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Program Director's Message: Kudos!
Submitted by rommel on Tue, 12/11/2018 - 02:52
Congratulations to our residents, Associate Program Directors & faculty for their numerous recognitions at the November 12th HPMG Research and Innovation Symposium!
Best Research Poster:
Bending the Curve on Melanoma: Early Detection and Mortality Through Automated Population-Based Screening by our very own Jonathan Cho, MD & faculty members, Stacey Honda, MD, PhD; Theresa Devere, MD; and Karen Ching, MD, PharmD.
Pictured, L to R: HPMG President & EMD Geoff Sewell, MD; Stacey Honda, MD, PhD; Theresa Devere, MD; Jonathan Cho, MD; Research Symposium Chairperson, Brian Lee, MD; Associate Medical Director, Knowledge Management, Grant Okawa, MD.
Best "Now" Innovation:
Still Not Your Grandma's Residency: Toolkit to Train Tomorrow's Healers by our Associate Program Directors, Loni Belyea, MD, MBA & Jennifer Katada, MD.
Pictured, L to R: HPMG President & EMD Geoff Sewell, MD; Loni Belyea, MD, MBA; Jennifer Katada, MD; Associate Medical Director, Primary Care, Samir Patel, MD.
Best "Near" Innovation:
Remote Glucose Monitoring by faculty members Kelly Kawaoka, MD, MPH & Jennifer Loh, MD
Pictured, L to R: HPMG President & EMD Geoff Sewell, MD; Kelly Kawaoka, MD, MPH; Assistant Associate Medical Director, Medical Education, Jennifer Loh, MD; Associate Medical Director, Primary Care, Samir Patel, MD.
Best Implementation of the Grand Rounds Strategy in 2017:
"A New Direction for Type 2 Diabetes" by Residents Jonathan Cho, MD; Matthew Chan, MD; Hisami Oba, MD; William Bae, MD & Matthew Yee, MD.
Pictured, L to R: HPMG President & EMD Geoff Sewell, MD; Jonathan Cho, MD; Matthew Chan, MD; Hisami Oba, MD; William Bae, MD; Matthew Yee, MD; Mitch Motooka, MD; Assistant Associate Medical Director, Medical Education, Jennifer Loh, MD.
"Ravaged Joints: A Rheumatologist's Recommendations for Arthritis" by faculty member David Finger, MD.
Pictured, L to R: HPMG President & EMD Geoff Sewell, MD; David Finger, MD; Assistant Associate Medical Director, Medical Education, Jennifer Loh, MD.
Residents pose for a quick candid at the Research and Innovation Symposium. Don't they look great?
Happy Holidays to all of you.
Program Director's Update: Annual Dinner
Submitted by Residency_Admin on Tue, 12/11/2018 - 00:39
Sharing a photo of our Residency Team dressed in "Homecoming" theme at the 2018 HPMG Annual Dinner!
Program Director's Message: Congratulations to our Inaugural Graduating Class!
Submitted by Residency_Admin on Mon, 10/22/2018 - 06:03
Congratulations to Adham, Thuan, Mark, Manisha and Tina, our Internal Medicine Residency's inaugural graduating class, for all successfully passing their American Board of Internal Medicine certification exam!
Program Director's Message: Congratulations to Our First Graduating Class of Residents!
Submitted by rommel on Wed, 09/05/2018 - 01:35
I pursued the practice and calling of medicine because I've always been interested in science and love talking to people and helping them in times of need. I deeply appreciate being able to come to work every day and combine my interests while making a difference in the lives of others.
Part of making that difference is caring for our members and patients today, while inspiring, educating, and supporting the physicians of tomorrow, so they're able to continue that vital calling of caregiving. Residency programs are such an important part of shaping the next generation of physicians and providers, and I'm thrilled that we honored our inaugural graduating class on June 11. This critical milestone was framed in a traditional Hawaiian ceremony, during which our graduating residents and chief residents received kihei (textile wraps printed with symbols representing their educational experience) and lei hulu (feather lei symbolizing these cherished students).
We also hosted the annual white coat ceremony for our new residents in front of our HPMG providers and administrative staff, and it was a truly special moment and significant development for our program.
These graduates (and those who follow) are well-prepared to pass the ABIM Internal Medicine Board Certification Examination and begin a career that leverages comprehensive internal medicine training. Some are continuing on to subspecialty fellowships, and we're excited to see their careers in medicine unfold.
Mahalo to our residency program sponsors, faculty, administrative staff, and the many other hands that support the growth of our resident physicians, and congratulations to our first residency program graduates!
Celebrating the inaugural graduating class of the KPHI Internal Medicine Residency Program: Pictured, L to R: Executive Sponsor & AMD, Primary Care, Samir Patel, MD; Program Director Mitch Motooka, MD; 2017-2018 Chief Resident Loni Belyea, MD; Manisha Perera, MD; Thuan Nguyen, DO; Adham Osman, MD; Mark Chinen, MD; Tina Kuribayashi, DO; 2016-2017 Chief Resident Jennifer Katada, MD; HPMG President & EMD Geoff Sewell, MD.
Kaiser Permanente Hawaii Residency Program Focused on Continuous Improvement
Continuous improvement is a philosophy embedded throughout our residency program's three-year curriculum. In alignment with Graduate Medical Education accreditation standards, residents are trained in improvement methods and apply skills in continuous improvement toward individual, group, and interdisciplinary projects. Two notable resident initiatives focused on vitamin D quality and new type 2 diabetes medications. Residents met with faculty mentors to take these projects from current state analysis and problem identification to presenting continuing medical education segments on their projects and trialing tools and processes to support operational changes.
"It's my hope that our graduates apply their learnings in continuous improvement and strive to make health care better in all areas in which they practice in this next phase of their careers," said Todd Kuwaye, MD (Residency Program Sponsor; AAMD, Continuous Improvement; AAMD, Primary Care Operations, Oahu; Chief, Lihue Clinic).
Other continuous improvement projects being undertaken by residents include:
Increasing the number of patients with advance health care directives
Improving physician/provider-patient communication after urgent imaging studies
Partnering with co-residents to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) in the hospital setting
Increasing colorectal cancer screening rates
Residents pictured L to R: Jonathan Cho, MD; Matthew Yee, MD; Hisami Oba, MD; Matthew Chan, MD; William Bae, MD; Jennifer Loh, MD (Chief of Endocrinology)
The New Type 2 Diabetes Medication Quality Improvement Initiative reviewed the evidence supporting the safety and effectiveness of newer diabetes medications and developed operational tools within KP HealthConnect® to help providers apply the evidence through point-of-care resources.
Hawaii Permanente Medical Group is the state's largest group practice. Building on over five decades of innovation, our 600+ physicians and providers in over 120 specialties are dedicated to ensuring that every member receives the best care possible. Our physicians and other providers are required to demonstrate the core values of professional competency, integrity, flexibility, reliability, compassionate caring, and a commitment to excellence.
The Kaiser Permanente Hawaii Internal Medicine Residency Program is founded on these values and sets you on the path to a fulfilling, successful career in medicine. If this sounds like an environment where you would like to learn and practice medicine, applications for our 2019-2020 class will be accepted starting in September.
Program Director's Message: Preparing Residents to Deliver Quality Care for Hawaii's Patients
This is an exciting juncture for our internal medicine residency program. We now have a full complement of 15 residents in different stages of residency training, and it has been personally rewarding to see the energy and determination of our new interns and the tremendous growth in those who have been with us since our program began.
I am very pleased to announce that our Chief Resident, Dr. Jennifer Katada, has become a primary care physician with the Hawaii Permanente Medical Group. I am proud to have her join us as a colleague, appreciate her contributions to our residency program, and look forward to her ongoing support of our program. Dr. Loni Belyea will be serving as our new Chief Resident and her support has already proven valuable to me and our residents.
As I reflect on 2017 thus far, a few highlights come to mind:
Volunteering alongside residents and their loved ones on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
An important goal of our program is to ensure our residents are integrated into the community and help perpetuate our local cultural knowledge, wisdom and practices. On MLK Day, our residents and guests volunteered at Ka'ala Farm on the Wai'anae Coast, joining 1,000 other KP Hawaii family, friends, and community partners volunteering different sites across the islands.
Watching the inaugural Resident Grand Rounds
After braving a rigorous presentation skills course and spending many hours in preparation, our R2s presented Clinicopathological Conference at Grand Rounds in February, which was broadcast to over 20 sites across 4 islands. Our faculty members and I were so proud to watch them as they presented a case of autoimmune autonomic ganglionopathy.
Welcoming our new interns at Professional Development Day and engaging in SELF CARE activities
Joining the residents at Breakout Waikiki
Who would have thought an icebreaker competition of residents collectively solving riddles would lead to so many shared learnings about teamwork and communication?
We are definitely on our way to a terrific new residency year full of learning, commitment to excellence, and hopefully as much SELF CARE as possible!
Mahalo!
Mitch Motooka, MD, FACP
Kaiser Permanente Hawaii Internal Medicine Residency Program
Meet our incoming 2017 Intern Class & Chief Resident
Five new internal medicine interns officially joined the KP Hawaii family on June 12 with a welcoming white coat ceremony at HPMG's Professional Development Day. With their entrance into the Internal Medicine Residency Program, all 15 slots across three residency classes are now filled for the first time.
"Everyone has been very welcoming and patient with me and our group, so I really appreciate that," said Matthew Chan, MD, who attended Mid-Pacific Institute and received his medical degree from the Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University. "I know diabetes is a big challenge here, and I can't wait to learn about the different ways we help patients address the disease."
Four of the five new residents have ties to Hawaii. They'll continue to work out of Mapunapuna Medical Office, with regular didactic learning sessions and clinical training that focuses on ambulatory medicine. Program Director Mitch Motooka, MD, will oversee the residents along with various faculty mentors from internal medicine and related subspecialties.
"From day one we had a mentor – someone we can shadow and go to for help," said Jonathan Cho, MD, a graduate of the University of Nevada School of Medicine.
"After meeting the other residents and Dr. Motooka, I knew this would be the right place for me." "When I was applying to residencies, I was looking for a program that was smaller in size with a close-knit experience," said Matthew Yee, MD, a Kaiser High School graduate who earned his medical degree from the American University of Antigua College of Medicine. "I want to know my patients and establish a patient population of my own that I can follow through residency, and hopefully thereafter."
Beginning their residency at HPMG's Professional Development Day dedicated to health and wellness was an "amazing" experience for the newcomers. "The fact that this organization supports SELF CARE, that's really great," said Hisami Oba, MD, who went to Kalani High School and attended the University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine. "There are so many different teams helping to make this organization work, so I feel that the physicians have great support behind them in whatever they want to do."
"In Korea, we focus on taking care of the disease and not as much on taking care of the person," said William Bae, MD, a graduate of the Yonsei University College of Medicine in Seoul, South Korea. "I'm looking forward to getting good training on patient-centered care. It's going to make me a more compassionate and caring physician."
Incoming Chief Resident Loni Belyea, MD, who joins the program in July, was also on hand for the white coat ceremony. "I'm excited about my upcoming year as chief resident," said Belyea. "I hope to serve as an advocate, teacher, and mentor to the internal medicine residents."
Program Director's Message: Celebrating an Outstanding Year; Looking Ahead to a Larger Ohana in 2017
As 2016 comes a close and we welcome in the New Year, I would like to extend my deepest appreciation to each and every faculty member, provider colleague, nurse, and administrative assistant who supported our internal medicine residents throughout this exciting year.
I would also like to acknowledge Dr. Jennifer Katada, our chief resident, for serving as an exceptional resource and mentor to this talented team. I'm humbled to have the opportunity to work with such generous and enthusiastic individuals who share a collective commitment to compassion, innovation, and excellence.
In a relatively short time, we've refined our program to offer our residents a deeper and broader experience that paves the way for their future in medicine. Whatever path they choose, I'm confident that by the end of their three-year residency, they'll be well prepared to meet the highest standards of care and service we expect from all our physicians and providers.
Not too long ago our new residents made their first IM CME presentation on vitamin D deficiency, summarizing the recent guideline changes for our internal medicine physicians and providers. In a truly collaborative effort across disciplines, they partnered with one of the residents in our KP Hawaii Pharmacy Residency Program to optimize their recommendations.
I was also delighted to see one our residents –Tina Kuribayashi, DO, PGY-2 –receive a top honor for Best Case Report Poster at the 2016 HPMG Research & Innovation Symposium in November. Dr. Kuribayashi partnered with our Chief of Neurology, Todd Devere, MD, on the poster presentation entitled "HMG-CoA Reductase Autoimmune Necrotizing Myopathy: A Rare Side Effect to a Commonly Prescribed Medication."
The transition to a new year also means we're approaching the end of the interview season. We've met many skilled and inspiring medical students throughout this process. For those who've never done a rotation at Kaiser Permanente, it's only through these interviews, tours, and conversations with current residents, faculty, and physicians of the Hawaii Permanente Medical Group, that they truly begin to understand the benefits of working with Hawaii's largest multispecialty group practice. They're also able to get a sense of what it's like to practice Permanente Medicine, with its rigorous standards for high-quality, evidence-based care.
I would like to thank all of our candidates for their excellent questions, suggestions, and engagement. We're looking forward to another fantastic year ahead, as we continue to grow our program in 2017.
Mahalo and Hau'oli Makahiki Hou!
Program Director's Message: Raising the Bar for Mentorship With Our First Chief Resident
I'm proud to announce that Kaiser Permanente's Internal Medicine Residency Program has progressed to a new level of distinction with the addition of a chief resident to our team. We're pleased to welcome Jennifer Katada, MD, who is serving in this important one-year appointment.
The chief resident role is a time-honored position, integral to every training program, and earned by demonstrating excellence as a resident. Dr. Katada will work closely with me to support our residents and ensure they're successful in their ongoing medical training.
Communication is at the heart of everything we do in patient care.Dr. Katada is playing a key role by serving as a liaison between the residents, attending faculty, and the other Kaiser Permanente staff. With our 10 residents on different rotations, keeping everyone informed and in the loop is critical. When we welcome a new set of residents in July 2017, this will be even more important. Coordinating rotation schedules, conferences, meetings, and other resident activities will become increasingly challenging as we enter the third year of our residency program.
In addition to communication, we also emphasize the importance of high-quality, patient- and family-centered care. We continually look at ways to improve quality and the residency experience. Dr. Katada will be instrumental in facilitating those discussions so that we can bring out the best in each resident and strengthen our program for future residents.
Emphasis on Ongoing Education
Formal and informal teaching and learning remain the hallmark of our residency program. Although the residency program will grow, I'll still have direct access to the residents. As many know, I enjoy teaching and Dr. Katada will be able to free me up to focus on my role as program director. This will mean more time for me to concentrate on educational activities and program development.
Preparing to Select the Next Set of Residents
As the year quickly comes to a close, we'll soon be interviewing candidates for our next class. As always, we're looking for residents who share our commitment to compassion, innovation, and excellence. And although it's not a requirement, we hope to find five fantastic clinicians who have aspirations of remaining in Hawaii after residency to practice in one of our clinics at Kaiser Permanente.
Interviews start in November and continue through January 2017, and this year, Dr. Katada will be part of the interview process. We'll celebrate Match Day in March, and the candidates will be onboard in June 2017.
Mahalo for your ongoing support in shaping Kaiser Permanente's Internal Medicine Residency and helping us to grow as we work to serve our members and improve the health of our local community.
Get to Know our New Chief Resident
JENNIFER KATADA, MD
Chief Resident
University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine –
I'm excited to be serving as chief resident for Kaiser Permanente Hawaii's Internal Medicine Residency Program. I've always been interested in medical education programs and it's the reason I pursued internal medicine.
When I was growing up, I watched my grandfather being treated for the complications of a lifetime of smoking. I wanted to help others the way my grandfather's doctors were helping him through very challenging times. My goal is for all my patients to live happy, healthy lives, and ensure all of my fellow residents receive the support they need to get the most from their residency experience.
Residents Walk for Heart Health Awareness
A trio of internal medicine residents joined hundreds of participants from Kaiser Permanente Hawaii at the 23rd Annual Oahu Heart Walk on August 13. The event raises money and awareness for cardiac research and preventive heart health initiatives coordinated by the American Heart Association. The residents joined Team PACE-Makers, which led all teams with 137 participants on the 4.5-mile course.
Pictured from L-R: Maegan Doi, MD, PGY-1; Thuan Nguyen, DO, PGY-2; and Valynn Pham, MD, PGY-1.
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Small Steps on Statins in Stroke Research Show Big Promise but Momentum Is Key
By Dee Rapposelli
Dee Rapposelli
Statins, alone or in combination with other agents, promote angiogenesis and significantly enhance neuroregeneration in the aftermath of brain injury, including stroke, according to Michael Chopp, PhD, professor and vice chair of the Department of Neurology at Henry Ford Health Sciences Center in Detroit.
Statins, alone or in combination with other agents, promote angiogenesis and significantly enhance neuroregeneration in the aftermath of brain injury, including stroke, according to Michael Chopp, PhD, professor and vice chair of the Department of Neurology at Henry Ford Health Sciences Center in Detroit. Chopp chaired a symposium on the role of statins in stroke at the International Stroke Conference (ISC) 2007 held February 7 to 9 in San Francisco.
In his summarial presentation, Chopp lauded statins, which are 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors, as agents that work through multiple mechanisms to boost the neuroregenerative process. Chopp and colleagues have conducted experimental as well as clinical studies that have demonstrated the dose-dependent value of these agents before and after both ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, in combination with tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) after stroke, and in traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Although the prophylactic value of statins in cardiovascular and coronary heart disease is well known, little exists in the way of randomized controlled clinical trials that specifically look at statins and their mechanisms of action in patients post-stroke, particularly their value in enhancing brain recovery, according to Chopp. He and other researchers who also have been at the forefront of experimental and clinical research on the use of statins in stroke presented data at the ISC symposium.
Research by Chopp's team at the Henry Ford Health Sciences Center has shown that statins promote angiogenesis, neurogenesis, and synaptogenesis in rat models in the aftermath of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke as well as in TBI1,2 and that the agents can enhance the effects of tPA while staving off tPA's deleterious effects when given outside of the therapeutic window.3,4
In a study performed by clinical neurologist and researcher Jieli Chen, MD, Chopp, and coinvestigators showed for the first time that statins had neurorestorative properties post-stroke and that the effect was dose-dependent.1 Rat models of ischemic stroke were given atorvastatin 1, 3, or 8 mg/kg or placebo for 7 days. A subset of rats also were treated with simva- statin, either 1 or 8 mg/kg, to decipher whether superiority between commonly used statins could be determined. Therapy began 24 hours after induction of stroke, which consisted of subjecting adult male Wistar rats to 2 hours of middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion. The animals were sacrificed 14 days after MCA occlusion and their brain tissue was studied.
"Neurological dysfunction was maintained in the control animals, but a significant functional improvement was seen in animals given 1 mg/kg of a statin. If given a higher dose of 8 mg/kg, no functional improvement was seen. So, you have to give the right dose," reported Chopp.
For the treatment of stroke, the investigators found no difference in effect between atorvastatin and simvastatin. Histological studies of the rats treated with low-dose statins-either 1 or 3 mg/kg-showed increased neurogenesis and endothelial cell proliferation in the ipsilateral hemisphere indicative of angiogenesis. Vascular endothelial growth factor was significantly increased in the ischemic boundary area. The investigators also confirmed that low-dose statins promoted corneal neurorevascularization; cell proliferation in the ipsilateral subventricular zone and dentate gyrus; and expression of synaptophysin, a marker for presynaptic plasticity and synaptogenesis.
Benefit was only achieved when the statin was given at low doses. In their studies on statins and tPA1,4 Chopp and coinvestigators demonstrated that when a statin is given with tPA outside of tPA's 3-hour therapeutic window, tight junction proteins, such as occludin, are up-regulated, helping to preserve the microvasculature and inhibit spread of infarction.
"tPA results in a substantial increase in MMP9 [matrix metalloproteinase 9], which chews up collagen and, in turn, causes leakiness of the blood-brain barrier," explained Chopp. "However, if you give a combination of a tPA and a statin, you get a significant reduction in expression of MMP9. Collagen 4 is more intact when the combination of tPA and a statin is given."
In another rat study, members of Chopp's team showed that administration of tPA 4 hours after stroke caused a significant increase in messenger RNA levels of protease-activated receptor 1 and tissue factor over that incited by the index ischemic event in cerebral endothelial cells.5 Levels were increased "nearly 1000-fold at the core and 500-fold in the boundary [zone]" 30 hours after stroke in experimental animals, compared with control animals. MMP2 and MMP9 levels also were significantly increased in the boundary and core zones. However, when atorvastatin was administered with tPA 4 hours after stroke, MMP2 and MMP9 up-regulation was completely inhibited. The study authors added that statins given as monotherapy 4 hours after stroke did not have a significant effect on MMP levels.
STATINS AND STROKE PREVENTION
Because of their effect on cholesterol, statins are thought to help prevent stroke in persons with cardiovascular disease, but the relationship between stroke and cholesterol levels may be a bit more complicated. "Meta-analysis from 45 prospective cohorts, inclusive of 450,000 patients, with a mean of 16 years of follow-up that examined 13,397 strokes found little to no relationship between total cholesterol and stroke risk," related Larry Goldstein, MD, director of the Duke Center for Cerebrovascular Disease and the Duke Stroke Center at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, during his presentation. He was referring to a pivotal study published in Lancet 12 years ago that showed that although cholesterol levels impacted cardiovascular disease, no significant connection could be drawn between cholesterol levels and stroke.6
"There are a bunch of paradoxes between lipids and stroke. This is one of them," Goldstein remarked. He added, as did the investigators of the study in Lancet, that the trial's failure to distinguish between type of stroke-embolic or hemorrhagic-might have been at least partially responsible for the study's findings.
A study that was published a few years before this meta-analysis, however, did look at the impact of cholesterol in stroke according to subtype.7 It also was a large study, including 350,977 middle-aged men (35 to 57 years) who had a history of heart disease; researchers followed up with participants for 6 years.
"These researchers found that lower levels of total cholesterol were associated with an increased risk of subarachnoid hemorrhage [SAH]," said Goldstein. "The association was even more pronounced in relation to intracerebral hemorrhage [ICH]." Indeed, the 6-year risk of ICH was 3 times higher in patients with serum cholesterol levels of less than 4.14 mmol/L than in those with higher levels. Nuances in diastolic blood pressure, however, played a role in risk of ICH-related death. Patients at risk were those with a diastolic blood pressure of 90 mm Hg or higher.
"When you look at ischemic stroke, however, cholesterol lowering is salutary in a way similar to that seen in coronary heart disease," Goldstein continued in his analysis of the study. "That is to say, low cholesterol levels are associated with hemorrhagic stroke, higher levels are associated with ischemic stroke."
He cited a more recent study of coronary artery disease that found that statin use was responsible for a 20% to 21% relative risk reduction of stroke.8 "It works out that 156 patients needed to be treated to prevent 1 event," Goldstein remarked. "But these were patients who needed to be treated with statins anyway because they had coronary heart disease. The study showed that protection against stroke provided by the statin was a bonus."
In terms of trials on the use of statins for secondary prevention, the Stroke Prevention by Aggressive Reduction in Cholesterol Levels (SPARCL) trial is probably the most salient, according Goldstein, who was a coinvestigator. It is notable because it is the first randomized double-blind study to exclusively look at the effect of statins in stroke prevention and in doing so, excluded patients with coronary heart disease.9
"Over the first month, there was a pretty dramatic 53% reduction in LDL [low-density lipoprotein] cholesterol levels in patients receiving the statin," reported Goldstein. LDL cholesterol levels in the placebo group remained unchanged.
In this study, 4731 patients who had a stroke or transient ischemic attack within 1 to 6 months before study entry, had LDL cholesterol levels of 100 to 190 mg/dL, and had no known coronary heart disease, were randomly selected to receive either atorvastatin 80 mg/d or placebo. The large majority of patients also took aspirin or another antiplatelet agent.
During a 4.9-year follow-up, intention-to-treat analysis showed that either fatal or nonfatal stroke occurred in 265 (11.2%) patients who were randomly selected to receive active treatment and 311 (13.1%) patients who were randomly selected to receive placebo. After prespecified adjustment for baseline factors, a 16% risk reduction in fatal or nonfatal stroke was seen in association with statin use.
The researchers estimated that 46 patients would need to receive prophylactic statin therapy for 5 years to prevent 1 stroke. Because of drop-ins to open-label statin use in the study, the researchers commented that the effect of statins on stroke prevention might be greater than that reflected in the study's intention-to-treat analysis.
STATINS AND SAH
Although statins pose a slight chance of aggravating hemorrhagic stroke, they may be quite useful in preventing vasospasm following SAH, according to Daniel Laskowitz, MD, associate professor of medicine (neurology), neurobiology, and anesthesiology at Duke University Medical Center. "Average incidence of aneurysmal SAH is about 12 per 100,000 and the morbidity and mortality of SAH remains very high. A significant minority of patients will not survive the trip to the hospital after aneurysm rupture. Of those who make it to the hospital, approximately one third will develop clinical vasospasm, which is the most feared delayed medical complication of SAH, and may result in stroke and increased mortality," Laskowitz reported. He and colleagues theorized that statins might be useful in preventing vasospasm because they might up-regulate endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) without inducing hypotension.
Laskowitz and his colleagues proved the validity of their hypothesis in an experimental study published in Stroke in 200210 and in a pilot randomized clinical trial published in Stroke in 2005.11 Their findings also were confirmed in a recently published retrospective case series analysis.12
The double-phase experimental study10 involved (1) treating mice with either simvastatin or vehicle for 2 weeks and then endovascularly perforating the right anterior cerebral artery or performing sham surgery, and (2) inducing rupture of the cerebral artery or performing sham surgery and then treating the mice with either the study drug or vehicle. Three days after the surgical procedures the mice were evaluated for neurological deficits, MCA diameter, and eNOS protein levels.
"We found that luminal diameter increases with simvastatin treatment," Laskowitz said. Indeed, neurological deficits were decreased and MCA diameter and eNOS levels were increased in mice pretreated with the statin. Promising results, although not as dramatic, were seen in mice treated postinjury. Neurological deficits were reduced and a modest increase (about 11µ) in MCA diameter was seen in statin-treated mice (postinjury) over that seen in vehicle-treated mice. eNOS protein levels, however, were not significantly affected by treatment.
Laskowitz mentioned 2 other, more recent trials in animal models-one in rabbits13 and the other in dogs14-in which it was shown that simvastatin, given after experimental SAH, ameliorated basilar artery vasospasm. (The study in dogs also showed that the addition of cyclosporine to a statin does not enhance treatment outcome and may interfere with the statin's vasodilatory effect.)
"Based on work in mice, we moved into the ICU," remarked Laskowitz. He and a team from Duke and Johns Hopkins University performed a trial wherein patients were randomly selected to begin 2 weeks of prophylactic therapy with either simvastatin 80 mg/d or placebo within 48 hours of SAH symptom onset.11
"These patients were clinically deteriorated at baseline. They had new onset of overall neurological deficit thought to represent vasospasm, and they had angiographic or transcranial Doppler ultrasonographic confirmation of vasospasm," reported Laskowitz. "We found a 4-fold increased rate of vasospasm in placebo versus statin-treated patients. We also looked at transcranial Doppler velocities as a circuit of vasospasm and found that the velocities were much higher in placebo patients than in treated patients."
The team also found that treatment reduced levels of S100ß-a marker for astrocytic activation-throughout the 14-day course of treatment, suggesting that statins reduced CNS inflammation.
"Statins down-regulate the inflammatory response," explained Laskowitz. "We don't know what the optimal statin is or what the optimal dose and time window are. A lot of it is guesswork. Our experimental research was done with super-therapeutic doses. The maximal FDA-approved dose is 80 mg," he said, urging that more experimental studies and especially more clinical trials need to be set in motion promptly. "A large, multi-institutional study is required. If we lose this window of opportunity, there is a chance that statins won't become a standard of care, and we may lose the opportunity to test them."
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Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology-Aqua (2015) 65 (1): 64-74.
In this study, NiFe2O4 nanoparticles (NiFe2O4 NPs) were synthesized and characterized by X-ray diffraction, transmission electronic microscopy (TEM), pHpzc and Brunauer, Emmett, and Teller methods. The size of the nanostructures according to TEM was obtained and found to be around 12 nm. The adsorption capacity of NiFe2O4 NPs was examined using cationic dyes of malachite green (MG), Nile blue A (NB) and Janus green B (JG) as the pollutant (adsorbate). The results demonstrated that the optimum pH, adsorbent dose and temperature were 7.0, 0.05 g and 25 °C, respectively. Adsorption equilibrium experiments were performed, and the results of fitting by the non-linear models signify that the Langmuir–Freundlich model can describe the isotherm of adsorption. Also, the kinetic data were modeled with recently developed models, and the data indicate that the adsorption kinetics follow the fractal-like pseudo-second order (r2>0.99). The method was applied to the removal of dyes in real samples. It was found that NiFe2O4 NPs is a highly efficient adsorbent for MG, NB and JG from aqueous solution, with a maximum capacity of 210 mg g–1, 167.8 mg g–1 and 102.6 mg g–1, respectively.


I remember eating these a lot in Fez a few years ago, and have made them every since. Great way to make carrots and onions a little more exciting!
Scrub (or peel if you want) the carrots, half lengthways and cut on a bias to create nice half moon angled slices about ½ cm thick, cook in seasoned water with halved orange or a splash of OJ, the piece of cinnamon stick and a star anise until as soft as you like – they would traditionally be quite soft.
While the carrots are cooking, prepare the onions - sautee them in a large frying pan with a generous glug of olive oil until golden and add the spices for the last few minutes, get them as soft and golden as time allows.
Drain the carrots and add to the onion pan with another splash/squeeze of orange juice and let the flavour develop by cooking a few more minutes or leave to cool to room temperate for a good mezze.
Serve with the fresh herbs. I've topped mine with tahini and feta and some wild garlic!


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Nato a New York, precisamente nel Bronx, da una famiglia ebraica ortodossa (un'origine che non ha mai rinnegato, ma che anzi ha sempre dichiarato con orgoglio), fin da adolescente fa di tutto per emergere, forte della sua splendida e calda voce e di un aspetto fisico notevole (è stato fra l'altro anche fotomodello).

Carriera
Ari Gold ha iniziato a cantare molto giovane, come ricorda lui stesso con una certa ironia, alle celebrazioni delle bar mitzvah, passando poi a incidere dischi di canzoncine per bambini (uno dei quali ha conquistato un disco di platino), e successivamente al doppiaggio di film per bambini, ai jingles commerciali (oltre 400), e infine al ruolo di corista per cantanti affermati come Diana Ross.

Con questa "gavetta" alle spalle, grazie alla quale ha una voce insolitamente impostata e intonata per il mondo "indie", nel 2000 il cantante pubblica il primo album, Ari Gold, che contiene il singolo "Wave of you" per cui viene anche girato un videoclip (visionabile sul suo sito ). Il video, che contiene un omaggio al fotografo gay Herb Ritts, ha un contenuto esplicitamente gay. Nello stesso anno impersona Cliff Rafferty nel film Groove diretto da Greg Harrison.

L'ascesa vera e propria inizia comunque nel 2003-2004, quando Ari Gold collabora a un singolo del duo Dj Luck & Mc Neat, "I'm all about you", che trasmesso continuamente su MTV non fa che accrescere la sua notorietà. Ciò gli consente di uscire dalla nicchia in cui spesso sono confinate molte produzioni indipendenti, e nel 2004 pubblica il secondo album, il notevole Space under Sun, che lo consacra finalmente presso una larga fetta di pubblico.

L'album contiene tra l'altro nuovamente "Wave of you", divenuta in pratica il suo "cavallo di battaglia", e una cover di "Do you really want to hurt me" di Boy George.

Nel frattempo, mentre si dedicava alla musica, Ari Gold ha anche puntato molto sulla propria immagine: forte della sua personalità e del suo aspetto fisico è stato molto fotografato, cosa che certo ha contribuito a farlo conoscere.
La casa editrice Bruno Gmünder gli ha dedicato nel 2005 un libro fotografico che, antologizzando le sue immagini, ne ripercorre la carriera.

Contemporaneamente Ari Gold pubblica una raccolta di remix di suoi brani, "The Remixes", che viene inclusa tra l'altro all'interno del libro fotografico come "bonus".

Al 2007 risale il suo ultimo album, Transport Systems, che sembra confermare definitivamente una certa continuità stilistica personale, per quanto dotato comunque di caratteristiche proprie.

L'opera
Ciò che emerge chiaramente da questo lavoro è il fatto che l'artista ha ormai maturato uno stile personale, con un sound ibrido che mescola e riecheggia suoni anni '80, r&b, space pop e soul, il tutto molto congeniale a una voce calda e sensuale.

Anche dal punto di vista dei contenuti Ari Gold si presenta sulla scena musicale come personalità estremamente interessante: gay dichiarato, non si è mai fatto problemi a esprimere se stesso con tutta sincerità nelle sue canzoni. Negli Stati Uniti le produzioni gay indipendenti conoscono da qualche tempo una buona fioritura, tanto che ne è nata una classifica, la Gay Top 40, che include artisti gay o gay-friendly; il primo album di Ari Gold vinse nel 2000 il premio "Outmusic.net", connesso a tale classifica, per la migliore opera prima di un cantante gay debuttante.Ari Gold è una delle punte più valide di tale realtà , insieme a Josh Zuckerman e altri.  Lo contraddistingue infatti non solo l'indubbio coraggio, ma anche il buon valore intrinseco della sua opera.

Discografia (selezione)
 Ari Gold, 2000 (album). Contiene i brani:
 Should I Get Over You
 See Through Me
 Wave Of You
 Write Me A Love Song
 Things I Need To Hear
 Don't Come For Me
 So Many Things
 Just a Little Love
 Home
 Give Me All Your Love
 I'm all about you, 2003 (singolo - collaborazione con Dj Luck & Mc Neat)
 Space Under Sun, 2004 (album). Contiene i brani:
 Space under sun
 Funk that ship
 Fan-tastic
 More than enough
 Intimate
 Caught
 Bashert (Meant to be)
 He's on my team (con Kendra Ross)
 Do you really want 2 hurt me
 Wave of you
 Back to me
 Re:Union
 Love will take over
 Bonus track: Wave of you (Twisted Dee's Undertow Mix)
 The Remixes, 2005 (raccolta di brani già editi e remixati). Contiene i brani:
Love Will Take Over (JKriv's Love Lounge Radio Mix)
Wave Of You (Twisted Dee's Undertow Mix 05)
Bashert (Meant To Be) (Genny Random RMX)
Love Will Take Over (Solar City 12" Anthem)
He's on My Team (Scotty K.Funked Up House Mix) (featuring Kendra Ross)
Funk That Ship (2fabu Funky Mix)
Love Will Take Over (Seven Sun Trance Mix)
Love Will Take Over (Mad M@!& Rhythm DB Deep Club Remix)
 Transport Systems, 2007 (album). Contiene i brani:
 Overture (Feels like gold)
 Transport Me
 Ride to heaven
 Where the music takes you
 Play it back
 Mr. Mistress
 Love movement I
 Human
 Good relationship (That's what it is)
 Feeding the fire
 Love movement II (You better preach!)
 Soul killer
 I can forgive you
 Love wasn't built in a day
 Bonus track: Love reprise
 Between the Spirit & the Flesh, 2011 (album).
 Play My F**kn Remix, 2013 (album).
 Soundtrack to Freedom, 2015 (album).

Filmografia

Attore

 Latin Boys Go to Hell, regia di Ela Troyano (1997)

Note

Bibliografia
 Aaron Cobbett, Matthew Rodgers, Ari Gold, Bruno Gmünder Verlag, Berlino, ottobre 2005. Libro fotografico.

Curiosità
 La riproduzione di un manifesto raffigurante Ari Gold compare in un disegno di Joe Phillips.
 Una canzone di Ari Gold costituisce la musica di background in una delle scene ambientate nella piscina gay nel film Shortbus.
 Quando aveva dodici anni, Ari Gold ha doppiato una bambina vietnamita di 8 anni nel cartone animato Jem, interpretando la canzone "A Father Should Be".

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

 Il sito ufficiale di Ari Gold. Permette il download di alcune canzoni.
 It's not easy being a gay pop star intervista.
 Roberto Cangioli, Ari Gold: un ragazzo d'oro, "Pride", n. 62, agosto 2004 (intervista).

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Super Bowl LI: Fast Thoughts and Keys on Atlanta and New England
The 51st Super Bowl will be played between the Atlanta Falcons and New England Patriots on Sunday, February 5, 2017. Both teams won their conference championships last Sunday. Many people are expecting a lot of a scoring, some great defensive plays, and a simply a fantastic game. So when Super Bowl LI kicks off expectations will be very high.
All week we'll be posting at least one blog a day on the Super Bowl. During the week, we'll feature articles on the defenses, top players, prop bets and more. The day before Super Bowl LI kicks off, early Saturday morning, we'll post our picks, including point spread and over/under bets. For now, here are a few fast thoughts on these teams.
Top Offense vs. Stingiest Defense
This is the sixth time that the Super Bowl will feature the highest scoring team playing the club that's allowed the fewest number of points. In the regular season, the Falcons have averaged more than 33 points per game. On the other side of the ball, the Patriots have allowed opponents under 15 points per game.
In those five Super Bowls with the highest scoring offense against the defense that allowed the fewest points, the team with the better defense has won four of five times. The only anomaly occurred in 1989 when San Francisco beat Denver.
A big question for sports bettors is will this affect the over/under? Right now, the over/under stands at anywhere from 58 to 59.5 points. By the way, Atlanta has a solid D and the Pats offer a very fine offense. Those two facts may really balance off this game.
First Drive: Offense and Defense
The Falcons have proven to be a very good first drive team. In the regular season, they set a new NFL mark by scoring a touchdown on their initial drive in eight straight games. On the other hand, the Patriots were second in the NFL in stopping first scoring drives. The defense allowed a total of 16 points on opening drives, and that number included just one touchdown. The Buffalo Bills scored that TD on Oct. 2. In the 16 regular season games played this year, only eight teams managed a first down during their opening drive and clubs accumulated on average 19 yards. So, we're not sure of you want to take that prop bet on whether or not the Falcons will score a TD on their first drive.
Third Down Magic
It's been tough for opponents to stop either Brady or Ryan on third down. Brady has the best conversion rate on third down in the NFL and Ryan is second. Brady's rating on third down plays is 132.8. For the Pats, Brady is converting 51.8 percent of his third-down passes. Ryan has a grade of 120.6, and he's converting on 49.7 percent of his third-down throws. Those numbers make each team's defensive performance even more crucial.
More to Come Before Super Bowl LI Kicks Off
There's a lot more to come before Super Bowl LI kicks off next Sunday. Our next article will consider some of the types of plays that have helped to make each of these team's so successful. You'll want to consider these plays when wagering on the Super Bowl.


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This Month in Music History – September 5, 1964: Eric Burdon & Animals' Song 'The House of the Rising Sun' Begins Lengthy Stint at #1, Much to Bob Dylan's Annoyance
Thomas Swan September 10, 2019 60s Music, Blues, Blues Musicians, Chuck Berry, Folk Music, Jimi Hendrix, Music, Rock 'n' Roll, Rock and Roll, Rock Music, Rock Music History, This Month in Music History
You can understand Bob Dylan's bitterness towards the Animals. In the months leading up to the group releasing their cover of the oft-recorded folk song 'The House of the Rising Sun', Dylan had recorded a version of his own for his self-titled debut album. It was supposed to be the definitive version of the song. Committed to record by such music luminaries as Nina Simone, Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly and more, Dylan's version, about a notorious brothel in New Orleans was edgier and sounded darker. However, not even two years after Dylan went into the studio, the Newcastle, England based band The Animals would one up Dylan and would begin a three week stay on top of the music charts on this month in music history – September 5, 1964.
No matter what type of music you play, the name of the game is to sell records, whether you're Joan Baez or Einstürzende Neubauten. Artistic merit is wonderful but, to make records, you have to sell records. And that's what the Animals did with their cover of the song, much to the annoyance of Bob Dylan. The irony of all ironies was that Dylan had lifted his version from an arrangement by fellow folkie Dave Von Ronk, without informing or asking Von Ronk.
Animals' lead singer Eric Burdon:
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"Bob Dylan included this on his first album in 1962, using a folk arrangement he picked up from hearing Dave Van Ronk perform it and singing it as "it's been the ruin of many a poor girl." When The Animals recorded it two years later, it was transformative listening for Dylan, who learned he could put apply a rock rhythm to a folk song. He bought an electric guitar and started to use it, famously at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival where he did an electric set for the first time.
"Bob Dylan, who was angry at first, turned into a rocker," Eric Burdon told Songfacts. "Dylan went electric in the shadow of The Animals classic 'House of the Rising Sun.'"
The song's success would provide the spark for the band's break through into the United States and would become their signature song. Eric Burdon would note about 'Rising Sun:
"'House of the Rising Sun' is a song that I was just fated to. It was made for me and I was made for it. It was a great song for the Chuck Berry tour because it was a way of reaching the audience without copying Chuck Berry. It was a great trick and it worked. It actually wasn't only a great trick, it was a great recording."
The song would prove to be the band's undoing as well. It would struggle to replicate its success with follow up material and would ultimately break up its original lineup four years later.
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Aung La N Sang became ONE Championship's second two-division champion with a tremendous head kick knockout of Alexandre Machado at ONE: Quest for Gold.
It didn't take long for "The Burmese Python" to finish his adversary. A powerful right kick went high and Machado made the mistake of attempting to block with his arms. The impressive display of power was enough to finish the fight despite Machado preventing it from connecting with his head.
"The Burmese Python" is a local hero and captivated the audience in attendance at Thuwunna Stadium. The win is the third consecutive victory for Aung La N Sang, who now moves to 22-10 after capturing the vacant ONE Light Heavyweight Championship and his second title with the organization.
Aung La N Sang previously defeated Vitaly Bigdash at ONE: Quest for Power in January 2017 to win the ONE Middleweight World Championship. His knockout victory against Machado in Yangon, Myanmar, was for the vacant ONE Light Heavyweight Championship.
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News of the Week (January 9th, 2022)
Posted on January 9, 2022 by The Political Hat
News of the Week for Jan. 9th, 2021
Riots & Revolution
Two Systems of Justice: Antifa Rioter Gets Case Dismissed With Community Service
"Police said Warner directed a high-powered laser into the eyes of law enforcement officers trying to disperse the crowd"
Public University Offers Professors Cash To Go Woke
University of Memphis asks faculty to infuse social justice into curricula
New Manhattan DA provides roadmap for criminals
New York City has a new mayor, Eric Adams. He's a former cop who campaigned on promises to support the police in efforts to make his city safe from runaway crime
Soros-Backed Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg Won't Seek Prison Sentences for a Bunch of Crimes
Bragg's "Office shall not seek a sentence of life without parole."
New progressive Manhattan DA: I won't seek prison time for many crimes "unless required by law"
Looks like the "tough on crime" Eric Adams era in NYC is over before it began. This memo from Manhattan's new district attorney, Alvin Bragg, isn't as bad as some on social media are treating it. But it's bad.
What an Unbelievable Geyser of Foundation Money for DEI
Thomas Edsall has a column at the New York Times on the unintended negative political consequences that Democrats suffer when foundations mainstream crazy left-wing causes.
Jaw-Dropping: Almost $25 Billion In Donations For "Racial Justice" And Related Causes Since George Floyd Death
Unintended consequences: Ford Foundation among those explicitly funding Critical Race Theory programming, which may have cost Democrats the Virginia Governor's race.
What "Social Justice" Really Means
New Yorkers are about to get what they voted for, and they deserve it
Seattle Police faked "right-wing insurrection" when CHAZ formed
According to the Seattle Office of Police Accountability, a funny thing happened on the night of June 8, 2020, just as liberal rioters were preparing to block off a portion of Emerald City to create an "autonomous zone" that would later be known as the CHOP or the CHAZ. A few members of the Seattle Police Department began reporting over the police radio system that some right-wing "extremists," specifically the Proud Boys, were on the march through the city with some of them being armed. They were reportedly heading toward the protest area and "looking for a confrontation." That certainly sounds like a potentially dangerous situation that the police would want to keep an eye on, right? There's just one problem with the story. The police radio chatter was all fake and it was intentionally planned and executed by the cops.
China tightens Xi'an lockdown as city reports highest daily Covid-19 cases in nearly 2 years
China's Xi'an has further tightened lockdown measures and rolled out a fifth round of mass testing as it reported the highest daily count of local symptomatic Covid infections in a Chinese city since March 2020.
New York to discriminate on basis of race in covid therapeutics access
The state of New York has decided to distribute anti-covid treatments in part on the basis of race and ethnicity. It will discriminate against Whites in providing access to therapeutics in short supply, which monoclonal antibody treatment and antiviral pills currently are.
Race Discrimination In Covid Treatment: It Isn't Only New York
Documentary evidence showing that the State of New York is discriminating against white people in providing access to covid treatments has provoked widespread outrage. Hans Bader has a good rundown, and both Hans and Paul Mirengoff point out that such discrimination by public agencies is illegal.
'I'm starving to death!' Panic in China as millions forced inside in strict Covid lockdown
RESIDENTS in the locked down city of Xi'an have claimed they risk starvation as they contend with China's zero-Covid policy.
Rhode Island Allowing COVID Positive Health Care Workers to Work Amid Shortages
Maybe, just maybe, you shouldn't fire unvaccinated workers!
NY State Advantaging Non-Whites For Covid Therapeutics Reflects Growing Racial Radicalization Of Medicine
This ideology of elevating race as the central focus in medical education and care is in sync with what is happening with Critical Race Theory and its variants in K-12 and higher ed. It's all part of an ideological world view that is poisonous and has nothing to do with equality or improving care.
U.S. Spent 27 Percent of GDP on Covid Stimulus
The only industrialized country that spent a higher percentage of its GDP than the United States on Covid-related fiscal stimulus was Singapore.
Supreme Court appears poised to block Biden's vaccine and testing rules for businesses
The Supreme Court's conservative majority on Friday appeared ready to reject one of President Joe Biden's most aggressive attempts so far to combat the spread of Covid-19 — a vaccine or testing requirement aimed at large businesses.
Food and Drug Administration Guidance Drives Racial Rationing of COVID Drugs
State triage policies cite FDA guidance to justify allocating care based on race
California Dems next target: gunmakers
A motley crew of California Democrats have unveiled legislation empowering local governments and private citizens to sue gun makers and sellers and hold them responsible for the actions of criminals, though they say their efforts were underway long before Gov. Gavin Newsom's call to tweak Texas' anti-abortion law into a vehicle to sue the firearms industry into oblivion.
ESG, Climate, and Democracy
According to the Wall Street Journal's Joseph Sternberg, 2022 might be the year when politicians begin to change course on climate policy. The reason? Anxiety about the political consequences of where that course is headed.
Google Makes War on Climate Science
The most reliable record of we have of the Earth's temperature is the satellite data maintained by Roy Spencer and John Christy at the University of Alabama Huntsville. The satellite data go back to 1979. Dr. Spencer has a web site that has come under attack by Google
Prenatal Search-and-Destroy Genetic Tests Often Wrong
Eugenics is alive and well with prenatal testing deployed to detect conditions — such as Down syndrome and dwarfism — toward the frequent end (and often, purpose) of ensuring that offending babies are never born. Iceland, thus, brags that almost no Down children make it to birth. What a tragedy for the babies, parents, and Icelandic society.
UNC Med School moves ahead with plans to root instruction in DEI, teach organs aren't gender-specific
Suggests instructors put equity stickers on their laptops to promote culture of diversity
California Assembly Rules Passes Single-Payer Health Care Bill Without Funding Source
"We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what's in it"
China harvests masses of data on Western targets, documents show
China is turning a major part of its internal Internet data surveillance network outward, mining Western social media, including Facebook and Twitter, to equip its government agencies, military and police with information on foreign targets, according to a Washington Post review of hundreds of Chinese bidding documents, contracts and company filings.
Taiwan Is Getting 40 New Paladin Howitzers from the United States
The Paladins bring more mobile capability to Taiwan's artillery, and brings to the table GPS-guided shells precise enough to pose a threat to targets like landing craft and armored vehicles.
China and Russia Military Cooperation Raises Prospect of New Challenge to American Power
Joint military exercises and technology sharing are seen as tools in to limit U.S. might abroad
Finland pokes the Russian bear, says it can join NATO
We only recently learned that President Joe Biden's latest chat with Russian President Vladimir Putin didn't exactly deliver any major breakthrough moments in terms of the standoff on the Ukrainian border. Putin is still insisting on "assurance" that Ukraine will not be invited to join NATO and that NATO won't push its boundaries any further east. Biden is only responding with threats of more sanctions. The tension was already at a heightened level at the end of the year, so we probably didn't need to see this news showing up on top of everything else. Finland decided to up the ante and inform Russia that if they want to apply to join NATO, they will darned well do so and they don't need Putin's permission to do it.
Afghan Parents Are Selling Their Children to Afford Food
Bloomberg Quicktake produced a brief video on the severe economic hardship facing the people of Afghanistan. "Parents in Afghanistan have been forced to sell their children, mainly daughters, in order to feed the rest of their family," the video says.
China's cyber-aggression and the U.S. capitalists who abet it
China's digital manhunt represents a form of oppression previously unheard of in the annals of authoritarian rule. But that manhunt is just the tip of a large iceberg of Red China's cyber-aggression, and the targets aren't limited to Chinese dissidents.
China Destroys Buddha Statue, Taliban Style
Chinese authorities destroyed a 99-foot-tall Buddha statue and forced Buddhist monks to watch, reported Radio Free Asia.
The Coming U.S.–China Clash at the U.N. Human Rights Council
The Economist has an interesting piece analyzing the prospects of a potential U.N. Human Rights Council resolution condemning the Chinese Communist Party's human-rights abuses. China won reelection to the council, which counts a number of other systematic human-rights abusers among its members, for a term that began last year. The U.S. rejoined the body for a term starting this year after the Biden administration reversed a Trump-era decision to withdraw from, and end U.S. engagement with, the body.
Guess Who Lobbied against Legislation to Punish Beijing Olympics Sponsors
As you might expect, the U.S. corporate sponsors did. Politico's Phelim Kine has the scoop
What's Going on in Kazakhstan, and Why Should It Matter to the West?
For months now, we've heard about how Russia has amassed troops along its border with Ukraine and how Vladimir Putin has designs on the former Soviet state. The tensions between Russia and Ukraine are definitely worth our concern, but another former part of the Soviet Union should also grab our attention.
China, Lithuania, and Supply Chains
Late last year, Lithuania, one of the three Baltic states and a member of the EU and NATO, agreed to let Taiwan open a "representative office" (a de facto embassy) in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius. In itself, this is not particularly unusual. There are such outposts elsewhere, but normally they are coyly described as Taipei Economic and Cultural Offices. It doesn't do to offend Beijing, you see.
Buckle-up! 2022 is going to be a big one for the Supreme Court
The late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg once observed that "it's hard not to have a big year at the Supreme Court." However, there are some years that are bigger than others. That's what 2022 is likely to be.
Oregon Business Owner Ordered to Remove American Flag Mural on Private Property
A business owner in Salem, Oregon, painted a mural honoring the American flag and the Marines who raised it at Iwo Jima. Most observers considered it a beautiful memorial and an attractive use of an otherwise nondescript wall. The owner of the business commissioned a local artist to create the tasteful and fetching display of patriotism.
Pretendians
Who knew that Elizabeth Warren was part of a movement? Apparently she is one of a great number of people who try to advance their careers by pretending to be American Indians. We noted here a news report to the effect that close to 20 percent of white kids "identify" as Native American on their college applications–a strategy that apparently is often successful.
Coaches forced a teen to eat pizza against his religion, he says. Now he's suing.
An Ohio teen sat in a lone chair in the middle of his school's gymnasium last year as his football teammates performed strength and running drills around him. To put an end to the punitive drills, the teen had to do one thing: eat a pepperoni pizza.
Sci-fi types of medical implants will be here soon
For decades, doctors have embedded pacemakers, cochlear implants and cardiac defibrillators into their patients' bodies. More recently, consumers have started tracking their own heart rates and number of steps taken with watches, bracelets, cellphones and other wearable devices.
Willie Brown on Crime and Street Conditions in San Francisco
San Francisco is starting the new year at a gloomy time: fearful of the latest wave of coronavirus infections, seemingly helpless in the face of an overdose crisis that kills two people a day, and divided over how to respond to crime and homelessness.
Are Irreligious Dems Scaring Off Hispanic Voters?
They don't appear to care for the party's wokeness.
University of Memphis Offers Professors Financial Incentives to Embed Social Justice in Curricula
"The grant offers a $3,000 stipend (awarded in two installments—$1,500 after completion of the syllabi redesign and $1,500 after teaching the newly designed course)"
Can Democrats rid themselves of 'Latinx' before the midterms?
A.B. Stoddard, the editor of RealClearPolitics, sets the grim scene for Democrats as we approach the 2022 elections, comparing the party to an addict destined to wind up on skid row.
Indiana State Legislature Moves to Ban CRT
As the 2022 legislative session kicks off, "Indiana state legislators have introduced a bill to ban critical race theory indoctrination in public schools and provide parents with total curriculum transparency," Manhattan Institute senior fellow and anti-CRT activist Chris Rufo reported on Twitter this afternoon. The legislation, first filed in the Indiana House and Senate as House Bill 1040 and Senate Bill 167, respectively, contains many of the standard curricular prohibitions seen in the slate of anti-CRT laws that a number of states have passed in recent months. But its curricular-transparency provisions also require "each qualified school to post educational activities and curricular materials on the school's Internet web site," mandates that schools "add functionality that allows parents of students in the school corporation to opt in to or opt out of certain educational activities and curricular materials under certain conditions," and includes a number of other efforts to empower parents, according to the text of the Senate bill.
Liberals Pounce on Snowstorm Traffic Disaster in Virginia to Blame Glenn Youngkin, Who Hasn't Been Sworn in Yet
"Looks [like] Youngkin failed his first test in Va, with traffic stopped for 10-12 hrs on 95 in Virginia"
Emory Law Journal Refuses To Publish Scholarly Article Challenging "Systemic Racism" Finding It "Hurtful and Unnecessarily Divisive"
"We take issue with your conversation on systemic racism, finding your words hurtful and unnecessarily divisive," wrote the Editors of Emory Law Journal to U. San Diego Law Professor Lawrence Alexander.
No Educational Institutions Are Safe from the Woke Mob
"Progressives" want to dominate every aspect of education and have found ways of infiltrating even institutions that you might think would be impervious.
The arcade legend of Polybius (and where it might really have started)
Admittedly this post isn't going to be for everyone but if you're old enough to remember a time when there were arcades all around the country and video games in every 7-11 and drug store, then you might find the story of this urban legend interesting.
New Lawsuit Seeks to Hold Facebook Liable in Shooting Death of Federal Security Guard
The litigation is latest attempt to challenge the liability protections that apply to social-media companies
Nassau County's Top Democrat: Democrats Face "Bloodbath," Propping Up Biden "Seems Like Elder Abuse"
If you want a good barometer of the dispirited sentiment among relatively moderate local Democrats in the suburbs, check out this recent Fox News interview with Laura Curran. Curran lost her job as Nassau County executive in the massive red wave that swept Long Island on Election Day in 2021, which, among other things, saw Republicans sweep every executive office in the county and take control of the DA's office and county legislature in neighboring Suffolk County. That's a big change from 2020, when Joe Biden got 54 percent of the vote in Nassau. Republicans haven't won the county in a presidential election since 1988, although Long Island as a whole was open to Trump's message in 2016. Also, Trump was the first Republican since George H. W. Bush in 1988 to carry the combined vote of the two counties. By 2020, Trump had lost that support, but it would be a mistake to see Trump's fall among Long Islanders as a vote of confidence in Biden or the Democrats. Tom Suozzi, the Democrats' last Nassau County executive (who was run out of office in 2009 in the anti-Obama wave) and now a congressman on the North Shore, has abandoned any hope of reelection and is instead running for governor. I've seen "Let's Go Brandon" signs around my own Nassau County neighborhood.
GOP officials in Arizona's largest county affirm 2020 election was secure in rebuttal to Trump claims
The November 2020 election in Arizona's largest county was administered properly and not marred by fraud, the Republican-led local government concluded in a lengthy report released Wednesday. The 93-page document debunks, one by one, vague allegations of potential problems previously identified by the GOP-led state Senate and championed by former president Donald Trump and his allies.
Why is the left suddenly talking about a second Civil War?
Just a few months ago the Atlantic published a piece claiming that there was a group of conservatives preparing for a new civil war because the country was now so divided between the conservative right and the woke left. Since then, it seems the left is eagerly picking up on the civil war theme. A few days ago the Guardian published a piece titled "The next US civil war is already here – we just refuse to see it." The author of the piece has just written a book predicting a civil war is coming soon.
Atlantic writer: I'm not sure I'm a Democrat anymore thanks to their awful COVID school policies
The plural of "anecdote" is not "data," it's often said, but a big enough number of anecdotes does start to look data-like. How many Democrats out there are feeling the way Angie Schmitt is right now?
The emasculation of Ted Cruz
The most recent emasculation of Ted Cruz, I should say. There's been more than one over the last few years.
As Dungeons & Dragons Goes Woke, Superhero RPG Alternative "Ascendant" Tops Best Selling Charts At DriveThruRPG
Newly released superhero RPG Ascendant is topping the best selling charts at popular RPG website, DriveThruRPG.
Duke's minority students not "satisfied" with racial climate despite numerous diversity employees
Black students least likely to say they feel welcome on campus
Thune Running for Reelection
John Thune, the second-ranking Republican in the Senate, announces he's running for re-election
Failure factory: Majority of freshmen at Baltimore high school read at an elementary school level
This story is already more than 2 weeks old since I missed it when it was published prior to Christmas, but I think it still deserves attention. Last year you may recall there was a local news story about a high school in Baltimore where a student with a 0.13 GPA turned out to be roughly in the middle of his class. In other words, nearly half the students in his grade had a GPA that was lower than 0.13. How was that possible?
Inslee says lying about elections should be a crime
In a surprise announcement Thursday, the anniversary of the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced that he's drafting legislation to make it a crime for elected officials and candidates for public office to make false statements about election outcomes with the goal of inciting lawlessness. Inslee said such a law could withstand free speech challenges and is necessary to guard against ongoing attacks on democracy.
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions
RV park leases, wrongful birth, and a major question.
Court Reverses Expulsion for Student's Off-Campus Posting of "I Will Fucking Kill off All of You!" Death Metal Lyrics
The court doesn't reach the question whether the speech was a true threat, but concludes that it couldn't be punished on the rationale that it caused substantial disruption to a public high school.
National Association of Independent Schools Tries To Silence Reporting By Whistleblower Paul Rossi on CRT Training Sessions
"I was just locked out of my account twice and received a DCMA strike as a result of a complaint by" NAIS "for sharing a clip from one of their Kindergarten teacher trainings."
Adams caves, won't oppose bill to let non-citizens vote in NYC elections after 30 days' residence
Remember that this guy has loudly proclaimed himself the moderate new face of the Democratic Party, the pragmatist with the guts to tell the wokesters to pipe down. He was true to his brand after the City Council approved a bill last month allowing legal immigrants (green-card holders, DACA enrollees) to vote in all New York City elections so long as they've resided in the city for 30 days. Adams didn't like that last part for understandable reasons. If you're going to have a say in the political direction of your community, you should prove first that you have a long-term interest in it. Requiring citizenship to vote serves the same purpose, demanding a commitment of full allegiance to the United States for a say in shaping its policies.
No more GOP Senate hold-outs: Thune announces bid for re-election, as does Ron Johnson
For several months there has been speculation over whether or not Senator John Thune (R-SD) will run for re-election. Thune put the speculation to rest by announcing he is seeking re-election. He set the announcement out via Twitter.
Manchin: Maybe we can talk about Build Back Better after all
Back on December 19, Senator Joe Manchin (D – WV) dropped a lump of coal in President Joe Biden's stocking by saying that he was a "no" on the Build Back Better Act. He specifically said that he "could not" vote for the bill in good conscience, citing excessive costs and fears over inflation. Perhaps one of the Dickensian ghosts visited Manchin on Christmas Eve and caused him to think twice about that decision, however. Axios reported this weekend that the on-again, off-again relationship between Manchin and Biden may be back in the "on" column. Manchin is saying that he might be open to a new round of negotiations, but he has some demands up front that the progressive wing of Biden's party isn't going to care for at all. We appear to be back to the same cat and mouse game that bogged everything down in Washington for the past two months.
GM Loses Spot as No. 1 U.S. Automaker for the First Time since 1931
For the first time since 1931, General Motors was dislodged as the U.S.'s top-selling car company. Toyota's 2.3 million–vehicle sales in 2021 ranked highest in the country, up 10 percent from the previous year. The shift in market position underscores the ongoing impact of the semiconductor shortage.
Kamala Harris admits there is a 'level of malaise' two years into the pandemic and America 'wants to get back to normal' – drawing comparisons to Jimmy Carter's infamous 1979 speech
'There is a level of malaise,' Harris told PBS Thursday
Hiring falters in December as payrolls rise only 199,000, though the unemployment rate fell to 3.9%
Nonfarm payrolls rose by 199,000 in December, far fewer than the 422,000 estimate.
California Wants to Double Its Taxes
Jared Walczak of the Tax Foundation wrote a blog post yesterday with news that doesn't seem possible: California — an already high-tax state — wants to double its tax revenue.
California Considers Doubling its Taxes
A proposed constitutional amendment (ACA 11) in California would increase taxes by $12,250 per household, roughly doubling the state's already high tax collections, to fund a first-in-the-nation single-payer health-care system. The top marginal rate on wage income would soar to 18.05 percent—nationally, the median top marginal rate is 5.3 percent—and the state would adopt a new 2.3 percent gross receipts tax (GRT), at a rate more than three times that of the country's highest current pure GRT.
A growing global potato shortage is affecting french fries, from Japan to Kenya
There's a growing global potato shortage — a real problem for a planet addicted to french fries and chips.
Shareholders Want Answers From Tech Platforms
Shareholders in Alphabet, the parent of Google and YouTube, have introduced a resolution calling for disclosure of any collusion between Alphabet's companies and the Biden administration in suppressing information that is critical of administration policies
Washington Post: Manchin's $1.8 trillion offer on BBB is no longer on the table
As you probably recall, Manchin called an abrupt end to negotiations over the Build Back Better bill just before Christmas. There was a follow-up story written by a Manchin confidante which said the tipping point was when the White House put out a statement singling out Manchin by name as the obstacle to getting a deal. Manchin felt that statement was at odds with the gentlemanly discussion he'd been having with Biden in private and he got angry about it and blew up the negotiations.
Feds moving to ban plastic straws, bags by end of 2022: Guilbeault
Products can still be manufactured in Canada and exported
French election year kicks off with EU flag fracas at Paris's Arc de Triomphe
France's far right claimed a victory on Sunday after officials took down the EU flag from the Arc de Triomphe following outrage expressed by President Emmanuel Macron's right-wing rivals for the Elysée Palace. The starred, blue flag of the EU was raised in place of the French flag on New Year's Eve to mark France's taking over the rotating presidency of the EU Council, which it will hold for the next six months.
Whistleblower warns baffling illness affects growing number of young adults in Canadian province
Several new cases in New Brunswick involve caretakers of those afflicted, suggesting a possible environmental trigger
In the final weeks of 2021, Chile and Honduras voted decisively for leftist presidents to replace leaders on the right, extending a significant, multiyear shift across Latin America.
Single-Sex Schools Still Legally Defensible in Britain
A leading group of all-girls' schools in England has updated its gender-identity policy to require pupils to be female according to their birth certificates. The Girls' Day School Trust (GDST) said that the decision was to protect their status as a single-sex institution under the U.K.'s Equality Act.
Trouble in Kazakhstan: Energy-Price Hikes Have (Political) Consequences
Kazakhstan has not exactly been a beacon of freedom since the then Kazakh SSR declared its independence from the Soviet Union shortly before the USSR's final collapse. For most of the time since then, its president — and, for most practical purposes, dictator — has been Nursultan Nazarbayev, who had already emerged as Kazahstan's dominant political figure in the late Soviet era. In 2019, Nazarbayev stood down from the presidency, possibly as a response to widespread disturbances, but was succeeded by a close ally, and, up (it seems) until today, retained an immense amount of power.
Scientists train goldfish to drive a fish-operated vehicle on land
The fish learned to operate a fish tank on wheels.
Another post-Soviet "ruler for life" faces upheaval, as enormous protests sweep Kazakhstan
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Fresh violence in Kazakhstan after Russia sends troops to put down uprising
Fresh violence erupted in Kazakhstan's main city on Thursday after Russia rushed in paratroopers overnight to put down a countrywide uprising in one of Moscow's closest former Soviet allies.
Kazakhstan in flames as three cops found BEHEADED in bloody uprising & Putin flies in tanks to crush fuel-price riots
KAZAKHSTAN has erupted in flames during a bloody uprising which has seen three cops BEHEADED by mobs in the street.
Don't look now, but Russian troops just intervened in another former Soviet republic
Vladimir Putin really does want to get the ol' Hammer & Sickle band back together, doesn't he? While the US and NATO negotiate to de-escalate the war in Ukraine, Russian troops landed in Kazakhstan overnight to put down a popular uprising against the Moscow-friendly government. Putin ordered it under a collective security agreement with several of the former Soviet republics on Russia's border, but the question will be whether they ever leave
Challenge to the U.K. Supreme Court's Gay-Cake Ruling Fails
The gay-rights activist Gareth Lee's latest attempt to sue Christian bakers in Belfast, Northern Ireland, for refusing to bake a cake with a political slogan, "Support Gay Marriage," has been dismissed by the European Court of Human Rights. The ECHR ruled Lee's case inadmissible since he had not raised the European Convention of Human Rights "at any point in the domestic proceedings."
Germany, China, and Forced Labor
I wrote a bit on Tuesday about Germany's potentially dangerous business entanglement with China (for another indication of how far this has gone, click on the link here to a tweet by David Goldman. It shows a massive increase in exports from China to Germany, but that doesn't mean what most might think).
McDonald's runs out of hash browns in some Taiwan stores
McDonald's Taiwan said Friday some of its stores were running out of hash browns imported from the United States and would have to suspend sales due to "unstable global shipping supply".
Kazakhstan's President Gives Security Forces Order to Shoot to Kill Without Warning
Leaders called on a Russia-led security alliance for help after days of antigovernment protests
Why Putin Just Raised a Massive Army Back From the Dead
The sixth day of violent unrest devolved into a massacre on the streets of Kazakhstan's capital city of Almaty, with dozens of protesters and at least 13 law enforcement officials killed, as well as hundreds more wounded.
Macron faces right-wing threat as France frets about crime
French right-winger Valerie Pecresse was a rank outsider in the race for the presidency just a month ago, but with under 100 days to the election she is seen as the best-placed challenger to Emmanuel Macron.
Trudeau Government Endorse "Critical Race Theory" In Training Materials
The concept of Critical Race Theory emerged in the mid-1970s from of the writings of a collective of American legal scholars. It's fundamental tenet espouses that white supremacy exists and maintains power through law.
Pope Francis writes to controversial nun, thanking her for 50 years of LGBTQ ministry
Pope Francis has sent an encouraging letter to an American nun thanking her for her 50 years of ministry to LGBTQ Catholics, more than two decades after she was investigated and censured by the Vatican for her work.
Iranians Set Fire to Soleimani's Statue Hours After Unveiling
The statue was erected to "honor" Soleimani, the top Iranian terror operative killed in a drone strike ordered by President Trump.
Boaty McBoatface's new mission is more serious than its name
The submersible is accompanied by other underwater robots as it heads off into the cold, dark underbelly of the Thwaites Glacier.
Supreme Court Can and Should Resolve "Waters of the United States" Issue
For decades, there has been major confusion regarding what waters are regulated under the Clean Water Act.
Who Should Control Education — Parents or Educrats?
Leftists have always wanted control over education so as to help them shape people's minds. They want citizens who will readily accept governmental dominion over them. That's best achieved by using the education system to impart "progressive" beliefs and stamp out individual thinking.
Free Speech, America-Style
It is not the case that Canada, Western Europe, and Australia are authoritarian hellholes where illiberal rulers trample mercilessly upon the civil rights of their hapless subjects. But it is the case that American-style free-speech protections, as enshrined in the First Amendment, do not exist in these places. And that matters. It matters in those countries, and it matters in the United States, where the legal protection of free speech faces the threat of being suffocated by social pressure on both private and public actors to suppress speech that is deemed — almost always opportunistically and vindictively — dangerous.
Lame Arguments against ECA Reform
As my column Wednesday noted, Republicans are on the verge of gaining the upper hand on the issue of reforming the Electoral Count Act of 1887 to eliminate perceived ambiguities and weaknesses that were exploited by Donald Trump in 2020 and could be exploited by Trump or other unscrupulous candidates of either party in the future. You can add Raphael Warnock to the list of Democrats spooked by the possibility that Mitch McConnell could support a standalone ECA reform bill
The Truth About January 6
The truth is January 6 is nothing for Republicans to celebrate. It was a dark day in the history of our republic. Fueled by repeated lies from President Trump, a group of men and women stormed the United States Capitol to stop Congress from certifying the Electoral College vote. Along with those men and women were many more who wandered in curious thinking they could be there. We should not lump them all in together, but we should not give the veneer of patriotism to the criminal trespassers. The truth is over 75 million people voted for Donald Trump; only a few hundred walked into the Capitol and less than that were there with malicious intent.
On Entrapment, Instigation, and January 6
There is a fair amount of confusion on the question of federal agents or others "instigating" January 6. To start with, there is a difference between the legal defense of entrapment and the fundamentally political question of who instigated political violence.
"Global Respect Act" Disrespects Religious Liberty, Free Speech Rights
The House of Representatives is preparing to vote on the so-called Global Respect Act, which would impose sanctions on foreigners, including private citizens, who are determined to be responsible for human rights violations against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or intersex individuals.