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Hyde-Smith: Miss. to receive $6.5 million to boost COVID-19 testing, contact tracing and containment
By: Magnolia Tribune - April 23, 2020
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today announced that Mississippi will receive more than $6.5 million to build its COVID-19 testing, contact tracing, and containment capacities as the nation takes steps to safely reopen the U.S. economy.
The Centers for Disease Control funding from the from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act will help Mississippi boost its infections disease response capabilities, which will help inform decisions on protecting the public while taking action to emerge from shut-down orders.
"Effective containment of the coronavirus will rely on more testing and tracing. The CDC is providing resources to states to use public health systems to accelerate this process, which will help move us to a point where we can safely reopen our economy," said Hyde-Smith, who serves on Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee.
The funding, the second CDC award to Mississippi this month, may be used to enhance test capacity, control high-risk settings to protect vulnerable populations, monitor healthcare system capacity, and other actions.
Earlier this week, Hyde-Smith joined Senator John Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.) and others to urge the CDC and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to maximize existing reportable infectious disease framework to trace COVID-19 to determine and log who has developed antibodies to novel coronavirus and track who may be immune.
In a letter to HHS Secretary Alex Azar and CDC Director Robert R. Redfield, M.D., the Senators contend this data will be pivotal in determining when, where, and how to safely reopen the economy.
"This type of information is critical to protect patients, workers and higher risk populations (such as those who are older or those with co- morbidities). Employment and social interaction rules can be dynamically adjusted to benefit the employee, workplace productivity, public health and stability, while containing the spread of disease," the Senators wrote. "To expeditiously begin this process, existing capabilities at HHS and the CDC should be expanded and used, while states and territories build up their own detection and surveillance infrastructure. These systems are governed by robust privacy laws. We urge you to build on the CDC and states existing systems so that this work can be completed as quickly and efficiently as possible. To begin to restore our economy, we the undersigned believe this work must begin now."
The Senators' letter is available here.
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Making the Most of Our Customer Success Team's Time
By Alison Prator
Director of Customer Success
Although Float is a fully remote company that works asynchronously, our work hours on the customer success team are structured a little differently than other departments. Being customer-facing means we need to be available for our customers when they need help—and when you have customers all across the world as we do—that means being available almost all the time!
Typically, the day-to-day tasks and efforts to support our customers depend on when they need us. Our sales and account management teams have open working hours that allow customers to book a call directly on their calendars when it's most convenient. While our support is all email and ticket-based, we structure our support team's time around an outline of hours where we see the most requests. On top of our customer-facing hours, there's also a balance of work that includes projects, admin tasks, and collaboration with other teammates or departments.
We also need capacity planning on our team, which typically occurs around the customer-facing aspects of the role. Each team within customer success has its unique balance. Support, for example, usually spends four to five hours responding to tickets and then one to two hours on project work each day. The sales and account management folks spend most of their time on calls and in front of our customers, so their project time is more limited during the week.
The split of time and responsibilities is often adjusted throughout the year, as there are a few factors that influence what makes sense for each team.
Serving customers in 150+ countries with around the clock support
The customer success team was established early on to provide excellent customer service to everyone using Float.
We pride ourselves on having a flexible, helpful, and empathetic team—which starts with responsiveness and availability. We built the team by hiring a sales, account management, and support team member in the regions where most of our customers are (the Americas, EMEA, and APAC), and then an additional person in the Americas and EMA based on customer needs.
For the support team, each member is scheduled specific hours for responding to support tickets, with no more than a two-hour gap between the end of one person's shift and the next person coming online. The rest of the person's time is intended for follow-ups and project work. While we're constantly adjusting the schedule for seasonality or supporting other teammates, this model has helped us maintain an average 30-minute response time!
For sales and account management, this means having availability on their calendars to take calls from prospects or customers at a reasonable time. To help support our APAC customers, we plan on hiring the Americas regional role to work a later time zone so they have a few hours of overlap with APAC mornings.
Our team is always ready to chat about Float!
Planning for spikes in support requests
Many SaaS businesses have seasonality, release cycles, or time off requests from team members to consider when figuring out scheduling and availability for their customer-facing teams.
Across our customer success team, we adjust schedules and hiring potential based on the volume of tickets, calls, and customer demand. For example, if we're running a new promo or deal, we know we'll need more availability from the sales team to offer up calls and demos. Or if we release a new feature in Float, we'll want more hands on deck to handle the increase in questions that come in.
This requires being flexible and focused, and it's why clear communication and problem-solving skills are so highly valued within our team! Our team's dedication to creating great customer experiences has positively impacted our team metrics, as 95% of our customer conversations are rated as positive.
Sometimes the volume changes require hiring additional people to support increased demand, whereas other times, we can temporarily adjust the weekly schedule. We pulse check both by reviewing quantitative metrics like the number of inbound leads or ticket volume and seeing how the team is feeling. Managing workloads and maintaining a work-life balance supporting our team's #bestworklife is one of the most important considerations.
Documentation is critical in a fully remote support team
In addition to the day-to-day tasks of each role (e.g., responding to tickets, running Float demos, etc.), we also dedicate time to projects that help us build out some of our main processes and policies and improve our operations.
When a team is still in its early stages, knowledge and processes exist in the minds of the team members with the most seniority. As the team grows, it becomes more challenging to scale and train new team members without proper procedures. As we've been hiring, training, and onboarding, we've recognized the need to document our knowledge of day-to-day tasks and processes. We're currently overhauling our team manual to ensure everyone is on the same page.
Whenever there's a question on how things work, a team member should be able to reference our internal manual rather than relying on someone else to share their knowledge. As our team matures and our processes are defined, we expect to spend less time building out these manuals and internal documentation and move to just updating and refining them as necessary.
Notion serves as our team intranet and houses the CS team manual.
We're paving the road as we grow
One of our values at Float is to own it, and we do that by embracing our autonomy to lean in and figure things out.
Most folks on our customer success team are first hires in their respective roles (myself included), so we're paving the road as we travel down it. That means some of our work involves taking the initiative and trying new things.
Our sales team is constantly looking for new ways to engage in outreach; our accounts team is exploring how we can create bespoke training sessions for customers with different use cases; and our support team is digging into the feedback that our customers share so that we can advocate their feature requests make it onto our product roadmap. In the early stages of team maturity, it's crucial to dedicate time to these projects, even if it may take away some of the day-to-day responsibilities.
Projects help to create consistency in how our teams work together and set expectations for responsibilities—while also pushing us to continue to improve.
A look at some projects our CS team is currently working on.
As managing time and schedules is a constant battle, being in tune with the team helps make the workload more palatable. We must strike a balance between focusing on projects that will help the team in the long term and looking after the daily needs of our customers (and prospective customers).
It's helpful to set expectations early on with a team so they understand how much time to dedicate to each responsibility and performance metrics can be established.
Using the appropriate tools to manage time, schedules, and projects makes things easier. Our teams use Float (of course😉) to see everyone's availability and time off, Notion for our project Kanban board, and Google Calendar for scheduling customer and prospect calls. We use our team channel in Slack to communicate what we're working on now and in the future.
This type of transparency within our team helps us hold each other accountable and pick each other up when needed!
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When you know how to say hello in Mandarin Chinese, you will be properly equipped to greet the more than 1.3 billion people who speak this language. There are many ways to say hello, but the most basic ones will ensure your basic greetings will work anywhere in Asia. Did you know that Mandarin is the most widely spoken language in the world?
While it is a difficult language for native-English speakers to learn, it can be done with patience and persistence. Even saying a short word like hello in Mandarin can have different meanings depending on how you say it and which tones are used.
There are many variations, but Mandarin is the closest you can get to a common, unified dialect in China. Mandarin is known as "simplified Chinese" because it only has four tones.
It's customary to show elders and authority figures more respect. If you add just one letter (ni becomes nin), you can instantly formalize your greeting. Say nin hao (pronounced "neen haow"), which is a much more polite version of the standard greeting. The first word (nin) should be spoken in a rising tone.
If you would like to turn nin hao into "how are you?", you just have to add the question word ma to the end. Say "nin hao ma?".
A simple ni hao is great, but what if you took it another step further to elicit a smile or quick conversation? If someone says hello to you in Mandarin, consider it in good taste to respond with something, anything! It would be bad etiquette otherwise.
You may wonder if you should bow when saying hello. The answer is no. It's not like in Japan, where you would bow to greet someone. In China, you would only bow before meeting an opponent in a match, at a funeral to show respect or as a sincere apology. Some Chinese people will shake hands as well, especially if they know they are in the company of someone from the West.
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BPI says PHL could avoid recession with 5% H1 growth led by laggard industries
BANK of the Philippine Islands (BPI) said the Philippines could avoid falling into recession in 2023 if laggard industries like restaurants, hotels, and transport pick up the slack, adding that first half 2023 growth could come in at 5%.
BPI Lead Economist Emilio S. Neri, Jr. said in an online briefing that other high-contact industries that are catching up to their pre-pandemic growth levels are construction and arts and entertainment, which he expects to be the main drivers of gross domestic product (GDP) growth in 2023.
"We should probably aspire for not just avoiding a recession but actually seeing a decent growth rate in 2023. But we believe that this is true," he added.
"It will be these lagging sectors we think that will drive growth in the first semester and will help us grow by 5% at least," Mr. Neri said.
BPI noted that arts and entertainment grew 50% to 60% while hotels and restaurants grew 30% to 40% in the last two quarters.
"More likely than not a coping mechanism of the average Filipino family was to avail of credit… to cope with higher prices and be able to bring their kids back to school for the reopenings," Mr. Neri said.
Along with rebounding industries, an increase in household consumption projected at 5% could also help the Philippines avoid a recession.
"Favorable demographics will mean household consumption will grow by at least 5% in 2023," the bank said.
BPI projects GDP growth in 2023 of between 5% and 6%, which is lower than the government's estimate of 6% to 7%, with the bank citing high inflation, which came in at 8% in November.
BPI said growth forecast is sufficient to help the Philippines avoid a recession.
Mr. Neri told BusinessWorld that inflation is likely to continue rising in 2023 judging from its current trajectory, which will affect GDP growth.
"The other thing that could (dampen) growth is of course inflation. That's quite obvious when consumers have to settle for smaller budgets (that) purchase the same amount of goods. It can really affect overall consumption," Mr. Neri said.
"If there is no sharp improvement in investment, which is crucial for growth rates above 7% for the Philippine economy, we will find it very difficult to achieve the original goal of 6-7% and we may be able to settle for something like 5-6%," Mr. Neri added. — Aaron Michael C. Sy


If you feel like you are being overwhelmed by the difficulties that are coming your way, then relax! Everyone goes through his or her own difficulties. What is important is that you should find ways to survive your own issues.
that will explain to them exactly how you will approach the issue. In this way, you destroy the giant, so to speak, and you can now deal with much easier, smaller problems.
his or her problems, or helping them solve theirs. However, if it becomes your problem, and it starts affecting you badly, then you've just learned the most important lesson about helping others, and that is you should, but only up to a point. Do remember that leaving other people to make the final solutions for their problems also makes them grow as people. If you keep on solving things for them, you are not doing them any favors. It's even possible that your friend or loved one will start resenting you for always being there to "save" them. And that's assuming they won't be addicted to your ever-present helping hand.
Pitch in when you think people need help, but on the other hand, you shouldn't keep on butting in.
Some of life's difficulties are simply that: rough times that you simply have to survive. There are no solutions. What you do need to do, however, is to find a way to stay afloat. Be it an emotional issue or a financial one, these are the times when what you need is resilience and determination. And when you do survive the troubled times, you will all the more be wiser for it, and you will know how todeal with it better the next time something like it happens.
A gloomy disposition will only lead to a cloud of negativity hanging over you. What you should do is to find a reason to smile at least once day. Be it inspiration or comedy, all that matters is that your spirit lifts, so you won't feel like you're under such heavy weights. So, whenever you do feel like you are going through hard times, don't fret. There are many ways to adapt to the situation, and it is always wise to remember that finding a solution isn't always the right thing to do. What is always the right thing to do is to make sure you are alive and standing afterwards.


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The Coast Guard Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to the education and welfare of all Coast Guard members and their families, announced today that it has awarded a record-breaking 177 new scholarships in 2018. Combined with two Fallen Heroes Scholars and three multi-year award recipients, the Foundation will assist 182 students with $500,000 in support this year.
In the 28 years of this program, the Coast Guard Foundation has paid out more than $5.1 million to more than 960 college-aged young adults to help the families of Coast Guard members achieve their goals of higher education.
Taylor Owens, daughter of CPO Robert J. Owens, was awarded a Coast Guard Foundation Scholarship. From Prescott Valley, Arizona. Owens will attend the University of Arizona in the fall.
The Coast Guard Foundation Scholarships benefit the children of enlisted men and women who are serving or have served in the United States Coast Guard, whether active duty, reserve, retired or deceased.
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I am 63 years old and disabled, my husband has always been abusive but since he retired two months ago he has got so much worse. He makes horrible comments about me and seems to think I am not disabled but just need to take more exercise. He seems to get pleasure from seeing me struggle while he just sits on his backside and doesn't lift a finger to help. He belittles me in front of my friends and family I can't leave as the last time I tried that he threatened to get a gun and shoot me. I just feel that death would be a happy release, the only way I will ever get peace from him.
my heart really goes out to you! your husband really shouldn't treat you in this ways, aren't the terms of marriage for better or worse? if he were the disabled one would you not care for him! to abuse a disabled person is a very low thing indeed! i also feel people that do this only get worse as they think they can get away with it, and it gives them a sense of power. If you can not sort things out i would start thinking about leaving maybe?
call your local women's shelter. they will take you in and keep you safe. sorry it has come to this, but a shelter is better than committing suicide.
do you have children? they need their mother, even if they are adults. don't forget that.
That's awful! My prayers and thoughts are definitely with you.
Like the post above me says, call your local women's shelter. Also, calling the police would be acceptable in your case. They can him away from you and keep him from harming you.
Just keep this in mind: You are special and unique. There is no one else like you. God placed you on this Earth with the intention that you would do great things. I love you. Your friends love you. I'm sure, deep deep deep down inside, your husband loves you. Someone out there cares for you. Keep your head held high. You don't deserve this. You are an excellent person; we all are in some way.
I hope you are able to break free from this some day. Just hold on; don't give up 5 minutes before the miracle happens, as they say. I know how you feel, for I now feel suicidal. I feel like there's nothing left for me: hopeless, helpless, pathetic, disgusting, and worthless. But I keep holding on. Hold on with me. Hold on with the rest of the people on this forum who keep putting one foot in front of the other. It may seem like crap right now, but there's got to be a light at the end of the tunnel.
I know I sound a bit dramatic, but I know these things can't be taken lightly. I'm sorry if I went overboard with it.
Hi Brodie. My heart ached for you when I read your post. How long have you been married? I was encouraged by the fact you have friends and family around. I am so sorry you feel this bad and I don't want to post something that might do more harm than good. I'm glad you are reaching out for help.
Why should you die when he's the abusive one?
he is abusing you to keep you where he wants you..too afraid to leave.
please don't listen to his putdowns...you are a worthwhile human being ..
Thank you all for your support, I spoke to my friend tody and she said much the same as you guys she feels his abuse is a sign of his weakness not mine and that I have to ignore his put downs. I know he is a pathetic excuse for a man but knowing that doesn't make me feel better. I often wish he would die and leave me in peace, it is either him or me.
No, it's not either him or you. You can get away. I don't know where you are but in England and Wales the local authority has a duty to house you if you feel you are at risk of violence so they would put you in a refuge or something out of the way of him. Contact women's aid or similar to where you are. There are often things, no matter what the country set up for women who need to flee because of DV.
He's pond scum.. You don't have to put up with his crap.. Make arrangements to either stay with relatives or a shelter for women.. Then have the police there when you move out..Your life is worth so much more..Don't stay with him because the longer he's around the house the better the chances are that he will get physical..You don't need that..
Yes, relatives would also be a good alternative to to a shelter. If he becomes physical, do not hesitate to contact the authorities. I know even the verbal forms of abuse can cause pain. I believe it is best to leave him. At your age, you still have lots of things to live for. I am only 19, but with my concerns, I cannot simply call the police or leave. And the fact that he threatened you is WAY out of line. Please call the police.
Feel free to send me a message if you like. I can try to help you out a little more.
Brodie, I feel for you sincerely.
As a man, I find it horrific when other men treat women or children with anything less than courtesy and kindness. Sure, shout at the kids now and again, argue with your women from time to time (she wants a £100 hair -do, you think it looks nice with a £10 home perm kit) - but swearing, cursing, vicious comments and put-downs? That is BULLYING and nobody likes a bully - least of all themselves.
It makes them feel better putting someone weaker down. Someone who won't hit back. I mean, you cannot talk to someone in a pub in this manner so talking to your wife that way is just appalling.
But, I'm betting that living with him for so long that you feel as scared as moving or moving him out as you do in tolerating his treatment of you. Suicide, being stated, means your confused as to what to do and need practical advice.
Americans would know better than me relating to law - but in the UK if your husband threatened to shoot you and had a gun, he'd be pretty much given his own home in the form of a cell. Bear in mind a threat to murder is like someone talking about suicide. YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY. Especially if we're dealing with someone who is himself prone to depression and abusive towards you.
I'd talk to friends or relatives about this.
The best tactic would be to pack up some things and leave him. You could go for advice off some women's shelter who will doubtless have access to free legal advice for women in your position.
Staying in a shelter is not that bad. We have one near my home - its basically small flats which are contained and have security. You have shower, TV, small kitchen and all the facilities you expect. More than that you have no BULLY hanging over you. You can sit in peace and quiet for maybe the first time for a long time.
Living with someone, being married - you may have tolerated a lot over the years - perhaps isolated by this man who would not want you having too much of a social life when his ideas seem to be that marriage entails you being his skivvy and the person he takes things out at.
You got to give this man the shock of his life. Because when he has to run the house - when he has nobody but himself to rant at - trust me, he will feel a little bit of remorse. He'll be sorry you stood up to him. Sorry you changed into a women who has finally stood up to this bloody fool.
He is a fool, because if he had treated you with kindness and compassion, with love, then he would not be on his own facing a life in which the people around him might punch him in the face for using abuse.
I bet you were a great wife - and fun to be with. I wish I'd have met someone like you. I might be an idiot also but I know that we don't bad mouth women ever. We find interests that get us out the way so you can chill out and relax doing whatever it is a women likes to do in the precious spare time she might have.
It is a husbands job to make his wife grow in confidence and to be able to live her own life also.
Maybe he needs a BIG reminder about this. Either way you really need to get out and take a break so that you can gather your thoughts. Even a few days might be good for you - shelter or relatives, maybe a friend, I'd veer with the shelter perhaps as you will not feel in the way plus you can talk to people about your problems and keep this private.


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Melt 6 tbs. of the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add half the onions, bell peppers, and garlic and 1/2 tsp salt and sauté until soft, 8-10 minutes.
Add flour and cook, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes.
Stir in 2 cups of the evaporated milk and simmer, stirring often, until thick, 6-8 minutes. Add 1-1/2 tsp. of the Cajun seasoning, & 3-4 dashes of hot sauce. Taste and adjust seasonings. Cover to keep warm. To thin before using, stir in 1-2 tbs hot water to thin.
In a separate sauce pan, melt the remaining 6 tbs. butter in a large skillet over medium heat.
Add the remaining onions, bell peppers, 1/2 tsp salt and garlic and sauté until soft, 8-10 minutes.
Add crawfish and juices from package, remaining salt and Cajun seasoning, hot sauce & sauté for 3-5 minutes until the crawfish has warmed through.
Add the beaten eggs & stir often with a rubber spatula especially around the edges of the pan and in long strokes until eggs are just set – approx. 3-5 minutes.
Add the remaining milk and cook until thickened but still soft and creamy.
Spoon the onions and pepper sauce over eggs (thin the sauce if needed) & garnish with chopped parsley if desired.
Serve with fresh crusty bread. Enjoy!
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As CGI and effects technologies become more and more advanced, filmmakers are constantly working to keep up with the ever-growing hunger audiences have for high octane, adrenaline-packed action films.
When done right a great action film can often spawn sequels, prequels and spin-offs, and the merchandising opportunities of a hit can be limitless.
An epic battle or chase scene can sell millions of tickets, but explosions and flashy CGI are expensive and require a great deal of expertise. So naturally, the film industry is painstaking in its planning and filming of action sequences. That's where Umar Khan comes in.
As an actor, director, stunt performer and action designer, Khan has been instrumental to the success of a countless array of productions. Most recently, Khan's work can be seen in the star-studded blockbusters "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" starring Tina Fey, and Marvel's "Captain America: Civil War" starring Chris Evans and Robert Downey, Jr. His professional martial arts training and conditioning makes him the top choice for directors who won't settle for the second-best. Together with Stunt Fighting Concept, the action design team he founded, Khan is dedicated to designing and executing stunts and fight scenes that are not only intense and hair-raising but realistic and immersive.
"The fight sequences I design are meant to look very authentic due to the actual physical contact me and my teammates are inflicting upon each other," Khan said. "My team consists of guys that have fought professionally or are highly trained in various areas of the stunt business and are used to the physical contact as myself."
Among the many projects Khan has been a part of is "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – District Voices," a 2014 mini-series produced by Google and Lionsgate to coincide with the massively successful "Hunger Games" series. Those familiar with the series are well aware of the intense action sequences and fight scenes which define it, and "District Voices" is no exception. Given the enormous popularity and fanbase of the series, it's a testament to Khan's skill and reputation that he was chosen to serve as the fight choreographer for the mini-series.
Khan is also known for his 2015 role in "Close Range," the action-packed story of a man's battle against all odds to rescue his family. The film stars Scott Adkins ("The Bourne Ultimatum," "Zero Dark Thirty") as Colton MacReady, an ex-soldier who's forced to take matters into his own hands when the Mexican cartel kidnaps his sister and niece. Khan assumes the role of Sesma, a high-ranking cartel hitman tasked with stopping and killing MacReady.
In addition to being unparalleled as both an actor and action choreographer, Khan is also gifted with an extraordinary eye for cinematography. Together with his team, he is pioneering the use of a revolutionary new tool they have aptly dubbed the "semi-drone."
"Our system freely captures the fights and action in a video game style by utilizing the director of photography as a part of the movement within the scene along with the performers, and having a second camera operator moving the camera through a monitor for a more up-close and detailed view of the action," Khan described.
"You get the best of both worlds: the sense of POV along with the interactive part of 3D, which makes it feel like you are a part of the action."
There is never a dull moment for Umar Khan, and the steady stream of projects in need of his expertise never slows down. With a lifetime of experience and boundless passion for his work, it's no wonder he's in such high demand. Those who want to catch more of him and his work are in luck: "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" is in theaters now, and the hotly-anticipated "Captain America: Civil War" is scheduled for release this summer.
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At the recent launch of Office 365 Home Premium in New York City's Bryant Park, I had the opportunity to experience the new features of Office while talking to some very exciting people (keep reading to find out who!). The Microsoft Office 365 experience center showcased the services and applications (for example Word, Excel, PowerPoint and check out OneNote) that together comprise the new Office and demonstrated how they work together for a great experience that helps you amaze, share, connect, explore, create and imagine.
These days, I'm constantly amazed at when and where I can actually get things done. The new Office provides me with instant access to my documents and information offline or online, enabling me to be more productive by utilizing brief segments of my day to get things done for my family and myself. The option to use Office 365 on five devices (including PCs, Macs and Windows tablets), stream full Office apps to any Windows 7 or 8 PC, and use Office Web Apps on mobile devices also gives me the flexibility work how I want. After all, being more efficient during the day simplifies my life, and makes my nights less hectic.
Check out my new video on BlogHerTV that not only shares a VIP tour of the launch but also showcases interviews with interesting people. See what busy mom and Hollywood actress Felicity Huffman says came to her rescue managing her life as a mom. Hear what my blogger buddy Jen Singer from MommaSaid.net can do from a waiting room at the Vet and learn tips from Office Insiders regarding how they are using the new Office to make their life easier. Of course, considering where I was (Bryant Park on a beautiful winter day), I had to put on some ice skates for a New York City winter adventure. Luckily, Jen Singer decided to join in the fun!


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Although the researchers have registered an Israeli patent, the treatment must still go through trials on animals and humans, the latest edition of the British journal AIDS Research and Therapy says.
Peptides, unique short protein segments developed by the researchers, can interfere with replication and at the same time overwhelm the infected cell, triggering its self–destruction.
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BS7H 1997 Bulletin 03
The BS7H 1997 DXpedition to Scarborough Reef is still on target to hit the airwaves in approximately two weeks. Team leader BA1OK met with JA1BK in Tokyo this week to finalize several key details of the operation. The U.S. members of the operating team--N7NG, W6EU and W6RGG--met at the recent International DX Convention in Fresno to review logistics issues with N4GN, a member of the two previous BS7H DXpeditions.
Here are some details which will be of interest to the DX community:
- All necessary licenses, operating permits, landing permission, visas, and other documents are now in hand.
- BS7H will be on the air for approximately 7 days, starting 30 April. As with most DXpeditions of this type, the exact schedule is dependent on weather, transportation and other variables.
- The following transmit frequencies will be used by BS7H:
CW--1826.5, 3505, 7005, 10105, 14024, 18073, 21024, 24895, 28024 and 50110 kHz
SSB--1826.5, 3790 (3750 secondary), 7065, 14195, 18115, 21295, 24935, 28485 and 50110 kHz
RTTY--14083 and 21083 kHz
- BS7H will also be QRV on the Russian RS satellites.
- As stated previously, the primary goal of this operation is to give as many DXers as possible the opportunity to work an all-time new one. Providing QSOs on multiple bands and modes is a secondary goal. The operating team requests that DXers who worked the BS7H 1995 operation refrain from making additional QSOs on the same band-mode. Similarly, RTTY QSOs on multiple bands are discouraged.
- The BS7H operators will frequently make an effort to listen in the U.S. General class sub-bands and the Japanese sub-bands as appropriate. Periods of simplex operation will also be conducted, particularly during the last few days of operation.
- DXers are reminded that QRM from driftnet beacons, shortwave broadcast stations and various illegal 'encroachers' can be a problem on the amateur bands in the South China Sea, particularly on 40, 80 and 160 meters. Follow the directions of the BS7H operators, and be alert for changes in listening frequencies which may be necessary to work around such QRM.
- The operators will be looking for sporadic-E openings on twelve, ten and six meters. When six meters is not in use, a beacon will be placed on 50110 kHz.
- DXers in Japan should QSL via JA1BK. All others should QSL via W4FRU.
For additional information, please visit the BS7H 1997 Home Page (http://www.n4gn.com/sr/) or contact Tim Totten, N4GN, at e-mail n4gn@n4gn.com or fax +1-502-239-7766.
N4GN Home Page | BS7H 1995 Home Page | BS7H 1997 Home Page | BS7H 1997 Bulletins
Last modified 02 February 1999 by Tim Totten, n4gn@n4gn.com.


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A dancer with a strap-on male member (obscured by THR) sits on a bed after a performance at the CAA party
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Explicit burlesque shows are popular in New York and Los Angeles clubs, but the act was too suggestive for at least one female party-goer who tells The Hollywood Reporter she was offended and left the event. A source with knowledge of the party-planning says the dancers were told in advance to tone down the raunch but didn't. The crowd on the whole apparently didn't seem to mind, though, and the CAA party became a buzzy topic of conversation on a night crowded with rival festivities.
"The performance by Simon Hammerstein's The Act LV was more explicit than intended," a CAA rep tells THR. "We regret if this created an uncomfortable setting for any of our guests."
Elsewhere on Main Street on Sunday night, WME hosted clients at Wahso, where the crowd didn't die down until about 2:40 a.m. Ain't Them Bodies Saints stars Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara stopped by, as did Mia Wasikowska and Breathe In supporting player Kyle MacLachlan.
Sundance 2013: Female directors to make their mark at indie festival
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Cannes, take note.
Call it feminist, call it a full shift in the zeitgeist, call it the seeds of a movie industry revolution, but the Sundance Film Festival has shoved Hollywood into the 21st century when it comes to the inclusion of women filmmakers.
Last May, the Cannes Film Festival's competitive Palme D'Or line-up sparked controversy over its dearth of female directors. This year's annual Sundance fest in Park City, Utah, which runs from Jan. 17-27, for the very first time features an equal number of male and female directors in its 16-film U.S. Dramatic Competition category, ranging from Lynn Shelton's Touchy Feely, starring Rosemarie DeWitt (pictured in the exclusive photo above), to Liz Garcia's The Lifeguard, featuring Kristen Bell, Francesca Gregorini's Emanuel and the Truth About Fishes, starring Jessica Biel, Jerusha Hess's Austenland with Keri Russell, Lake Bell's In a World, also starring the actress-director, and Stacie Passon's Concussion.
EW connected with Shelton, Garcia, Gregorini, Hess, Passon, and Bell, as well as actresses Casey Wilson and June Diane Raphael, who co-wrote the saucy Sundance Midnight screening selection Ass Backwards, and Richard E. Robbins, who directed the CNN Films documentary Girl Rising, which will have scenes shown at Sundance. Absolute joy and excitement resonated through phone and email conversations with the filmmakers, who touted the bright future for women directors — Kathryn Bigelow's name may be the biggest out there these days, but many more are on the horizon.
"As a woman navigating through a traditionally male dominated field, I have often felt like more of an oddity than an artist," says Shelton, whose Touchy Feely marks her third film at Sundance. "In addition to a gratifying sense of justice in this 'Finally!' kind of moment, I also hope that this year's gender parity among competition filmmakers at Sundance means we can look forward to a time (hopefully soon) when the quality and content of our work will be considered on its own terms without regard for what happens to be (or not to be) in our pants."
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If there's one thing Joseph Gordon-Levitt would like you to know about his Sundance directorial debut Don Jon's Addiction, it's that the film wasn't inspired by Jersey Shore … despite the fact that he cast himself as a bulked-up, waxed-down New Jersey guido whose main mission in life is to "smash" young hotties at the club. "It honestly wasn't!" he insisted to me after the film's crowd-pleasing premiere. "I mean, I'm aware of it, but I had never seen an episode of it when I wrote this." And since? "I've since watched an episode of it," he admitted, "but I could only ever get through one of them."
Still, you've got to wonder what the Situation might make of a film like Don Jon's Addiction, which takes that time-honored Saturday Night Fever narrative — a young guy on the make pursues his elusive dream girl (Scarlett Johansson), somehow growing up along the way — and slices it wide open. The movie opens with a hypercut montage of Gordon-Levitt's character masturbating to online porn, waxing ecstatic about "those tits, that ass, the doggie, the blowjob," and at first, you think it's just another symptom of his relentless skirt-chasing. Soon, though, the character confides in his narration that he prefers porn to the real thing, and when he's challenged by Johansson to ditch the pornhub.com time-wasters entirely, he finds out just how hard it is to be in the moment with an actual woman instead of jacking off to a three-minute fantasy.
But even there, the movie circumvents your expectations. Johansson's slinky Jersey girl tries to make Gordon-Levitt a better man, but she's actually steamrolling him, strategically withholding sex until she can mold him into the male lead of the rom-coms she's constantly watching. (Gordon-Levitt called in favors from friends like Channing Tatum and Anne Hathaway — rom-com staples both — to appear in one of Don Jon's chick-flicks-within-the-flick.) It isn't until Julianne Moore appears as a wounded widow in Gordon-Levitt's night class that he learns what a real connection with a woman could be like.
The movie has already inspired plenty of conversation at Sundance, and when I caught up with Gordon-Levitt, Moore, and Tony Danza (who plays JGL's father) after the premiere, they had a lot to say about it, too. Of course, it's no wonder that three good-looking actors might find plenty to mine in a story about the perils of sexual objectification; the trio had just finished up a photo shoot, and "That's where it really happens the most," said Gordon-Levitt. "That's just pure objectification."
Continued the actor, "I think there's an important distinction to be made here, because you can view someone sexually without objectifying them."
Danza cleared his throat. "I objectify Julianne," he offered.
"Hopefully, in real life, you don't want to objectify or imprint your own ideas onto someone else, but in film? Sometimes, that's part of the deal," said Moore. "And then we get back to the movie: What expectations do we bring to relationships that are not real, that are based on images we've seen? That's where you get into trouble."
"And I find that shit hilarious!" shouted Gordon-Levitt. "People who have those expectations always makes me laugh. It can be sad and it can ruin relationships, but to me, it's head-slappingly funny. That's where the idea for the movie came from."
And who picked the porn clips that are liberally sprinkled throughout Don Jon, and earn every bit of the film's sure-to-be-restricted rating? "Oh, I did that," teased Moore.
"Good job, Julianne," said Danza. "Really wonderful."
"Thank you very much!" replied the redhead. "It was all from my personal library."
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It's only the second day of this year's Sundance Film Festival, and a friend texted me tonight to ask, "What's the best and worst of the fest so far?" Normally I wouldn't have an answer because so few movies have actually screened by this point, but as it happened, I had just come from watching the best movie and the worst movie. In fact, they were the same movie. It's called Two Mothers and it's imperative that you close all your other browser windows and memorize everything I tell you about it, because it is a doozy.
Literally 95% of the movie is comprised of the following: swimming, staring, and sex-having. (Often, some of those actions are combined or follow each other in rapid succession.) The dialogue is terse and feels more like it was pulled from foreign language subtitles than anything resembling actual conversation. A pivotal exchange between Lil and Roz, scripted by Oscar winning screenwriter Christopher Hampton, after the two women have just learned that they're, you know, boning each other's sons: "How are you feeling?" Long pause. "Good." Long pause. "Yeah. Me too." In the next scene, all four of them are hanging out together and having a blast. Well, glad that's settled!
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Sundance 2013: Robert Redford answers conservative critics
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In the Day 1 press conference to open the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, Robert Redford struck back at a conservative Utah group that suggested last week that the state should reconsider its funding of Sundance because the festival's liberal leanings did not reflect the state's values. "Sometimes the narrowest mind barks the loudest, and we've over time come to ignore it," said Redford, who also reminded Utahans of the $80 million the festival attracts each year to the local economy. "We're also offering a wide spectrum of choices. It's up to the audience to choose … So I would just say to these people — we either ignore them or remind them that it's a free country and maybe they should look at the Constitution."
But Redford, who took questions alongside Sundance Institute executive director Keri Putnam and Festival director John Cooper did acknowedge that the entire Hollywood industry might need to reexamine the way it treats and markets gun violence, especially in the aftermath of the Newtown shooting. Citing a pair of roadside movie billboards that featured prominant positioning of firearms, Redford, who once famously played the Sundance Kid, said, "My thought was [as I drove by], does my industry think that guns will help sell tickets. I don't know. It's not a question that I could answer. But it seems like a question worth asking my own industry. Maybe there's a reason that — maybe yes. I don't know but it seems fair because I've noticed how often guns are used in ads as though there's something that translates in a positive way."
The trio also discussed the Institute's national and international outreach, seemingly doubling down on its "cultural exchange" in London but slamming the door on rumors that Sundance had eyes on a Brooklyn-based outpost. "There's no truth to it," said Redford, who expressed frustration with the initial media report. "I would be uncomfortable pushing our way into some place," he said. "It's better to be invited."
This year, the festival features 51 first-time filmmakers from 32 different countries, and there are as many female directors as male in the dramatic competition. Redford pointed to the festival's ability to "flow with" and "accomodate" social, cultural, and technological change as one of its most enduring strengths. "[Sundance] is not meant to be commercial; it's meant to be diverse," he said. " The nice thing is that we're still here [after 30 years] and diversity has proven to be commercial.
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EU regulators OK increasing doses from virus vaccine vials
by: SAMUEL PETREQUIN and MIKE CORDER, Associated Press
A nurse prepares a syringe with the Pfizer/Biontech COVID-19 vaccine at the CHC Landenne care home in Landenne-sur-Meuse, near Namur, Belgium, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. Vaccinations programs in the 27 nation-bloc have gotten off to a slow start and some EU members have been quick to blame the EU's executive arm for a perceived failure of delivering the right amount of doses. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's drug agency on Friday approved doctors drawing one more dose from each vial of the coronavirus vaccine made by Pfizer-BioNTech, in a move that — combined with the purchase of 300 million extra shots of the serum — could speed up the pace of vaccinations in the 27-nation bloc.
The European Medicines Agency said its human medicines committee recommended updating the product information for the vaccine to clarify that each vial contains six doses instead of the five that were advised when it originally greenlighted the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on Dec. 21.
German Health Ministry spokesman Hanno Kautz told reporters in Berlin that the change would come into effect immediately, boosting available doses of the vaccine by 20%.
Many doctors across the EU have already been drawing six doses of the vaccine from each vial, a practice that is already permitted in the United States, Britain and elsewhere.
Pharmaceutical companies regularly put more vaccine than necessary into vials so that minimum dosage can be ensured even if there is some spillage.
The news came shortly after the EU's executive arm said it had secured 300 million extra doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the new agreement to buy more doses will double the amount ordered by the 27-nation bloc.
The EU commission later detailed in a statement that it offered to member states to purchase an additional 200 million doses of the vaccine, with the option to acquire another 100 million doses.
"This would enable the EU to purchase up to 600 million doses of this vaccine, which is already being used across the EU. The additional doses will be delivered starting in the second quarter of 2021," the EU said. Von der Leyen said 75 million of the extra doses would be available during the second quarter, with the rest being delivered throughout 2021.
Combined with a contract with Moderna for its vaccine, the EU now has the capacity to vaccinate 380 million people, Von der Leyen said, more than 80% of its population.
The EU has sealed six vaccine contracts for up to 2 billion doses, with Moderna, AstraZeneca-Oxford, Sanofi-GSK, Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, Pfizer-BioNTech and CureVac. But only the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines have been approved for use so far in the bloc.
At an online public meeting to discuss the drug agency's work reviewing vaccines, EMA Executive Director Emer Cooke said the process of assessing a third vaccine, made by AstraZeneca, could be completed by the end of January.
"This will, of course, depend on the data we receive and the evaluation progress," she said. "Once we actually receive the application, we will make a public announcement on this."
Also Friday, Britain authorized the vaccine developed by Moderna, the third to be licensed for use in the country.
The U.K. Department of Health said the vaccine met British regulators' "strict standards of safety, efficacy and quality."
Britain has ordered 10 million doses of the vaccine, though it is not expected to be delivered there until spring. So far Britain has inoculated 1.5 million people with the Pfizer-BioNTech and AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccines.
The European Commission's announcement came amid growing criticism, notably in Germany, about the decision to let the commission handle vaccine purchases for all EU member nations. Vaccination programs in the EU have gotten off to a slow start, and some EU members have been quick to blame the European Commission for a perceived failure to deliver the right number of doses.
The EU has defended its strategy, insisting that vaccination programs have just started and that large deliveries are foreseen for around April.
"We were faced with a situation where we had huge demand, but the production capacity had not kept pace with that as yet. Now, we have a positive step forward," von der Leyen said.
After Germany secured extra doses from BioNTech, a German company, outside the EU agreements, von der Leyen made clear that individual negotiations would violate the agreement accepted by all the bloc's members.
"We have all agreed, legally binding, that there would be no parallel negotiations, no parallel contract," she said. "So the framework we are all working in is a framework of 27. Together we are negotiating, together we are procuring and together we are bringing forward this vaccination process."
But Kautz said that the deal with BioNTech "is compatible with the EU agreements. The extra allocations we have secured do not disrupt the other contracts."
"That is a precondition for the memorandums of understanding we concluded," Kautz told reporters in Berlin. "Delivery also will not be affected by this. No other EU member state will get vaccines later from BioNTech, for example, just because Germany has secured additional doses of vaccine or a commitment for additional doses of vaccine."
Kautz made clear that the bilaterally secured 30 million doses would be delivered after those ordered via the EU, though they are still expected this year.
Corder reported from The Hague, Netherlands. Geir Moulson and Frank Jordans contributed from Berlin.
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ارتباط هایی به تازگی با فعالیت هورمون های تولید مثلی در خانم ها مشاهده شده است که می بایست بیشتر مورد بررسی قرار گیرد.
علل اختصاصی کلانژیت اسکلروز دهنده اولیه (primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC نامشخص است چون در ارتباط با چند مرض در مبتلایان می باشد و یک درمان موثر برای آن وجود ندارد.
این بیماری احتمالا علل ژنتیکی دارد، و ارتباط آن با بیماری التهاب روده قویا واسطه گری سیستم ایمنی را در بروز آن پیشنهاد می کند. به هر حال، شواهد کمی در مورد فاکتورهای محتمل غیر ژنتیکی ( سبک زندگی و محیطی) که بر روی پیشرفت PSC موثرند، در دست است.
به جزء امکان اثر محافظتی سیگار کشیدن، اطلاعات کمی در مورد فاکتورهای خطرزایی غیر ژنتیکی موثر بر کلانژیت اسکلروز اولیه (PSC) در دست است. در این مطالعه ما به بررسی ارتباط میان فاکتورهای خطرزایی محیطی و حساسیت به PSC پرداختیم.
پرسشگران بیماران PSC را از بیمارستان Rikshospitalet دانشگاه اسلو نروژ در سال 2011 فرا خواندند، و به طور اتفاقی افرادی را از لیست دهندگان پیوند مغز استخوان نروژ (به عنوان افراد گروه کنترل) انتخاب کردند. داده های حاصل از تجزیه و تحلیل 240 بیمار مبتلا به PSC و 245 فرد گروه کنترل، جهت جنسیت و سن با هم جور شدند.
بخش کمتری از بیماران PSC در مقایسه با گروه کنترل به طور روزانه قهوه می نوشیدند، عموماً در هر دو گروه.
(نسبت شانس (OR) 76% در مقابل 86% ، 95% فاصله اطمینان (CI)، 0.32–0.82; P = .006) و در سن 18 سالگی (نسبت شانس 35%در مقابل 49%، 0.58; 95% CI، P = .003) بودند.
ارتباط اساساً مرتبط با تفاوت هایی بود که در مردان مشاهده گردید. 20 درصد از بیماران همیشه (در حال حاضر یا قبلاً) به طور روازنه در مقاسیه با 43%گروه کنترل (OR، 0.33; 95% CI، 0.22–0.50; P < .001) سیگاری بوده اند.
سیگار کشیدن روزانه قبل از تشخیص PSC در ارتباط با سنین بالاتر در تشخیص (42 سالگی در مقابل 32 سالگی; P < .001) بوده است. سیگار کشیدن هر روزه (P < .001) و نوشیدن قهوه در سن 18 سالگی (P = .048) ارتباط مستقل و منفی با PSC داشته است. بیماران مونث کمتری با PSC نسبت به گروه کنترل گزارش شده که تا به حال از هورمون ضد بارداری استفاده کرده اند (51% در مقابل 85%; P < .001). در میان بیماران مونث، ارتباط قوی بین افزایش تعداد فرزند قبل از تشخیص PSC و افزایش سن در زمان تشخیص (r = 0.63; P < .001).) وجود داشت.
مصرف قهوه و سیگار کشیدن ممکن است اثر محافظتی در مقابل پیشرفت PSC داشته باشند. در زنان، بیماری ممکن است با فاکتورهای هورمونی تحت تاثیر قرار گیرد.
این یافته های، یافت های پیشین در مورد ارتباط منفی بین سیگار کشیدن و PSC را تایید می کند. یک ارتباط منفی دیگری که در این یافته های مورد توجه قرار گرفت مصرف قهوه می باشد، که پیشنهاد یک تاثیر محافظتی می کند.
این نتایج با تحقیقات پیشین که پیشنهاد یک تاثیر محافظت کبدی (hepatoprotective) قهوه را کرده اند در یک راستا است. یافته ها در میان خانم ها پیشنهاد می کند فاکتورهای هورمونی شاید بر روی خطر PSC و ظهور آن تاثیر بگذارند و این موضوع استحقاق تحقیقات بیشتر را دارد.
Atif Zaman, MD, MPH reviewing Andersen IM et al. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2014 Jun.
A newly observed association with reproductive hormonal activity in women should be explored further.
The specific causes of primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) are unknown, as are its associated comorbidities and an effective treatment. The disease likely has a genetic component, and its association with inflammatory bowel disease strongly suggests an immune-mediated component. However, little is known about possible nongenetic lifestyle and environmental factors that influence the development of PSC.
In 2011, all living patients in the Norwegian PSC registry were invited to participate in a questionnaire study. Questionnaire items included dietary habits, comorbidities, lifestyle factors, and workplace exposures. Gender and age–matched control patients were identified from the Bone Marrow Donor Registry.
Compared with controls, patients with PSC had lower body-mass index, were less likely to have a college education, and had a higher prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease.
Lifestyle risk factors associated with PSC included a lower rate of coffee drinking (76% vs. 86% in controls; P=0.006), lower daily coffee consumption (mean cups daily, 2.7 vs 4.0; P<0.001), and a lower rate of smoking (current daily smoking, 2% vs. 15%; P<0.001 and ever daily smoking, 20% vs. 43%; P<0.001).
Among women, fewer patients with PSC reported ever using hormonal contraception compared with controls (51% vs. 85%, P<0.001). In addition, a strong linear correlation existed between parity before the onset of PSC and age at diagnosis (r=0.63, P<0.001).
This analysis confirms a previous finding of a negative association between smoking and PSC. A negative association is also noted here with coffee consumption, suggesting a protective effect. This result is in line with prior findings suggesting an overall hepatoprotective effect of coffee (NEJM JW Gastroenterol Mar 16 2012, NEJM JW Gastroenterol Jan 8 2010, and NEJM JW Gastroenterol Aug 3 2007). The intriguing findings among women suggest that hormonal factors may influence the risk for and onset of PSC and merit further exploration.
Little is known about nongenetic risk factors for primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), except a possible protective effect of smoking. We investigated the relationship between environmental risk factors and susceptibility to PSC.
A questionnaire was distributed to patients with PSC, recruited from Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet in Norway through 2011, and randomly chosen individuals from the Norwegian Bone Marrow Donor Registry (control subjects). Data were analyzed from 240 patients with PSC and 245 control subjects, matched for gender and age.
A lower proportion of patients with PSC were daily coffee drinkers than control subjects, both currently (76% vs 86%; odds ratio [OR], 0.52; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.32–0.82; P = .006) and at the age of 18 years (35% vs 49%; OR, 0.58; 95% CI, 0.40–0.83; P = .003). The associations were mainly attributed to differences observed in men. Twenty percent of the patients were ever (current or former) daily smokers compared with 43% of control subjects (OR, 0.33; 95% CI, 0.22–0.50; P < .001). Ever daily smoking before PSC diagnosis was associated with older age at diagnosis (42 years vs 32 years; P < .001). Ever daily smoking (P < .001) and being a coffee drinker at the age of 18 years (P = .048) were independently and negatively associated with PSC. Fewer female patients with PSC than control subjects reported ever use of hormonal contraception (51% vs 85%; P < .001). Among female patients, there was a strong correlation between increasing number of children before the diagnosis of PSC and increasing age at diagnosis (r = 0.63; P < .001).
Coffee consumption and smoking might protect against development of PSC. In women, the disease might be influenced by hormonal factors.


The final tallies are in, and after the final bid was cast at 8pm last Friday night the Cents raised $6275 for two great causes.
The proceeds will be split between two causes that help support Mental Health Awareness in their respective fields. The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Kamloops will be one of the beneficiaries of half the proceeds while the other half will go to support the Ty Pozzobon Foundation.
Business Operations Manager Jared Thomas says the funds and the auction help further the cause of awareness.
"I think it's a great showing by the Centennials organization to ensure that two charities will receive some much needed support in their quest to raise Mental Health Awareness. We've seen the issue really come to the fore across the sports landscape, and also in day to day life. There are many who suffer, sometimes in silence, and we hope that by supporting these causes and getting the word out there we give those people courage to reach out for help."
The highest earning jersey was naturally the late Ty Pozzobon at $600, but the highest current Centennials bid went to MVP Nick Granowicz who netted $490 for the respective charities.
The $6275 is slightly more than last years 3rd jersey auction of $6105 despite having less Alumni jerseys available for auction.