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SPEED Channel's Dysfunctional Family Reunion
It began with the drop of the green flag. Well, in this case, it was the camera pulling out to show the studio set. There, in awkward stiffness, sat Dave Despain's dysfunctional family. It was the "All-Star Weekend" in Charlotte, and the family was holding a reunion. Like most family reunions, once all the hand-shaking and back-slapping was over, things got ugly.
Welcome to the "All-Star" edition of Inside Nextel Cup Racing on SPEED. On the far right is Michael Waltrip, having the worst year of his life. Next to him is Kenny Schrader, who just lost his NEXTEL Cup ride to Bill Elliott, Jon Wood, or a combination of both. To his left is Greg Biffle, who is confused. He does not know if he should follow the conversation of Kenny and Michael, or the scripted droning of the host. To make the reunion complete, to Biffle's left sits Brian Vickers.
Mr. Vickers replaced Johnny Benson a while back and quickly proved that limited NASCAR experience on the track translates quite well into limited NASCAR knowledge on TV. By the end of the year, Waltrip and Schrader were openly mocking him unmercifully.
Finally, there he is once again, the loneliest man in NASCAR, Dave Despain. A great veteran broadcaster put in the worst no-win situation since Floyd Landis.
The sniping between Vickers and Waltrip began early, and was very real. Does SPEED know that these two guys do not like each other? We do. The decision to return Vickers to this set, and this show, is certainly an interesting one. SPEED gave Despain a nice substitute for Vickers in Greg Biffle. He is more experienced, older, and has a nice demeanor about him on TV. This helped to soften the blow of both the out-of-place Despain, and the horrible show format that he is locked into. Adding a fourth voice for this program made Despain's work a lot harder.
By the second segment, the battle over control was on full bore. There was lots of finger pointing, asking of random questions, and talking over-top of one another. Finally, it really did feel like a family reunion. Despain's nervous laughter hid the fact that this program had disintegrated into chaos. With a lot of racing in the "Open" portion of the "All-Star Night," SPEED once again chose to show only wrecks. Vickers tried to make a point, and Waltrip jumped right in and asked Greg Biffle a question as if Vickers did not exist. Despain was so flustered by the end of this segment he did not have a clue. Time for a commercial, and possibly some Valium.
"Why would I ever want to say anything when I have Mikey sitting next to me?" said Schrader to open the next segment. Waltrip talked over the host, his pal, and Vickers as if he was daring anyone to tell him to be quiet. As usual, no one did. Despain dutifully returned to the highlights, and Waltrip and Vickers continued sniping in the background. Kenny Schrader took a very, very deep breath. I think the thrill of this "TV stuff" is just about over for him.
In the middle of the next segment, Waltrip spoke over Despain and dragged Vickers into plugging the changes Toyota was making in their engines. It had nothing to do with the highlights, was not brought up by the host, and showed once again who has the ultimate power in this show. That person is Michael Waltrip. He continued to speak freely on topics not connected with Despain's script. As Waltrip has said quite often, this is "his" show. At this moment in time, he is certainly correct.
As if to prove a point, Waltrip forced a nice big dramatic sneeze in the next segment as poor Brian Vickers once again tried to make a point. Any point. Any kind of random wandering not really on the topic but I have to say something point. And Waltrip was having none of it. He then proceeded to follow a Goodyear Tire discussion by saying the opinions of Vickers and Biffle were um..."ill-informed."
At one point in the show, Scrader and Waltrip were talking among themselves, Biffle and Vickers were chatting, and Despain was trying to use his baritone to restore order and get back to the script. In TV land, we call this a problem. Make no mistake about it, this show was one hour of solid problem.
The finale came when Despain asked if Harvick taking the Segment 4 lead was "a big deal." After allowing Vickers and Biffle to give their views, Waltrip looked at Despain and said "I guess it was important, it was the last lead change." While some may have missed it, what Waltrip said in TV language was "that was the stupidest question I have ever heard you ask while you have been sitting in Alan's seat." Schrader chimed in with "seemed like it may have been a big deal." In TV language, that was "just what Mikey said!"
Waltrip took another broadside shot at Vickers about the idea of a "floating race" on the schedule, simply to make the young man look stupid. There was no other reason. Then, Vickers had his moment. In the final segment Despain said they had about one and a half minutes left. Without missing a beat, Vickers asked "would you like all of it Michael?" Despain almost fell out of his chair. The family reunion was officially over, and Junior had finally taken a shot at Pops. What a day to remember.
Since we have seen absolutely no changes this season, it must be assumed that SPEED is just going to let this series play out, and decide if they are going to bring it back for 2008. I think that is a shame. Why not make a move now to change the host, and try to re-energize the panel? Its like changing a crew chief, or a driver. If something is not working, make a change and give it a chance. Lord knows, Dave Despain won't mind.
This program has been on the air for over a decade. It was up and running just fine long before any of the current SPEED Channel executives were hired. Just because it got stale does not mean it should be allowed to wither and die on the vine. How about Randy Pemberton, Wendy Venturini, Steve Byrnes, or someone else in the SPEED stable who can pump these guys up and get a handle on Michael? What does the network have to lose?
Inside NEXTEL Cup is the only NASCAR review show of its kind on the air. ESPN does not have one, TNT does not, Fox Sports does not. What should be remembered was the time when this show was cutting edge on a small niche cable network called SpeedVision. The commitment of the crew, the drivers, and the host to get back to Charlotte and put together this program for Monday nights was amazing.
Over the years, it has featured tremendous guests, great interviews, and lots of absolutely hilarious moments. How about adding a guest each week? How about a bunch of fan video questions sent through Speedtv.com? There are so many easy and fun things to do with this show to freshen it up that I am sure the only thing it needs is some attention. For right now, it has our attention...for all the wrong reasons.
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Rioters broke into a U.N. base in Congo's capital Thursday and besieged peacekeepers opened fire, killing two. Tens of thousands of protesters mobbed the streets, blaming the United Nations for the rebel takeover of an eastern city.
The fall of the eastern border city of Bukavu threatens to plunge the Central African country back into civil war. In an attempt to defuse the crisis, rebel commanders said Thursday they would withdraw from Bukavu and return it to the control of the United Nations and the central government.
A U.N. spokesman in Bukavu said it was not yet clear whether the promised withdrawal had begun.
The announcement of the planned pullout came hours after protests — the largest seen since 1997 — threw the capital into turmoil.
Masses of Congolese flooded the streets on Kinshasa, marching on the main U.N. headquarters and other facilities. Rioters burned tires and grabbed clubs as they surrounded the buildings, while U.N. troops holed up inside fired tear gas and Congolese police shot into the air.
"The state is dead!" mobs chanted at one of numerous protests filling the city after daybreak. "We will punish (U.N. forces) ourselves!"
Mobs broke down the door at the U.N. logistical base outside the city center, streamed inside and began to loot, U.N. Congo mission spokesman Hamadoun Toure said.
U.N. troops guarding the building opened fire, killing two protesters and wounding another, Toure said. "We regret this deeply because our mission was to establish peace in the country but we were left with no choice," he said.
The rioters blame the 10,800-strong U.N. force in Congo for failing to stop Wednesday's capture of the eastern border city of Bukavu by renegade commanders once allied with neighboring Rwanda.
Bukavu's fall threatened to wreck the fragile peace process that ended the 1998-2002 civil war, bringing in the U.N. force and creating a transitional, power-sharing government. President Joseph Kabila on Wednesday night accused Rwanda of backing the seizure of Bukavu and declared a state of emergency.
Rwanda and the rebel commanders in Bukavu denied the Congolese president's accusations that Rwanda was behind the uprising in the city.
Speaking on state-run Radio Rwanda Thursday, Foreign Minister Charles Muligande said Kabila's allegations were unfounded and that Kabila was hiding his shame that his troops had been defeated.
U.N. officials in the region also said they had no evidence of any Rwandan involvement.
In Bukavu, renegade Gen. Laurent Nkunda said he would withdraw his forces from the city, more than 900 miles northeast of the capital, insisting he had only captured it because the regional military commander assigned by the Kinshasa government had been persecuting one of the local tribes.
"We shall withdraw to reorganization centers to assure the transitional government that we are not opposed to it," Nkunda said. "We are just opposed to the persecution of one section of the Congolese community."
Col. Jules Mutebutsi, who joined Nkunda in seizing the city, also told The Associated Press that he is pulling out his troops. He said Congolese military police loyal to him and Nkunda would patrol the town along with U.N. peacekeepers.
U.N. spokesman Sebastien Lapierre, though, said he could not confirm the plan.
The commanders launched their revolt complaining that regional commander Brig. Gen. Mbuza Mabe was mismanaging security and persecuting members of the Banyamulenge community.
Nkunda accused Mabe loyalists of causing unrest in the city and insisted his forces were trying to keep security.
U.N. medical workers at a Bukavu clinic treated three women — including a 15-year-old and a pregnant woman — for severe injuries after being raped early Thursday. Residents threw stones at U.N. vehicles and threatened to lynch U.N. workers in Bukavu's Kadugu neighborhood, which was especially hard hit by the renegade soldiers.
In the northeastern city of Kisangani, students demonstrated and tried to set fire to a U.N. post and two U.N. vehicles. Congolese soldiers fired shots into the air to disperse the protesters.
Rwanda was Congo's chief adversary in the civil war, which drew in the armies of six nations and killed an estimated 3.5 million people through violence, famine and disease.
The civil war was an outgrowth of the 1997 ouster of Congolese dictator Mobutu Sese Seko, when the country was known as Zaire. Rwanda and Uganda supported Laurent Kabila in deposing Sese Seko.
When Rwanda and Uganda suspected Kabila of giving sanctuary to Hutu rebels — linked to the 1994 Rwandan genocide — in eastern Congo, they supported armed incursions by rival rebel groups.
Burundi also sided with Rwanda and Uganda. Angola, Zimbabwe and Namibia backed Laurent Kabila. He was assassinated in 2001, and his son Joseph took over.


Vitamin B complex is a big family of diverse vitamins with a specific number attached to it. Each vitamin belonging to this family has its own behavior, action and function but they are clubbed together to form a complete solution to all the body requirements.
B complex family consist of Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B3, Vitamin B5, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B7, Vitamin B9, Vitamin B12 and four supplements. The numbers attached to the names of these vitamins are based on the order when they were discovered.
Vitamin B1 is an essential vitamin that aids in conversion of carbohydrates into energy. It also helps regulate normal functioning of heart, muscles and nervous system. Rich food sources are whole and enriched grains, potato, dairy products, sunflower seeds, pork and dried beans.
Riboflavin plays a vital role in forming the red blood cells. Good sources of Riboflavin are liver, milk, dairy products, yeast extracts, meat, eggs, spinach, enriched noodles and mushrooms.
Niacin is another B group vitamin that is essential for normal functioning of the digestive system, skin and nerves. It is richly found in dairy products, bread, yeast, fish, legumes, enriched bread, lean meats, nuts, poultry, fish and eggs.
Vitamin B6 is essential for the synthesis of antibodies and functioning of immune system. Good sources of Vitamin B-6 are sunflower seeds, bananas, whole grains, legumes, beans, nuts, meats, fish, eggs and fortified breads and cereals.
Folic acid is required for healthy growth and development as this vitamin acts a co-enzyme for producing energy. Rich food sources of folic acid are beans, legumes, kidneys, whole grains, peas, citrus fruits, fruit juices wheat bran, dark green leafy vegetables, poultry, pork and shellfish liver. These enriched sources enable the vitamin to function as a co-enzyme in the breakdown of fats and proteins to produce energy.
Vitamin B12 aids in regulating metabolism and promotes a healthy nervous system. B12 is mainly found in all animal food sources like poultry, certain algae, shellfish, yeast extract, eggs, meat and milk and milk products.
In case of any deficiency of B complex, take a supplement of vitamin B complex with food and fill the nutritional gap in the body. Whole food vitamin B complex is the best supplement made from naturally rich food sources without any use of synthetics or preservatives.
Vitamin B complex benefits cover a wide range when it comes to the health of an individual. Vitamin B complex consists of 8 soluble water vitamins and these work together to encourage cell growth and division, enhance the immune system and nervous system, boost metabolism among other benefits.
Vitamin B complex benefits for women are many and these include more stable moods, increased energy, healthier skin, hair and eyes. The folic acid or B9 in vitamin B complex helps the body to form hemoglobin. Folic acid is important in pregnancy as it helps prevent neural tube defects in newborns.
Women who are pregnant and or planning pregnancy should consume 600 micrograms a day. Vitamin B and weight loss are connected but this is only when all forms of vitamin B are taken together.
Vitamin B is a water soluble vitamin which is essential for the body to perform its natural functions. It is actually a group of 8 different vitamins that are chemically distinct from each other. Vitamin B complex is the term used for all vitamin B supplements and there are many health benefits of this supplement. Vitamin B can be taken as a preventive measure against lung and pancreatic cancer. This vitamin also helps to prevent the development of heart disease. Other Vitamin B complex benefits include maintaining good skin tone, increased energy, stronger muscles, and a healthy nervous system and so on. However, there are also side effects of taking vitamin B complex supplements, particularly if they are taken excessively and not as prescribed. These Vitamin B complex side effects are headaches, joint pain, fatigue, anemia, insomnia, high blood pressure, nausea and vomiting among others.
Vitamin B complex side effects generally occur if the vitamin is taken in excess and not according to the doctor's orders. If too much Vitamin B is taken (if the dose is high) or if there is an allergy present, it could lead to serious side effects. Too much vitamin B12 will result in anxiety and numbness in the face. Anemia, low blood pressure, nausea, vomiting could also occur due to an overdose of B2. Too much folic acid can cause kidney damage, abdominal bloating and loss of appetite. Other side effects of this vitamin B complex include chest pain, breathing problems, hives, skin rash or an itchy swollen skin, insomnia, panic attacks. Side effects may also be experienced by people who are sensitive to or have an allergy to cobalt or cobalamin.
Vitamin B complex is made up of 8 water soluble vitamins that take care of several functions in the body. A deficiency in any of these 8 vitamins that make up Vitamin B complex can cause serious health problems. It is for this reason that one should include vitamin B complex foods in one's diet. Here is a list of vitamin B complex foods.
Deficiencies of any of the 8 vitamins that make up vitamin B complex causes several health problems and give rise to symptoms depending on the problems. These health problems include beriberi, amnesia, emotional disturbances, memory loss, high blood pressure, dermatitis, mental confusion, pellagra, inflammation of the tongue and so on. A deficiency of folic acid or B9 during pregnancy can lead to premature births, birth defects, miscarriages, depression among other problems. Nervous systems disorders may result due to a deficiency in vitamin B12, as this vitamin maintains the health of the nervous system. Migraine, insomnia, irritability are some of the symptoms one may exhibit when there is less Vitamin B6 being ingested.
Vitamin B complex comprises of vitamin B1, vitamin B2, Vitamin B3, Vitamin B5, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B7, Vitamin B9, and Vitamin B12. Many people turn to supplements in order to benefit from this vitamin but there are several natural sources of vitamin B complex as well. These are pork, liver, whole grains, legumes, all dairy products, leafy green vegetables, fish, poultry products, lean meats, sunflower seeds, mushroom, salmon, beet roots, oranges, and so on. It is best to incorporate the above foods in your diet so that you can lead a healthier life.
Vitamin B complex boosts the immune system, promotes cellular metabolism, growth and division, helps with skin and muscle tone and boosts metabolic function as well. In order to reap these many benefits, you must follow a diet that is rich in vitamin B complex. Sources of Vitamin B complex are bananas, meats like turkey, tuna, liver, eggs, dairy products, lentils, green vegetables, chili peppers. Deactivated forms of yeast are also an excellent source of this vitamin. Different foods and beverages can have nutritional yeast added to them. Other sources which are rich in this vitamin are clams, oysters, mussels, caviar, fish, crab and lobster. Foods which are rich in folic acid (Vitamin B9) are kidney, egg yolks, almonds, wholegrain breads, peaches, oranges, brussel sprouts, spinach and beetroot among others.
There are many causes of stress and stress can cause many problems like depression, heart attacks, strokes, gastrointestinal distress and so on. Many people feel that taking Vitamin B complex can help combat stress. It is also believed that a deficiency of Vitamin B leads to certain stress related symptoms like anxiety and depression. Keep in mind that vitamin B complex is made up of 8 water soluble vitamins. Vitamin B 5 or pantothenic acid plays an important role in alleviating stress. It is essential to the manufacture of stress related hormones which are produced in the adrenal glands. Research has shown that B complex vitamins can help to restore the adrenal glands from stress. The Vitamins B1, B2 and B3 are helpful in dealing with physical stress.
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Barcelona manager Ernesto Valverde has revealed that he was delighted with Arthur's performance in the 4-2 victory over Tottenham in the UEFA Champions League.
Lionel Messi stole the show at Wembley Stadium with the Argentine scoring twice as the Catalan giants held off a fightback from the Premier League side.
However, Valverde praised Arthur after the game with the summer arrival having impressed in the center of the park.
Valverde told beIN SPORTS: "Man, that's what it's about. Looking for a gap, he has some qualities that come in handy. He completes many passes, it's hard to take the ball off him. He has been a starter in an important game.
Although Arthur impressed his coach, the former Gremio midfielder highlighted Messi's impact and echoed Philippe Coutinho's assessment that the Argentina attacker is the greatest player ever.
"It's amazing what he does, he makes extraordinary things routine," Arthur said to beIN SPORTS.
"He's the best player in history, I'm very happy to play alongside him and learn.


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Recalls, Stupidity and Terminators.
As has been widely reported, those crazy folks in California have decided to recall their Democrat governor Gray Davis. Recalling is a Californian constitutional oddity, introduced in 1911, under which any citizen may raise a petition to dismiss the governor. If enough people sign up, there has to be a vote - effectively a referendum - on whether or not to sack him. Or her. This, though, is where it gets silly. A successful recall obviously requires the election of a new governor. But for some insane reason, this vote takes place simultaneously with the recall vote and on the same ballot. Which brings about the possibility that the governor might get 49.9% of the vote in his favour, but be recalled - and then be replaced by the candidate with the biggest share of the second vote. But that might only mean - say - 20%. Wibble. Aside from the obvious absurdity of the process, there has been a lot of stereotypical Cali weirdness going on - when one of the leading candidates is an Austrian ham actor best known for his role as a killer robot and another (Arianna Huffington, whose name sounds like a joke to start with) is a British-educated Greek, as well as a wealthy pornographer runnign under the banner of "Smut peddlers for the truth!", a woman whose career has been built on putting up billboards with her face on them (Angelyne) and God knows what other hucksters, self publicists, extremists, cash grabbers, even the LA Times has to confess that California is living up to its reputation for producing more nuts than any other state of the Union. (Link)
"The New York Times, Newsweek and National Public Radio have all called this state and its inhabitants crazy in recent weeks. ABC anchor Peter Jennings routinely refers to "the craziness in California," and CNN stories carry the graphic, "California's Crazy Recall." Californians, after many generations of practice, are usually inured to insults from the jealous throngs who don't get to live here. But the recall-sparked crescendo of craziness has landed with unsettling force because so many of California's own residents have been throwing around the C-word."
But what's madder than the vanity circus gathering about the recall is the reason why all this happened to start with. Like all the US states except for Vermont, California is bound by its constitution to balance its budget every year. A Keynesian might consider this pretty mad anyway. But it's something California finds very difficult to achieve. (Don't we all!) The reasons are fairly simple to understand. For a start, the state infrastructure built in the 40s and 60s is ageing all at once (block obsolescence). Then, the federal government has cut its spending on things like education that it shares with the states. To keep the public schools going, Sacramento has to copper up. But it's the political/mental aspect that's really serious. California was the first state to have a "tax revolt" back in the 1980s. That is to say, pace Paul Krugman below, that the political culture lost the link between tax and services. This is where another Californian peculiarity comes in - citizen-initiated referenda. Any group of citizens can, if they get enough signatures, put a "proposition" on the ballot paper. If it gets a majority in favour, it's the law. In the 1980s one of these was passed to abolish property taxes, as the price of real estate soared. This, as well as the post-cold war defence cuts, brought about the 1991 budget crisis. More recently, another proposition mandated the state to restore the education funding lost due to the abolition of property taxes. Riiight.
The upshot is that, when Governor Davis proposed his budget this year, that the Republicans went ape because it contained higher taxes. They blocked it in the state senate and settled in for a long struggle. Once the crisis had built up, they launched the recall petition. What they aren't too keen on saying is that now, the recall underway, they have quietly agreed to that same budget. Otherwise the state would no longer have been able to pay its employees.
Ordnung muß sein, naturally. But it's hardly honest.
What's the Ranter's Take-Home Political Sermon for Today, then? Firstly, that tax deficiency is a dangerous illness and can be very hard to shift. Secondly, and more importantly, that direct democracy in central government is a bad idea. Everywhere that has devices like Cali's recalls and propositions or Austria's volksbegehrens tends to find that it's a tiresome charter for extremists, the self-interested, whingers and the obsessive. It may seem a fine idea to let the citizenry propose legislation, but just look at the results - and the people who support it. (The CIR campaign in Australia was riddled with gun nuts, racists and fascists.) The problem was first formulated by Jean-Jacques Rousseau in The Social Contract. He argued that true democracy must be direct - and that only a community small enough for "the people" to be gathered easily could therefore remain a true democracy.
That doesn't mean, of course, that communities bigger than a city state (Rousseau's ideal) can't be democratic. It means that they can't be purely democratic in his sense of the word. That is to say, they have to move from direct democracy to representative democracy as the matters at hand get further from the citizen. Otherwise we have the Californian problem - direct democracy without responsibility.
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Ariana Grande has vastly become one of my favourite singers, her music is so different than anybody else I listen to but yet I'd still class her in the pop category. Her voice is amazing and I have been adoring the latest album. 'My Everything' comes with 12 songs while the Deluxe (obviously I got that one) comes with 15 songs. What I love about this album, apart from all the songs being amazing it consists of an 'intro' which is about a minute long and its just a little mashup of a few of the songs almost like a preview and I think it's just such a nice little feature to the album. On this album she collabed with people such as Iggy Azalea, Big Sean and Zedd. I absolutely adore every single song but my favourite at the moment is definitely 'One Last Time', this past week I've just had it on repeat.
My all time favourite also released her new album 1989. Taylor Swift has been my absolute favourite singer since 2008 I adore everything about her and her music. Of course I was super excited when this album finally released and obviously it did not disappoint me in anyway. Rather than the country sound she has to her music this is totally just a pop sound album and I adore every single song and lyric. The album comes with 13 songs, while the Deluxe version comes with 19 songs (again I got the Deluxe). I have yet to pick up the Deluxe CD version as inside every cd there are 13 polaroids out of 64 in each cd which I think is such a cute idea to have them to hang up on your wall. I have been listening to this album on repeat since release date and I can't pick one favourite song because they are all so amazing. I have been loving Blank Space, I Know Places and Wonderland. (I absolutely freaked out when hearing Wonderland because Alice in Wonderland is one of my favourite movies) Taylor has announced her 1989 tour dates and sadly just like the Red tour Ireland isn't on it which breaks my heart slightly.
What albums have you been loving lately?
This week my all-time favourite band, Paramore, released the deluxe version of their self-titled album so I've been listening to the extra songs from that quite a lot. I've also been in love with One Direction's FOUR - I love the sound and the lyrics on their new album!


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Causation in epidemiology: association and causation
Learning objectives: You will learn basic concepts of causation and association.
At the end of the session you should be able to differentiate between the concepts of causation and association using the Bradford-Hill criteria for establishing a causal relationship.
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A principal aim of epidemiology is to assess the cause of disease. However, since most epidemiological studies are by nature observational rather than experimental, a number of possible explanations for an observed association need to be considered before we can infer a cause-effect relationship exists. That is, the observed association may in fact be due to the effects of one or more of the following:
Chance (random error)
Bias (systematic error)
Therefore, an observed statistical association between a risk factor and a disease does not necessarily lead us to infer a causal relationship. Conversely, the absence of an association does not necessarily imply the absence of a causal relationship.
The judgement as to whether an observed statistical association represents a cause-effect relationship between exposure and disease requires inferences far beyond the data from a single study and involves consideration of criteria that include the magnitude of the association, the consistency of findings from other studies and biologic credibility [1].
The Bradford-Hill criteria are widely used in epidemiology as providing a framework against which to assess whether an observed association is likely to be causal.
The Bradford-Hill criteria (J Roy Soc Med 1965:58:295-300)
1. Strength of the association.
According to Hill, the stronger the association between a risk factor and outcome, the more likely the relationship is to be causal.
2. Consistency of findings.
Have the same findings must be observed among different populations, in different study designs and different times?
3. Specificity of the association.
There must be a one to one relationship between cause and outcome.
4. Temporal sequence of association.
Exposure must precede outcome.
5. Biological gradient.
Change in disease rates should follow from corresponding changes in exposure (dose-response).
6. Biological plausibility.
Presence of a potential biological mechanism.
7. Coherence.
Does the relationship agree with the current knowledge of the natural history/biology of the disease?
8. Experiment.
Does the removal of the exposure alter the frequency of the outcome?
According to Rothman [2], while Hill did not propose these criteria as a checklist for evaluating whether a reported association might be interpreted as causal, they have been widely applied in this way. Rothman contends that the Bradford - Hill criteria fail to deliver on the hope of clearly distinguishing causal from non-causal relations.
For example, the first criterion 'strength of association' does not take into account that not every component cause will have a strong association with the disease that it produces and that strength of association depends on the prevalence of other factors.
In terms of the third criterion, 'specificity', which suggests that a relationship is more likely to be causal if the exposure is related to a single outcome, Rothman argues that this criterion is misleading as a cause may have many effects, for example smoking.
The fifth criterion, biological gradient, suggests that a causal association is increased if a biological gradient or dose-response curve can be demonstrated. However, such relationships may result from confounding or other biases.
According to Rothman, the only criterion that is truly a causal criterion is 'temporality', that is, that the cause preceded the effect. Note that it may be difficult, however, to ascertain the time sequence for cause and effect.
The process of causal inference is complex, and arriving at a tentative inference of a causal or non-causal nature of an association is a subjective process. For a comprehensive discussion on causality refer to Rothman.
1. Hennekens CH, Buring JE. Epidemiology in Medicine, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1987.
2. Rothman KJ, Epidemiology: An Introduction. Oxford University Press, USA, 2002.
3. Lucas, R M, and Mcmichael, Anthony J. Association or Causation: evaluating links between 'environment and disease'. Bull World Health Organ, Oct. 2005, vol.83, no.10, p792-795.
Rothman KJ, Modern Epidemiology, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1998, p7-28.
Hill, AB, The environment and disease; association or causation? Proc R Soc Med 1965;58:295-300.
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Q: Why Uitextfield return null? I selected date from picker in textfield and click send button for soap call.But textfield return null.The message of soap is
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A: Because in your textFieldDidEndEditing you are making the UITextFiled's nil. This method is called whenever a UITextField resigns as first responder.(and if the delegate is set to your class)

A: 1)Set the delegate For the both textField
2)In - (void)textFieldDidEndEditing:(UITextField *)textField.
you can check weather textFiled object is date1 or date2.
  Write the code for what you want do with the text.

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DURHAM, N.C. – The 19th-ranked Duke women's basketball team fell to fifth-ranked Notre Dame, 72-54, Sunday afternoon in Cameron Indoor Stadium. With the loss, the Blue Devils dropped to 18-6 overall and 7-4 in the ACC, , while also snapping a 30-game regular season win streak in Durham.
Fifth-year senior Lexie Brown led the Blue Devils with 16 points, three assists, three steals and two rebounds. The 5-9 guard hit two treys as she continues to lead the ACC with a three in 23 straight contests. The Suwanee, Ga., native moved to eighth on Duke's single-season steals list with 87, after notching three steals this afternoon.
The other half of the "Splash Sisters", fifth-year senior Rebecca Greenwell tallied her first double-double of the season and 13th of her career with 12 points and 10 boards. The product of Owensboro, Ky., moved into sixth place on the ACC career made three-pointers list with 273 as she hit four Sunday.
The Blue Devils opened the contest with four offensive boards by freshman Jade Williams and fifth-year senior Bego Faz Davalos in one possession to allow Williams to work her way to the basket for the first points of the game. Greenwell connected on her first three from Brown at the six-and-a-half minute mark to give Duke a 5-1 lead. Senior Erin Mathias registered her first block in the paint, good for her 28th of the season. The Fighting Irish tallied their first trey just under the four-minute mark to lead by three as Duke was unable to score for over five minutes of action. Mathias set up a high screen on the three-point line for Greenwell's corner three with five seconds remaining in the first to trail by one, 13-12.
Duke took the lead in the second off a Brown inbounds pass to sophomore Leaonna Odom for a high jumper off right in front of the rim. The Blue Devils hit eight of their last nine dating back to the first quarter and ended the second shooting 50.0 percent (8-of-16) from the floor. Another offensive board for Duke gave Williams two additional points in the paint. She led the team with three offensive rebounds as Duke collected nine as a team to Notre Dame's two.
At the half, Notre Dame held a 33-29 as Greenwell led the Blue Devils with nine points and seven boards followed by Williams and Odom with eight.
Brown picked up four points early in the second half after having only two through the first 20 minutes and added her first three to tie it up at 36 at 7:14. The Fighting Irish pushed their lead to nine before a fourth Greenwell trey at 1:02 as Notre Dame shot 66.7 percent (4-of-6) from three in the third to lead 54-46.
Notre Dame kept Duke scoreless for over four minutes as it shot 46.7 percent (7-of-15) from the floor and 50.0 percent (2-of-4) from beyond the arc in the fourth quarter and outscored Duke 18-8. The Blue Devils shot just 18.2 percent (2-of-11) in the final frame.
The Blue Devils gave up 22 points off 17 turnovers and was outscored in the paint, 28-22.
The Fighting Irish were led by Marina Mabrey (18 points) and Jackie Young (17).
The Blue Devils are set to welcome Wake Forest to Durham Wednesday, Feb. 7, for a 7 p.m., contest on ACC Network Extra.


BC Rockies. Vacations in the BC Rockies. British Columbia Rocky Mountains & Kootenays.
In the west, the Kootenays is rich in history and recreation. The Crowsnest Hwy 3 follows the southern border of BC across the mountains and lush valleys of the Kootenays. North of Castlegar and Nelson various routes take you to large lakes, peaceful communities and outdoor adventure.
In the east, the BC Rockies follow Hwys 93 and 95 as they travel north to south along the Rocky Mountains Trench. This is a land of towering mountains, winding rivers, crystal clear lakes, famous hot springs, world class golf courses and stunning National & Provincial Parks.


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Seti I (Seti Mery-en-ptah- Från guden Set, älskad av Ptah), alternativ stavning är Sety, eller Sethos från klassisk grekiska, var en farao i det forntida Egypten och hörde till den nittonde dynastin. Han var son till Ramses I och drottning Sitre och blev far till Ramses II.
Seti regerade i omkring tretton år; 1290 f.Kr. till 1279/1280 f.Kr., men det är oenighet i frågan, och enligt somliga historiker regerade han i över 30 år.

Hans första hustru hette Tuya och han fick barnen Ramses II, Tia och Henutmire.

Seti I:s mumie upptäcktes 1881 i TT320 i Deir el-Bahri och har sedan dess förvarats på museet i Kairo. Hans grav var ursprungligen KV17 i Konungarnas dal. Han verkar ha varit yngre än fyrtio år vid sin död, det finns dock inga tecken på att han skulle ha mördats. Hans hjärta ligger till höger, något som är ovanligt, man brukade lägga det till vänster vid mumifieringen och anledningen kan ha varit att Seti kan ha haft hjärtproblem och att han kanske varit född med hjärtat på höger sida, vilket är sällsynt.

Efter de sociala problem som uppstått i o m Akhenatons religiösa reform, sysslade Horemheb, Ramses I och Seti med att återställa kungariket och Egyptens kontroll över Palestina och Syrien. Han stred mot hettiterna och vid Amontemplet i Karnak finns bilder av detta. I Abydos lät han bygga ett av Egyptens mest anmärkningsvärda tempel. Hans huvudstad var Memfis. Han har betraktats som en stor kung, men hans berömmelse överskuggades av sonen Ramses II.

Populärkultur

 I den amerikanska äventyrsfilmen De tio budorden från 1956 spelas Seti I av den brittiske skådespelaren Cedric Hardwicke.
 I Stephen Sommers film Mumien från 1999 och dess uppföljare Mumien – återkomsten, gestaltas Seti av den israelisk- amerikanske skådespelaren Aharon Ipalé.

Referenser

Noter

Tryckta källor

Externa länkar
 Jimmy Dunn: Seti I

Faraoner
Födda okänt år
Avlidna 1200-talet f.Kr.
Män
Personer i Egypten under 1200-talet f.Kr.

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Voice Over Actor Paul Frees (Boris Badenov) Got His Start in Vaudeville
Paul Frees (Solomon Hersh Frees, 1920-1986) made his entrance on a June 22. Seldom has there been a voice so well recognized without an equally well-recognized face to go with it. For well over four decades Frees' voice was a staple of animated cartoons, radio, tv commercials, children's specials, and film narration and voice-loops. And occasionally, just occasionally you would get the whole actor.
Frees began his career as an impressionist in what was left of local Chicago vaudeville in the the late 1930s as a comedian and impressionist under the name Buddy Green. In 1942 he broke into radio. Much like Orson Welles and William Conrad he was gifted with a voice PERFECT for the medium. Once he was in the door he worked all that he wanted; probably MORE than he wanted. In addition to his radio jobs, he worked for just about all the major animation studios starting in the 1940s. He was unique among voice over artists in that he could be the straightest of straight (serious, square) narrators, but could also do very funny characters. So on the one hand, we associate him with being the voice of dire portent in science fiction films, on the other, he could descend into wackiness.
His best known character is Boris Badenov on The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. I also associate him strongly with all the Rankin-Bass holiday specials. He plays several characters in Frosty the Snowman, Santa Claus is Coming to Town (as the Burgermeister Meisterburger), and Here Comes Peter Cottontail, among about a dozen others. And lots and lots of Disney. But he's also highly present in several sci fi classics, most notably War of the Worlds (1953) and The Thing from Another World (1951). So distinctive is Frees' voice that it is highly jarring, even alarming when he makes an on-camera appearance, as he does in both films. Even more unsettling is when his voice was used to replace that of another actor whose performance somehow marred the audio-track (e.g., because of a thick accent). In both Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) and Midway (1976), a Japanese officer will open his mouth to speak, and Paul Frees' voice will come out.
By then, producers should have known better, and by the '70s Frees' voice as so recognizable that it had essentially become camp. Ernie Fosselius wisely employed his talents in this fashion in the spoof classic Hardware Wars (1978). But camp or not camp, Frees remained in demand until the day he died. He never stopped working. That's the goal of all performers.
For more on the history of vaudeville, including youthful impressionist like Paul Frees, consult No Applause, Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous, available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and wherever vitally informative books are sold.
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A wonderful talent. Thanks for doing the profile.


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Address to the International Air Transport Association
IATA Director-General Alexandre de Juniac, ICAO Secretary General, Dr Liu, ladies and gentlemen.
Thank you for your kind introduction.
I appreciate IATA's invitation, and it's a great pleasure to be with you today.
I bring you the best wishes and a warm welcome from the Prime Minister of Australia, Malcolm Turnbull.
The Prime Minister and I along with several senior Ministers have begun a tour of regional Australia impacted by drought, and I have returned to Sydney to be with you this morning.
The Australian Government sees the aviation industry as a crucial component of our economy, both in terms of domestic passenger and freight transport and in terms of the industry's global reach—of crucial significance to our trade and tourism sectors.
The vital work of IATA can be seen in the breadth of your activity—with your 280 member airlines, 400 strategic partners and 100,000 accredited agents.
By any measure that's a massive contribution to the aviation industry world-wide. And this is your 74th AGM.
IATA has been there from the fledgling days of this industry, and you have continued to grow as the industry has grown.
To delegates from various corners of the world: welcome to Australia and the magnificent city of Sydney.
I hope you will have a moment beyond your conference agenda to enjoy our Aussie sights and attractions; and please, do come back again, soon!
As Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Transport in the Australian Government, I acknowledge the central role you play in supporting, driving and promoting a safe international aviation industry—and in maximising the benefits for sectors like tourism.
For Australia as an island country with very remote communities, aviation has always been, and remains, critical for connecting our nation.
We're a country 3,860 kilometres long, from our most northerly point to the south of Tasmania.
And we're even more than that distance wide—a vast country, with a population of around 24 million spread on a vast land mass of 7.7 million square kilometres. We're pretty big!
To build and progress as a nation, we've had to learn how to move people and freight, to connect communities and provide vital links for our farmers and miners.
In earlier times, railways were crucial to opening up regional and remote Australia. We upgraded our east west link through three states in 1970; we've since built a north-south link connecting Darwin; and as we speak, work is underway on an inland rail freight corridor from Victoria to Queensland and connecting with east-west freight—a $9 billion project for the future.
But aviation has been absolutely central to this nation's development.
Aviation is a core component of connecting people across our nation, from our capital cities right down to our regional communities.
And aviation brings Australia to the rest of the world in terms of tourism, trade, and most importantly, people to people links, just as the ships did, not that long ago-albeit a little bit longer.
We're very proud of the individuals and organisations that helped pioneer aviation, not just in this country but across the globe.
Our host airline for today, Qantas, enjoys the mantle of the oldest continuously operating airline in the world. Two years from now both Qantas and the Royal Australian Air Force will celebrate their centenaries.
Qantas shows us how great things can grow from humble beginnings. So do other airlines, as we continue to enjoy growth in Australia's air system.
Virgin Australia launched as Virgin Blue in 2000, with one route: Brisbane-Sydney; today Virgin Australia operates not only within Australia but enjoys a global reach and has attracted numerous national and international awards.
Also in the early 2000s, a group of businessmen attracted domestic and offshore investment to establish Regional Express, today recognised as one of the world's best regional airlines.
In Australia we also enjoy numerous other airlines, operating both passenger and freight services, all with the same attention to safety and quality of service.
Qantas is one example of how the industry is expanding globally.
Qantas started as a domestic airline in Northern Australia, gradually building their services to become the first Australian airline to conduct international flights from Australia.
On the 1st of December 1947, Qantas began the famous Kangaroo Route—the first regular weekly service from Australia to London. The journey required seven stops and four days.
And here we are in 2018—we're delighted that we now have a non-stop direct link between Australia and Europe, with Qantas delivering a 17 hour service between Perth and London in the Boeing 787. How our aviation industry has grown and changed!
But it has not been all blue skies for international airlines in the last two decades and indeed here in Australia. After the tragedy of 9/11, we saw a number of airlines come and go including our own Ansett Airlines, we had SARS, bird flu impact on both passenger and freight services and another global financial crisis. Our airlines have had to work hard to deliver new efficiencies and to streamline services for the travelling public.
Government has an important partnership with aviation, and as the Minister responsible, I am thrilled to be part of such an important industry and vital part of our country's economic development.
Across the world, Government policies, when implemented in partnership with private businesses such as airlines, help industries to prosper, people to connect and commerce to flow.
There should be no political pressure from Governments that threatens the ordinary operations of business.
And the benefits accrue to everyone, in terms of lower costs, better services, greater efficiencies and a stronger economy with more jobs.
Data from last financial year shows aviation contributed more than $9 billion to Australia's economy. As passenger demand increases and the industry grows, that contribution will also grow.
Indirectly, the benefits of aviation are even more profound.
Tourism Research Australia recently reported that international visitor arrivals continued at record levels, with nine million visitors arriving on our fair shores.
This is a remarkable outcome—to be precise, 9.02 million international visitors in the year to March 2018…an increase of 7.7 per cent on the previous 12 months.
Our visitors spent $41.3 billion during their stay, an increase of 6 per cent on the previous year.
People are coming to Australia for business, to advance their education, to visit friends and families, and to experience all the national treasures on offer.
In fact, we like to think the world is in love with our beautiful country and all it has on offer.
We're talking about spectacular scenery, unique flora and fauna and world-class food and wine, all attracting people to Australia's shores like never before.
Data shows our record number of international tourists are staying longer and spending more.
All this is backed by record Government investment through bodies such as Tourism Australia.
We're pleased to find that Australia is now the 10th largest international tourism market—and United Nations World Tourism Organisation data shows the first in the world for visitor spend per trip.
The Australian Government is supporting the Beyond Tourism 2020 Steering Committee in its work to attract an even greater share of the world's 1.3 billion international travelers every year.
It's all part of our effort to deliver great tourism experiences while boosting Australia's Gross Domestic Product—and creating jobs. The Government is pleased to have met a five year target of one million new jobs inside that five year mark—and we recognise there is more that can be done, with tourism among the great opportunities ahead.
I can affirm to you that the Australian Government is continuing to pursue liberalisation of our international air services arrangements with our bilateral partners.
It is our priority to ensure there is sufficient capacity in our international markets to meet demand and allow our markets to grow, and ensuring Australia is accessible to all.
Closer to home, the Government continues to support the development of key aviation infrastructure in Australia at every turn.
We have committed up to $5.3 billion to build the Western Sydney Airport.
It's a massive spend, for a massively important project.
We're building an airport of the 21st century that answers the long-recognised issue of the capacity constraint in Sydney.
This is one of the nation's most significant infrastructure works in decades.
This was no easy ask. The public debate has been around in earnest since the 1960s.
I am proud that the Government of which I am part has made this vital commitment to making Western Sydney's airport a reality.
The Australian Government has also announced $20 million to support the setup of international services at Avalon Airport, Melbourne's newest International airport.
This is creating yet another international gateway to our beautiful country, an airport just 55 kilometres from the city of Melbourne.
Similarly, we are seeing significant investment in airport infrastructure and aircraft fleets by our aviation industry.
New runways are under construction, or proposed, at airports at Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth, and the Government provided $38 million to the recently completed extension of the runway at Hobart Airport. We are also helping open up our beautiful Sunshine Coast in Queensland, with a $181 million loan for their new longer runway.
Outside our cities, our Government is committed to ensuring that our regional communities are also well serviced by aviation connectivity.
Many Australians, myself included, live in regional and remote locations, and rely heavily on aviation connectivity for life's necessities.
In acknowledgement of this, the Australian Government has committed a further $28.3 million from 2018–19 to 2021–22, in addition to the $33.7 million already committed, to help remote communities maintain their airports.
Funding of $7 million for 31 projects under this program has already been announced this year, changing the lives of Australians for the better—much better—in remote communities.
As the Australian domestic and international aviation industry grows, it is our responsibility to make sure that safety remains a key focus.
I acknowledge and welcome the new top six safety ranking given to Australia by the International Civil Aviation Organization as a result of the recent audit of Australia's aviation safety system.
The travelling public can take comfort that Australia has a robust aviation safety system in place, and that our Government and our industry are committed to a strong safety culture.
Confidence in air travel is vital in growing passenger numbers, regardless of whether it's for people flying overseas or people choosing charter flying in our regional areas.
New technology continues to be an exciting part of the development of Australia's aviation industry including the introduction of aircraft such as the Boeing Dreamliner and the huge growth in the use of drones.
The drone industry is a fascinating sector and one can only imagine what we will be doing with these amazing flying machines in the near future, stuff of science fiction movies!
Aviation innovation in Australia is improving productivity, reducing costs and improve workplace safety across a range of industries—changing the way Australia thinks about aviation.
Ladies and gentleman, as Australian Infrastructure and Transport Minister can I say how eager I am to see the further development of our aviation industry in a time of unprecedented innovation, efficiency, and connectivity.
Thank you to all our industry supporters and to IATA for the integral work you do.
I look forward to continuing our work together.


I'm reading Dominique Urvoy's Les penseurs libres dans l'Islam classique (Albin Michel 1996/Flammarion 2003), which I picked up at the airport in Casablanca.
Urvoy points out an oddity which he calls the paradoxe du bouquiniste. Anyone who spends a lot of time at secondhand bookstalls finds an image of the history of French thought in the 18th century quite different from what he was taught. In his studies they would have talked only of thinkers who were opposed to established religion, above all to religious orthodoxy; but in the bookstalls one finds a vast army of defenders of the faith, names one has never heard of, or heard of only as someone who criticised Rousseau... Since the Renaissance, he suggests, we have placed emphasis on originality, on individualism, so our intellectual history devalues whatever was typical of its time, rates highly whatever was at least self-proclaimed as original. Books offer us chapters on great individuals, with perhaps a dutiful chapter on background which the reader feels free to ignore.
Urvoy comments: the enterprise of setting out a collective structure of thought, with occasional detailed studies of individuals, is entirely legitimate. But isn't there something odd about this radical antithesis between the study of Western and of Arab thought? Can it really be right for the Arabist to concentrate solely on writers whose equivalents he would despise if he were a specialist of the 18th-century in France?
The wider relevance of this point speaks for itself.
I have posted DU's text in French on PP's sister blog over on Wordpress (here), which I now use for texts that interest me which I don't have time to translate/comment on properly.
thank you for this. ordered the book.
Although I never cared much for the period that Urvoy deals with, this might explain sthg I experienced in studying Arabic in France, which is that the great traditional french Arabists sometimes show much contempt for their object of study, mentioning how unoriginal, traditional, some poems are, how most of arabic classical literature, from theology to history, is "boring", &c., while spending their carreers and hundreds of pages to their careful translation.
how many is a cohort?
Where you do get your inspiration?


HOW ACQUIRED: Signed as a Homegrown Player on Jan. 18, 2018.
A heady defender who smoothly distributes out of the back, McKenzie partnered with Auston Trusty as one of the youngest center back tandems in MLS. McKenzie had 19 regular-season appearances (18 starts) at center back and was named a finalist for the league's Rookie of the Year award.
COLLEGE: McKenzie joined the Union after one season at Wake Forest University, where he appeared in 16 matches as a freshman in 2017, playing 685 minutes for a team that finished in fifth place in the United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division I final postseason rankings. He helped the school to a 19-2-2 record over his one year with the Demon Deacons.
OUTSIDE MLS: Made eight appearances with Bethlehem Steel.
INTERNATIONAL: Received his first senior team call-up for the 2019 January camp. He is also a regular member of the United States Under-20 National Team, part of Tab Ramos' regular starting XI in the 2018 Concacaf U-20 Championships, won by the U.S. He previously played for the U-18s while also attending camps for the U-16s and U-15s.