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Yellow Ribbon Reminder
· Wednesday, June 13th, 2012
SIPA participates in the Yellow Ribbon Program. This is just a reminder that the application goes live on Friday, June 15th at 1:00 p.m. EDT (tomorrow). Consideration is based on a first-come, first-served basis. The application will be available at: http://sipa.columbia.edu/resources_services/financial_aid/index.html.
For details about the Yellow Ribbon Program, visit The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs website. If you have questions about your eligibility level for the Post 9/11 GI Bill, please contact the VA at www.va.gov or 1-888-442-4551.
Categories : Admissions, Paying for SIPA, SIPA
Tags : Financial Aid, military, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, veteran
Posted by Matt Clemons
· Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
This is just a reminder that the Yellow Ribbon application online interest form goes live tomorrow. Remember that consideration is based on a first-come, first-served basis so if you qualify it is very important that you submit your information as soon as possible after the link goes live.
The date and link to the location are below. If you have questions about whether you are eligible, please visit this blog entry that was posted on May 20th for details.
Date and Time: Wednesday, June 15th, 2011 at 1:00 P.M. EST
Link: http://sipa.columbia.edu/resources_services/financial_aid/forms_online.html
Categories : SIPA
Tags : Financial Aid, military, veteran
Pat Tillman Foundation – Tillman Military Scholars Scholarship Information
· Friday, February 25th, 2011
Columbia University has been selected by the Pat Tillman Foundation as a Tillman Military Scholar University Partner for the 2011-2012 academic year.
University Partners are chosen to solicit and submit candidates for receipt of the Tillman Military Scholarship through the Pat Tillman Foundation. This prestigious and selective partnership will enable Columbia University's student veterans and their eligible dependents to apply for this scholarship.
The Pat Tillman Foundation was created in honor of professional football player and military hero Pat Tillman. Tillman played professional football for the Arizona Cardinals from 1998 to 2001 and enlisted in the United States Army in 2002 in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. Tillman died in Afghanistan as a result of friendly fire in 2004. The mission of the Pat Tillman Foundation is "to invest in veterans and their families through education and community".
As such, this scholarship not only helps student veterans cover the direct costs of tuition and fees but it also acts as a critical resource for other expenses including housing and child care. In addition to this scholarship, recipients become members of the "Tillman Community" where they have access to a national network of members and are provided other essential resources including leadership, service and advocacy opportunities.
The Foundation chooses University Partners who are proven military-friendly institutions that offer specific support services for service members and their families and have a significant percentage of military enrollments, in addition to other criteria. Hunter I Riley, Pat Tillman Foundation Director of Programs, recently stated, "By working with partner institutions like Columbia University, who have shown ingenuity in delivering veteran-specific support services, we are able to funnel a ready source of assistance onto a campus which already demonstrates a culture of support for student veterans and military families."
All applications will be submitted through the Pat Tillman Foundation website and then forwarded to the Columbia University selection committee for review. The committee will then recommend the highest scoring applicants to the Pat Tillman Foundation as potential recipients of the scholarship. The final selection will then be made by the Pat Tillman Foundation.
For more information about the application process and to view the application questions now, please visit the Pat Tillman Foundation website www.pattillmanfoundation.org. The information is listed under the Tillman Military Scholars tab. The full application for the 2011/2012 academic year will be available on March 7, 2011.
The application deadline for filing is April 8, 2011.
Tags : Financial Aid, military, scholarship, veteran
Morningside Post – MIA in the Army
· Thursday, December 16th, 2010
The following article comes to us courtesy of the SIPA student blog, The Morningside Post. It was written by Posted by Michelle Chahine on November 22nd, 2010.
Jordan Becker's time in the MIA program is funded by the U.S. Army – that is, his Masters in International Affairs. He has served in the Army for nine and a half years and could easily do another nine, or many times that.
Becker is a second-year student at SIPA. He spent his first year at Sciences Po in Paris (as part of a dual degree program with Columbia). Throughout his interview, he kept the conversation general, insisting that was for his own personal privacy, not because anything he did was a secret. His missions and jobs are generally public information. Talk to him in person, he'll tell you almost anything you want to know – just don't bring your pen along.
Becker weighed each word carefully. He spoke in bullet points. Everything he said was rehearsed in his head. Whatever he said that wasn't rehearsed was off the record, and tended to be the most fascinating details. And, as he spoke, he had a careful eye on the pen and notepad in front of him.
"I want to be very careful of what image I represent of my profession because I have a lot of respect for the other people here at SIPA and elsewhere who do what I do, and also for my profession's role in society," said Becker. "Also because people don't really have much exposure to people in my profession, so I don't want to be perceived as representing the whole organization. I'm only speaking for myself as an individual." Later in the interview he added, "I think sometimes our activities are inaccurately caricatured."
Becker is from California. He planned to go to the University of California for free, but he really wanted to go to Georgetown. "I needed funding, which ROTC provided," he said. That's when he signed up for the U.S. Army.
He studied International Relations and was an intercollegiate athlete in his first year at Georgetown. "My life as a student wasn't affected too much. It was basically like having an extra class or two a week. And I had to cut my hair and shave my beard," he added.
After graduating from college and doing the Army's standard initial training, he moved to Italy. He was a platoon leader there until the onset of the Iraq War in 2003, doing combat training. "It was an airborne unit and we mostly trained for airfield seizures and non-combatant evacuation operations." Usually the scenarios had to do with civil instability.
"Airfield seizure was the first thing we did in Iraq. The first week went pretty much like training – we seized an airfield. Once there was no more traditional war to fight, that's when it got complicated, and that's when it got interesting to me. I got to apply what I learned in college and learn a little bit about what it really meant in practice. My academic background helped me to do my job, and it helped me explain our mission to my soldiers."
Becker went to Iraq without much hesitation. "Privately I questioned it. But my obligation to perform my responsibilities was much more important… my job was to execute foreign policy, not to make it," he said. "I signed up for the army knowing it was a tool of foreign policy, and that foreign policy is never perfect. I knew I would go forth on decisions made by those higher up."
Becker left Iraq in February 2004. He then went through a long process of training to transition to another role in the army. He returned to Iraq for eight months in 2007 during the Surge and served as an advisor to an Iraqi organization. After that, he spent the next year doing more training.
In the summer of 2008, Becker went to Mali, as part of small-scale U.S. operations in the Pan-Sahel region. The army helped the Malian government control lawless areas of their country to prevent extremists from using them as a training base. Becker was basically like a consultant during that time. "It is one of the most fun things I have done in the army," he said. "I was advising people who were a bit senior to me in rank, and they were very talented and dedicated professionals."
When Becker returned to the U.S. at the end of the summer in 2008, he began to apply for graduate schools. He described his decision to return to school as a simple professional calculation. To him, it was the equivalent of someone in investment management getting an MBA.
But Becker is not your typical second-year SIPA student. While most of the class of 2011 is now worried about finding a job for May, Becker has jobs lined up for the next few years. His next step is a rotating faculty position at West Point. He expects to stay there for two or three years. He will then move on to work as a 'foreign area officer' focusing on Europe and transatlantic relations.
To prepare for his new roles, Becker is in the International Security Policy concentration at SIPA and the Europe regional specialization. How does being on the ground relate to the academic theory? "The biggest lesson I have learned as a practitioner has been about the practical limitations of the use of force… You hear about the 'fog of war,' or 'friction.' You really see the fog of war. I learnt what that looks like and feels like. It's really there."
Categories : Admissions, Meet Seeples, News
Tags : army, dual degree, French, military, Paris, veteran
U.S. Armed Forces Funding Opportunity: Yellow Ribbon Program
· Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
SIPA is happy to partner with many organizations to try and reduce the expense associated with earning a degree. We recently signed an agreement that is aimed at assisting veterans of the U.S. armed forces and their dependents. The name of the new initiative is the Yellow Ribbon Program.
If you are an admitted student and believe you might qualify for funding, pay special attention to the message below from Jeff F. Scott, the Executive Vice President of Student and Administrative Services. The program is based on a "first-come, first-served" basis so it is extremely important that interested applicants submit the application as soon as possible after it is posted on July 15th. All of the details are below in the message composed by Mr. Scott.
I am writing to inform you of recent changes in federal legislation that provide expanded financial aid opportunities to current or prospective students who served in the U.S. Armed Forces on or after September 11, 2001, as well as the dependents of these veterans.
Through a new initiative authorized by the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act, higher education institutions can provide eligible student veterans with a tuition waiver or grant that is matched by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. This program, known as the Yellow Ribbon Program, enhances the base tuition benefits provided by the Post-9/11 GI Bill. More information about the bill's benefits and eligibility requirements is available at http://www.gibill.va.gov/.
If you are a qualifying veteran, or the qualifying dependent of a veteran, and you are interested in benefiting from the Yellow Ribbon Program in Fall 2009, you must submit an application at http://www.columbia.edu/cu/sfs/docs/veterans/index.html.
The application will be available on July 15, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. As stipulated by the Post 9/11 GI Bill, eligibility for the Yellow Ribbon program is determined on a first-come, first-served basis in each of Columbia's participating programs.
For more information about Columbia's participation in the Yellow Ribbon Program, please visit the Veterans page of the Student Financial Services website at http://www.columbia.edu/cu/sfs/docs/veterans/index.html or speak with a financial aid officer at your school.
Jeffrey F. Scott
Executive Vice President, Student & Administrative Services
Categories : Admissions, Paying for SIPA
Tags : armed forces, Financial Aid, funding, military, scholarship, veteran


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Samsung Gear S3 Classic Review – Bigger and Better
There are many smartwatch designs that want to sport the look of the classic timepiece, and while the Samsung Gear S3 Classic does achieve that, it is literally larger than many. In fact, it is even bigger than its predecessors. But its beefier size is not all for naught as it comes with a bunch of great features which does make the wearable device better than ever.
The Samsung Gear S3 Classic Presents Itself as a Larger and Better Option Than Many
As obvious as its name offers, the Samsung Gear S3 Classic is the next iteration for the already impressive Gear S2. It improves upon its predecessor in more ways than one. It packs a larger display for the watch's face, and it even sports a larger battery. Furthermore, it is jam-packed with more features than ever before.
Samsung released the Gear S3 Classic along with an identical-looking model, which is the Gear S3 Frontier. The former is geared towards casual users whereas the latter is made for fitness-centric individuals. The Frontier also has more weight and packs an LTE radio. Even though the Classic model does not have an LTE radio, this notion is by no means a deal-breaker.
When you compare the Classic with the Gear S2, and you would immediately be met with the obvious difference that is their size. The South Korean tech giant has increased the display size to 1.3-inches. For comparison's sake, the Gear S2 only has a screen size of approximately 1.2-inches. While the screen is made to be larger, it still retains the same Super AMOLED technology, and it also retains the 360 x 360-pixel resolution, but it does lose some sharpness because of, once again, the larger display size.
Regardless of the large size, the screen is a beauty to behold. You would be thankful that you would not have to touch it all the time just to navigate through its many features, unlike many smartwatches that would make you have to touch the screen constantly.
Since the Samsung Gear S3 Classic brings more features into the mix, this naturally means that it needs more power, and the South Korean firm already thought about that regard. It now packs a 380mAh battery pack that is said that can last for three to four days with regular use. Overall, this smartwatch is a must-have evolution of the Gear S2. The increased size aims to do better in terms of a fashionable item, and for the most part, it does.
Samsung Gear S3 Frontier Review - A Well-Connected Watch/Tracker
There are many smartwatch designs that want to sport the look of the classic timepiece, and while the Samsung Gear S3 Classic does achieve that, it is literally larger than many. In fact, it is even bigger than its predecessors. But its beefier size is not all for naught as it comes with a bunch of great features which does make the wearable device...Read More

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Here it is. The first official movie review. And I picked a good one. A Silent Voice (The Shape of Voice; Koe no Katachi; 聲の形) returned to American theaters for the second time this week for a special two-night event (one night for the Sub, and one night for the wrong one Dub) and I couldn't help myself. I had to go watch it again. Sure, this is my 4th time watching it, but only one of those had been in theaters and I wanted to experience it again. Let me tell you, even on the fourth viewing it was just as impactful as the first. Spoilers ahead.
If I haven't already made it clear, I'm a huge fan of almost anything Kyoto Animation puts out. Their art is always gorgeous, their music and timing perfect, and the cast perfectly selected for their roles. Maybe I've got some rose colored glasses on, but I have yet to find a KyoAni production that I don't enjoy.
A Silent Voice tackles the difficult subject of bullying, and the far reaching consequences it has for everyone involved, including the bully themselves. It tackles alienation, isolation, suicide, self loathing, forgiveness, sacrifice and redemption.
Rather than simply delve into the plot for this one (you're really better off watching it unfold yourself), I'd rather talk about the things that I like about this movie.
I like that it doesn't try to paint a picture of simple "good vs evil." The movie doesn't try to take the "victim: protect; bully: bad" flat approach. It shows how harmful bullying can be without directly making the bully a villain. The bully is human; that isn't an excuse for his actions, but simply a reality. And when the bullying is turned towards the bully, it breaks him. But the movie isn't interested in simply breaking him and leaving him there as the conquered villain; the movie breaks him down and then shows his long, tough path to redemption.
But it doesn't simply focus on the redemption of the bully. It also explores the long and somewhat complicated life of his victim, a girl who struggles to fit in due to hearing so poor she's basically deaf. While it might seem obvious to everyone reading this that being deaf is nothing to be ashamed of or laughed at, children are often cruel to anyone who's different. This movie is just as much about her redemption as it is about the bully's redemption.
I like that this movie is messy. Even when people are trying their hardest, whether it's the bully, the victim, or the surrounding friends and family, nothing is clear cut and perfect. People still make mistakes and resist the pain that comes with facing the reality of their flawed character. It's something they have to strive to overcome because it's a deep wound that cannot correct itself.
More than anything, this movie shows that life can be painful. It can be a struggle to accept those who are different; it can be difficult to accept and forgive yourself for things you've done in your past. But life can also be beautiful without being perfect. Accepting those around you, imperfections and all, and letting them love you when you can't find a way to love yourself, may be one of the toughest things people have to realize. After all, life is easier if you try to simply live apart and apologize for existing. But that's not what life is about. Nobody lives on this planet alone, so don't try to do it alone.


Whether you have plastic Adirondack chairs, metal or wood outdoor furniture they can become sun bleached over time or rusty and chipped from wear or leaving out in the elements over winter and look awful. Don't pitch it to the curb! Bringing life and colour back to your outdoor furniture is as easy as a can of spray paint and a little bit of your time.
I've repainted all of my outdoor furniture over the years when they start to show wear. This summer my plastic Adirondack chairs looked very faded and blah. Instead of buying new ones (which my hubby had the nerve to even mention to me haha) I went to my local hardware store and picked up some bright and cheery spray paints to spruce them up! My personal choice to use on plastics and metals is Rustoleum 2X cover (nothing wrong with Krylon either, I just liked the colours Rustoleum has).


No living room is complete without a wealth of cushions on the sofa. With a cushion, you can easily change the expression of your living room and bring in new colours that match the season and your mood. What is more, a cushion is unavoidable if you want to read a good book on the sofa, watch a movie or maybe take a little nap. In this category, you will find a large range of cushions in different fabrics and guaranteed a cushion that will be to your liking.


Ubisoft Forums > 1C:Maddox Games > IL2 Maddox General Discussion > Tip for il2 B.O.B.
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Hi, this is only a tip for Oleg.
It would be great with the possibility more than one VGA card, every one linked to an different view, p.e. the standard for normal use, but a second one linked to "left view" and another third linked to "right view", so people can construct her own simulation device depending on his possibilities, I don't (of course) know how DirectX works but I think the actual game maintains all the data of the game at real time, and video switch to the user's selected mode of view, so, for a non expert user it becames a possibility.
Thank you Oleg for programming this wonderful game.


Europe one of the seven continents of the world.
Home / Europe travel / Europe one of the seven continents of the world.
Europe a continent of mystery and history, a place where more fairy tales are being made and it's a perfect spot for an exploration. It has many historical view sites. This Europe is being surrounded by the Mediterranean, black seas, the Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and Caspian seas. Its area includes many numbers of islands, archipelagoes, and peninsulas, this things makes this continent as one of the best spot to have an exciting adventure.
Europe is not a place, it is a destination. From Spain to Poland or Greece to Scotland, Europe is as vast as it is diverse. Explore the architecture and food in Rome or the history of Athens. For the romantics at heart, Paris is unparalleled. Experience Europe's diverse architecture and culture firsthand with one of our packages.


XXXX brewery workers have been part of ongoing enterprise bargaining negotiations with Lion, the international parent company that owns the iconic Queensland beer.
Last week, the beer company celebrated their 140th birthday with an exclusive event at the Brisbane brewery, without inviting any of their loyal brewery workers.
What's even worse is that management tried to force staff into using their own annual leave, without consultation, to keep them away from the site during the event.
United Voice sought the help of the Fair Work Commission to ensure this didn't happen. As a result, XXXX workers were given a range of options to suit them on the day, without being penalised or losing their leave.
Workers still didn't get to join the celebrations, but it was a small win along the way as the fight for good secure jobs continues.
Follow United Voice Queensland for more info on this and other vital campaigns for jobs you can count on.


6 Rattan Dining Chairs, 2 Arm Chairs and 6 Side Chairs, in nice as found VINTAGE condition.
There are scuffs, scrapes and wear to the as found finish. As found upholstery. Upholstery in good condition.
Albini Style Ottoman in good as found VINTAGE condition. There are scuffs, scrapes and wear to the original as found painted finish. Wear to the original as found upholstery.


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Volume 43, Issue Suppl 1
Is there a gender difference in concussion incidence and outcomes?
R W Dick
Mr R W Dick, Health and Safety Sports Consultants, LLC, 4969 Huntington Drive, Carmel, Indiana USA 46033; rwd4969{at}yahoo.com
Objective: To determine if there is a gender difference in the incidence and outcomes of sport concussion.
Design: Critical literature review of sport concussion by gender.
Intervention: PubMed and major sports medicine journals were reviewed using the keywords concussion and gender. Articles included in this paper were English prospective surveillance that included concussion as an injury option conducted over the past 10 years, involved data collected by qualified medical personnel (athletic trainers/therapists or medical doctors) and used injury rates as opposed to raw counts. Only data from sports (soccer, basketball and ice hockey) where actions, equipment and most rules were similar between genders were reviewed.
Results: For the PubMed search, using "concussion" and "gender" as keywords, there were 51 articles. Ten studies (four in football (soccer), four in basketball and two in ice hockey, including high school, college and professional athletes) were included in the incidence portion of the paper. Nine of the studies showed higher absolute injury rates for female concussion compared to their male counterparts with four of them reaching statistical significance. Five of the studies (two football (soccer), two basketball and one ice hockey) examined concussion mechanism and in all cases, males had a higher absolute percent of player contact concussions while females had a higher absolute percentage of surface or ball contact concussion episodes. Two brain injury and four sport concussion outcome papers were reviewed. Traumatic brain injury outcome was shown to be worse in females than in males for a majority of measured variables; females also are shown to have different baseline and post-concussion outcomes on neuropsychological testing.
Conclusions: After evaluating multiple years of concussion data in comparable sports, the evidence indicates that female athletes may be at greater risk for concussion than their male counterparts. There also is some evidence that gender differences exist in outcomes of traumatic brain injury and concussions. Because concussion is a clinical diagnosis often depending on self reporting and with no established biological marker or consistent symptoms/definitions, and because there is evidence that females are more honest in reporting general injuries than males, it is unclear whether the concussion incidence data, while generally consistent in showing a higher risk in females as compared to males in similar sports, is a true difference or is influenced by a reporting bias.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.2009.058172
Concussion in sports has received greater attention in the last decade as more is understood about the potential negative performance and health consequences of this injury. Ten years ago, an estimated 300 000 sports-related traumatic brain injuries associated with loss of consciousness occurred annually in the USA.1 2 Given the greater understanding of concussion injury and its symptoms over the past decade, coupled with the significant increase in US and international youth sport participation, this number is significantly larger today. While much of the concussion research has been performed on males, the increasing participation of females in sports around the world warrants an analysis of their risk and response to concussion as well. For example in 2006–7, 42% (almost 3 million) of participating US high school3 and 43% (173 000) of participating NCAA4 student-athletes were female. The purpose of this review is to determine if a gender difference exists in sport concussion risk, symptoms and recovery. If such differences do exist, it raises the question as to whether current return to play guidelines need to consider gender as a specific factor influencing management decisions.
A search of PubMed was performed using the keywords "concussion" and "gender" resulting in 51 articles found. The search was limited to English language publications and human studies. In addition, the main sports medicine journals and associated references were searched for additional papers regarding gender and sport concussion. The title and abstract of these articles were then reviewed by the author. The articles included in the incidence review were prospective surveillance that included concussion as an injury option conducted over the past 10 years, involved data collected by qualified medical personnel (athletic trainers/therapists or medical doctors) and used injury rates as opposed to raw counts. Some studies included injuries that involved no time loss although most required a reportable incident to have at least one day time loss. Only data from football (soccer), basketball and ice hockey were reviewed as these were sports where actions, equipment and most rules were similar between genders. In addition, two brain injury and four sport concussion outcome papers were reviewed.
Incidence studies
Ten prospective surveillance studies (four in football (soccer), four in basketball and two in ice hockey), involving high school, college and professional athletes were reviewed (table 1). Football (soccer) and basketball are both sports where action, rules and equipment are similar between genders so these confounding variables were minimised.
Table 1 Prospective injury surveillance studies evaluating concussion by comparable sport and gender
Ice hockey is a sport that has similar activities and equipment in the men's and women's game with one important rule distinction—intentional body checking is not allowed for females. Since player contact is a primary source of concussion in most sports, eliminating this mechanism implies that the risk of concussion would be significantly reduced in the women's game.
Nine of the studies showed higher absolute concussion injury rates for females compared to their male counterparts with four of them reaching statistical significance. An example of three college sports is shown in fig 1. In both ice hockey studies, females had an absolute higher but statistically similar rate of concussion compared to their male counterparts despite the prohibition of intentional body checking in the women's game.
Game concussion rate by gender. The figure compares game concussion injury rates in basketball and soccer (similar rules and equipment) and ice hockey (similar equipment but different rules—no body checking allowed in women's game). In all three activities, the women's sports showed absolute rate values that were higher than their male counterparts and in two cases, (basketball and soccer), these rates were statistically higher.12
Concussion mechanism
A subset of the above studies reported concussion injury mechanism (table 2). In all cases, males showed an absolute higher percentage of player contact concussions while females showed absolute higher percentages in concussions resulting from contact with the surface or ball. Figures 2, 3 and 4 show specific examples of these results from three college sports.
Soccer game concussion mechanism* by gender (1988–9 to 2003–4). The figure shows mechanism of concussion injury as a percent of all concussions in soccer. Exposures by gender were similar (<5% difference). There was a significant difference (p<0.001) in concussion mechanism between genders. Specifically, there was a higher percentage of concussions resulting from player contact in men (81% vs 66%) and a higher percentage of concussion resulting from surface (13% vs 8%) or ball (18% vs 8%) contact in women.12
Basketball game concussion mechanism by gender† (1988–9 to 2003–4). The figure shows mechanism of concussion injury as a percent of all concussions in basketball. Exposures by gender were similar (<5% difference). There was a similar pattern to football (soccer) but non-significant difference (p = 0.059) in concussion mechanism between genders. Specifically, there was a higher percentage of concussions resulting from player contact in men (70% vs 59%) and a slightly higher percentage of concussion resulting from surface contact in women (33% vs 26%).12
Ice hockey game concussion mechanism* by gender (2000–1 to 2003–4). The figure shows mechanism of concussion injury as a percent of all injuries in ice hockey where the basic game and equipment is similar between genders but rules restrict the use of formal body checking in the women's game. There was a significant difference (p<0.001) in concussion mechanism between genders. Specifically, there was a higher percentage of concussions resulting from player contact in men (65% vs 42%) and a higher percentage of concussion resulting from contact with the ice surface (28% vs 7%) in women.12
Table 2 Concussion mechanism by sport and gender
Gender differences in brain injury outcome
Evidence exists that indicates gender differences in outcomes of traumatic brain injury.
(a) A meta-analysis of eight studies with some limitations due to lack of specifics of individual reports, concluded that traumatic brain injury outcome was worse in women than in men for 85% of the 20 measured variables, which were primarily somatic symptoms such as poor memory, dizziness, fatigue, irritability in response to light and noise, impaired concentration, headache, anxiety and depression.17
(b) Gender has been shown to be an independent predictor of survival following brain injury. Mortality following moderate to severe traumatic brain injury was 1.28 times higher in females than males; furthermore females were 1.57 times more likely to experience poor outcomes (eg, severe disability or persistent vegetative state) than males.18
Specific to sports concussion, limited studies imply that females may be more frequently cognitively impaired than males following concussions. In a study by Broshek et al,19 using 155 concussed high school and college athletes, it was found that female athletes had significantly greater declines in simple and complex reaction times relative to preseason baseline levels, and they reported more post-concussion symptoms compared with age-matched males. As a group, females were cognitively impaired approximately 1.7 times more frequently than males following concussions.
Covassin et al20 evaluated 79 collegiate sport concussions, almost equally distributed across males and females, collected from five universities. They identified post-concussion differences with regard to gender in only one of five cognitive domains of neuropsychological function. Specifically, concussed female athletes demonstrated significantly lower visual memory composite scores compared with male athletes. With respect to post-concussion symptoms, men reported post-concussion vomiting and sadness with greater frequency and intensity than women.
Complicating the post-concussion assessment, a study of over 1200 college age athletes showed that male and female athletes differed on baseline neuropsychological test measures, particularly on verbal and visual memory scores.21 A second study of high school athletes showed gender differences in baseline scores on selected measures of processing speed and executive functions.22
Participation in physical activity offers many lifelong physical and mental benefits for both genders. However, with any activity there are risks of injuries and in some cases these may be gender specific and need to be considered to maximise the benefits of athletic participation. After evaluating multiple years of concussion incidence data in comparable sports, the evidence indicates that female athletes may be at greater risk for concussion than their male counterparts. There also is limited evidence that gender differences exist in outcomes of traumatic brain injury and concussions although there is almost no physiological understanding behind this finding. Incidence findings were apparent in sports where rules and equipment were similar (football (soccer), basketball) as well as in ice hockey, where women's actual concussion rates were higher, though statistically not different than the men, despite the absence of the high risk activity of body checking. A subset of studies indicated that mechanism of concussion also may differ by gender. Specifically, limited studies show a greater susceptibility of women to concussion through contact with the surface or ball although there is no evidence that these specific events occur at the same frequency relative to males. There was only one study reviewed in this article13 and one study that was cited by multiple authors of the reviewed studies (based on retrospective recall that did not consider exposures22) reporting a higher incidence in concussion in a male sport.
To date, very little research includes possible explanations for gender differences in sport concussion. The majority of applicable literature has focused on nonathletic populations (eg, accident victims) and rodents. Biomechanical and hormonal evidence exists that may explain mechanisms of gender difference. Another possibility is more cultural, founded on the premise that the honesty and responsiveness of reporting as opposed to the actual incidence of concussion may be influenced by gender (table 3).
Table 3 Possible explanations for gender differences in sport concussions
The prospective descriptive surveillance studies reviewed in this paper were designed to evaluate overall injury patterns and mechanisms in a sport, rather than specifically monitoring sport concussion. Subsequently, there were inconsistent definitions of reportable concussion and the concussion sample was often small and unbalanced by gender over a range of populations (high school to professional athletes). Because concussion is a clinical diagnosis often depending on self reporting and with no established biological marker or consistent symptoms/definitions, the incidence reported was most likely only a subset of actual occurrences. If research indicating females are more honest in reporting injuries than males is applicable to concussions, it is difficult to definitively state that the concussion incidence differences between gender noted in this review are real; they may be in some part related to reporting bias. In addition, increased awareness, better assessment technology and more research in recent years imply that we are much better able to recognise sport concussions today compared to a decade ago. Therefore, changes in trends over time may be a reflection of actual concussion cases, a greater ability to identify concussion cases, or some combination.
After evaluating multiple years of concussion incidence data in comparable sports, the evidence indicates that female athletes may be at greater risk for concussion than their male counterparts. While definitions and assessment techniques for concussions have changed over the past decade, the consistent finding of higher concussion rates among women across studies coupled with increasing participation justifies the need for focused research efforts in risk factor identification and appropriate subsequent interventions. Reported gender variability in response to baseline and post-concussion neuropsychological testing suggests the gender variable may be more than a morbidity risk factor. Future studies should focus specifically on concussion risk, mechanism and subsequent symptoms and recovery for both genders in similar sports. Standardised definitions, assessments and symptoms and a mechanism to account for potential gender self-reporting bias should be the foundation of this work.
What is known on this topic
More sport concussions are being reported and studied as the awareness of symptoms and knowledge of potential negative performance and health consequences has increased. Most of the existing sport concussion research has been performed on males, despite the increasing participation of females in sport over the last two decades.
Female athletes may be at greater risk for concussion than their male counterparts. There also is limited evidence that gender differences exist in outcomes of traumatic brain injury and concussions. However, the existing data has significant limitations that warrant more concussion-focused research to validate these initial findings.
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Tapping Into the Potential of Older Beauty Consumers
Abby Penning
Recently, Imogen Matthews of Imogen Matthews Associates spoke with Rowland Manthorpe, a reporter for trend forecasting and consumer insights specialist LS:N Global at its Polarity Paradox Preview Network Evening, held at The Future Laboratory HQ, sharing information on the "Flat Age Society" and the untapped potential of the older female beauty market.
"What occurred to me a couple of years ago is that we talk about all these opportunities and growth within premium beauty, but nobody's really talking about what opportunities there are for older consumers… Women over 45 account for £1.9 billion worth of product sales in cosmetics and toiletries," Matthews said. "And when you start to look at it by product category, you find that particularly skin care, body care [and] hand care are big, big markets amongst the over-45s. In fact, you're talking about almost half of all sales of all those products are to older consumers—and yet, there doesn't seem to be an awful lot of activity of targeting or activity by the brands and the retailers toward this group.
"I started to interview women in their 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and in fact one in her 90s to find out what they thought about beauty products and beauty purchasing, the products they use, the claims and the advertising—and its very revealing. They felt they were just being ignored, which is why I came up with the term 'The Forgotton Demographic.'"
For example, Matthews explained, "The packaging, [and] the fonts that are used on packaging, are light, small fonts used on a dark background, and it's just hopeless for anybody over the age of 45—they need their reading glasses. There are also the closures [and other functional parts of the packaging]—they can be very, very difficult for older people—and I'm not talking about people in their 50s. I'm talking about older, really elderly consumers. Nobody's really thought about that. Real opportunities there."
She also discussed physiological changes and their need to addressed. "As you get older, things change hormonally, and your skin becomes drier. So you become concerned about the dryness and the fact you've got wrinkles. 'I actually want a product that feels comfortable on my skin and makes me look great for my age.'
"If you use young women in an ad for a product which is aimed at, say, a 40- or 50-year-old, that's going to be wrong. There's a huge skepticism amongst these older consumers that the ads don't speak to them. And going into a store as well—it's all very much aimed at the younger women, the younger consumer. The women who sell the products tend to be younger women, not older women, and this certainly came out in the research. [Older consumers] tend to like to talk peer to peer, and if you're talking to younger woman, you're feeling vulnerable about your skin care issues anyway, so the last thing you want to do is open up about the wrinkles around your eyes or the sagging in your cheeks or whatever. Things like having seating, having a chair available when you're speaking to the consultant [go a long way]. A lot of these things can be small changes, but just acknowledgement that makes older people more inclusive of what they're trying to do."
Citing some recent successes, Matthews said, "I was flicking through the channels the other evening, and I saw that QVC had a program that was something like 'Fabulous Over 40' beauty product, and I think that's fantastic, because QVC can do a fantastic educational job. These women who are watching don't even have to get out of their own chair."
Matthews also recommended more online connection with older consumers. "It's all about the fact that they don't have to speak to somebody face to face, and that is one of the biggest problems for this age group. So that they can learn on their terms without feeling patronized—that's got to be the way forward."
The full video of the conversation can be viewed here.
Certified Group Appoints Todd Shea to President, Cosmetics and Personal Care
Shea most recently was the senior vice president of innovation and client strategy at Cosmetic Group USA.
CLR Partners with ProTec Ingredia Polska for Polish Market
ProTec Ingredia's long-term experience in the active ingredient market in Poland was identified by CLR as a reason for the new partnership.
HK Innovers' Award-Winning Peptide Design Technology
Introducing a proprietary skin delivery system, developed by HK Innovers, that is revolutionizing skincare. HK Innovers is the group that was formed when Hankuk Kolmar acquired US PTP and Canadian CSR.
Sandream Appoints Arsine Aboolian to Senior Account Manager, West Coast
Aboolian has more than 20 years of experience in account management, R&D and formulation.
Dec 23rd, 2021
Sandream Specialties and Surfachem Announce Distribution Deal
Surfachem will be the exclusive distributor for Sandream Specialities' line of effect pigments in several European countries, effective January 1, 2022.
BASF Invests in Uvinul A Plus Production Plant
The Univul A Plus production plant will now be built at the Care Chemicals Jinshan production site in China.
First Aid Beauty Releases Promotional Song on TikTok
"TikTok Made Me Buy It" celebrates the influence that the social media platform has on the beauty industry.
Alibaba.com Grants Program Winners Announced
Representing the beauty and personal care industry among the 50 grant recipients are Element Mom, Nailstry, Miss Swiss, Joiful Bee, Eva Jane Beauty, Baddie Labs Cosmetics, Kanti and Adura.
Symrise Achieves Triple A Ratings from CDP
Since 2020, Symrise has covered all its power needs worldwide by using renewable energies and the company aims to run climate-positive operations starting in 2030 to help stop global warming.
Kensing and Azelis Sign Distribution Agreement
The exclusive agreement is for Kensing's vegetable oil-based vitamins and phytosterols in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Mike Clark Named CEO of Pilot Chemical
Clark joined Pilot Chemical in 2018 as COO and has been president and COO at the company since January 1, 2021.


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Q: Can't send key combinations with TeamViewer from Mac OS X to another Mac OS X For some reason I can't send key combinations from my MacBook to my Mac Pro. I tried from a PC and it works, only from my MacBook seems to fail.
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Tatjana Jevgenjevna Chmyrova (), född 6 februari 1990 i Volgograd, är en rysk handbollsspelare (niometersspelare).

Klubbkarriär
Chmyrova spelade för den ryska klubben GK Dynamo Volgograd från 2005. Här, vid 16 års ålder, fick hon spela i Champions League. 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012 och 2012-2013 vann hon det ryska mästerskapet med GK Dynamo. Med GK Dynamo vann hon EHF-cupen säsongen 2007-2008. Från sommaren 2013 spelade Chmyrova för den makedonska ligaklubben ŽRK Vardar, med vilken hon vann makedonska mästerskapet 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 och 2018. 2018 anslöt hon till den ungerska klubben Siófok KC och vann EHF-cupen 2019 för andra gången. Efter att ha drabbats av knä- och fotledsproblem under säsongen 2018/2019 gjorde Chmyrova ett avbrott i sin spelarkarriär. Säsongen 2020-2021 spelade hon för ett spanskt lag men återvände sedan 2021 som tränare i Vardar 2021-2022.

Landslagskarriär
Chmyrova vann U18-VM 2008 med det ryska ungdomslandslaget och utsågs till turneringens mest värdefulla spelare (MVP). Vid U20-VM 2010 var hon en av nyckelspelare i det ryska silverlaget. Hon togs ut som högernia turneringens all-star team.

Chmyrova gjorde sin seniordebut i Rysslands landslag under EM 2008 då hon bara var 18 år, där hon tog brons. Året därpå var hon med i det guldmedaljvinnande ryska laget i VM i Kina, och hon deltog sedan i EM 2010 och slutade sjua. Hon deltog i VM 2011 i Brasilien, där det ryska laget kom på sjätte plats, och även OS 2012 där Ryssland slutade på åttonde plats. Efter OS 2012 har hon inte varit ordinarie spelare i landslaget.

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Whisky's brand ambassadors roam the world, racking up tens or hundreds of thousands of frequent flier miles every year and spending up to half their nights away from home, while pouring more drams than some full-time bartenders. We'll hear some of their tales from the road — good and bad — during this week's WhiskyCast In-Depth. In the news, US whiskey exports hit a new high during 2013, while Irish whiskey exports could double by 2020. We'll hear from supporters and critics of the UK's new Scotch Whisky certification program, and this week's tasting notes include four vintage Bourbons.