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Long-term persistence in postmenopausal women receiving osteoporosis medications
Chronic pharmacologic treatments have the risk of low adherence and persistence which depend on the disease severity, preventive objectives, co-morbidity, other concurrent medications (polymedication) and adverse events. Wade and colleagues [1] reported follow-up data regarding osteoporosis medication persistence and switching at 24 months and 36 months in postmenopausal women from the cohort of the US Prospective Observational Scientific Study Investigating Bone Loss Experience (POSSIBLE). Postmenopausal women (n = 3011) were enrolled by 134 primary-care physicians who were considered to be the top 40% prescribers of osteoporosis medications in 2003. Medications initially prescribed were oral bisphosphonates (alendronate, risedronate, or ibandronate), oral or transdermal postmenopausal estrogen (PME), parathyroid hormone, calcitonin, raloxifene, or a non-prescription agent (calcium and/or vitamin D supplement).
At baseline, bone mineral density (BMD) corresponded in 50% to osteopenia, in 44% to osteoporosis, and the remaining 6% did not have a densitometry measurement or had another diagnosis. Mean body mass index and age for the entire population were 26.5 kg/m2 (95% confidence interval 26.3–26.7) and 64.6 years, respectively. Twenty-three percent had a history of fractures since the age of 45 years and 9% were current smokers. Patients completed questionnaires at baseline and at semi-annual intervals regarding sociodemographic and lifestyle characteristics, the osteoporosis medications they used, the European osteoporosis-specific health-related quality of life (EuroQoL EQ-5D) and the short version of the Osteoporosis Assessment Questionnaire. Physician-relevant medical data were updated at routine visits during the 3 years of follow-up. Persistence of treatment at 24-month follow-up was 46.2% and at 36 months 36.8%. Women who initiated with a bisphosphonate and then switched during follow-up persisted using the same type of medication. Women who switched from a non-bisphosphonate treatment (including PME) were most likely to switch to a bisphosphonate. In addition, those who used PME at study entry were more likely to completely discontinue therapy both at the 24- and 36-month follow-up.
Predictors of non-persistence in newly initiating therapy or switching to a new treatment were side-effects, low quality of life, smoking and site of residency. Forty-two percent of participants had at least 24 months of treatment persistence and 28% persisted under treatment at the 36 months of follow-up.
The purpose of osteoporosis treatment is to reduce the incidence of low-intensity fractures. The study of Wade and colleagues [1] is devoted to assess the long-term persistence and switching patterns of postmenopausal women using osteoporosis therapies in the US POSSIBLE cohort. Tosteson and colleagues [2] have previously described the initial follow-up results at 1 year. The studied sample included a heterogeneous group of postmenopausal women with osteopenia, osteoporosis, and/or a history of fractures since the age of 45 years recruited by a large number of US primary-care physicians who were among the top prescribers of osteoporosis treatments. Indications for the use of the studied medications would reflect the North American clinical practice as compared to other countries, cultures and/or sociodemographic factors [3]. The most common initial medications prescribed were bisphosphonates (73%), followed by raloxifene (12%) and PME (11%), percentages which remained at the 36-month follow up. Percentages of women under the initial treatment group persisted in the 24- and 36-month follow-ups for all studied therapeutic options. Bisphosphonate users remained in the same treatment group, although a proportion of women using monthly dosing at the initial treatment moved to either a daily or a weekly dosing administration, suggesting that convenience of administration is not the sole value of a chronic treatment election. Other factors were also relevant, including side-effects, medication cost, perceived efficacy, socio-economic factors, physicians' information, and unknown factors. It is interesting that women treated with hormone therapy discontinued therapy and did not switch to another type of treatment.
It seems that rates of compliance and persistence to osteoporosis treatment are very important to prevent fractures [4], and compliance may be a better predictor of fracture risk than medication persistence [5]. A significant positive association exists between poor adherence and increased risk of osteoporotic fractures, which becomes augmented with longer treatment duration. Poor adherence to treatment increases the risk of osteoporotic fractures in subject with long-term treatment [6]. The results from Wade and colleagues [1] reinforce this issue, although the authors did not include fracture results in the US POSSIBLE cohort. Furthermore, studied women and selected physicians in the US POSSIBLE cohort are not necessarily representative of all patients and medical practices. In fact, therapy persistence and switching of osteoporosis medication were influenced by place of residency within the US and hence patients included in the study are not necessarily representative of the entire population of subjects being treated for osteoporosis. In the POSSIBLE cohort of the European Union, almost 40% of patients received osteoporosis treatment due to a previous fracture while 25% of patients did not have a previous fracture or BMD measurement, suggesting that medications were indicated due to other risk factors [7].
The efficacy of anti-fracture drugs for osteoporosis depends on safety and tolerability, convenience of treatment compliance and persistence in the treatment, adverse effects and cost. It cannot be omitted that compliance to treatment also depends on the patient's expected benefits, existing co-morbidity and the patient's priorities or wishes to treat some conditions or diseases and delays to prevent others. It is possible that novel anti-osteoporotic agents, such as denosumab or systemic bisphosphonates, may improve treatment compliance and persistence [8,9] as compared to the analyzed treatments reported by Wade and colleagues [1]. In addition, it seems that the new, long-acting, anti-osteoporotic compounds may still provide protection against fragile fractures even after treatment interruption [10].
Further studies regarding compliance and treatment persistence are warranted among postmenopausal women with osteoporosis and risk fractures that include the analysis of various other factors such as countries and cultures, perceptions and desires of women about pharmacologic osteoporosis management in the reduction of fragility fracture risk.
Faustino R. Pérez-López
Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Zaragoza Faculty of Medicine and Lozano Blesa University Hospital, Zaragoza, Spain
1. Wade SW, Satram-Hoang S, Stolshek BS. Long-term persistence and switching patterns among women using osteoporosis therapies: 24- and 36-month results from POSSIBLE US™. Osteoporos Int 2014 Jun 19. Epub ahead of print
2. Tosteson AN, Do TP, Wade SW, Anthony MS, Downs RW. Persistence and switching patterns among women with varied osteoporosis medication histories: 12-month results from POSSIBLE US. Osteoporos Int 2010;21:1769-80
3. Kanis JA, McCloskey EV, Johansson H, Cooper C, Rizzoli R, Reginster JY; Scientific Advisory Board of the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (ESCEO) and the Committee of Scientific Advisors of the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF). European guidance for the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. Osteoporos Int 2013;24:23-57
4. Hadji P, Claus V, Ziller V, Intorcia M, Kostev K, Steinle T. GRAND: the German retrospective cohort analysis on compliance and persistence and the associated risk of fractures in osteoporotic women treated with oral bisphosphonates. Osteoporos Int 2012;23:223-31
5. Cotté FE, Mercier F, De Pouvourville G. Relationship between compliance and persistence with osteoporosis medications and fracture risk in primary health care in France: a retrospective case-control analysis. Clin Ther 2008;30:2410-22
6. Sampalis JS, Adachi JD, Rampakakis E, Vaillancourt J, Karellis A, Kindundu C. Long-term impact of adherence to oral bisphosphonates on osteoporotic fracture incidence. J Bone Miner Res 2012;27:202-10
7. Roux C, Cooper C, Díez-Pérez A, et al. Prevalence of osteoporosis and fractures among women prescribed osteoporosis medication in five European countries: the POSSIBLE EU study. Osteoporos Int 2011;22:1227-36
8. Mandema JW, Zheng J, Libanati C, Perez Ruixo JJ. Time course of bone mineral density changes with denosumab compared with other drugs in postmenopausal osteoporosis: a dose-response based meta-analysis. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2014 Jun 10:jc20133795. Epub ahead of print
9. Roux C, Hofbauer LC, Ho PR, et al. Denosumab compared with risedronate in postmenopausal women suboptimally adherent to alendronate therapy: efficacy and safety results from a randomized open-label study. Bone 2014;58:48-54
10. Brown JP, Roux C, Törring O, et al. Discontinuation of denosumab and associated fracture incidence: analysis from the Fracture Reduction Evaluation of Denosumab in Osteoporosis Every 6 Months (FREEDOM) trial. J Bone Miner Res 2013;28:746-52


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By Steven Zevitas
Must-see Painting Shows: January 2014
01/07/2014 01:32 pm ET Updated Mar 09, 2014
I looked at a lot of art while hunkering down to escape the subarctic temperatures blasting through Boston and much of the country last week. My monthly review of more than 400 gallery shows yielded close to one hundred must-see painting shows, three dozen of which involve New American Paintings' alumni.
Among the NAP artists on view are Radcliffe Bailey at Jack Shianman Gallery in New York City (the mid-career, Atlanta-based artist's work was the focus of a stellar museum exhibition that traveled to various institutions in 2011 and 2012); John Sparagana at Corbett vs. Dempsey in Chicago; Astrid Bowlby at Gallery Joe in Philadelphia; and in Los Angeles, 2010 NAP Artist of the Year, Annie Lapin, and Matthew Penkala, at Honor Fraser and Western Project, respectively. I am extraordinarily fortunate to be hosting a show by longtime University of Iowa Professor, John Dilg, whose work I was first introduced to many years ago while working on Issue #11 of NAP.
Must See Painting Shows: January 2014
There are two noteworthy gallery shows of artists who made their reputations in the earlier part of the 20th century: works by Regionalist Thomas Hart Benton are on display at Alan Avery Art Company in Atlanta, and Mr. Push/Pull, Hans Hofmann, whose students included a number of prominent "second generation" Abstract Expressionists, is on view at Ameringer|McEnery|Yohe in New York City. Emerging painters look particularly strong this month, including: Alexandra Grant at Lora Reynolds Gallery in Austin; Zoe Nelson at Western Exhibitions in Chicago; Laeh Glenn at Altman Siegel in San Francisco; and in New York City, Anke Weyer at Canada, Davina Semo at Marlborough Chelsea, Angelina Gualdoni at Aysa Geisberg Gallery and Kour Pour at Untitled.
If abstraction is not your thing, there are plenty of painters exhibiting who work with imagery, some in a more traditional mode. In Chicago, eighty-something Jane Freilicher will have a one-woman show at Chicago's Valerie Carberry Gallery. Maine-based painter Gideon Bok has a soon-to-close solo show of paintings depicting the interior of his studio at Barry Whistler Gallery in Dallas. In New York, be sure to catch Yvonne Jacquette at DC Moore, Steven Assael at Forum Gallery, and Robert Bechtle at Gladstone Gallery.
Please visit the New American Paintings/BLOG for a more comprehensive list of must-see painting shows in January.
New American Paintings magazine is a juried exhibition-in-print, and the largest series of artist competitions in the United States. Working with experienced curators, New American Paintings reviews the work of thousands of emerging artists each year. Forty artists are selected to appear in each bi-monthly edition, many of whom go on to receive substantial critical and commercial success. Additional content focuses on the medium of painting, those who influence its direction, and the role contemporary painting plays within the art world. Visit New American Paintings for more information or to subscribe.
Art Thomas Hart Benton Contemporary Art Paintings
Radcliffe Bailey. Courtesy of Jack Shainman Gallery, New York City.

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Built in the late 1930's and near the end of the Great Depression, Tomahawk CC was one of the first golf courses designed by the great golf course architect Lawrence Hughes. Other courses of Hughes include Orange Tree Golf Resort in Scottsdale, Desert Inn Golf Club in Las Vegas and Paradise Valley Country Club in Paradise Valley. Hughes, who died in 1975, was one of the most well-respected golf course architects of his time.
In its near 70-year history, Tomahawk CC has stayed relatively the same, sans a few new tee boxes and a few less trees, courtesy of a disgruntled member with a nasty slice. Legend has it that many years back, a member with a nasty slice decided the course would better suit his game if some of the fairways were a little bit more wide open. So, he did what any rational golfer would never do, he ventured out with a chainsaw and a vendetta and cut down numerous trees that had proven to be a problem over the years. This is particularly evident on the par-4 second which used to have a small hillside of tall trees. Now all that remains is a desolate slope with some younger trees that were recently planted. Needless to say, said golfer is no longer welcome on the course.
In addition to great golf, Tomahawk CC also has the distinction of being on the National Register of Historic Places. The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation's historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America's historic and archeological resource.*
(*Source: National Parks Service Website – www.nps.gov/nr/)


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Eugenia Georges joined the Rice faculty in 1988. Her major interests are in medical anthropology, the cultural study of reproduction, labor migration and economic development. She is currently interested in medical anthropology; politics of reproduction; cultural study of pregnancy, childbirth; new reproductive technologies; social movements to demedicalize maternity care; transnational migration, gender and development. Greece; Brazil, Dominican Republic.
"New Health Socialities in Brazil: The Movement to 'Humanize' Childbirth." With Robbie Davis-Floyd. In Lenore Manderson, et al., eds. Vital Signs: Medical Anthropology for the 21st Century. Routledge, forthcoming, 2015.
"An Intervention Just Like Any Other": Changing Meanings of the Caesarean in Contemporary Greece." In Venetia Kantsa, ed. Motherhood in the Forefront: Recent Research in Greek Ethnography. Alexandra Press, 2013.
"Reading Pregnancy in Greece: The Rhetorical Production of Maternal and Fetal Personhood." In Akis Papataxiarchis, ed. Rethinking the Political in Greek Ethnography, Alexandra Press, 2012.
"Re-visiting Sex and Gender in Contemporary Greek Ethnography." Guest co-editor, Special Issue of The Journal of Mediterranean Studies, 18(2), 2010.
"Introduction: Re-visiting Sex and Gender in Contemporary Greek Ethnography." With Chrisy Moutsatsos and Brian Riedel. The Journal of Mediterranean Studies, 18(2): 197-212, 2010.
"Guiding Pregnancy: Expert Advice and the Modern Greek Mother. " The Journal of Mediterranean Studies, 18 (2): 387-412, 2010.
Bodies of Knowledge: the Medicalization of Reproduction in Greece, Vanderbilt University Press, 2008.
"Compatible Contradictions: Religion and the Naturalization of Assisted Reproduction". In B. Andrew Lustig, Baruch Brody, and Gerald P. McKenny, eds., Altering Nature Volume II: Religion, Biotechnology and Public Policy. With C. Traina, M. Inhorn, S. Kahn, and M. Ryan, pp. 15-86, Cambridge University Press, 2008.
"Baby Talk: The Rhetorical Production of Maternal and Fetus Selves." With Lisa Mitchell. In M. Lay, L. Gurak, C. Gravon and C. Myntti, eds. Body Talk: Rhetoric, Technology, Reproduction, pp. 184-206. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2000.
"Cross-Cultural Cyborgs: Greek and Canadian Women's Discourses on Fetal Ultrasound". With Lisa Mitchell. (Revised version of article first published inFeminist Studies.) In Ann Saetnan, Nelly Oudshoorn, and Marta Kirejczyk, eds. Bodies of Technology: Women's Involvement in Reproductive Medicine, pp. 384-409. Ohio State University Press, 2000.
"Baby's First Picture: The Cyborg Fetus of Ultrasound Imaging". With Lisa Mitchell. In R. Davis-Floyd and J. Dumit, eds. Cyborg Babies: From Techno-Sex to Techno-Tots, pp. 105-124. London: Routledge, 1998.
"Cross-Cultural Cyborgs: Greek and Canadian Women's Discourses on Fetal Ultrasound." With Lisa Mitchell. Feminist Studies 23(2):373-401, 1997.
"Fetal Ultrasound Imaging and the Production of Authoritative Knowledge in Greece". In R. Davis-Floyd and C. Sargent, eds. Childbirth and Authoritative Knowledge, pp. 91-112. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997.
"A Cultural and Historical Perspective on Confession". In J. W. Pennebaker, ed.,Emotion, Disclosure and Health, pp. 11-22. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association, 1995.
"Greek Women in the Europe of 1992: Brokers of European Cargos and the Logic of the West". With Eleni Papagaroufali. In G. Marcus, ed. Perilous States: Conversations on Culture, Race and Nation, pp. 235-54. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993.
"Fetal Ultrasound Imaging and the Production of Authoritative Knowledge in Greece." Medical Anthropology Quarterly 10(2):157-175, 1996.
"Abortion Policy and Practice in Greece." Social Science and Medicine, 42(4):509-519, 1996.
"Gender, Migration and Class in the Dominican Republic: Women's Experiences in a Transnational Community." Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 645:81-99, 1992.
The Making of a Transnational Community: Migration, Development and Cultural Change in the Dominican Republic. New York: Columbia University Press, 1990.
Medical anthropology; politics of reproduction; cultural study of pregnancy, childbirth, and new reproductive technologies; social movements to demedicalize maternity care; transnational migration, gender and development. Greece; Brazil, Dominican Republic


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Retired Brit living permanently in Spain. Fit, tactile, amorous and caring. Would love to have mate to share this wonderful country with. Lost my mate three years ago, still have a lot of love to give.
5 years alone, it's long enough.


Sheffield native and Scumfam emcee Kannan returned with a new single and music video last month, 'Shell' produced by Triple B, and visuals by Marpz. Kannan sends shots at anyone that might be wanting to go against him, warning of inevitable decimation lyrically. Kannan goes in ham with fast-flowing, pacey and energetic flows, delivering witty lyrics that he spits with potency. Kannan also whips an infectious hook on this grime-come-trap banger. Watch the slick visuals and tell us what you think in the comments section below.


Student-Centered Teaching: What is the Teacher's Role?
A common misconception about #studentcenteredlearning is about the teacher's role in the student-centered classroom. Many people think of student-centered teaching as the easy way out for a teacher as they print off some worksheets and camp out for the class period. This couldn't be further from the truth. Though most of the active work of lesson planning goes on behind the scenes (and it takes a LOT of prep work to have the student-centered model running smoothly!), the teacher is not home free once their students walk in the door. Student-centered teaching is probably one of the most rewarding ways to teach.
So then what does all this mean for the teacher? If an educator engages in the concept of student-centered teaching, how do they run his or her class? Well, it honestly depends on the students. In the beginning, it is important to be holding their hands metaphorically through the process. I generally plan out activities day-by-day and we work on them together. As time progresses, the activities become longer and more open-ended. The students receive more and more choice in what they are doing and though I am accessible for any type of clarification they need, I have in essence "trained" them to be off to the races when they walk through my door. It's like a tipping point once this happens, and it is a beautiful thing to witness. It truly is student-centered learning at its finest hour.
Once the students get to this point in the system, often I am found at my desk monitoring what the students are working on digitally. If you are using EdPuzzle or Google Classroom, for instance, you have real-time monitoring of exactly where your students are in their process. If they are working on something hands-on, I am taking notes from a distance on where each student is on their own timeline. The key to student-centered teaching is constantly collecting data and crafting how the class will be proceeding in the coming days based on what they are seeing. Going quicker than expected? Slower? Are the students collectively getting hung up on something, whether it be a concept or an activity? I use all of this to drive the class moving forward.
Your students may not be honest about this if you ask them, but if you're watching them in some form without them realizing it, it becomes crystal clear what their thoughts actually are. It is important to be engaged in their learning process without them noticing….creatures in their "natural habitat" if you will. Not always, but sometimes the best way to see how something is progressing in the classroom is by making the students believe no one is watching. It makes me realize that the activity that I have them working on is simply not up to snuff….we've all been there. Maybe they're just not feeling it or maybe it's too difficult for them. Regardless, it's not working and why try to trudge through with something that no one is enjoying? The important thing to remember in student-centered teaching is that the educator needs to be flexible; the trick is to try to make the change seamless and like it was planned, but every once in a while you need to be real, through your hands up and let them know you're changing up the game. They don't see it as weakness….generally, they see it as a relief (and I have gotten some pretty hearty "thank you!"s when I've gotten to that point).
Now, if we're all living in the real world and not fantasyland, I can say with full confidence that once your students have bought-in to student-centered instruction and are trucking through say, day 4 of a project, they may not need your assistance…or if they do, it's concise and they know exactly what they need you for. I like to make sure that at these moments, I am not accidentally micromanaging them. I let them off to explore on their own a bit. They know I'm nearby if they need me, but I am not going to hover. I know in many circles, they say that the teacher should still be heavily involved at all times. I don't necessarily agree with that. Even the Mama Bird gives her babies the boot from the nest when she knows they're ready. I want to see how these kids who understand the method and are working the processes can do on their own. If I see them struggling, I will make sure I am doing what I can for them, but can they really grow in any way if they're being constantly managed and not able to try things out on their own? This is a concept that so many of the kids that have gone through our classrooms have been missing in their lives and it does them a HUGE disservice moving forward into the world.
Again, #studentcenteredlearning is all about honing in on your students' soft-skills and 21st-century learning competencies. If we are telling them exactly what is expected of them and micromanaging them with those expectations, those skills are not being crafted as well as they could be. They need to be able to take direction and determine how to solve the problem they have been given in a way that they will perform their best. So many of today's Generation Z have the drive to do this, yet we often stifle their ability to do so in the classroom. Let's do what we can to make sure that we are preparing this newest generation to go out into the world in front of them and not only do great things but do them well. Give them a task in the classroom and let them run…they're up to the challenge. You might even be surprised at the results you receive as your expectations are surpassed in ways that you didn't even know your students were capable of achieving. Give it a try…let your students surprise you. Thanks for reading.


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Underslung cranes are a variant of bridge cranes; the difference lies in the fact that the wheels are suspended on the crane runway on the underside, on the bottom flange. This solution is usually used when it is necessary to suspend the crane runway from beams or any type of ceiling.


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L'Ereta de Baix és un paratge del terme municipal de Conca de Dalt, a l'antic terme d'Hortoneda de la Conca, al Pallars Jussà, en territori que havia estat de l'antic poble de Senyús.

Està situada a llevant de Senyús, al costat sud-est del Coll de Pedraficada, al capdamunt -nord- del Forat Negre i al nord de la Solana de Pedraficada.

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Q: Appropriate Data structure of java to find unique word from file I have a requirement to parse a file which contains 1000 of sentences in the file.
where I have to find a unique word in a file means that has not come more than one time in the file.
which data structure of should I use.(need to perform this operation using DS of java only)and why and how
2nd Question is
map.put("abc","hello");
map.put.("ABC","hi");

when we are inserting in map object as given above code what will happen.

A: You can fill your words in a map witch has a key the word and the value the number of occurrence.
When you finish filling your data in your Map loop again again check the value if great then on or equal one, if it is great then one, remove it from your map.
And you can return the size of this map in the end, to know the number of unique words

If you dont want to use just abc or ABC, you ca use LowerCase or UpperCase when you insert in your Map.
Here a simple example you can go throw :
public static void main(String[] args) {
    //i consider you know how to learn from a file, i use a simple array just to explain
    String[] listWords = {"hello", "word", "hello", "stack", "HELLO", "WORD", "123", "what?"};

    //fill your words in your map
    Map<String, Integer> map = new HashMap<>();
    for (String word : listWords) {
        if (!map.containsKey(word.toLowerCase())) {
            map.put(word.toLowerCase(), 1);
        } else {
            map.put(word.toLowerCase(), map.get(word.toLowerCase()) + 1);
        }
    }

    //print your map
    map.entrySet().forEach((entry) -> {
        System.out.println("word : " + entry.getKey() + " occurence : " + entry.getValue());
    });
    System.out.println("**************************************************");
    //loop throw your map and remove the words which occurrence > 1
    for (Iterator<Map.Entry<String, Integer>> it = map.entrySet().iterator(); it.hasNext();) {
        Map.Entry<String, Integer> entry = it.next();
        if (entry.getValue() > 1) {
            it.remove();
        }
    }

    //print your map again
    map.entrySet().forEach((entry) -> {
        System.out.println("word : " + entry.getKey() + " occurence : " + entry.getValue());
    });

    //size of your end map
    System.out.println("Size of map = " + map.size());
}

Some good references you can base one to play with maps:
How to update a value, given a key in a java hashmap?
iterating over and removing from a map
Hope this can gives you an idea.

A: Use Map, use the word as key and value as count, for every word you have put it in the map and increment the count by one.
if(map.containsKey("some")){
    // get the current value
    int currentValue = map.get("some");
    // put back the key with incremented value
    map.put("some",currentValue+1);
} else {
    // first time
    map.put("some",1);
}

For your second question, both put will be added in the Map since map key is case sensitive.

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Dialog is actually fluid enough, however the story is harm by its unremitting linearity. You will find no real part quests or optional missions, and everything needs to be worn out order. Because you'd expect, cities have better gear, and first you might be sent on missions to collect four unique objects, after which another four various special items.
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The Whiggamore Raid (or "March of the Whiggamores") was a march on Edinburgh by supporters of the Kirk faction of the Covenanters to take power from the Engagers whose army had recently been defeated by the English New Model Army at the Battle of Preston (1648).

Whiggamores (later shortened to Whigs)—a term most likely originating from the Scots for "mare drivers"—became a nickname for the Kirk party who were against the Engagement with King Charles I.

Prelude
After defeating the Duke of Hamilton at the Battle of Preston (17–19 August 1648), Oliver Cromwell had still to deal with the forces under Sir George Monro and Sir Philip Musgrave, making in all about 7,000 men. Monro, however, not being on good terms with his English allies, made his way through Durham to the Anglo-Scottish border, and, crossing the Tweed into Scotland on 8 September 1648, left Musgrave (who had retreated into Appleby and capitulated on 9 October 1648) to his fate. The Earl of Lanark and the Committee of Estates, anxious to hold Cromwell back from carrying the pursuit across the Border, gave orders that no Englishman who had been in arms in conjunction with Hamilton or Monro should be admitted into Scotland. By this time Cromwell was at Durham pushing steadily northwards. He soon learnt that he would not be without potent allies in Scotland itself.

Raid
Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll had seen in Hamilton's defeat at Preston an opportunity for recovering the power that he had lost. Presbyterian ministers preached in his favour from one end of the country to the other. Robert, Lord Eglinton roused the stern Presbyterians of the west, who were known in Edinburgh as Whiggamores (reportedly, from the cry of "Whiggam" with which they encouraged their horses). The crowd of half-armed peasants who followed in Alexander, Earl of Eglinton's train, and to whose incursion the name of the Whiggamore Raid was given, had the popular feeling behind them. They easily took possession of Edinburgh, where old Leven secured the castle for them. David Leslie, who had refused to fight for Hamilton, placed his sword at the disposal of Argyll, and the Chancellor Loudoun, who had been long hesitating between the two parties, now openly deserted the Committee of Estates and being himself a Campbell brought what authority he possessed to the support of the head of his family (the Marquess of Argyll).

Aftermath
The Committee of Estates, thrust out of Edinburgh, took refuge under Monro's protection at Stirling, where they found themselves again opposed by the Whiggamores, and by the followers of the few Lowland noblemen who adopted their cause. There was a skirmish at Stirling on 12 September 1648. Lanark and the officers of Monro's army argued strongly in favour of fighting the insurgents, believing that it would be easy to gain a victory over their heterogeneous force. The members of the Committee of Estates were, however, too conscious of their political isolation to approve of such a course, so, with both sides worried that the English Parliamentary forces were going to take advantage of Scottish disunity and invade Scotland, they promptly opened negotiations. On 26 September the Committee of Estates abandoned all claim to the government of the country. It was agreed that Sir George Monro's soldiers should return to Ireland, and that all persons who had taken part in the defence of the Engagement should resign whatever offices and places of trust they held in Scotland.

See also
 British Whig Party
 Liberal Party (UK)
 Patriot Whigs or Patriot Party
 Radical Whigs

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Further reading

Political history of Scotland
Whiggism
1648 in Scotland
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Asa Ransom House opened for dining and lodging in 1975, when the original 1853 building was restored, and dining rooms were added. In 1993, a wing was added, bringing the number of guest rooms to 10. At every step, great care was taken to preserve the inn's historic character. The inn has been meticulously maintained. The 10 guest rooms are located on three levels and there are three porches to take advantage of lovely garden views. An elegant library/living room, innkeeper's office, gift shop, petite dining room, commercial kitchen, main dining room and 40-foot veranda complete the first floor.
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The Exmouth under-9s bounced back from a defeat to Exeter Chiefs to dominate the second game of the morning with Owen Tidball in fine scoring form.
EXMOUTH Under-9s entertained Exeter Chiefs for what is always an eagerly anticipate derby meeting.
With both clubs having very good numbers of players two matches were contested.
In the opener the Chiefs were quicker to start and struck a brace of early tries. In those Chiefs dominated early exchanges the Cockles Harry Sprague was the home stand-out player.
Following some great play in the ruck and maul, Owen Tidball drove through the Chief's defence to put the Cockles on the score sheet before half time.
After the break the Chiefs came on strong again and quickly notched up a further brace of tries.
The Cockles battled hard to get back into the contest with Luke Davis, in particular, impressing.
Indeed he started the move that saw him charge through the Chiefs defence before off-loading Owen Tidball who showed the Chiefs a clean pair of heels to pick up his second try for the Cockles.
Eddie Ford tried hard to break through the Chefs line charging like a steamroller, but each time the Exmouth attack was prevented from scoring further.
Both Archie Symons and Ollie Jones made try saving tackles but the final whistle blew with the Chiefs 11-2 winners.
The second match saw young Tidball again in the thick of the action. It was he who struck early to put the Cockles ahead.
Callum Wilmott then produced some superb try-saving tackles but the Chiefs continued to press and were eventually back on level terms.
The Cockles then turned up the tempo and some great down-the-line passing resulted in Max Handford scoring.
Archie Symons was next to get his name on the score sheet before Aaron Lee then picked up the ball and set off, running half the length of the pitch to score.
Young Tidball then notched his fourth of the morning and, from the re-start, the Cockles won back the ball. It was passed to Luke Davis who charged clear to score another fine individual try.
In the second half the Chiefs battled back and scored a try of their own but some exceptional defending then kept them at bay and, at the final whistle, the Cockles were 6-2 winners.
Every one of the Cockles players deserves much credit for their contribution in a fine performance and deserved victory.


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Here we are, at the end of it all, ready to find out if this colossal article was worth spending three days of writing and three hours of reading.
The Final Results
Alright, it's time! Ready to find out, once and for all, what the best Zelda games are - according to maths?
In tenth place, a game that we thought was underrated until it appeared on most of these top tens: Minish Cap!
A lot of people missed out on Link's handheld mini-adventure when it first came out, and we can't really blame them. Minish Cap is a pocket-sized Zelda game that very rarely gets the credit it deserves. With a unique art style similar to its big brother Wind Waker, and its gameplay that involves becoming teeny-tiny, it's a bit of an awkward teen phase of a Zelda game. It's hard not to love, though.
In ninth place, the one that started it all: The Legend of Zelda!
It's strange to write out "The Legend of Zelda" and not give it a subtitle, after 35 years of games that do just that, but The Legend of Zelda - Link's very first adventure, which is older than many of the people working on this website - came in a time before we even had the Legend of Zelda series. It's incredible to think that this little top-down NES game would eventually spawn Breath of the Wild - and it more than deserves its place in this top ten.
In eighth place, a divisive (but pretty) game: Twilight Princess!
Twilight Princess made it onto almost every top ten that we found. Most notably, Nintendo Life didn't include TP in our top ten - but it beat the original Zelda regardless, so the world has apparently righted itself again.
We're not sure if anyone is interested in the maths, but Twilight Princess got over twice as many points as The Legend of Zelda did. Zelda 1 made it into far fewer lists, but often ranked highly; Twilight Princess was on more lists, but varied in its position.
In seventh place, a Zelda game we weren't actually sure would make it: A Link Between Worlds!
Yes, A Link Between Worlds was pretty universally loved, and made it into quite a few top fives and sixes - but a game that everyone thinks is pretty alright doesn't often come out on top. We're quite glad to see this gem in seventh, but it misses out on the top five thanks to a fair few low rankings. But seventh place is not bad! It's pretty darn good!
Unfortunately, it's the only DS/3DS game on here. Poor Phantom Hourglass ranked 14th, and Spirit Tracks was 15th.
In sixth place, an eggy classic with a fantastic remake: Link's Awakening!
This one was hard to rank, because it has so many versions, and the Switch remake is almost an entirely new game. As a result, if there's one game we aren't totally sure about on this list, it's this one - would the pre-Breath of the Wild rankings have put it higher because of the remake? We may never know. Nevertheless, it almost cracks (egg pun) the top five.
It's the last entry for handheld Zeldas, sadly (unless you count remakes, which we don't) - the top five is all 3D home console games.
In fifth place, a game that almost everyone (except Jeff Gerstmann) loves: Majora's Mask!
We said that Skyward Sword and Twilight Princess were divisive, but Majora's Mask is divisive to an interesting degree. Many sites put it in their top three, but most slotted it somewhere in the middle. Only one site omitted it altogether - Evening Standard, who are somewhat of an anomaly in this most scientific study. Most people seem to agree that Majora's Mask deserves some place in the top ten.
In fourth place, the game that made people cry (in a bad way) when it was announced: Wind Waker!
We all remember the response to Wind Waker being shown off for the first time, right? People were not happy about the change of tone or art style on offer in Nintendo's new cel-shaded (and flooded) Hyrule. Well, Wind Waker gets the last laugh, as not just a brilliant game, but as one of the best Zelda games of all time.
Its place in the top four is no surprise, given how much love it gets in the rankings, but it's interesting to note that only two sites ranked it higher than third place.
In third, a retro staple that revolutionised the Zelda formula: Link to the Past!
It's getting heated now, and yet, the top three is a really solid pick of the best Zeldas that's really hard to argue with. Link to the Past's place is earned with a lot of #1 spots, and a fair few #2 and #3 spots. Rarely did this SNES gem rank lower than fourth, and barring only two omissions (ScreenRant and Evening Standard) it made it onto every list.
In second, it's most people's favourite, and some people's second favourite: Ocarina of Time!
Goodness, what an upset. We were expecting to see the first 3D Zelda at number one, but we can't say we're sad to see it dethroned - it's surely a good thing when a new game beats out an old hall-of-famer. Ocarina of Time will forever be one of the best games of all time, whether that's because of its incredible design, music, atmosphere, or story - but it's not quite the best Zelda any more.
That honour goes to...
Breath of the Wild!
In first place, a near-unanimous cry goes out for Breath of the Wild, Nintendo's latest (and, apparently, greatest) Zelda, which launched at the same time as the Nintendo Switch, a console that's fast rising up the ranks of best-seller, too.
Breath of the Wild has been bought over 22 million times, and you'd be hard-pressed to find someone who doesn't consider it a masterpiece. Sure, it has its critics - but the sense of wonder, freedom, and adventure it provided to millions took us all back to our childhood. With a total score of 8.4/10 after averaging, it scored almost five times as many points as the original Legend of Zelda, which is incredible.
So, there you have it. Breath of the Wild: better than Ocarina of Time.
In case you prefer a nice, neat numbered list:
What's most interesting is that not a single one of these individual rankings matches the final result. Even though, averaged out, we all generally agree on things, none of us agree with the general consensus. Isn't that wild?!
So... what do you think? Is this definitive list spot-on, or do you disagree? Which ranking looks most like your personal ranking? ...Are you impressed with our maths? Let us know in the comments!


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Yippee Skippie! Ron and I got up early for the Midway Volunteer Fire Dept. Auxilary fund raising garage sale. Their twice a year sale usually turns into a great place to find vintage fabrics. This sale was no exception.
I came home with this vintage top that measures 68 x 83 and is in great condition. I have found one square with a rip that is repairable along one edge. The fabrics are all crisp and unwashed. The pieces that drew my attention were all the persimmon colored linen squares. This is one of my favorite colors that shows up in many of my art quilts.
I wanted to show a close up of a few blocks. I love the use of stripes and polka dots in this one. The maker was so free that the directions of the stripes are all random. Do you see the sticker and the little black dot? That dot means I paid $10 for this beauty.
I love the black prints in this block. Sort of reminds you of Halloween doesn't it? Many quilts evoke feelings of seasons and this one is a fall quilt for sure. The edges of the quilt are framed with black print triangles.
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Charming quilt top – but it's the onionskin paper that makes me envious. My supplies – a box saved from a cupboard clear-out at work at least 10 years ago – are all but gone!
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Trump Shares Touching Moment with Special Olympics Athlete Whose Parents Died
By Joe Setyon
Published July 18, 2019 at 12:13pm
President Donald Trump shared a touching moment Thursday with a Special Olympics athlete who was visiting the White House, according to a report.
The president, along with first lady Melania Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and second lady Karen Pence, were meeting with members of Team USA's delegation to the 2019 Special Olympics World Games.
We're excited to share that 20 members of our USA delegation will be celebrated at the @WhiteHouse for their success during @SpecialOlympics @WorldGamesAD. We're proud that our athletes continue to show the world the value of inclusion. #Cheer4USA #ChooseToInclude pic.twitter.com/xjhSCpEnik
— Special Olympics USA (@specialolyUSA) July 18, 2019
Team USA performed exceedingly well in the March games, taking home 71 gold, 60 silver and 72 bronze medals.
During the team's Oval Office meeting with Trump, one child talked about having parents who had died, according to the White House media pool report.
"They're proud of you," the president said.
"They're looking down on you and they see gold."
The Trumps and Pences were also presented with Team USA jerseys.
Pres and Mrs Trump and VP and Mrs Pence receive jerseys from TEAM USA at the 2019 Special Olympics, held in Abu Dhabi in March. pic.twitter.com/aVtlzAUbOD
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) July 18, 2019
"What you have done is incredible," the president told the athletes. "All those medals."
While reporters were present for the event, Trump didn't want the athletes to become nervous.
"Don't get nervous in front of the press," Trump told the athletes, prompting the room to burst into laughter.
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"This is special for me, special for the First Lady, because this is the Special Olympics."
President @realDonaldTrump and @FLOTUS Melania Trump welcome Special Olympians to the Oval Office. pic.twitter.com/UxZHFKrGyT
— The Hill (@thehill) July 18, 2019
"When you won all those medals you weren't nervous. You're so focused on winning, right?" he added.
The president also said he'd asked Karen Pence to represent the United States at future Special Olympics events.
"This is probably the highest honor I will ever have as second lady," she responded, according to the media pool report.
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" Are Republican Voters Finally 'Warming Up' to Climate Change Science?: 'BradCast' 5/5/2016	"
That news comes not a moment too soon, as record high temps in Alberta, Canada's tar sands oil region (ironically enough) sets the town of Fort McMurray on fire and sends some 80,000 residents scrambling for their lives amidst "apocalyptic" devastation. But are the attitudes of GOP voters on the planet's climate crisis changing quickly enough to prevent the worst effects of global warming, even as the Republican Party's apparent standard-bearer this year, Donald Trump, regards the science as little more than a massive "hoax"?
"I think there's a lot less division on this issue than gets made out in the media," Sutter tells me on today's show. "The skeptical voices, especially on the conservative side, are often heard the loudest. They come through the loudest on blogs. They have big media platforms and they get attention. But I don't think that's representative of what the actual American public thinks, and what the voters think. I do think there's a lot more room for agreement on climate change between conservatives and liberals than is often made out in the media."
In fact, as Sutter notes in his column on the new survey from the Yale and George Mason University's programs on on Climate Change Communication, "The percentage of conservative Republicans (not just Republicans but conservative Republicans) who believes climate change is happening has jumped 19 percentage points in the last two years, to 47%." He goes on to explain why that movement seems to be occurring now and to offer his explanation for the apparent contradiction between a huge majority of GOPers who support research into clean, renewable energy, even as so many of them remain climate crisis deniers.
"I think there's a disconnect between what people believe out there in reality and what politicians are willing to say. Because for them to propose regulating carbon dioxide as a pollutant, for example, they'd have to go up against some pretty monied special interests," he says. "There's a difference between real people and what politicians are willing to take up."
We also discuss Sutter's very encouraging recent reporting on the upcoming Washington state Initiative-732, which would put a price on carbon emissions --- "this often gets called the 'Holy Grail' of climate change policies," he says --- so that polluters will no longer be allowed to pollute for free. Just over the border in British Columbia, where a carbon tax was implemented in 2008, he explains, "the sky didn't fall" as predicted by fossil fuel industry opponents. In fact, "their economy has actually been out-pacing the rest of Canada" and "the level of support for the carbon tax has grown over time."
While Sutter's reporting on these issues at the CNN website is fantastic, I felt I still needed to ask him about the dearth of climate reporting on CNN's airwaves where, as a study last month found, viewers "see far more fossil fuel advertising than climate change reporting."
Also on today's BradCast: The U.S. Dept. of Justice notifies of North Carolina that their new law to discriminate against the LGBT community is a violation of the federal Civil Rights Act and may cost the state more than $2 billion in federal education funding; and Donald Trump, who will desperately need Hispanic voters if he hopes to win the Presidency this November, offers a remarkably offensive tweet on Cinco De Mayo. Because, of course he does.
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As you may have seen from Friday's post, it was our little girl's 3rd birthday this weekend. We celebrated on Saturday with a lovely fancy dress party followed by Sunday lunch with the family at beautiful Chatsworth. The dolls' house went down a treat (more on that another time), as did all the other wonderful gifts she received. Amongst them was this truly gorgeous personalised and framed 'Happy Rain Cloud' print, sent to us by Katie at Bluebell Illustrations. Eloise is currently fascinated by learning the alphabet and has just mastered writing her own name, so you can imagine how excited she was by her very own "Eloise picture", which now has pride of place on her shelf. The design is simple and stylish (and bang on trend right now for children's rooms), and the use of contrasting colours really does bring it to life. We love the grey ground, however it also comes in fresh aqua and dark navy, both equally as smart and eye-catching: Katie started Bluebell Illustrations from her home in South Devon whilst looking after her two young children. As a qualified art teacher with a keen interest in graphics and illustration, she began to create personalised art for children, and the rest as they say is history. You can see all of her beautiful designs here in her Etsy shop. The A4 sized 'Happy Rain Cloud' print we have featured is normally £20 (unframed) or £35 (framed in a solid beech frame as shown above). However... we are excited to share a very special and exclusive offer with you: 10% off everything from now on using the code listed in our Special Deals - AND for one week only, free P&P in addition to the discount! So now there's no more reason to be stuck for gift ideas - Bluebell can make you and your little loved ones something truly special for this Christmas and beyond.


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replied to the topic with a few suggestions. Others more cogent with the issue may wish to weigh in here and get things straightened out. Metamor has always had a banner of its own, irrespective of what ruling House may hold the Keep or govern the surrounding lands. Even during periods when the Keep stands unoccupied it has some manner of heraldry whichever is in common use at the time.
only in tightly limited ways, in this environment. Ostracization is a nightmare, as we see via Celia Foote (Jessica Chastain), who crossed the queen bee and now is excluded from what little society Jackson has to offer. There's no excusing these women their cruelty and bigotry; there's just a context for it not often explored on film. It may look easy to be a wealthy housewife, but it can channel the human energy of women into narrow places. And as The Help based on the novel by Kathryn Stockett peels back the unexpected lives of wealthy white women, it does the same thing for the poor black women, when Skeeter Phelan (Emma Stone, on fire with indignation and rage) returns home from college, eager to be a journalist, and gives herself the task of interviewing the maids. 2 Don't Threaten or Abuse.


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The US has unleashed a ferocious bombing campaign on Iraq and Afghanistan, with devastating effects on the population. This surge in the "air war" is largely hidden behind talk of "recent successes" for the occupations.
According to figures released by the US military – known as "airpower summary of close air support missions" – in 2006 there were 229 US bombing missions. But last year this rose to 1,447 – more than a 500 percent increase.
The most frequently used munition in this campaign of air bombardment is the Guided Bomb Unit 12, a laser guided bomb with a 500 pound "general purpose warhead". This warhead is capable of reducing houses to rubble.
In 2006 over 111,000 pounds of bombs were dropped on targets in Iraq. Extrapolating for 2007, it can be estimated that 500,000 pounds have been dropped.
This month there were massive airstrikes in the region south of Baghdad involving 38 bombers dropping 40,000 pounds of bombs in 10 minutes. This is a portent of the kind of high-tech destruction Iraqis face. These figures do not include guided missiles, unguided rockets and cannon rounds fired by helicopter gunships and warplanes. One weapon left out is the Hydra-70 rocket which is a widely used helicopter launched weapon system.
US special forces often use aircraft which wield a Gatling gun that fires up to 1,800 rounds a minute. The damage caused by these munitions is unimaginable.
Within a matter of minutes aerial bombardment can destroy homes, infrastructure and workplaces. Historical evidence attests that the US air war during the 1960s and 1970s displaced 25 percent of the population in Laos, 33 percent of Vietnamese and almost a million people in Cambodia.
Although the number of Iraqi casualties is contested, the highly credible survey published in the Lancet medical journal estimated that from March 2003 to June 2006 over 13 percent of the "excess" 601,000 violent deaths in Iraq were caused by airstrikes.
The authors of the report have also attributed half the deaths of Iraqi children under 15 to these airstrikes. With a fivefold increase in bombings, Iraqi fatalities can be expected to increase proportionately.
The vast increase in the numbers of refugees – two million internally displaced people and an equal number fleeing abroad – bears witness to this devastation.
Although there are no maps to track the damage to populated urban areas and villages throughout Iraq, there have been vivid eyewitness accounts of the destruction in Fallujah and Baghdad where residential and commercial buildings have been reduced to rubble.


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Obesity in Vermont: Kids ranked considerably higher than adults
Vermont kids ranked considerably higher on obesity in a recent study compared to Vermont adults. What's behind the numbers?
Obesity in Vermont: Kids ranked considerably higher than adults Vermont kids ranked considerably higher on obesity in a recent study compared to Vermont adults. What's behind the numbers? Check out this story on burlingtonfreepress.com: https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/local/2019/11/06/vermont-kids-ranked-higher-obesity-than-vermont-adults/2485866001/
April Barton, Burlington Free Press Published 10:00 p.m. ET Nov. 5, 2019 | Updated 9:22 a.m. ET Nov. 6, 2019
Vermont is often thought of as one of the healthiest states, however, Vermont children were ranked average in a recent nationwide obesity study.
Vermont children rank as the 20th most obese, while Vermont adults rank 43rd, according to the first-ever State of Childhood Obesity: Helping All Children Grow Up Healthy report released in October from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
What is driving the disparity in the numbers?
Are Vermont kids less healthy than adults? Yes and no.
In the report, Vermont's childhood obesity rate is listed at 15.1%, very close to the national average of 15.3%. The adult obesity rate is listed at 27.5%, the 8th lowest adult obesity rate in the nation. But Paul Meddaugh, a public health analyst at the Vermont Department of Health, suggests it is difficult to compare the adult rankings with the child rankings because of the nature of the data collection.
"There's four separate rankings within the state of obesity report and each one uses very different data that was collected very differently," he said. "So, these ranking systems really compel you to look at them side by side but you can't really interpret them that way because they're collected so differently."
A map from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's obesity data project shows rates of obesity among children aged 10 to 17. (Photo: COURTESY STATEOFCHILDHOODOBESITY.ORG)
One of the limitations is that much of the data is based on patient or parental recall of encounters with their doctor, including information about their height and weight at the time and whether the doctor said they had hypertension or obesity.
That is not to suggest the numbers are not helpful. What is clear is obesity is on the rise, both in adults and children. Vermont youth, in particular, need the support of adults to bring the numbers down.
How are Vermont families dealing with challenges of keeping kids healthy?
Local families face an everyday struggle with time and healthy eating battling it out.
Vegetables are a point of contention for Michelle Tomasi of Milton. "Kids are tough," Tomasi said. "I think it's like constantly introducing vegetables and doing it continuously. You can't just give up."
For Ashley Klein of Mallets Bay, the challenges are a busy lifestyle: "It's the scheduling, all the afterschool scheduling that makes it really challenging to get everyone to sit down at the same time for a meal."
Mike Hart of Jeffersonville, a father of five, also struggles with planning meals around his kids' activities.
Vermont families struggle to keep kids eating healthy. (Photo: Juanmonino, Getty Images/iStockphoto)
"It's extremely difficult to do everything, coordinate meals around soccer, gymnastics, basketball, skiing, everything that they do," he said, "or make sure they have nutritious snacks and not just filling up on sugar all day, everyday."
Sue Kamp, obesity program lead with the Vermont Department of Health, says obesity started trending upward in the 1960s when people became more sedentary and food policy started supporting less healthy foods which were often the cheapest.
"If you are a family that is struggling to make ends meet, and/or a family that is very fast-paced... convenience foods are probably a simpler way to feed your family," Kamp said. "But we also know those convenience foods tend to be less healthy, higher fat, higher sodium, higher sugars."
She said it is also helpful to know 3-4-50. Three behaviors (poor diet, lack of exercise and tobacco use) cause four chronic diseases (cancer, diabetes, heart disease and lung disease). Those four diseases account for 57% of deaths in our state. Therefore, half of the deaths in Vermont may be prevented by adopting healthy behaviors.
What strides are being made to make the next generation healthier than the one before?
There is some good news for Vermont children which the numbers do not reflect.
Meddaugh sees progress, "A little context to the obesity numbers might help if we look at behavior information. We have the rates of physical activity, fruits and vegetable consumption," he said. "That provides a little context to the story and a little hope to what seems like a despairing situation."
According to Kamp, Vermont schools have adopted several recent policies to address obesity issues. The school lunch program changed a few years ago to include less sodium, more whole grains and more fruits and vegetables. The Agency of Education requires schools to provide 30 minutes of exercise a day in addition to the physical education class. And, around 80% of Vermont schools participate in the Farm to School program which allows students to help grow or prep their own food or visit the farm which supplies their cafeteria.
Vegetable consumption in high schoolers is up, says Meddaugh, and that's proof that behaviors can change. He said the school health profiles which are run every other year in Vermont show physical activity in schools and produce consumption have increased.
"Vermont is very positive in those areas," Meddaugh said. "The stage is set for, hopefully, seeing obesity numbers go down."
The families we talked to said what works for them is to meal plan and prep ahead.
"I try to do a lot of my prep beforehand and give them healthy snacks on the way to their activity," Klein said. Hart said his wife does a great job planning out their meals.
Healthy eating: Vermont businesses ahead of meal kit trend with homemade to-go dinners
Tomasi had some practical advice. "It can be so simple — steamed veggies, chicken in the oven, quinoa on the pot, I mean, fifteen minutes." She said she puts a casserole together before soccer practice and puts foil over it to keep it warm. "By the time we come back, everything's warm still, it's healthy, it's good, we're ready to eat."
Involving kids in the process, Kamp said, can have long-lasting health benefits as well. She suggested cooking with kids; gardening with them if you have a garden; going with them to the food bank, grocery store or farmer's market; and teaching them the names of produce to take away some of the mystique.
By creating healthy habits early, these kids may yet buck the 60-year obesity trend.
Contact April Barton, abarton@freepressmedia.com or 802-338-0642.
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ENSENADA, Mexico –SCORE International has announced that it has reached an agreement with industry leader RACELINE Wheels to become the new "Official Wheel" for the SCORE World Desert Championship, the World's Foremost Desert Racing Series.
With the season opening at the 31st Annual SCORE San Felipe 250 in Baja California, Mexico on March 29 to April 2, the four-race internationally-televised 2017 SCORE World Desert Championship will culminate with the 50th anniversary celebration of the legendary SCORE Baja 1000, the iconic Granddaddy of all Desert Races to be held in mid-November. The SCORE Baja 1000 is the oldest continuously held desert race in the world.
With corporate headquarters in Garden Grove, Calif., RACELINE Wheels is a brand of parent company Allied Wheel Components, Inc. manufacturing high quality, purpose built performance wheels for nearly two decades.
Aside from being one of the very first aftermarket truck wheel companies to make and sell beadlock racing wheels, RACELINE also has a legacy in the industry as a company that has demonstrated that off-road motorsports is a passion and a lifestyle.
"We welcome RACELINE Wheels as the "Official Wheel" of the 2017 SCORE World Desert Championship and SCORE International," commented Norman.
"From my all my years of working in the publishing industry to the last three with SCORE International, I can attest to the fact of how passionate RACELINE Wheels is as a company and how much they care for the racers and our sport," stated Ryan.
With a facility in Mesa, Ariz. as well the corporate headquarters in SoCal, RACELINE Wheels has a proven race history as well. A regular SCORE Contingency donor in support of racers, RACELINE has won multiple global championships in many forms of motorsports.
RACELINE prides itself in the philosophy that racing is infused in its bloodline and the experience is diligently applied to designing and building all of its consumer line of wheels.
Celebrating the 31st anniversary of the youngest of the three legendary SCORE Baja races, sometimes referred to as the SCORE 'baby Baja', entries are being accepted for the 31st SCORE San Felipe 250 on the SCORE website (www.SCOREInternational.com) for Pro and Sportsman entries for cars, trucks, UTVs, motorcycles and quads. Pre-race festivities for this popular 'Spring Break' race will be held in San Felipe on March 29, March 30 and March 31 with race day on Saturday, April 1 concluding with the post-race awards fiesta at 10 a.m. PT on Sunday, April 2.
The drawing for starting positions within each class will be held on Thursday, March 16 for all vehicles officially entered by 11 p.m. PT on Wednesday, March 15.
For the last three years, all races in the four-race SCORE World Desert Championship, along with the special SEMA SCORE Baja 1000 Experience and qualifying for the SCORE Baja 1000 from Las Vegas Motor Speedway have aired in the USA and Canada on the CBS Sports Network. The spectacular shows have featured not only SCORE Trophy Truck coverage, but also top action and highlights from many other classes of trucks, cars, UTVs, motorcycles and quads.
Capping off the 2016 broadcast season, the SCORE Baja 1000 broadcast on CBS Sports Network aired as a full two-hour special for the second straight year.
Official SCORE Sponsors: BFGoodrich Tires-Official Tire, Monster Energy-Official Energy Drink, Bud Light-Official Beer, King Shocks-Official Shock Absorber, RACELINE Wheels-Official Wheel, Axial R/C-Official R/C Vehicle, CBS Sports Network-Official Television Partner, Wide Open Excursions-Official Arrive and Drive Company, Crystal Bay Casino-Official Casino.
SCORE Official Partners: PCI Race Radios, 4 Wheel Parts, Coca Cola, The Satellite Phone Store, Satellite Del Norte, Instant Mexico Auto Insurance, CETTO Vineyards.
Additional SCORE Associate Partners: Proturismo Ensenada, Baja California Secretary of Tourism, Baja California Sur State Government, Baja California Sur Secretary of Tourism, Mexicali Ayuntamiento, COTUCO Mexicali/San Felipe, Cruz Roja Mexicana, Corporate Helicopters, McKenzie's Performance Products, Advanced Color Graphics.
Rosarito Beach SCORE Desert Challenge Special Partners: Ayuntamiento de Playas de Rosarito, Cotuco de Playas de Rosarito, Comite de Mercadatecnia Playas de Rosarito.
For more information regarding SCORE, visit the official website of the SCORE World Desert Championship atwww.SCOREInternational.com.


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Before Battleship Potemkin, Sergei Eisenstein made this stylized and theatrical film dramatizing a labour strike at a Czarist-era heavy manufacturing facility, utilizing wild cinematic rhetoric and garish animal characterizations.
2017 is the centennial of the Russian Revolution. Back then there were two—February and October—but since then, there seems to have been more: 1989 in particular when the Berlin Wall fell, and 1991 when the Soviet Union dissolved. In this five part series, we will let history span from 1917 to now, with a live music performance accompanying Eisenstein's first film, Strike, from 1924, to showings of Tarkovsky's 1974 film The Mirror and Sokurov's 2002 single-shot masterpiece Russian Ark. Also included are the suppressed 1967 film by Aleksandr Askoldov, The Commissar, released finally in 1988 and winner of that year's Golden Bear at Berlin, and Andrey Zvyagintsev's 2014 landmark film Leviathan.
The screenings of The Commissar and Leviathan are presented as part of Dalhousie Professor Yuri Leving's Russian and Film classes and will be followed by discussions about the films. All five screenings are free and open to the public.
Aleksandr Askoldov, USSR, 1967, 100 minutes.
Shot to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Revolution, this Russian Civil War (1918-1922) drama sees a pregnant female cavalry commissar billetted with a reluctant Jewish family; they bond as the front line comes closer and closer. The soundtrack includes music by the great Russian composer Alfred Schnittke.
Andrei Tarkovsky, Soviet Union, 1974, 104 minutes.
The Russian filmmaker's most personal and opaque film is mostly about the fluidity of memory and identity, recalling a childhood and adolescence under the excesses of Stalinism. Acclaimed by British author Will Self as "the most beautiful film ever made", The Mirror is dense, fascinating, and ultimately utterly illuminating.
Andrey Zvyagintsev, Russia, 2014, 142 minutes.
A man's land is to be confiscated by a corrupt mayor in a town near Murmansk, in northeastern Russia. The protagonist's struggle to save his home and family evolves into a battle against targeted expropriation and government corruption in this contemporary retelling of the story of Job from the Bible.
Alexander Sokurov, Russian Federation, 2002, 96 minutes.
A bravura single-shot tour of the great Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russian Ark examines the art, culture, and history of Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union through the glass of the Tsarist Empire which preceded it.


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By E.B. Moss Xandr InSites Archives
I managed to grab a half hour for a podcast with Kirk McDonald (pictured above) between his back-to-back meetings at CES 2019. Why is he so busy? He's the Chief Marketing Officer of Xandr, the advertising and analytics division of a little company called AT&T. We began by discussing his bio, which makes excellent use of storytelling -- starting off with a Henry Wadsworth Longfellow stanza about perseverance and ending with his personal mission statement about trust. It's emblematic of McDonald's own belief system as well as the importance he places on storytelling in marketing. The following is an edited topline of our conversation. Please listen to the entire podcast here. You won't want to miss a word from this well-spoken and inspiring executive. (And please subscribe to all our Insider InSites episodes, with more inspiring leaders, via Spotify, iHeartRadio, GooglePodcasts, Apple, Stitcher and TuneIn.)
McDonald's rise from the world of magazines to heading digital companies, even his recent nod as one of Ebony Magazine's Power 100, is a compelling story alone, but it's capped off with a must-read tale of how he's marketing the new brand and power of Xandr.
E.B. Moss: Kirk, your bio opens with a poem about hard work.
Kirk McDonald: And perseverance. You don't have to be the smartest person in a room, but you have to endeavor to put in the most effective work you're capable of doing. I think it's also what differentiates businesses -- the ones that sit down and decide, "We have to have a clear focus on what's important" and then put in the hard work to get it done.
Moss: At Condé Nast, your first job after college, did that hard work meant getting in early or staying late for a chance to speak with editors?
McDonald: There were some executives who came in early and would sit and [explain publishing]. Condé Nast also built my love for storytelling and for the power of premium content and trusted brands. I carried that to Ziff Davis and then to CNET [in the '90s when] computers were transformative to both businesses and also personal life. I started thinking, what about that publishing industry that I'd loved so much? How was it going to be disruptive just as our personal lives had been turned over into this new opportunity afforded by the birth of the internet?
[Then] I saw the emergence of ad serving technology and the ability to bring machine learning and algorithms to how we make decisions about where ads would run and how it was going to transform the industry. I went from [heading digital sales at] Time Inc. to PubMatic and now I feel fortunate that all of that knowledge has afforded me the opportunity I now have working at Xandr.
Moss: What's your perspective on the media and ad environment then and now?
McDonald: The media and advertising industry's "mad men" type era was filled with awe and mystery and art. While that period [included] research, it's more so celebrated the power of the creative, the imaginative minds that made having a Pepsi be all about having a life experience, or car ownership being about freedom. I don't think that's gone forever. It's just now that we have data and insights those should be used to inform the instincts of the creatives; how and when we execute in a world where consumers have so much choice that their time is constrained in such a way that you have to be more relevant to their moment ... to unlock a new story to be told.
But I don't think we've got all of that right yet. We're kind of a little clumsy with all of the tools we have [and must become] expert at understanding and creating relevance in moments. There are a bunch of companies that have the assets and tool sets to do that. I'm excited because AT&T's evolution to a modern media company affords it an ability to put together some pieces to make that possible.
Moss: How does Xandr fit in with AT&T, which now has so many media properties as well?
McDonald: Xandr is an element of AT&T's evolution to connect people: AT&T Communications, headed by CEO John Donovan; our international operation, run by CEO Lori Lee; Warner Media, the asset run by CEO John Stankey. And Brian Lesser leads this mission of Xandr. Those four CEOs of those independent businesses answer to Randall Stephenson, the CEO and Chairman of AT&T, Inc. Xandr is sister to those other three entities and then we all work together towards the vision of the modern media company.
Moss: At yourkickoff event, Brian Lesser called Xandr a new kind of advertising company. What does that mean?
McDonald: Today data, technology and analytics are critical to informative and moment-relevant storytelling and the consumer has nearly infinite choice and availability of premium quality content. If you want to get good at advertising, you have to stop interrupting a consumer's pursuit for their entertainment or their pursuit for knowledge. You have to complement it [via] data analytics and technology.
Xandr can lean in to the AT&T resources and history of innovation [and] turn the experiences of the 170 million touchpoints we have with consumers into something that is more valuable to each of them, more effective for marketers who are trying to tell a story to that person, and more efficient overall for the entire ecosystem that supports it.
We just continue to have a maniacal focus on making it better for the consumer, making it more efficient, making it more effective all the time. I do think we benefit from this connective tissue that starts at AT&T.
Moss: Donna Specialehere at CESmade an announcement thatTurner, leveraging that connective tissue, can now offer more relevance on both television and digital, more attribution -- and here's that story thing again, more branded storytelling opportunities.
McDonald: Exactly. The industry is in an inflection point where consumers are filtering for relevance. [If they're seeking] a relevant story across all of our content -- CNN, Turner, Fullscreen -- our producers have to get more thoughtful about telling stories that matter at that moment. We think we can bring technology and data to make advertising matter. That's the purpose statement of Xandr. So, we'll work with Turner and even the content developers to take the data that we get out of AT&T Communications, refine it so that we can support content intelligence and smarter ad delivery ... to make sure that we're helping advertisers tell more relevant stories through the set-top box or with addressable TV products, through digital, through our SVOD and AVOD services ... and make sure that the story of the brand is integrated in a way that's natural and authentic for the consumer's experience.
In the second half of the podcast we delved into the job of developing and communicating the Xandr brand itself, and why a through line is key to this ambitious endeavor for AT&T. McDonald believes "the success at doing that is in the details." It's in the [logo design and the] missing letter in Xandr -- like not using the actual name Alexander [as in Graham Bell] -- to represent "a brand that borrows from the past ... but envisions a new future that's capable on its own terms."
But I wanted to know how you market change in an industry which AT&T's own Chairman described as "change averse and needing to pivot"? McDonald believes "there's a welcome interest in 'how can I do this smarter than I did it before?' We see what happens when industries decide to resist what is right in front of them. We believe this opportunity is here, again for digital publishing to continue innovating, but for TV, also look very differently at its future."
Finally, on advice for other B2B marketers? "We forget that B2B marketing is still consumed by a consumer," he said. "The businesses we market to are still run by individuals who need to be told a story. The most effective marketing messages are ones that inspire ... We want to champion the best and brightest that actually take the experimental ride with us this year. We want to make them the heroes of this story and this narrative. Then, we'll tackle 2020 right behind that."
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