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Coronary Artery Disease, Acute Myocardial Infarction, and Ischemic Stroke Rates Among Inpatient Stays, 2001-2014
Quyen Ngo-Metzger, M.D., M.P.H., Arlene S. Bierman, M.D., M.S., Amanda Borsky, Dr.P.H., M.P.P., Kevin C. Heslin, Ph.D., Brian J. Moore, Ph.D., and Marguerite L. Barrett, M.S.
Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) refers to disease of the heart and blood vessels due to the accumulation of plaques. ASCVD can limit blood flow to the heart (coronary artery disease) and lead to dangerous cardiovascular events such as heart attacks (acute myocardial infarction). ASCVD in the blood vessels of the brain can decrease blood flow to the brain and result in ischemic strokes. Heart disease and stroke are among the top five leading causes of death.1
When these events do occur they often result in inpatient hospitalizations. Hospitalizations can put patients at greater risk for additional complications, such as hospital-associated infections and even death.2, 3, 4
ASCVD places a substantial burden on the U.S. healthcare system. The direct medical costs from coronary artery disease and stroke are currently estimated to be $126 billion per year and are expected to rise to $309 billion by 2035.5
This Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Statistical Brief presents data on adult inpatient stays with a principal diagnosis of ASCVD, defined as one of three specific diagnoses: coronary artery disease (CAD), acute myocardial infarction (AMI), and ischemic stroke (referred to hereinafter as stroke). The rate of ASCVD stays among adults aged 18 years and older is provided along with the percentage of ASCVD stays with an in-hospital death from 2001 to 2014, overall and for specific subgroups defined by diagnosis (AMI, stroke, CAD) and by procedure (percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty [PTCA] and coronary artery bypass graft [CABG]). The rate of adult ASCVD stays in 2014 is also presented by community-level income and by patient location. Differences greater than 10 percent between estimates are noted in the text.
Inpatient stays among adults with a principal diagnosis of ASCVD, 2001-2014
Figure 1 presents the rate of ASCVD inpatient stays per 100,000 adults from 2001 to 2014, overall and for each of the three specific ASCVD diagnoses—AMI, stroke, and CAD.
From 2001 to 2014, the rate of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) inpatient stays among adults decreased 41.5 percent, from 1,192.9 to 698.0 stays per 100,000 adults. ASCVD is defined here as coronary artery disease (CAD), acute myocardial infarction (AMI), or ischemic stroke.
The percentage of stays for ischemic stroke resulting in an in-hospital death decreased 38.1 percent from 2001 to 2014; in-hospital deaths also decreased 29.3 percent during this time among stays for AMI.
In 2014, the rate of ASCVD stays per 100,000 adults was highest in low-income areas and progressively decreased as community-level income increased. Specifically, there were 855.8 stays per 100,000 adults in the lowest income areas compared with 536.1 stays per 100,000 adults in the wealthiest communities.
The rate of stays for CAD was 69.3 percent higher in the lowest income areas than in the wealthiest areas in 2014 (222.0 vs. 131.2 stays per 100,000 adults).
The rate of ASCVD stays among adults in 2014 was 31.2 percent lower in large metropolitan areas than in rural areas (667.7 vs. 969.8 stays per 100,000 adults).
The rate of stays for AMI was 40.1 percent lower in large metropolitan areas than in rural areas in 2014 (239.8 vs. 400.1 stays per 100,000 adults).
Figure 1. Inpatient stays for ASCVD among adults, 2001-2014
Abbreviations: AMI, acute myocardial infarction; ASCVD, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease; CAD, coronary artery disease
Notes: Inpatient stays are based on principal diagnoses. Cumulative percent change is reported based on unrounded rates. ASCVD is defined here as a diagnosis of CAD, AMI, or ischemic stroke. Total refers to the sum of the three specific ASCVD diagnoses of CAD, AMI, and stroke.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), State Inpatient Databases (SID), 2001-2014, weighted to provide national estimates
Inpatient stays for ASCVD among adults, 2001-2014 Line graph that shows the rate of inpatient stays for ASCVD per 100,000 adult population from 2001 to 2014. Total: increased from 1,192.9 in 2001 to 1,206.9 in 2002, decreased steadily to 702.9 in 2012, increased to 711.2 in 2013, decreased to 698.0 in 2014—for a 41.5% cumulative decrease. CAD: increased from 580.0 in 2001 to 582.0 in 2002, decreased steadily to 176.5 in 2014—for a 69.6% cumulative decrease. AMI: increased from 340.0 in 2001 to 354.2 in 2002, decreased to 275.1 in 2007, fluctuated between 281.3 in 2008 and 262.6 in 2014—for a 22.8% cumulative decrease. Stroke: decreased from 272.8 in 2001 to 239.5 in 2006, fluctuated between 240.3 in 2007 and 259.0 in 2014—for a 5.1% cumulative decrease.
The rate of inpatient ASCVD stays per 100,000 adults generally decreased from 2001 through 2014, for a total 41.5 percent cumulative decrease.
From 2001 to 2014, the rate of total ASCVD stays among adults decreased 41.5 percent, from 1,192.9 stays per 100,000 adults in 2001 to 698.0 stays per 100,000 adults in 2014. Among adult ASCVD stays, the rate of stays with a principal diagnosis of CAD decreased 69.6 percent from 2001 to 2014, from 580.0 to 176.5 stays per 100,000 adults. Stays with a principal diagnosis of AMI decreased 22.8 percent, from 340.0 to 262.6 stays per 100,000 adults. Stays with a principal diagnosis of stroke remained relatively stable at around 260-270 stays per 100,000 adults between 2001 and 2014.
Figure 2 presents the rate per 100,000 adults of ASCVD inpatient stays during which either of two common cardiovascular procedures—PTCA or CABG—were performed, from 2001 to 2014.
Figure 2. Adult ASCVD inpatient stays with common cardiovascular procedures, 2001-2014
Abbreviations: ASCVD, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease; CABG, coronary artery bypass graft; PTCA, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
Notes: Inpatient stays are based on principal diagnoses and all-listed procedures. Cumulative percent change is reported based on unrounded rates. ASCVD is defined here as a diagnosis of coronary artery disease, acute myocardial infarction, or ischemic stroke.
Line graph that shows the rate of ASCVD inpatient stays with PTCA and CABG per 100,000 adult population from 2001 to 2014. ASCVD stays with PTCA: increased steadily from 271.5 in 2001 to 332.9 in 2005, for a 22.6% increase; decreased steadily thereafter to 178.1 in 2014—for a 34.4% cumulative decrease from 1001 to 2014. ASCVD stays with CABG: increased from 134.2 in 2001 to 141.4 in 2002, decreased steadily to 66.7 in 2012, increased steadily to 73.6 in 2014—for a 45.1% cumulative decrease.
The rate of ASCVD stays involving PTCA increased from 2001 to 2005 and then decreased from 2005 to 2014.
The rate of ASCVD stays that involved PTCA increased 22.6 percent between 2001 and 2005, from 271.5 to 332.9 stays per 100,000 adults, and then decreased after 2005. Overall, from 2001 to 2014, the rate of adult ASCVD stays that involved PTCA decreased 34.4 percent, to 178.1 stays per 100,000 adults.
The rate of ASCVD stays involving CABG generally decreased from 2001 to 2014.
From 2001 to 2014, the rate of adult ASCVD stays that involved CABG decreased 45.1 percent, from 134.2 stays per 100,000 adults in 2001 to 73.6 stays per 100,000 adults in 2014.
In-hospital deaths among adult inpatient stays with a principal diagnosis of ASCVD, 2001-2014
Figure 3 presents the percentage of adult ASCVD stays that resulted in an in-hospital death from 2001 to 2014 for each of the three specific ASCVD diagnoses—AMI, stroke, and CAD.
Figure 3. In-hospital deaths among adult ASCVD inpatient stays, 2001-2014
Notes: Inpatient stays are based on principal diagnosis. Cumulative percent change is reported based on unrounded rates. ASCVD is defined here as a diagnosis of CAD, AMI, or ischemic stroke.
Line graph that shows the percentage of adult ASCVD stays with in-hospital death from 2001 to 2014. Stroke: increased from 11.0 in 2001 to 11.1 in 2002, decreased steadily to 7.7 in 2013 and 2014—for a 7.7% cumulative decrease. AMI: decreased steadily from 8.2 in 2001 to 5.0 in 2013, increased to 5.1 in 2014—for a 29.3% cumulative decrease. CAD: decreased steadily from 0.7 in 2001 to 0.5 in 2006, 2007, and 2008; increased steadily to 0.7 in 2011; decreased to 0.6 in 2012, increased steadily to 0.8 in 2014—for a 3.6% cumulative increase.
From 2001 to 2014, the percentage of ASCVD stays with an in-hospital death decreased 38.1 percent among stays for stroke and decreased 29.3 percent among stays for AMI.
In-hospital deaths occurred during 11.0 percent of stays for stroke in 2001. By 2014, only 7.7 percent of stays for stroke resulted in an in-hospital death, a 38.1 percent decrease. During this same time period, in-hospital deaths among stays for AMI decreased 29.3 percent, from 8.2 to 5.1 percent of stays for AMI. Less than 1 percent of stays for CAD resulted in an in-hospital death between 2001 and 2014.
Rates of ASCVD inpatient stays per 100,000 adults by patient characteristics, 2014
Figure 4 presents the rate of ASCVD stays per 100,000 adults in 2014 by community-level income quartile, overall and for each of the three specific ASCVD diagnoses (AMI, stroke, and CAD) and procedures (PTCA and CABG).
Figure 4. Adult ASCVD inpatient stays by community-level income, 2014
Abbreviations: AMI, acute myocardial infarction; ASCVD, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease; CABG, coronary artery bypass graft; CAD, coronary artery disease; PTCA, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
Notes: Inpatient stays are based on principal diagnoses and all-listed procedures. ASCVD is defined here as a diagnosis of CAD, AMI, or ischemic stroke. Total refers to the sum of the three specific ASCVD diagnoses of CAD, AMI, and stroke.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), 36 State Inpatient Databases (SID), 2014, weighted to provide national estimates
Bar chart that shows the rate of ASCVD inpatient stays per 100,000 adult population by community-level income. Total: first quartile (poorest), 855.8; second quartile, 754.8; third quartile, 643.5; fourth quartile (wealthiest), 536.1. AMI: first quartile (poorest), 320.5; second quartile, 292.5; third quartile, 241.2; fourth quartile (wealthiest), 194.8. Stroke: first quartile (poorest), 313.3; second quartile, 271.0; third quartile, 241.3; fourth quartile (wealthiest), 210.1. CAD: first quartile (poorest), 222.0; second quartile, 191.3; third quartile, 161.0; fourth quartile (wealthiest), 131.2. ASCVD stays with PTCA: first quartile (poorest), 212.8; second quartile, 197.0; third quartile, 167.1; fourth quartile (wealthiest), 135.0. ASCVD stays with CABG: first quartile (poorest), 83.6; second quartile, 82.7; third quartile, 70.0; fourth quartile (wealthiest), 57.8.
The rate of ASCVD stays per 100,000 adults was highest in low-income areas in 2014 and decreased as community-level income increased.
In 2014, there were 855.8 total ASCVD stays per 100,000 adults residing in communities with the lowest income (i.e., the first quartile), which was 60 percent higher than the 536.1 stays per 100,000 adults in the wealthiest communities (i.e., the fourth quartile). The rate of total ASCVD stays per 100,000 adults was 754.8 in the second quartile and 643.5 in the third quartile of community-level income.
In 2014, the rate of stays was highest in the first income quartile among stays with a principal diagnosis of AMI, stroke, or CAD (320.5, 313.3, and 222.0 stays per 100,000 adults, respectively). The rate of ASCVD stays per 100,000 adults also decreased as community-level income increased in 2014 across these three specific ASCVD diagnoses and across both cardiovascular procedures (i.e., PTCA and CABG). The greatest differential between the poorest and wealthiest communities was observed for adult ASCVD stays with a principal diagnosis of CAD (69.3 percent higher rate in the lowest vs. highest income communities: 222.0 vs. 131.2 per 100,000 adults) and stays with PTCA (57.7 percent higher rate in the lowest vs. highest income communities: 212.8 vs. 135.0 stays per 100,000 adults).
Figure 5 presents the rate of ASCVD inpatient stays per 100,000 adults in 2014 by location of patients' residence, overall and for specific ASCVD diagnoses (AMI, stroke, and CAD) and procedures (PTCA and CABG).
Figure 5. Adult ASCVD inpatient stays by location of patients' residence, 2014
Bar chart that shows the rate of ASCVD inpatient stays per 100,000 adult population by location of patients' residence. Total: rural, 969.8; micropolitan, 933.3; small metropolitan, 631.5; large metropolitan, 667.7. AMI: rural, 400.1; micropolitan, 383.3; small metropolitan, 241.7; large metropolitan, 239.8. Stroke: rural, 319.9; micropolitan, 312.9; small metropolitan, 233.3; large metropolitan, 257.9. CAD: rural, 249.8; micropolitan, 237.0; small metropolitan, 156.5; large metropolitan, 169.9. ASCVD stays with PTCA: rural, 253.9; micropolitan, 249.7; small metropolitan, 166.4; large metropolitan, 165.0. ASCVD stays with CABG: rural, 118.2; micropolitan, 102.4; small metropolitan, 73.4; large metropolitan, 64.3.
The rate of ASCVD stays per 100,000 adults was lowest in metropolitan areas (both large and small) in 2014.
In 2014, the rates of ASCVD stays per 100,000 adults were similar in small and large metropolitan areas and lower than the rates in rural and micropolitan areas, which also were similar. These patterns were observed across all three specific ASCVD diagnoses (AMI, stroke, and CAD) and both cardiovascular procedures (PTCA and CABG).
The rate of ASCVD stays in large metropolitan areas was 31.2 percent lower than in rural areas (667.7 vs. 969.8 stays per 100,000 adults). The largest variation across the three ASCVD diagnoses occurred among stays for AMI, with the rate in large metropolitan areas 40.1 percent lower than the rate in rural areas (239.8 vs. 400.1 stays per 100,000 adults). The rates of ASCVD stays for stroke and CAD were 19.4 and 32.0 percent lower in large metropolitan areas than in rural areas, respectively (257.9 vs. 319.9 and 169.9 vs. 249.8 stays per 100,000 adults). The largest variation between the two cardiovascular procedures occurred among ASCVD stays with CABG, with the rate in metropolitan areas 45.6 percent lower than the rate in rural areas (64.3 vs. 118.2 stays per 100,000 adults). The rate of ASCVD stays with PTCA was 35.0 percent lower in large metropolitan areas than in rural areas (165.0 vs. 253.9 stays per 100,000 adults).
The estimates in this Statistical Brief are based upon data from the HCUP State Inpatient Databases (SID), 2001-2014, nationally weighted analysis files using a sampling and weighting strategy similar to that used in the 2011 Nationwide Inpatient Sample, but with a higher sampling rate of 40 percent of hospitals.6 Because analyses in this Statistical Brief are based on a nationally representative analysis file, the values may differ from results reported from the HCUP National (Nationwide) Inpatient Sample (NIS). Supplemental sources included population denominator data for use with HCUP databases, derived from information available from Claritas, a vendor that compiles and adds value to data from the U.S. Census Bureau.7
Diagnoses, procedures, and Clinical Classifications Software (CCS)
All-listed procedures include all procedures performed during the hospital stay, whether for definitive treatment or for diagnostic or exploratory purposes. The first-listed procedure is the procedure that is listed first on the discharge record. Inpatient data define this as the principal procedure—the procedure that is performed for definitive treatment rather than for diagnostic or exploratory purposes (i.e., the procedure that was necessary to take care of a complication).
CCS categorizes ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes and procedure codes into a manageable number of clinically meaningful categories.8 This clinical grouper makes it easier to quickly understand patterns of diagnoses and procedure use.
For this report, the study population of adults aged 18 years and older who were hospitalized for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease was defined using the following CCS principal diagnosis categories:
100: acute myocardial infarction (AMI)
101: coronary artery disease (CAD)
109: acute cerebrovascular disease (i.e., stroke)
Cardiovascular procedures CABG and PTCA were defined using the following all-listed CCS procedure categories:
44: coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)
45: percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA)
This analysis used State Inpatient Databases (SID) limited to data from community hospitals, which are defined as short-term, non-Federal, general, and other hospitals, excluding hospital units of other institutions (e.g., prisons). Community hospitals include obstetrics and gynecology, otolaryngology, orthopedic, cancer, pediatric, public, and academic medical hospitals. Excluded for this analysis are long-term care facilities such as rehabilitation, psychiatric, and alcoholism and chemical dependency hospitals. However, if a patient received long-term care, rehabilitation, or treatment for a psychiatric or chemical dependency condition in a community hospital, the discharge record for that stay was included in the analysis.
The unit of analysis is the hospital discharge (i.e., the hospital stay), not a person or patient. This means that a person who is admitted to the hospital multiple times in 1 year will be counted each time as a separate discharge from the hospital.
Location of patients' residence
Place of residence is based on a simplified adaptation of the Urban Influence Codes (UIC) developed by the United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service. The county-level designation is based on the 2013 version of the UIC. The 12 categories of the UIC are combined into 4 broader categories that differentiate between large metropolitan counties (include one or more urbanized areas with at least one million residents), small metropolitan counties (include one or more urbanized areas with 50,000-999,999 residents), micropolitan counties (include at least one urbanized area with 10,000-49,999 residents), and nonurban residual counties (rural). The location of patients' residence is set to large metropolitan for patients who are homeless. Foreign patients could not be classified and were excluded from results by location of patients' residence.
Community-level income is based on the median household income of the patient's ZIP Code of residence. Quartiles are defined so that the total U.S. population is evenly distributed. Cut-offs for the quartiles are determined annually using ZIP Code demographic data obtained from Claritas, a vendor that adds value to data from the U.S. Census Bureau.9 The value ranges for the income quartiles vary by year. The income quartile is set to the lowest category (i.e., the first quartile) for patients who are homeless.
For other information on heart and circulatory conditions, including opioids, refer to the HCUP Statistical Briefs located at www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb_heart.jsp.
For a detailed description of HCUP and more information on the design of the State Inpatient Databases (SID) please refer to the following database documentation:
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Overview of the State Inpatient Databases (SID). Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Updated April 2017. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/sidoverview.jsp. Accessed January 18, 2018.
Ngo-Metzger Q (AHRQ), Bierman AS (AHRQ), Borsky A (AHRQ), Heslin KC (AHRQ), Moore BJ (IBM Watson Health), Barrett ML (M.L. Barrett, Inc.). Coronary Artery Disease, Acute Myocardial Infarction, and Ischemic Stroke Rates Among Inpatient Stays, 2001-2014. HCUP Statistical Brief #241. July 2018. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb241-Coronary-Artery-AMI-Stroke-Hospital-Stays-2001-2014.pdf.
This Statistical Brief was posted online on July 24, 2018.
1 Murphy SL, Xu J, Kochanek KD, Curtin SC, Arias E. Deaths: final data for 2015. National Vital Statistics Reports. 2017;66(6):1-75.
2 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General. Adverse Events in Hospitals: National Incidence Among Medicare Beneficiaries. November 2010. www.oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-06-09-00090.pdf. Accessed April 17, 2018.
3 Magill SS, Edwards JR, Bamberg W, Beldavs ZG, Dumyati G, Kainer MA, et al. Multistate point-prevalence survey of healthcare-associated infections. New England Journal of Medicine. 2014;370:1198-1208.
4 Covinsky KE, Pierluissi E, Johnston CB. Hospitalization-associated disability: "She was probably able to ambulate, but I'm not sure." JAMA. 2011;306(16):1782-93.
5 American Heart Association. Cardiovascular Disease: A Costly Burden for America, Projections Through 2035. 2017. www.heart.org/idc/groups/heart-public/@wcm/@adv/documents/downloadable/ucm_491543.pdf. Accessed April 17, 2018.
6 Barrett M, Coffey R, Houchens R, Heslin K, Moles E, Coenen N. Methods Applying AHRQ Quality Indicators to Heathcare Cost and Uitilization Project (HCUP) Data for the 2016 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report (QDR). HCUP Methods Series Report #2017-03. July 13, 2017. U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/methods/2017-03.pdf. Accessed February 19, 2018.
7 Claritas. Claritas Demographic Profile by ZIP Code. https://claritas360.claritas.com/mybestsegments/. Accessed June 6, 2018.
8 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. HCUP Clinical Classifications Software (CCS) for ICD-9-CM. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Updated March 2017. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/toolssoftware/ccs/ccs.jsp. Accessed January 18, 2018.
Internet Citation: Statistical Brief #241. Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). July 2018. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb241-Coronary-Artery-AMI-Stroke-Hospital-Stays-2001-2014.jsp.


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Q: Regression - slope doubt
The gradient of the regression line $x$ on $y$ is $-0.2$ and the line passes through $(0,3)$. If the equation of the line is $x = c + dy$, find the value of $c$ and $d$.

What I did: As per my understanding, gradient is the slope and therefore the value of $d = -0.2$. Substituting that in the equation, I get $c = 0.6$.
The book's answer is $c = 15$ and $d = -5$. How?

A: The gradient show the slope as $\frac{\Delta y}{\Delta x}$. Note that your equation is not $y=ax+b$ but $x=c+dy$. I can look at the first equation and rewrite is as $$x=\frac{1}{a}y-\frac{b}{a}$$
Therefore if you are given $a=-0.2$, you get $d=\frac{1}{a}=\frac{1}{-0.2}=-5$

A: We have $y=\frac{x}{d}-\frac{c}{d}$, thus $\frac{1}{d}=-0.2$ and $d=-5$. Now plugging in $(0,3)$ yields $3=\frac{0}{-5}-\frac{c}{-5}=\frac{c}{5}$, thus $c=15$. The line you are using is of the form $x=c+dy$, but to use your standard method you want to work with a line of the form $y=ax+b$, and thus you have to first rewrite $x=c+dy$ to an equation where $y$ is the variable on the left hand side.

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AGENCY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is rescheduling a public meeting that was cancelled due to inclement weather and extending the public comment period for a proposed rule and draft guidance on material control and accounting (MC&A) of special nuclear material (SNM). The public meeting has been rescheduled for January 9, 2014. The public comment period has been extended to March 10, 2014, in response to a request by stakeholders. SUMMARY: The public meeting announced at 78 FR 71532 (November 29, 2013) is rescheduled to January 9, 2014. The public comment period announced at 78 FR 67224 and 67225 has been extended from February 18, 2014, to March 10, 2014 DATES: The public meeting will be held at the NRC's headquarters, Room 3WFN–1D07, Three White Flint North, 11601 Landsdown Street, North Bethesda, MD 20852. Members of the public may also participate in the meeting via teleconference or Webinar. 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For technical questions, contact the individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document. • NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may access publiclyavailable documents online in the NRC Library at: http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ''ADAMS Public Documents'' and then select ''Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at: 1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by email to: pdr.resource@nrc.gov. • NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1–F21, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Young, Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 301–415– 5795; email: Thomas.Young@nrc.gov. I. Background On November 8, 2013 (78 FR 67225; NRC–2009–0096), the NRC published for public comment a proposed rule to amend its regulations for MC&A of SNM. Also on November 8, 2013 (78 FR 67224; NRC–2013–0195), the NRC published for public comment the proposed guidance documents that discuss acceptable methods that licensees may use to prepare and implement their MC&A plans and how the NRC will review and inspect these PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4702 Sfmt 9990 plans. The public comment period for the proposed rule and the proposed guidance would have closed on February 18, 2014. In addition, the NRC had planned to hold a public meeting on the proposed rule and proposed guidance on December 10, 2013. Due to inclement weather, this public meeting has been rescheduled to be held on January 9, 2014. The NRC received a request to extend the comment period to 60 days after the rescheduled public meeting. The NRC has decided to extend the comment period until March 10, 2014. The goal of this rulemaking is to revise and consolidate the MC&A requirements in order to update, clarify, and strengthen them. The proposed amendments add new requirements that would apply to NRC licensees who are authorized to possess SNM in a quantity greater than 350 grams. II. Public Meeting To facilitate the understanding of the public and other stakeholders of these issues and the submission of comments, the NRC staff plans to hold a public meeting on January 9, 2014, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (EST), in Rockville, Maryland. The meeting notice can be accessed through the NRC's public Web site at: http://meetings.nrc.gov/pmns/ mtg. The final agenda and the meeting materials will be posted no fewer than 10 days prior to the meeting at this Web site. In addition, members of the public may also participate in the meeting via teleconference or Webinar. 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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 250 (Monday, December 30, 2013)]
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                                                Federal Register
This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains notices to the public of
the proposed issuance of rules and regulations. The purpose of these
notices is to give interested persons an opportunity to participate in
the rule making prior to the adoption of the final rules.
Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 250 / Monday, December 30, 2013 /
10 CFR Parts 40, 70, 72, 74, and 150
[NRC-2009-0096 and NRC-2013-0195]
RIN 3150-AI61
Amendments to Material Control and Accounting Regulations and
Proposed Guidance for Fuel Cycle Facility Material Control and
Accounting Plans and Completing the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of rescheduled public meeting and extension of comment
SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is rescheduling a
public meeting that was cancelled due to inclement weather and
extending the public comment period for a proposed rule and draft
guidance on material control and accounting (MC&A) of special nuclear
material (SNM). The public meeting has been rescheduled for January 9,
2014. The public comment period has been extended to March 10, 2014, in
response to a request by stakeholders.
DATES: The public meeting announced at 78 FR 71532 (November 29, 2013)
is rescheduled to January 9, 2014. The public comment period announced
at 78 FR 67224 and 67225 has been extended from February 18, 2014, to
ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be held at the NRC's headquarters,
Room 3WFN-1D07, Three White Flint North, 11601 Landsdown Street, North
Bethesda, MD 20852. Members of the public may also participate in the
meeting via teleconference or Webinar. Information for the
teleconference and Webinar is available in the meeting notice, which
can be accessed through the NRC's public Web site at: http://meetings.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg.
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2009-0096 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information for the proposed rule, and refer
to Docket ID: NRC-2013-0195 when contacting the NRC about the
availability of information for the draft NUREGs. You may access
publicly-available information related to this action by any of the
following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to: http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2009-0096 for
information about the proposed rule and Docket ID: NRC-2013-0195 for
information about the draft NUREGs. Address questions about NRC dockets
to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-287-3422; email:
Carol.Gallagher@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the
individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this document.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may access publicly-available documents online in the NRC
Library at: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the
search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and then select ``Begin Web-
based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's
Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at: 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-
4737, or by email to: pdr.resource@nrc.gov.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Young, Office of Federal and
State Materials and Environmental Management Programs, U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-
5795; email: Thomas.Young@nrc.gov.
On November 8, 2013 (78 FR 67225; NRC-2009-0096), the NRC published
for public comment a proposed rule to amend its regulations for MC&A of
SNM. Also on November 8, 2013 (78 FR 67224; NRC-2013-0195), the NRC
published for public comment the proposed guidance documents that
discuss acceptable methods that licensees may use to prepare and
implement their MC&A plans and how the NRC will review and inspect
these plans. The public comment period for the proposed rule and the
proposed guidance would have closed on February 18, 2014. In addition,
the NRC had planned to hold a public meeting on the proposed rule and
proposed guidance on December 10, 2013. Due to inclement weather, this
public meeting has been rescheduled to be held on January 9, 2014. The
NRC received a request to extend the comment period to 60 days after
the rescheduled public meeting. The NRC has decided to extend the
comment period until March 10, 2014.
The goal of this rulemaking is to revise and consolidate the MC&A
requirements in order to update, clarify, and strengthen them. The
proposed amendments add new requirements that would apply to NRC
licensees who are authorized to possess SNM in a quantity greater than
350 grams.
II. Public Meeting
To facilitate the understanding of the public and other
stakeholders of these issues and the submission of comments, the NRC
staff plans to hold a public meeting on January 9, 2014, from 10:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (EST), in Rockville, Maryland. The meeting notice can
be accessed through the NRC's public Web site at: http://meetings.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg. The final agenda and the meeting materials
will be posted no fewer than 10 days prior to the meeting at this Web
In addition, members of the public may also participate in the
can be accessed through the NRC's public Web site at: http://meetings.nrc.gov/pmns/mtg. To register in advance for the
teleconference and Webinar, please contact Thomas Young at: 301-415-
5795 (email: Thomas.Young@nrc.gov).
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day of December, 2013.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Christopher G. Miller,
Division of Intergovernmental Liaison and Rulemaking, Office of Federal
and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs.


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Religious Beliefs. The Guajiro are little inclined to religious practices. They do not appeal to their divinities directly, and their rites few. Although their conception of the world is extremely dualistic, the Manichaeism of the Christian religion has made little impact on them.
The Guajiro invoke Maleiwa, their culture hero born from the remains of his mother, who was devoured by Jaguar. After having rejected Jaguar in the wilderness of Nature, which he personifies, Maleiwa created humans and differentiated the world, in which originally everything was anthropomorphic and related. Maleiwa, who is sometimes confused with the God of the Whites, is of little importance today. Guajiro mythic concepts are based on an opposition between two fundamental supernatural beings: Juya (rain), the hypermasculine hunter, and Pulowi, the subterranean woman, mistress of animals, who is associated with drought and death and who manifests herself in numerous places such as holes or little rises, which are called pulowi and are avoided by the Guajiro for fear of disappearing or falling gravely ill. The elements of the symbolic world are divided into two equivalent and complementary classes of which Juya and Pulowi, who are husband and wife, are the representations and relevations. Several other supernatural beings are also recognized: wanulüü, akalpui, keeralia, juyain, and others. The Guajiro also accord great importance to the ghosts of the dead, the yoluja, who haunt their dreams, dictate much of their behavior, and are the cause of many illnesses.
Religious Practitioners. Shamans as well as diviners still continue to corroborate traditional representations and beliefs, for example by curing sickness or epizootic disease or foretelling the appropriate site of new houses.
Ceremonies. Formerly, collective horticultural work was accompanied by a ceremony, which has today disappeared, called kaa'ülayawaa (goat dance), often accompanied, among the wealthy, by courses of horse meat ( awachira ama ). It was an occasion for competitions, games of skill and team games, and for rendezvous between young people. Today the yonna dance, which is danced by a couple to the beat of a drum, is the most common collective demonstration. It is organized to celebrate an economic success; the visit of an important person, Guajiro or foreign ( alijuna ); the end of a period of seclusion; and similar events. The dance is also frequently prescribed by a shaman at the end of a cure. But funerals, both first and second, remain the most important Guajiro ceremonies.
Arts. Songs ( jayeechi ), sung as solos, often accompany gatherings; they can last for hours and so can become for men a true test of endurance. Their content can be biographical, historical, or ancedotal (love stories, lullabies, etc.). The Guajiro also play, also in solo, several types of flute and the Jew's harp.
Medicine. The Guajiro distinguish two types of sickness. Beyond a certain threshold of pain and when the domestic treatments by plants, firebrands ( asijai ), and the like are found to be ineffective, the sickness is considered to be of the wanülüü type: its cause is supernatural. Nosology is of the etiological type. It distinguishes three great types of causes: encounters with or aggression by supernatural beings ( oustaa ), aggression by ghosts of the dead ( yolujasiraa ), and contamination ( kapülainwea ) by animals or by those who have handled remains of the dead or the bodies of murder victims. Traditionally, only shamans could assure a cure. Today many Guajiro follow winding therapeutic itineraries that take them from shamans to doctors at "health centers" and, in passing, to the healers or "sorcerers" of the neighboring rural areas.
Death and Afterlife. According to the Guajiro, humans are part of a fatal cycle. When they die, their souls cross the "way of the dead Indians," the Milky Way, and they go to Jepira, the peninsula of the dead, passing from the state of person ( wayuu ) to that of yoluja. To Jepira, the yoluja constitute a society comparable or opposed to that of the living, and then, "a long time after," "they are lost." Everything happens as though Juya and Pulowi were assimilating them. Long-dead Guajiro are then found on earth in the form of rain, which assures the rejuvenation of vegetation and life, or in the form of wanülüü, who bring sickness and death. The double funeral corresponds to the double fate of the dead. At the time of the second burial, to which the Guajiro accord extreme importance, the remains of the members of the same matrilineage are reunited, signifying anonymity and oblivion but also the force and the permanence of the group.


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Q: Is mixing do for while loops in Java efficient? Apart from being able to modify x and y value in ordinary nested for loop separately which can't be done in this mixed do for while loop, could there be any advantageous memory usage or performance efficiency difference?
Ordinary nested for loop:
int width = 15, height = 15;
        for (int y = 0; y < height; y++)
            for (int x = 0; x < width; x++) {
                // do stuff here
            }

Example of mixed do for while loop:
int y = 0, width = 15, height = 15;
        do for (int x = 0; x++ < width;) {
            // do stuff here
        } while (y++ < height);

I found this when reading my very old game engine code from when I started programming.

A: If you look at the bytecode for the two functions, you'll see that they're almost exactly the same:
$ cat test.java
class test {
    public static void forfor() {
        int width = 15, height = 15;
        for (int y = 0; y < height; y++)
            for (int x = 0; x < width; x++) {
                // do stuff here
            }
    }

    public static void dofor() {
        int width = 15, height = 15, y = 0;
        do for (int x = 0; x++ < width;) {
            // do stuff here
        } while (y++ < height);
    }
}
$ javac test.java
$ javap -c test
  public static void forfor();
    Code:
       0: bipush        15
       2: istore_0
       3: bipush        15
       5: istore_1
       6: iconst_0
       7: istore_2
       8: iload_2
       9: iload_1
      10: if_icmpge     32
      13: iconst_0
      14: istore_3
      15: iload_3
      16: iload_0
      17: if_icmpge     26
      20: iinc          3, 1
      23: goto          15
      26: iinc          2, 1
      29: goto          8
      32: return

  public static void dofor();
    Code:
       0: bipush        15
       2: istore_0
       3: bipush        15
       5: istore_1
       6: iconst_0
       7: istore_2
       8: iconst_0
       9: istore_3
      10: iload_3
      11: iinc          3, 1
      14: iload_0
      15: if_icmpge     21
      18: goto          10
      21: iload_2
      22: iinc          2, 1
      25: iload_1
      26: if_icmplt     8
      29: return

The only real difference is that in forfor, both conditions are checked at the start of the loop, while in dofor, one is checked at the start and one is checked at the end. I cannot think of any performance implications of that bytecode reordering, given that you have exactly the same instructions in the innermost loop body.
That said, I believe the forfor method is the better of the two, because:

*

*Its intention is obvious

*It's less bug-prone (see also the comment on this question that found a bug in dofor!)

*If height were zero, dofor would erroneously still execute one pass of the loop, while forfor does the right thing by skipping the outer loop entirely.


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By Christopher OsterStaff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal
Dec. 14, 2001 12:01 am ET
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China outsourcing the the USA?!
By Adolfo - May 08, 2008
I so knew this was coming.
DONGGUAN, CHINA -- Liu Keli couldn't tell you much about South Carolina, not even where it is in the United States. It's as obscure to him as his home region, Shanxi province, is to most Americans.
But Liu is investing $10 million in the Palmetto State, building a printing-plate factory that will open this fall and hire 120 workers. His main aim is to tap the large American market, but when his finance staff penciled out the costs, he was stunned to learn how they compared with those in China.
Liu spent about $500,000 for seven acres in Spartanburg -- less than one-fourth what it would cost to buy the same amount of land in Dongguan, a city in southeast China where he runs three plants. U.S. electricity rates are about 75% lower, and in South Carolina, Liu doesn't have to put up with frequent blackouts.
About the only major thing that's more expensive in Spartanburg is labor. Liu is looking to offer $12 to $13 an hour there, versus about $2 an hour in Dongguan, not including room and board. But Liu expects to offset some of the higher labor costs with a payroll tax credit of $1,500 per employee from South Carolina.
"I was surprised," said the 63-year-old president of Shanxi Yuncheng Plate-Making Group. "The gap's not as large as I thought."
Liu is part of a growing wave of Chinese entrepreneurs expanding into the U.S. From Spartanburg to Los Angeles they are building factories, buying companies and investing in business and real estate. Read the rest of this article
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Q: Getting device os version in Android programmatically How can I get the current android device version (1.5, 1.6, 2.0, etc.) programmatically? i.e I have installed my apk on an Android 2.2 device. I need to get the device version (android emulator version in which my application is currently running ).

A: If you want to see the firmware version number then you can use
Build.VERSION.SDK_INT

But if you want firmware version name then you should use something like this
Build.VERSION_CODES

A: Try This,
    String deviceOs = android.os.Build.VERSION;

I hope this will help.

A: int currentapiVersion = android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT;
if (currentapiVersion >= android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP){
    // Do something for lollipop and above versions
} else{
    // do something for phones running an SDK before lollipop
}

By this code we can execute separate code for Pre Lollipop devices.

A: Something like these:
String myVersion = android.os.Build.VERSION.RELEASE; // e.g. myVersion := "1.6"
int sdkVersion = android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT; // e.g. sdkVersion := 8;

You can retrieve all SDK codes from Build.VERSION_CODES

A: Take a look at the Build.VERSION version class. Depending on what you want to do, you might want to use the RELEASE or SDK_INT attribute.


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'I'm happy the witch is dead': Fresno State professor sparks outrage as she celebrates the death of Barbara Bush
She called her a "racist who raised a war criminal" and now she's under fire for her tweet about the former first lady.
Randa Jarrar, who teaches in the English department at Fresno State, took to her twitter page last night and wrote a series of tweets condemning Bush, who died at the age of 92 after a battle with lung disease and congestive heart failure.
'Barbara Bush was a generous and smart and amazing racist who, along with her husband, raised a war criminal. Fuck outta here with your nice words'.
The tweets generated controversy online, with many saying that her words against Bush were inappropriate.
Randa Jarrar is a hate-spewing psychopath, yet she remains gainfully employed at Fresno State.
Another user added: 'If you're a student in one of Randa Jarrar's classes please do the right thing and boycott her until she is forced to resign. Who would want to learn English when she spews this vile crap?'
But that only fueled Jarrar's rhetoric, and she continued to voice her opinion in several more tweets before eventually setting her account to private.
In one tweet, she said she couldn't be fired because she has tenure, going so far as to tag the school's president in the post.
The school has tried to distance itself from Jarrar, saying that her tweets were written as a 'private citizen' and they don't reflect the university.
'Professor Jarrar's expressed personal views and commentary are obviously contrary to the core values of our University, which include respect and empathy for individuals with divergent points of view, and a sincere commitment to mutual understanding and progress," he added.
'On behalf of Fresno State, I extend my deepest condolences to the Bush family on the loss of our former First Lady, Barbara Bush'.
Jarrar, a Muslim, was born in Chicago but grew up in Kuwait and Egypt, before returning to the U.S. after the first Gulf War.
Her writing has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Salon.com, The Rumpus, the Utne Reader, The Oxford American.
She is the author of two books, the coming of age novel 'A Map of Home' and a story collection – 'Him, Me, Muhammad Ali'.
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Well dayum😲
She's saying this because George W sent many young men and women to war. A war that had no purpose other than money. This woman is angry but is correct at George W
omarnance2010 says:
Oh shit!!
This woman ain't play in.
She ain't lying either but datum cut the woman some slack she's dead.😲😏
Classless!!
Good show last night Tracy 😛
Good morning Miss Ang.
Hey Ladies…good morning.
Wassup ladies and gents. Sup
4got to say good morning
Morning all.
This one hateful post.
Sup fam
The Truth is never sweet.
What is good peoples. Good morning.
Browngurl says:
Good morning everyone.
Hey whatz good y'all
Sup not for nothing y'all but this woman is telling the truth.
Pointmen says:
Morning Fam.
Did anyone else get the impression Tracy changed her stance on the Starbucks boycott? Did y'all hear last night's show?
Yes I believe she was changed by the CEO's actions, what's wrong with that?
Morning everyone.
I heard the show, I didn't get the impression Tra changed her mind about the boycott, she said withhold them dollars$$$ and let's see how it plays out and then we'll revisit the subject. That's exactly what she said. Find the shows link and press rewind if you have any doubts.
I didn't get the impression Tra changed her mind about the boycott, she said withhold them dollars$$$ and let's see how it plays out and then we'll revisit the subject. That's exactly what she said. Find the shows link and press rewind if you have any.
Exactly….Thank you!!!!!!
For the record, Tracy don't half-step, especially mid stream. She have a heart but didn't back pedal on the boycott people.
charmin2010 says:
New post up
Morning again
billyboy695 says:
Don't even try it. Ain't nobody going to Starbucks the boycott is in full effect.
civil2010 says:
The lesson here is to stay out of the cross fire of these creative writers😂😂
Good morning all
I agree Civil and Yvonne 💯✔
ionnawynn says:
queenc2010 says:
New post up and blog queen talking bout those fake monfuckers😂😂
Sadly, much if not all of what she accuses the Bush family is true. Barbara might have been the "genteel", kind, generous member of the family, but face it, that's not saying all that much. Still, it's tacky to take such glee in a death.
This is Trump World —- Guess anything goes.
Ok so I guess it's safe to say to hate the bushes 🙂
She's outraged by Bush's torture, killing 1.5 million Iraqis and killing/wounding 25,000 Americans. ok
She is referring to George W. Bush starting the fraudulent war with Iraq based on the lies about WMDs which killed over a million people including lots of innocent women and children. For that, many believe Bush should have been prosecuted as a war criminal. This professor's comments might be harsh and cruel at such a time but she's sadly on point.
I believe that Bush Jr. may in fact be a war criminal. That said, this was over the line. You really shouldn't speak ill of the dead. Especially when they haven't even gone cold yet.
freedom of speech doesn't have a time limit sweetie
upstream13 says:
So where to you think the chemical weapons in Syria came from? I think if you do a little homework you will find that many of those war stocks made their way into Syria, which the military intelligence on the ground at the time said would happen and verified, but no one wanted hear that over their crying wolf about the war in Iraq. The other reason we know that Saddam had the chemical weapons there was because under the Carter Administration those were given to him by us during his war with Iran.
Look at her tweets. SmH tacky
Dang what George Dubaya did has nothing to do with his mama.
I agree with her assessment of Bush Jr. But that has absolutely nothing to do with his mother 😛
"Barbara Bush was a generous and smart and amazing racist who, along with her husband, raised a war criminal,"
She is accurate!!!
Wishing people dead is pretty disgusting but speaking the truth about the dead is fair game people.
I can't see why she called Barbara Bush a racist. 😡
Well let me give you an example, when her son was criticized for Hurricane katrina remember that? Some of the worst things were happening in that superdome, people were being rapped, toilets were over flowed, the conditions were ratchet and this is what good ole Barbara said…. "And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway," she said, "so this is working very well for them." Really.
I'll lay the link right here for you boo.
Scary that they want to stay in Texas? Yep, nothing racist about that. Sure thing. Losing everything they own and living in a stadium is working out very well for them? FOH
Ooh Cam good point !!
I remember Barbara Bush's comment about the Katrina victims. It was incredibly insensitive and came from the mind of an old, white woman who has known nothing but privilege her entire life. I wasn't surprised, but I'm thinking she grew from that???.
The elder Bush did say some racist things in her life and we should not forget that.
Mrs. Bush herself would have said she had flaws and one of those was sometimes saying inappropriate things that could be misconstrued. She was, like most of us, a product of her upbringing. At the end of the day, however, I believe her strengths outweighed her flaws.
The bad thing about this is people going overboard in their praise of Barbara Bush. She didn't care about the underprivileged or dead soldiers. I don't think we have to put people on a pedestal when they die. End of story.
Good for Randa Jarrar for telling the truth. Her words are directed at Mrs. Bush because she raised George Dubbaya. her timing might be wrong but she's on point about them Bushes.
Ms. Bush was flawed. Her mothering might have played a part in hundreds of thousands of people being turned into worm food and trillions being added to our national debt but that doesn't mean this women should berate her in death..she should've said it when the woman was alive.
Professor Jarrar did speak the truth but the mistake was tweeting it out for the world to see. Her opinion of Mrs. Bush is insensitive and breaks a cardinal rule of 'not speaking ill of the dead', which is strike two. She should realize that anything that Trump uses to communicate his opinions with is probably a mistake. I hope the university doesn't over react and fire this talented educator and that Prof. Jarrar retires her twitter account.
Y'all know damn well Barbara Bush was no beauty queen, she looked like a large man in drag.
George Jr. lied to the world resulting in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, not to mention crashing the economy. and of course the insider trading that he should have gone to jail for. the bush family in many ways was as crooked as the trumps, and she was part of that. she had her chances and she stayed, for the money like most of them.
Let's not forget that Jeb stole Florida from Al Gore
This woman is simply expressing her opinion, and while ill timed and insensitive, she's got a right to do so.
What hurts is that the professor spoke the truth. Anyone who's followed the life of Barbara Bush (probably none of you haven't), knows about her less than noble inclination towards certain groups. The professor has an opinion, just like all of us. Just because we don't agree, doesn't make her evil.
She did but she will not see God for what George did, she gotta see God for Barbara
Truth according to whom or what exactly? Does she have legitimate proof of her statements or is she simply just trying to run her big mouth with weightless and pathetic truth claims? Just reading headlines never tells you the real story, nor does it every give anyone all the details they need to use critical thinking skills, that oh by the way, are supposed to be what college is all about. Crappy professor and an example for any student if you ask me.
Yes we all have proof that her son George Duddaya was the war president. Where have you been under a rock? The fact that she states this is very much correct but throwing his dead mama under the bus, now that's a horse of another color.
True, never said her son was the sharpest knife in the drawer, but we were not the only country to invade Iraq. I had friends who fought over there and contrary to what the news said, chemical weapon caches were found and destroyed. We did not get a drop of oil from that whole thing either, so oil was never a reason for the war.
I do agree with you about throwing his dead mother under the bus.
True, never said her son was the sharpest knife in the drawer
@Upstream 13….and I RESPECT your opinion and what you shared about Iraq and the war. No hard feelings here….you obviously know your shit 💓
I know emotional responses would be mostly the case when people say nasty things about the dead. Regardless of who died, I would simply say that Barbara is not here to defend herself. My question to Randa is simple; what is your standard of truth to which you determine right and wrong? This tells me if she even has a basis to complain or not.
She shole told us how she feel now didn't she? 😏
😂😂😂😂Yes!!
When I first read the title I was like😲but after we talked about it in my political science class I was like. Ok she telling the truth her timing may just not be the best
Nah Barbara didn't care
Dayum!!!!
I'm seeing it ain't nothing like telling the truth
Telling the truth is a big Woosa 😂😂
Even when it hurts
Lawd she just couldn't let Barbara be great😂😂
It's a tough blow her words but she was truthful
randomchick2011 says:
RIP Barbara
Well tell us how you really feel.
she did. 🙂
She is a bigot and now spewing hate speech that those on the liberal side of the fence somehow find acceptable. Tells me all I need to know. I think it is safe to assume that Barbara Bush would have never spoken to Randa like this. She needs to also have her WordPress account taken down just like her Twitter page. I don't care if people think she is a good writer or not, she is nothing more than a blowhard with overly adolescent tendencies.
I wouldn't say this professor was a bigot for voicing how she feels. President Trump does that on a regular. This professor said what was on her mind and that is, everything she felt about this over the top praise for Barbara Bush. And IF some are offended then oh well
So if all of us actually say what is on our mind there are no consequences for our words?
I don't think the professor is really happy Mrs. Bush is dead. I really think she could care less. Adding happy to her title only makes for a bigger response that's all.
So this is just about "Likes"? Crap… A side of me actually thinks you are right.
I agree @2Thick she wanted the attention.
People are starting to pull their money out the college. They plan to hit them where it hurts.
They wanna hurt them in their pockets. This may enforce them to get rid of her.
hooddwight27 says:
They were racist. From Texas? Oh hell yea


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