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GeoKettle is a powerful, metadata-driven Spatial ETL tool dedicated to the integration of different spatial data sources for building and updating geospatial data warehouses. GeoKettle enables the Extraction of data from data sources, the Transformation of data in order to correct errors, make some data cleansing, change the data structure, make them compliant to defined standards, and the Loading of transformed data into a target DataBase Management System (DBMS) in OLTP or OLAP/SOLAP mode, GIS file or Geospatial Web Service.
GeoKettle is a spatially-enabled version of the generic ETL tool Kettle (Pentaho Data Integration). GeoKettle also benefits from Geospatial capabilities from mature, robust and well know Open Source libraries like JTS, GeoTools, deegree, OGR…
GeoKettle has been released under the LGPL.
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He may not have worked for NASA in his youth but President Morsi could yet find himself in space if an influential Egyptian opposition group has its way.
The April 6 Youth Movement, firm opponents of the president, has nominated him in a competition for a much-coveted seat on a spaceship bound for the Earth's orbit.
The online worldwide contest is run by Axe, a brand of male grooming products. Its call appeared to have garnered support from many, with Morsi making a rapid progress to move into second place with 9,703 votes. Fellow Egyptian Ahmed Haggagovic, a well known adventurer, tops the list with 14,112 votes.
"The president is taking concrete steps towards space. Your support is vital to transmit our renaissance experience to our sister-planets," the 6 April Movement, which played a key role in organising the protests which eventually toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak in 2011, said on its Facebook page.
Morsi was ridiculed by his opponents after claiming during his election campaign that he used to work as an adviser for NASA. He later denied that he had worked for the US space agency.
The 6 April Movement has staunchly opposed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood, from which he hails, during the past few months for what it believes as their attempts to monopolize power.
Morsi's critics also argue that he failed to deliver on his promises during his first seven months in office.
His trip to the space might give him the chance to replicate his Egyptian success, but in another part of the universe, 6 April believes.
"If Morsi got your votes, he would travel to the moon and rule there. Definitely, he will find people there who would be patient and kind and would accept murder, tyranny and dictatorship," the group said.
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Our professional-quality grilling tools are newly updated with sleek black handles in a tapered, rounded shape that feels smooth in the hand. This tool set includes a durable stainless-steel case for storing near the grill or taking along to cookouts.
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Rated 3 out of 5 by Wendell from Good Lookong Set but not the most Durable The tool set looks great and functions very well on the grill. However, the tongs were bent after the first day and the locking mechanism fell out. I was able to bend the tongs back into shape but I don't feel these tools are well crafted. Also the carrying case is very difficult to close with all of the tools placed inside.Date published: 2018-07-09Rated 5 out of 5 by NibbleMeThis from Professional level tools These tools are professional grade. I lead a BBQ competition team, have a grilling/BBQ blog, and have a published grilling book and my brother gave me this set (slightly older version but the same set) for Christmas years ago. I have hauled these to BBQ contests, grilling demonstrations, and food festivals all over the South East and they have held up to all the abuse I have thrown at them. They are designed and made to last.Date published: 2017-12-17Rated 5 out of 5 by Steve913 from Amazing set!!! This is solid. Well made. Love the basting brush - used it for smoking ribs and it's long enough to reach into the back of my grill. Substantial and heavy but not so heavy it's inconvenient. It's perfect.Date published: 2017-07-01Rated 4 out of 5 by Christa from Great grill set! I have used my set several times since I received it to cook burgers, steak, and pork medallions all outside on my charcoal grill. I have enjoyed the heavy duty quality and sleek look. It seems to hold up very well and clean up easily. The case is a nice feature for their storage as well, compact and organized. The set includes just the right amount of tools to do all the jobs that need to be performed with outdoor grilling, except cleaning. I received this product free in exchange for my review.Date published: 2017-06-05Rated 4 out of 5 by limabeenie from Very well-made tools All of these tools are very sturdy and practical. My only complaint is that the tongs are a bit too heavy and cumbersome, and squeezing them is a bit of workout. I'm not a guy - they may have better luck. The box is a little cheesily made, but they're all kept in the house anyway. The basting brush is excellent. I've wanted this set for years, and finally the price was right!Date published: 2015-07-16Rated 5 out of 5 by vhoff from Great product I purchased this set for my husband in 2012 as a Father's Day gift. He really enjoys using this set every time we BBQ. The tools are fantastic - sturdy and durable and they clean well. In fact, they held up better than the case itself. The handle on the case broke last year and that is a bit disappointing. It'd be great if they sold the case itself separately since the utensils are still in perfect condition. Williams Sonoma products are the best.Date published: 2015-03-16Rated 1 out of 5 by Richmond1234 from Arrived with case damaged Arrived with case damaged. Intended as a gift. Returned.Date published: 2015-01-08Rated 5 out of 5 by MrQuagmire from Go to the hip! Folks...gather round the fire. You will not find better grilling utensils. I purchased mine 3 years ago and they are still hanging in there. They clean up easily and the wooden handles are still in great shape. Granted I live in Southern California so the elements here are not as harsh as the rest of the country but I can attest that these are solid tools for grilling. This is one time I would say, "you get what you pay for". The box they come in is a little overkill but it may come in handy if you only grill in the summer due to your location. Go to the hip and buy these. You will not be sorry.Date published: 2014-10-14
Does the spatula have a thin turner?Hi BBQ crazy, We cannot decipher what your question is. Can you clarify what you mean by "thin turner"?Date published: 2019-06-09
So the tools are awesome and feel really sturdy, properly weighted, and high quality. I noticed the package says "hand wash". Is that really necessary? Is it just the leather hanging strap that would get ruined in the dishwasher?Hi Patrick, The manufacturer does not state specifically why these grill tools cannot be washed in a dishwasher, only that they recommend that they be hand washed.Date published: 2019-04-29


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We sat, Caryn and I, at the window table in the corner of our local pub on Sunday. Having a goodbye pint with a couple of friends (which has become something of a routine thing in these last few weeks before our shift), the room was about half-full but the crowd was growing in advance of a football game.
Finbar, the proprietor of the establishment, had put on his usual Sunday spread of roasted chicken, lamb stew, curry soup, spaghetti Bolognese and sandwiches; his way of saying "thank you" to his regulars every Sunday. But the food doesn't stop there. Here and there a pot of beans or a plate of cookies might be brought in by the odd patron or two.
And then, in walked Mac.
Carrying a paper plate wrapped with aluminum foil which held a couple of microwave burritos which had been sliced and fitted with frilly toothpicks, Mac shuffled to the bar and handed them over as offering for the communal repast. Finbar thanked the old man with a bright smile, a hearty handshake and the vodka and orange that took less time to pour than it took the old man to sidle the few feet from door to bar.
Mac is one of the regulars at our pub — maybe too regular, but I'm not one to judge — and he's had a rough couple of weeks.
Mac is one of five old-timers who occupy one of the tables and regularly hold court. They sit very closely and talk quite loudly – age and the ringing of artillery have made Mac as close to deaf as one can be. It used to be five… now there are four. Mac's older brother passed away two weekends ago and he's had a tough time of it since. The two were inseparable.
They enlisted in the army together on December 8th, 1941. Mac, being the younger of the two, had to lie about his age. His older brother vouched for his sibling under penalty of perjury so they could go through basic training together.
The two made a career of the military and their photos that are interspersed among various Patrick's Day or Halloween or just a Sunday down the pup snaps on the tack board back by the dartboards show them sporting far more combat stripes than any brothers I've ever seen.
The gold hash marks make their way from the cuff of their class A's and nearly touch the gold chevrons of their matching Sargent Major rockers and half way up the opposite sleeves.
Mac scuffed his way — without spilling a drop even thought his arms now quake with palsy shaking reminiscent of a high schooler playing Shakespeare's shylock — to his normal perch where he awaited the remains of his cadre.
Normally on Veterans Day, Mac and his brother would have been at the local Vet's cemetery to honor the fallen and salute the guns and bugles, resplendent yet mournful in their tone and timbre. I suspect Mac had seen enough of that graveyard as I'm told he's visited his brother's grave every day since they laid him there a fortnight ago.
I nodded to Finbar to make sure Mac's next drink was taken care of and he turned over a shot glass to mark the purchase. I wasn't the only one to make the same, silent gesture as I saw that mine was now the third in a row.
I think about the men and women who have served our nation and the greater good of the world. I remember my seven years as an active duty Coast Guardsman. I ponder the men and women serving today. But, more than all of that, I think about the men and women — boys and girls now — who have yet to raise their hands and take an oath to hold the line… I think about my MS.
"On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month…" The great guns of the greatest war the world had seen to that point were silenced. The world was different then but the pain of those who served no different than the difficulties of our day's service men and women.
As I steadied myself on a sturdy cane and donned my cloth cap to make my way out into the cold rain on Sunday, I looked back and gave Mac a high-handed but genuine salute of thanks. His cloudy gray eyes sharpened and his quaking arm stiffened as he popped me one back that would make an honor guard proud. And then the soldier was an old man again; slumped and tired and missing his brother.
I slipped Finbar a tenner. There were already too many upturned glasses awaiting Mac, so the barman simply slipped the note into the pocket of Mac's coat, hanging on a peg near the bar. There is no way to thank someone for the things that Mac and his brother — and all of their kind — have seen and done and had done to them… but it was the best I could do.
Wishing you and your family along, this day, with our service men and women and all of their families, the best of health.
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Making cheaper, higher-energy batteries to store renewable energy
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Zinc-air batteries, which use zinc metal as the anode and an alkaline paste as the electrolyte, are simple, inexpensive, nontoxic, and long-lasting. But engineers haven't been able to figure out how to recharge them. Cody Friesen, an associate professor of materials science at Arizona State University, solved the problem by using a porous electrode and a liquid solution of zinc ions and additives as the electrolyte. He cofounded Fluidic Energy in 2007 to commercialize the design, and outside testing of its commercial prototype is planned for late fall. Within two years, Friesen hopes to be selling batteries that can hold twice as much energy as the lithium-ion batteries used in laptops and, increasingly, in electric cars. He calculates that his rechargeable metal-air batteries could ultimately hold 10 times as much energy as lithium-ion devices at a much lower cost. The first market he's aiming for is storage of wind- and solar-generated electricity, but the batteries could also be useful in hybrid electric vehicles and portable electronics. --Neil Savage
Pump it up: In a standard zinc-air battery (bottom left), oxygen from the air reacts with the zinc anode, releasing electrons. Reversing the process creates spiky zinc crystals that ruin the battery. In Friesen's design (above), a pump pushes a solution of zinc ions and proprietary additives through the anode, a scaffold that contains an array of different-sized pores. Both the arrangement of pores and the additives inhibit crystal formation during charge and discharge.
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In 1998 Nina Libin brought fresh insight into the art of creating beaded tatting, or as she says, tatted lace of beads. Her first book, "Tatted Lace of Beads The Techniques of Beanile Lace" led us on a journey of discovery and exploration of the many possible combinations of beads, threads, and knots. As a primer for learning the basic stitches in tatting, it offered step by step instructions and detailed illustrations showing the movements of the hands. It examined multiple traditional ways to incorporate beads into shuttle tatting.
Nina has prepared a new book especially designed for the needle tatter. Some beading techniques were not possible to reproduce as the diameter of the tatting needles would not accommodate all sizes of the delicate beads used in tatted beaded jewelry.
"Beads & Knots" Needle Tatted Jewelry by Nina Libin ©2013 is a 65 page full color book available in pdf format on cd. As with all of her books and online patterns, the photography of the tatted lace and the beaded lace is remarkably clear and close up. The details in the jewelry and filigree motifs is outstanding. The definitions used incorporate traditional tatting terms along with abbreviations developed specifically to explain the Beanile Lace techniques. (Please see sample page 12 and note that additional terms and symbols are introduced in the beaded pearl tatting section.) Although some parts of the pattern directions appear algebraic in nature a quick read of the definitions makes it all easy to follow. Beanile Lace will be both challenging and intriguing to both tatters and beaders alike.
As shown on sample pg 12 the diagrams (in black and white as well as color) are easily understood and the project is displayed in great detail.
Included in this book is a subsection on "Beaded Pearl Tatting" How to Needle Tat with Beads on TWO Knotting Threads (helpful hints.") This seven page tutorial shows the method to use two threads with beads and the needle (core) thread and wrap the double stitches using both the left and right hands. This is followed by a section of all original designs utilizing this two handed pearl tatting technique and combining it with the basics of tape lace to create celtic style (interwoven) designs which are just stunning!
I received my copy of this wonderful new book as a gift from my friend of 18 years, Nina Libin. I have learned so much from her and I am very grateful that she takes the time to promote tatting everywhere and lends her assistance with the Online Tatting Class, too. - G. Seitz
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It's Not Easy Being in a Relationship with a Caregiver
By Amy Goyer , February 12, 2014 11:33 AM
Editor's note: We asked Bill Carter, the longtime companion of AARP's caregiving expert and blogger, Amy Goyer, to write about being in a long-distance relationship with a full-time caregiver.
My relationship with Amy began seven years ago. At the time she was a busy professional working in Washington, D.C., and her parents were enjoying their retirement in Phoenix. Since I live in northern Maryland, our relationship had to be a long-distance one from the beginning. However, we thoroughly enjoyed each other's company and made it work. We lived close enough that we could make spontaneous plans.
I'll never forget the day that changed Amy's life and our relationship. We were in New Orleans for a rare vacation enjoying Jazz Fest when we heard from Amy's sister that their mom had fallen ill and been hospitalized. That came at a time when all of us were increasingly concerned about her dad's cognitive abilities. Amy soon left for Arizona to help her parents; this quickly turned into her living in Arizona full time. For the past five years we have seen each other when Amy comes to D.C. for her work or I go to Arizona. It does make things difficult, to say the least.
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Amy jumped into caring for her parents with both feet while continuing to work full time. She takes great pride in her work and truly does her best to help other caregivers. This means that most of the time when I talk to Amy on the phone she is in her car going to or from her office, running errands or in the middle of some caregiving task. Our conversations are short and the distractions are numerous.
I travel to Arizona several times a year. The daily household activities in the Arizona home are frequently overwhelming for me. I never realized how little time there is for anything when you are a caregiver. Amy's parents - wonderful, engaging people - have needed assistance for every basic need. I frequently worry about the tremendous stress and strain on Amy as she tries to balance every aspect of her life.
Sadly, Amy's mother, Patricia, passed on in October. I wondered if this would lighten Amy's burden, but it really seems to have added a difficult new dimension to her frenetic daily life. Her mother had many physical disabilities and had difficulty communicating because of a stroke years ago, but she was Amy's rock. Now, grieving affects our relationship, while her dad, Robert, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease, has had a downhill slide without his beloved wife.
I try to support Amy, as she has so much to juggle. When I visit her in Arizona, I spend a great deal of time fixing things around the house and helping out in the yard or taking walks with her dad. We do our best to spend quality time together, since quantity just isn't an option for us. We take at least one vacation together every year, and we take shorter weekend trips or I travel with her when she goes on business trips. Texting has been a big help for us to stay in touch more regularly, and we sometimes Skype.
The important thing is that we share the same values. I help my mother in Maryland also, and I support Amy's choice to care for her parents when they have needed her most. So, Amy and I stay together, and I can't imagine life without her. I don't know what the future holds, but I'll soon be traveling to Arizona again to try to carve out some quality time with my busy caregiver.
Amy Goyer is AARP's family, caregiving and multigenerational issues expert. She splits her time between Washington, D.C., and Phoenix, where she cares for her dad, who lives with her. She is the author of AARP's Juggling Work and Caregiving. Follow Amy on Twitter @amygoyer and on Facebook.
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I don't watch American Idol. So my knowledge of Adam Lambert is mainly from skimming articles. I do know that Lambert, an adult, closed the American Music Awards on Sunday and writhed about not unlike the way Chicken Fried Britney and underageJailBait Miley have done in their own shows. Performance Art. Not unlike Gaga's performance art only maybe a bit more amateur. My producer Caleigh called it "try hard" this morning. Definitely try hard. But was it offensive?
The MiniVan seems to think so. We're ok with the girls grinding up with abandon but Adam Lambert is not allowed.
Now Good Morning American is outlawing it for morning tv.
What's the problem?
I don't think the problem is the alleged lewdness. The problem is the factual gayness.
Gays are supposed to be adorable best friends like Stanford Blatch who tell you to buy those Jimmy Choos. Gays are not supposed to be put their gayness on tv.
Flipping to the straight side:
Twi-Hards today are jizzing it up over a barely legal Taylor Lautner on the cover of Rolling Stone. There's a Team Jacob communal rub over the release of his new cover. Wet, ripped, and ready to tweak their Twi-spots.
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Landscape and Garden: Amy Jo Detweiler conducts the landscape and gardening program from the Deschutes County Extension office in Redmond. This includes programming for the central Oregon landscape and golf industries, as well as conducting the Master Gardener program.
Providing seminars, workshops, publications are only some of the ways Central Oregon Horticulture Program provides education to residents of Jefferson, Crook and Deschutes Counties. The OSU Master Gardener Program training is offered annually in the tri-county area for those interested in a volunteer opportunity. Locally, volunteers assist at the Madras Saturday Markets which start the first weekend in June through the second week-end in September. Also, in Madras, Central Oregon Agriculture Research Station has a Demonstration Garden that is available for the public to learn from and enjoy, as well as have local schools come and take field trips.
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Len Tooley, an HIV-negative guy on pre-exposure prophylaxis, works as a gay men's health promoter, HIV educator, tester and counsellor. In this second of three interviews, he talks about conversations with his doctor about PrEP and about being on it.
Len Tooley is a 31-year old, sexually active, HIV-negative gay guy who lives in downtown Toronto, where he works as a gay men's health promoter, HIV educator, tester and counsellor. As a way of helping him stay HIV-negative, his family doctor has prescribed him Truvada as a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).
In the first part of his interview with me, which we published last week, Len and I talked about what motivated his decision to go on PrEP. This week, he discusses the conversations he had with his family doctor about PrEP, his experience of actually taking Truvada every day and how he feels about asking his drug insurance plan to cover its cost.
John: Len, as you said last week in the first part of our interview, PrEP has been approved for use in the U.S. However Health Canada hasn't yet followed suit. As I said in my introduction to this series of interviews, though, some physicians in Canada are prescribing it "off-label" for that purpose. How easy was it for you to satisfy your family doctor that it was okay for him to prescribe it for you?
Len: To be honest, John, I was in a very unique situation that facilitated the process. First of all, I actually have a family doctor – and many people don't. Secondly, he's not only a gay family physician but he also has a huge number of HIV-positive patients. I'm lucky to be in this position because I've been volunteering and working in the HIV sector for a long time, and eventually found this doctor through friends. So my doctor already knew about PrEP; I didn't need to educate him about the research showing its effectiveness.
It's also my job to know a lot about the science and real-world implications of PrEP, and through my work I've read a great deal about many aspects of PrEP, so I had a good idea about what I was getting into. I was prepared to answer any questions he had, and I knew that I was a good candidate for it.
John: What were some of the questions your doctor had for you?
Len: It took about four appointments for me to actually get the prescription from my doctor. The first time I mentioned the idea he told me that before we considered it, we'd have to have a lengthy discussion about what was going through my mind when I decided not to use condoms. I told him that I wished it was that simple (I'm an HIV counsellor after all), that it wasn't as simple as a 'yes or no' decision, and that I could guarantee him I was trying my absolute hardest to have perfectly safe sex. I just wasn't succeeding perfectly.
At the second appointment (I was there for something else) I again brought up the idea of PrEP. This time he was still a bit hesitant, and told me that if he was going to prescribe PrEP I was going to have to get blood tests to test my kidney and liver functions and make sure I was HIV-negative, and then, depending on those results, we could talk about it more. I agreed, he gave me the test requisition, and that day I went to a lab and got my blood work done.
Once I knew my blood work results had arrived, I scheduled another appointment and saw my doctor. He confirmed that I was still HIV-negative and that all my kidney and liver function tests were okay. I was pretty nervous and excited. He asked me what I'd do if I experienced the side effects of the medication. I told him that I knew that only about 5% of people in studies of the drug had reported side effects, so it wasn't too likely, but that if I did have those side effects I'd reconsider staying on it if they didn't go away and became intolerable. Then I told him that I knew there could be longer-term side effects, but that right now it was probably better for me to go on Truvada temporarily while I feel I'm at risk for HIV, than get HIV and have to take that drug, or other drugs, for the rest of my life.
John: Was your doctor satisfied with your answers?
Len: Yes, because he turned to his computer, pressed a few buttons, and his printer started whirring. He took the print-out (my prescription) and handed it to me and reminded me that even though I was taking PrEP I still needed to use condoms.
John: When did you start taking Truvada as PrEP?
Len: I took it the day before I started my winter holidays! So, mid-December. I wanted to start at this time just in case I noticed side effects, so I had some time to relax and deal with anything that may come.
John: And did you experience any side effects?
Len: You know what, John, I haven't. At least none that I've noticed. It's interesting, though, because I was so prepared for side effects that I almost convinced myself I was having some. I initially incorrectly thought that Truvada could cause really vivid dreams, so when I had a few intense dreams shortly into starting the medication I thought it must be a side effect. I learned later though that Truvada doesn't cause vivid dreams, and that it was just a coincidence. I think I'd convinced myself I was experiencing them because I was expecting to notice at least some side effects!
I'm about to go to the lab to get another blood test so that my doctor can see if my liver and kidneys are still working well, so I can't speak to the "unseen" side effects. But I feel totally fine.
John: That's good to hear, Len. Certainly, the anti-HIV drugs that we have today are more easily tolerated than previous generations of such drugs. But being on PrEP is not as simple as popping a pill every day, is it?
Len: It is, and it isn't. To be honest, "popping a pill every day" is not as simple as it sounds. I know that for PrEP to be its most effective, you not only have to take it every day but every day at exactly the same time. Otherwise the levels of the drug in your body fluctuate too much and you can be more vulnerable to HIV infection. This means that no matter what I'm doing – in a meeting, at my computer, on my bike, whatever – every day at the same time I need to have my pill on me and remember to take it. Just the other day I realized that I had left my pill at home (I was at work). It was a stressful moment! I had to bike home as fast as I could to make sure I was able to take my pill.
John: I've had those panic moments, too, when I forgot to take my meds with me when I left home in the morning. Clearly, it's not as straightforward as some may think. You also need to get regular blood work done, don't you?
Len: Yes. Moving forward I know that I'll need to get blood tests every three months to make sure my liver and kidneys are functioning well and also to confirm I'm still HIV-negative.
John: Why do you need to have repeated HIV tests if you're on anti-HIV meds?
Len: Because if I do happen to contract HIV while I'm on PrEP (which I feel is not too likely), the virus can quickly adapt and become resistant to the drugs I'm taking. Then they might be of no benefit to me as a drug I can take to manage the infection. So regular HIV tests are important to help prevent that from happening.
John: On top of which, a month's supply of Truvada is expensive!
Len: You're telling me! Truvada is expensive. Maddeningly so, to be honest. My eyes almost popped out of my head when I realized that it costs $871.21 each month. I'm very, very lucky to have drug coverage, and Truvada is included. If I didn't have access to a drug plan, I'd never be able to afford the drug on my own.
John: How do you feel about the cost of a month's supply of Truvada and asking your drug plan to cover it?
Len: John, I've struggled a lot with that question. Am I worth $871.21 per month? Or rather than me, is me staying HIV-negative worth $871.21 per month? What does it mean to put a price on your security of mind and long-term health? It was a struggle. But there were a few things that led me to decide that it was worth it.
First of all, this is the basic concept behind drug coverage. Everyone pays a little bit into a larger pool regardless of their health status, so that when people need a prescription they have access to it. So I've been paying into drug plans for a long time, in case I would need access to a certain drug. And my doctor and I agreed that in order to protect my health, this drug was important. That's what drug plans are for. Other people might use their drug plans to prevent complications of atherosclerosis or high cholesterol, or high blood pressure. Or to prevent heart burn. The list goes on and on. I didn't feel that preventing HIV infection was really all that different.
The second realization I had was that no matter which way you look at it, it would always be less expensive for everyone for me to stay HIV-negative than for me to become HIV-positive. Truvada is one prescription (comprised of two anti-HIV drugs), and that's it. If I were to get HIV, I would have to take at least one other HIV drug on top of that. And this often starts a chain reaction of other medications and vitamins to help ensure overall health. I felt that the cost to everyone (including myself) for PrEP now was probably worth preventing the long-term costs that would come with getting HIV.
Next week, in the third and final part of his interview with PositiveLite.com, Len responds to critics of HIV-negative guys like him who decide that PrEP is right for them and why he decided to talk publicly about being one of those negative guys on PrEP.
You can read the first part of Len's interview here and the third part here.
This article was originally featured on PositiveLite.com.


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David Beckham endorses North America World Cup bid
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The former England star midfielder says soccer's showcase event "deserves to be in great places."
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"I'm excited about 2026 because if that really happens, if it does happen, I know for sure that as a fan I will be going to that World Cup because as a fan you want to travel to great places and those three places to host a World Cup, it's special."
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To many, cold turkey conjures up visions of torturous pain, suffering and general drudgery. In fact, it is easier to stop smoking using the cold turkey method than by using any other technique. Cold turkey induces less suffering and creates a shorter period of withdrawal. Most important, cold turkey is the approach by which the smoker has the best chance of success.
Smokers must recognize that they are drug addicts. Nicotine is a powerfully addictive drug. Once the smoker has smoked for a fairly long time, the body requires maintenance of a certain level of nicotine in the bloodstream. If this level is not maintained, the smoker will experience varying degrees of drug withdrawal. The lower the level, the greater the intensity.
As long as any nicotine remains in the bloodstream the body will keep craving its full complement. Once the smoker quits, their nicotine level will drop to zero within three days, and they will have moved beyond peak withdrawal. Within 48-72 hours from the time it starts, all symptoms of physical withdrawal will cease.
Cravings for an occasional cigarette may continue, but this is due to past psychological conditioning and not to a physical dependence.
Cutting down on cigarettes or use of nicotine replacement strategies throws the smoker into a chronic state of drug withdrawal. As soon as the smoker fails to reach the minimum requirement of nicotine, the body starts demanding it.
Studies show that as long as there is any nicotine in the bloodstream, the body will demand its old requirement. Smoking just one or two a day or wearing a patch which is gradually reducing the amount of nicotine being delivered will result in the smoker not achieving the minimum required level, creating a chronic state of peak drug withdrawal.
This state will continue throughout the rest of the smoker's life unless one of two steps is taken to rectify it.
First, the smoker can stop delivering nicotine altogether. Nicotine will be metabolized or totally excreted from the body and the withdrawal will stop forever. Or, the smoker can return to the old level of consumption accomplishing nothing.
Therefore, cold turkey is the method of choice. Once the smoker stops, withdrawal will end within 48-72 hours .
If you smoke, we can help you over this crucial period of time. Once it is past, you can rest assured that you will never need to smoke again . Then, to stay off you will simply need to remember to Never Take Another Puff!
Your body will be going through some healthy changes which may be helped with a good nutrition and vitamin program.
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Recently we celebrated the fifty-year anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. It was inspiring to see the honor and reverence paid for such a day in our history. That said, we must not forget that the spirit of MLK is not a one-day event. The spirit of his words must live in us every day to ensure we get to the Promised Land.
Each day, we must find a way to take the concept of unity and seek a shared framework for being. I fear too often we find it hard to define ourselves as "one" because we become distracted by our differences. It is fair to recognize the rich diversity of experiences, strengths, and weaknesses that we possess as individuals, communities, and the world.
Yet, what bonds us — allowing us to celebrate our differences?
One shared framework to consider is that of humanity, humility, and hope.
Humanity in our compassion. Humility in our ability to not assume an attitude of superiority. Hope in our trust we can find a better place.
Young people often discover these qualities of humanity, humility, and hope at camp.
MLK Day and the celebration of his "I Have a Dream" speech should not be seen as a one-day events — nor should the camp experience only be realized during a season.
Day after day . . .
Photo courtesy of Camp Howe, Goshen, Massachusetts


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Daisyworld: Stella Mac or PC
This material is replicated on a number of sites as part of the SERC Pedagogic Service Project
Daisyworld is a very simple planet that has only two species of life on its surface - white and black daisies, and bare ground. Daisyworld is a good example of homeostasis and was first proposed by James Lovelock as a plausible example of his Gaia hypothesis. With guidance, students build a Stella model of Daisyworld from scratch. After constructing the model they perform guided experiments to explore the behavior of Daisyworld to changes in model parameters and assumptions.
Learning Goals
Students explore:
- Concepts and terms such as:
- Stefan-Boltzman's radiation law
- albedo, emissivity, blackbody
- Basics of Stella and Model construction in the Stella environment
- The concept of homeostasis
- Learn how surface albedo changes can influence local and global temperature
- Use a plausible plant growth factor as a function of local temperature
Context for Use
Appropriate for introductory geoscience courses with an Earth Systems approach.
Teaching Materials
The complete activity is located at Dave Bice's Daisyworld (more info) using Stella II.
Teaching Notes and Tips
This activity will likely take about 3 to 4 hours for students to work through assuming some introduction and discussion about Daisy world and the Stella environment in lecture. If you do not have Stella at your school you can download a free demo version of Stella from High Performance Systems, Inc.
Grading completed activity is a good measure of assessment. Also a follow-up in class discussion can help assess student understanding of key concepts.
References and Resources
Here is a link to Daisy World Model (more info) written by R.M. MacKay.
More on Daisy World: a feedback perspective.