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Amid a buzz of controversy about her role in invading the privacy of several Harvard staff members, Evelynn Hammonds, the 60 year old Dean of Harvard College, will step down on July 1, five years and one month after she became both the first African-American and first female to occupy the highest office in Harvard's undergraduate school. ...

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CivicInfo BC Careers - Director of Human Resources - Greater ...

Director of Human Resources

The Greater Victoria Public Library (GVPL) is an innovative library system with one of the highest per capita usage rates in Canada.? Our Vision is to inspire literacy, lifelong learning and community enrichment for all. Serving 315,000 residents and taxpayers in the Greater Victoria area, we provide library service to 10 municipalities.? We are currently seeking a progressive and dynamic Director of Human Resources.

As the successful candidate, you will report directly to the CEO and be an integral part of the Library?s senior leadership team.? Your solid generalist background will enable you to be accountable for ensuring delivery of the full range of HR services and support to 250 staff members, representing approximately 185 FTEs. Your past successes managing complex change will allow you to significantly contribute to the implementation of the strategic goals of the organization.

Highlights of Requirements:

• Post-secondary diploma or degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or related field;
• Minimum of seven years? experience at the leadership level;
• Experience in developing, recommending, and implementing proactive HR strategies, policies, procedures and best practices which promote a positive work environment and support the Library in reaching its strategic goals and objectives;
• Thorough knowledge of BC Employment Standards, WorkSafe BC, Labour Relations Code and other relevant legislation;
• Extensive experience negotiating, interpreting and administering collective agreements in a unionized environment;
• CHRP designation preferred.

For further information, please refer to the complete job description:??http://gvpl.ca/about-the-library/work-with-us/job-descriptions/director-human-resources/

If these requirements match your career profile and you would like to actively contribute to the continuing success of this highly respected community resource, we would love to hear from you.

This excluded position offers a competitive salary commensurate with your qualifications and experience and a comprehensive benefits package.? As per BC Legislation requirements, a criminal record check must be conducted before employment can be confirmed.

To apply: Please send a cover letter and resume describing how your qualifications and experience match the job requirements to:

Maureen Sawa, CEO
c/o Linda Robertson, Executive Assistant
Greater Victoria Public Library
735 Broughton Street
Victoria, BC V8W 3H2
E-mail:? lrobertson@gvpl.ca

If invited for an interview, you will be asked to provide current contact information of three references.

Review of applications begins June 3, 2013; however, the competition will remain open until we find the right candidate.? While we thank all applicants in advance for their interest only those applicants who are shortlisted for an interview will be contacted.

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Levosimendan improves event free survival by 50 percent in end-stage heart failure

Public release date: 27-May-2013
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Results of late breaking trials presented at Heart Failure 2013

Lisbon, 27 May 2013: Ambulatory levosimendan improves event free survival by 50% compared to placebo, according to results from the LevoRep Study presented today during the late breaking trial session1 of the Heart Failure Congress 2013. In a second study, the third generation mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (MRA) BAY 94-8862 showed improved potassium and kidney tolerance in heart failure patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Heart Failure 2013 is the main annual meeting of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology and is being held 25-28 May in Lisbon, Portugal (1)

The prevalence of end-stage heart failure is increasing significantly and is associated with frequent hospital admissions and high costs. LevoRep is the largest trial of repetitive ambulatory administration of an inotrope in end-stage heart failure. The study focused on the safety and efficacy of levosimendan in an ambulatory setting.

LevoRep was a multicentre study in which 120 patients with end-stage heart failure were randomised to receive biweekly 0.2 mcg/kg/min levosimendan for 6 hours over 6 weeks or placebo. The study met its secondary endpoints and showed that ambulatory levosimendan was safe and improved event free survival by 50% compared with placebo. However, the study failed to show significant improvements in functional capacity and quality of life which were the primary endpoints.

Presenter Dr Gerhard Poelzl (Austria) said: "Future studies with more patients and higher dosing or higher repetition frequencies of levosimendan in an outpatient setting could show positive results for the primary endpoints. The improvement in event-free survival shown in this study may revive an old concept of ambulatory treatment of end-stage heart failure patients which has been largely dismissed because of the excessive mortality with intropes."

The MinerAlocorticoid Receptor Antagonist Tolerability Study (ARTS) was a randomised, double blind, phase 2 trial of BAY 94-8862 in patients with chronic heart failure and mild/moderate chronic kidney disease. First (spironolactone) and second (eplerenone) generation MRAs have safety issues including risk of hyperkalemia and worsened renal function. Their use is limited in patients with poor renal function, a frequent comorbidity in patients with heart failure.

The fourth generation MRA BAY 94-8862 is non-steroidal and BAY 94-8862 is thought to be more kidney friendly. This is due to its pharmacokinetics of distribution where the drug tends to be compartmentalised to a greater extent in the heart than the kidneys when compared to spironolactone and eplerenone in rodents, suggesting targeted action on the cardiovascular system with fewer effects on the kidney.

Part B of the ARTS trial, presented today, randomised 393 patients with heart failure and moderate CKD to BAY 94-8862 (2.5, 5, or 10mg once daily or 5mg twice daily), placebo or the standard dose of spironolactone.

All BAY 94-8862 doses were safe and well tolerated and BAY 94-8862 was associated with less hyperkalemia and better kidney tolerance than spironolactone. Both drugs produced an almost equal effect on brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), a hemodynamic biomarker of remodelling of the heart.

Presenter Professor Faiez Zannad (France) said: "This fourth generation drug is better tolerated when it comes to potassium and the kidney even in patients at higher risk because of pre-existing moderate CKD. There is a real unmet need in this population because while MRAs are not contraindicated, many doctors are wary of using them because of the side effects in the kidney. This study is the first important step towards investigating newer and wider indications for MRAs."

He concluded: "Future studies will investigate BAY 94-8862 novel indications: patients with heart failure and either moderate CKD or diabetes hospitalized for worsening chronic heart failure, and kidney protection in diabetics."

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European Society of Cardiology

Results of late breaking trials presented at Heart Failure 2013

Lisbon, 27 May 2013: Ambulatory levosimendan improves event free survival by 50% compared to placebo, according to results from the LevoRep Study presented today during the late breaking trial session1 of the Heart Failure Congress 2013. In a second study, the third generation mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (MRA) BAY 94-8862 showed improved potassium and kidney tolerance in heart failure patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD).

Heart Failure 2013 is the main annual meeting of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology and is being held 25-28 May in Lisbon, Portugal (1)

The prevalence of end-stage heart failure is increasing significantly and is associated with frequent hospital admissions and high costs. LevoRep is the largest trial of repetitive ambulatory administration of an inotrope in end-stage heart failure. The study focused on the safety and efficacy of levosimendan in an ambulatory setting.

LevoRep was a multicentre study in which 120 patients with end-stage heart failure were randomised to receive biweekly 0.2 mcg/kg/min levosimendan for 6 hours over 6 weeks or placebo. The study met its secondary endpoints and showed that ambulatory levosimendan was safe and improved event free survival by 50% compared with placebo. However, the study failed to show significant improvements in functional capacity and quality of life which were the primary endpoints.

Presenter Dr Gerhard Poelzl (Austria) said: "Future studies with more patients and higher dosing or higher repetition frequencies of levosimendan in an outpatient setting could show positive results for the primary endpoints. The improvement in event-free survival shown in this study may revive an old concept of ambulatory treatment of end-stage heart failure patients which has been largely dismissed because of the excessive mortality with intropes."

The MinerAlocorticoid Receptor Antagonist Tolerability Study (ARTS) was a randomised, double blind, phase 2 trial of BAY 94-8862 in patients with chronic heart failure and mild/moderate chronic kidney disease. First (spironolactone) and second (eplerenone) generation MRAs have safety issues including risk of hyperkalemia and worsened renal function. Their use is limited in patients with poor renal function, a frequent comorbidity in patients with heart failure.

The fourth generation MRA BAY 94-8862 is non-steroidal and BAY 94-8862 is thought to be more kidney friendly. This is due to its pharmacokinetics of distribution where the drug tends to be compartmentalised to a greater extent in the heart than the kidneys when compared to spironolactone and eplerenone in rodents, suggesting targeted action on the cardiovascular system with fewer effects on the kidney.

Part B of the ARTS trial, presented today, randomised 393 patients with heart failure and moderate CKD to BAY 94-8862 (2.5, 5, or 10mg once daily or 5mg twice daily), placebo or the standard dose of spironolactone.

All BAY 94-8862 doses were safe and well tolerated and BAY 94-8862 was associated with less hyperkalemia and better kidney tolerance than spironolactone. Both drugs produced an almost equal effect on brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), a hemodynamic biomarker of remodelling of the heart.

Presenter Professor Faiez Zannad (France) said: "This fourth generation drug is better tolerated when it comes to potassium and the kidney even in patients at higher risk because of pre-existing moderate CKD. There is a real unmet need in this population because while MRAs are not contraindicated, many doctors are wary of using them because of the side effects in the kidney. This study is the first important step towards investigating newer and wider indications for MRAs."

He concluded: "Future studies will investigate BAY 94-8862 novel indications: patients with heart failure and either moderate CKD or diabetes hospitalized for worsening chronic heart failure, and kidney protection in diabetics."

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Mouthwash as an acne treatment | Health | The Seattle Times

Q: I thought I?d share my experience using Listerine as an acne treatment after reading about it in your column. I have tried all types of antibiotics and topical prescriptions on the market. Nothing has worked as well as applying Listerine morning and night. Who knew it could be that simple?

A: Listerine was first brought out as a surgical antiseptic sold to doctors starting in 1879. By the early 20th century, it was being promoted to consumers as a mouthwash. It also was touted for dandruff and ?bad skin.?

The herbal oils and alcohol in Listerine have antimicrobial properties, and many readers have reported success using it for fungal infections such as jock itch, dandruff and nail fungus. Other readers also have found, as you did, that it helps clear blemishes.

Q: I am a 16-year-old girl who has had bladder problems since I was 8. I was taken to the hospital for pain in my left hip, and the doctor prescribed two pills (500 mg each) of naproxen to be taken twice daily.

I had pain in my stomach and back, and I couldn?t sleep. Then my urinary system shut down completely. I had taken the drug for almost three weeks before another doctor took me off. I was in the hospital for seven weeks and was just released with no improvement.

I know the drug did this to me. Has anyone else had this severe reaction?

A: Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as naproxen can harm the kidneys (Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, October 2009). A recent study of marathon runners found that those who took ibuprofen before the race to ward off muscle soreness were more likely to develop temporary kidney failure as a result (BMJ Open online, April 19). Your story is a reminder that pain relievers may have serious side effects.

Q: How important is it to lower cholesterol levels to reduce the overall risk of death from heart disease? I worry about the possible unintended consequences of lowering cholesterol if you don?t need to. Will it increase the risk of cancer?

I read a study suggesting a shift in focus and would welcome any information you can offer.

A: Although cholesterol is a risk factor for heart disease, its importance has become increasingly controversial (Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, September 2006). Some researchers believe that inflammation may be a better predictor of heart problems. Others suggest that hostility is a key risk factor (American Journal of Cardiology online, May 2).

A new Japanese study shows a link between low LDL cholesterol and an increased risk of liver cancer (Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine, March). The authors suggest that low LDL cholesterol may be a marker for preclinical cancer.

For three decades, researchers have been debating whether low cholesterol increases the risk of cancer or whether early cancer causes cholesterol levels to drop. This issue has not been resolved.

In their column, Joe and Teresa Graedon answer letters from readers. Write to them c/o King Features Syndicate, 300 W. 57th St., 15th floor, New York, NY 10019, or via their website:www.peoplespharmacy.org

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Bob Dole says Reagan couldn't make it in today's GOP. Is he right?

Former Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole said Ronald Reagan wouldn't have been accepted in today's GOP. Maybe, like Dole, he just wouldn't have understood today's D.C.

By Mark Sappenfield,?Staff writer / May 26, 2013

Former Senate majority leader Bob Dole, seen here in 2012, told Fox News Sunday that the Republican Party has become too confrontational and lacks big ideas.

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When President Obama says Ronald Reagan would no longer win a Republican primary, as he did in the heat of the 2012 presidential election, Grand Old Partyers are probably not inclined to spend too much time wondering where it all went wrong.

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But when a former Republican presidential candidate, Bob Dole, says essentially the same thing on Fox News, as he did Sunday ... well, Grand Old Partyers are probably still not going to get too worked up about it. But it might at least perk their ears a bit more.

The challenges facing the national Republican Party are well known, having been thrown into sharp relief last November. Mr. Obama soundly defeated Republican candidate Mitt Romney among women, minorities, and youth. In a race taking place amid a largely stagnant economy, a president seen as extremely vulnerable won the Electoral College tally, 332 to 206.

It's a far cry from the days when Mr. Reagan won 49 of 50 states in 1984. Back then, there were Reagan Democrats. These days, it seems, there aren't even Bob Dole Republicans.?

"Reagan couldn't have made it. Certainly, Nixon couldn't have made it, because he had ideas. We might've made it, but I doubt it," he said on Fox News Sunday.

Not content with saying that the most illustrious Republican leader of the past century would have been run out of his own party today because he had "ideas," Mr. Dole went further.

"They ought to put a sign on the National Committee doors that says 'Closed for repairs,' until New Year's Day next year and spend that time going over ideas and positive agendas," he said.

We're guessing that he's now somewhere behind New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on the list of prospective keynote speakers at next year's CPAC convention.

To some, his comments will sound like the sour grapes of a man whose time has passed. But that might be the very reason they are so telling.

There is no question Dole is a different political animal from many of the Republicans (or Democrats) currently on Capitol Hill. He was a legislator in what is increasingly becoming an outdated sense of the word: Someone who made deals. Yes, often in the proverbial smoke-filled backrooms. Yes, often greased with the pork of pet projects for legislators' districts. But deals nonetheless.?

In his comments to Fox News, Dole did not just single out Republicans for their intransigence. He looked to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue with befuddlement, too.?

"I think as a president, he lacks communication skills with his own party, let alone the Republican Party. And he's on the road too much," he said.

Translation: The president, like the Republicans, doesn't know how to make deals.

For Dole, who served as a senator from Kansas for 27 years, the idea of a Washington that doesn't know how to make deals is utterly foreign. It is Hollywood without egos, Detroit without automobiles, Atlanta without grits. Deals were Washington's very reason for being. Washington was political dealmaking. Without it, D.C. is just a bunch of squawking pinstripe suits.

Reagan was a part of that Washington. He made deals on immigration and on taxes. Bad ones, many conservatives would say. But deals nonetheless. They were part of his political DNA.

Could someone like that have passed the GOP's orthodoxy tests? Big ideas, after all, are just that ? reaching across political lines.

The answer is not "yes" or "no." Like LeBron vs. Jordan, the answer is that different people adapt to different times. Would Reagan have rejected the current tea party-fueled ethic of political principles??ber alles and become another Arlen Specter? Or would he, like House Speaker John Boehner (R) of Ohio or Sen. John McCain (R) of Arizona ? men who were once more like Dole ? simply have adapted to the political realities of the day.

That is an unanswerable question. But Dole is asking it.

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A new crop of domestic mavens

Actresses like Gwyneth Paltrow and Jessica Alba are pursuing new careers as lifestyle gurus.

By Chris Gaylord,?Staff writer / May 22, 2013

Gwyneth Paltrow: the queen bee of a new generation.

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Both Martha Stewart and Oprah Winfrey have watched their media empires dwindle. But in their place has risen a new breed of celebrity homemaker ? semiretired actresses enjoying a second career as lifestyle gurus.

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Jessica Alba has not appeared in a live-action, widely released movie since 2011. In that time, she?s launched a line of eco-friendly baby products and published a new book, ?The Honest Life,? about her organic lifestyle.

Blake Lively?s big role in the teen hit ?Gossip Girl? has come to an end and her would-be summer blockbusters ? ?The Green Lantern? and ?Savages? ? fizzled at the box office. Now, the actress has grabbed headlines for taking cooking lessons at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris and installing a massive kitchen in her new home.

But the queen bee of this new era has been Gwyneth Paltrow. During a slow period in her career, she kicked off the online news-letter Goop. While critics mock the website for its casual excess ($100 shirts for babies and four-figure handbags), Goop has secured a place among the big style and parenting blogs. In April, Ms. Paltrow released her second health-minded cookbook, ?It?s All Good.?

?In the ?90s, when celebrities wanted to resuscitate their careers, they would create a perfume,? says Deborah Jaramillo, assistant professor of film and television at Boston University. ?Now, they are taking a more domestic route. They?re positioning themselves as a Martha or Oprah for their own generation.?

Ms. Alba and Ms. Lively are not the first stars to trade in low-cut outfits for aprons. In the 1940s and ?50s, under the constant watch of the moralistic Motion Picture Production Code, Hollywood studios would arrange for sexier, edgier stars to appear in magazines talking about their homes and offering parenting tips.

Today?s tastemakers may be more concerned with demographics. As Alba and Lively have gotten older, so has their key audience. Alba?s new book spends several chapters talking directly to young mothers, the exact group that Ms. Stewart and Ms. Winfrey have had trouble reaching. Throughout those pages, ?The Honest Life? adopts a strong theme of generational responsibility ? a Millennial push to curb the use of chemicals in food and body products.

?I?m intrigued by this idea that we?ve moved into a time when women are portrayed as being more socially conscious and not just fixated on babies and cooking,? says Ms. Jaramillo. ?Whether you agree or disagree with organic foods and organic lifestyles, there is something positive about the message, even if it is still consumer based.?

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Ross Lynch And R5 Perform At The Rio Theatre In Vancouver, Canada

Ross Lynch and his family band R5 performed a concert in Vancouver, Canada this month. Were you lucky enough to attend?

The show was held at the Rio Theatre on May 14, 2013. The crowd loved all of Ross and R5?s music! Which R5 song is YOUR favorite?

Have you heard the exciting news about R5?s song ?Loud? and ?The Voice??

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Four genes identified that influence levels of 'bad' cholesterol

May 15, 2013 ? Scientists at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute have identified four genes in baboons that influence levels of "bad" cholesterol. This discovery could lead to the development of new drugs to reduce the risk of heart disease.

"Our findings are important because they provide new targets for the development of novel drugs to reduce heart disease risk in humans," said Laura Cox, Ph.D., a Texas Biomed geneticist. "Since these genes have previously been associated with cancer, our findings suggest that genetic causes of heart disease may overlap with causes of some types of cancer."

The new study, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is published online and will appear in the July print issue of the Journal of Lipid Research.

Texas Biomed scientists screened their baboon colony of 1,500 animals to find three half-siblings with low levels of low density lipoprotein (LDL), or "bad,"' cholesterol, and three half-siblings with high levels of LDL. In the study, these animals were fed a high-cholesterol, high-fat diet for seven weeks. Scientists then used gene array technology and high throughput sequencers to home in on the genes expressed in the two groups and differentiate those in the low LDL groups from those in the high LDL group. They discovered that four genes (named TENC1, ERBB3, ACVR1B, and DGKA) influence LDL levels.

Interestingly, these four genes are part of a signaling pathway important for cell survival and disruption of this pathway promotes some types of cancer.

It is well-known that a high level of LDL is a major risk factor for heart disease. Despite concerted efforts for the past 25 years to manage cholesterol levels through changes in lifestyle and treatment with medications, heart disease remains the leading cause of death and mortality in the United States and around the world. It will account for one out of four U.S. deaths in 2013, according to the American Heart Association.

Heart disease is a complex disorder thought to be a result of interactions between genetic and environmental factors, which occur primarily through diet. To understand why humans have different levels of LDL and thus variation in risk for heart disease, the genetic factors causing these differences need to be understood.

However, these studies are difficult to do in humans because it's practically impossible to control what people eat. Instead, Texas Biomed scientists are using baboons, which are similar to humans in their physiology and genetics, to identify genes that influence heart disease risk.

The new research also suggests that knowing many of the genes responsible for heart disease may be necessary to devise effective treatments. For example, several genes may need to be targeted at once to control risk.

The next step in this research is to find the mechanism by which these genes influence LDL cholesterol. "That starts to give us the specific targets for new therapies." Cox said. If all goes well, this information may be available within two years.

Other Texas Biomed scientists on the study included Genesio Karere, Ph.D.; Jeremy Glenn, B.S.; Shifra Birnbaum, B.S.; David Rainwater, Ph.D.; Michael Mahaney, Ph.D.; and John L. VandeBerg, Ph.D.

This research was supported by NIH grants P01 HL028972-27, P01 HL028972 Supplement, and P51 OD011133. It was conducted in part in facilities constructed with support grants C06 RR013556 and C06 RR015456.

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Netflix Video Traffic Jumps 35 Percent

Netflix continues to be the biggest hog of Internet bandwidth in North America, with its video traffic jumping more than 35% in March from a year earlier, according to a new study.

The video-subscription company accounted for roughly one-third (32.3%) of peak-period downstream traffic on fixed-line broadband networks in North America, about the same as last spring, an analysis by network equipment vendor Sandvine found.

YouTube?s video usage has surged at an even faster pace in the past year, now accounting for 17.1% of downstream Internet traffic in North America, up from 13.8% a year ago, according to Sandvine?s study.

At the same time, overall average monthly consumption by broadband users in the region?rose 39% year over year, to an aggregate mean of 44.7 gigabytes. That means Netflix?s overall data load increased in line with that because its share remained approximately the same and YouTube?s bandwidth growth would have exceeded that rate. (Sandvine doesn?t report data usage estimates by application in absolute terms.)

Netflix said it streamed more than 4 billion hours of video globally in the first quarter of 2013, compared with 1 billion per month last June. The company has packed on customers, adding about 2 million U.S. streaming subs to stand at 29.17 million domestically ??making it bigger than HBO?in that regard.

Netflix could grow to be two to three times the size of HBO, to 60 million to 90 million subscribers worldwide, topper Reed Hastings said on the company?s earnings call with analysts last month. ?We?ll really only know that with any confidence when we get there,? he said.

To manage costs as Internet video traffic continues to soar, Netflix has embarked on a program dubbed Open Connect aimed at broadband service providers. By directly connecting with ISPs, Netflix saves money on content-delivery costs.

As an incentive to get service providers on board, Netflix allows Open Connect partners to provide higher-quality Super HD and 3D titles to their mutual customers. Optionally, ISPs can deploy Netflix-supplied caching servers in their data centers for additional performance gains.

Of the top 15 broadband providers in the U.S., Netflix has signed up Cox Communications, Cablevision Systems and Suddenlink Communications for Open Connect. Netflix has emphasized that it doesn?t ask for any payment from ISPs to hook into its private content delivery network.

Meanwhile, Netflix and YouTube are pushing the limits on mobile networks, too, although average mobile Internet data usage is less than 1% that of fixed-line networks in North America, according to Sandvine. YouTube represents 27.3% of downstream mobile Internet data, while Netflix had a share of 4% (up from 2.2% a year earlier).

The data in Sandvine?s report was collected from a sampling from Sandvine?s customer base of 200 service providers worldwide.

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Mother, daughter fight breast cancer (video) - Victoria Advocate

• J.R. Ortega ?
• Originally published May 11, 2013 at 8 p.m., updated May 12, 2013 at 8:14 a.m.

• Breast Cancer Statistics

• About 1 in 8 women in the United States will develop an invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime.

  ??As of 2011, more than 2.6 million breast cancer survivors lived in the U.S.

  ??In 2009, 211,731 women in ...

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Breast Cancer Statistics

About 1 in 8 women in the United States will develop an invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime.

??As of 2011, more than 2.6 million breast cancer survivors lived in the U.S.

??In 2009, 211,731 women in the U.S. were diagnosed with breast cancer.

??This year, the American Cancer Society estimates there will be 232,340 new cases of invasive breast cancer diagnoses. About 64,640 cases will be the earliest form of breast cancer.

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• To learn more

• Contact the American Cancer Society, 4401 Lilac Lane in Victoria, or call 361-578-2849.

"Wah, wah, wah, wah, wah," is what Linda Amaro heard in October - the voice of what sounded like Charlie Brown's teacher saying indecipherable nothings.

Amaro felt the world stop, and she felt the air leave the room.

"You have breast cancer," the voice of her oncologist became clear now, as did the reality of her diagnosis.

The 48-year-old crumbled. She felt defeated and broke the news to her tight-knit family.

Her only daughter, Dionne Vela, 33, worried not only for her mom but also for herself. She decided the lump in her breast could no longer be ignored.

One week later, Vela took Mom's advice and went to get checked.

Within hours, the doctor came into the room, and the same muffled voice began, unveiling a harsh coincidence.

"You have breast cancer."

The diagnosis

The tail end of 2012 was a hard time for the mother-daughter duo from Victoria.

Today, the two lean on one another even more because of their bond through cancer. While this Mother's Day will be strikingly different from those in the past, the two feel even closer.

"I wasn't important anymore," Amaro said through tears about her daughter's diagnosis. "Everything changed. As a mother, she was important."

Amaro, who works at Wal-Mart Supercenter, first felt a dull pain in her left breast in September. The soreness lingered until her husband finally convinced her to see her doctor.

She had no lump, so the process took days, until Oct. 23, when she received the call that she had breast cancer.

Vela stayed strong for her family, but in secret, she would find time to let the tears flow.

As her mother began coping with her diagnosis, that's when Vela found out about her breast cancer.

The diagnosis took one day.

Vela's lump was large and had metastasized. A biopsy confirmed her worst fear.

"I cried for days," Vela said, dabbing a tissue under her eyes, careful not to smudge the makeup that still makes her feel beautiful. "Your life flashes before your eyes. I know they say that a lot, and it really does happen."

Though diagnosed with the same cancer, there is something very different about the two that makes it hard for any mother to understand.

"Mine is an early stage," Amaro said. "But Dionne's is not."

An unbreakable bond

Vela, a stay-at-home mom, doesn't like thinking of her cancer in stages, but the truth is she is at stage 4.

"The stage is what scares you," she said.

Immediately after being diagnosed, Vela had eight aggressive chemotherapy treatments to downsize the tumor, which was the size of a grapefruit.

In about one week, Vela will begin radiation treatments, while her mother just started chemotherapy.

They both coach one another about what they've experienced.

Vela shares the frightening reality of waking up to find clumps of hair on her pillow, and her mother shares what a 13-hour-long double mastectomy with reconstruction feels like.

Her mother is not the only one in the loop. Vela has made her cancer a family affair. When she decided to shave off her hair, she made a party of it.

She laughed, and she cried.

Both have not let their cancer stop them from living life. Every morning, Vela wakes up, puts on her jet-black wig, applies her makeup and pulls some of the best fashion in her closet off the hanger.

"I never wanted them to see me sick," Vela said of her husband and three children.

She refuses to let her cancer get the best of her or her mom.

The two continue going to softball and baseball games for Vela's children. They make it a point to laugh at the world - and even themselves sometimes - because that's how their family pushes through, they said.

"I say it's been a good adventure," Vela said.

"We're a very close family," Mom chimes in. "We're going to get through it together."

Source: http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2013/may/11/jo_mothersday_051213_209195/

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Bob Ford: Hiring an assistant not a bad move for 76ers

Does it matters who coaches Sixers?

There are two seasons under way in the NBA. There is the playoff season and the coaching search season. The majority of teams in the league were involved in either one or the other this year, which is nothing new in an impatient win-or-change league.

Brooklyn hit the exacta by taking part in the postseason and then jumping immediately into a coach search by firing interim P.J. Carlesimo, who got them into the playoffs after Avery Johnson was let go. Carlesimo was asked what might have saved his job and he thought about it and said, "Maybe winning a championship."

Or maybe not. Atlanta is also expected to perform the playoff and coach- search double. Coach Larry Drew had the Hawks over .500 and in the postseason each of his three years, but the last two ended with first-round elimination, so he's probably out. I mean, it couldn't be because of the players he has, right?

At the moment, only four head coaches in the league have been at the same job longer than five full seasons, and, once all the current openings are filled, there will be close to 20 coaches hired since 2011. That's some serious turnover, and the 76ers once again find themselves among those in the spin cycle this offseason.

If the candidates who have emerged as possible replacements for Doug Collins seem a little underwhelming, that's probably because the available coaches view the Sixers' job the same way. Among the current openings, only Charlotte's represents a clearly worse situation than taking over the jumbled mess of a reclamation process in Philadelphia.

The reality is that it's a lot easier to win in the NBA with a good roster and an average coach than the other way around. So, does it really matter which of the available names is the one they select? It isn't as if hiring Jeff Hornacek, one of the rumored candidates, will burn up the phone lines in the ticket sales office.

The Detroit Pistons have taken the unusual step of contracting with Phil Jackson to assist general manager Joe Dumars with their coaching search. It is particularly unusual because Jackson is himself a candidate for the Nets job, at least according to the Nets. Jackson hasn't said much about it, waiting to consult his mah-jongg tiles or gray wolf droppings or whatever he's into these days.

The Nets, because they must operate in a market that requires at least artificial excitement - and contains another NBA team - have the flashiest of rumors at the moment. Along with Jackson, the Nets have been mentioned as considering a run at former Jazz coach Jerry Sloan and former everyone (including Nets) coach Larry Brown, although that probably means Larry is the only one mentioning it.

On the long list of candidates being considered by various organizations are Nate McMillan, Houston assistant Kelvin Sampson, Knicks assistant Darrell Walker, Indiana assistant Brian Shaw, Boston assistant Ryan McDonough, Milwaukee assistant San Antonio assistant Mike Budenholzer, Golden State assistant Mike Malone, Utah assistant Hornacek, interim Phoenix coach Lindsey Hunter, and, if he loses the Atlanta gig, Drew. Jeff Van Gundy and Stan Van Gundy are out there, too, as are Carlesimo and a few more guys, none of whom would either surprise or excite you as possibilities.

The Sixers seem likely to hire someone's assistant coach, which isn't necessarily a bad move. It would be a realistic and cost-effective way to approach the rebuilding that must take place, and the last nine months have put ownership on a first-name basis with reality.

If hedge fund billionaire Josh Harris is completely clear-eyed about the situation, he will also recognize the need to revamp his front office, which is losing Rod Thorn to retirement and, regardless of his consultant's title, is losing the everyday input of Collins, too.

To reach that conclusion, Harris will have to fight the impulse to think that either he or any member of his ownership group knows anything at all about the NBA, and he will have to be willing to spend a lot of his money to hire a player personnel executive who will slowly salvage the team. Unfortunately, given where they are, the emphasis will be on "slowly.

In all likelihood, the process will be so slow that the coach hired to begin the journey will not be around to see its completion. So, is there a real difference if the Sixers get Brian Shaw or Kelvin Sampson or Jeff Hornacek this time around? Probably not.

The coaching wheel has to keep turning, after all, and every head coach knows that if he isn't involved in the real NBA postseason, pretty soon he'll be involved in the other one.

Source: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/07/3385803/bob-ford-hiring-an-assistant-not.html

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'Red Flags': Army takes note as vet rapper Soldier Hard's lyrics tackle suicide

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Jeff Barillaro, aka Soldier Hard, is an Iraq War veteran who has put his hip-hop talents to work. Barillaro sings gritty songs he hopes will raise awareness of PTSD and suicide.

By Bill Briggs, NBC News contributor

A hip-hop song beseeching battle buddies to be on watch for suicidal signals among their peers is being used ? informally for now ? within the Army as a prevention tool to help the branch stem an ongoing suicide crisis.

?Red Flags,? penned and recorded by former Army tank gunner Jeff Barillaro, was created as an urgent call for current troops as well as Iraq and Afghanistan veterans not to ignore or miss the sometimes-subtle yet often-obvious behavioral changes known to precede many suicides, Barillaro said.

?We?ve seen the red flags but we were blind to them,? said Barillaro, an Iraq War veteran who performs under the stage name Soldier Hard. Many of his songs and videos?draw on his own raw experiences with a diagnosis of severe Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Through the end of March, the Army reported 81 apparent suicides this year among active-duty, Army Reserve and National Guard troops ? one death every 26.7 hours. (Some cases remain under investigation). The fatal pace has increased slightly. During 2012, the Army reported 324 suicides within those groups ? one death every 27 hours, according to the Pentagon. The latest estimate from the Department of Veterans Affairs showed that 22 veterans commit suicide daily.

The Army ? the branch most significantly impacted by suicides ? has implemented an array of anti-suicide initiatives, but an Army Reserve adviser in Connecticut sees such a potent message in Barillaro?s lyrics, he believes the song can save lives.

?I want to share his music with anyone willing ,to listen. I think anyone can relate to 'Red Flags,' "?said Army 1st?Sgt. Steve Kreider, who is based at an?Army Reserve Center in Middletown, Conn. ?It strikes a chord that this is something we really need to keep an eye open for.?There are warning signs we have to recognize not only in other people but in ourselves ? I'm being reclusive or I'm drinking too much ? these are all signs that something is going on in your life that could be detrimental down the road."?

'Maybe we can stop it'
Kreider has shared ?Red Flags? with some of his soldiers in Connecticut ? and "for everyone of them, it's had a positive impact," he said. Meanwhile, another Army veteran recently played the song for soldiers at Fort Knox, Ky., Kreider said.?

Moreover, Kreider has now shared the video "with a lot of different higher-ranking people. I'm sure that they're looking at it closely to see if this is something that would fit the mold of what the military can utilize as a tool," he said.?

"And if not, word of mouth is a powerful took itself," he added. "It's close to going viral."?

Since the song?s video was released April 17 on YouTube, it has received nearly 17,000 views. The lyrics are rooted in two actual suicides that stuck hard with Barillaro as he researched the topic by clicking through a blur of military obituaries.

The first verse details a well-decorated Iraq War veteran who, once he shed his uniform and medals, lost his pride yet gained anger while grappling with PSTD, a traumatic brain injury, alcoholism and isolation before clutching a gun and scrawling a farewell note: ?I?m better off dead.? In verse two, an active-duty soldier is devastated by survivor guilt after the combat loss of a close friend. He ultimately hanged himself in his bedroom. (Two soldiers pictured in the video are living service members who allowed their images to be used.)

Iraq War veteran and hip-hop artist Jeff "Soldier Hard" Barillaro discovered that sharing his experience with PTSD in music helped him and other veterans deal with the effects of the condition. Barillaro talks to MSNBC's Alex Witt.

?He was a hard charger but now he?s just ate up,? Soldier Hard sings of the second man.

??Ate up? ? that?s a military term for being all messed up, for not being a good soldier anymore. This guy used to be good but after he came back, he just shut down,? Barillaro said. ?That?s a red flag. But we didn?t see that.

?Real topics. People can relate to these. I decided to turn their stories into a song,? he added. ?A lot of these guys, they?re showing signs before they actually do it. I decided I had to do something. Maybe we can stop it.?

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300 gallons of urine found in man?s home

LONDON, April 30 (Reuters) - For Rafael Nadal to bridge a 7,000-point gap with Novak Djokovic in the ATP rankings looks like a tall order, even for a player of his qualities, yet he could still threaten the Serb's hopes of ending 2013 as world No.1. With the French Open looming large on the horizon, Nadal is back in the claycourt groove as he continues his comeback from a knee injury that sidelined him for seven months. ...

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