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A newly-made documentary reveals the depths of despair faced by women who suffered under China’s “one-child policy.”
The policy, which was enacted in 1980 and continued on until just a few years ago, was part of the Chinese government’s efforts to curtail population growth across the vast nation.
In reality, however, such a strictly enforced policy produced horrifyingly sordid situations in which women were forced to undergo sterilization and state-mandated abortion procedures.
Finally, in 2016, the law was abolished — but not before thousands upon thousands of women had suffered life-defining loss and pain at the hands of the authorities — a theme that is picked up on in the new film, “One Child Nation.”
“I never thought about what the policy meant for me or anyone until I learned that I was going to be a mum,” said the film’s co-director Wang Nanfu. “Throughout my life, I was taught to believe that love of my country was equal to love of the government and the [Communist] party.”
But forced abortion, as horrific as it is, was not the only problem facing young families at the time. Due to Chinese culture placing more value on males, the one-child policy caused a spike in the rate of female child abandonment.
Among Wang’s interviewees was a man who openly admitted that, had he been born as a girl, he “would have been put into a basket and sent away.”
Many of these orphaned children died of exposure after being left on the roadside. Others, however, would be exploited by traffickers and then adopted by Western families. According to Forbes, traffickers would earn around $200 per baby, with the orphanages that purchased them charging adoptive families between $10,000 and $35,000.
During the 1980’s, as a result of the heartless policy, China had the highest abortion rate in the world. According to figures cited by the Johnston’s Archive and backed up by Chinese Population expert, Wang Cuntong, in 1983, some 14.37 million abortions were carried out. The same year saw 56 out of 1,000 pregnant women undergoing termination procedures.
60,000 forced abortions
One of Wang’s interviewees, her former midwife, performed a staggering 60,000 abortion procedures — something that, as a Buddhist, she felt incredibly guilty about. She was conflicted, she said, between her Buddhist belief that “killing is wrong,” and her sense of duty to the Chinese government.
The midwife admitted that her “hands trembled” with fear during every procedure, but that she “had no choice.”
“I was the one who killed. I was the executioner,” she said. “The state gave the orders, but I carried it out.” She has since renounced her former life as an abortionist and now administers infertility treatment to help families who are struggling to conceive.
Following the introduction of a two-child policy in 2014, the Chinese government administration announced last year that it was in the process of ending all population control policies.
In North Korea, however, it is a different story. The secretive DPRK state has been enforcing abortion for years, but the issue has rarely received the same press coverage as missile tests or high-profile political handshakes.
“Terrifying reports from female defectors depict undergoing forced abortions after they fled to what they thought was freedom in China, only to be repatriated back to North Korea by authorities in China,” Olivia Enos, Senior Policy Analyst for Asian Studies at The Heritage Foundation, told Fox News.
Enos added that many more women from North Korea “recount having aborted babies born alive or giving birth in ordinary prison camps only to have border guards smother or drown their babies before their very eyes.”
These women are being “treated like animals,” added Dong Yon Kim, an analyst and journalist for Chosun News-Press. “This is inhumane and a serious problem.”
Marta Hurtado Gomez, a spokesperson for Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, confirmed that many violent abortions were being carried out upon women who were incarcerated in forced labor camps.
“We have gathered accounts of cases of forced abortion in detention,” she said. “This includes cases where detention officials reportedly sought to cause abortions through beatings or hard labor.”


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Marvels at creativity of kids
By Randal B. Thatcher
Apr. 26, 2018
Today, indulge me as I marvel.
I am continually amazed by the inherent creativity and innate artistry of youth.
Give a high schooler a video camera, and I’m astounded by the insightful documentary film he can produce with it. (I got to view several such films at a recent student screening event at North Sanpete High School.)
Give a girl in middle school a solid lump of clay, then I watch with awe as she confidently transforms it into an arrestingly beautiful ceramic mask worthy of a prominent place on a proud uncle’s wall.
Give a kindergartener a length of butcher paper and some finger paints, and I cannot help but be bowled over by the resulting abstract art. (Not to mention the resulting mess!)
And give a group of fifth-graders and sixth-graders an assignment to write a fictional short story, and my mind was blown by the sheer ingeniousness of their highly entertaining yarns.
I recently had the opportunity to both read and critique 42 such stories written with surprising wit and imagination by the students of a local elementary school.
Some were short—a single, double-spaced page—but others where several chapters long, stapled into book form and replete with splashy and alluring illustrations.
So uniformly good were these stories, and so compelling in basic premise, that I wanted to share a few of their titles and summaries just to give you some idea of the sheer creativity at work within the inventive mind of a typical 11-year-old or 12-year-old.
“The Day I Became a Superhero”—a familiar fantasy tale, except this young superhero saves local cats and dogs.
“The Talking Bear and the Hunter”—I’ll bet you’d hold off shooting a bear also if you discovered it could talk, and you’d probably also become fast friends, just like it happened in this story.
“Dimensions”—Just imagine discovering a whole new world in another dimension—and all before dinnertime!
“The Strange Case of the Blue Blobs”—A lot of fighting occurs in this one with the fate of the world hanging in the balance, but—spoiler alert—our young heroes finally manage to subdue those pesky blobs in the end.
“Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Bike Bandits”—If you’ve ever had a bicycle stolen, then you’ll understand the sweet satisfaction of having this master sleuth enter into the picture, solve the case—naturally—and unmask the culprit!
“The Love in the World”—a surprisingly emotional love story by a 12-year-old boy but very positive, full of hope … and steamy romance!
“It’s All in My Head … or is It?”—a reality-bending tale that blurs the line between dreams and waking life.
“The Real Mrs. Krany”—a 12-year-old’s imaginings of what her sixth-grade teacher might be up to during afterschool hours, and what is revealed may surprise you!
“The Statue that Came to Life”—Just be careful about which statues you decide to mischievously spray-paint in your local park after dark.
“Dragons Versus Unicorns”—You’d think the dragons would win easily, but the unicorns might have a few surprises inside those sparkly horns!
“Space Travel”—Among 42 stories, there’s bound to be one about space travel, and this was it, and with astonishingly detailed descriptions of the cosmos.
“Ugly Versus Attractive”—an unexpectedly insightful look into what constitutes true beauty.
Those are just a dozen of the 42 stories I had the pleasure of reading—all equally imaginative and fascinatingly fun to read. Most included a heartwarmingly happy ending (usually with good eventually triumphing over evil) but not always.
I jotted comments on every story, including some praise for the wonderful inventiveness of that particular plot. And these comments were all sincere.
I know that as we grow from kids into adults, many sobering responsibilities unavoidably come into our lives which tend to claim too much of our free time and our mental and emotional energies.
But my perennial hope, with every rising generation, is that those inherently creative and imaginative young minds will manage to retain and express their natural and wonderful creative force as they grow older.
I hope they will.
Our all-too-serious world desperately needs it!
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This isn’t the first time that Britney has been apart of the iconic sports event. She first made her debut way back in 2001, coincidentally when Justin was with his boy band *NSYNC, during the halftime show with fellow acts Mary J. Blige, Nelly & Aerosmith.
Justin, on the other hand, is performing the halftime show for a third time this year. He is looking for some major redemption from the 2004 “wardrobe malfunction” incident with Janet Jackson.
The only thing in the works for Britney in 2018 at this point is that she’s taking her Piece of Me tour on the road as she just ended her Las Vegas residency back in December. So what is her purpose for being at Super Bowl 52 this Sunday?
Turns out, she’s just part of the commercial entertainment portion of the program, as Pepsi is featuring her in one of their ads during the big game!
The ad is super retro and features her and other celebrities who have done legendary Pepsi commercials in the past, notably Cindy Crawford and Jeff Gordon. Britney Instagrammed her portion of the commercial, captioning it with "Some things are just timeless. Thank you for letting me be apart of your story @Pepsi! Watch the #SBLII commercial now!”
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A planning application to decide the future of a building that housed a former brothel is to be decided today.
An application to convert the former Bunny's sauna on Hagley Road into nine bedsits will discussed by Sandwell planning committee after being deferred three times since August.
The former massage parlour was linked to a international prostitute ring run by Carl Pritchett who was convicted of running a brothel from an adjoining property in 2006 and jailed for two years.
His trial followed a raid on the Cuddles parlour in 2005 when police officers rescued 19 foreign women from 10 different countries employed as sex workers.
The parlour reopened in 2009 as Bunny's but moved next door to 497 Hagley Road before both buildings were seized under the Proceeds of Crime Act.
Police have objected to the plan to turn into multi-occupancy building housing nine bedsits saying it could cause crime or the fear of crime.
The decision had been deferred for councillors to conduct a site visit and yet again after planning officers failed to included the details of police objections.
Below: Watch as a brothel madam reveals the truth about the sex trade (unconnected to Cuddles brothel)
The application will go to the borough planning committee on Wednesday, November 7.

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While France has one of the most Eurosceptic publics in the EU, its leader is one of the most integrationist. After a slow start, Macron has made his mark at EU level, from putting strategic autonomy firmly on the agenda to Europeanizing debt-funded stimulus to mitigate the economic effects of the pandemic. Now that the term is almost at an end, he has a further opportunity to shape the future of the EU by setting the priorities for the French Presidency of the Council of the EU.
Olivier Rozenberg, Associate Professor in the Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics of Sciences Po in Paris, describes the radicalisation of the EU debate in France and Macron’s impact at EU level as a background for the Presidency’s extensive and ambitious agenda. The Elysée has announced that it wants to build a greener, more sovereign, more social, digital and human Europe. The author unpacks those priorities and assesses the degree to which the domestic political context has shaped them.
Ultimately, the author argues, this is likely to be a successful Presidency – one that delivers on its ambitions – because of the experience of the French bureaucracy and Paris’s solid relations with Berlin and Rome. But those ambitions and how they are pursued will be strongly influenced by the presidential election in April, where Macron likely will stand for re-election, and the parliamentary elections in June.


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Kate Winslet Glams the Hell Up
At left is Kate Winslet at the February 2007 BAFTA Awards, an appearance that led Lainey Gossip to write, "this is not her best best." At right, courtesy of Celebutopia, is Kate Winslet at last night's New York premiere of her new movie The Reader. Something has changed! But what? Perhaps a large transfer from her integrity budget to her hair, wardrobe, and makeup budget. We haven't seen a transformation like this since Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. If we ever get any real money, we swear we're spending it on dermatology.
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Year in Review: DC’s Top Office Leases of 2021
If there’s any doubt that the federal government is the driving force behind the Washington, D.C., office market, this past year made that point crystal clear.
The government was responsible for seven of the top 10 leases in 2021, though they were mostly renewals. In addition, eight of the top 10 were in the District, rather than the suburbs.
Katie Yanushonis, a senior vice president at The Meridian Group, called the activity in 2021 “polarizing.”
“Although overall leasing activity was still below historical averages, there were still plenty of leases signed,” she told Commercial Observer. “But there was a strong distinction between the haves and have nots — the buildings that are highly amenitized, well located and can provide an environment that employees want to come back to, are the ones that have been and will continue to be very successful.”
Here is a look at the top 10 leases signed in 2021 according to multiple brokers.
1. Securities and Exchange Commission: 1.2 million square feet
This year’s largest lease — which more than doubled the next highest on the list, was the Securities and Exchange Commission’s 1.2 million-square-foot deal at the upcoming 60 New York Avenue, NE. The SEC signed for 15 years and has an option to extend an additional 10 years. It will accommodate more than 4,500 employees and serve as the agency’s new headquarters.
The development, which is slated to break ground in June, is owned by a joint venture between Douglas Development and Midtown Equities. Norman Jemal, the managing principal for Douglas Development, noted the lease was the catalyst for the long-planned development getting to its next stage.
Brian Sullivan at JLL (JLL) represented the landlords in the deal, while the tenant was represented by Todd Valentine, David Lipson and Neil Levy at Savills and Kevin Terry at GSA.
2. D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs and Office of Tax & Revenue: 543,798 square feet
The D.C. government renewed its 543,798 square feet at 1100 and 1101 4th Street, SW, to continue to house the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs and Office of Tax & Revenue.
It’s believed that the lease is a short one, as the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs has gone on record noting it would move to a new office development in East of the River on the planned Parcel 7 of the St. Elizabeths East development.
USAA Real Estate is the owner of the pair of Waterfront Station buildings.
3. Raytheon: 517,866 square feet
Raytheon, a defense contractor, renewed and expanded its space with a 517,866-square-foot lease at a trio of buildings located at 22110-22260 Pacific Boulevard in Sterling, Va. The deal marks the largest in the D.C. suburbs, and one of only two suburban deals to make it into the top 10.
Beacon Capital Partners owns the property, which Raytheon has called home since 2010.
JLL served as the sole broker on the deal.
4. Federal Emergency Management Agency: 301,384 square feet
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) comes in at No. 4 on the year, with a 301,384-square-foot lease extension at Federal Center Plaza.
The two-block office complex, located at 500 C Street SW, is owned by Donohoe Cos. The development was built for FEMA in 1981, and though there were rumors of the agency going elsewhere, it appears it will stay at its longtime home for at least another decade.
5. The Department of Veterans Affairs: 241,398 square feet
The Department of Veterans Affairs inked a 241,398-square-foot renewal at 425 Eye Street, NW with Saban Capital Group.
6. The Department of Veterans Affairs: The Department of Veterans Affairs comes in at No. 6, with a 217,000-square-foot renewal at 1800 G Street, NW with landlord Blake Real Estate.
7. Kaiser Permanente: 206,875 square feet
Kaiser Permanente renewed 206,875 square feet at 700 Second Street, NE with Property Group Partners.
8. D.C. Department of Health: 205,860 square feet
D.C. Department of Health renewed 205,860 square feet at 899 North Capitol Street, NE with Network Realty Partners.
9. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response signed a new 186,198-square-foot lease at 400 Seventh Street, NE with MetLife.
10. Microsoft: 181,174 square feet
Microsoft signed a 181,174-square-foot lease at 1300 Wilson Boulevard in Arlington, Va., with Tishman Speyer.
Known as Commonwealth Tower, the 15-story building in the Rossyln neighborhood, was fully renovated in 1996 and features unique symmetrical floor plates that allow for eight corner offices per floor.
Keith Loria can be reached at Kloria@commercialobserver.com.


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Cheaper electricity with lower carbon emissions – now it's possible
Dramatic changes are taking place in lighting technology thanks to groundbreaking research carried out by Professor Tao Wang from the semiconductor group of the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the University of Sheffield.
Solid state lighting, mainly based on III-nitride semiconductor blue/green light-emitting diodes (LEDs), has been accepted as ultimate light source in a variety of applications, for example, general illumination, which will eventually replace all incandescent and florescent bulbs currently used. Therefore, III-nitride semiconductor materials and devices have emerged as highly regarded research area. A team in Sheffield, led by Professor Wang, is carrying out the research on III-nitride LEDs in a wide spectral region from green to ultraviolet.
"With the achievement of these techniques, worldwide electricity consumption due to lighting could be decreased, and proportionately carbon emissions and new capital infrastructure associated with electricity generation would decrease as well," says Professor Wang, "it's both effective and environmentally friendly."
In particular, ultraviolet (UV) LEDs are currently becoming more and more attractive due to wide applications in biological area in addition to general illumination. How to achieve III-nitride semiconductor materials with a high crystal quality is one of the challenges in the development of UV-LEDs. The recent research from Professor Wang's team has demonstrated that the crystal quality can be massively improved by so-called "a thin GaN interlayer" growth technique developed by Dr Wang. The thin GaN layer was initially deposited on AIN as a buffer layer, and resulted in greatly improved optical and electrical properties of the 340nm UV-LED.
Compared with the UV-LEDs fabricated using conventional technique, the output power of the UV-LED was significantly increased by more than 220%, meaning that the cost of the energy can be decreased by more than 220%.
"Everyone needs electricity and cheap electricity, so I think the development of this technology can benefit everyone in the UK, even in the world," says Professor Wang, "and it also benefits the environment because using the light effectively can decrease the carbon emission."
Professor Wang went on to add that, "This technology can be applied in other fields, for instance, UV emitters have a variety of applications in biological detection and imaging."
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Nanoscope Therapeutics Unveils Clinical Trial Results for MCO-010 in Treating Stargardt Disease
DALLAS, Aug. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Nanoscope Therapeutics Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on gene therapies for retinal degenerative diseases, presented key results from its Phase 2 clinical trial, STARLIGHT, at the American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS) annual meeting in Seattle last week. The trial evaluated the effects of their novel therapeutic, MCO-010, for patients with Stargardt disease, a condition currently lacking available treatments.
Key results from the STARLIGHT clinical trial:
"I appreciated the opportunity to present on the promising results of Nanoscope's Phase 2 STARLIGHT clinical trial. With no current treatment options, MCO-010 may bring hope to those patients with severe vision loss due to Stargardt disease by restoring broadband light sensitivity," said Dr. Allen Ho, Professor of Ophthalmology at Thomas Jefferson University and Attending Surgeon, Director of Retina Research and Co-Director of the Retina Service at Wills Eye Hospital.
"We are thrilled to have had Dr. Allen Ho present the Phase 2 STARLIGHT clinical trial data at this year's ASRS. MCO-010 is advancing our proprietary AAV gene therapy platform with the potential to improve vision for patients with Stargardt disease and other inherited retinal diseases (IRDs). These results offer promising prospects for addressing this challenging disease," said Sulagna Bhattacharya, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder of Nanoscope.
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REFERENCE: Ho, et al. MCO-010 optogenetic therapy for severe vision loss in Stargardt disease: 6-month outcomes from the Phase 2 STARLIGHT trial. ASRS 2023.
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|Jack Michaels, the Oilers new play-by-play voice. |
The Edmonton Oilers today announced that Jack Michaels has been named to the position of radio play by play voice of the Edmonton Oilers. Michaels will partner with host and color commentator Bob Stauffer in delivering all Oilers games via the Oilers Radio Network and flagship station 630 CHED.
“We welcome Jack to Oil Country,” said Oilers President and CEO Patrick LaForge. “We underwent a comprehensive search to find the right voice with the right credentials and chemistry to launch this new era of Oilers Radio.”
Michaels, a veteran of over 900 hockey broadcasts, joins the Oilers after eight seasons as the radio and television voice of the ECHL’s Alaska Aces. While with the Aces, Michaels was honoured as the ECHL Broadcaster of the Year in 2004 and was selected by the ECHL to broadcast their annual All Star Game on five separate occasions. Last year’s All Star broadcast was available to over 80 million homes on the NHL Network and Fox Sports West.
“An NHL play by play job has been a dream and believe me this is now a dream come true,” said Michaels. “I know fans have keenly listened to Oilers broadcasts for three decades of fabulous moments, and frankly I can’t wait to get started.”
NHL Hall of Fame broadcaster Mike Emrick, voice of NHL Hockey on NBC said of Michaels, “I first met Jack five years ago, and was immediately struck by the quality of his call, his professionalism and his passion for the game. He’s a great young guy who has it all. There is no question he is 100% NHL ready."
Michaels’ career began after graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree from Ithaca College in New York. He started as a sports reporter at Cornell University and Ithaca College and then moved on to Erie Pennsylvania and New York City as a Sports Reporter and Production Assistant. Michaels then moved full-time to the hockey world, joining the Colorado Gold Kings of the WCHL where he was the play by play voice for three seasons before moving to Anchorage, Alaska.
Michaels and Stauffer will broadcast all Edmonton Oilers games this year with the exception of 10 ‘Rod’s Classics’ games when Rod Phillips, the Oilers Hall of Fame voice for the past 37 years, will be in the play by play chair.
Edmonton Oilers hockey is presented in part by the Rexall Family of Pharmacies, Molson Canadian, ATB Financial, TELUS, Cenovus Energy and Ford.


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Many newspapers have reported today that a substance found in the autumn crocus, a flower native to Britain, has been turned into a “smart bomb” against cancer.
The newspapers reported that the targeted treatment ignores other types of tissue in the body, and circulates in the bloodstream before killing tumours by destroying the blood vessels that supply them. They say the treatment can be targeted at any solid tumour, regardless of cancer type.
Why is this in the news now?
The news reports have been prompted by a presentation made at this year’s British Science Festival being held in Bradford. The speaker was from the Institute of Cancer Therapeutics at the University of Bradford, where the research is taking place.
How does the treatment work?
The treatment aims to cut off the blood supply to solid tumours, essentially killing them by starving them of oxygen and nutrients.
The drug is based on a toxic substance called colchicine, a chemical derived from the autumn crocus, which is a flower that grows in Britain. The substance is normally toxic to tissues in the body, and so the researchers needed to find a way to target it to tumours and leave healthy tissue unharmed.
They did this by making an inactive form of the drug that is converted to its active form (“triggered”) by an enzyme (a type of protein) that solid tumours produce in order to grow and develop new blood vessels. This enzyme is one of a family of enzymes called the matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs).
The researchers anticipate that the inactive drug will circulate in the bloodstream, but when it comes into contact with the enzyme in the tumour, the toxic form of the drug will be released, killing off the tumour’s blood vessels and eventually the tumour itself. As the enzyme is only usually active at high levels in solid tumours, the drug will, in theory, not harm other healthy tissues.
What have the researchers done so far?
The press release for this presentation only contains a small amount of detail of the research and its results.
To date, the researchers report having tested the effectiveness of this therapy at treating tumours in mice. The treatment has reportedly been tested on five different types of cancer in the laboratory, including breast, colon, lung, sarcoma and prostate. These tests have reportedly been successful to varying degrees, with no adverse effects reported. The researchers report a greater than “70% cure rate after a single dose”.
Some of the work described at the festival may have been described in a related paper in the journal Cancer Research in 2010, entitled “Development of a novel tumour-targeted vascular disrupting agent activated by MT-MMPs”. This study focused on the effects of a derivative of colchicine, which the researchers called ICT2588, on one type of tumour in mice (fibrosarcoma), and did not appear to report all the results quoted in the press release.
Until the full results are published, including a full investigation of potential adverse effects, they should be seen as preliminary.
What did their published work find?
The published research used a derivative of colchicine, which the researchers called ICT2588. This drug is inactive until metabolised by a member of the MMP family called MT1-MMP.
The paper describes the level of production of the MMPs in different human cancer cells grown in the laboratory and on tumours grown from these human cancer cells in mice. They also looked at the effects of ICT2588 on the fibrosarcoma and breast cancer cells in the laboratory and in mice.
The researchers found that ICT2588 was being activated by the fibrosarcoma cells as they produced a high level of MT1-MMP, but not by the breast cancer cells that did not produce MT1-MMP.
Giving mice with fibrosarcoma tumours ICT2588 reduced the number of blood vessels feeding the tumours, and caused some of the tumour tissue to die, and tumour growth to slow down.
This study did not describe whether the mice had any adverse effects, although it did say that they did not lose weight after the treatment.
When will this treatment be available?
The researchers say that once the final pre-clinical trials are completed, the clinical trials are expected to start in the next 12 months.
This type of research is essential in the development and testing of new treatments for human diseases. Unfortunately, not all treatments that show promise in animals are as effective or safe in humans. We will need to await the results of the clinical trials to see whether this drug lives up to its promise. Such trials can take a few years before a drug is proven to be safe and effective enough for widespread use.
The researchers are optimistic about their findings but, as this is early stage research, also urge caution until more is known.
“We have to remain cautious until we can prove the same remarkable effects in clinical trials,” says Professor Patterson, “but ultimately, if all goes well, we would hope to see this drug used as part of a combination of therapies to treat and manage cancer.”
Analysis by Bazian
Edited by NHS Website
Links to the headlines
Daily Express, 12 September 2011
BBC News, 12 September 2011
Financial Times, 12 September 2011
Daily Mail, 12 September 2011
Daily Mirror, 12 September 2011
The Guardian, 12 September 2011
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The Scratch Drawings flowed as the direct extensions of my previous oil pastel drawings. The process of making these surfaces became an important part of my drawing practice, as I prepared the scratch papers on the same self-primed and hand-textured Arches papers I had always used. However there was now iridescence underneath the middle monochromatic layer, which I topped with the traditional thick black coat– I built-up the surfaces much like different levels of soil.
Although they began as investigations towards a new vocabulary of marks, they quickly became complex compositions of similar themes from before: the ambiguities of the micro and macro worlds around us.
Here appeared things reminiscent of petrie dishes and microscope slides, of faraway Hubble nebulas and galaxies. Yet also, sometimes, they just seemed to be layers of patterns and decorations.
I also found myself continuing to develop complex areas of depths-of-field, which were paramount to the compositions; despite the stream-of-consciousness drawing process I was using. Later when asked to explain them conceptually, I couldn't– because I was permitting shapes and lines to lead me to the next and the next and the next, until I could scratch no more. I couldn't say they were more than what they were: shapes and ideas seen in the assorted groupings of marks...like recognizing shapes when looking at the clouds.


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Images greater than x pixels will be thumbnailed. What stage are we in for Dragon's Trove? Is it possible to submit requests or is the artist already nearing completion with this set? I have several requests especially since this will likely be the last set released before I start my Ptolus campaign. Famed explorer Volothamp Geddarm needs you to complete a simple quest.
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Kith is now the primary choice, followed by Seeming. Each one is a single game, theme, or publisher, and strives to be complete. While playing the Pathfinder RPG, the Game Master describes the events that occur in the game world, and the players take turns describing what their characters do in response to those events. This terrifying page hardcover book will take your game into the darkest reaches, where the dead hunger for the living, alien gods brood in dreams, and madness and death lurk around every corner.
The prestige classes presented in this chapter are summarized below. I had done a little research, and I let him know that would take a while before the characters would be ready to tackle the Tomb, as they would need to be at least level Posts not related to Pathfinder are subject to removal at the mods' discretion. Da Archive Amended Jan 3 This is a compilation of most of the pdf share threads and the rpg generals threads from I assume classes will be to a atleast a largely extent, be the same.
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Together with a band of knights, Prince Lucas and Clara set out on an adventure that pits them against a dreaded sorcerer's shadow. You might trace your lineage to an entity from that place, or perhaps you were exposed to its fell energy and transformed by it.
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Theresa May is hardly in a parliamentary sweet spot - but now she's found herself in a new jam.
Although it's her arch opponent Jeremy Corbyn who is well known for his love of the preserve, the prime minister reportedly declared to cabinet ministers her technique for dealing with gone-off jars of it.
The Daily Mail says she told top MPs gathered in Downing Street on Tuesday that she scrapes the mold off to tuck into the lower layers.
A Whitehall source is quoted as saying the prime minister described what's left as "perfectly edible" and encouraged shoppers to use "common sense" when it comes to binning out-of-date food.
The tip came during a discussion on how to reduce food waste.
Her spokesperson later clarified it was "a matter for the individual" whether to follow the practice.
Mrs. May has previously given a glimpse into her culinary tastes.
Asked after the 2017 election what she does in her spare time, she revealed: "I enjoy cooking, which has a benefit, you get to eat it as well as make it.
"I have over 150 cookbooks. I spend a lot of time looking at cookbooks."
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How to watch King Charles III address to parliament on TV: catch up and live stream details, is it on BBC?
King Charles III paid tribute to his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, in an address to parliament at Westminster Hall
The address was broadcast live on BBC One today and was followed by coverage of the King’s visit to Edinburgh where he attended a service for the queen.
BBC is providing coverage of the many ceremonial events taking place in the wake of the Queen’s death.
What happened during King Charles’ address?
During the address, King Charles III heard formal condolences from the Speakers of the House of Lords, John McFall, and the Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle.
This was King Charles’ first address to both houses of parliament, and he was accompanied by his wife Camilla, the Queen Consort.
Charles thanked both speakers for their words and paid tribute to his mother himself and vowed to follow her ‘selfless duty’.
Lindsay Hoyle said: "We know you hold the greatest respect, the precious traditions, the freedoms, and responsibilities of our unique history and our system of parliamentary government.
"We know that you will bear those responsibilities which fall to you with the fortitude, dignity, demonstrated by Her late Majesty."
John McFall said the Queen has been “both a leader to, and a servant of, her people”.
The King said: “We gather today in remembrance of the remarkable span of the Queen’s dedicated service to her nations and peoples.
“While very young, her late Majesty pledged herself to serve her country and her people and to maintain the precious principles of constitutional government which lie at the heart of our nation.
"She set an example of selfless duty which, with God’s help and your counsels, I am resolved faithfully to follow."
Where was the King’s address held?
The address took place at Westminster Hall, in the Palace of Westminster and was attended by 900 MPs and Peers.
Westminster Hall was built in 1097 during the reign of William II, the son of William the Conqueror, and was at the time the largest hall in Europe.
The hall is the oldest part of the parliamentary estate and is an enduring symbol of British democracy.
It is also the place where Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin will lie in state this week on the days before her funeral.
How can you watch the King’s address?
The address was broadcast live on BBC One at 10am today, but is also available to watch on BBC iPlayer now.
The address is one hour long and will be available to watch on iPlayer for 29 days.
A five hour broadcast of King Charles III’s visit to Scotland and a special service for the Queen at the Palace of Holyrood House will be broadcast live on BBC One today.
The Service of Prayer and Reflection for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will begin at 3pm.
The coverage will also be available to watch on iPlayer shortly after it is first broadcast.
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THE Holme Valley has had its status renewed as a Fairtrade Town.
Having first gained Fairtrade status in 2006, the Holme Valley has kept its honour thanks to a wide range of work in promoting Fairtrade – a campaign about local sustainability and fair terms of trade for farmers and workers in the developing world.
Local organisers hold events such as a Totally Tropical Tea Party and they also link with local festivals to spread the word about Fairtrade.
They work with other Fairtrade groups in the Kirklees area and there are further plans to develop support in the Holme Valley.
Once a local community has the status of a Fairtrade Town they have to show their commitment to raising awareness.
Fairtrade status was awarded to Kirklees as a whole in 2011.
Holme Valley campaigner Peter Beetlestone said: “We are moving to become more of a campaigning group, particularly encouraging retailers ‘to walk the talk’ and keep to their promises regarding Fairtrade.’’

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The next 11-week course for the Citizen’s Public Safety Academy runs 6 to 9 p.m. on Wednesdays starting Jan. 9.
The curriculum incorporates the day- to-day job requirements of police officers and firefighters. Sessions are held at The Copa Center, 44585 W. Honeycutt Road.
Applications are available at the Maricopa Police Department, 45145 W. Madison Ave. Applicants must be at least 18 and will be subject to a background check
During the police portion of the academy, students will learn traffic enforcement, impaired driver investigation, collision investigation, basic detective investigations, defensive tactics, patrol tactics and use of force. Students also will be required to participate in a ride-along with an officer.
The academy will include a practical exercise with a firearm training simulator in which students are presented with randomly generated scenarios and graded on their decision-making skills.
During the fire portion of the curriculum, students will learn fire suppression, fire code enforcement, arson investigation, fire cause determination, fire and life safety education, emergency medical and rescue services, community emergency preparedness and hazardous materials response. Students will learn how use firefighting tools such as axes, spreaders, a ladder truck, a fire truck and the Jaws of Life.
Students will be given the opportunity to wear the uniform and handle the equipment to get a feel for what it’s like to be in this profession.
Graduation will be March 20 for those who complete the academy successfully.

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Average 30-year mortgage rate up to 4.20 percent
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WASHINGTON - Average U.S. rates on fixed mortgages rose this week for a second straight week but remained near historic lows.
Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday the average rate for a 30-year loan increased to 4.20 percent from 4.14 percent last week. The average for the 15-year mortgage jumped to 3.31 percent from 3.23 percent.
Rising prices and higher interest rates beginning in mid-2013 have made homes less affordable for would-be buyers.
At the same time, a limited supply of homes is available to buy. Mortgage rates are about a quarter of a percentage point higher than they were at the same time last year.
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The National Chairman of Ghana Freedom Party "GFP", Mr Kwaku Abankwa has urged President Akufo-Addo to stick to his guns, but not to give in to pressures including financial sanctions from the President of United State, Joe Biden to allow lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer and intersex (LGBTQI) people to openly operate in the country.
He encouraged President Akuffo Addo not to be pushed around by that threat of use of financial sanctions by President Joe Biden so as not to go against his belief, faith and principle in the word of God which strictly abhors that despicable behaviour .
Mr Kwaku Abankwa made this statement in a press release where called on President Nana Addo to reject the presidential memorandum issued by President Joe Biden which is aimed at expanding protection of the rights of LGBTQI people in Ghana and Africa as a whole.
Madam Akua Donkoh's National Chairman further cautioned people who are into such destructive lifestyle not to make any attempt to openly operate in Ghana because Ghanaians will not allow them to freely engage in such abominable act.
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The Saito Group is a collective of writers, artists, designers, hackers and engineers that support "Saito," a persona that produces poetic-political urban projections about the right to the city, data rights and economic solidarity. Come learn about poetry, projection, digital graffiti and data politics! Website: http://www.saitogroup.info/, Twitter: https://twitter.com/SaitoGroup, Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saitogroup/
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STAFFORD — Voters will decide Wednesday on the town’s proposed $41.32 million budget, as polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Stafford Public Library, 10 Levinthal Run.
The spending plan represents a 1.73 percent increase over the town’s current operating budget of $40.61 million, or about $700,000.
If approved the budget would require an 0.67 mill tax increase to fund it. One mill represents $1 in taxes for every $1,000 in assessed property value.
At last week’s annual town meeting, voters adopted additional spending for next fiscal year, including the $1.8 million budget for the Water Pollution Control Facility; a $403,250 budget for the Service District; and a $180,000 appropriation to replace the West Stafford School oil tank.
The Service District is a special taxing district that encompasses much of downtown, including Main and High streets and surrounding side roads.
Taxpayers in the district pay a higher rate to fund solid waste collection, leaf removal, street lighting, fire hydrants, and sidewalks.

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As increasing research demonstrates that military sexual trauma (MST) is associated with suicidal ideation and attempts, discerning factors that place MST survivors at risk for these outcomes is critical. The present study aimed to: (1) characterize suicidal ideation and attempts among MST survivors; (2) identify factors associated with post-MST suicide attempts, post-MST suicidal ideation, and past-week suicidal ideation.
A convenience sample of 108 veterans (66 women, 42 men) who reported a history of MST participated in this cross-sectional study. Pre-MST suicidal ideation and attempt, childhood physical and sexual abuse, military sexual assault, institutional betrayal, and posttraumatic cognitions about self, world, and self-blame were examined, with age and gender as covariates.
Seventy-five percent of participants reported experiencing post-MST suicidal ideation, and 40.7% reported attempting suicide following MST. Pre-MST suicide attempt and posttraumatic cognitions about self were associated with post-MST suicide attempt. Pre-MST suicidal ideation, military sexual assault, childhood physical abuse, and posttraumatic cognitions about self were associated with post-MST suicidal ideation. Lastly, pre-MST suicidal ideation and posttraumatic cognitions about self were associated with past-week suicidal ideation; results were unchanged when accounting for recent PTSD or depressive symptoms.
The cross-sectional design, retrospective self-report, and small sample are limitations.
Addressing negative posttraumatic beliefs about self may be important for managing suicide risk among MST survivors. Assessing for pre-MST suicidal ideation and attempt is likely also warranted. Further understanding of the longitudinal impact of posttraumatic beliefs about self on subsequent risk for suicidal ideation and attempt is warranted.

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Trials and Bidding Process | 2022 Auctions
The A-List Auction will take place at the Dodson & Horrell Bolesworth International Horse Show on Friday 1 July 2022 at 8.45pm.
The collection will be available to try, by appointment, from Monday 20 June to Sunday 26 June.
The Lots will be available to try in the indoor equestrian complex at Bolesworth from Tuesday 28 June to Friday 1 July.
To book an appointment and to discuss your requirements, please contact one of the Auction Team:
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The ridden lots will be shown live in the Castle Arena on Wednesday 29 June after 6.30pm (to follow the 6yo class).
The yearlings will be available to view in the auction stables next to the Main International Area from 10am to 7pm on Thursday 30 June, and 10am to 12pm on Friday 1 July.
An official preview will be held in the Castle Arena at 5pm on Friday 1 July.
Please register at www.bolesworth.auction to bid.
Please email email@example.com with your contact details to register your intent to bid by telephone and a member of the team will call to make arrangements for the night.
The Hammer price will be subject to VAT if indicated in the auction catalogue. It will also be subject to a 10% buyers commission (which attracts UK VAT at 20%).


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Saving enough for retirement is difficult and will get much more so in the future if traditional pensions continue to become rare and personal savings rates remain low. If you are unable to save more of your current salary for retirement, a side income is a great way to boost your retirement security. You could save some of these extra earnings for retirement or even continue the part-time venture during your retirement years. Here are some side income ideas for retirement.
Rental properties. The housing market is still quite depressed and there are many opportunities to acquire a rental property. If you are working full time, have good credit, and have some savings, you may be able to get a mortgage for a rental property. Conversely, if you wait until you retire and no longer have a regular job, it might be too late and the bank could refuse to give you a loan. You can hire a property manager to run your rental properties if you don’t want to deal with tenants and repairs.
Online income. It doesn't take much of a financial commitment to start an online venture, but it does take a considerable amount of time and effort. You can start a blog or an information site and make a little money from advertising. You could also take online surveys, open an eBay store, sell your photographs, become a freelance writer, or engage in peer to peer lending.
If you are nearing retirement and want to stretch your savings, consider creating these or other additional income streams. There are many ways to make some money on the side and it will help tremendously when you leave your day job.
It often takes time to gain proficiency with making a side income, but you can research and work on most of these ventures during your off hours from a full time job. Look to your hobbies and interests and find a way to generate some income while having fun. It will keep your retirement years interesting and stretch out your retirement savings. Even a small side income of $500 per month will make a huge difference during retirement.
Joe Udo is planning an exit strategy from his corporate job by reducing expenses and increasing passive income. He blogs about his journey to early retirement at Retire by 40.

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Sec. Addictive Disorders
Volume 7 - 2016 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2016.00077
Characteristics of Participants Enrolled in a Brief Motivational Enhancement for Smokers
- Department of Psychology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Daily smoking is associated with elevated blood pressure, carbon monoxide (CO) toxicity, and impaired pulmonary lung functioning. The benefits of successful smoking cessation are readily apparent, given the health improvements associated with cessation, as well as the reduction of secondhand smoke to which non-smoking coworkers and family members are exposed. Previous literature indicates that providing personalized information to smokers (versus general base rates) without engaging in confrontational pressure to quit smoking, leads to increased interest in quitting smoking and willingness to enter smoking cessation programs. The goal of this study was to examine the pretreatment characteristics of the smokers entering a brief motivational enhancement intervention based on personally tailored health feedback. Participants (N = 28) were 88.2% Caucasian and 59% males, and they were an average of 23 years of age. On average, they smoked 20.08 cigarettes per day for a mean of 6.6 years, a mean Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence score of 4.7, and obtained a mean breath CO reading of 19.1 ppm. Smoking-related adverse health outcomes were predictive of stages of change motivation to quit smoking. Implications for cessation programs are discussed.
Despite the widely publicized negative health consequences of cigarette smoking, a quarter of the United States adult population continues to smoke (1). Cigarette smoking remains the leading preventable cause of death in the United States, accounting for more than 430,000 deaths per year (2). Smoking cessation is associated with decreased mortality and morbidity from smoking-related illnesses, such as cancer. For example, former smokers reduce their excess lung cancer risk by 50–80% within 10 years of quitting (3).
Research indicates that effective interventions exist for cigarette smokers (4) and that as many as 60% of current smokers want to quit smoking (5), yet few enter formal smoking cessation treatment programs [e.g., Ref. (6)]. Recent studies have also indicated that among current smokers, nicotine dependence levels tend to be higher than in past years. In addition, the prevalence of comorbid psychopathology, such as depression and anxiety, in smokers is greater now than in previous years, because those without such difficulties have largely been able to quit smoking [e.g., Ref. (7, 8)]. As a result, prevalence for those with psychiatric disorders has remained disproportionately high (9, 10). These smokers tend to experience more difficulty with smoking cessation and maintaining abstinence, and are therefore likely to require and benefit from professional assistance in quitting smoking. This suggests that cessation efforts need to be available and readily accessible (e.g., workplace; primary care settings) in order for more smokers to take advantage of these resources. Smokers with few resources and of diverse ethnic backgrounds continue to be underrepresented in cessation programs. In a previous study (11), smokers identified transportation and other practical issues among smokers who were socioeconomically disadvantaged. There were also reports of disbelief that smoking was personally harmful to the individual.
Motivational interviewing (MI) (12) is a clinical intervention procedure in which a collaborative, cooperative alliance is formed between the therapist and the individual suffering from an addictive disorder, such as smoking/nicotine dependence. Contrary to the traditional clinical approaches with substance users in which the individual is forced to label him/herself as an addict or be declared in “denial” of his/her addiction, the MI approach elicits motivation from the substance user to change by querying in a non-confrontational manner about adverse consequences the addiction has caused in the individual’s life, assists the substance user in weighing the pros and cons of continued use, and offers a variety of intervention suggestions if solicited from the substance user. This non-judgmental, collaborative approach has been shown to be effective in assisting substance users/smokers to become more “ready” to change their substance use behavior. Prochaska and DiClemente (13) discuss this “readiness for change” in health behaviors as occurring in various stages, ranging from precontemplation, contemplation, preparedness, action, and relapse. During each of these stages, individuals are more open or “ready” to accept particular treatment interventions than others. That is, an individual in precontemplation (defined as not believing that his/her substance use is even problematic) would not be receptive to specific strategies for ceasing to use a substance, whereas, an individual in the preparedness or action stage would be receptive to structured suggestions of this type, having already made the decision to stop using the substance and in need of concrete skills. According to contemporary models of high-risk behavior change, in addition to appreciating that risks associated with the behavior apply to him/herself, an individual must view the barriers to quitting that behavior as surmountable, in order to cease participation in that high-risk behavior [e.g., Ref. (14)]. The MI component of offering a variety of intervention suggestions to the individual, if solicited by him/her, could supply this information to the smoker. This would include the fact that there are many efficacious and effective interventions that presently exist for smokers (4).
In the present study, daily smokers were entering an intervention which utilized the feedback component of MI with smokers who were not yet “ready” to quit smoking (13) by agreeing to participate in a paid study entitled, “Health Screen for Smokers.” We were interested in examining the pretreatment characteristics of these smokers; in particular, what characteristics would be most associated with present motivation for smoking cessation.
Materials and Methods
Participants were Louisiana State University campus employees recruited through fliers on campus and advertisements on their paystubs for a paid study entitled, “Health Screening for Smokers.” They were randomly assigned to the active treatment condition, in which they obtain personalized information regarding their blood pressure, carbon monoxide (CO) level, and pulmonary lung functioning, or the control group in which they underwent the health screening, but they received no feedback. All participants were offered smoking cessation treatment free of charge at the campus clinic. Outcomes from this motivational intervention are not reported here. Rather, we examined smokers’ pretreatment characteristics.
This form assessed participant demographics, including age, gender, ethnicity, education level, occupation, and income. We also included questions regarding medical insurance status and smoking-related illness.
Smoking Status Questionnaire
This form assessed current and past smoking patterns and included the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence (FTND) (15). The FTND yields scores that range from 0 to 10. This form also included a question regarding previous smoking cessation attempts and the questions, “Have you experienced any smoking-related health problems?” and “If so, please indicate the category that best describes the health problems you’ve experienced,” with the response options of “respiratory,” “circulatory,” “cardiac,” “cancer,” or “other.”
Stages of Change Algorithm
The stages of change (SOC) algorithm (16) was used in order to obtain a categorical measure of participants’ stage of change. This form comprised a series of mutually exclusive questions: (1) “Are you seriously considering quitting smoking in the next 6 months?”; (2) “Are you planning to quit in the next 30 days?”; and (3) “In the last year, how many times have you quit for at least 24 h?” in order to identify participants as being in precontemplation, contemplation, or preparation. This measure may be viewed as an indication of how ready a smoker is to quit smoking.
Brief Smoking Consequences Questionnaire-Adult
This questionnaire measures smoking outcome expectancies, anticipated rewarding, and punishing consequences from smoking a cigarette (17). The Brief Smoking Consequences Questionnaire-Adult (BSCQ-A) comprises 10 factors derived from principal components analysis: (1) negative affect reduction; (2) stimulation/state enhancement; (3) health risks; (4) taste/sensorimotor manipulation; (5) social facilitation; (6) weight control; (7) craving reduction/addiction; (8) negative physical feelings; (9) boredom reduction; and (10) negative social impression. Scores on each of the 10 scales are calculated by taking the average of the items. Scale scores range from 0 to 9.
BreathCo Carbon Monoxide Monitors (Vitalograph, Inc.)
The BreathCo CO monitors were used to determine expired CO level (ppm). A cutoff of >8 ppm was used to confirm daily smoking status.
Lung Age Meter
A key indicator of chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) is a reduced FEV1 compared with predicted FEV1 value. Early identification of a reduction in FEV1 can provide early warning of the damage already suffered by the lungs at the pre-symptomatic stage, when smoking cessation is most effective. The Vitalograph lung age compares a subject’s FEV1 with predicted normal values to calculate the subject’s “lung age.” A high lung age in relation to the subject’s chronological age can illustrate the likely negative impact of continued smoking on lung function and encourage smoking cessation.
Participants called in response to an advertisement for paid research for smokers in a study entitled, “Health Screen for Smokers.” They completed a brief phone screen with a member of the research team to determine basic eligibility [>18 years of age; self-report of current smoking rate >20 cigarettes per day (CPD) for at least 1 year], listened to a brief description of the study, including the provision of health-related feedback on CO and lung functioning, and were told that they would receive $50.00 for completion of the study. They were scheduled for a session at which they were told their smoking would be biochemically verified. They were greeted by a research assistant when they arrived and were randomly assigned to the active treatment condition, in which they obtain personalized information regarding their CO level and pulmonary lung functioning, or the control group in which they underwent the health screening, but they received no feedback. All participants were offered smoking cessation treatment free of charge at the university campus clinic. Participants completed the questionnaires and the research assistant obtained breath samples for the CO reading and for the lung age meter reading. Participants were paid $50 for their participation. All study procedures, including the ethical treatment of human subject participants, were reviewed and approved of by the Institutional Review Board of Louisiana State University.
Participants (N = 28) were 88.2% Caucasian and 59% males, and they were an average of 23 years of age. On average, they smoked 20.08 CPD for a mean of 6.6 years, a mean FTND score of 4.7, and obtained a mean breath CO reading of 19.1 ppm. Participants’ responses to the SOC measure indicated that 47% were in pre-contemplation and 35.3% were in the contemplation stage.
Forty-three percent of participants endorsed having a diagnosed smoking-related health problem, of which 75% were identified as respiratory and the rest as other than respiratory, circulatory, cardiac, or cancer. The mean lung age meter reading among participants was 65.9 (SD = 29.6), and the mean scale score on the BSCQ-A for health risks was 8.3 (SD = 5.6).
Prediction of SOC Readiness to Change
We used linear regression analyses with health indices as predictors and SOC readiness to change as the dependent variable. Currently, having a smoking-related health problem significantly predicted SOC readiness to change, such that smokers with a smoking-related health problem reported themselves as more “ready” for smoking cessation (β = 0.35), F(1, 27) = 3.56, p = 0.035; R-squared 0.125, adjusted R-squared 0.09. Regression analyses with BSCQ-A health risk scale scores and lung age were not significant in predicting SOC readiness to change.
Participants in the present study were part of a larger study in which personally tailored health feedback was provided to daily smokers utilizing MI techniques. In the present study, we were interested in examining pretreatment characteristics among daily smokers, including their smoking patterns, smoking outcome expectancies, and smoking-related health information. This included their CO levels and lung age related to risk for COPD.
Smokers in this study were predominantly Caucasian, young adults. On average, they smoked one pack per day of cigarettes for approximately 7 years and were moderately dependent on nicotine, as indicated by their FTND scores. They endorsed strong beliefs regarding the health risks associated with smoking, as reflected on their scores obtained on the health risks scale of the BSCQ-A. In fact, these health risk scores were sufficiently high at pretreatment that a ceiling effect may preclude detection of pre- to posttreatment increase in the tailored feedback condition of the larger intervention study. A similar finding in a smoking expectancy challenge with health risk expectancies suggests that current smokers identify the health risks associated with smoking, but that these beliefs can be increased by providing health information, and that this increase in expectancies may be accompanied by increased motivation to quit smoking (18). In addition, in the development study for the Smoking Consequences Questionnaire-Adult (SCQ-A), health risk expectancy scores significantly distinguished between smokers entering cessation treatment and those not currently interested in cessation (19). These findings within the context of previous literature therefore support the utility of targeting health risk expectancies in attempts to increase motivation for smoking cessation.
The present study suggests that recruitment of precontemplators was successful, in that almost half (47%) of the smokers who agreed to participate were in the precontemplation stage of readiness to quit smoking. This goal was consistent with the larger study’s goal of increasing motivation to quit smoking (e.g., progression from precontemplation to contemplation) by providing tailored, smoking-related health feedback to participants. Participants who were already motivated to quit smoking in the present study were more likely to endorse having a smoking-related health problem. Given this finding, it will be interesting to see whether tailored health feedback to participants regarding their CO level and pulmonary functioning/lung age is associated with increased motivation for cessation. Such results would be consistent with interventions that increase progression in stage of change, according to Prochaska and DiClemente (13). That is, an individual in precontemplation would be receptive to strategies that increase his/her awareness of the adverse effects of smoking. Further, the MI component of providing treatment information should assist the individual in viewing the barriers to quitting smoking as surmountable. According to Reyna and Farley’s model (14) of high-risk behavior change, this is a critical step in addition to the individual appreciating that risks associated with the behavior apply to him/herself.
There are several limitations to the present study that should be noted. First, the study is cross-sectional and therefore all results are correlational in nature. We have explicitly stated that the purpose of this brief study was to examine and describe pretreatment characteristics, and it was anticipated that these characteristics may assist in informing cessation interventions. The present study was conducted as a portion of a larger experimental study, which includes a motivational intervention for daily smokers based on tailored health feedback. Second, the sample size is small, which may limit generalizations that can be made to other populations of daily smokers. Finally, the participants in the present study were young adults with an average age of approximately 20 years, which may further compromise the study’s external validity in that typical smoking cessation treatment participants are older and may differ significantly from the present sample in other important ways as well. Indeed, the study was designed with mature, adult smokers in mind, and the adverse health information provided to participants would likely be more severe if this population had been recruited into the present study.
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Conflict of Interest Statement
The author declares that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
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Keywords: motivational interviewing, smoking cessation, smoking, nicotine, addiction and addiction behaviors
Citation: Copeland AL (2016) Characteristics of Participants Enrolled in a Brief Motivational Enhancement for Smokers. Front. Psychiatry 7:77. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2016.00077
Received: 18 December 2015; Accepted: 14 April 2016;
Published: 02 May 2016
Edited by:Thomas Heffernan, Northumbria University, UK
Reviewed by:Jonathan Ling, University of Sunderland, UK
Frederic Hopf, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Copyright: © 2016 Copeland. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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