name that had that other hit in 1987.
Critical Bias: I've never been ashamed to say I love Sade, even before Jay-Z did.
The Crowd: Almost like waiting in line for Star Search try-outs, expensive watches, lovely cougars, nice smelling fellas, loads of animal print.
Random Notebook Dump: Sade doesn't age & her thick red smack of lipstick and hoop earings will apparently never get old.
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BMC Cardiovasc Disord 12:46. 2012..Left ventricular (LV) rotation is increasingly examined in those with heart disease. The available evidence measuring LV rotation in those with heart diseases has not been systematically reviewed...
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Br J Sports Med 36:301-3. 2002..To briefly review biochemical changes that may result from prolonged strenuous exercise and to relate these changes to health risk...
- Myocardial response to incremental exercise in endurance-trained athletes: influence of heart rate, contractility and the Frank-Starling effectDarren E R Warburton
Division of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Exp Physiol 87:613-22. 2002..Postural position has a significant effect on the relative contribution of heart rate, myocardial contractility and the Frank-Starling mechanism to the increase in Q during exercise conditions...
- Effects of upper extremity exercise training on peak aerobic and anaerobic fitness in patients after transplantationDarren E R Warburton
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Am J Cardiol 93:939-43. 2004..It also appears that patients with cardiac and noncardiac transplants have an increased reliance on anaerobic energy systems during exercise conditions compared with healthy control subjects...
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Med Sci Sports Exerc 36:991-1000. 2004..We hypothesized that if modality-mediated differences in cardiorespiratory function exist after INT and CONT, they would be related directly to differences in training-induced hypervolemia...
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WATSONVILLE - Karina Cervantez is no stranger to politics.
The 32-year-old has been a leader in local Democratic Party political circles, worked with community-based organizations on youth and immigration issues, and has served on the city Parks and Recreation Commission and Planning Commission. In September, she'll head to Charlotte, N.C., in her appointed role as a state at-large delegate in support of President Barack Obama at the Democratic Party's national convention.
But her bid for the District 2 City Council seat held by Oscar Rios will be her first attempt to win elected office.
She says she's ready to step out from "behind the scenes" to push for business development and public safety. The lack of sufficient jobs and crime are connected, she said.
"The businesses that are here, we want to help them stay and expand." Cervantez said. "We need jobs for the youth in town."
Through her experience on the Planning Commission, Cervantez said she is convinced downtown businesses need to be better organized to voice their concerns and navigate city bureaucracy. She said she'd work to facilitate that if elected.
She's also worked with young people returning to the community after incarceration, and developed youth leadership programs. That background will help her engage youth, she said. At the same time, she said it's important to listen to community elders, to gain their perspective and learn from their knowledge of city history.
Rios, who is not running for re-election, is supporting Cervantez, who he appointed to the Planning Commission last year.
"She's smart, and I also think she has the dedication," he said. "We just need people who have the dedication to want to do something to better the district, to better the city and better the people, especially the young people."
Cervantez, who was born in Tulare County and grew up in the small town of Terra Bella, is the daughter of farmworkers. She moved to Watsonville a decade ago after graduating from UC Santa Cruz and finding a job working with youth through the Community Action Board.
She's entering her final year of doctoral studies in psychology at UCSC, works as a lecturer at Cal State Monterey Bay and is active on immigration issues. She's also preparing for a December wedding to Assemblyman Luis Alejo, who held the District 2 seat before his election to state office in 2010. But she said she'd have no trouble finding time to take on the responsibilities of city leadership.
"I am committed to making this run," Cervantez said. "I'm already involved, already connected. I'm very lucky to have a flexible schedule and I'm grounded here.
District 2 encompasses neighborhoods east of lower Main Street.
Because Rios is not running, the nomination period for the seat will be open until Aug. 15. So far, Cervantez is the only one to indicate an interest in running for the seat.
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Karina Cervantez
WHO: Cal State Monterey Bay lecturer, Watsonville Planning Commissioner
EDUCATION: Bachelor's and master's degrees in psychology, UC Santa Cruz; doctoral candidate, UCSC
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SFAI Graduate Lecture: Paul Klein
San Francisco Art Institute
Friday, November 15, 2013 from 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM (PST)
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San Francisco, California
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Paul Klein is an interdisciplinary artist whose teaching and collaborative studio practices foster understandings of how viewers, technology, and society ultimately create meaning in specific and cross-cultural contexts. His work was included in In Transition Russia 2008: Cultural Identities in the Age of Transnational and Transcultural Flux at the National Centre for Contemporary Art (NCCA) in Russia. He has been an artist in residence at the Djerassi Foundation, Woodside, California, and was awarded an NEH Summer Institute residency in Italy. Klein was also the recipient of SFAI faculty developments grants in 2007, 2010, and 2013. His recent project materializes examples that question the "cultural capital" of Paris and Marseille. Klein was an organizer and presenter for the 2012 Computer Art Congress 3: Post Digital Art conference in Paris, and is a fellow for the Partnership for Academic Leadership in Sustainability. He is associate professor and former chair of the Design and Technology Department at SFAI.
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Toddler BARFS In Car… Dad's HILARIOUS Texts Goes Viral.
Life with a toddler is always an adventure -- particularly when they do things like barf. For absolutely no reason. In the car.
Mom might have handled it differently, but this dad wasn't having it. In fact, from the moment his adorable kid barfed, he started to have a meltdown -- the dad, not the kid. We get it: Vomit is extraordinarily disgusting, and with baby-vomit, you just can't imagine the smells.
His hilarious texts to his wife document what happened next. Spoiler alert: Yes, the police got involved.
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Chapter 6 (v.1) - Dawn Chapter 5
That day when I got home, I went straight for my room. I did all my homework and played the piano all day. I couldn't eat anything but I pretended to for my parents' sake.
Several weeks had passed and everything seemed to be going normally. The confirmation of Brooke's death was announced to the whole school and that made me feel even worse. Even though my physical wounds have healed, my heart remained broken.
Zaq and I had lost our only sister. At lunch nobody would speak. I saw regret in Zaq's eyes and saw that he loved his sister just as much as I did.
"You knew . . . didn't you?" Amber said to me. Her voice took me by surprise so it took me a little while to answer.
"Yes. I did," I answered. My voice sounded hollow. The hurt I was feeling reflected through my eyes and when I met Amber's gaze, the accusation left and her pity towards us replaced it.
"I'm sorry guys," She meant it, but she should know that it holds no meaning to us. I smiled at her and stared at the table. Apologies are just words you say when you can't think of anything else to say.
After lunch, the rest of the day went by a little faster and I would always stay after school with Michael. We would walk around the school and just clear our minds out.
Today was different. Today Zaq called me over. I was reluctant to at first but then I found myself walking over to him.
"Yeah?" I said. I was being kind to him. I looked into his eyes and saw that he was keeping the tears at bay.
"Walk with me?" He asked. I nodded and we put our bags down in the commons.
We walked outside and I kept an arms distance away.
"I'm sorry okay?" He blurted out.
"For what? Killing Brooke? Or trying to kill me?" I said. There was true anger in my voice, but it was being concealed over my sadness.
"Both okay! I had to kill her, I had no choice! She knew too much! She saw that I drugged you, she saw me tie you up and throw you into that closet! She had to die!" He said fiercely.
"You took my only sister away from me. That's unforgivable! Besides the fact that you tried to kill me too! I have done nothing to you, have I? Tell me Zaq what did I ever do to you, to make you want to kill me?" I stopped walking and stepped in front of him. He stopped and our gazes locked.
"Nothing, you have done nothing. It's my job. My boss wants you gone and I have to obey him. That means you have to die," He said. I can see in his gaze that he doesn't want to. He has to kill me. He has no choice. What kind of job is that?
"Okay," I said quietly. Then I ran back into the building, grabbed my bag and ran home.
I never want to see Zaq Saunders and ever again.
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It's April, 5 2012. I'm still alive. I've kept extreme distance away from Zaq. Chase is now my best friend. I hate myself for letting him know me. I hate him for making me like him. I hate him for being kind and funny.
That will just make my death harder for him.
Since Zaq is taking a long time to kill me. I have come up with suicide plans. I've been thinking about stabbing myself, but I don't have the balls to do it. Same thing with hanging myself. No matter any form of suicide I can think of, I know I don't have the balls to actually die.
I was hanging out with Chase at my place and I told him of my plans. I told him that I want to commit suicide.
"Don't. Please. You have no idea the whole you'll create in our lives," Chase said. He was scared, that much I knew. I knew that he cared about and doesn't want me to kill myself. But he doesn't know the story.
"Chase … I know, I promise I would never, ever, do that to you. I wouldn't hurt you that way," I said as I gave him a hug, "You know what Jess said to me before she
died? She said, 'That just because a person died … doesn't mean they're dead. The person continues to live in our hearts. That's the only way a person can be immortal. Our memories will be shared and passed on. We'll be immortal.' Since then I've never forgotten about her and its true. She's still alive in my heart," I let Chase go and I smiled. Jess was my best friend. We went on vacation to Colombia a couple years back and she got killed at a store people were trying to rob.
"I get that but it's never the same, please don't," He begged. I shook my head and a tear rolled down my cheek. I'm so touched right now, it hurts my heart.
"Hey, I promise, I'm not going to, it's okay," I reassured him. It was a blank promise. I hated myself for promising something I can't at all keep.
"Okay, thank you because I was so scared, I couldn't deal with it if you did that," Chase said with a sigh of relief. My heart ached. I can't take this. It was so sweet; he cared about me so much. We hardly know each other. We only met in August. He saved my life but he's best friends with the enemy.
"I wouldn't do that to you," I said.
"Yeah I know, you just scared me, ya know how I am," He gave me a shy smile.
"Yeah, I guess," I smiled and sighed. This is the first time in 3 years that I've been genuinely happy. I guess this is what it feels like to have a true friend you could tell anything to and they would always be there to help you.
"So you're doing better?" Chase asked.
"I haven't been this happy in 3 years. All thanks goes to you," I said. It wasn't completely true, but right now, I have no control over what I say. All I can think about is what I'm saying to him. Well, nothing can really hurt him after I'm dead.
Chase checked his phone and cursed under his breath, "Good to hear, I'm sorry but I have to go to scouts, if I can get away I'll text you, promise," Chase said as he put away his phone.
"Okay, oh and have fun," I nudged him playfully and he grinned.
"Kind of hard, its scouts," He winked and I couldn't help but giggle.
"Try, for me?" I smiled at him and he nodded.
"Will do, later," He waved and walked away. After that conversation I told myself that I would never bring it up again. I never mentioned it to anyone. I would hardly even think about it but every now and then it would cross my mind.
I had to admit, I'm scared to die. I love my life. I love my family, I love my friends. I'm scared to what I might find on the other side. There's so much I want to do. I want to go to a One Direction concert. I want to marry Niall Horan or Liam Payne or Harry Styles
or Louis Tomlinson. I want to have my first kiss. I want a huge Sweet 16 or Quinceniera. I want my own family.
Most importantly, I'm scared that when I die, no one will miss me.
Along with thinking about suicide, I've been training. Well it's not technically training. I've been running. So that if I need to run away, I can run faster. I've been climbing trees and learning to use weapons. Not guns and the works, but knives and swords. I've been training myself how to throw them and defend myself.
I've been taking wrestling/kick boxing lessons to expand my self defense. I've lost weight and built up some muscle. Now that I'm stronger and faster, I'm ready to face whatever challenge Zaq has for me. I doubt he'll be drugging me and tying me up again. He knows I'll just escape again.
Zaq's smart . . . he'll come up with something that will deffinatly kill me. I hope that he'll do it after spring break. My family is going somewhere I haven't heard of, but Zaq knows this place all too well.
I'm going to Qatar.
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Some intense thoughts about suicide here, especially from such a young character. Really sad, but certainly makes the story interesting.
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Mauser M59
|Kongsberg M59
Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk M59
|Bolt Action Repeating Sniper Rifle Target rifle
|Place of origin
|Service history
|In service
|1959 - ca. 2000
|Used by
|Production history
|Kongsberg Small Arms
|No. built
|M59 and M59F1
|.30-06 (M59) 7.62 × 51 mm NATO (M59F1)
|Bolt action
|Rate of fire
|Muzzle velocity
|860-880 m/s
|Effective firing range
|800 m
|Feed system
|5-round magazine
|Target aperture sight
The Mauser M59 and Mauser M67 were rifles produced by Kongsberg Arms of Norway and were not licensed products of Mauser. Although they were produced by Kongsberg it was always called a "Mauser" in Norway, hence its listing under Mauser.
Mauser rifles in Norway[edit]
After WW2, large numbers of German Mauser 98k were confiscated by Norwegian forces. Most of the rifles were re-barrelled to .30-06, later to 7.62 NATO, and used as normal service rifles, but a number of Mauser 98 actions were used as the basis for building both military sniper and civilian target rifles at Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk. Target shooting is very popular in Norway, and stocks of the Krag–Jørgensen M1894 were scarce after the end of the war. The Mauser rifles were available and very well suited to conversion into target rifles for use by the Norwegian DFS. The M59, M67 and the Krag–Jørgensen were the official target rifles of the Norwegian DFS until the adoption of the Sauer 200 STR in the 90's.
Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk Skarpskyttergevær M59, "Mauser M59"[edit]
Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk introduced the M59 (also denoted KV59) in 1959, first chambered in .30-06, but shortly afterwards production was changed to accommodate the new 7.62 NATO round, and M59 rifles chambered for the 7.62 NATO were denoted M59F1. The M59F1 served first as a sniper rifle for the regular armed forces. After the NM149 was introduced, the M59F1 served with the Norwegian Home Guard (Heimevernet) until the 1990s. It was also used as a civilian target rifle, having the advantage over the Krag–Jørgensen M1894 that it did not suffer from changing point of impact in rainy weather. Thus, many shooters had a Krag–Jørgensen for the sunny days and one Mauser for rainy days.
Technical details and images[edit]
Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk used German Mauser 98k actions for the manufacture of the M59. The picture shows a civilian M59.
Closeup of the action and re-profiled bolt handle:
Old markings were removed, and the front receiver bridge was opened to accommodate loading of the somewhat longer (compared to the 7.92×57 mm Mauser) .30-06 cardridge,
This is also found on the M59 rifles which were re-chambered to the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge. On the civilian version, only the extractor claw was blued, while the rest of the bolt was polished, while on the army issue M59F1, the whole bolt was blued.
The pistol grip:
The magazine follower on the 98k would lock the bolt's forward motion on an empty magazine. This feature was retained on the M59:
The half-length cleaning rod was screwed into the fore-end. Two to three of these were required to assemble a rod of sufficient length:
A civilian M59 (top) in .30-06 and the army issue M59F1 in 7.62×51mm NATO (bottom, with a side-mounted scope). Note the blued bolt and absence of the cut-out in the front receiver bridge on the M59F1. Note also the different markings on the front receiver bridge.
Alternative model designations (unofficial)[edit]
- Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk Modell 1959
- Kongsberg-Mauser M59
- Modell 1959 Skarpskytter
- Skarpskytterrifle M59
- Skarpskytterrifle Modell 1959
Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk Skarpskyttergevær M67, "Mauser M67"[edit]
The M59 was redesigned in 1967, hence the M67, and was made using a captured World War II German M98 action, fitted with a heavy target stock and barrel. It was usually fitted with Busk diopter sights. It was chambered in 6.5×55mm, 7.62 NATO and in .22 LR as a single shot.
See also[edit]
Other Norwegian rifles:
- Kammerlader - the first breech-loading rifle in service in Norway.
- Remington M1867 - the first rifle for metallic cartridges adopted by the Norwegian Army
- Krag–Petersson - the first rifle designed by Ole H J Krag that was adopted by an armed force.
- Jarmann M1884 - the rifle the Norwegian Krag–Jørgensen replaced.
- Krag–Jørgensen - the most successful Norwegian firearm to date
- Kongsberg Skarpskyttergevær M67 - The 1967 redesign of the M59
- Våpensmia NM149 - the rifle that replaced the M59F1 as a Norwegian sniper rifle
References and notes[edit]
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- Karl Egil Hanevik; Hanevik våpen (1998). Norske militærgeværer etter 1867. ISBN 978-82-993143-1-2.


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