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Musculoskeletal comorbidities in cardiovascular disease, diabetes and respiratory disease: the impact on activity limitations; a representative population-based study
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- Received: 24 September 2010
- Accepted: 3 February 2011
- Published: 3 February 2011
The purpose of this study was to quantify the contribution of comorbidity to activity limitations in populations with chronic cardiovascular disease, diabetes or respiratory disease (index conditions), with emphasis on musculoskeletal comorbidity (arthritis or back problems).
Analysis of the 2005 Canadian Community Health Survey 3.1 (age 20+ years, n = 115,915). Prevalence ratios for activity limitations in people with the index conditions and co-occurring musculoskeletal disease, adjusted for age, gender, and socioeconomic factors, were used to estimate population associated fractions (PAF).
Comorbid arthritis and back problems significantly increased the risk of activity limitations across all index conditions with prevalence ratios of 1.60 and 1.46 for cardiovascular disease, 1.51 and 1.36 for diabetes, and 1.38 and 1.44 for respiratory disease for arthritis and back problems respectively. Arthritis and back problems accounted for at least 13% and 9% of activity limitations in the index populations.
While chronic musculoskeletal conditions are not always considered priorities in chronic disease prevention, they account for a substantial proportion of activity restrictions seen in people with cardiovascular disease, diabetes and respiratory disease, with implications for prevention and control strategies.
- Chronic Condition
- Fibromyalgia
- Activity Limitation
- Index Condition
- Prevalence Ratio
People are living longer with chronic diseases and sedentary lifestyles and an abundance of high calorie food put people at further risk of a range of chronic conditions including heart disease, diabetes and arthritis [1, 2]. The increasing burden of chronic diseases on current and future use of the health care system in industrialized countries is driving the adoption of chronic disease prevention and control strategies. A component of these strategies is helping individuals acquire the skills to manage their health and maintain an active life. A frequent focus of attention for chronic disease prevention and management programs has been on cancer, coronary heart disease, diabetes, and chronic respiratory disease with many programs focusing on a single disease[3]. However, many people have comorbidities (i.e. multiply co-occurring diseases) [4]. The occurrence of comorbidity influences decisions in many areas of health including prevention, complexity of treatment and service utilization, as well as influencing outcomes such as limitations in activity, participation restriction and mortality [5, 6]. In spite of this, little attention has been paid to comorbidity and the effect that comorbid conditions have on limitations in activity and hence on one's ability to engage in self management behaviours, in particular physical activity[7, 8].
Thus, the goal of this study is to quantify the contribution of comorbidity to activity limitations in people with existing chronic cardiovascular disease, diabetes or respiratory disease, with particular emphasis on musculoskeletal comorbidity, specifically arthritis and back problems, as these conditions are a frequent comorbidity [9, 10] and the most frequent cause of activity limitations in the population[11, 12]. Cancer was not included due to its low reported prevalence.
Data were obtained from the 2005 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS, Cycle 3.1), a comprehensive cross-sectional survey of health status and determinants administered by Statistics Canada, Canada's central statistical agency. The target population included individuals 12 years of age and older living in private dwellings excluding individuals living on Indian Reserves or in certain remote areas, institutional residents and members of the Armed Forces. The survey covered approximately 98% of the Canadian population aged 12 and older.
A two-stage cluster design was employed to arrive at a representative sample of the household population. In the first stage, homogeneous strata were formed and independent samples of clusters were drawn from each stratum. In the second stage, dwelling lists were prepared for each cluster and dwellings, or households, were selected from the lists.
More specifically, each of the 10 provinces was divided into three types of regions: major urban centres, cities, and rural regions. Geographic or socio-economic strata were created within each major urban centre. Within the strata, dwellings were regrouped to create clusters.
In each stratum, six clusters were chosen by a random sampling method with a probability proportional to size, the size of which corresponded to the number of households. The other cities and rural regions of each province were stratified first on a geographical basis, then according to socio-economic characteristics. Once the new clusters were listed, the sample was obtained using a systematic sampling of dwellings. Further details of survey methodology, including strategies to ensure representativeness of the sample, have been published [13].
The questionnaire was administered using computer-assisted personal interviews (83% of the sample) and telephone interviews. With 132,221 participants, household and person response rates were high (84.9% and 92.9% respectively). For this study, analyses are focused on the adult population aged 20+ years (n = 115,915). The data used in this study were publicly available.
The presence of chronic conditions was determined using the lead-in statement: "We are interested in long-term conditions that have lasted or are expected to last six months or longer and that have been diagnosed by a health professional. Do you have...". Of the 27 specific self-reported chronic conditions that are collected by the CCHS, this study considered the following chronic conditions: cardiovascular conditions (indentified as the self-reported presence of "high blood pressure", "heart disease" or "suffer from the effects of a stroke"), "diabetes", respiratory conditions (identified as the self-reported presence of "asthma", "chronic bronchitis", "chronic obstructive pulmonary disease" or "emphysema"), "arthritis or rheumatism, excluding fibromyalgia" (referred to as arthritis), and "back problems, excluding fibromyalgia and arthritis" (referred to as back problems). All other chronic conditions were grouped together.
The health outcome of interest for this study was a global measure of activity limitation.
Prefaced with "The next few questions deal with any current limitations in your daily activities caused by a long-term health condition or problem," respondents were asked, "Do you have any difficulty...walking, climbing stairs, bending, learning or doing any similar activities?" and "Does a long-term physical condition or mental condition or health problem, reduce the amount or the kind of activity you can do...at home?...at school?...at work?...in other activities, for example, transportation or leisure?" For each of these, respondents indicated either "sometimes", "often", "never." Respondents were categorised as having an activity limitation if they responded as sometimes or often having any difficulty.
Age was grouped in 10 year intervals commencing at 20-29 to age 80+. Age over 80 years could not be further broken down as it was available in grouped format only. Race was categorised as white or visible minority. The Asian population is the largest visible minority group in Canada; only a small proportion of the population identified themselves as black or Latin American (1.7% and 0.7%, respectively). The highest level of education was dichotomized as more than high school or high school or less. Total household income was grouped as >$15,000, $15,000-$29,999, $30,000-$49,999, $50,000-%79,000, and >$80,000. Body Mass Index (BMI = weight [kg]/height [meters]2) was calculated using participant-reported height and weight, excluding pregnant women. BMI was considered as: underweight, (<18.5 kg/m2) normal weight (18.5-<24.9 kg/m2), and overweight/obese (≥25 kg/m2).
Statistical Analyses
Data weights, provided by Statistics Canada to account for sample design, non-response and post-stratification, were used to provide estimates representative of the household population aged 20+ years. The methods employed by Statistics Canada to calculate weights have been published [13]. Variances were calculated using rescaled weights and incorporated design factors provided by Statistics Canada.
Descriptive analyses examined the distribution of demographic and socioeconomic characteristics and BMI in the overall population, and within each group reporting cardiovascular conditions, diabetes and respiratory conditions (the index conditions). Additionally, the prevalence of index and comorbid conditions, proportion with activity limitation, prevalence of comorbid conditions among the index groups, and proportion with activity limitations among pair of index and comorbid conditions were examined.
Three sets of analyses were carried out for populations defined by the presence of one of the specific chronic conditions of interest: cardiovascular conditions, diabetes or respiratory disease (index conditions). Following the methodology used in Perruccio et al,[14] adjusted prevalence ratios (PRs) for activity limitation were estimated through multivariate log-Poisson regression analyses with robust variance estimation [15, 16]. The log-Poisson regression included age, gender education, income, race, BMI, and chronic conditions as indicated above. Population-associated fractions (PAF) for activity limitations were calculated for each pair of index and comorbid conditions. SAS 9.1 was used for all statistical analyses.
Population characteristics, overall and by index condition group.
(n = 115,915)
Cardiovascular disease
(n = 29,281)
(n = 8,100)
Respiratory disease
(n = 13,206)
Age (years)
Visible minority
High school or less
More than high school
Normal weight
Prevalence of index and comorbid conditions, proportion with activity limitation, and population-associated fractions† (%) for activity limitation for index-comorbid condition pairs.
Chronic conditions
Index condition
Respiratory disease
Back problems
Other chronic conditions
Prevalence of condition (%)
Proportion with activity limitation (%)
Comorbid chronic conditions
Proportion who have comorbid condition (%)
Respiratory disease
Proportion with index and comorbid condition with activity limitation (%)
Respiratory disease
Population Associated Fraction† (%)
Respiratory disease
Prevalence ratios (95% CI) for activity limitation from log-Poisson regression analyses by index condition.
Cardiovascular disease
(n = 29,281)
(n = 8,100)
Respiratory disease
(n = 13,206)
Comorbid condition
1.60 (1.53 - 1.67)
1.51 (1.40 - 1.62)
1.38 (1.30 - 1.47)
Back problems
1.46 (1.41 - 1.52)
1.36 (1.28 - 1.45)
1.44 (1.36 - 1.52)
Cardiovascular disease
1.24 (1.15 - 1.35)
1.09 (1.03 - 1.15)
1.15 (1.10 - 1.20)
1.00 (0.94 - 1.06)
Respiratory disease
1.25 (1.20 - 1.30)
1.17 (1.09 - 1.26)
Other chronic conditions
1.20 (1.12 - 1.29)
1.17 (0.97 - 1.41)
0.92 (0.83 - 1.02)
Age (years) (ref: 20-29)
0.79 (0.60 - 1.04)
1.79 (0.66 - 4.87)
1.11 (0.98 - 1.26)
1.01 (0.78 - 1.29)
2.11 (0.78 - 5.68)
1.32 (1.17 - 1.50)
0.97 (0.76 - 1.24)
2.04 (0.76 - 5.47)
1.42 (1.26 - 1.60)
0.98 (0.77 - 1.25)
2.17 (0.81 - 5.83)
1.47 (1.31 - 1.65)
1.12 (0.88 - 1.43)
2.31 (0.86 - 6.20)
1.55 (1.37 - 1.74)
1.42 (1.11 - 1.81)
2.88 (1.07 - 7.73)
1.88 (1.67 - 2.12)
Gender (ref: male)
0.93 (0.89 - 0.97)
0.98 (0.92 - 1.05)
1.00 (0.95 - 1.06)
Race (ref: white)
Visible minority
0.85 (0.78 - 0.93)
0.88 (0.77 - 1.01)
0.94 (0.84 - 1.05)
Education (ref: more than high school)
High school or less
0.97 (0.93 - 1.01)
0.99 (0.92 - 1.05)
0.98 (0.93 - 1.04)
Income (ref: >$80,000)
1.33 (1.23 - 1.44)
1.26 (1.09 - 1.46)
1.42 (1.29 - 1.56)
1.23 (1.14 - 1.33)
1.21 (1.05 - 1.39)
1.30 (1.18 - 1.42)
1.18 (1.09 - 1.27)
1.14 (0.99 - 1.31)
1.19 (1.08 - 1.31)
1.12 (1.03 - 1.21)
0.98 (0.98 - 1.14)
1.12 (1.02 - 1.23)
BMI (ref: normal weight)
1.23 (1.05 - 1.43)
1.25 (0.96 - 1.63)
1.27 (1.07 - 1.50)
1.09 (1.04 - 1.13)
1.12 (1.02 - 1.22)
1.19 (1.12 - 1.27)
Prevalence ratios were used to calculate population-associated fractions within each of the index condition populations for pairs of comorbid conditions (Table 2). For all three index conditions, PAFs were highest for arthritis as a comorbid condition, followed by back problems.
When arthritis and back problems were combined (results not shown), the same pattern emerged; co-existing musculoskeletal conditions increased the risk of activity limitation by at least 80%: PR 2.12, 95% CI: 2.00, 2.25 in those with cardiovascular disease; PR 1.81, 95% CI 1.66, 1.96 in those with diabetes; PR 1.86, 95% CI 1.70, 2.03 in those with respiratory disease. Co-occurring musculoskeletal disease accounted for roughly 30% of all activity limitations in people with cardiovascular disease, diabetes and respiratory disease.
While research has examined the impact of chronic conditions on an individual's ability to perform daily activities related to independent living,[12, 17–20] this study contributes to knowledge by estimating the contribution of comorbid disease to increasing the risk of activity limitations specifically in people with existing cardiovascular disease, diabetes or respiratory disease. We found that among people with cardiovascular disease, diabetes and respiratory disease, comorbid musculoskeletal conditions (arthritis and back problems) both increased the risk and accounted for a substantial proportion of activity limitations. Comorbid cardiovascular disease also contributed a substantial proportion to activity limitations in those with diabetes.
The population associated fractions calculated in this study for populations with specific chronic diseases are generally higher that those found in an earlier study for the total population which also used activity limitations as an outcome[14]. Perruccio et al showed PAFs ranging from 3.7% to 7.5% for the contribution of diabetes and individual cardiovascular and respiratory conditions to activity limitations in the general population, adjusted for a range of comorbidities. Corresponding values for arthritis and back problems were 16.8% and 4.3% respectively. Griffith et al. [21] reported relatively large population attributable risks for functional disability (examining independently activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living) for pairs of chronic conditions which included arthritis. They report some of the highest values for the combination of arthritis and heart problems. Their study was limited to individuals aged 65 and over, however. These differences suggest there are differential impacts for individuals with specific medical conditions depending on the presence of particular comorbidities, and the age structure of the population under study. An important advantage of the present study was the consideration of conditions of high prevalence in the population or of considerable public interest, or both, across the full adult age range. The differential impacts we report may need to be taken into account in setting priorities for public health interventions.
Older age, lower income, and increased weight (overweight/obese) were found to be significantly associated with activity limitations in people with cardiovascular disease, diabetes and respiratory disease. This was expected as these are common risk factors for these chronic diseases[22, 23] and for comorbidity[24] as well as for activity limitations and disability in general[25–27].
Arthritis, back problems, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and respiratory diseases can all interfere with physical functioning and activity levels[14, 19, 28]. For example, those with arthritis are not as physically active as persons without arthritis, likely partly attributable to the pain, stiffness, and joint destruction associated with the disease[29]. Studies in the US population have shown that arthritis is a barrier to physical activity such that individuals with either diabetes or heart disease who also have arthritis were more likely to be physically inactive than those with just one of these conditions[30, 31]. Activity limitations can be thought of as a global measure of disability and the general definition used in the CCHS captures restrictions in numerous activities including physical function (walking, climbing stairs, etc) as well as activities at home, work, school, and leisure. This definition reflects physical performance and ability to carry out a range of activities[32] with implications for physical activity.
Our study is not without limitations as health surveys based on self-reported data have obvious disadvantages. The absence of clinician-assessed chronic conditions may lead to inaccuracies in the prevalence of chronic disease[33]. Nonetheless, such surveys are generally considered to be a reliable, economic, and practical means for measuring morbidity[33–35]. Our measure of activity limitations was a global measure and does not exclusively address physical activity as such, although this is included in the measure. As the cross-sectional nature of the data prohibits us from drawing any causal inferences, future work should build upon these findings and assess the longitudinal relationship between comorbidity and activity limitations. However, regardless of the timing of the development of the chronic conditions and outcome, the implications of musculoskeletal comorbidity on health outcomes are significant. Finally, we only considered pairs of chronic conditions and their relationship with activity limitations. Approximately one quarter of the study population reported having three or more chronic conditions and the impact of this should be investigated. Further work should also consider the impact of mental health conditions on these associations as psychological distress has been shown to add to the negative impact of chronic conditions on limitations in everyday activities[36–38].
Although numerous chronic disease prevention strategies and practice guidelines have been developed, they mainly address single chronic conditions and ignore the presence of co-existing conditions. Our findings suggest that the implementation of effective prevention, treatment and management strategies for chronic disease might be affected by musculoskeletal comorbidity. While musculoskeletal conditions are not always considered to be among the top priorities in chronic disease prevention, they are the most prevalent chronic conditions. This population-based study points to the importance of taking into account the impact of arthritis and back problems on activity limitations in persons with co-existing cardiovascular disease, diabetes and respiratory disease when designing intervention and prevention strategies.
There can be potential synergies and antagonisms in populations with comorbid conditions and potential problems in delivering intervention and prevention strategies. However, approaches which consider the presence and impact of comorbid conditions are likely of greater benefit to the population and patient than approaches which overlook them. For example, physical activity is a key prevention strategy particularly for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, and for health in general. When designing intervention strategies, it needs to be recognized that comorbid arthritis and back problems is not a contraindication, although modifications may need to be made [39]. Further, regular physical activity has been shown to be beneficial in managing symptoms associated with arthritis and back problems[40].
The adoption of chronic disease prevention and control strategies is becoming more critical as the burden of chronic diseases in industrialized countries continues to increase. A component of these strategies encourages individuals to manage their health and maintain an active life. To date, many of these strategies have focused on single diseases. Less attention has been paid to comorbidity and the effect that comorbid conditions have on activity and consequently on one's ability to engage in self-management practices, in particular physical activity.
Among people with cardiovascular disease, diabetes and respiratory disease, comorbid musculoskeletal conditions both increased the risk and accounted for a substantial proportion of activity limitations. This suggests the implementation of effective prevention, treatment and management strategies for these chronic diseases might be affected by musculoskeletal comorbidity. While musculoskeletal conditions are not always considered to be among the top priorities in chronic disease prevention, they are the most prevalent chronic conditions. Musculoskeletal conditions and comorbidity need to be accounted for when designing intervention and prevention strategies.
This study was supported by a Health System Linked Research Unit Grant from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (Grant 04166). The opinions, results and conclusions reported in this paper are those of the authors and are independent from the funding sources. No endorsement by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care is intended or should be inferred.
AV Perruccio was supported by a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Fellowship Award (SBM 90860). There was no involvement by the funding agency in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; or preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript.
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ARTISTS Biography
Ajhie Le Grandeur
Name: Ajhie Le Grandeur
Age: 19
Pacific Islander (Indonesia mix)
I moved to Philly around 2006-07
I came to Philly from Tarzana, Los Angeles. CA.
I was born in Jakarta, Indonesia.
When did you meet Rick
: I met Rick around 2011 through a mutual friend. Started being friends thru skateboarding then a little while later we rap to eachother and been working together ever since.
When did you meet Carter:
I met Carter a couple months after rick. Rick start sending Carter the tracks we did and he heavily fuck with it and finally meet Carter shortly after that.
When did you decide you wanted to rap:
I decided I want to rap at the age of 16. That's when I really wanna take off, record mad shit, and hopefully get hella buzz. But there's more to it and I got lost in the process of doing things right. I realize that I love making music and just music itself heals me when I'm in a certain mood or feeling some type of way.
I grew up goin to mad Hip Hop programs, goin to bboy classes after school, learning all aspects of Hip Hop and got hooked to the old school tracks and artists. I can't name a couple because Ima get upset if I left out an artist that I fucks with heavy.
My family and my surroundings inspire me everyday. My family from my dad side is very musical. We made history for bringin legit studios and artist to Indonesia. Both my dad and my grandpa plays mad instruments and are songwriters. They constantly make songs no matter what it's about, so growing up I always wanted to make music like them and rapping is what I feel most comfortable in with making music.
My goal is to be as successful as possible. I don't care about the fame. As long as people feel me thru my music and I could feed and provide for the fam, I'll be happy. But the grind never stop! The sky's the limit.
Rick Dealz (MazzeratiRick)
Rick dealz formerly known as Mazzerati rick, 26 yrs old, Japanese, born in Miami FL. Moved to Hawaii when I was 5. Met carter my freshmen year of highschool, and he became my right hand man. I moved to philly and carter moved to virginia, in 2011. I met Ajhie the first year I was in philly on some skatin shit n later found out he rapped n have been close ever since..
In Hawaii I used to make beats and engineer vocals for other local rappers. Then realized I have a pretty unique story to tell myself so I picked up the mic. At first it was jus freestylin bullshittin remixing songs wit the homies. Then I moved to philly n really started takin it seriously. I linked back up wit carter again I'd say 2012 and from there started our own label tse (tha streets Ent.)
my influences: eminen, 50 and g unit, d 12, snoop dog, lil Wayne, BG, young jeezy, Jody breeze and a lot more too many to list lol. The thing about me tho is Im INFLUENCED by them, I don't try to copy their sound, at the end of the day it's always ME and my own style.
What inspires me is to see someone who came from the same struggles as me in life and turn that into some positive. Not necessarily jus rapping wise, ANYONE who turns basically nothing into something. AND of course the people I surround myself wit inspire me and motivate me to do better for myself so at the end of the day I can turn around n help out those same peopleThe people who I came up wit.
My goals are to finally go legit and be able to make a comfortable living off of what I love doin. I don't really care about the fame
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New Left Review 62, March-April 2010
The term 'crisis' played a central role in many national political debates during the 1970s, although definitions of it varied widely. Towards the end of the century it had largely been replaced by another, more optimistic term, 'globalization'. [1] An earlier version of this paper was given at the World Congress of the International Institute of Sociology in Yerevan on 13 June 2009. Since 2008, however, the tone has turned sombre again, and the notion of 'crisis' has abruptly resurfaced; but its usage is just as loose as ever. The questions of how to define a crisis, and how to explain its origins, have once again come to the fore.
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Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton will clearly be rooting for Auburn when his alma mater squares off against Florida State in the BCS National Championship Game on Monday night. You wouldn't know it by looking at his locker, though.
In a nice bit of pregame trash talk, Panthers kicker — and FSU alum — Graham Gano tweeted a photo Monday morning of a Seminoles sweatshirt proudly hanging in Newton's stall.
There's no word on whether the Carolina teammates have a wager going on the title game — like the one that forced New Orleans Saints running back Mark Ingram to wear Auburn gear after the Tigers' Iron Bowl upset of Alabama — but Newton had better step his game up. Getting trolled by the kicker is never a good look.
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Firelight by Sophie Jordan
Genre: YA
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Goodreads Says:
A hidden truth.
Mortal enemies.
Doomed love.
Marked as special at an early age, Jacinda knows her every move is watched. But she longs for freedom to make her own choices. When she breaks the most sacred tenet among her kind, she nearly pays with her life. Until a beautiful stranger saves her. A stranger who was sent to hunt those like her. For Jacinda is a draki, a descendant of dragons whose greatest defense is her secret ability to shift into human form.
Forced to flee into the mortal world with her family, Jacinda struggles to adapt to her new surroundings. The only bright light is Will. Gorgeous, elusive Will who stirs her inner draki to life. Although she is irresistibly drawn to him, Jacinda knows Will's dark secret: He and his family are hunters. She should avoid him at all costs. But her inner draki is slowly slipping awayif it dies she will be left as a human forever. She'll do anything to prevent that. Even if it means getting closer to her most dangerous enemy.
Mythical powers and breathtaking romance ignite in this story of a girl who defies all expectations and whose love crosses an ancient divide.
3.5-4.0 Stars
Upon finishing the book I was at a 4 star rating but as I slept on it I think it's more of a 3.5 star rating but I keep going back and forth on it. Such is life.
The fact that this YA was about dragons or descendants of dragons gave me enough of a reason to want to read it. The fact that I have the final book in the trilogy motivated me to bump it up on the dreaded TBR list.
I liked:
1. Sophie Jordan's writing style. She knows how to put together words that will place you in the middle of a very mystical place with very real dangers lurking about. From page 1 she set the tone for the rest of the book. I often found myself thinking this would make a great movie because it played in my head just like one.
2. The concept of the Draki, a mystical people who are descendants of dragons. The lore is intriguing and you can't help to want to learn more about it. LOVED IT.
3. Jacinda- She's a 16 year old who might be having problems adjusting in the human world but knows who she is as a Draki. She's comfortable in her own skin and isn't afraid to stand up for who/what she is. I really liked her and could relate to her struggles.
4. Will- 18 year old Draki Hunter who falls for Jacinda in both forms. He's a very likable character. He's not like his family and has his own issues with them. He's forced to go hunting but doesn't really agree with it. He went from trying to understand Jacinda with an open mind to being accepting of Jacinda… Yeah, I likes him.
5. The forbidden love aspect of this story.
6. The ending. A very very very good ending. Yes, it's a cliffhanger. Yes, I hate cliffhangers. Yes, I already started the next book.
I did not like:
1. Jacinda is in constant turmoil over Will. Understandable. He's a hunter after all. She was warring against the connection they felt and the obvious, that he could end up killing her. Although I was understanding of all this I found the repetitive warring a bit much. I just don't like books that constantly repeat things word for word every 10 pages or so. We get it… we don't forget… honestly, we don't.
2. Jacinda never told her mother or Tamra that Will was a hunter. Ok, I get it. You don't want to tell them that you're falling for a hunter. Ok. Jacinda didn't mention that they were living near hunters at all. There were a crap load of them all over the place. (Not saying anything is not realistic even in a non-realistic place.)
3. My biggest issue with this book is that you don't really get much of the Draki lore. I would have loved to get more information on them. The author also mentions another species called the Enkros but we don't get much on them either.
4. Come to think of it… there are a lot of loose ends. A LOT. Don't like this at all. (They are all spoilers so I can't mention them. Sorry.)
Overall, I liked the book. I did. It has a lot of elements that can make it a spectacular series and I'm hoping the next two installments make it happen.


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Must have fell on the button and took a picture in mid air, almost made the accident worth it. Anyway might take a bit longer unless I can fix it.
do you must know the incredible amount of bullshit stink I can smell even from here??? It's not me who you should be trying to flash out your sad bull-SSSHHH I mean story,
It's bothering, anyway you'd better go buy a new one quickly, because friday's not far away, and I would be REALLY disappointed if you didn't keep your word .
Looks like some people on the board has a certain dog fetish for sam... Protect him sparnage!
When did this topic turn into a dog sob story?
when sparnage was peer pressured into opening old wounds.
Well, if you had enough balls to post your picture, I'd have replied that the dog simply looks better than you, but since you didn't, I'll have to tell the truth and admit that deep inside, I really think that if Sam posted here by puking on Sparnage's keyboard, it would be a better contribution than most of your posts.
my great dane died recently. her name was lucy and she was 160 pounds of love. poor girl had a twisted stomach and had to be put down. she was only 7.it's a shame those dogs die so young. now we have this little shit puppy. i guess she's okay, but she's hyper as hell and can be a real pain in the ass.
Maybe if you take time to remember my explination, you would figure out that I dont have a digital camera or scanner.
Whats with all the hate?
Well in any case I think we all agree Sam is pretty badass
Actually the funny thing is I heard there was going to be a pro-ban demon x movement going to start
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The 2016 Miss Cayman Islands contestants took a tour of the island Saturday, each riding atop a car, smiling and waving as the beauty pageant hopefuls cruised the island from West Bay to East End.
Miss Cayman 2015 Tonie Chisholm led the motorcade on the day-long tour.
A truck loaded with speakers and a DJ provided the soundtrack for and drew attention to the young women vying for this year's crown on Jan. 30.
The eight contestants for 2016 followed the lead car as the tour made stops in each district. They waved and smiled, using the stops to mingle and pose for photographs.
Miss Cayman Islands Chairwoman Derri Lee said, "The traditional motorcade is an event that always drums up a lot of support from the community."
This year's contestants are Latrese Haylock, Theresa Cole and Samantha Rea of George Town; Schilo Scott from the Brac; Shanice Kelly of Bodden Town; and Erin Nicole Hislop, Jamie Rogers, and Monyque Brooks of West Bay.
Tickets are on sale for the pageant on Jan. 30 at the Lions Centre. The theme this year is "World of Color."


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Ages: 5 & Up
Manufacturer: Made By Hands, Inc.
Price: $18.95
Review:Somehow we as parents have forgotten that toys don't have to beep, talk to us or do all the work. This inventive, uncomplicated and imaginative kit includes simple, durable elements: a game board with two blank sides, a blank spinner, a blank deck of cards, pop out shapes, three blank dice of different sizes and a glue stick - enough pieces and supplies to create two games; it even has a carrying case. Testers spent time plotting and planning, thinking about what makes a game fun, laying it all out and then putting it all together. After spending two days creating the games, we all got to play. Players created their own rules sheet; tweaking and perfecting the rules as game play progressed. A thought provoking and innovative way to play and learn.
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I want to thank you all for particapating in FM -- Our host for next week Nov 17 is misformisanthrope -- so go on over and sign up.
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Great picture - Lovely Girls and it sound as if you a wonder crop of step childern also.
adorable girls...great post. thanks for hosting this week,you picked a perfect topic!!
Those girls are just adorable!! Great topic, which I am sure will bring some tears to some.
That's a very cute picture of the kids !!
Janis, your family is certainly doing its share to keep us safe. More and more often we are warned about how unstable and dangerous Afghanistan is getting. I know you are so concerned for your family member who's on that front line. May she stay safe.
Extremely cute kids! Thanks for hosting this week!
Such cute girls :) Very patriotic. I'm stunned how many of your extended family are serving your country, I guess it really does run in families.
Lovely post, Janis. Thank you!
Love the topic for this week so that we can remember that it is just not another day off.
The girls are soooo cute (and big too ;0(
After reading your story i can certainly understand why you chose this topic. Thanks for giving me a chance to honor my Dad.
I am participating today afterall.
My salute to the American United States Marine Corps is posted.
Scroll down below the book review.
PS....love your Wal Mart photo below LOLOLOLOL
Since my blood runs red, white, and blue...this was a wonderful choice for Mon Funday. Thanks for hosting.
Awesome patriotic photo of those little cuties.
I sent an e-mail explaining the "sign-up." Not sure it made much sense.
There are so many great posts today. Your family is very entrenched in the business of protecting our country! Thank you to all of them!
Your family have a wonderful military tradition. I hope your husband's daughter returns safe and sound.
That's a lovely patriotic picture.
Beautiful girls! I like your music!
If you have time please add my name to the list. Thanks.
Thanks for hosting! Look at those beautiful little girls in their red white and blue - what a cute picture!
Great post, and I love the photo of your Flag Girls. Thank you for hosting this week.
Thank you for hosting, that picture of the girls is really cute. I pray that your husband's daughter will be safe.
Thank you for hosting! Sorry I'm so late visiting you, and you have cute kids!


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Gracepoint!!! I missed you last week.
I wanted to do a post about some of my thoughts on FOX's Gracepoint and ABC's Selfie. Both shows featuring some Who alumni on American TVs.
Its no secret how very much I adore David Tennant nor is it a secret how little I can usually stand Karen Gillan. At the beginning of the fall tv season, I was looking forward to watching both of them in their American tv series. I was looking forward to Gracepoint because I had heard great things about Broadchurch and wanted to watch that series. Then, I heard they were making an American adaption and so I decided to wait. David Tennant can do no wrong in my eyes so I knew I would be interested. I was looking forward to Selfie mostly because I was looking forward to the subsequent cancellation. But something kind of strange happened…
First, my thoughts on Gracepoint. It. Is. Fantastic. Really amazing. I wanted to watch Broadchurch before but now, I feel I absolutely have to. I was so happy to read that there will be a second season of Broadchurch which I am hoping means we will get another season of Gracepoint as well. The characters and the phenomenal actors really make this an amazing series; more on that in a sec.
Selfie: I simply couldn't wait for this series to fail. Episode one, I tuned in ready to talk same major shit about how horrible Karen Gillan was yet again. No matter how great John Cho is, there would be no helping this girl. Not even 5 minutes into the premiere episode and… I loved it.
There was no subtly in establishing that this was a modern take on the classic Pygmalion. (Eliza Dooley? Henry Higgs? Come on.) The plot lines were as shallow as the main character but I honestly enjoyed this show; I watched every episode. I'm actually disappointed that I called it right and the show was cancelled by ABC. From what I understand, they will be airing the rest of the episodes on Hulu but it was still cancelled…
The acting on Gracepoint is some of the best I have seen in a long time. My heart breaks every single episode for multiple characters. Just a pained look in someones eye will have me in hysterics. I try to compose myself but then another heartbreaking moment occurs and I just begin sobbing to myself all over again. Every minute of every episode is completely enthralling. Because I was planning on watching Broadchurch, I didn't want to do any reading-up on the show's characters or storylines, but it seems to follow a very similar story.
I really can't believe I'm about to put this thought into writing but it's actually Tennant who, sometimes, briefly, seems to be the weak link here. (You must understand how hard it was for me to type that) There are times when I feel like he's letting the American accent slip and I hear that Scottish roll on out.
Karen Gillan on the other hand: fantastic American accent and never letting it slip! (What is even happening in the world?!) John Cho was ok but the rest of the cast was practically useless. No great range and even in the above picture, I don't know who the hell the guy to the far left is and the chick pictured in the top right is a neighbor Eliza runs into occasionally… It was really all about Eliza and Henry and they were already (clearly) falling in love in the few episodes that aired so where could the writers even take these characters? The answer is obviously, nowhere, and I'm sure that contributed to the network's decision to X the show.
So, 10 vs. Amy. Tennant vs. Gillan. Scot on Scot competition: Selfie/Gillan didn't crash and burn the way I expected. Well, I guess they did but I made sure to indulge myself with this guilty pleasure weekly while I could. As predicted, the show was shit but it was the kind of shit I guess I wanted to watch. Gracepoint/Tennant, not surprisingly, are clearly the winner in this fight. I can't wait for Gracepoint to come back with a new episode, Thursday, after a week off for Thanksgiving. When this season ends, I definitely plan on watching all of Broadchurch. I'm curious to find out just how closely Gracepoint followed the original story. (Even their promo shots look the same…)
If there's one good thing that came from Selfie, I don't absolutely hate Karen Gillan as an actor anymore. In fact, I enjoyed her performance. Better luck next time, Amy!
Thanks for reading! Love, GK


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Week 13: Transport
"Taxee! Er, taxi!" Sketch in pencil over a light wash of pink and blue. Inked in black Sharpie and coloured with watercolours. What I enjoyed about doing this is that I splashed the diluted pink and blue paint onto the wet paper first, as a wash (then accidentally left it in the rain), so the dried background ended up being rather like a Mr Squiggle "squiggle" that I allowed to inform me just where the various elements would fall: ie. the placement of the box, the wheels, the girl's feet, the signpost, and even the teddy. It felt like the paper was telling me where to put everything.
"Transporter Room to Landing Party, one to beam down." A four-part piece of an Andorian from "Star Trek" beaming down to a planet. Drawn in black Sharpie onto watercolour paper, coloured with watercolours, two collaged paper templates, and silver glitter.
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Unorthodox probably the best word. He initially started playing from behind, or maybe just didn't know where to lead. Certainly looked more comfortable playing out of the fifty than inside it. His performance was more akin to a half forward flanker than key forward
His athleticism certainly caused their defenders big issues
Aliir is undoubtedly a talent and it will be interesting to see how he is deployed at senior level going forward. With more KPD depth now in our squad there is the opportunity to see if we can mould him into a tall mobile fwd/winger.
Will he be recalled to the senior backline or developed as a fwd in the ressies, watch this space
Sydney 1.6-12 6.11-47 11.16-82 16.24-120
Gold Coast 1.2-8 3.5-23 4.8-32 4.8-32
Goal Kickers: A. Aliir 3, S. Wicks 3, S. Edwards 2, B. Jack, J. Dawson, C. O''Riordan, W. Gowers, T. Pink, T. Leonardis, J. Rose, R. Fox
Best Players: M. Talia, J. Foote, J. Laidler, S. Edwards, R. Fox, S. Barkley
Gold Coast
Goal Kickers: K. Sheers, C. Beaman, S. Watson, D. Macpherson
Best Players: D. Macpherson, D. Currie, K. Brooksby , T. McKenzie , R. Davis , C. Offermans
Ugg, is this the usual official unusual batch of Best Players? How did you rate them?
Talia "best", is he thawing and being brought back in from the cold?
Talia played on the resting ruckman in either Nicholls or Currie and I don't remember him losing a contest. Calm in possession and good long kick. But given our dominance in the midfield and field position after quarter time I'm not sure that equates a best on ground performance.
Some photos of the day. There's a covered smallish stand, but also benches around the ground and on a nice day like this it's worth sitting on those or even watch from your cars (As an aside, do any of those cars ever get damaged by an errant ball?)
At three quarter time got to listen in to the huddle. Interestingly Shaw addressed the midfield group only with Nicky D doing the final message with the whole group
Nothing too enlightening to report, obviously they were very happy with how the match had unfolded and just drove home the message to keep working and best of all enjoy the quarter.
John Blakey and Craig Holden were also there but were just observers
It's a damning indictment on our coaching staff that we have talia and Allir in the 2's, while our seniors are so rubbish.
Coaches SHOULD NOT have loyalty to older players. They should only be loyal to the club.


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This shade is quite a red toned plum rather than purple but this is better for me as with my fair skin too purple would look terrifying! The consistency is like all other Topshop lipsticks but slightly drier. I had this on for around 3 hours (and 2 glasses of wine) before I needed to top up. When I went to apply more I noticed that it had gone very dry around the outside, I had to scrub it iff with a bit of tissue and reapply, I think the best way to avoid this would of been to put lip balm on before applying any lipstick.
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Welcome to Third Grade for the 2018-2019 school year! This is my sixth year teaching at Keytesville, and my fifth year teaching third grade. I graduated from Salisbury High School in 2008. Then I attended Moberly Area Community College and graduated with my Associates in Education in 2010. Finally, I attended the University of Central Missouri and graduated with a Bachelors in Education in 2012. I am married to Christopher and we live in Salisbury. We have two children, Carson and Aubrey.
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idk, i'm sure we could workshop this issue and come to a solution that results in a positive synergised outcome which works for all parties involved.
There's something nurking in the shadows
The fake wheel thread is going over board now lol but hi-larious
Thread about wheels, get coilovers involved
That shit inspired
Make sure you have given EZY Slider a like...........
Fuck there's some retarded shit on kids TV these days. No wonder kids are stupid.
Rail it & nail it.
Hillbilly Deluxe Mk.II, '81 Mitsubishi Scorpion/'96 Nissan Navara 4x4/'81 Yamaha IT250/'83 Yamaha YZ125
Omg new spam already
Sent from my GT-I9100T
Skyrice is fixed.
Was the intake. Was fucked.
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ALDH3 antibody
Principal name
ALDH3 antibody
Alternative names for ALDH3 antibody
ALDH3A1, Aldehyde dehydrogenase 3, ALDHIII, Aldehyde dehydrogenase, dimeric NADP-preferring, Aldehyde dehydrogenase family 3 member A1
Ncbi ID
Available reactivities
Available hosts
Available applications
Enzyme Immunoassay (E), Western blot / Immunoblot (WB), Paraffin Sections (P), ELISA (detection) (E(detection)), EPair for Elisa (EPair), Immunoprecipitation (IP), Flow Cytometry (F), Immunocytochemistry/Immunofluorescence (ICC/IF)
Background of ALDH3 antibody
Aldh3A1 is a member of the aldehyde dehydrogenase superfamily, a group of NAD(P)(+)-dependent enzymes that catalyze the oxidation of a wide spectrum of aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes. Aldh3A1 is highly expressed in stomach and even more strongly in cornea, representing between 5 to 50% of the water soluble protein fraction in mammalian corneas. It is thought that Aldh3A1 acts to protect the cornea from UV-induced oxidative stress by not only detoxification of reactive aldehydes by also through the direct absorbtion of UV energy. However, corneas from Aldh3A1-null mice are indistinguishable from those from wild-type mice; mice lacking both Aldh3A1 and Aldh1A1 showed increased cataract formation following UVB exposure, suggesting that Aldh1A1 may be able to compensate for the loss of Aldh3A1. At least two isoforms of Aldh3A1 are known to exist. This antibody is predicted to have no cross-reactivity to Aldh3A2.
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This was found at the Cloth shop, in Culcheth, if you are anywhere near it is well worth a poke around- she does all sorts of haberdashery and trims, as well as other craft supplies..
and then to this...
Yes, the head is cut off deliberately... it is the DRESS you are looking at, not me!
Oh, all right then- I will admit to being me!
For the record, I cut most of the fabric out, all bar the black sections, on Friday night, and worked on Saturday 'morning', so after I had had lunch, I started sewing. There is an invisible zip in there, but I do not have an invisible zip foot, so I checked out the Burda tutorial for fitting one with the wrong foot- hey, it worked!!! and that took some time, I took a break for supper of about two hours-ish, and I finished sewing about ten past midnight. I reckon I took 6 1/2 hours to complete it, down to hems and everything.
I used my walking foot for a lot of the seams, and also my overlocker, ( serger for the American element) so most seams are sewn twice.


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Two things happened last week that that caught my attention.
Firstly The Guardian reported on 18th November 2014 :
The average house price in England and Wales is now just £3,500 off the peak of November 2007 thanks largely to a property price surge in London last month, according to the Land Registry.
The August data from Land Registry's House Price Index shows an annual price increase of 8.4% across England and Wales, which takes the average property value to £177,824.
In the house price peak of November 2007, the average property was priced at £181,383, it said. So in December 2007 properties were at their highest valuation ever. It was in this month that 2057 properties in Middle England were transferred to a newly formed Stock Transfer Housing Association. My home was one of them.
These precious National Assets were sold by the local Council for the princely sum of £18,300.00 each. My home, as a one bedroom flat, would have cost less than the average price paid. You could call it a bargain or a 90% discount. Add in the hyper inflationary rent increase formula they asked the new owners to adhere to and it makes a really sad tale of our times.
Under a 30 year repayment mortgage this would mean that if I (and subsequent tenants) pay a rent of £17.30 per week the capital cost of acquiring my home would be recovered by my landlord. In fact I pay many multiples of this sum each week. I just wonder why and what is the extra being spent on?
This lead me to reflect on what is a reasonable rent for a Charity to charge.
Forget notions of 'affordable' rent – what on earth is that supposed to mean ?
Forget 'target' rents – who decides this nonsense ?
Forget 'social' rents – does that mean others pay unsocial rents ?
Why should my rent increase at a rate that beats inflation, which is the formula that the Government is still persisting with despite a major change due next year?
Why does rent not reduce to make my life more affordable ?
What are our myriad of Housing Professionals doing to reduce their costs and reduce rents and levels of Housing Benefit for taxpayers ?
These questions are important to me and you.
Me, because I pay to have the real delight of living in my home. You, because as a taxpayer like me, we contribute to Housing Benefit. This benefit has been maligned in recent times, but I think it is a great testament to our values. We believe that everyone, whatever their position or luck in life, should have a secure place to live. That is a very good use for tax revenues.
So lets start with some definition. There is a textbook definition of rent that explains it as the surplus received over the cost of bringing a factor into production. Another more common use of the term rent is the return over and above that which would occur in a perfectly competitive market.
These definitions, of course, use rent in the sense of an economic term. My 'rent' can be thought of just as compensatory payment to my landlord for the use of his property, but the notion is still a surplus over the cost of provision.
Regulation of rent normally conjures the vision of reducing to an acceptable level (affordable level ?) the surplus over the cost of provision of housing. However you must know that this vision in Britain is completely the opposite to what has happened to social housing. Rent regulation in Britain in recent years has been about increasing the surplus obtained by landlords. You only have to look at rent formulae to see that. Originally the intent was to ensure some elimination of regional variances in rent levels, but I could never convince myself of the logic in that. Housing costs vary across the country just as wages and other costs vary. Rent regulation should have only one purpose and that is to REDUCE the surplus obtained over the cost of provision. Without regulation we are all at the mercy of rogues and bankers.
I am amazed that the discussions that I see about rent and housing never differentiate between cost and surplus. I seem to be the only advocate of At Cost Rents. It is a lonely place to be.
For Housing Associations the costs of production of the assets they rent out can be reduced to a number of components :
1. The capital to acquire the assets.
2. The interest charged by the lenders of capital.
3. The legal and regulation costs to set up and remain in operation.
4. The insurance costs to cover prudent risks
5. The maintenance costs to keep the assets in production
6. The necessary costs of management.
I was thinking about these things when the second happening of last week caught my eye.
Following close on the heels of Housing Day was an event called Social Enterprise Day. I paid it little attention until I saw a tweet from the Housing Associations' trade union, the National Housing Federation. They claimed that Housing Associations were Social Enterprises and they were all having yet another day of celebration.
I struggled with this information and pondered again about the elements of my rent. Then it struck me what the problem was. Our Landlords are all playing at being Social Enterprises instead of being efficient rent reducing Landlords. Swamped by billions of pounds rolling in from Housing Benefit they are spending it as fast as they can. When they have finished buying their executive cars, new office premises and awarding themselves pay increases beyond anything the public sector can hope for, they then start scratching around to experiment with their poor tenants.
They act like they really want to be social workers with their attempts to find how to make us into proverbial 'communities' – whatever that would look like. At the same time claiming to be Housing Professionals. As they have never been asked to do these things and tenants would rather live in peace I can only assume they do it because they have nothing better to do with their staff and their time. And it all helps justify high rent levels to the unquestioning.
As far as I can make out not one, let me repeat that : NOT ONE , of the one thousand one hundred members of the National Housing Federation has reduced the rents of any of its tenants.
At a time when they have been acquiring properties cheaply, as per my example, and interest rates have been at a record low this has had no impact on rent levels. In any event the first couple of my rent components listed above can be accounted over a variety of time scales to achieve any number of results and this applies to New Build as well.
Compared to the other components Regulation and insurance costs are relatively cheap. Sure regulation exists, but it seems to me less onerous and less expensive than it used to be. Of course upgrading to meet Fire requirements can be pricey , but hardly justifies rent inflation of the order we have seen. If you are going to pay Board members the equivalent of executive pay, as some seem to propose, then the impact of this component may change. However those sort of proposals just emphasise to me how much money the big Housing Associations have to burn.
Maintaining a decent housing stock may be expensive and we all appreciate efforts and costs in this area. Certainly a number of Stock Transfers were made so that the homes could be upgraded to meet the Decent Homes standards that seemed beyond the budgets of Local Authorities. However these are the costs that good management will enjoy getting under control.
The last component of our costs of production is the area where Housing Professionals have gone AWOL. Focussing on necessary costs of management would save a great deal of expenditure. The legions of PR and marketing people sucking a living out of Housing Benefit is distasteful to witness and really has to be controlled. Any more Awards ceremonies and you might as well give every employee a gong. I just wish Housing management would concentrate on making tenants lives affordable.
The surpluses that some Housing Associations are making seem to be argued to be a 'good thing'. That they enable expenditure on new homes and social projects. This implies that social tenants should be paying to build new housing out of their rent as well as fund no end of social experiments that have not been asked for. That argument needs to be totally refuted. It means that Housing Benefit, and our rent, is being used for purposes unrelated to the necessary costs of housing and have not been sanctioned by Parliament. The surpluses need to be given back to the tenants and the taxpayers.
I tweeted to 24 Housing magazine and the Chartered Institute of Housing offering to sponsor an award for the Housing Association that reduces rents for tenants in real terms in 2015. Jon Land at 24 Housing had the decency to re-tweet my offer. CIH ignored me. I think they both thought I was joking, but I am not. It is time rent reductions and At Cost Rents are put on the agenda and I shall keep trying to do that.
This way we can help our charitable Housing Associations stop making surplus's. Maybe if they do make a surplus they could ask tenants how to dispose of surpluses instead of assuming they know best. Maybe also the big Associations who are getting 'too good' to house social tenants can start to live off their own talents instead of Housing Benefit income.


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Contacts created on phone never make it to Groupwise, and folder changes do not behave properly.
In this case I'm testing with an Android phone (HTC Hero on Sprint to be exact), it seems more reliable on our WinMo phones (HTC Snap & Touch Pro 2, but happens there too).
On the phones that have the problem, you can create a contact in Groupwise and it will send to the phone fine. Once it is on the phone you can change/delete it etc. from the phone and this change will propagate back to Groupwise. However, NO new contacts created on the phone ever get to GW - nor do "events" to convert them ever show up on the info page you get to by clicking the user name on the Mobility Connector monitor. It's like the Android activesync doesn't even see them.
Steps to reproduce:
1. Create contact (as an exchange contact obviously).
2. Make sure to file it in a syncing folder BEFORE saving. Saving it before filing seems to screw up the syncing almost 100% on WinMo phones (ie if you make a generic contact then change the category to one of the folders you are syncing, it will rarely get sent to GW), so I'm extra careful to file before saving on Android.
3. Wait.
Other contact weirdness:
*Changes in the folder a contact is filed in DO NOT pass on to phone BUT you:
*CAN delete a contact (from phone->GW) from the original book even if you change the book on the phone & it no longer matches.
1. "Bob Smith" is in folder A in Groupwise and on the phone.
2. In phone, move Bob Smith to Folder B
3. In Groupwise, nothing ever happens
4. On phone, delete Bob Smith (who is filed in Folder B on the phone & Folder A in GW)
5. Bob Smith will (usually) get deleted from GW.
*CANNOT delete a contact (from phone->GW) from the original book if you change the book on groupwise
*CAN delete a contact (from GW->phone), if the name matches
1. "Bob Smith" is in folder A in Groupwise and on the phone.
2. In GW, move Bob Smith to Folder B
3. On phone, nothing ever happens
4. In GW, delete Bob Smith from Folder B (he should have already been removed from Folder A when you moved him)
5. Bob Smith will get deleted from the phone, where he was still in folder A
*folder changes on either side do not propagate correctly, but do seem to behave predictably
My guess is that this is because Mobility stores contacts via the name, so you run into a situation similar to the "bad contact/same name/no name" error. If you:
1. Delete Bob Smith from Folder A in GW
2. Wait until the delete propagates to phone
3. Add Bob Smith to folder B in GW
It will usually propagate correctly. The software just can't handle a "move" (which GW doesn't seem to support anyway you have to do a copy, delete) because it makes the changes too fast.


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Alexa is a web information company that rank websites and blogs on the basis of traffic and some other factors. They also provide Rank of a website all over the world and also in a specific company. Lesser the value of Alexa rank, more beneficial it is for you. For example a website with an alexa rank of 100000 means that 99999 other websites are still ranked better than that site. Google is ranked #1 and Facebook is ranked #2 by Alexa these days.
Now question arises How Alexa measures the rank of a website? Many people think that all the traffic coming to a blog/website contributes in increasing Alexa rank, which is quite wrong. Alexa rank is measured on the basis of records which pass through their systems. Like, if a visitor installed alexa toolbar while browsing a website then it will contribute to increase your Alexa rank. So are some points which should be considered in order to increase alexa ranking.
Some Killer tips to Improve Alexa Rank
Alexa Tool bar and Alexa Widget:
if you have installed Alexa widget on your blog then it will send all visitors data to alexa systems. So, it is recommended that you should install alexa widget on your blog/website. It will help you alot to improve alexa ranking of your blog.
Install Alexa toolbar for your browser.
Claim Your Site:
If you want to increase alexa rank, then you should claim your site by creating an account on alexa. Goto the clain your site link on alexa website and they will provide you a file to upload or a simple html code which you have to put in the <header> section of your pages. After that,verify the ownership of your website.
Get Traffic from Other Websites:
Traffic is the most important factor on which alexa ranking is dependent.So, focus on getting more traffic from your related blogs/websites. Ask your friends to post a link to your site on their websites.
Reviews Of Your Blogs:
Alexa also provides an option to review a website/blog. So, you can ask your visitors or friends to review your website on Alexa. This will also help you a little bit to improve alexa ranking of your blog.
Backlinks / Community Building:
The ranking of a website also depends upon how much your site is popular. A single alone website can not be ranked good if it has no connections with other websites. So, Try to make a community and communicate with other bloggers. Commenting on other similar High ranked blogs and getting a backlink to your site will influence a lot and boost alexa rankings.
Social Media:
Try to share every topic you write with your friends and on Fan Page of your blog. Tweet the new posts and also post and share it on Google+ Account. Also try to post on other Social Networking Sites like Stumble Upon, Digg, Pinterest e.t.c .
Should we Work for Better Alexa Rank?
Working for lower alexa rank should not be your first priority. Alexa ranking has no effect on SEO or search engine rankings of a web site. So, Google Page rank gets more priority over alexa rank. If you want to capture direct advertisers then you should also keep an eye on alexa ranking as well as on PageRank.
What methods you apply to increase alexa ranking of your blogs? Share your views about alexa and their ranking system in comments.
Good Luck! 🙂


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We belong to this meat CSA, so I had a chicken in the freezer that I couldn't really use because Zachary is allergic to poultry. Don't even pull your whole "Oh, allergic, is he?" face on me. He is allergic. As in, has an epipen in case he accidentally ingests like a turkey sandwich or some chicken nuggets. Allergic as in allergic.
The boy has also stopped eating pork. We'll be leaving the meat CSA, because at this point our meat options are pretty much limited to cow products.
We had friends over last night, so I cooked said chicken, figuring we had enough guests to get rid of the thing. And, lo and behold, when I opened it up, there were two necks. Which pretty much means I had to make chicken stock because some other poor schmuck got no neck at all, and it would add insult to injury if I wasted them.
When the chicken came out of the oven, I was occupied with the self-saucing puddings and the mashed potatoes, plus getting the kids in order. Just before dinner, I managed to clear off some burners and I turned around to get the roasting pan so I could make gravy.
And it was gone. Gone, I tell you. No pan, no glorious drippings, no fat, nothing. Filled with a growing suspicion, I turned towards the sink. And there it was. Clean and drying on the drainboard.
Yes, you've got that right. For the first time in history, my husband had washed a pan without me having to point it out to him. THE PAN WITH THE SPECIAL INGREDIENT FOR GRAVY. So, no gravy. Self-saucing puddings, pumpkin pie, and challah, but no gravy. Which more or less obviates the need for a chicken or mashed potatoes.
I also have a batch of chicken stock that I can't use. See above re: poultry allergy. I've put it on Front Porch Forum to give away. That's this listserv we have here in Vermont that's specific to each town. You can give away almost anything on Front Porch Forum, and I guarantee there's someone in town going, "Damn, I want to make soup tomorrow, but I don't have any chicken stock." Mark my words, that chicken stock will be out of my freezer by tomorrow.
Anyway, the puddings didn't sauce again. I think I need smaller ramekins and a higher baking temperature.
When I was in high school, my homeroom/history teacher and I had a strong rapport. He was also the advisor for the community service projects, and so we spent a lot of time working together. I was enamored of the entire history department, and I hold them almost entirely accountable for my overdeveloped sense of civic responsibility.
One year, on my birthday, my homeroom teacher brought in a chocolate babka to celebrate. This was awkward because he never brought in anything to celebrate anyone else's birthday. Looking back, I now understand that the history department had somehow ascertained that I was on my own. No one loved me. I mean, really, no one loved me. As true a fact as the above poultry allergy. Like the teachers for a decade before them, they took care of me. Including a chocolate babka for a birthday no one else was going to remember.
So, when my friend, Sarah (and they're all named Sarah these days) emailed me a recipe for a chocolate babka, I knew I had to give it a go. The kids thought this was an excellent plan, but it is a long-term project that requires overnight resting, multiple rises, and a lot of patience. It took a week or two until I got to it, yet every time the kids walked into the kitchen, they asked, "Are you making chocolate babka?" Every single time.
Finally, they wore me down. A girl can only hold out so long.


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Monday, November 14, 2016
How's Your Mojo Today?
With a lot of sewing and a bit of cookie baking on my To Do list, I don't really have much time to "play". But, making and posting a Mojo Monday card comes first!
This is my favorite turkey stamp from CTMH.
One Stitch at a Time Challenge #275 - Autumn Colors
Pile It On Challenge #121 - Thankful, Thanks, Thank You
Crafty Calendar November Challenge - Autumn Colors
Simply Create Too Challenge #122 - Gobble, Gobble
Fab n Funky Challenge #326 - Get Krafty
The House That Stamps Built DCC119 - Being Thankful
Labels: Be Thankful, CTMH, Mojo Monday, Thanksgiving
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Love the colors and embossing - Elegant Thanksgiving card. Thanks so much for joining us this time at the Pile it On Challenge, Elizabeth (DT)ReplyDelete
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Darling Thanksgiving card :) Thanks for joining us at Mojo Monday.ReplyDelete
Such a pretty Thanksgiving card. Thanks for joining us for Mojo Monday!ReplyDelete
Really cute turkey. Fabulous colours and a great embossing folder. Thanks for sharing with us at OSAAT. Good luck and we would really like to see you again. Christine DT xReplyDelete
Gorgeous Card. Thanks for joining in this months Autumn Colours challenge over at Crafty Calendar. Don't forget to become a follower of our blog if you're not already.ReplyDelete
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