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88-year-old George H.W. Bush: "maybe you come out with a new drug that makes memory to come roaring back"
Former President George H.W. Bush wrote a poem for her grandchildren:
By the way, the former President, 88-year-old said he wasn't done skydiving. His goal: to jump again when he is 90.
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"so I can add the relationship on getting older.
Who knows, maybe you come out with a new drug that makes your legs bend easier,
Joints of the lesser evil, to go beyond, come roaring back, memory
And all fears of falling rocks fishing going on.
Remember an old song: I'll be ready when you are.
Well I'll be ready when you are
There is so much excitement ahead, many grandchildren watch grow.
If you need me I'm here. "
By the way, the former President, 88-year-old said he wasn't done skydiving. His goal: to jump again when he is 90.
References:
' If you need me I'll be there ': George H.w. Bush moved to tears during the interview with granddaughter Jenna on her old family and growing | Daily Mail Online http://goo.gl/noCt0
88-year-old George H.W. Bush: "maybe you come out with a new drug that makes memory to come roaring back"
Former President George H.W. Bush wrote a poem for her grandchildren:
By the way, the former President, 88-year-old said he wasn't done skydiving. His goal: to jump again when he is 90.
References:
"so I can add the relationship on getting older.
Who knows, maybe you come out with a new drug that makes your legs bend easier,
Joints of the lesser evil, to go beyond, come roaring back, memory
And all fears of falling rocks fishing going on.
Remember an old song: I'll be ready when you are.
Well I'll be ready when you are
There is so much excitement ahead, many grandchildren watch grow.
If you need me I'm here. "
By the way, the former President, 88-year-old said he wasn't done skydiving. His goal: to jump again when he is 90.
References:
' If you need me I'll be there ': George H.w. Bush moved to tears during the interview with granddaughter Jenna on her old family and growing | Daily Mail Online http://goo.gl/noCt0
Obama's star-studded New York fundraiser
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NEW YORK - Facing a tightening presidential race and onslaught of cash from pro-Republican outside groups, President Obama tonight got a boost from some of his loyal allies in the film and fashion industries with an exclusive multimillion dollar campaign fundraiser at the home of actress Sarah Jessica Parker and her husband, actor Matthew Broderick.
A party of 50 donors, each paying $40,000 to attend, gathered around a long table just inside the entryway of Parker's four-story brownstone in the West Village to dine with the president and First Lady Michelle Obama. Spotted at the table were actress Meryl Streep, producer Andy Cohen, designer Michael Kors, "Vogue" editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, and actress Olivia Wilde. (Broderick was not in attendance; the president noted he "had a show to run off to.")
President Obama, standing in close quarters with his guests and members of the press pool brought in to hear the remarks, spoke candidly about the challenges of the general election race underway.
"We're going to have to fight for it because the American people are tired, they've gone through a very tough economy. They're still having a tough time. And that's why this election is going to be close," Obama said.
"The other side is going to spend $500 million with a very simple message, which is 'You're frustrated, you're disappointed, and it's the fault of the guy in the White House.' And that's an elegant message. It happens to be wrong. But it's crisp. You can fit it on a bumper sticker.
"So we're going to have to work hard in this election. We're going to have to work harder than we did in 2008," he said.
Obama underscored a point he made earlier in the day during a campaign speech in Cleveland, casting the November vote as a stark choice between his economic visions and those of GOP rival Mitt Romney. And he charged his supporters with helping to make the case to the American people.
"What we're going to have to do is present that choice," he said. "You're the tie-breaker, you're the ultimate arbiter."
Parker - dressed in a navy lace cocktail dress with three-quarter length sleeves, a jewel-studded necklace and an enormous diamond ring - appeared emotionally engaged with the president's message, indicating in her introduction of the Obamas that she is eager to help him win a second term.
"It is a great, a rare, a very special and I'm assuming a singular treat to welcome you into our home - our radiant, our extraordinary first lady," Parker said motioning to Michelle Obama, who was seated beside her at the head of the table.
"You've done amazing important things these past four years…. I very much look forward to the things you're going to accomplish in the next four years," she said of the first lady. Parker then turned to the president, standing a few feet away, saying the crowd was gathered "hopefully and with enormous enthusiasm" for the "beloved current and future president of the United States."
Taking the microphone in the intimate space, Obama thanked "Sarah Jessica" and "her whole crew" as "great friends" and a "great leader and champion on behalf of the arts." He also hailed Wintour, calling her "Anna," as a "great friend" who is "working really hard here … and in Chicago as well."
"I recognize that most of you are here to see Michelle," Obama joked. "I always explain I rank fifth in the hierarchy in the White House. There's Michelle, my mother-in-law, the two girls and Bo. So that actually makes it six. In terms of star wattage, people come to the White House and say, Where's Michelle?"
The president then publicly hailed his wife: "Some of you know that Michelle had some skepticism about a life in politics. I think that's well known. And so the grace and the strength and the poise and the warmth that she has brought to an extraordinarily difficult task as first lady and still being the best mom couldn't make me prouder. I'm very pleased she's here. This is sort of our date night."
As Obama spoke, holding a microphone in the small space, Parker's 9-year-old son - sporting a short sleeve dress shirt and tie - looked on from a few feet away. When the president mentioned that U.S. automaker GM is "back on top," the child started clapping, impromptu. "That's worth applauding," Obama said with a grin as the room laughed and joined in. "Right on cue," Obama said.
The Parker event was expected to net more than $2 million in ticket sales alone for the Obama Victory Fund, a joint fundraising account for the Obama Campaign and Democratic National Committee. An online grassroots fundraising contest in conjunction with the dinner also netted several million dollars, officials said.
Robin Hunt of Baltimore, Md., was named the lucky winner of the contest, according to the campaign. She and her mother, Elvita, of Winston-Salem, N.C., received an all-expenses-paid trip to attend the dinner and meet the president and first lady.
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Diary-writing has psychological benefits-Journal of happiness studies
The writing has been used extensively as a coping strategy and was applied to improve psychological well-being. One study found that suicidal poets used more first person singular pronouns (I, me, mine) compared to the control group of poets.This study from Taiwan, published in the Journal of Happiness Studies, investigated the psychological shift in the paradigm of diary-writing (PDPD) and its alleged psychological benefits.
Study participants were assigned to write about their recent negative life experiences twice a week for 2 weeks in PDPD (diary-writing) or comparison group (non-diary-writing).
The group writing diary (PDPD) showed a decrease of negative emotions and an increase in positive emotion immediately after each session of writing (short-term effects).
They also had an increase in psychological well-being for at least 2 weeks (long-term effect).
References:
The psychological shift in the paradigm of diary-writing (PDPD) and its psychological benefits. Jen-Ho Chang, Huang Chin-Lan and Yi-Cheng Lin. JOURNAL OF HAPPINESS studies, DOI: 10.1007 2012/s10902-012-9321-y
Google Plus comments and Twitter:
Lin w: I think the blog writing could have the same effect?
Ves Dimov, m.d.: It depends on the type of blogging that do, but yes, blogging can be a positive experience too.
Dr. Amal Hasan @ DrFloona: Diary-writing has psychological benefits bit.ly/wwMDmr "until someone else reads it
Dean Giustini @ giustini: Diary-writing has psychological benefits bit.ly/wwMDmr [isn't this why we blog Ves?]
@ DrVes: well, I'm not sure. I do not blog about "bad experiences". Blog Archive for me =
Diary-writing has psychological benefits-Journal of happiness studies
The writing has been used extensively as a coping strategy and was applied to improve psychological well-being. One study found that suicidal poets used more first person singular pronouns (I, me, mine) compared to the control group of poets.This study from Taiwan, published in the Journal of Happiness Studies, investigated the psychological shift in the paradigm of diary-writing (PDPD) and its alleged psychological benefits.
Study participants were assigned to write about their recent negative life experiences twice a week for 2 weeks in PDPD (diary-writing) or comparison group (non-diary-writing).
The group writing diary (PDPD) showed a decrease of negative emotions and an increase in positive emotion immediately after each session of writing (short-term effects).
They also had an increase in psychological well-being for at least 2 weeks (long-term effect).
References:
The psychological shift in the paradigm of diary-writing (PDPD) and its psychological benefits. Jen-Ho Chang, Huang Chin-Lan and Yi-Cheng Lin. JOURNAL OF HAPPINESS studies, DOI: 10.1007 2012/s10902-012-9321-y
Google Plus comments and Twitter:
Lin w: I think the blog writing could have the same effect?
Ves Dimov, m.d.: It depends on the type of blogging that do, but yes, blogging can be a positive experience too.
Dr. Amal Hasan @ DrFloona: Diary-writing has psychological benefits bit.ly/wwMDmr "until someone else reads it
Dean Giustini @ giustini: Diary-writing has psychological benefits bit.ly/wwMDmr [isn't this why we blog Ves?]
@ DrVes: well, I'm not sure. I do not blog about "bad experiences". Blog Archive for me =
Climber dies after 1,000-foot fall on Mount Hood
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OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) — A man climbing alone who died early Thursday after falling about 1,000 feet on the south side of Mount Hood was an experienced mountaineer from Portland, a Clackamas County sheriff's officer said.
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OREGON CITY, Ore. (AP) — A man climbing alone who died early Thursday after falling about 1,000 feet on the south side of Mount Hood was an experienced mountaineer from Portland, a Clackamas County sheriff's officer said.
Mark Cartier, 56, fell from close to the 10,000-foot level, landing on the west side of an area known as the Hogsback near Crater Rock, Sgt. Adam Phillips said.
Cartier "was described as an extremely experienced mountaineer and rock climber," Phillips said.
He had been on a standard climbing route. Other climbers who saw him fall alerted authorities.
In a statement, Cartier's wife, Deb Weekley, said her husband was a past member of Timberline Mountain Guides who "always exemplified the description of preparedness and calculated risk" and used Mount Hood "as his special playground."
"He climbed the mountain as he has done hundreds of times before," she said. "The only thing different this time was that he didn't call me saying he had made it down."
Cartier had climbed mountains in Oregon, California, Alaska, Europe and the Himalayas, his wife said.
Rescuers brought his body down off the mountain later in the day.
Cartier was one of 15 climbers who had registered at Timberline Lodge to solo climb overnight, The Oregonian reported.
Portland Mountain Rescue recommends that climbers tackle Mount Hood in groups of three or more so there are at least two people to help if someone falls.
Cartier was a close friend of many members in that rescue group, said Rocky Henderson, who was with those who helped retrieve the body.
"He had just returned from a climb in Alaska," Henderson told the newspaper. "He had done a lot of different climbs. An accident happened."
Although inexperienced climbers are advised not to climb solo, Henderson said Cartier had the skills and conditioning to do it.
"It's a personal choice," Henderson said. "Solo climbing is dangerous, but the attraction is that I'm responsible for my life and I make that conscious choice. It takes more effort."
Mount Hood, a Cascade Mountains peak that rises more than 11,000 feet about 50 miles east of Portland, is popular among climbers nationwide, but it has been the site of dozens of climbing accidents and fatalities over the past three decades. About 100 climbers were on the peak Thursday, taking advantage of a clear day.
Cartier is the fourth person — and second climber — to die on the mountain this year. The other two fatalities involved snowboarders.
Zac Snow, a 27-year-old climber from Ashland who passed the area where the man fell, told The Oregonian that "up where he was, it gets pretty steep."
Shaken by the climber's fall, he turned around and descended: "It kind of makes you adjust not why you go to the top but why you want to get to the top that day."
Top articles in medicine in June 2012
Here are my top tips for some articles in medicine in June 2012:Fatty acids in formula does not make children smarter http://goo.gl/FYyVX -polyunsaturated fatty acids, long chain http://goo.gl/1WVjY
Electronic health records linked to worse diabetes care compared to old-fashioned paper records (studio) http://goo.gl/vm2mR
Be sleepy behind the wheel is almost as bad as drinking and driving (studio) http://goo.gl/Ub9hu
Study: seniors have special smell, but it is not unpleasant as stereotype implies http://goo.gl/7bHfv
If we're going to think of exercise as a therapeutic intervention, as all the speeches there will be adverse effects http://goo.gl/unjJS
DrotAA in septic Shock-graph clearly shows the lack of benefit from rh activated drotrecogin alfa protein C, http://goo.gl/bCktn
The emerging threat of incurable gonococcal infection-what to do if allergic to PCN, cephalosporins? NEJM http://goo.gl/fwFq3
Gallup tracks the mood of the United States every day, only 41% were happy on June 7, 2012 http://goo.gl/Pn0lz
Drowning-free review of current concepts, NEJM 2012 http://goo.gl/xSqLu
Intensive enough? Intensive care unit (ICU) began in the 1950s, staffing models continue to be controversial http://goo.gl/2rZNk
Men vs. women: whose offices are Germier? The study confirms the suspicion: men are "major" source of bacteria compared to women http://goo.gl/JkzF5
Reply residents must now standards: 41% reported worse education-NEJM http://goo.gl/leaC4
Articles were selected from my streams of Twitter and Google Reader. Feel free to send suggestions for articles to clinicalcases@gmail.com and you will receive the confirmation in the next edition of this publication.
Top articles in medicine in June 2012
Here are my top tips for some articles in medicine in June 2012:Fatty acids in formula does not make children smarter http://goo.gl/FYyVX -polyunsaturated fatty acids, long chain http://goo.gl/1WVjY
Electronic health records linked to worse diabetes care compared to old-fashioned paper records (studio) http://goo.gl/vm2mR
Be sleepy behind the wheel is almost as bad as drinking and driving (studio) http://goo.gl/Ub9hu
Study: seniors have special smell, but it is not unpleasant as stereotype implies http://goo.gl/7bHfv
If we're going to think of exercise as a therapeutic intervention, as all the speeches there will be adverse effects http://goo.gl/unjJS
DrotAA in septic Shock-graph clearly shows the lack of benefit from rh activated drotrecogin alfa protein C, http://goo.gl/bCktn
The emerging threat of incurable gonococcal infection-what to do if allergic to PCN, cephalosporins? NEJM http://goo.gl/fwFq3
Gallup tracks the mood of the United States every day, only 41% were happy on June 7, 2012 http://goo.gl/Pn0lz
Drowning-free review of current concepts, NEJM 2012 http://goo.gl/xSqLu
Intensive enough? Intensive care unit (ICU) began in the 1950s, staffing models continue to be controversial http://goo.gl/2rZNk
Men vs. women: whose offices are Germier? The study confirms the suspicion: men are "major" source of bacteria compared to women http://goo.gl/JkzF5
Reply residents must now standards: 41% reported worse education-NEJM http://goo.gl/leaC4
Articles were selected from my streams of Twitter and Google Reader. Feel free to send suggestions for articles to clinicalcases@gmail.com and you will receive the confirmation in the next edition of this publication.
Air Force cites progress on F-22 oxygen mystery
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force believes it is getting much closer to pinpointing the reason why pilots of its prized F-22 stealth fighters sometimes suffer an oxygen deficit during flight, a senior general said Thursday.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force believes it is getting much closer to pinpointing the reason why pilots of its prized F-22 stealth fighters sometimes suffer an oxygen deficit during flight, a senior general said Thursday.
The problem prompted the Air Force to ground the aircraft for a period in 2011, and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta last month ordered new flight restrictions after CBS' "60 Minutes" program aired interviews with F-22 pilots who complained about the oxygen problem.
Maj. Gen. Charles Lyon, who is managing the Air Force's effort to resolve the mysterious problem, said in an Associated Press interview that it is likely that the pilots' symptoms are caused by previously unknown restrictions on their breathing.
"We're not ready to declare victory yet," he said, but this is the first time the Air Force has narrowed down the likely cause. Lyon said he also is close to ruling out another theory: That contaminants were getting into the pilot's lungs via the oxygen delivery system that is connected by hose to their flight helmets.
Lyon said he is satisfied, after extensive testing, that no harmful contaminants are moving through the oxygen system. He is the director of operations for Air Force Combat Command and has been leading the F-22 work since January.
Lyon said the root of the problem, which has caused some F-22 pilots to feel dizzy and experience other symptoms of hypoxia, or oxygen deprivation, may turn out to be linked to two issues:
—Improper functioning of the pilots' pressure, or G-force, vest. Lyon said that, unknown to the pilots, the vest's bladder has been filling with air at times when it should not. That has made it harder for the pilots to breath. The Air Force last Friday stopped using the vests and is going to modify them before returning them to use in the F-22, Lyon said. In the meantime the Air Force has lowered the maximum altitude the F-22 will fly, since the vests are intended to protect pilots' lungs in the event of a sudden loss of cockpit air pressure at high altitudes.
—The hose and hose connectors that are part of the pilot's oxygen delivery system have been leaking slightly, further restricting the amount of oxygen getting to the pilot's lungs.
Lyon said additional testing will be done before the Air Force can be certain that these restrictions are the root of the problem.
The Air Force has come under fire from some in Congress for not taking quicker action to fix the problem. Two leading critics, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., told reporters Thursday they believe the Air Force needs to be more open with the public about the issue.
Warner and Kinzinger also said that information they received from the Air Force this week indicates that the oxygen-deficit problem is greater than the Air Force had previously believed.
In the AP interview, Lyon acknowledged that there had been a higher rate of hypoxia-like incidents among F-22 pilots since the plane was returned to flight in September than in years past. He said there were 11 such incidents from September to March 8. But since then, over a period in which the F-22 has flown about 6,000 hours, there have been none, Lyon said.
"The trend line is very positive," the general said.
Lyon said he briefed senior Pentagon officials and congressional staff members this week, including the staffs of Warner and Kinzinger, on all aspects of his work to solve the F-22 problem.
The F-22, manufactured by Lockheed Martin, is the Air Force's most-prized stealth fighter. It was built to evade radar and is capable of flying at faster-than-sound speeds without using afterburners.
The 170-jet fleet is stationed at six U.S. bases: Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska: Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii; Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va.; Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.; Holloman Air Force Base, N.M.; and Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla.
F-22 pilots are trained at Tyndall. Flight testing is at Edwards Air force Base, Calif., and operational testing and tactics development is performed at Nellis.
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Associated Press writer Larry O'Dell in Richmond, Va., contributed to this report.
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Russia turns down extra overflights-airlines
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BRUSSELS | Fri Jun 8, 2012 12:46pm EDT
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Russia has turned down requests from Lufthansa Cargo and Finnair for additional overflights, the airlines said on Friday, though the reason for the refusal was not immediately clear.
Airlines routinely have to negotiate overflights and market access through a maze of bilateral agreements that govern aviation. The use of Siberian airspace by European airlines has been a source of trade friction in the past.
Russia is scheduled to phase out charges for overflights, but has threatened to restrict the use of its air corridors that connect Europe with North Asia as part of protests over EU plans to include all flights in and out of Europe in its Emissions Trading Scheme ETS.L.
The EU decision to include aviation in the ETS has stirred international outrage and threats of a trade war, with Russia among the staunchest opponents.
"The Commission and Russian side are in the process of talks over the ETS," a Russian diplomatic source said.
A Commission spokesman said the denial of overflights was not directly related to the ETS row.
Finnair (FIA1S.HE) said in a statement this week it had adjusted its longhaul capacity plans, citing several reasons including a shortage of overflight rights, as well as maintenance on large aircraft.
But it also said that even with the adjustments, it would fly a record number of flights to Asia.
A Lufthansa (LHAG.DE) spokesman also said some requests for incremental traffic had been turned down.
Since the EU at the start of this year began implementing its law to make all flights in and out of Europe buy carbon allowances under the ETS, there has been a series of threats.
The European Commission said only 10 airlines - all from China and India - had so far had failed to submit emissions data. Some 1,200 have complied.
In addition, India briefly held up some traffic requests from charter airlines as a symbolic protest, industry sources said.
The Commission has said it will only modify its law if the U.N.'s International Civil Aviation Organization ICAO.L can come up with a global scheme to tackle the rise in emissions from the airline sector. ICAO meets this month to assess progress.
U.S. airlines have so far reluctantly complied with the EU scheme, but lawmakers in the United States have proposed blocking legislation, which could be used to prohibit airlines from complying with the EU law.
The U.S. Congress heard testimony on the blocking legislation this week.
(Reporting by Barbara Lewis, Victoria Bryan, Tim Hepher and Ritsuko Ando; Editing by David Holmes)
PRESS DIGEST-Wall Street Journal-July 2
The July 2 | Monday July 2, 2012 1:54 am EDT
July 2 (Reuters)-were the top stories in the Wall Street Journal on Monday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
President of Barclays Plc, Marcus Agius, will come amid fallout from $453 million settlement Bank of a probe of manipulation of interest rates, according to three people close to the Bank.
* Former party of Mexico, promising to put the country in the big leagues in emerging economies, claimed a win Presidency Sunday, appearing to Cap a remarkable comeback for a party, once called "the perfect dictatorship" for his long grip on power.
* Apple Inc. will pay $ 60 million to settle a trademark dispute with a Chinese company over the name iPad, according to a Chinese court, potentially resolving a case that has illustrated the challenges of intellectual property for foreign companies in China.
* A plan by world powers for a political transition Syrian appeared Sunday condemned, with regime of Bashar al-Assad, interpreting the result as a lifeline from Russia-his main international backer-and the lack of any reference in the plan for Mr Assad's departure from Office angered the Syrian opposition.
* Dell Inc. is near a deal to buy hits Quest Software Inc. after trumping a group of private equity firms, and the announcement could come as early as Monday, people familiar with the matter said.
