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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
The Business Of Medicine
42 comments:
- Extra-Ordinarily Ordinary said...
There is a lot to write about this. Will email you....
- Wednesday, March 21, 2012 1:59:00 PM
I dont think that is far from reality.
Kodak invented the digital camera even though its revenue came from the film business.
Of course, kodak is now dead.
Whether or not the businesses try to block the new drug, the insurance costs are sure to increase. How else can hospitals get back the revenue?
- Wednesday, March 21, 2012 6:04:00 PM
We should really set aside the notion that medical industry is here for a noble cause.
- Wednesday, March 21, 2012 6:23:00 PM
- Saravanan said...
I think what you have said is mostly valid. However, I would like to add two other points:
(1) Creating a cure for (virus based )diseases like Cancer or AIDS is incredibly hard and may not even be ultimately possible. (However, it is possible to generate vaccines for which your argument applies)
(2) Pharma industries are not the only players who can "create/invent" new drugs. I think (atleast in US) funding agencies like NIH and NSF also play a reasonable role by providing funds to researchers who can invent new drugs. However, the process for getting approval is onerous which prevents individuals from entering industry. I only hope that in the future the bar for entry reduces which can cause a silicon valley like environment in medical industries too. I am very optimistic about the nascent DIYbio movement. Time will tell how things change !
- Wednesday, March 21, 2012 7:07:00 PM
- I am a ComplexNumber said...
Short incomplete answer is that innovation comes out of people who are crazy enough / rebellious enough to try the idea and in fact are passionate about their idea (sometime more than what it aims to solve). This produces new economies and new companies.
That is why innovation comes more out of Startups than large established places. Note: the unsatisfied rebels from established places typically start those start ups.
Let us say that I am with a huge tech company. I hate the way we make money by essentially fooling the customer in some way or the other.
And let us say that I come up with a great idea to eliminate that waste. If my company is NOT going to support me (As it will lose money in the interim and possibly long term), I am going to typically come out of that place if I am very passionate about the idea.
Now I might fail or succeed. Let us say that I fail, but start communicating by writing a blog or publish a paper. X years later, some other person comes up and tries my idea but an improvisation on the same due to improvement in technology for instance. The idea gets more powerful at that point.
This essentially creates a better opportunity for it to see light of day.
This is how I have seen innovation coming out. I have never seen innovation coming out by thinking, "hey, you know what, let me find a cure for cancer". It happens because "hey this bunch of ATGCs are interesting for me...hey i can introduce trait A and trait B...boy how powerful am I" ==> leading to "oh btw that happens to cure cancer too....this is sweet shit"...leading to new companies like Amgen...etc for instance...
Now, how long will that take to happen....well the first automobile was invented in last century...after years and years of human generation....Medicine...we have heard vedic stories and susruta etc...each industry has its maturity....Whether we end up seeing some cure or not...there are way too many contributing factors for me to say Insha Allah...or Insha Krishna....or god willing....
- Wednesday, March 21, 2012 10:19:00 PM
- Murali said...
Medical research is a complex field, with lots of dedicated people, even today. If we see the number of diseases in any area and their cures, it is immense. I have heard cases of great creativity and intelligence shown by doctors to identify disease and cures. New cures in areas of ENT do come in even today. ENT, btw, is a field as old as dinos.
Clinical research (drug) is a completely different field. It is about finding a way to manufacture & test drugs for human consumption. If their new wonder drug cures a disease at 1/100th of the cost, it is not in their interest to hold off the drug. Surely, we do not have dearth of patients. They'll price it higher, based on demand and manufacturing capacity, to get back their in investment. But, never hold off.
Medical equipment manufacturers, also would not hold off invention for similar reasons. It will force the consumers (hospitals) to refurbish their equipment.
Free market will find a way to reduce the transaction costs.
The anomaly we see in medical transactions is due to a completely different reason. Expertise and lack of real choice.
Consumers of medical products/services do not have the expertise to rate services. They, in a real sense, do not have a choice. I, as a consumer, have no real say to a doctor like "Show me drug a, b & c with the costs & benefits. I will pick what suits me". And medical community rarely acts against itself. This lack of choice/information is what costs us dearly, not the research.
- Wednesday, March 21, 2012 11:02:00 PM
- புருனோ Bruno said...
//This brings me to my question. I am sure I am missing something here and I'd like to know what that is//
Common Sense is Missing
- Thursday, March 22, 2012 2:24:00 AM
- புருனோ Bruno said...
//I am sure I am missing something here and I'd like to know what that is. In my lifetime I haven't heard of a life-threatening disease being cured by a newly invented pill.//
Because your life time is so small :) :)
What about TB, Leprosy
What about Polio
And then
In India what is the percentage of people using Govt Health Care
What is the percentage using Private Health Care
- Thursday, March 22, 2012 2:26:00 AM
- புருனோ Bruno said...
//This brings me to my question. I am sure I am missing something here and I'd like to know what that is.//
Common Sense is Missing :) :)
- Thursday, March 22, 2012 2:31:00 AM
- புருனோ Bruno said...
// In my lifetime I haven't heard of a life-threatening disease being cured by a newly invented pill.//
You are ill informed
Read more :) :)
- Thursday, March 22, 2012 2:31:00 AM
- புருனோ Bruno said...
//I actually haven't seen the big diseases getting knocked out by medical science related improvements.//
Your knowledge is limited
Read More
- Thursday, March 22, 2012 2:31:00 AM
- புருனோ Bruno said...
//Doctors pretty much give the same answers today for brain tumor as they gave in my Grandfather's case 20 years ago.//
Not at all
There has been a vast improvement in the past 20 years
- Thursday, March 22, 2012 2:32:00 AM
- புருனோ Bruno said...
//I assume cure for small pox, polio, MMR etc came before medical industry became a huge business//
When do you think Medical Industry became a huge business
Can you specify the year
- Thursday, March 22, 2012 2:32:00 AM
- புருனோ Bruno said...
//Is the research world really as incestual as I describe it to be (That the people who research on a new drug are funded by the same organization that produces existing drugs and the new drug will cannibalize revenue from existing drug)?//
You have totally disregarded Government Medical Colleges
That is the main problem with your post
- Thursday, March 22, 2012 2:32:00 AM
- புருனோ Bruno said...
//Would the public ever find out if legitimate cure for cancer has been kept in abeyance because people haven't found a business solution yet?//
No Idea
This is a valid Question
- Thursday, March 22, 2012 2:32:00 AM
- புருனோ Bruno said...
//How would new breakthroughs in medical science find its way to the public?//
Like how all break throughs have found its way to the public so far
Through Journals and Conferences
- Thursday, March 22, 2012 2:33:00 AM
- புருனோ Bruno said...
//Is it purely by accident or is it caused by market forces where errors in the existing system get amplified over time causing the cure to slip through the cracks and into public domain? //
If you (or any other readers) are genuinely interested in knowing more, I can explain
If your aim is just one post, no point in me wasting time
- Thursday, March 22, 2012 2:33:00 AM
- புருனோ Bruno said...
//We should really set aside the notion that medical industry is here for a noble cause.
Private Hospitals are for making money
That is why Health care needs to be nationalised
- Thursday, March 22, 2012 2:34:00 AM
- புருனோ Bruno said...
//The intention of this post is not to put a negative spin on things or propagate a conspiracy theory. Think of it as a question I'd like to think out aloud. Like many dreamers who dream of a bright future - I often dream and look forward to developments in medical science that will bring about a cure for cancer and other deadly diseases. Then I wonder about reality. //
Ask specific Questions
I will try to answer
- Thursday, March 22, 2012 2:35:00 AM
- புருனோ Bruno said...
Before that
Please remember that
80 % of health care delivery in India is by govt setup
You have based your write up 100 % on Corporate Hospitals (to which you have been exposed)
Suggest you make a trip to a PHC, GH and Medical College Hospital to see the other part of spectrum
- Thursday, March 22, 2012 2:36:00 AM
- புருனோ Bruno said...
I have send you a PDF
Read it and we can discuss further
- Thursday, March 22, 2012 9:24:00 AM
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- Friday, March 23, 2012 5:08:00 AM
- I said...
AIDS is rampant in Africa. The pharma companies based elsewhere, mostly in the West. Mitigating drugs cannot be paid for by the Africans. In Western countries where people might be able to pay for it, the volume is too low to make a profit. The cost of research, approvals etc etc. Hard to make a ROI. So why even bother?
- Friday, March 23, 2012 5:17:00 AM
- Hawk Eye said...
Since you are person with more knowledge than me and i in general respect doctors - i will let go of the some the condescending statement you made regarding me not having common sense. i also thank you for taking time to provide me with some additional information.
i think the risk our conversation runs is - because of the time you have spent on this issue - you are going to look at me as a person who doesnt know what he is talking about and so will respond with that cognitive bias. i request you to focus on the logic of the post, which I dont feel you have done so far.
1. Your pdf file did not answer even a single question i had posted. it was too specific on pricing of drugs in india.
2. that 80% of people go to public sector healthcare in india does not change the logic of the post. You did not address if 80% of medical revenue comes from Govt healthcare or if 80% of all cancer patients went to Govt healthcare. I understand that these may be different.
3. i do not consider TB leprosy and polio as life threatening diseases of my generation. 30+ years is a long time. so i would like focus on elimination of life threatening diseases eliminated after 1980.
4. so i have seen govt hospitals in palaymkottai to madras. i am aware of what they do from a consumer point of view. so i dont understand what you mean when you suggest i check them out- are they doing ground breaking research to cure diseases that I was not aware of ?
if i am ill-informed about something or if you feel that the logic of my post was wrong here is what I would have expected you to say
a. That research on new drugs and cure for life-threatening diseases is done by government which is not influenced by pharma ndustries
b. Opinion of doctors from corporate hospitals or lobbying of corporate hospitals do not influence what pharma companies do
c. Pharma companies and drug researchers or general researchers work independent of revenue interests of hospitals or drug manufacturers or pharma companies.
d. 2-3 major life-threatening diseases that we have found a complete cure/vaccine for since 1980. (for e.g. telling me that doctors can now prolong the life of brian tumor patients by one more year isnt answering my question)
if you had said or provided info that said one of the above a-d points. unfortunately you have not.
- Friday, March 23, 2012 4:44:00 PM
- புருனோ Bruno said...
//a. That research on new drugs and cure for life-threatening diseases is done by government which is not influenced by pharma industries//
Not always
But, nevertheless, YES
//b. Opinion of doctors from corporate hospitals or lobbying of corporate hospitals do not influence what pharma companies do//
c. Pharma companies and drug researchers or general researchers work independent of revenue interests of hospitals or drug manufacturers or pharma companies.
General Researchers - YES
Pharma companies work independent of revenue interests of hospitals - YES
//d. 2-3 major life-threatening diseases that we have found a complete cure/vaccine for since 1980.//
ORS for ADD
Hepatitis B Vaccine
// (for e.g. telling me that doctors can now prolong the life of brian tumor patients by one more year isnt answering my question)//
- Friday, March 23, 2012 6:06:00 PM
- புருனோ Bruno said...
//me not having common sense/
I did not say that you did not have common sense
What I said is that Common Sense is Missing from this post
For example
1. //i do not consider TB leprosy and polio as life threatening diseases of my generation.// Why ? How ?
What do you mean by your generation
Are you saying that No one died because of TB / Polio in the past 30 years
2. // 30+ years is a long time.//
Common Sense says that 30 years in Medical Research is a VERY VERY SHORT TIME
- Friday, March 23, 2012 6:10:00 PM
- புருனோ Bruno said...
// i request you to focus on the logic of the post, which I dont feel you have done so far.
Yes. That is what I have done
Only that your post is off logic from many point of view
it assumes many things
1. Cure of disease is only drugs / medicine
Diseases are also cured by
Community Intervention
2. If none of my relative of friends died of TB in the past 30 years, it means TB is not a life threatening disease
DOTS for TB was introduced within the past 20 year
- Friday, March 23, 2012 6:14:00 PM
- புருனோ Bruno said...
I request you to read about
ORS - The Oral Rehydration Therapy
Do you think that they are not addressing Life threatening diseases.
- Friday, March 23, 2012 6:17:00 PM
I like your passion for this field. But you are not explaining well to a layman. Your statements are like "It is so because I say so".
FOr example I would not call 80% of healthcare is delivered by government hospital as common sense. Many people don't know about it. You know it because it is your field. I can't say some RF technology that I work on daily that fuels your cell phone to be common sense just because you use cell phone daily.
Romba kovama pesina eppadi podhumakkal purinjupaanga?
- Friday, March 23, 2012 6:34:00 PM
- புருனோ Bruno said...
Read about ORS at this site
- Friday, March 23, 2012 6:38:00 PM
- புருனோ Bruno said...
I like your passion for this field. But you are not explaining well to a layman. Your statements are like "It is so because I say so". //
Please ask specific questions
I am ready to answer
If you answer my simple questions and then ask a question based on it, we can build on
//For example I would not call 80% of healthcare is delivered by government hospital as common sense.//
That is why i did NOT mention it as an example in my posts above
//Many people don't know about it. You know it because it is your field//
That is why i did NOT mention it as an example in my posts above
// I can't say some RF technology that I work on daily that fuels your cell phone to be common sense just because you use cell phone daily.//
Fully Agreed
//Romba kovama pesina eppadi podhumakkal purinjupaanga?//
No anger at all boss
- Friday, March 23, 2012 6:40:00 PM
- புருனோ Bruno said...
// I can't say some RF technology that I work on daily that fuels your cell phone to be common sense just because you use cell phone daily.//
Fully Agreed
Now Tell me whether you have any doubt regarding the following
1. TB is a life threatening disease
2. Cholera is a life threatening disease
3. 30 years is a short time in drug and disease research
4. Diseases are cured / managed by (1) Drugs (2) Surgeries (3) Community Intervention
Is there any doubt in the above statements
- Friday, March 23, 2012 6:43:00 PM
- pradeep kumar said...
I feel it is impossible to withold new breakthroughs in medicine. Talking about Hepatitis B, 2 billion people worldwide have been infected with the virus and about 350 million live with chronic infection. 600000 persons die each year due to complications.
Like Dr.Bruno says, the vaccine for Hepatitis B has been in use since 1986 which will help to control the disease.
We are constantly seeing innovations like vaccines for rotavirus diarrhoea, Human papilloma virus which causes cervical cancer and pneumococcus vaccine.
- Saturday, March 24, 2012 4:55:00 AM
Good one…
- Saturday, March 24, 2012 11:18:00 AM
- krish said...
Very thought provoking, Every time you talk about an illness and a dcotor, the word used is TREATMENT not cure, Talk to a diabetic, heart, stroke or a cancer patient he has to be in treatment life long consuming tons and tons of pills, There is no world called cure, Feeling Sad
- Monday, March 26, 2012 1:42:00 AM
The most important point you are missing is competition.
Assume every hospital is colluding with each other to keep life saving drugs from the market to protect their own interests.
In this scenario, all it takes is one hospital to actually serve the drug. They can eat everyone else's lunch and run everyone else out of business while enriching themselves.
There is no way for the existing hospitals to prevent this unless they have either muscle power or political power to prevent an upstart from coming up. This is probably difficult in the medical industry (although, it is quite prevalent in other industries. Think telecom), which is why you will still see innovation no matter what the existing players want.
Smart companies already know this fact and will try to be the first one to innovate themselves.
This, precisely is the market force that drives most capitalist innovation.
- Monday, March 26, 2012 7:44:00 PM
- Venkat said...
You are spot on with your analysis on this post.
The healthcare industry can be divided into 2 categories - preventative and reactive. Reactive medicine addresses the patient's need for reducing painful symptoms. For example, a 50 year old man having problems because of enlarged prostrate can have it removed through surgery. Modern medicine makes this possible. If someone goes with stomach pain and if it is because of appendicitis, Doctors are able to cure by removing it.
Healthcare industry has improved a lot in terms of diagnosis, equipments used for such diagnosis, pills, invasive treatments etc.
But there are no patrons for preventative care. Because there is no money in that side of the fence. According to Dr. William Davis who runs the Track your Plaque (TYP) program, a form of preventative program for cardiac care, "Cardiac care is big business. As a nation, US spent $59 billion on cardiovascular care per year (American Heart Association, 2002). Annual hospital revenues for bypass surgery total $25 billion. Thirty percent of hospital revenues and 50% of profits are from cardiac care. Heart care to a hospital is like the Accord is to Honda, or Windows is to Microsoft-it's a hot seller.We live in an age when hospitals measure their success by the number of coronary bypass surgeries they perform. Incredibly, it is still easier to get a bypass operation than it is to get good information on heart disease prevention."
Added to this, health insurance companies have realized long back that it is economical to spend money on reactive medicine rather than preventative care. Let's consider a manufacturing company that has 1000 employees. How many of them are going to be hospitalized for any reasons anyway? If 20 employees fall sick over a 12 month period for hospitalization, insurance can pay for those 20 folks expenses. If they have to follow preventative care, they have to spend money for all 1000 employees when in reality only a much smaller subset of it are going to be impacted. So they do not stand benefitted by spending on preventative care.
Orgs like ADA, AHA only concentrate on securing/restoring patient rights rather than spending money and effort helping us cure any such diseases because they (ADA and AHA) get identified by these diseases and if the disease is cured, these guys do not have an identity / work / money anymore. So they will stifle anything new that could potentially come as a cure.
The hope can come only from pharma (new or old) companies to come up with any cure. They will try to block as much as possible until the shit hits the fan (the moment for that invention has come and cannot be blocked anymore).
Statins (simvastatin, rosuvastatin, lipitor, crestor) are a $20B per year business. It will be shocking to know that Statins are being administered to patients world over in the name of (dubious) science. And pharma companies spend a lot time and money orchestrating its need.
- Saturday, March 31, 2012 2:39:00 PM
While some of your observations have been routinely discussed in movies and documentaries before and have some semblance of truth, cancer research is an extremely trying area. I'd highly recommend the Pulitzer prize winning Emperor of all Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee for a wonderful history of how much work has gone into developing the stop-gap solutions we now have. While "chemotherapy" has been around for some time, its very essence has changed. The forms of cancer and the unique treatments that are needed are an extremely difficult hurdle to cross.
On the flip side, big corporations are not the only people investing in cancer research -- non profits are heavily into it as well...
- Sunday, April 01, 2012 1:41:00 PM
These questions are really valid and i have wondered about similar things. That is why, I have started reducing my dependence on allergy medication and similar OTC drugs. A few years ago, there was an "allergy season"; now, these products are being advertised all through the year;
- Thursday, April 19, 2012 2:08:00 PM
- 401k recordkeepers said...
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- Saturday, April 21, 2012 1:42:00 AM
- Srikz said...
I think the simple answer is we are still quite young in the field of medical research. We didn't have the tools we had 10 years back for deep-diving research. The tools will continue to come out & so will more answers to problems. We discover new things about our own bodies everyday. We still don't know the scientific answers behind something as basic as Sleep. Yes, we are still young in this field. And considering the greedy human nature, if there's 1/100th of a chance that a new drug might make a person/company rich & famous, people will jump towards supplying it with all their power.
- Wednesday, May 02, 2012 7:19:00 AM
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2012-13 RTC Conference Primers: Missouri Valley ConferencePosted by Brian Goodman on November 7th, 2012
Patrick Marshall of White & Blue Review is the RTC correspondent for the Missouri Valley Conference. You can find him on Twitter at @wildjays.
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- MVC Untouched — The Missouri Valley Conference has so far survived the first few rounds of changes among the top 15 conferences in Division I basketball (the Ivy being the other one). While every major conference, and some others even further down have been expanding or shifting, the MVC has walked away unscathed and still completely intact. That doesn't mean there have not been rumors about teams leaving the conference at some point. The latest such mention was late this summer whenthere was a report that Evansville was on the verge of heading to the Horizon League. While some of that was theory based on some relatively weak facts, there are still cards likely to be played on that matter at some point. The question is when it will happen and who will be the first to start the falling dominoes within the league. It may turn out to be a school like Evansville that is looking to get out of the shadow of the other bigger players in the Valley.
- Can Doug McDermott have an even better season? — Creighton fans are salivating to see what McDermott can do to follow up last season, when he earned first-team All-America honors, averaged almost 23 points a game, and shot an amazing percentage behind the arc while frustrating opponents down low. The encore may not be so much about increasing his scoring like he did from his freshman to sophomore year, but about how far he can lead the Bluejays come March. McDermott spent the summer at the Amare Stoudamire and LeBron James skills camps, but he also took some time off after almost playing two years without a break including a stint with the Team USA U-19 squad. With so many expectations on his shoulders, it will be interesting to see if he continues to take everything in stride or listen to the whispers of the NBA and focuses on those areas of his game most likely to take him to the next level. For the MVC as a whole, the fans probably hope for both.
- Big Men Instead of Guards—For many years, the Valley has been known as a guard's league with not as many big-bodied frontcourt players leading the way. Things have changed at least for the teams at the top. Along with McDermott, the Bluejays boast big man Gregory Echenique, who while topping over 300 pounds when he came to Creighton over three seasons ago, is now down to 260 and very agile. Jackie Carmichael from Illinois State impressed many at the camps he attended this summer after coming up big at the end of the season for the Redbirds. Colt Ryan, though he could be considered a guard, is more of a forward, but he can score in bunches for Evansville. Drake returns center Seth Van Deest from a shoulder injury that kept him out all season. Carl Hall will likely try to hold things down with Wichita State bringing in a bunch of new players. Then you have Seth Tuttle from Northern Iowa who was the MVC Freshman of the Year last season. When you look at the make-up of the MVC going into this season, it is easily dominated by talented frontcourt players.
- Deja vu Times Two—Three years ago, Greg McDermott returned to the conference that originally made him a hot commodity and has experienced success by taking Creighton back to the NCAA Tournament. This time Southern Illinois hopes Barry Hinson has the same success coming back to the conference that he had marginal success with while at Missouri State. It is rare that a coach returns to the same conference to coach another school, but the MVC must be a special place where two former coaches do so to coach different teams in a short period of time. Unlike McDermott who came to Creighton with a cupboard somewhat full, Hinson has a little more work to do after the struggles SIU has had for the past four seasons.
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The VCRD this spring picked Middlebury to participate in the program, through which townspeople come up with a wide range of ideas to promote a more creative local economy. The council then helps townspeople pare their ideas down to the leading three, and provides them with professional guidance to bring those top ideas to fruition.
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BRANDON — Warren Kimble makes it a point to walk as much as he can, and to say, "Hello," to everyone he sees whether he knows them or not, to include them in the community. The Brandon artist also stresses the need to involve young in the process of making decision about what goes on in a community.
"It is important that they know that they matter, that they are an important part of the community," he said.
Beginning Saturday the Paramount Center in Rutland will let Kimble know that he is an important part of his community by kicking off a weeklong celebration in honor of Kimble's contributions to the arts and community.
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BRISTOL — Will Nottingham, 17, is interested in making movies some day, most likely documentaries. "Working with video is something that I'm planning on going to college for and doing as a career," he said.
In the meantime, the New Haven resident and a few other area teens are getting a lot of on-the-job training from Northeast Addison Television (NEAT), channel 16. The Bristol-based public access channel recently received a Successful Community Grant from the Vermont Community Foundation to promote and expand its youth media program, which gives students like Nottingham a chance to see what the industry is like.
"We've got pretty active with young people here at the studio, but we're always wanting to expand what they do," said station director Mary Arbuckle, of the $8,040 grant that was announced in late May. "The grant will hopefully let us do that."
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(NECN: Marnie MacLean) - There are some doctors who call the alarming increase in the number of cases of Lyme disease an epidemic.
The Centers for Disease Control recently revised its numbers of cases nationwide from 30,000 to 300,000.
There is agreement in the medical community that it is a growing problem, but controversy remains over the existence of the condition known as chronic Lyme disease.
The Centers for Disease Control does not recognize chronic Lyme and says the use of long term antibiotics to treat the condition has no scientific proof that it works and can in fact be harmful to patients.
A growing number of what are known as "Lyme literate" doctors are challenging the CDC and believe there's plenty of evidence to show people who are bit by an infected tick but never treated can develop chronic Lyme and a host of debilitating illnesses as a result.
In some New England states, such as Massachusetts and New Hampshire, there are laws to protect doctors who treat chronic Lyme.
Similar legislation failed in Maine and doctors who do diagnose and treat chronic Lyme often do it under the radar.
A Maine physician was disciplined in September by the medical board and can no longer treat patients for chronic Lyme disease unless he follows the CDC guidelines.
Lyme disease patients in Maine say it is difficult to find a physician to treat them and when they do they have to pay all of the costs out of pocket.
One point people on both sides of the controversy agree on is that more research needs to be done on chronic Lyme disease.


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Stevens Pass has created a high environmental standard in the fundamental belief that stewardship and service are intertwined, and governed by the following environmental philosophy:
Environmental responsibility is the highest level of guest service.
At the heart of this philosophy is the belief that by protecting the world we live, work, and recreate in, we are able to serve our guests in a manner that reaches far beyond a lift ticket and a smile.
Stevens Pass will enrich the mountain environment for generations to come by living and working in a sustained, healthy environment that does as little harm as possible to the environment, while providing a rich alpine recreational experience.
Building a Sustainable Future
Stewardship · Sustainability · Responsibility · Integrity · Innovation
The following five disciplines provide the roadmap for our actions:
Stewardship – Care for the land. Encourage sensitive and innovative environmental interaction that is in harmony with the well-being of wildlife, plants, soils, water systems, and the climate.
Sustainability – Support programs that reduce impact to the physical landscape. Reduce sediment and run-off impacts on the stream and river complexes east and west of the Cascade crest. Develop new areas, and operate in existing areas, only without compromising ecological health.
Responsibility – Reuse, reduce, and recycle everything possible. Create the infrastructure that encourages employees and guests to be responsible for their impacts and waste while on the mountain. Educate employees and guests. Promote an environmental responsibility code.
Integrity – Because pursuing sustainability is simply the right thing to do. Recognize that the right way is not always the easiest and/or the cheapest way. Use environmentally safe products and do business with companies sharing similar values.
Innovation – Continue to develop and implement new conservation ideas and strategies. Encourage creative solutions. Seize opportunities for research. Support new environmental technology. Never say we have done enough.
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Stevens Pass has received numerous awards for its environmental excellence - see the full list HERE!
National Ski Areas Association (NSAA)
2012 – Winner! – Golden Eagle Award for Overall Environmental Excellence
For energy conservation and greenhouse gas reduction programs
2011 – Finalist – Golden Eagle Award for Overall Environmental Excellence
For our Electric Vehicle program, and dramatic food waste composting expansion
2010 – Finalist – Golden Eagle Award for Overall Environmental Excellence
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2009 – Finalist – Golden Eagle Award for Overall Environmental Excellence
For our windpower commitment, mass transit options, and efficiency efforts
2009 – Finalist – Silver Eagle Award for Excellence in Waste Reduction & Recycling
For our greatly expanded industrial, public, and hazmat recycling program
2008 – Finalist – Silver Eagle Award for Visual Impact
For general resort aesthetics
2004 – Winner Silver Eagle Award for Excellence in Water Conservation.
For state-of-the-art Membrane Bioreactor wastewater treatment plant
2003 – Finalist Silver Eagle Award for Energy Conservation/Clean Energy.
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2000 – Finalist Silver Eagle Award for Visual Impact.
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1997 – Winner Silver Eagle Award for Excellence in Fish & Wildlife Habitat Protection.
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2012 – Winner – Recognizing us as one of the top 50 sustainable business in the state; something no other ski resort has achieved.
Washington State Recycling Association
2012 – Winner – Recycler Of The Year, Recreation Category
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2013-14 - #1 in National Top Ten (highest score in the PNW) - Annual Ski Area Report Card
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CTIA WIRELESS attracted more than 40,000 attendees...across the country in Anaheim, estimated attendance at OFC/NFOEC was 13,000.
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Two of the largest communications shows - CTIA WIRELESS and OFC/NFOEC – shared more than the exact same show dates last month. Based on the scuttlebutt on the show floor, as well as official news, technology continues to spearhead the markets and create growth opportunities.
CTIA WIRELESS, held in Orlando, attracted more than 40,000 attendees, according to the show's producer, the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA). On the show's opening day, the association released results from its industry survey. Among the key findings was that wireless data service revenues were $15.2 million in 2006, 77% more than the previous year. With the increase, wireless data revenues are now approximately 13% of all wireless service revenues.
Trying to grab a piece of this growing pie were the more than 1,000 companies exhibiting at the show, including Anritsu, which introduced the MS271xB microwave economy spectrum analyzer and HSPA enhancements to the MD8470A. For more on these products, please see the Microwave/RF and Wireless sections, respectively, of this issue.
Across the country in Anaheim, optical professionals had reason for optimism. Estimated attendance at OFC/NFOEC was 13,000, up from 10,000 last year. Most people in the aisles agreed that metro and long-haul 100-Gbit/s deployments will begin no earlier than 2010 (and more likely won't start until 2012), and while 40-Gbit/s networks are now being deployed, their growth may be slowed by the strong economic advantages of 10-Gbit/s. Anritsu displayed test solutions for 10-, 40- and 100-Gbit/s applications at OFC/NFOEC. Two of those solutions, the CMA5000 and MT9820A, are highlighted in this issue's Data/IP and Optical sections.


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Given a curve $\gamma (t) \in \mathbb{R}^3$, when working out the Frenet frame my lecture notes define the unit normal $$\tau : = \frac{\gamma ' (t)}{\| \gamma'(t)\|}$$ and then the principle unit normal as $$n : = \frac{\dot\tau}{\|\dot\tau\|}.$$
Surely it would give the same answer for the normal if I just calculated the unit normal by $$ n = \frac{\gamma''(t)}{\|\gamma''(t)\|}?$$
Because differentiating $\tau$ is far more complicated, is this right?
Edit: So from the comments it would seem as if they aren't the same, and when trying to work it out as in @William's comment, I came out with a huge monster I couldn't simplify... but why (if so) aren't they the same? Surely it's just two different ways of working out the same formula; the formula for the unit normal at any particular point with respect to $t$. And there can't be two different unit normals..


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Washington, DC, October 21, 2013 -- The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) has released the final report of its prior-prior year (PPY) income tax study, "A Tale of Two Income Years," funded through a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grant. NASFAA asked whether using two-years' prior income tax data on the federal student aid application (as opposed to one-year prior) could potentially provide students and families with earlier award notification—and whether Federal Pell Grant awards would change with a move to PPY.
The study offers data which supports PPY recommendations made in NASFAA's July 2013 Reauthorization Task Force report and shows that moving to PPY could potentially provide needy students and families with the information they need to make financial decisions earlier in the process—and would not significantly impact Pell Grant awards for the neediest groups.
Currently, students and families submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) populated with prior-year (PY) income tax information. The window to apply for financial aid is a tight one, considering that most students and families may not have their income taxes completed and filed by the time they submit the FAFSA.
Under the existing structure, delays can cause an unfavorable chain reaction: a delay in completing the income tax return can mean postponing FAFSA submission, which can result in later financial aid notification—and possibly a reduced amount of financial aid. This occurs because some forms of financial aid have a limited pot of funds, which are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.
Policymakers and student advocates have long hypothesized that under a prior-prior year (PPY) system, students could:
The study showed that dependent students from very low-income families and independent students with dependents of their own (two of the neediest cohorts) could be ideal candidates for PPY because even some income variability from year to year does not affect their aid eligibility. The report also outlines ways to mitigate negative consequences for students who would not fare as well under a move to PPY, such as proactively identifying these groups early on and exploring unique ways to streamline the professional judgment (PJ) process.
"Our research indicates that PPY should be strongly considered for all the positive benefits it could bring to the poorest students, and students with little change in EFCs from one year to the next—which includes a significant number of middle-income students," said NASFAA President Justin Draeger. "A move to PPY could greatly streamline the FAFSA process for these students and free-up more time to plan and prepare for college costs. As we look toward the next reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, we encourage Congress to consider the PPY recommendations put forward by NASFAA's Reauthorization Task Force and the supporting data from this study."
The study concludes with three general policy implications related to the use of PPY data:
1. The Department of Education should implement the use of PPY.
2. The Department of Education should explore ways to mitigate potentially negative effects of PPY.
3. The IRS Data Retrieval Tool should be expanded to include more taxpayers and more fields from federal tax returns.
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This month's column is a difficult one for me. As you may have read in the Independent, I am leaving practice in Vermont to teach at Oregon State. Although it's an opportunity to use the wisdom I've accumulated in a, shall we say, less physically demanding way and for my wife and me to be closer to our two adult sons, I won't deny I'm very sad to be leaving the people and places I've grown to love so much.
Last week when I wrote this column was Agricultural Literacy Week in Vermont — a great opportunity to learn about new methods as our farms continue to grow and modernize. This week is also the week of Thanksgiving. The holiday is traditionally a time to give thanks for the many gifts we've been given. In our homes, our churches and our communities we also take time to think about stewardship — how we care for those gifts. Here in Vermont we have no greater gift than our beautiful environment.
Today for the first time I saw evidence that fall is really on its way. Was it wood smoke coming from someone's chimney? The first colorful leaves? Robins congregating and planning their journey south? None of the above; today I saw the first rows of corn disappearing into the chopper. Soon corn silage will fill the big bunker silos and the valuable forage will be fermenting into next year's feed.
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The past few weeks have brought sobering animal health news to the Vermont livestock community. A relatively new disease, Porcine Endemic Diarrhea (PED), has been found for the first time in the Green Mountain State. This is one of the few reported cases outside traditional pork producing states, and the disease seemingly skipped over larger states such as New York.
Our beautiful, warm and sunny fall has been a boon for leaf peepers, hikers, gardeners and farmers alike. Many dairy farmers are harvesting their fourth and even some fifth cuttings of hay — a rarity in the Champlain Valley. Most farmers have been pleasantly surprised by the quality and quantity of the forages (hay and corn silage) they have harvested this year. Since healthy cows and good milk production begin with high-quality forage and lots of it, our dairy cows should be well served this next year.
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A successful project requires use of the "scientific method." That is not difficult; it only requires that the student: Observe, Plan, Experiment, and Explain what happens in the project.
Usually applied in a series of steps, the scientific method includes:
In order to form a generalized conclusion, an investigation must include a number of observations of the events being investigated. For example, if the question is "Does the presence of sunlight affect the growth of petunia plants?" then a dozen petunia plants must be examined over a time interval in the presence of sunlight (experimental group), while another dozen plants must be subjected to the same conditions but in the absence of sunlight (control group). Using one or two plants in each group will not produce a valid investigation.
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With owner Bud Adams putting everyone in the organization on notice, the 53 employees who wear helmets have responded.
The Titans lead the Dolphins 14-0 through the first quarter of Sunday's game at Sun Life Stadium, where the empty orange seats seem to be emptier and oranger than usual.
The first score came after a Reggie Bush fumble at the Miami 28, which was followed by four-play touchdown drive. Fueled by a 21-yard Chris Johnson run, the score came when quarterback Jake Locker found receiver Kendall Wright for nine yards.
The second touchdown came from Johnson, who capped a seven-play, 65-yard drive with a 17-yard run.
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Event is Jan. 11
Kick off the new year at the Kinston Arts Council. On Jan. 11, Stars Dance for the Arts will feature eight local couples who will showcase their dancing skills as they compete for three awards to be presented at the end of the evening.
Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. From 7 to 8 p.m., guests will enjoy a variety of heavy hors d�oeuvres along with a cash bar. Couples will begin dancing at 8 p.m. Coffee and dessert will be served during an intermission.
Dancers will be competing for three trophies. The Mirror Ball will be awarded to the couple with the highest combined popular vote and judges� scores. The Popular Vote trophy will go to the couple with the highest number of votes tallied from online and event night voting. The couple receiving the highest combined judges� score will be awarded the Judges� Trophy.
Tickets are becoming limited but can be purchased at the Arts Center. Each ticket is $50 and includes food, cash bar and one vote during the event. A small number of reserve seats are available at $100 each. Information about the amenities accompanying the reserve seating can be obtained by calling the Arts Center at 527-2517.
Votes may be cast online and during the event at $10 per ballot. When voting online, the tally of votes for each couple is posted. Online voting will end at midnight January 10.
Among the couples dancing for the trophies are Lindsay King and Drew Barker who will be dancing a jive; Ashley Anderson and Michael McNaughtly will perform a character jazz.
King is a native of Kinston and a graduate of South Lenoir High School. She completed Mitchell�s Hairstyling Academy in 2006 and has worked as a cosmetologist for the past eight years. She has also been a dance instructor at Studio 86 for the past six years.
King spends her free time volunteering backstage styling hair for the participants in the Lenoir County Distinguished Young Woman, Miss Neuse, Miss Kinston/Lenoir County and Outstanding Teen programs. She enjoys watching movies with her family and spending time being �Aunt Linny� to her niece and nephew, Taylor and Steven.
Barker grew up in Kinston and graduated from Kinston High School in 2009. He is currently a junior at East Carolina University working towards a degree in leisure and recreational studies. The son of Dr. and Mrs. Jay Barker, Drew works part-time with East Carolina Council of the Boy Scouts and at the House of Wang. He attends St. Mary�s Episcopal Church.
Barker is passionate about scouting but includes among his hobbies kayaking, fly-fishing and scuba diving. He enjoys spending time with friends and just being outdoors, standing in the river fishing even though the fish may not be biting. His greatest joys in life are his family and his nephew.
Anderson is a native of Kinston. A graduate of Kinston High School, she was Kinston�s Junior Miss in 2003. She is the daughter of Jim and Cheryl Walker who reside in Kinston. Anderson graduated from East Carolina University in 2007 with a BFA in Dance Education. She was the Dance Director at Garner Magnet High School for four years, and is currently teaching ballet at a studio in Wake County.
Anderson and her husband Noel reside in Fuquay-Varina and are the parents of two adorable boys, Charlie, 3, and Walker, 2. Beyond dancing and teaching dance she enjoys blogging and Pilates.
McNaughtly is a native of Panama City, Florida and currently lives in New Bern. He studied business administration from Gulf Coast Community College and Troy University. He was previously employed with Gulf Coast Dermatology in Panama City before coming to eastern North Carolina almost two years ago. He is currently the staff accountant with Kinston Community Health Center in downtown Kinston.
McNaughtly lives with his partner and has three rescue dogs; Jack, Baxter and Shelby. He volunteers with Habitat for Humanity, the American Cancer Society and the American Heart Association. His special interests are traveling, cooking, yoga, and running half marathons. He enjoys spending his vacations in Cabo San Lucas, New Orleans or anywhere that has a warm climate.


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attacking many animals in any region at the same time; widely diffused and rapidly spreading.
epizootic disease
1. a disease that affects a large number of animals in some particular region within a short period of time.
2. a disease of high morbidity that is only occasionally present in an animal community.
1. Denoting a temporal pattern of disease occurrence in an animal population in which the disease occurs with a frequency clearly in excess of the expected frequency in that population during a given time interval.
2. An outbreak (epidemic) of disease in an animal population.
[epi- + G. zōon, animal]
Occurring at the same time among an unusually large number of animals in a particular geographic area. Used of a disease.
An epizootic disease.
ep′i·zo·ot′i·cal·ly adv.
a disease or condition that occurs at about the same time in many individuals of the same species in a geographic area.
epizooticEpidemiology An outbreak or epidemic of disease in an animal host populations
1. Disease occurrence in an animal population with a frequency clearly in excess of the expected.
2. An outbreak (epidemic) of disease in an animal population; often with the implication that it may also affect human populations.
[epi- + G. zōon, animal]
epizooticAffecting a large number of animals within a short period, especially of a disease.
epizootic(of a disease) suddenly and temporarily affecting a large animal population.
a disease which attacks many subjects in a region at the same time but is only occasionally present in the population; when it occurs it is widely diffused and rapidly spreading. The rarely used equivalent of epidemic in veterinary medicine.
epizootic cellulitis
see equine viral rhinopneumonitis.
epizootic cellulitis-pinkeye
see equine viral arteritis.
epizootic chlamydiosis
a disease of rabbits, hares, deer mice, squirrels and muskrats caused by Chlamydophila psittaci M56 serovar and characterized by septicemia, fever, diarrhea.
epizootic diarrhea of infant mice
see murine epizootic diarrhea.
epizootic hematopoietic necrosis
reported only in Australian redfin perch and rainbow trout; characterized by massive mortalities in juvenile perch but dribbling mortalities in trout; caused by an iridovirus. May have originated in amphibians.
epizootic hemorrhagic disease of deer
is caused by an orbivirus antigenically similar to the virus of Ibaraki disease, a bluetongue-like disease of cattle. The disease is clinically similar to bluetongue in sheep and causes very heavy mortalities in deer herds.
epizootic hemorrhagic septicemia
see hemorrhagic septicemia.
epizootic lymphangitis
a chronic, contagious disease of horses caused by Histoplasma capsulatum var farciminosum (or Blastomyces, Cryptococcus, Saccharomyces, Zymonema). It is characterized by suppurative lymphangitis, lymphadenitis and cutaneous ulcers. Lesions may also occur on the muzzle and nasal mucosa, in the eye causing keratitis, and also in the lungs causing pneumonia. The disease is an important one on its own account but it also has importance because of its similarity to glanders. Called also pseudoglanders.
epizootic pneumoenteritis
see chronic respiratory disease. Called also CRD.
epizootic ulcerative syndrome
important cause of loss in ornamental fish and foodfish; extensive ulceration causes loss of fins, tail, jaw, and penetrates the abdominal wall. The cause has not been identified.


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Seattle Parks and Recreation, the Green Lake Community Center Advisory Council with the help of our community partners, Green Lake Masonic Lodge #149 and Green Lake Windermere Real Estate help continue a Seattle tradition with the 36th annual Pathway of Lights. This year's event will take place from 5 – 8 p.m. on Saturday, December 8, 2012 rain or shine – the second Saturday of December every year. It is free and open to the public.
Join thousands of families, friends, and neighbors in this beloved Seattle tradition and travel the 2.8-mile path around the lake, taking in the warm glow of the luminaria. Visitors are encouraged to bring their own lights and candles to add to the ambiance.
Local musicians will perform at four sites around the lake:
- The Green Lake Community Center on the east side
- The Green Lake Small Craft Center (the Aqua Theater) on the south side
- The Bathhouse Theater (Seattle Public Theatre) on the north side
- The Arch on the east of side of the community center/pool (Sponsored by Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center)
Warm drinks and treats will be available at those locations, as will donation bins for nonperishable food items for local food banks.
Volunteers are needed to help place and light the thousands of luminaria, and to clean up after the event. Individuals, businesses, community organizations and school and scout groups are welcome to participate. Setup takes place from 3:30 – 5 p.m., and the lighting of the candles takes place at 5 p.m. Cleanup is from 8 – 9 p.m.
Become a fan of the Pathway: facebook.com/GreenLakePathwayofLights and find out where your favorite music group will perform.
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Video games, while fun for a short time, have always seemed to promote a sort of lethargy leading to overeating, weight gain and perhaps even a loss of brain cells. I did not grow up playing video games for hours and while I own a PlayStation 3 we use it mainly for the Blu-ray player.
My husband has been involved with a program called Rehabbing with the Troops which helps wounded veterans get back into shape using a workout video game and a lot of support. I wanted to try it myself but I have to admit I was sort of skeptical as to how difficult the workouts would be considering I've tried the Wii Fit and didn't find it to be particularly challenging. The Wii Fit did not allow for a flow from exercise to exercise and there was no way to calculate how hard you were working.
The program they are using for the veteran's rehabilitation is the EA Active 2 for PlayStation 3. The game uses three sensors; one for both your arms and one for your leg. One of the arm sensors also contains a heart rate monitor. Included with the sensors and the game is a resistance band.
The workouts are entirely customizable, although you can choose a pre-made workout if you'd prefer. This afternoon, I decided to test the program and see if it would get me to break any kind of a sweat. I must say, I was surprised at the results.
My workout I designed consisted of approximately 50 minutes of workout time. I chose to do a couple warm up exercises like shoulder rotations and knee tucks. I added cardio to the beginning of the workout to get my heart rate up. I chose to do mainly sprints in which you race against the computer avatars in the game. By the end of the cardio, my heart rate was up slightly and I was ready to move on to the main body of the exercises.
I chose to do a lower body and abdominal workout. I would perform moves like alternating jump split lunges, split lunges with high knees and squats. After every lower body set, I would move on to an ab exercise like flutter kicks and reverse crunches. Each set varied in reps, but I had it set to HARD so the reps were about 24 and I did two sets each.
The alternating jump split lunges and the split lunges with high knees were by far the most challenging for me. They are plyometric in the sense that you're getting off the ground and at the same time strengthening your body. My legs were hurting a little, but my heart rate was in the zone and I was doing some heavy breathing. I chose to finish off with more cardio like mountain climbers and skipping (jump rope). I ended with a few stretches to cool down.
At the end of the workout, my heart rate monitor said I burned 330 calories in those 50 minutes. This isn't huge calorie burn. Still, it's a much, much better workout than I was expecting. I'm sure I could make the workout even more difficult if I wanted to burn even more calories. My average heart rate was about 123 according to the monitor, although I peaked at about 170.
Overall, this is a much, much better program than the Wii Fit and offers a wide array of workout options. I wouldn't necessarily replace any of my current workouts that I do, but I would definitely add this to the mix. It's always good to have variety and at the end of the day, this is fun and you'll absolutely break a sweat! This video game is not the kind that will make your butt look big.


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Colonial Comics Coming in 2014
As long as I'm discussing book projects like Reporting the Revolutionary War, I'll highlight another new project I'm involved in. Here's the scoop from editor Jason Rodriguez in an interview with the Massachusetts Historical Society's Emilie Haertsch:
1. Tell us about your current project with Fulcrum Publishing editing graphic novels on colonial New England.The image above is from a real colonial comic, word balloons and all: it's a detail from Paul Revere's print "A View of the Year 1765" showing a supposed Stamp Act supporter hanging in effigy.
Colonial Comics is a series of graphic novel anthologies about colonial life up to and a little bit beyond the American Revolution. The first book, scheduled to be released in the spring/summer of 2014, will focus on the early settlement of New England. The book will feature stories of pilgrims and Puritans, Pequots and pirates, midwives and printing presses, whales and livestock, slavery and frontiers, and many other aspects of colonial life. The second book, scheduled to be released in the fall/winter of 2014, will focus on the pre-Revolutionary period. It will depict the unconventional stories of Revolutionary men and women, the early ideas and seemingly insignificant moves that brought about revolution, and a shot that was heard around the world. . . .
4. Why do you think comics are a good medium for exploring history?
Comics tend to immerse the reader in the time period. Every panel is a moment in time, and each moment allows the reader to pause and take note of the buildings and the dress and the people. Since the words are printed on the page in little balloons, the reader can note the dialog and the pacing. There's also a layer of subtext you get with comics that you don't necessarily get with books and film. When someone is in panel for an entire story and hardly says a line of dialog it says a lot about that character and how he or she fits into the context of the story. And of course there's the narrative aspect. These historic figures become interesting characters within the stories. Readers are inspired to learn more about them, either on their own or in their courses.


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Our researchers just discovered a very dangerous collision in the Russian Arctic. Last week, a tanker that was not built for freezing waters was 'holed' by an ice floe and had to wait for seven days for help. Yep — holed, as in its hull was punctured, like the Titanic in 1912. And yes, seven days — during which a diesel spill would have been left to gush into the icy water pretty much unchecked. Luckily it looks like none has leaked out, and the ship is still afloat.
The ship was in the the Northern Sea Route, an area full of wildlife which is controlled by Russian authorities. According to this news story the ice floe punctured one of the ballast tanks and the vessel started taking in water. The damaged tanker was temporarily patched up but was left drifting in the Arctic waiting for assistance. A rescue vessel, Boris Vilkitskiy, has now arrived to try to offload the nearly 5,000 tons of diesel on board.
There's more. Embarrassingly for the Russian authorities (and alarmingly for the rest of us) the Nordvik slipped into the Arctic with the wrong permit. It wasn't strong enough for the ice conditions that are common in the Northern Sea Route.
The irony here is that Greenpeace's icebreaker, the Arctic Sunrise, was recently refused entry to the Northern Sea Route. Our ship easily meets the technical requirements and this decision looked like an attempt to stifle peaceful protest and shelter the oil companies from international attention — so we sailed in. The Russian coast guard appeared out of nowhere, before boarding our ship and ordering us out of the area under the threat of fire.
So... just days after Russian authorities kicked our peaceful protest ship out of the area, a commercial tanker which was highly unsafe hit an icebreaker miles away from any Coast Guard vessels. What are the priorities of the Russian authorities when it comes to patrolling the fragile, melting Northern Sea Route?
So far we've escaped disaster, but this dangerous collision is a trial run for something much more serious and the Russian response has failed miserably. As a patched-up tanker ends its week-long wait for assistance, this incident symbolises the recklessness that rules the waves in the Russian Arctic.
Elena Polisano is an Arctic Campaign Officer for Greenpeace International
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wow...news almost as breaking as your love for Emergency Rsponse Plans.
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PS: in an effort to be a good daddy some persons believe to have to fly around the globe at least for times a year - could you please give me some breaking news on algae-kerosene?
PPS: I would like to attack BP for being the second biggest shareholder of Rosneft (after Russian State).
And for having used 7 Million liters of Corexit 9527 in the golf of Mexico in an attempt to make publicity believe nothing happened.
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Blackhawks test Saad as second-line centerby Brian Hedger / Chicago Blackhawks
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CHICAGO – Brandon Saad should be the envy of the NHL right now.
One season removed from earning a spot at left wing on the Chicago Blackhawks' top line as a rookie, the 20-year old Saad is first in line to fill one of the most coveted jobs in the League. He started training camp playing center on the second line for the defending Stanley Cup champions, lining up between veteran stars Patrick Sharp and Marian Hossa.
Aside from a brief look at prospects camp a couple years ago, it's the first time Saad has played in the middle in his entire career, dating back to his youth hockey days.
"I'm pretty excited," he said. "Center is usually one of the best players on the ice and you get to come up the middle and you have to play well defensively. It's going to be something new for me, but I usually pride myself on playing well defensively, so hopefully that can help out."
He's also been practicing faceoffs following team workouts dating back to last season, when he'd step in for Jonathan Toews whenever the Blackhawks' captain got tossed out of the circle.
"That's probably going to be one of the biggest things [playing center] is working on that, but that just comes with time and putting in the work," Saad said. "The rest of it is being aware out there, but faceoffs is something you need to work at."
The Blackhawks have put in a lot of work trying to find a permanent solution in the middle of their second line. They've struggled to fill that role during the past few seasons, despite all that talent on the flanks. There's a bevy of prospects waiting in line behind Saad, not to mention established NHL players such as Andrew Shaw, Marcus Kruger and 36-year old veteran Michal Handzus, who played there in the 2013 Stanley Cup Final.
Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville hopes the 6-foot-1, 202-pound Saad can stake his claim to the job.
That would accomplish a couple of things from an organizational aspect. It would allow a slew of center prospects to develop physically and mentally, including 22-year old rookie Brandon Pirri, 24-year old college free-agent acquisition Drew LeBlanc, and first-round talents Teuvo Teravainen (2012), Phillip Danault (2011), Mark McNeill (2011) and Ryan Hartman (2013).
It would also give Saad's impressive resume an added item, making him one of those elusive forwards that every coach loves -- one who's versatile enough to produce as a wing or a center.
"Center is a smart player on the ice," Saad said. "It's going to take an adjustment, but it's definitely part of it and I'm looking forward to the challenge. It's always good to be diverse and be able to play whatever positions. Hopefully I can add this to my game."
Quenneville first hinted at the move while wrapping up the team's prospects camp, when he told reporters Handzus wouldn't automatically start with Sharp and Hossa. He then named Saad as the leading candidate at that position during the annual fan convention a few weeks later.
Asked about it during training camp, the coach who's led the Blackhawks to a pair of Stanley Cup titles in 2010 and '13 explained his reasoning a little more.
"I think that versatility in playing more than one or two positions up front gives us more depth over time and sometimes, on a need basis, you've got to try different guys in different situations," Quenneville said. "We're in a position now where we still have some other guys who we know can play in that situation, [like] Handzus, Shaw, Kruger and some other options. I just think that [Saad] can play with top players and he has that ability to still get better in his game."
Now it's just a matter of watching the experiment unfold.
Two years ago, Quenneville's idea was to give Kane an extended run in the middle of that line, a move that started out decently enough but fizzled out over the course of the season. Last year it was former center Dave Bolland's turn; that also looked OK for a stretch before dissolving thanks to his extended injury absence heading into the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Now it's Saad's turn.
After losing his left-wing spot on the top line during the postseason – he was replaced midway through by newly re-signed power forward Bryan Bickell – this experiment is also the best way to get Saad back into the top six forwards.
As a rookie, Saad had 10 goals and 17 assists in 47 regular-season games, along with a plus-17 rating. He scored a goal and had five assists in the postseason. The hope now is that Saad's comfort and skill with the puck on his stick speeds the transition to center, where he's lacking only experience.
Having Sharp and Hossa on each side should also ease the transition.
"I would hope so," said Sharp, a sniper with playmaking hands. "I thought we had a couple good [scrimmage] games at Notre Dame [to start camp]. Whether that's a line to start the season, who knows at this point? But if it is, then we'll do our best to help him out. I thought he had a great season as a left winger last year, but it says a lot for Brandon that the coaches are willing to slide him over there and try it out."


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Inspired by the minimalist design movement, the amenities of 400 Wellington West draw on the Mies motto "less is more" to offer a living environment that is at once aesthetic and pragmatic. Strategically located exposed concrete imbues the address with a warehouse-like environment, bucking the current trend towards artificial finishes and thus faithfully representing the King West neighbourhood's historic charm. Yet "God is in the details," meaning design nuances are embellished with exacting precision, every element serving both a visual and functional purpose.
A contrast of traditional and modern, of horizontal and vertical, of glazing and masonry. 400 Wellington West unites form and function through design inspired by the King West neighbourhood's distant and no-so-distant pasts. A structure of halves, the front 10-storey building draws from the existing fabric of Wellington West with architecture inspired by the red-brown warehouse buildings populating the area. Meanwhile, 400 Wellington West's 12 storey alter-ego draws from a more recent past, with a mid-1900's inspired horizontal layout of windows and masonry. And each half is capped by contemporary penthouse designs with extra-large windows offering stunning views of the King West neighbourhood and beyond.
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Greens call for forest funding to prevent bushfires
The Greens are calling for money tied to Tasmania's forest peace deal to be spent on more fuel reduction burns in bushfire-prone areas.
Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson believes a recent burn on the east coast protected the Freycinet Peninsula when a bushfire swept through Courland Bay near Bicheno two weeks ago, destroying five houses and several shacks.
The Greens oppose regeneration burns carried out by the forest industry, but Senator Whish-Wilson says the Parks and Wildlife Service is under-resourced and federal funding set aside to implement the forest peace deal could be invested in a state-wide fuel reduction plan to protect communities.
"I think it's actually resources in general we could look at, we have volunteer firefighters, we could also have people who've previously worked in this area who may want to volunteer their expertise," he said.
"Either way we need a plan because we do believe that these type of extreme weather events are going to be more frequent in the future."
But Liberal Senator Richard Colbeck says new forest reserves set up under the peace deal would increase the bushfire risk, and he is sceptical about the Greens' motives.
"They're feeling the pressure and so they're trying to deflect that and pretend that there's some nuance difference," he said.
"And yet, any time there's a puff of smoke on the horizon you'll hear the Greens running out condemning the forest industry."
The Glamorgan-Spring Bay Mayor, Bertrand Cadart, agrees that more fuel reduction burns would help, but says at the moment there are too many restrictions on when they can be carried out.
"Now there is only so much back-burning you can do in two weeks," he said.
"In a way we are over-regulated so either we find a solution to do it, to increase the resources so the back-burning can be done in this extremely narrow window of time or we put less boxes to tick."
Power returning
About 500 electricity customers in bushfire-affected areas of the south-east are still waiting to have their power restored.
About half are north of Dunalley and the rest are on the Forestier Peninsula.
Aurora Energy crews have been concentrating on the Arthur Highway between Copping and Dunalley, Sugarloaf Hill, Carlton River and Murdunna.
All homes on the Tasman Peninsula should be reconnected, but there may be some short-term interruptions while the work continues.
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Most retirees feel the pinch of the Federal Reserve's policies in the income-oriented parts of their portfolios, as low interest rates make it tough to derive a satisfying yield from bonds and annuities. But cellar-dwelling rates can put pressure on other pillars of investors' retirement planning, too—by wreaking havoc with the pension accounting at big publicly traded companies.
This week in the CFO Journal, Vipal Monga offers an elegant illustration of how the toppling of the interest-rate dominos can rattle big corporations. Monga cites a report from J.P. Morgan Asset Management estimating that America's private-sector companies had a $347 billion gap in 2012 between what they've promised their pensioners and what they have on hand to pay them; that deficit is just below 2011's all-time high. Put another way, the companies have only $81 for every $100 they've promised. Many pension analysts consider an 80% funding level to be the bare minimum for a healthy pension system; by way of comparison, about two-thirds of the country's state-government pension systems fail to clear that bar.
Low interest rates are one major factor in the shortfall. A company's pension liabilities are determined in part by a "discount rate" based on the rate of return of a hypothetical portfolio of highly rated corporate bonds – and when that rate falls, companies have to put aside more money to shore up their pension plans. The costs can be huge: Boeing, for example, has said that every 0.25-percentage-point drop in the discount rate adds $3.1 billion to its projected pension obligations – and its discount rate has fallen almost 2.5 points since 2007.
As Monga points out, some of these pension shortfalls could disappear just as quickly if interest rates rise, but with the Fed having committed to keeping rates low through 2015, that hardly seems imminent. Though Monga doesn't delve into the wider implications, the broader impact of these deficits provides plenty of cause for concern for retirement savers and investors. Companies remain under pressure to direct cash into their pension funds, rather than investing it in their own growth or in employee compensation. Their pension account woes can be a drag on their stock prices. And some employers are making moves to shift pension liabilities off their books by transferring them to financial-services companies – something that won't exactly reassure employees and retirees who harbor painful memories of the 2008 Wall Street meltdown.


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I found out about this on Yello's website. I'm surprised its not reported here. YELLO has created the composition "Blue Horizon PM" for PlanetSolar, the first around the world expedition with a solar boat.
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Scene and Heard: Visionary Art Museum gala
Pictured: Lillian Moon, Dave Pentecost, Lyn Pentecost, Abigail Adams The atmosphere in the American Visionary Art Museum ballroom felt festively French, as several hundred folks gathered for the Ooo La La Gala, the museum's biggest annual benefit, hosted by Lois Feinblatt and Carolyn Patty Blum. With Sophie Flack, a former New York City Ballet dancer and author of the novel "Bunheads" as one of the guest hosts, the requested attire was "tutu chic." So, tutu-like dresses and berets were in abundance, as many guests got into the wacky spirit that always surrounds an AVAM party. Flack led the way with a tutu-inspired dress designed by friend Rachel Antonoff, made of glittery black tulle. Valerie Williams, Center for Emerging Media executive director, went more for the French side of the dance world, in layered red and black crinolines topped with a corset top. "I really wanted to do the can-can thing," she said, as her husband, Marc Steiner, WEAA radio talk show host, beamed. While not necessarily French or dance-inspired, Ted Frankel, owner of AVAM's Sideshow gift shop and Bill Gilmore, Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts executive director, kept up their tradition of wearing creative outfits to museum events. They each sported crazily patterned silk-screened velvet jackets. However, when it came to costumes, there was no one who topped Jenny Campbell, Baltimore-based artist; Victoria August, Thompson Reuters sales consultant; and Kristin Edwards, Maryland Office Interiors interior designer. Campbell was dressed as an over-the-top Marie Antoinette -- complete with a wig more than 3-feet high -- with August and Edwards as her equally zany ladies in waiting. "We participate in the Coney Island Mermaid Parade each year," said Campbell. "These were our costumes last year." What many guests probably found the most interesting sights of the evening weren't costumes, but the party's other guest host -- actor Josh Charles, star of the TV series "The Good Wife" and Baltimore native, and his guest, John Harbaugh, Baltimore Ravens head coach, who was there with his wife, Ingrid Harbaugh, community volunteer. However, both Charles and Harbaugh were quick to turn their own focus on the museum itself. "I love what this museum stands for, the artistic spirit and the self-taught artist," said Charles. "There's no museum like it in the world, and it should be celebrated." "It's incredible," said John Harbaugh. "We can't wait to bring our daughter here. She's 10." "I feel like this museum is unique because of how you think about the artist behind the piece, instead of just thinking about art on its own," Flack added. The celebrity guests weren't alone in singing the museum's praises. :"This is the best place," Chickie Grayson, Enterprise Homes president/CEO, told AVAM founder/director Rebecca Hoffberger. "I don't easily like parties," said Joseph Sheppard, Baltimore and Italy-based artist. "But, this one is good. It's more interesting than most." "I wouldn't miss one of these parties for anything. They're the best in Baltimore," said his wife, Rita St. Clair, Baltimore-based interior designer. -- Sloane Brown
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As for me and my outfit, without knowing I was just matching their even theme which was also pink. Who could have knew?! Anyway, this is pink and white color combo, nothing unusual or new but always perfect, even more since we all talk about Rose Quartz ♥
I hope you like it and check the I was wearing section because I have scheduled a new running soon and I have to finish all the tasks before it :D
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