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J. Carver Distillery's certified Sommelier and mixologist, Gina Holman, hosts the class. Class begins promptly at 6:30 pm and lasts for one hour. Then, join Bill Miller to sample and learn about how the aging process, the barrel selection and other factors alter the final flavor of our up and coming J. Carver brandies and whiskies. The cocktail room will remain open until 8:30 pm for you to relax and enjoy light appetizers catered by Mackenthun's Fine Foods and specialty cocktails after the class.
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The week of International Women's Day brought with it some of the busiest days in Neha Bagaria – CEO & Founder of JobsForHer's calendar.
Here's a glimpse of her city-trotting - hosting and partnering in events, engaging in inspirational panels, and addressing a LIVE crowd, while staying on top of her never-say-tire spirit.
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Changing plugs is that easy!
You'll need a spark plug socket for your socket wrench and a gap gauge (in most of the cases, no need).
You can buy a spark plug socket wrench specifically made to fit your car's plugs or you can get a universal spark plug socket wrench made to fit the most common hex head sizes. To find the plugs, simply locate the wires and follow them. There's usually only one plug per cylinder, but they fire in a specific order set by the manufacturer. Pick one plug to start with and gently remove only that wire. Changing one spark plug at a time is a lot easier than resetting the engine after you've replaced the wires in the wrong order. Now whip out that new spark plug socket and put it on the end of your wrench. Plug sockets usually have a layer of foam inside to make this process easier. Place the new spark plug in the empty hole using the plug socket. If possible, you may even want to remove the wrench and tighten the spark plug with your fingers. To make sure the threads are properly aligned, give the plug a couple of turns counterclockwise to seat it before tightening the plug by hand. Once the plug is finger-tight, you can finish the job with the socket wrench. Connect the loose spark plug wire to the terminal at the top of the plug. You'll probably feel the wire snap on securely. When you've finished replacing the first spark plug and the wire is safely back in place, move on to the next plug in the row and repeat the entire process.
Easy, isn't it? If you ask dealer technician for changing them for you, they'll charge you two-digit dollars for the manual labor!
Your car will perform better: Every time you try to start your car, and it doesn't turn over, you're wasting precious fuel. Also, you release more carbon emissions that are bad for your health and are unintentionally contributing to pollution. With worn-out spark plugs, your car will lose designated performance. If you replace those plugs from time to time, it will instantly stop misfiring.
No more cold starts!: If you're living in an area that is very cold, you have surely faced the problem of the cold-start in the morning, the car just coughs up a bit, and refuses to start moving. This problem has everything to do with the spark plugs, and can be avoided by a simple exchange.
It protects the catalytic converter: (Generally extremely expensive because platinum is used for one of the main raw materials) Every time your car misfire, a bit of fuel gets into the exhaust system. This makes the catalytic converter to overheat, because temperatures at which they have to operate become too high. If this converter fails, your engine can block and choke your engine – this causes terrible fuel economy, and will also downsize your engines power.
They won't contaminate the engine: When your spark plugs wear out, they leak voltage to the engine parts that are close by, creating performance problems and deteriorating the engine faster.
It costs you less: Weather it's time or moneywise, you can be sure you'll save up some dollars by trashing worn spark plugs. By keeping a good maintenance of the spark plugs, you won't need to worry about your car dying on you – and you going through all the trouble of calling a tow truck, all because of a tiny spark plug! Now you have realized that the spark plugs are doing great job in the heart of engines. Never forget about this tiny "GIANT" when you think it a right moment to change them for the new ones. The new spark plugs never betray you for their better performances to keep your engine running without any trouble for about 50,000 km additional mileages.
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Q: Angular-2 dynamic component, AOT runtime error I am implementing AOT in my angular-2 application, which load dynamic pages initially from landing page.
When it load, it throw error like below.

No ResourceLoader implementation has been provided

Component declaration look like below:
@Component({
selector: 'page1',
templateUrl: 'Page1.html',
})

Main.ts
import { platformBrowser }    from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppModuleNgFactory } from '../aot/configs/Application.ngfactory';
import { COMPILER_PROVIDERS } from '@angular/compiler';
platformBrowser(COMPILER_PROVIDERS).bootstrapModuleFactory(AppModuleNgFactory);

Note: If i use template instead templateUrl it works, but for long HTML Template is not good
I have also tried:  "Can't read the url" error for angular2 dynamic components with templateUrl
any one has idea how to resolve this issue.

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Ask a chiropractor or car accident lawyer, and he or she will tell you: the most common injuries that result from vehicle collisions are soft tissue injuries. This kind of damage can look differently for each person, depending on the nature of the accident. There are acute soft tissue injuries, for example, the symptoms of which can last as little as 10 days or as much as several months. Chronic soft tissue injuries can also result, and can lead to such life-changing symptoms as a limited range of motion for life.
Car accidents tend to lead to soft tissue injuries that include sprains, strains, and contusions. These injuries affect tendons, ligaments, and muscle, and are the result of the kind of physical trauma that is common in collisions.
It is important to first seek medical treatment as soon as possible after experiencing any kind of accident-related injury. The professionals who treat you will be able to document the damage in medical records. Those records mean you will have evidence that you were injured, and that the injury was a result of the car accident. Because you want to show that the injury was a direct result of the accident, it is also crucial to not wait to be treated; otherwise, the opposing insurers could try to make a case that you were hurt in another way.
Immediately after obtaining a soft tissue injury, you will experience the acute inflammatory stage. That is the window in which controlling the injury's damage and pain is key. The injured tissue may bleed, the inflammation will be strong, and its range of motion will be lessened. Using ice as a starting treatment will help reduce all of these symptom.
After 48 hours, if there is not any major improvement in how the injury looks or feels, you should call your doctor and make an appointment to have it examined. Once you have done so, be sure to get in touch with an experienced car accident lawyer who can give you a free consultation and case evaluation.
When you are seeking treatment for soft tissue damage, you should know that chiropractic care has been shown to be effective. Medicating pain can help, but doing so does not add to the healing process. Instead, it covers up the signals that the affected area is trying to send to the brain, which would otherwise help it heal. After you have adhered to the RICE guidelines at home, consider seeking additional treatment for your soft tissue injury through a chiropractor.
The regeneration phase lasts between one and six weeks after an injury. This is when proteins in the body take time to build new tissue. Undergoing passive mobility and pressure treatments with your chiropractor can also help during this time to help decrease the time it takes to heal.
The remodeling phase comes afterward. This is when a chiropractor can take care to align your damaged soft tissue in its proper orientation. Serious soft tissue injuries may require a remodeling process of multiple months so that you may reach an optimal level of physical health.
There are quite a few law firms who have taken the time and effort to understand how chiropractic education and care can help patients with soft tissue damage from accidents. Chiropractic care is very rigorous, and it does have its place in medicine for the treatment of a variety of injuries and conditions. Chiropractors are often highly accommodating when it comes to assisting legal professionals to understand soft tissue injuries, as well as their care and rehabilitation.
Have you suffered a soft tissue injury due to another person's negligence? Are you working with a chiropractor in order to heal? If this is you, reach out to an experienced Chiropractor such as the Stem Cells Doctor Back Pain Chevy Chase, MD locals have been trusting for years. Experienced Professionals are well acquainted with the nature of your injuries, and can help you explain in an accident claim scenario how necessary and helpful chiropractic care can be. Consulting with a Personal Injury Attorney can assist with your options.


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I think I could make that yummy recipe. Thanks for sharing it. I'm happy to see you are investing in yourself. Excellent.
The recipe is delicious. I know I am late on the peak of corn season but I still really enjoyed this as dinner.
Happiness is showing, so the investing is paying off! The recipe also looks good…..love corn, probably shouldn't but I do.
I love corn too… and thank you for seeing the happiness – it is a weird word… I don't know if it is happiness, but maybe strength returning and a desire to live for both myself and my son.
Looks like you've had a busy week! Your corn and tomato recipes looks yummy.
Congratulations on your investing-in-you progress.
It is super tasty. I have not tried it with chicken or shrimp yet but some time I would like to.
I like your haircut….a cute pixie-like vibe. Enjoy your new goals of investing in you….thanks for sharing.
Simple and delicious! Have a great week.
I love corn and feel like I don't use it enough in recipes.
Welcome back-you look darling as a flapper.
LOL – it was a fun night.
Sounds like you had a good week. Investing in yourself is definitely worth it. I've taken up bullet journalling to try and invest in myself a little more.
Good for you! I think in this busy crazy world it is easy to get lost in all the to dos…. I am making a point to making sure I am on that list in healthy ways….
So glad you are getting out and about and back into the swing of things. Sounds like a very full & fun week!!
Your book club always looks like so much fun. I'm glad you are investing in yourself, and it sounds like you are off to a good start.
Investing in yourself is so important. I know how important it is myself and yet I never do it. I love that you shared with us exactly what you planned to do. It's inspiring just to read a plan. I feel so out of it these days and I have no good excuse for it.
You had a full and productive week. Glad you are taking more time for you. Hugs, my friend.


This information was written by the Community Waste Network Yorkshire and the Humber April 2008.
Local Food, a new and exciting grants programme funded by the Big Lottery Fund, will be open for applications from 17 March 2008.
The £50 million programme, aimed at making locally grown food accessible and affordable to local communities, has been developed by a consortium of organisations, and is managed on their behalf by the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts (RSWT).
Local Food is the first scheme funded under the Changing Spaces programme to open its doors for applications. It will distribute grants to a variety of food-related community projects across England.
Local community and grass root groups that want to make a positive difference to their local community can apply for grants of between £500 and £30,000 through the Co-operative Foundation. The Co-operative Foundation is particularly interested in locally -led and run groups which can demonstrate evidence of co-operative values and principles: self-help; equality; democracy; concern for the community. In particular the Foundation wants to support projects that focus on specific geographic areas such as a village, town or housing estate – or could be a community of people brought together to address as specific issue which affects them. To be eligible, applicants will need to be located in the Co-operative's trading area (Yorkshire, South Cumbria, North Wales, Northern Ireland, North West, North Midlands & Staffordshire). The Trustees meet four times a year to consider applications and the next deadline for applications is the 6th June 2008.
Phil Hope, Minister for the Third Sector, announced at the end of February that a radical proposal to set up a £10m Risk Capital fund for social enterprises will go ahead.
The Coalfields Regeneration Trust in England to get a further three years funding from March 2008.
Capacitybuilders has announced the roll-out of a new three year funding investment programme – to introduce strategic change and modernisation in the way third sector organisations are supported at local and regional level.
• £50 million endowments programme to enable local foundations to generate additional donations from the private sector to match and support frontline community organisations.
CDF is currently requesting applications from third sector organisations to manage the small grant and endowment elements in their area. Between now and July 2008, CDF will be allocating the money to Local Funders. Therefore, funding for grassroots community and voluntary groups will not open until after July 2008, and will be subject to the timelines set by the Local Funders.
Details of the successful Local Funders available on CDF's website in July 2008.
The Working Neighbourhoods Fund is a new dedicated fund for local councils and communities to develop more concentrated, concerted, community-led approaches to getting people in the most deprived areas of England back to work. It replaces the existing Neighbourhood Renewal Fund (NRF) and incorporates the Department of Work and Pensions Deprived Areas Fund (DAF). 65 local authority districts will receive full WNF funding from April 2008 and a further 22 authorities which currently receive NRF but will not receive WNF will receive transitional payments.
Every year the Lloyds TSB Foundation funds thousands of charities working to tackle disadvantage across England and Wales. They support small and medium under-funded charities that can make a significant difference to the lives of disadvantaged people by helping them to play a fuller role in the communities of their choice.
As part of its commitment of supporting communities where HBOS plc does business, the Foundation operates a structure of Regional Co-ordinators enabling it to work more closely with local communities and respond to local issues.
Foundation Regional Co-ordinators are based across the UK in the heart of these communities and represent the majority of HBOS businesses, including our subsidiaries.
The Community Action Programme provides local grants of up to £10,000 to support a diverse range of projects – from funding equipment at a special needs school to supporting a debt advice service in an economically deprived area.
Each of the Foundation Regional Co-ordinators will assess applications against these themes and on the impact that a donation will have on the community.
The Business Development Fund is for community enterprises in the early stages of development. A grant of up to £15,000 comes with five days' support and can be used to develop an organisation's skills and capacity, making it ready to run its own enterprise and trading activities.
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation aim to improve the quality of life throughout the UK. The Foundation does this by funding the charitable activities of organisations that have the ideas and ability to achieve change for the better. They take pride in supporting work that might otherwise be considered difficult to fund. Their primary interests are in the UK's cultural life, education, the natural environment and enabling people who are disadvantaged to participate more fully in society. The majority of their funding is channelled through the Main Fund, described in full in 'Guidance for Applicants'. They also make a small number of grants through time-limited, specialist funding 'Strands'.
St. Modwen Properties PLC, one of the UK's largest regeneration companies, has launched a new environmental fund to support communities in which the company is active. The Funding will be available through two grant making streams. These are larger project grants of over £10,000 and small projects grants of less than £10,000. The funding is available to not-for-profit organisations, such as community groups and charities. The Fund will normally make grants only for projects which are within 10 miles of a landfill site.
The Johnson Wax Ltd Charitable Trust gives grants from £25 000 – £50 000 for projects in the field of children and youth, social welfare, the arts and the environment.
The Foundation's aims are to support a broad range of activities in the field of religion, education, the environment, the arts, health (including research) and other areas of general benefit to the community in the UK.
In the year to 5 April 2007, the Foundation supported 1,982 applications with grants totalling £41.7 million.
This is a general charitable trust. The Trustees have no restrictions on them as to the kinds of project or the areas they can support. The Trustees are prepared to fund core costs as well as capital projects, but they are unlikely to provide initial funding for newly established organisations.
• you can use the grant within one year.
You can apply for between £300 and £10,000 to fund a specific project or activity. Organisations can receive up to a maximum of £10,000 from Awards for All in any two year period. Groups can only make one application at a time.
Awards for All will fund a wide range of projects and activities.
bfunded is a multi-agency project providing free funding information and advice to organisations in the Bradford District.
Based on feedback from delegates at the regional seminars held from November 2007 to February 2008, the 4 briefings initially published in September 2007 have now been improved and updated (March 2008).
A new toolkit entitled 'Granting You the Money' has evolved from experience on the other side of the funding fence. In the course of appraising grant applications they have seen many of the common traps people fall into and they hope that by following the guidelines these pitfalls may be avoided and chances of securing the funding may be optimized.
Obtaining the right grant can be critical to the success of a project – so it follows that a poorly prepared application can be costly in terms of time and resources, as well as potentially having a knock on effect on other activities in the organisation.
BT Community Connections enables community and voluntary groups throughout the UK to get online and make use of information and communication technology (ICT). If you are a community or voluntary organisation that is looking to extend your work through use of the internet and ICT but don't have the means, take a look at the two different awards outlined below that could help you bridge the digital divide.
The Futurebuilders Fund has already helped many community sector organisations grow, and it still has over £100 million to allocate over the next two years. Now that the fund is open to environmental organisations, there is an opportunity for the community waste sector. They are encouraging organisations in the waste and recycling sector to contact them to talk about their ideas and begin the application process.
To support organisations in the Yorkshire / Humber region we've developed an innovative programme, 'From Carrier Bag to Toolbox'. It provides a range of business support tools and a mix of funding approaches which can transform the future of organisations by giving them the ability to develop, grow and prosper long-term.
They also offer a different way of saving for people who want to make a difference to the world. Individuals and businesses have the chance to put some of their funds to better use, supporting organisations set up to tackle society's problems, by investing in our Yorkshire Deposit Bond. It's a unique way of supporting charities because instead of giving your money away through donations, you can get your money back.
Unity Trust Bank is pleased to announce that it has made £50m available to support the launch of a new Social Economy Fund.
Unity has formed the fund to meet the growing demand it is experiencing for access to loan finance to support the increasing working capital requirements of charities, voluntary organisations, social enterprises and other social purpose bodies.
Big Issue Invest is a specialised provider of finance to scale up social enterprises. Founded by The Big Issue, it is led by social entrepreneurs and staffed by social financiers. They provide loans as well as innovative financing products including royalty structures, guarantees and loan conversions. The average loan is around £200,000, minimum is £50,000. Their team can also provide support during the investment appraisal process that will reflect and respect the social enterprise's financial and social objectives.
The Local Investment Fund is a national organisation that makes loans of between £25,000 and £250,000 to projects and organisations across England.
LIF is in the process of establishing Regional Community Loan Funds in each of the English regions. These regional funds focus on the local communities in each region, with the aim of building a close connection between the funds, the clients and the sponsors. The regional funds make loans of between £15,000 and £100,000.
VolunteerGenie is a new website from TimeBank to help charities use the media to recruit more volunteers, produced by Voluntary Action Media Unit. There's a wealth of material, much of which is applicable to any charity or campaign promotional activity, but has a volunteering slant.
Well worth a look – www.volresource.org.uk has a wealth of useful information on running a voluntary organisation.


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Joanne Swensen
Obituary & Events
Joanne Theresa Swensen (née Pukaris) died peacefully in the presence of her daughters Linda and Barbara on Friday, May 3rd, 2019 at the age of 95. An accomplished golfer who could boast a hole-in-one, and bowler of a perfect game, she was also a traveler, cook, card player and wine lover. Joanne leaves behind her legacy of a strong independent woman who experienced life to the fullest until her final days. Predeceased by her loving husband Roy and her son-in-law Walter, she also leaves behind her son-in-law Jeffrey. Joanne's memory will live on in the hearts and minds of her family. Cherished grandmother of Gregory, Adam, Todd, Eric, Colleen, Ryan and Joanne, and "GG" to Harrison, Caden, Elliot, Austin and Ruby. She also held a special bond with her de facto granddaughters, Rachel and Marisa.
Joanne was born in Pennsylvania on December 21st, 1923 to John and Anna Pukaris (née Walentyninte) and was raised later by Anna Sobochinski. She was married to Roy Swensen on April 13th, 1942 in St. Augustine, Florida. Joanne is predeceased by her sisters Anne, Frances and Florence. She lived most of her life in Saddle River, NJ and Lighthouse Point, FL.
Viewing Friday, May 10th, 10 AM – 12 Noon, with a religious service at 12 Noon, at the Beaugard-McKnight Funeral Home, 869 Kinderkamack Road, River Edge; www.beaugardmcknight.com. Entombment Hackensack Cemetery, Hackensack. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Joanne's memory to St. Jude's Children's Hospital and Hospice of New Jersey.
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Week 13 - The Grambler visits Edinburgh
Stewart was an amazing person - A wonderful husband, a fantastic brother, a loving son and an adored uncle. He was also a brilliant friend and colleague and is missed by so many people. His family are determined that his death will never be in vain and are doing their part to beat bowel cancer for good. We are fundraising for the Bobby Moore Fund which is part of Cancer Research UK and specialises in research into bowel cancer. If you wish to donate to the fund, you can via https://www.justgiving.com/Geraldine-Smith3 .
If you haven't already done so, please read the article which appeared in the Daily Record and learn from Stewart's story that you must never be complacent. It makes grim reading for us, his family, even though we were beside him throughout his ordeal, or battle; call it what you will. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/heartbroken-widow-geraldine-smith-raises-3452997
Similarly, if you haven't heard it, please listen to Geraldine's moving radio interview which was on Radio Scotland recently.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5SZQo1EW_c&feature=youtu.be
Stewart began writing The Grambler when he was between procedures and hoping for some form of recovery. He loved all aspects of football and was a lifelong Motherwell supporter. His wish was that The Grambler should continue after his death and I have been happy to oblige. Welcome to The Grambler, the most ill-informed blog you are ever likely to see. Read on and enjoy…
Last week, I mentioned a wee jaunt Mrs G and I made to Edinburgh. It was us using a Christmas present we were given last year. The gift was a voucher for a not inconsiderable amount of money to be spent at a rather expensive hotel in Edinburgh. Indeed, the place is so expensive that we opted to stay at its cheaper sister hotel which meant we could stay four nights instead of one. I should point out that, while the sister hotel is cheaper, it is by no means cheap; it was still a pretty classy place to stay. The posher hotel's name is Hotel du Vin which, I think, translates as hotel of wine. Odd name. The less posh hotel we stayed at has an even odder name - Hotel Malmaison. Now my French is un peu rusty, but doesn't that translate as hotel bad house? That is surely going to put French-speaking tourists off, isn't it? Daft names aside, I have to admit that (almost) everything about the hotels is most acceptable. How can I speak for the Hotel du Vin? Because Mrs G and I treated ourselves to a meal there. It was when seated at our table perusing the single A4 sheet that was the menu (By the way, I should point out that this meal was not selected from the a la carte menu; we had managed to get a special deal. Isn't Groupon wonderful?) that we were asked if we would like to see the wine list. Indeed we did. We were then presented with, not so much a list of wines but, a catalogue of wines. This tome, which was about three quarters of an inch thick, contained the details of over 350 wines from which we were meant to select one. The name of the hotel made sense to me at last. Cheapest wine on the menu was 20 quids; the dearest, over 200. We opted for one around the high twenties but, being the frugal types we are, couldn't help working out how much a bottle would cost in Adli. Probably four quid. One we spotted on the list we know to cost about six quid (To us, that's a posh wine. Our way of deciding whether a wine is good or not is to look at the alcohol percentage. Less than 12% isn't worth considering in our system.). How much did hotel of wine charge? 38 quid! 32 quid mark up! And I bet they don't have to pay six quid for it, because there would be a special rate for buying in bulk. Any road up, you are probably expecting me to say we were robbed. Well, I'm not going to. We were in the capital city of Scotland and like any big city, anywhere in the world, we were paying big city prices. The meal was great, as was the wine and the surroundings were lovely.
At the end of our first day in the city, which was spent doing all the touristy things like seeing the sights, we headed back to our own hotel, the Malmaison, tired and looking forward to a good night's rest. Earlier, I mentioned that almost everything was acceptable. Almost everything. I did not have a good night's sleep. The bed was possibly the most uncomfortable place I have ever had to sleep. I include my one and only night of camping and having to sleep on the ground when I make that assertion. I also include the time Mrs G and I went to Blackpool to find all the hotels full and ending up having to sleep in a Mini. That's the original 10 feet long Mini without luxuries like reclining seats, incidentally. The bed in this hotel was just awful. I know there are some firm beds, but a piece of 8 feet by 4 feet by half inch thick plywood has more flexibility than the mattress on this one. When I awoke on the day we were due to leave, I couldn't move without getting shooting pains down my legs. Yep, good old sciatica. Thank goodness it was the last day; I'd have looked a right prat crawling about Edinburgh on my hands and knees. On second thoughts, I probably wouldn't. People would think I was some sort of street performer. It is Edinburgh, after all.
I think the hotel names are wrong. Remember them? Malmaison and Hotel du Vin? I think the hotel we were in should be renamed as a cross between the two - Hotel Mal-divan. Boom and, indeed, tish.
The sciatica cured itself after a night or two back in my own bed, in case you were worrying. Oh. You weren't.
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Any birthdays to celebrate this Saturday, the 31st of October? Why, yes. At least, quite a number. Jan Vermeer 1632 (Inventor of Ronseal... Hang on, that's veneer, isn't it? Oh, he's a painter. The girl with the thing... that was one of his... Earring. I think her name was Pearl.), John Keats 1795 (Does he, now?), Chiang Kai-shek 1887 (Isn't that one of the pandas at Edinburgh zoo?), Dale Evans 1912 (Trigger's mum.), Helmut Newton 1920 (Purveyor of mucky pictures.), J*mmy S*v*ll* 1926 (Bloke who died before the shit hit the fan.), Eddie Charlton 1929 (Aussie snookery bloke.), Michael Collins 1930 (The one left behind when Neil and Buzz were leaping about on the moon.), Norman Beaton 1934 (Lennie Henry's dad.), Michael Landon 1936 (Trivia: He was the only one of the four Bonanza stars who didn't wear a syrup.), Tom Paxton 1937 (Designer of the Crystal Palace.), Tom O'Connor 1939 (Sinead's dad.), Derek Bell 1941 (Car racey bloke.), David Ogden Stiers 1942 (Trivia: As well as appearing in M.A.S.H. and voicing many Disney characters, he is an accomplished musician and is the resident conductor of the Newport Synphony Orchestra.), Stephen Rea 1946 (Mmm, aye, well. An obscure reference to one of his earlier acting roles, there.), Norman Lovett 1946 (They're all dead, Dave.), Russ Ballard 1947 (Inventor of the traffic direction post.), John Candy 1950 (Trivia: He was a big Doctor Who fan.), Larry Mullen 1961 (U2 Drummer. Famously fancied by Boy George who supposedly said to Bono, 'If you still haven't found what you're looking for, look behind the drum kit.'), Peter Jackson 1961 (Trivia: He is a big Doctor Who fan.), Johnny Marr 1963 (Trivia: Voted the 4th best guitarist of the past 30 years.), Rob Schneider 1963 (Smell my cheese!), Annabella Lwin 1966 (Woof woof.), Robert Van Winkle 1967 (Who? Vanilla Ice? Who?), Muzzy Izzet 1974 (Footie bloke.), Gabriela and Monica Irimia 1982 (Who? The Cheeky Girls? Who?).
Before I leave birthdays, can I just mention one Jamie Asher who was born on the 31st of October 1972? Now I don't know who he is or what he is famous for, but on the site where I check my birthday info, his description is: 'NFL tight end (Washington Redskins).' I still don't have a clue what he does, but if my name were Finbarr Saunders (he of the double entendres) I would be going 'Fnarr, fnarr' right now.
Hmm. Anyone in there to give us a toon to gramblerise? I think Mr J Marr should be given that honour with an early Smiths toon called Panic. In fact, it's quite apt this week considering The Grambler's pitiful skills at predicting last week...
On the Leeds side-streets that you slip down
Provincial towns you jog 'round
Hang The Grambler, Hang The Grambler, Hang The Grambler
HANG THE GRAMBLER, HANG THE GRAMBLER
HANG THE GRAMBLER
Let's move on to grambling matters. How did our bet go last week? Not very well at all. How much did we win? Nought. Nothing. Zilch. Rugger ball. What happened? All is revealed below, fair reader...
Norwich vs West Bromwich Albion - Prediction Home win
Result - Norwich 0 West Brom 1
Salomon Rondon's header secured victory for West Bromwich Albion at Carrow Road. Canaries forward Nathan Redmond forced a fine save from keeper Boaz Myhill before firing wastefully over. Craig Dawson spurned a great chance for West Brom when he headed over unmarked before Rondon's winner.
Brighton vs Preston North End - Prediction Home win
Result - Brighton 0 Preston North End 0
Ooh! 'It the bar!
Clear chances were at a premium throughout, with Sam Baldock and Tomer Hemed failing to convert for the home side, who had just one shot on target.
Preston striker Joe 'Jim Rockford' Garner had a header cleared off the line in a dogged and uninspiring second period.
Oxford Utd vs Barnet - Prediction Home win
Result - Oxford United 2 Barnet 3
The U's took the lead through Liam 'Harry' Sercombe after Barnet failed to clear a corner but the equaliser came when Curtis Weston scored with a low shot.
The Bees went ahead through John 'Legs' Akinde's close-range finish and Josh Clarke added a third just after the half hour with another low strike.
Sercombe pulled one back before Kemar 'Catnahot-tin' Roofe spurned a chance to equalise.
Morton vs Alloa - Prediction Home win
Result - Morton 1 Alloa 0
Yay! About time.
Denny Johnstone's first-half header was cleared off the line by Wasps' frontman Michael Chopra.
When Michael Doyle fouled Michael Tidser, however, Ross Forbes eyed up his chance and curled in a fabulous free-kick from 25 yards.
Goalkeeper Derek Gaston made a vital save from an Isaac Layne header to keep the points safe.
Stranraer vs Cowdenbeath - Prediction Home win
Result - Stranraer 0 Cowdenbeath 3
The visitors went ahead when Brad Donaldson got past his marker and met Liam Callaghan's corner to head in.
Kyle Miller doubled their advantage just before the hour mark.
Substitute Robbie Buchanan sealed the victory.
In the words of the great Scotland team manager Ally McLeod... 'Ach wellll...' Let's not really hang The Grambler; let's see what he/she/it comes up with this week. There are 53 senior league games taking place this weekend on Saturday the 31st of October at 3 pm. From these, The Grambler has chosen...
Game - Result - Odds
Swansea vs Arsenal - Prediction Away win - 3/4
Crewe Alexandria vs Sheffield United - Prediction Away win - 8/15
Stevenage vs Oxford United - Prediction Away win - 10/11
Alloa vs Queen of the South - Prediction Away win - 3/5
Cowdenbeath vs Dunfermline - Prediction Away win - 1/4
Five aways! Oh my gord! If the bets (10 x 20 pee doubles plus 1 x 20 pee accumulator) all go as predicted by The Grambler, the Bobby Moore Fund will benefit to the tune of… fanfare please…
That's not much, is it? Still, if it comes up, it will be our best result of the season so far. Could this be the one? And I mean that most sincerely. [Yeah, yeah, yeah. Heard it all before. - Ed.]
Hooray, it's teaser time. Last week I asked which Netherlands players, other than Georginio Wijnaldum, had scored hat-tricks in the English Premiershit. The answer was Robin van Persie and Dirk Kuyt.
Here's one for this week. Who was the last player to score more than 300 goals in top flight English football? That means Premiershit or Division one prior to that. Yes, I realise how obvious that is to most of you, but I thought I would clarify it anyway.
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Once again, let's finish with a mention of the main reason for continuing to publish this blog – to raise awareness about bowel cancer. If you have any bowel problems, don't be fobbed off with the line that you are too young for bowel cancer to be a consideration. Just point your doctor in the direction of http://www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk/campaigns-policy/latest-campaigns/never-too-young-campaign .
And finally, Cyril? And finally Esther, I have to tell you of a slightly spooky moment from the 26th of August 2012. Sorry pardon excuse me? That was the day after Neil Armstrong - him from off of the moon - died. And? Okay, I had better explain. That day, I got into my car having heard on the news the night before that he had died. So far, so boring. I thought I would listen to some music, so I switched on my mp3 player to play through the car system; it was set to shuffle and after a few seconds delay the first song began to play. Now, as I have told you in previous articles, I happen to like Jethro Tull, so it is not surprising that there are a few JT tracks on my mp3 player. It isn't really so surprising, then, that it was a Tull track that began to play. However, what was surprising - and a little bit creepy given that I had just heard of Neil Armstrong's death - was that the first track to play was the only song Ian Anderson ever wrote in connection with that moon landing. Indeed, I can't recall any other song written in connection with the Neil and Buzz show. So, Ladeez and genullum, in honour of the birthday boy himself, I give you For Michael Collins, Jeffrey and Me
Happy Grambling.
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What are we now allowed to say?
Published on 17th October 2021 17th October 2021 in Big Issues
Pissed-off Toff observes that in a world in thrall to group-think, anyone with a mind of his own must be very careful of what he says, and where.
As we were drinking champagne in the drawing room before going through to the oak-pannelled dining room at the end of which a comforting log fire was crackling, one of the guests, a man no longer young but with an interesting look about him, started saying how much he hated the wind turbines that deface otherwise pristine countryside. But no sooner had he got going, than he pulled himself up short and looked around our small group, like one who has made an awful faux pas.
Did anyone mind if he expressed himself on this topic, he asked. Was he about to offend anyone? One of those present had, it turned out, once been involved in promoting these eyesores which local communities hate but which earn so much money for the landowners on whose estates they are planted. And this being a civilised occasion, the conversation ceased.
Only minutes later, in the same drawing room with its eighteenth-century furniture that brought boyhood memories flooding back, I turned to a girl – or woman, should I say – whom I had not seen since Oxford days. After we had reminisced for a while, I observed that we could hardly have guessed, at the time, who would end up rich, successful and happily married, and who would end up poor, lonely and divorced. Apart from anything else, this is a topic which rather exercises my mind, nowadays.
No sooner had the words passed my lips than I realised my mistake. As my host had told me, my interlocutor had recently split up with a husband who had not treated her well. Who might, even, have taken her to the cleaners. An indignant chill descended, and this friend from university days, not seen for thirty-five years, made it clear that I had said something quite unacceptable. And what was success, anyhow, she asked …
I had expessed myself tactlessly; foolishly, even. But I was not going to be bullied into silence, especially since as someone who has himself made a bit of a mess of his life, I could hardly be accused of smugness or arrogance. So I carried on.
"That didn't quite come out quite right," I said, stopping well short of the 'apology' that is now universally required. "But I'm sure you get my meaning. Which is: we could not have known, then, which of us were to fulfil our potential or come to something … put it how you will … and which were to fizzle out or sink without a trace. I think it's all rather interesting."
And I gave the example of X, a golden boy at Oxford, impossibly glamourous with his good looks and grand connections, worshipped by the opposite sex, and with the world for his taking. But his life turned out an unmitigated disaster and he was now a broken alcoholic. Was that not something to ponder over?
In a civilised drawing room where conversation should flow freely, two guests had either censored their own thoughts and words, or had felt the pressure to do so; the first guest falling foul of the 'green energy' dogma which we must now accept as gospel; the second guest – myself – commiting the sin of being 'judgemental' … even though in the discussion which I initiated, I was perfectly happy to judge myself, to my own detriment.
Two cases of 'wrong-think' in as many minutes, therefore. So what is happening? How did it get to the point where there is a long list of topics on which you cannot express yourself unless you have first put out feelers as to whether your views are acceptable to those present?
Perhaps it all started with immigration, and the impossibility of having any sort of sensible discussion about it. I remember a conversation in a restaurant twenty years ago, when a couple of the girls present, who had never given much thought to any question beyond where the next drinks party was being held expressed their passionately-held view that immigration control was an abomination, and that if anyone from anywhere in the world wanted to come and live in Britain, then let him – or of course her – do so.
It was useless to point out that since half the world wanted to come here and sign up for free housing and free benefits, that was not possible. But in the face of their utopian dreams, and of their unassailable self-righteousness, no argument was allowed. Anyone who disagreed with them – anyone who said that it was not viable to allow unlimited numbers of people to settle in this small and overcrowded country – was a 'racist'; hardly human, even. Discussion over.
Then there were the horrors of Brexit, in which we saw exactly the same pattern. Here again was an issue in which evidence and rational discourse played no part, and which faith was everything. In the eyes of the metropolitan liberal élite who were overwhelmingly in favour of staying in the EU, anyone taking an opposing view was not just wrong, but wilfully idiotic; a heretic; evil, even, and to be condemned as such.
And the same for the new religion of 'man-made global warming': not, as I never tire of saying, a scientific fact, but a faith-based thesis, and one which is already destroying us. Just try, as a middle-aged man, suggesting to an adolescent girl that the world is not in fact burning up, that the internal combustion engine has no effect on the climate, which has always changed anyhow and no-one knows why … oh, and that methane from cow-farts will really not cause the planet to explode … try suggesting this, and you will hear screams of horror. Omigod! Get him outta here, Dad!! I can't listen to this!!!
Thus, too, with sex, an area to which religious fervour now attaches more than ever before. To express any view on any aspect of this topic is to enter a minefield, especially in the surreal 'trans' debate. Thus when, to an intelligent fellow-OE of 'liberal' tendencies (and yes, the word does now have to go inside inverted commas), I found myself stating the indisputable fact that men are men and women are women, that a woman has a womb and that the two sexes have different chromosomes … when, with a heavy sigh, I spelt out the obvious for the umpteenth time, I was met with a point-blank denial of reality.
"If a man says he's a woman, then he – um, I mean 'she' – is," came the reply. And the poor chap really meant it. Or to paraphrase his statement: If I believe something to be true, or if I want it to be true, then it is true.
Oh, and then Covid. Very soon after the appearance of this virus, it was clear that the actual level of threat that it posed had become an irrelevance. We were required, simply, to believe that Covid 19 was the worst plague since the beginning of history. We must believe that it was going to kill us all, and that in order survive we all had to lock ourselves up and stop living, and that anyone who said otherwise was an evil murderer. But none of this was based on proven fact. It was all a matter of faith, and hysteria.
And last and most poisonously of all: race … a topic now so overloaded with passion and hatred that the sensible man keeps his mouth firmly shut and hopes that the storm will pass.
Which brings us to a recent on-line interview with the excellent Jordan Peterson, clinical psychiatrist turned philosopher turned international celebrity or pariah, depending on your point of view.
"We are all prone to religious fervour," he said, before observing that "all sorts of discussions are becoming inflated with religious concerns […] and an over-committed way of thinking." In other words, deprived of its natural and historical outlets, the religious instinct has overflowed into all areas of life.
"It's a real psychic plague," he says; "the major challenge facing our civilisation […] it makes it impossible to take any intelligent action regarding [for example] the environment, because everything immediately becomes so hyper-moral that we can't have a reasonable discussion."
Nor is this a phenomenon that just plays itself out on the TV news or in the pages of the newspapers. Rammed down out throats by media whose language is hyperbole and whose very raison d'être is the promotion of fear, hatred and conflict, no matter what the consequences … rammed down our reluctant throats, these quasi-religious quarrels have fatally infected social intercourse at all levels. And not just social intercourse, but love, too.
So that now, when I say anything to anyone, other than that the weather is nice today, I have to watch out. Have you not found the same? And is this not very dangerous?
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He kicked me first! Amazing video captures twins FIGHTING inside the womb
Twins are known for their bickering but a fascinating new video shows it begins well before they are welcomed into the world.
The footage, from inside the womb, shows what really goes on in utero, and it's certainly not harmonious.
The two babies are seen kicking each other in the quest for extra leg room during their mother's pregnancy.
Kickboxing: The incredible video, pictured, shows twins fighting in womb
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The hospital used a cinematic-MRI to pick up the pictures of the siblings' rough and tumble in the womb.
The study was actually aimed at using MRI machines to diagnose a potentially deadly condition called twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome.
MRI: The London hospital used a cinematic-MRI, pictured, to pick up the pictures of the siblings' rough and tumble in the womb
The rare condition only occurs in identical twins, when blood from one fetus moves into the other.
It leaves one significantly smaller than the other.
The sibling born smaller is also often paler and has anemia and dehydration.
Not harmonious: The twins are sen kicking each other in a quest for more space
Meanwhile, the bigger twin that receives the blood is often born with increased blood pressure that could lead to heart failure.
Most in utero videos are highly processed, with a lot of reconstructing and computer work being done to the footage afterwards.
But, according to the New Scientist, these shots are the raw images seen just as they're taken by the impressive cinematic-MRI.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2240792/He-kicked-Amazing-video-captures-twins-FIGHTING-inside-womb.html#ixzz2DivRLXx0
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U.S. birth rate falls to record low due to drop in foreign-born women having children
A dramatic decline in births among immigrant women hard hit by the recession is seen as the main cause of a record low in the U.S. birth rate.
According to a study by the Pew Research Center the overall birth rate across the country fell by 8 per cent between 2007 and 2010 and by 6 per cent among U.S.-born women.
The rate fell sharpest for those hardest hit by the recession - 14 per cent among all foreign-born women and including a 23 per cent drop for Mexican immigrant women.
The 2011 rate was the lowest since 1920, when such records began.
Fall: While still higher than the rate of births to U.S.-born women, the number of immigrants giving birth fell sharply
According to a study by the Pew Research Center the overall birth rate across the U.S. fell by 8 per cent between 2007 and 2010 and by 6 per cent among U.S.-born women
Foreign-born mothers continue to give birth to a disproportionate share of the nation's newborns.
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According to D'Vera Cohn, an author of the report, the fall is not because there are fewer immigrant women capable of giving birth, but because of a change in their behavior. She said: 'the economic downturn seems to play a pretty large role in the drop in the fertility rate.'
Better access to contraception for Latino women may also be playing a part in the falling birth rate, according to the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health.
The overall U.S. birth rate peaked most recently in the Baby Boom years, reaching 122.7 per 1,000 women of child-bearing age in 1957, nearly double today¿s rate of 63.2
The 23 per cent share of all births to foreign-born mothers in 2010 was higher than the 13 per cent immigrant share of the U.S. population, and higher than the 17 per cent share of women aged 15-44 who are immigrants.
The 2010 birth rate for foreign-born women (87.8) was nearly 50 per cent higher than the rate for U.S.-born women (58.9).
Total U.S. births in 2010 were 4million—roughly 3.1million to U.S.-born women and 930,000 to immigrant women. In 2011, according to preliminary data, there were 3.95million total births.
Population projections from the Pew Research Center indicate that immigrants will continue to play a large role in U.S. population growth.
The projections suggest that immigrants arriving since 2005 and their descendants will account for fully 82 per cent of U.S. population growth by 2050.
Even if the lower immigration influx of recent years continues, new immigrants and their descendants are still projected to account for most of the nation's population increase by mid-century.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2240934/U-S-birth-rate-falls-record-low-drop-foreign-born-women-having-children.html#ixzz2DiuMy3ol
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CBS news anchor accidentally calls Prince William a 'douche' instead of a duke
A New York news anchor had a slip of the tongue when he was teasing an upcoming segment about Prince William and Kate's visit to Cambridge on Wednesday.
CBS anchor Rob Morrison accidentally called William 'the douche' instead of the Duke of Cambridge.
He was previewing an upcoming segment on the 1pm news when he said: 'Also the reason why the latest royal visit was extra special for the douche- Duke, ha ha, and Duchess of Cambridge.'
Just before: CBS 2 anchor Rob Morrison (left) was teasing the upcoming segment on Prince William when he accidentally called him a different title
Slip: The anchor called him a 'douche' and not a duke
The nervous laughter following the slip, seen in the clip, showed that he clearly realized the mistake quickly and was hoping to blow by it.
HOW DOUCHE BECAME A SLUR
Long known as a feminine hygiene product, douche (the shortened version of the offensive slang word 'douchebag') became commonly used in a derogatory way in the 1960s.
It came to mean an arrogant or obnoxious man who is disrespectful and self-absorbed.
The reason behind said special visit is that it was the first time that William and Kate visited Cambridge since the Queen conferred the Dukedom on the couple on their wedding day in April last year.
Prince William is descended from the son of George III who was created Duke of Cambridge in 1801 through Queen Mary.
The couple made the trip to their namesake city on Wednesday to open a hospital, but it was Kate's new haircut that stole the show.
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'She said: "I'm not sure about it. It's a bit windy today." I said don't worry, it looks lovely.'
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were cheered by members of the public during an appearance on the balcony of the Guildhall in Cambridge
It is the first time the couple have visited their namesake city together
The duchess appeared nervous as she continued to sweep her layers off her face but saw the funny side as even the city's mayor struggled to keep her ceremonial hat in place during her speech.
The couple arrived in the city by train travelling First Class from King's Cross in London where they had stayed overnight, stepping off the scheduled train shortly after 10am.
Kate, 30, in a pale grey MaxMara £980 Belli overcoat and dress with brown suede Aquatalia ankle boots and a chocolate brown clutch by Emmy Scarterfield, had her new fringe on display and within minutes the wintry weather had reduced her glossy locks to a head full of tangles.
Kate and William were greeted by crowds of thousands as they made their first visit to the city that gave the name to their dukedom
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2240067/Rob-Morrison-CBS-news-anchor-accidentally-calls-Prince-William-douche-instead-duke.html#ixzz2Dehc49J4
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Women Prefer Thin Over Macho,
A study led by scientists at the University of Pretoria in South Africa and published in the November 27 issue of the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Nor repels the long-known myth according to which macho features are what a woman is more attracted by in men.Scientists say that the macho aspect has long been related with a healthy body and a good functioning of the immune system.
However, they discovered that not masculine facial features such as a powerful jaw or a sharp gaze is what determines a male's health or attractiveness, but the weight of his body, Lice Science reports.
In an attempt to determine the role of the body fat in a man's immune system's functioning as well and is his attractiveness to women, researchers have made an experiment.
First, they had 69 Caucasian males photographed in underwear. They also had the men's body fat and testosterone level measured, and their immune system's response registered.
Afterwards, the men were given a vaccine for hepatitis B. It was observed that the bodies with a strong immune system response released a higher amount of antidotes than the one whose response was weaker.
Then, 29 heterosexual Latvian women in the fertile state of their menstrual cycles were asked to look at the picture and state the men's attractiveness level.
Meanwhile, 20 Finnish men and women were asked to determine the men's manhood and other 14 Latvian women – to state their facial fatness.
The experiment revealed that dumpy men were both unattractive and unhealthy. Surprisingly, it was proved that masculinity wasn't related to any of the above features.
"We found that a man's weight serves as a better indicator of the relationship between immune response and attractiveness than masculinity does," said Vinet Coetzee, researcher at the University of Pretoria.
"It is therefore more likely that Latvian women use weight, rather than masculinity, in their subconscious judgments of a man's immunity."
Researchers admit that there might be some gaps in the accuracy of the study, because of the complexity of the immune system's measures, which has not been taken into account.
However, it "serves as a stepping stone for future studies that could test this relationship in different populations using alternative measures of immunity," Coetzee said
Washington - Women respond more to fatness and thinness, not macho features, when considering male mates, researchers say.
Although macho features have long been touted as an evolutionary asset that heterosexual women look for in a potential mate, new research suggests that weight may be a more powerful driver of attraction.
Study researcher Vinet Coetzee, a postdoctoral scientist at the University of Pretoria in South Africa, said that fatness, or adiposity, "is an obvious choice for a marker of immunity because of its strong association with health and immunity."
According to the immunocompetence handicap hypothesis, macho features like a strong jaw and squinty eyes advertise that a guy possesses high testosterone but since high levels of this masculinizing hormone interfere with the immune system, the theory goes, macho men must be extra-fit to withstand the handicap their extra testosterone confers.
The trouble with the immunocompetence handicap hypothesis is that masculinity is not universally attractive to women.
Weight is consistently linked both to health and immune system functioning, Coetzee said. Both overweight and underweight individuals are more likely to have health problems and poor immune function.
To test the evolutionary role of fat, Coetzee and his colleagues first photographed 69 Caucasian male volunteers in underwear. They also measured the men's body fat and testosterone levels. About 65 percent were healthy weight, 4 percent were underweight and 30.4 percent were overweight or obese.
The men's immune system response was also measured with a blood test done before and after they received a vaccine for hepatitis B. Men with strong immune responses showed more antibody production after the vaccine than men with weak immune systems. Antibodies are the proteins that recognize and help neutralize foreign invaders in the body.
Next, 29 heterosexual Latvian women looked at photographs of the men's faces and bodies separately and judged them on attractiveness. All of the women were in the fertile phases of their menstrual cycles, as judged by counting back from the last menstrual period to the day of likely ovulation.
A separate group of 20 heterosexual Finnish men and women rated the men for masculinity, and 14 other Latvian women rated the men's facial fatness, or adiposity, which is highly related to overall body fatness.
The results revealed that fatness, as measured with facial adiposity, was linked to both antibody response and attractiveness, with pudgier men both having weaker immune systems and being seen as less appealing by the fertile women.
A statistical analysis found that contrary to what the immunocompetence handicap would suggest, masculinity was not linked to either immune response or bodily or facial attractiveness.
"We found that a man's weight serves as a better indicator of the relationship between immune response and attractiveness than masculinity does," Discovery News quoted Coetzee as saying.
"It is therefore more likely that Latvian women use weight, rather than masculinity, in their subconscious judgments of a man's immunity," Coetzee said.
Additionally, the researchers found that testosterone levels were also more closely linked with weight than with macho looks.
Read more: http://www.indiavision.com/news/article/lifestyle/372653/women-prefer-skinny-over-macho/#ixzz2DeMjSbco
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Some 20 percent of women overwhelmed by cancer treatment options
(Reuters) - More than one in five women with early-stage breast cancer said they were given too much responsibility for treatment-related decisions - and those patients were more likely to end up regretting the choices they made, according to a U.S. study.
The findings, which appeared in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, don't mean that women should not be fully informed about their treatment options, researchers said, but rather that doctorsmay need to find new strategies to communicate with patients, especially the less educated.
"Some women may feel overwhelmed or burdened by treatment choices, particularly if they are not also given the tools to understand and weigh the benefits and harms of these choices," wrote research leader Jennifer Livaudais and colleagues.
Her team from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York surveyed 368 women who had just had surgery for early-stage breast cancer at one of eight New York City hospitals, and again six months later.
The majority said they typically had trouble understanding medical information and less than one-third knew the possible benefits of surgery, radiation and chemotherapy, Livaudais and her colleagues found.
Lack of both "health literacy" and knowledge about treatment benefits was common among the 21 percent of women who said they had too much responsibility for decision-making - as well as among the seven percent who felt they didn't have enough responsibility.
Women who were poor, non-white or didn't finish high school were also more likely to feel that they had either too much or too little say in their treatment.
Close to two-thirds of women on both ends of the spectrum had some regret about their originaltreatment decisions six months down the line. That compared to one-third of women who originally said they had a "reasonable amount" of decision-making responsibility.
Steven Katz, who has studied cancer-related decision-making at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, said that compared to past years, doctors now have better ways to tailor treatment to individual patients. But that also means treatment options are based on more convoluted information.
"The treatments are linked in complicated ways, and the information that doctors draw on to make recommendations has increasingly become more and more complex" said Katz, who wasn't involved in the new study.
He said that for patients trying to make the best treatment choices, the smartest thing they can do is have a team of doctors - an experienced surgeon, a medical oncologist, a radiation oncologist and a plastic surgeon - all working on their case and sharing ideas.
"The purpose (of the study) was not to say women shouldn't be provided with these treatment options, but that the information really needs to be tailored better," said Livaudais, who is now at the University of California, San Francisco.
She recommended that doctors ask each patient how much responsibility she feels comfortable taking.
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Causes, incidence, and risk factors
The exact cause of testicular cancer is unknown. There is no link between vasectomy and testicular cancer. Factors that may increase a man's risk for testicular cancer include:
Abnormal testicle development
History of testicular cancer
History of undescended testicle
Klinefelter syndrome
Other possible causes include exposure to certain chemicals and HIV infection. A family history of testicular cancer may also increase risk.
Testicular cancer is the most common form of cancer in men between the ages of 15 and 35. It can occur in older men, and rarely, in younger boys.
White men are more likely than African-American and Asian-American men to develop this type of cancer.
There are two main types of testicular cancer: seminomas and nonseminomas. These cancers grow from germ cells, the cells that make sperm.
Seminoma: This is a slow-growing form of testicular cancer usually found in men in their 30s and 40s. The cancer is usually just in the testes, but it can spread to the lymph nodes. Seminomas are very sensitive to radiation therapy.
Nonseminoma: This more common type of testicular cancer tends to grow more quickly than seminomas. Nonseminoma tumors are often made up of more than one type of cell, and are identified according to these different cell types:
Choriocarcinoma (rare)
Embryonal carcinoma
Yolk sac tumor
A stromal tumor is a rare type of testicular tumor. They are usually not cancerous. The two main types of stromal tumors are Leydig cell tumors and Sertoli cell tumors. Stromal tumors usually occur during childhood.
There may be no symptoms. Symptoms that may occur can include:
Discomfort or pain in the testicle, or a feeling of heaviness in the scrotum
Pain in the back or lower abdomen
Enlargement of a testicle or a change in the way it feels
Excess development of breast tissue (gynecomastia), however, this can occur normally in adolescent boys who do not have testicular cancer
Lump or swelling in either testicle
Symptoms in other parts of the body, such as the lungs, abdomen, pelvis, back, or brain, may also occur if the cancer has spread.
Signs and tests
A physical examination typically reveals a firm lump (mass) in one of the testicles. When the health care provider holds a flashlight up to the scrotum, the light does not pass through the lump.
Other tests include:
Abdominal and pelvic CT scan
Blood tests for tumor markers: alpha fetoprotein (AFP), human chorionic gonadotrophin (beta HCG), and lactic dehydrogenase (LDH)
Ultrasound of the scrotum
An examination of the tissue is usually done after the entire testicle is surgically removed.
Treatment depends on the:
Type of testicular tumor
Stage of the tumor
Once cancer is found, the first step is to determine the type of cancer cell by examining it under a microscope. The cells can be seminoma, nonseminoma, or both.
The next step is to determine how far the cancer has spread to other parts of the body. This is called "staging."
Stage I cancer has not spread beyond the testicle.
Stage II cancer has spread to lymph nodes in the abdomen.
Stage III cancer has spread beyond the lymph nodes (it could be as far as the liver, lungs, or brain).
Three types of treatment can be used.
Surgical treatment removes the testicle (orchiectomy) and may also remove nearby lymph nodes (lymphadenectomy). This is usually performed in the case of both seminoma and nonseminomas.
Radiation therapy using high-dose x-rays or other high-energy rays may be used after surgery to prevent the tumor from returning. Radiation therapy is usually only used for treating seminomas.
Chemotherapy uses drugs such as cisplatin, bleomycin, and etoposide to kill cancer cells. This treatment has greatly improved survival for patients with both seminomas and nonseminomas.
Joining a support group where members share common experiences and problems can often help the stress of illness. Your local branch of the American Cancer Society may have a support group. See: www.cancer.org for more information.
The National Cancer Institute website also provides further information: www.cancer.gov
Expectations (prognosis)
Testicular cancer is one of the most treatable and curable cancers.
The survival rate for men with early-stage seminoma (the least aggressive type of testicular cancer) is greater than 95%. The disease-free survival rate for Stage II and III cancers is slightly lower, depending on the size of the tumor and when treatment is begun.
Testicular cancer may spread to other parts of the body. The most common sites include the:
Retroperitoneal area (the area near the kidneys behind the other organs in the belly area)
Complications of surgery can include:
Bleeding and infection after surgery
Infertility (if both testicles are removed)
If you are of childbearing age, ask your doctor about methods to save your sperm for use at a later date.
Calling your health care provider
Call your health care provider if you have symptoms of testicular cancer.
The United States Preventive Services Task Force recommends against routine screening for testicular cancer because there is no known effective screening technique. This recommendation does not apply if there is a personal history of an undescended testicle.
Einhorn LH. Testicular cancer. In Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 206.
National Comprehensive Cancer Network. National Comprehensive Cancer Network Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology:Testicular cancer. 2012. Version 1.2012.
American Cancer Society Says Marijuana and Testicular Cancer Could Be Linked
Melissa Pruitt, La Tee Da Photography
The American Cancer Society has published a study that links the use trend of marijuana by young males to testicular cancer.
The journal Cancer published a study linking marijuana use by males to the development of testicular cancer. The study showed those with a history of marijuana use may have a higher risk of developing testicular cancer. The chance a man has to develop testicular cancer sometime in their lifetime is 1 in 270, according to the American Cancer Society. Out of those one in 5,000 men with testicular cancer 1 will die from the disease.
As of May of 2012, the American Cancer Society estimated 360 deaths due to the disease for the year and 8,590 new cases. The theory by Victoria Cortessis, who led the study, is that marijuana use may is that marijuana may somehow interact with developing testicles. The study also narrowed down the type of testicular cancer to a specific one, nonseminoma. Which is about what half of the germ-cell type testicle cancers are.
The study also showed out of the 163 young men studied 80% admitted to marijuana use. While 70% of the 300 men surveyed without testicle cancer said they used marijuana.
The study also noted those who admitted cocaine use had a lower risk of testicular cancer.
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Instead of paying the right taxes, we bribe examiners to avoid the huge assessment of deficiency taxes.
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Schneider began making the film as Smart was getting ready to close up shop in 2010. What she ended up with was a solid 90-minute film that traces Smart's low-budget origins in 1983, when Butch Vig and Steve Marker rented a space in a warehouse building on East Wash, glued up some egg cartons, and began recording local bands like Tar Babies and Mecht Mensch. The film, which I watched earlier this week, strikes a good balance between the lesser-known bands who made up the bulk of Smart's clientele and the big names who made Vig a famous producer and form the shorthand one always hears about the studio.
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The next Tone Cluster is on May 18 at the High Noon, with guest-host Liz DiNovella.
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