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May 2004
The Laboratory in the News
Commentary byTomas Diaz de la Rubia
Life at the Nanoscale
Screening Cargo Containers to Remove a Terrorist Threat
Improved Algorithms Speed It Up for Codes
The Siren Call of the Seas: Sequestering Carbon Dioxide
Patents and Awards
S&TR Staff
EACH year, some 48 million cargo
containers move between the world's ports. More than 6 million
of these enter the U.S., but only about 2 percent are opened and
inspected when they arrive at U.S. seaports. The West Coast ports
of Los Angeles–Long Beach, Oakland, and Seattle alone process
11,000 containers per day, or about 8 containers per minute.
of this high traffic volume, U.S. seaports are especially vulnerable
to a terrorist attack. Illicit radioactive materials
could be hidden in any one of the cargo-filled containers that
arrive at U.S. ports. Yet, searching every shipment would bring
legitimate commercial activities to a halt. Improving security
at U.S. ports is thus one of the nation's most difficult
technical and practical challenges because the systems developed
for screening cargo must operate in concert with ongoing seaport
at this intersection of commerce and national security, Lawrence
Livermore researchers are applying their expertise in
radiation science and detection to develop improved technologies
for detecting hidden radioactive materials. One new technology
being designed and tested at the Laboratory is a neutron interrogation
system for cargo containers. This system will quickly screen incoming
shipments to ensure that nuclear materials such as plutonium and
highly enriched uranium (HEU) are not smuggled into the U.S.
Balancing Security and Commerce
Livermore system would bathe suspicious containers in neutrons
to actively search for nuclear materials. A truck carrying a container
laden with suspicious cargo would be towed over a generator that
would bombard the container with neutrons. It would then be towed
through an array of detectors, much like driving through a car
wash. If the neutrons encountered any fissile material shielded
and hidden
among the container's contents—whether produce, clothing,
electronics, lumber, automotive parts, or other consumer goods—the
interaction would induce tiny fission reactions. These reactions
would produce the telltale delayed gamma rays of nuclear materials,
which would be picked up by the detectors.
The Livermore system is not intended to screen every container
entering a U.S. seaport. Instead, it will be used on the suspect
cargo identified by screening procedures, such as radiography or
passive radiation inspection, that show some of a container's
19-member project team draws on the talents of personnel from Livermore's
Engineering Directorate as well as the Physics and Advanced Technologies;
Chemistry and Materials Science; Safety
and Environmental Protection; Nonproliferation, Arms Control, and
International Security (NAI); and Computation directorates. "To
some approximation, we work like a soccer team of 8-year-olds," says
project leader Dennis Slaughter, technical director of Livermore's
100-megaelectronvolt (MeV) electron linear accelerator (linac). "By
that, I mean we all follow the ball. There are no established positions.
Everyone 'turns to' the urgent task, and we all help
each other without disciplinary distinctions."
funded by Livermore's Laboratory Directed Research
and Development Program, the detection project was picked up by
the Department of Energy (DOE) in 2003 and is now supported by
the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The Livermore team is
on developing
a system that is not only reliable but
also commerce-friendly.
goal is to develop a system that can detect small targets of nuclear
material—about 5 kilograms of HEU and 1 kilogram
of plutonium—with low error rates of about 1 percent
false positive and false negative," Slaughter says. "The
system we're developing would permit rapid scanning so it
wouldn't disrupt commerce. Our goal is to complete the scan
and report in about a minute."
An Active Interrogation System
Slaughter and his colleagues consider active interrogation to be
the most promising option for detecting HEU in containers. Even
moderate amounts of shielding make it difficult to passively detect
radiation emanating from hidden sources. The high-energy, gamma-ray
signature produced when neutrons interact with nuclear material
is unique, so the liquid scintillation detectors can readily distinguish
it from the signature for normal background radiation.
The neutron scan would pose few risks to cargo. Most residual radioactivity
would dissipate within seconds after the scan. In the team's
experiments, radiation dose rates are low.
The team is also working to minimize potential risks to the people
who will operate the equipment. The project goal is to limit radiation
exposure to the normal allowable doses specified in federal standards
for the general public. "Because people might be inside a
container during irradiation," says Slaughter, "we
want the radiation dose to be too small to cause harm."
hopes to see such a system as a regular part of cargo container
security at U.S. ports. Eventually, it might also be
used at foreign ports to scan containers before they are loaded
aboard U.S.-bound ships. Since 2002, the Livermore team has done
considerable work related to basic science and engineering of the
system, developing the detector and establishing requirements for
the neutron generator. Research has been conducted at Livermore
and at the 88-inch cyclotron at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
(LBNL). The team's timetable is to build a research prototype
and evaluate it in a laboratory setting during 2005 and to
field a vendor prototype at a container port in
Detecting the Gamma-Ray Signature
Use of a high-energy, gamma-ray signature to detect nuclear materials
in containers was proposed by Stanley Prussin, a professor of nuclear
engineering at the University of California (UC) at Berkeley, and
Eric Norman of LBNL. Prussin, now the chief scientist for the cargo
container project, has long consulted with the Laboratory's
NAI Directorate. He became involved with the cargo container effort
in the summer of 2002 while on sabbatical at Livermore to work
on an unrelated project.
Prussin was familiar with Slaughter's work and attended a
meeting at which modelers discussed the container effort. He says, "It
didn't take too long for me to become convinced that, under
their defined worse-case condition, we ought to take another look
at the technique they were modeling."
Rather than high-energy gamma rays, the Livermore team originally
considered a system that counted delayed neutrons emitted by neutron-induced
fission. Delayed neutrons are emitted from a fraction of a second
to a few minutes after fission and have lower energies than the
fast prompt fission neutrons. Although delayed neutrons can be
a reliable indication of nuclear materials, their yield is low.
Prussin noted a difficulty with using delayed neutrons: Hydrogenous
cargo—fruits and vegetables, canned meats, wood, plastics—can
absorb the short-lived neutrons and thus might interfere with the
delayed neutron count.
system we develop must look for fissionable materials that will
be well shielded," says Prussin. "If the
material is shielded by hydrogenous material, the probability for
the delayed neutrons to actually escape from the container into
an external detector is very small. In the U.S., we import almost
everything under the sun, and many of those imports are hydrogenous."
Instead of the delayed neutron count, Prussin suggested the team
measure the gamma rays emitted. Fission products make numerous
gamma rays that have comparable decay characteristics of delayed
neutrons. Yet, says Prussin, the probability of the neutron-induced
gamma rays escaping from the container through hydrogenous material
is about 1,000 times greater than it is for delayed neutrons.
2003, Prussin and Slaughter worked with Norman to arrange for a
series of experiments, funded by the DOE's
Office of Science, at LBNL's 88-inch cyclotron. The first
experiment was conducted using a deuteron beam on a beryllium target.
The researchers also bombarded well-shielded sample targets of
uranium-235 and plutonium-239, irradiating each sample for 30 seconds,
going back and forth to get enough statistics for a relevant evaluation.
high-energy gamma rays essentially represent a unique signature
that fission has occurred," says Prussin, "both because
of their energies, which are above 3 MeV, and because of their
temporal behaviors."
followed up the LBNL scientific measurements with signature
verification experiments at a new laboratory commissioned
at Livermore for scanning cargo containers. The laboratory houses
a 6-meter container provided by APL, one of the world's largest
container transportation companies, and gives the researchers
a realistic testing environment. In these experiments, they irradiated
a 22-kilogram target of natural uranium with a beam from a 14-MeV
neutron source. Their results confirmed the intensity of the signature
in a realistic cargo-scanning configuration using 150 grams
of HEU and a low-intensity source.
The design for the detector system
calls for a belowground neutron generator that would bathe
containerized cargo with neutrons. Interaction of the neutrons
with fissile material inside the container would produce
fission, followed by delayed gamma rays detected by an
array of liquid scintillators as the container moves through
the system.
Good Results with Simulated Cargo
studies using simulated cargo stacked around the target, the gamma
rays produced were very intense, between 2.5 and 4 MeV. The
neutron beam energy must be high enough to penetrate the cargo
but low enough to avoid interfering activation. (The research indicates
the neutron source should be between 5 and 8 MeV.) Although gamma
radiation is 10 times stronger than delayed neutrons, it is weak
but detectable, and high-resolution detectors are not required
to measure it. Large arrays of low-resolution detectors, such as
liquid scintillators, can be cheaply produced and easily deployed.
question the team must resolve is what accelerator characteristics
are required for practical field applications. "Accelerators
that can give the appropriate deuteron beam energy intensity on
the appropriate target can, in principle, be manufactured commercially
and for a reasonable amount of funding," Prussin says. "We
don't know that one has been constructed for the exact conditions
we'll specify, and we may have some technical issues to
address. But our requirement is not for a scientific system. What
we will want is a much simpler device."
the team wants to resolve some problems found when using Monte
Carlo codes to mock up experiments and test them on the computer. "We
are developing a method that seems likely to serve our purpose," says
Prussin. Experiments on irradiation of uranium, which will be conducted
at Berkeley, are being designed to help the researchers understand
how well the computational procedures can represent the experimental
efforts are moving forward to develop a large array of liquid scintillators
that are sensitive to both neutron and
gamma rays. As currently envisioned, the design includes a bank
of 20 liquid scintillator–filled tubes spanning each side
of the car wash.
APL, one of the world's largest container
transporation companies, provided Livermore researchers
with a 6-meter container, which gives them a realistic
test environment in the container laboratory.
Benefits of Liquid Scintillator
scintillator is a good candidate material for the cargo interrogation
problem. It has a fast response time, and it can
be inexpensively instrumented to scan a large volume of material,
which helps to ensure that a large fraction of the particle flux
emitted by the neutron-irradiated nuclear material will be detected.
Livermore physicist Adam Bernstein, who leads the detector design
team, says, "Neutrons and gamma rays create a 20-nanosecond
pulse of blue light when they scatter in the medium, and this fluorescent
pulse can be detected in photomultiplier tubes." Such detectors
can be used in various cargo detection and interrogation scenarios.
For example, even with the neutron source off, the detector array
may still be sensitive enough to scan cargo for some types of radioactive
materials of concern.
segmented array, which has a response time of about 100 nanoseconds
or better, would indicate the location or spatial extent of radioactive
material hidden in the cargo. "By establishing
the geometric extent of the radioactive material," says Slaughter,
"we can better differentiate cargo with small amounts of uranium
from normal cargo with a small component of nuclear material hidden
in it."
liquid scintillator project dovetails nicely with the Laboratory's
mission," says Bernstein. "Livermore in general is a
center for radiation detection because of nuclear weapons and other
physics research." He adds that the liquid scintillator work
is building on a detection technology that has been used for years
in high-energy physics. "These types of detectors are often
used in fundamental physics research, where we engage in neutrino
physics and dark-matter searches, but not for practical applications
such as fissile material detection. In this project, we're
taking a technology that's a workhorse in high-energy physics
and applying it in the real world."
liquid scintillators in such applications brings its own challenges
for detector designers. "We have a lot
of work to do in developing the algorithms for the gamma-ray signal
that comes out of cargo containers," says Bernstein. "We
want to process the signal in a different way than we do in a physics
experiment where we don't have any time constraints and we
can wait to obtain data. In this application, we have about a minute
to make a decision on whether the cargo container is suspicious
or not."
the false-positive and false-negative rates low is another technical
issue facing the designers. "We want to optimize
the signal-to-background ratio as best we can," says Bernstein, "and
we'll have to establish the number of false positives that
are acceptable. For example, if a few hundred cargo containers
go through the car wash each day, a false-positive rate of 1 percent
might be unacceptable because that could mean you stop the chain
once a day to remove a container for closer inspection."
challenge is to develop a robust system, one that can work continually
for months or years and that can be operated by people
who are not experts in radiation detection. "People frequently
underestimate that aspect of the development process," Bernstein
of the team
built a small prototype of a 0.6-meter-tall detector, which they
successfully tested. This spring, they are working with
an array of four detectors, each 2 meters tall and 20 centimeters
in diameter, and according to Bernstein, the team expects this
testing to result in some iterations of the design. By the end
of 2004, the team hopes to be working on a larger array that would
cover one side of the car wash.
January or February 2005, we should have the full array," says
Bernstein. "We most likely will build it at Livermore. While
we're designing the prototype, we'll also try to make
the system portable, so we can take it into the field—and
possibly test
it at a port."
is hopeful that by 2005 the Laboratory team will add a commercial
partner to develop a system that could eventually be deployed in
the fight against global terrorism.
—Dale Sprouse
Key Words: cargo containers, gamma rays, highly enriched uranium
(HEU), homeland security, liquid scintillator, nuclear materials,
neutron generator, plutonium, terrorism, weapons of mass destruction.
For further information contact Dennis Slaughter
(925) 422-6425 (firstname.lastname@example.com).
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This show is brilliantly convoluted, and you just can't help thinking just how fucked up the writers of the show must be. And then, there's Hugh Dancy. The last time I saw this dude on screen was as a charming Disney type prince in a cape on Ella Enchanted, so you can imagine just how freaky it is to see him as an empathizing, borderline sociopath who has more voices in his head than brain and a lot of them aren't even human.
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If I had to summarize the show in one word it would be- creepy as fuck. That phrase is something I never understood and much like the slang of my generation it is nonsense. The show however is brilliantly pictured, from the shady weather and the clouds, to Laurence Fishburne's unavoidable stern expression. Even the font in which the 'VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED', appears at the bottom of the screen is pretty cool, even though I chose to ignore it and continue watching. Hannibal is the stuff nightmares are made of, and trust me it makes Jack the Ripper seem like Spongebob.
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I've been told that photos of leading men spanking their leading ladies in publicity stills were often misleading as the movies they were promoting had absolutely no spanking in them. Spankings would occasionally occur, as many of us know well since they caught our attention, but a spanking photo of the stars wasn't a guarantee of a movie spanking.
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Trumpet Tuning Tendencies Relating to the Overtone Series with Solutions
The fundamental does not exist as a real note on the trumpet. The first member of the harmonic series that exists on the trumpet is the first overtone, or second harmonic. Let's use the lowest open note (no valves) as the first overtone for discussion. This would be low C on the trumpet. These tendencies apply to the overtone series starting on any valve combination. In relation to equal temperament, the notes in the overtone series are out of tune as follows:
|First overtone (low C)
|in tune
|Second overtone (second line G)
|2 cents sharp
|Third overtone (middle C)
|in tune
|Fourth overtone (top space E)
|14 cents flat
|Fifth overtone (top of the staff G)
|2 cents sharp
|Sixth overtone (Bb above the staff, played open)
|31 cents flat
|Seventh overtone (high C)
|in tune
These numbers vary based on the trumpet, but the tendencies are the same, except for
a rare exception.
Because it is so out of tune, the sixth overtone is never played open; it is played first valve. Therefore, this is technically an alternate fingering, but has become standard. Refer to fingering charts for how to play the sixth overtone in each overtone series (in other words, starting on a different valve combination).
To make it easy, here are some other notes that tend to be out of tune on the trumpet, mainly because of the presence of valves, which makes it impossible for the trumpet to be completely in tune.
|Low C#, D
|very sharp
|Low E
|Second space A
|A above the staff
Here is a summary of the typically out-of-tune notes on the trumpet:
|Low C#, D
|very sharp
|Low E
|Second line G
|Second space A
|Fourth space C# through top space E
|Top line F through top of the staff G
|A above the staff
Use slides to fix sharp notes whenever possible. The third valve slide should be used for the low C# and D. The first valve slide should be used for all other sharp notes that use the first valve (low E, second space A, top line F, and A above the staff); the first valve slide will probably only need to be moved slightly for these notes. This leaves the flat notes and some sharp notes (second line G, top line F#, top of the staff G) that one must now "lip" in tune. This involves directing the air stream upwards for flat notes and downwards for sharp notes. The challenge then also becomes to play these notes with as beautiful a sound as though you are playing through the center of the horn.
Some other thoughts:
Notes from low C below are so "moveable" that they do not have traditional pitch tendencies
and typically slides are not needed. Notes below the staff tend to be flat because
one is relaxing the embouchure so much to reach them.
Notes above the staff tend to be sharp for younger players as they tend to "squeeze" for these notes, and this pinching makes these notes sharp.
Fatigue also affects intonation on the trumpet, and will affect players differently. Some go flat when tired, some go sharp.
Temperature affects pitch. Cold trumpets play flat. Hot trumpets play sharp. Temperature also affects intonation exponentially on pitches which are already out-of-tune. For example, top space E is always flat, but with each decrease of 5 degrees in temperature, this E will get flatter by larger amounts.
Each trumpet has slightly different intonation issues. Each student needs to learn the tendencies of his/her own trumpet by first putting third space C or third line B in tune with the tuning slide. When purchasing a trumpet, one should try to pick a horn that puts the notes that are hardest to play in tune closest to in tune (the flat notes and G on top of the staff).


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Curve::Foucault class reference
[Core module]
#include <Goptical/Curve/Foucault>
namespace Goptical {
namespace Curve {
class Foucault;
This class is a member of the Curve namespace.
This class allows definition of a rotationally symmetric curve from a set of Foucault test data. Fixed and moving light sources are supported.
Curve fitting can be used to find Foucault test readings from any other rotationally symmetric curve.
Foucault test data are reduced using numerical integration of a differential equation to compute sagitta from slopes.
Foucault data reduction algorithm based on "ATM Mirror Mathematics" http://home.earthlink.net/~burrjaw/atm/atm_math.lwp/atm_math.htm
Couder mask theory and formulas developed by Nils Olof Carlin http://www.atmsite.org/contrib/Carlin/couder/
See also the full member list section for this class.
Inherited members
- 2 members inherited from CurveRoc
- 9 members inherited from Rotational
- Foucault(double roc)
- ~Foucault()
- unsigned int add_couder_zones(double hole_radius, unsigned int count = [...], std::vector<double> *edge = [...])
- void add_reading(double zone_radius, double knife_offset = [...])
- unsigned int add_uniform_zones(double hole_radius, unsigned int count)
- void clear()
- virtual double derivative(double r) const
- void fit(const Rotational &c)
- double get_radius() const
- const std::pair<double, double> get_reading(unsigned int zone_number) const
- unsigned int get_zones_count() const
- virtual double sagitta(double r) const
- void set_fixed_source(double source_to_surface)
- void set_knife_offset(unsigned int zone_number, double knife_offset)
- void set_moving_source(double source_offset = [...])
- void set_ode_stepsize(double step)
- void set_radius(double radius)
Members detail
Create an empty foucault curve with no reading with the given radius of curvature
No documentation available
unsigned int add_couder_zones(double hole_radius, unsigned int count = 0, std::vector<double> *edge = 0)
Clear current zones and add zones readings to locations suited for testing with a couder mask (as described on Nils Olof Carlin page). Zone count may be guessed if zero, provided that radius has been properly set before. Knife edge reading (offset from radius of curvature) is set to 0 for all zones.
- edge: Couder zones edges will be saved here if != NULL.
The return value is Zone count
Define a new zone at given zone radius and update knife edge reading (offset from radius of curvature)
Clear current zones and add equally spaced zones readings. Knife edge reading (offset from radius of curvature) is set to 0 for all zones.
The return value is New zones count
Clear all readings and zones
This virtual function overrides the
derivative virtual function defined in the
Rotational base abstract class.
Documentation inherited from base class:
Get curve derivative at specified distance from origin.
- r: distance from curve origin (0, 0)
void fit(const Rotational &c)
Switch to moving source test and update knife edge readings of previously defined zone to fit provided rotationally symmetric curve. This means simulating a foucault test of the given curve using existing zones.
Get surface radius.
const std::pair<double, double> get_reading(unsigned int zone_number) const
Get reading data for a given zone number.
The return value is std::pair with zone radius and knife offset
Get currently defined zones/readings count
This virtual function implements the
sagitta pure function declared in the
Rotational base abstract class.
Documentation inherited from base class:
Get curve sagitta at specified distance from origin.
- r: distance from curve origin (0, 0)
Set fixed light source foucault test. This clear all readings and zones.
- source_to_surface: Distance between surface and light source along the optical axis.
Set knife edge reading of a previously defined zone
Set moving light source foucault test. This clear all readings and zones.
- source_offset: Distance between knife edge and light source along optical axis.
Set surface integration (ODE) algorithm step size, default is 1mm
Set surface radius. Effective surface radius must be known to let the surface integration algorithm run up to a given limit. Sagitta and gradient values above the define radius won't be accurate.
Radius is adjusted to max zone radius + 10% when adding readings.


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AREVA in Mongolia
Since 1996, AREVA Mongol via its exploration subsidiary COGEGOBI has been present in Mongolia. It has first discovered in 2011 the Dulaan Uul uranium deposit with 6,260 tons of resources, and then the Zuuvch Ovoo deposit with an estimated 54,640 tons of resources officially registered in 2013 as a strategic resource by the Professional Mineral Resources Council of Mongolia. As a result, Mongolia now ranks among the top thirteen countries in the world in terms of uranium resources.
Mongolia's energy policy
Mining development in Mongolia has been on the rise since 2000, contributing to the country's strong economic growth. Mongolia has made uranium a central component of its strategy and policy. The Nuclear Energy Law adopted in the summer of 2009 lays the groundwork for this new approach.
Uranium – an important natural resource for Mongolia
Discover how uranium, along with other underground resources, will provide Mongolia export opportunities and support the country's economic development.
Zuuvch Ovoo & Dulaan Uul – world-class uranium deposits
COGEGOBI discovered the Zuuvch Ovoo uranium deposit, which was officially registered by the Professional Council of Mineral Resources of Mongolia in 2013.
The registration of this deposit, estimated to contain 54,640 metric tons, follows that of the Dulaan Uul deposit in 2011, which has 6,260 metric tons of resources.
As a result, Mongolia now ranks among the top 13 countries in the world in terms of uranium resources.
Activities in Mongolia
Since 1996, AREVA Mongol, through COGEGOBI, has been carrying out geological and exploration work in the Dornogobi and Sukhbaatar provinces, in southeastern Mongolia. This work is being carried out in accordance with the Laws on Mineral Resources and on Nuclear Energy, adopted by the Mongolian parliament, and in compliance with the strictest safety, security and environmental standards.
Uranium deposits discovered in Mongolia
Two uranium deposits discovered in Dornogobi province are classified by Mongolian government as strategic.
Today, COGEGOBI holds 14 exploration licenses covering a total of more than 400'782 ha in the vast sedimentary basin of the Gobi desert:
- 3 licenses in the Sainshand basin
- 11 licenses in the Dariganga basin
The Dulaan Uul and Zuuvch Ovoo uranium deposits discovered in Dornogobi province are classified by Mongolian government as strategic.
On February 2015, the Feasability study for mining using the ISR technology and processing the ore from the two deposits (Dulaan Uul and Zuuvch Ovoo) was officially accepted by the Professional Council of the Mineral Resources Authority.
The company is also testing new exploration targets at Dariganga.


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The recent rise of the compact system camera (CSC) has seen some photographers ditch their DSLRs in favour of their smaller mirrorless counterparts. They're more portable, often more affordable, and they tend to offer faster frames per second performance too.
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Nestled in the heart of the Sony A7 is its unique selling point – the sensor. The 24.3MP full-frame Exmor CMOS chip measures 35.8x23.9mm and will kick out images with a resolution of 6000x4000, matching the sensors of professional D-SLRs.
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The Speed Priority Continuous shooting mode offers a frame rate of 5fps. In this mode, the A7 was able to fire off a burst of 31 RAW files before the buffer filled. These took 15.4secs to be written to our 16GB, 95MB/s SD card. When shooting Jpegs, the A7 could shoot 70 pics. These took 27.3secs to be saved to the memory card.
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The Sony A7 is the first afforable full-frame CSC to enter the market. As such it has no peers for a direct price comparison. But a D-SLR with an equivalent chip would set you back at least £2000, so at £1235, the A7 is the least expensive way of getting hold of such a sensor.
Currently there are only a few lenses compatible with the A7, though any Sony A-mount lenses will work via an adapter. Sony hopes to have at least 10 dedicated lenses for this new CSC range later this year.
If it's only a top-spec CSC you're after, and the full-frame sensor isn't a necessity, then there are other options to consider. The Olympus E-M1 is bristling with features and is of similar build quality, but it costs £1299 (body-only) and has a smaller Micro Four Thirds sensor with 16.3MP. If you're looking to spend less on a CSC, then you can find the Fuji X-Pro1 for £829 (body-only) with a 16MP, APS-C format sensor.
If you've been waiting for a CSC with a full-frame sensor, then there's nothing offering better value than the Sony A7.
The Sony A7 is the first consumer-level, full-frame CSC to hit the market. It is solidly built, well priced, and comes with all the functions you'd expect. But aside from the impressive sensor, there are no other features to get particularly excited about. While the A7's build and image quality is fantastic, the limited number of available lenses, slower focusing system and shorter battery life means that D-SLRs still offer more scope for full-frame shooting.
- Body price: £799 (As of June 2016)
- Resolution: 24.3MP (6000x4000px)
- Sensor: Full-frame CMOS 35.8x23.9mm
- Lens mount: E-mount
- ISO range: 50-25,600
- Shutter range: 30-1/8000sec
- AF system: Fast Hybrid AF (contrast & on sensor phase detection)
- AF points: 117 phase detection AF, 25 contrast detection AF
- Burst rate: 5fps
- Monitor: 3.0in, 921k-dot tilt-able LCD display
- WiFi: Yes
- Flash: No Hotshoe: Yes
- Video: Yes, 1080p
- Storage: SD, SDHC, SDXC
- Battery: NP-FW50
- Connectivity: USB 2.0, micro HDMI, NFC
- Weight: 474g (body only)
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The Little Community That Could
So, my first (and so far, only) book isn't about fundraising.
In this book, East Scarborough Storefront shares practical lessons learned from a decade of building community together.
If you work, volunteer or live in community and want to help transform it, read this book.


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This week's Accidentally Vegan feature is…. Chick-O-Stick! Contributed by Jessica Earhart. Chick-O-Stick, is a long loved, all-American candy. Coconut and peanut butter pair up in this old fashioned candy, and for me it was love at first bite when I was just a kid!
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Budget deficits continue to plague Minnesota: time to end vicious cycle
St. Paul, Minnesota, December 5, 2012 - Today's state economic forecast shows Minnesota remains mired in a vicious cycle of budget deficits.
The forecast predicts a $1.3 billion positive balance for the current budget cycle, which will go to pay back a portion of the school funding shift. However, there is a $1.1 billion deficit for the FY 2014-15 biennium. When taking the impact of inflation into account, the forecast shows a $2.0 billion deficit in FY 2014-15 and $2.1 billion in FY 2016-17.
"It's time for Minnesota to move beyond gimmicks and short-term fixes – and support the state's priorities for the long term," said Minnesota Budget Project Director Nan Madden. "For the state to have shared prosperity and be economically competitive, we must invest in the building blocks of a strong economy, such as good schools, safe and vibrant communities, and access to affordable health care. We need to reform our outdated tax system so that it raises enough revenues to support our priorities for the long term. At the same time, we have the opportunity to ensure that the system raises revenues more fairly."
The forecast notes several sources of uncertainty, particularly regarding the federal "fiscal cliff."
"Congress needs to take a balanced and responsible approach to federal deficit reduction that supports economic growth in the short term and fiscal stability in the long term," said Madden. "Averting the fiscal cliff without raising revenues would mean more poverty and growing inequality, and further challenges in funding Minnesota's schools and communities."
Another source of uncertainty in the forecast was whether the state would receive federal Medicaid dollars that have been put into question by the US Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act.
This arises because Minnesota has not yet fully met the requirements to receive those funds. Fortunately, the state can resolve this uncertainty by covering Minnesotans with incomes up to 138 percent of the federal poverty line under Medicaid. Under this win-win scenario, more Minnesotans will have access to affordable health care coverage, and the state will reduce its health care costs by receiving federal funding.


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Kyrie Irving and Paul George should be at the top of your NBA daily fantasy lists for Feb. 8.
We've got four days of action ahead before the NBA heads to Toronto to celebrate its first half with, in at least one writer's opinion, the best All-Star festivities among the four major professional sports. This week begins with a busy nine-game slate that features five players priced north of $10,000, including Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant in a dream matchup with the Suns.
PG: Kyrie Irving ($7,200) vs. SAC: Irving has turned a corner over the last two weeks, averaging 24.7 real points and 35.3 fantasy points in his last six games. He gets a great matchup Monday with a Sacramento defense that has allowed the sixth-most fantasy points per game to point guards this year. Even if this game results in a Cleveland blowout, Irving should turn a profit on his $7,200 price tag.
• MORE NBA: Knicks fire head coach Derek Fisher in second season
SG: Will Barton ($5,900) @ BKN: Barton went through a rough patch right around New Year's Day, but he has been mostly good for the last few weeks. He has scored at least 18 real points in five of his last eight games, putting up an average of 23.9 fantasy points per game in that stretch. Take out the one dud among those eight games, and his average climbs to 26.4 fantasy points. He should get going against Brooklyn's defense, which has surrendered the eighth-most fantasy points per game to shooting guards.
SF: Paul George ($8,700) vs. LAL: George has been in a groove in Indiana's last two games, posting averages of 30.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists in that small sample. George is a completely different fantasy player when he's scoring the ball efficiently, just as he has done in these last two games. He should keep it rolling on Monday against the Lakers, which have allowed the sixth-most fantasy points per game to small forwards.
PF: Markieff Morris ($5,600) vs. OKC: Fantasy owners don't care what's behind Morris's resurgence in Phoenix's lineup. Whether Earl Watson looks at him in a different light than Jeff Hornacek did, or if the team is simply trying to showcase him for a trade really doesn't matter. Morris is getting plenty of minutes and making the most of that opportunity. He has had at least 42.4 fantasy points in two of his last three games, and should be in a great scoring environment with the Thunder in town Monday.
C: Gorgui Dieng ($6,100) vs. NO: Dieng is coming off one of his best games as a pro after scoring 24 points with 13 rebounds and seven assists in Saturday's win over the Bulls. He's now averaging 17.4 points and 9.9 rebounds in his last seven games and is playing quite well now that he's getting a real chance to play alongside Karl-Anthony Towns. The Pelicans, meanwhile, have allowed the second-most fantasy points per game to centers this year.


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- Justin was kind enough to bring vmgump's Debian packages up to more recent versions, many thanks.
- vmgump probably is at its limits of disk space as well as CPU. A full run of what we currently build is taking more than 6 and a half hours.
- vmgump is now running Mono 1.2.3 and successfully builds NAnt. The next step is making Gump's NAnt support actually work and start building log4net.
- still all Apache committers have access to metadata in svn.
- no releases.


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A single-player Roguelike MOBA
Now available on itch.io
(Coming soon to Steam!)
Escape the Omnochronom! is a single player turn based strategy game that combines Roguelike and MOBA elements into something new.
You just got sucked into the Omnochronom (Om-KNOCK-Row-Nom), an ancient, mysterious device. Inside the device are mechanical minions, strange characters and spirits trapped there for eternity. Some say that the Omnochronom gives its owner eternal life by sapping all the energy from those captured. Some say it's simply a twisted prison invented by an evil god. Whatever the case, you know you can't stay here long.
There's a huge exit door up top. All you need to do is get one of these Key Minions up to the top before you're completely destroyed.
You can find weapons, tools, and other treasures left behind by others who have been trapped here before you. Because of a strange temporal quality of the Omnochronom, you can also find things left behind from people captured *after* you, as well. And you'll need everything you can get your hands on, because there are eight different horrifying Guardians, who power up minions, throw you around, destroy your base, and worse.
Collect special cards that power you up and give you access to new abilities. Unlock new playable characters that each have their own unique playstyle. Discover the secrets of the procedurally generated Omnochronom. Purchase randomly generated items, use tactical abilities, power up, and push the lanes.
With any luck you might be able to...
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It is official! Internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter, beatboxer, guitarist and everyone's red head boyfriend Ed Sheeran is the co-host of the 2015 MUCH MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS on Sunday, June 21.
We have to say this dude has earned his upcoming gig. Sheeran has performed at the MMVAs for the past three years and it's definitely time for the man to be upgraded to the big mic.
"Canada, can't wait to come back for my fourth MMVAs," says Ed. "I'm thrilled they (Much) asked me to host this year. I hope this isn't an early April Fool's joke."
Sure, we probs don't have to tell you this, but let's take a moment to remind you about all of Ed's incredible credentials. The multi-platinum selling artist has sold-out back-to-back headlining tours, which included a trio of shows at New York's legendary Madison Square Garden. His second studio album, entitled X, reached number one on album charts across the globe, including in Canada, the U.S., and the U.K.. Sheeran has also been nominated for six GRAMMY awards.
Plus, he counts Taylor Swift, Jennifer Aniston and Pharrell Williams as his friends AND he is a cat lover. What. A. Guy.
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Sometimes the basic features for custom template tag creation aren't enough. Don't worry, Django gives you complete access to the internals required to build a template tag from the ground up.
The template system works in a two-step process: compiling and rendering. To define a custom template tag, you specify how the compilation works and how the rendering works. When Django compiles a template, it splits the raw template text into ''nodes''. Each node is an instance of
django.template.Node and has a
render() method. A compiled template is, simply, a list of
Node objects.
When you call
render() on a compiled template object, the template calls
render() on each
Node in its node list, with the given context. The results are all concatenated together to form the output of the template. Thus, to define a custom template tag, you specify how the raw template tag is converted into a
Node (the compilation function), and what the node's
render() method does.
For each template tag the template parser encounters, it calls a Python function with the tag contents and the parser object itself. This function is responsible for returning a
Node instance based on the contents of the tag. For example, let's write a full implementation of our simple template tag,
{% current_time %}, that displays the current date/time, formatted according to a parameter given in the tag, in
strftime() syntax. It's a good idea to decide the tag syntax before anything else. In our case, let's say the tag should be used like this:
The parser for this function should grab the parameter and create a
Node object:
parser is the template parser object. We don't need it in this example.
token.contents is a string of the raw contents of the tag. In our example, it's
'current_time "%Y-%m-%d %I:%M %p"'.
token.split_contents() method separates the arguments on spaces while keeping quoted strings together. The more straightforward
token.contents.split() wouldn't be as robust, as it would naively split on all spaces, including those within quoted strings. It's a good idea to always use
django.template.TemplateSyntaxError, with helpful messages, for any syntax error.
TemplateSyntaxError exceptions use the
tag_name variable. Don't hard-code the tag's name in your error messages, because that couples the tag's name to your function.
token.contents.split()[0] will ''always'' be the name of your tag – even when the tag has no arguments.
CurrentTimeNode with everything the node needs to know about this tag. In this case, it just passes the argument –
"%Y-%m-%d %I:%M %p". The leading and trailing quotes from the template tag are removed in
The second step in writing custom tags is to define a
Node subclass that has a
render() method. Continuing the above example, we need to define
__init__() gets the
format_string from
do_current_time(). Always pass any options/parameters/arguments to a
Node via its
render() method is where the work actually happens.
render() should generally fail silently, particularly in a production environment where
TEMPLATE_DEBUG are
False. In some cases, however, particularly if
TEMPLATE_DEBUG is
True, this method may raise an exception to make debugging easier. For example, several core tags raise
django.template.TemplateSyntaxError if they receive the wrong number or type of arguments.
The output from template tags is not automatically run through the auto-escaping filters. However, there are still a couple of things you should keep in mind when writing a template tag. If the
render() function of your template stores the result in a context variable (rather than returning the result in a string), it should take care to call
mark_safe() if appropriate. When the variable is ultimately rendered, it will be affected by the auto-escape setting in effect at the time, so content that should be safe from further escaping needs to be marked as such.
Also, if your template tag creates a new context for performing some sub-rendering, set the auto-escape attribute to the current context's value. The
__init__ method for the
Context class takes a parameter called
autoescape that you can use for this purpose. For example:
This is not a very common situation, but it's useful if you're rendering a template yourself. For example:
If we had neglected to pass in the current
context.autoescape value to our new
Context in this example, the results would have always been automatically escaped, which may not be the desired behavior if the template tag is used inside a
{% autoescape off %} block.
Once a node is parsed, its
render method may be called any number of times. Since Django is sometimes run in multi-threaded environments, a single node may be simultaneously rendering with different contexts in response to two separate requests.
Therefore, it's important to make sure your template tags are thread safe. To make sure your template tags are thread safe, you should never store state information on the node itself. For example,
Django provides a built-in
cycle template tag that cycles among a list of given strings each time it's rendered:
A naive implementation of
CycleNode might look something like this:
But, suppose we have two templates rendering the template snippet from above at the same time:
CycleNode.render() returns 'row1'
CycleNode.render() returns 'row2'
CycleNode.render() returns 'row1'
CycleNode.render() returns 'row2'
The CycleNode is iterating, but it's iterating globally. As far as Thread 1 and Thread 2 are concerned, it's always returning the same value. This is obviously not what we want!
To address this problem, Django provides a
render_context that's associated with the
context of the template that is currently being rendered. The
render_context behaves like a Python dictionary, and should be used to store
Node state between invocations of the
render method. Let's refactor our
CycleNode implementation to use the
Note that it's perfectly safe to store global information that will not change throughout the life of the
Node as an attribute.
In the case of
CycleNode, the
cyclevars argument doesn't change after the
Node is instantiated, so we don't need to put it in the
render_context. But state information that is specific to the template that is currently being rendered, like the current iteration of the
CycleNode, should be stored in the
Finally, register the tag with your module's
Library instance, as explained in "Writing custom template filters" above. Example:
tag() method takes two arguments:
As with filter registration, it is also possible to use this as a decorator:
If you leave off the
name argument, as in the second example above, Django will use the function's name as the tag name.
Although you can pass any number of arguments to a template tag using
token.split_contents(), the arguments are all unpacked as string literals. A little more work is required in order to pass dynamic content (a template variable) to a template tag as an argument.
While the previous examples have formatted the current time into a string and returned the string, suppose you wanted to pass in a
DateTimeField from an object and have the template tag format that date-time:
token.split_contents() will return three values:
'blog_entry.date_updated' (without the surrounding quotes).
'"%Y-%m-%d %I:%M %p"'. The return value from
split_contents() will include the leading and trailing quotes for string literals like this.
Now your tag should begin to look like this:
You also have to change the renderer to retrieve the actual contents of the
date_updated property of the
blog_entry object. This can be accomplished by using the
Variable() class in
To use the
Variable class, simply instantiate it with the name of the variable to be resolved, and then call
variable.resolve(context). So, for example:
Variable resolution will throw a
VariableDoesNotExist exception if it cannot resolve the string passed to it in the current context of the page.
The above examples simply output a value. Generally, it's more flexible if your template tags set template variables instead of outputting values. That way, template authors can reuse the values that your template tags create. To set a variable in the context, just use dictionary assignment on the context object in the
render() method. Here's an updated version of
CurrentTimeNode that sets a template variable
current_time instead of outputting it:
Note that
render() returns the empty string.
render() should always return string output. If all the template tag does is set a variable,
render() should return the empty string. Here's how you'd use this new version of the tag:
Any variable set in the context will only be available in the same
block of the template in which it was assigned. This behavior is intentional; it provides a scope for variables so that they don't conflict with context in other blocks.
But, there's a problem with
CurrentTimeNode2: The variable name
current_time is hard-coded. This means you'll need to make sure your template doesn't use
{{ current_time }} anywhere else, because the
{% current_time %} will blindly overwrite that variable's value.
A cleaner solution is to make the template tag specify the name of the output variable, like so:
To do that, you'll need to refactor both the compilation function and
class, like so:
The difference here is that
do_current_time() grabs the format string and the variable name, passing both to
CurrentTimeNode3. Finally, if you only need to have a simple syntax for your custom context-updating template tag, you might want to consider using the assignment tag shortcut we introduced above.
Template tags can work in tandem. For instance, the standard
{% comment %} tag hides everything until
{% endcomment %}. To create a template tag such as this, use
parser.parse() in your compilation function. Here's how a simplified
{% comment %} tag might be implemented:
parser.parse() takes a tuple of names of block tags ''to parse until''. It returns an instance of
django.template.NodeList, which is a list of all
Node objects that the parser encountered ''before'' it encountered any of the tags named in the tuple. In "
nodelist = parser.parse(('endcomment',))" in the above example,
nodelist is a list of all nodes between the
{% comment %} and
{% endcomment %}, not counting
{% comment %} and
{% endcomment %} themselves.
parser.parse() is called, the parser hasn't yet "consumed" the
{% endcomment %} tag, so the code needs to explicitly call
CommentNode.render() simply returns an empty string. Anything between
{% comment %} and
{% endcomment %} is ignored.
In the previous example,
do_comment() discarded everything between
{% comment %} and
{% endcomment %}. Instead of doing that, it's possible to do something with the code between block tags. For example, here's a custom template tag,
{% upper %}, that capitalizes everything between itself and
{% endupper %}. Usage:
As in the previous example, we'll use
parser.parse(). But this time, we pass the resulting
nodelist to the
The only new concept here is the
self.nodelist.render(context) in
UpperNode.render(). For more examples of complex rendering, see the source code of
{% for %} in
{% if %} in
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So much to see.....
.....and so much to do
We have so much to see and so much to do.....like wild life spotting and soaking up the sun!
Anyways, Whilst at Banbury we get an unexpected visit from my son Dave, his fiancée Anna and their 2 boys Ruben and George. It was so lovely to see them and spend the afternoon together and all to soon they had to head off back to Southampton......see you soon x
Fred and Lisa our lovely friends who also live on their boat NB Chyandour join us at Banbury the next morning and it's off to Oxford we go after a quick visit to Morrisons. I guess if there is a downside to our lifestyle then I think it would be shopping as often when we go to the supermarket we make 2 or 3 trips and we have to walk!
We head out of Banbury and take 3 days to get to Thrupp and stupidly we cruised in the rain which was a first for us (we don't like getting wet....or I don't) thank heaven's for motorway bridges eh? great place to shelter a 60ft Narrowboat from the rain. Onwards to Thrupp which is a lovely little village with a few houses, 2 pubs and a post office and not a lot else. Moorings here are good so we stay 3-4 days this will allow Suzie to get over her nasty chest infection which she got from me, sorry darling but you knows we share everything!
We leave Thrupp and cruise into Oxford and with Suzie still ill we contact the local warden and explain and she allows us to stay on a 48hr mooring for 4 days to allow Suzie to recover and to get out of bed and see Oxford.
|The Radcliffe camera built in 1739,
camera meaning "room" in latin
for those, like me that
didn't know
|Christ college and gardens
|Hertford Bridge, popularly known as the Bridge of Sighs,
is a skyway joining two parts of Hertford College
Oxford is a truly wonderful city that is dominated by the colleges, there are 39 different colleges which all are famous for one reason or another and are often featured in many films and TV programs.
In 1790, the Oxford Canal connected the city with Coventry. The Duke's Cut was completed by the Duke of Marlborough in 1789 to link the new canal with the River Thames; and, in 1796, the Oxford Canal company built its own link to the Thames, at Isis Lock. Fred, Lisa, Suzie and I leave Oxford and go back up to Dukes Cut and join THE RIVER THAMES!!!! and on to Lechlade which is the start of the navigation for the River Thames. None of us have cruised on a river before and none of us knew what to expect. We are all used to canals that have no current, fairly straight with no U bends, and not, in places 200+ ft wide! We needn't have worried as it has been a lovely experience mainly due to the weather as I'm sure if it was raining and blowing a hoolie it would have been different.
|Some of the bends were a bit tight!
|I didn't hit a single one!
|Fred and Lisa enjoying the cruise
|Suzie trying to....erm..........not sure?
|Froggie at one of the locks
|Father Thames at St John's Lock, note the wearing of life jackets...
....safety first!
|Suzie and Lisa taking a well earned rest.
look at the lockie tending the garden, beautiful.
|Ha'penny Bridge, the start of the navigation
|Type 22 Pill Boxes built around 1940
line the river all the way
|Fred though I was taking log collecting a bit
too far!
We stop at Lechlade for a couple of days and enjoy the sunshine and BBQ's. As I said Lechlade is the highest town to which the River Thames is navigable by Narrowboats and it is possible to travel by river or on foot from here to London. The Halfpenny bridge is deemed to be the start of the navigation and it's where we stopped although you can go a couple miles further it's not advised.
We are now back in Oxford for a couple of days so we can go and see my daughter Claire, hubby Dan, grandchildren Jacob, Ellie-May and the new addition Amy-Louise before heading back to Thrupp.
Since the last blog we have done 87 miles and 39 locks this gives a grand total of 615 miles 100 yards, 322 locks and 9 tunnels (tunnels over a 1000 yards only)


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Genital Herpes
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are often misunderstood. Many people have made false assumptions about these conditions based on inaccurate or incomplete information they've received over the years. However, it's important to know the truth about STDs in order to protect both yourself and your partner. In this article, you'll find the symptoms and causes of genital herpes, one of the most common STDs, along with how it can be prevented and treated.
Genital herpes is an STD that occurs when a person contracts the herpes simplex virus. There are two types of this virus: herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2). The majority of cases of genital herpes are caused by HSV-2. This particular type of the virus is widespread; according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about one in six people ages 14 to 49 have the HSV-2 virus.
The genital herpes virus is located in and released from sores caused by the virus. However, it may also be passed through skin that does not appear to have any sores. The misconception that many individuals have is that the virus can only be spread when a person is having an outbreak that causes visible sores. Unfortunately, many people contract the virus by having unprotected sexual contact with someone infected with the virus between outbreaks, thinking that they are safe from possible infection.
Most people first realize they have genital herpes when they see sores in their genital area. This is considered to be an outbreak of the virus, which may occur as seldom as once per year or so often that the symptoms are basically continuous. However, some people with the HSV-2 virus never get sores, so it's important to understand the other symptoms associated with the disease, including:
- Small, painful blisters filled with clear or straw-colored liquid. These may be found on the genital area, the anus, the thighs and the buttocks. In some cases, they may also appear on the tongue, mouth, gums, lips or fingers. These sores are often the worst during the first outbreak.
- A tingling, burning or itchy feeling on the skin before blisters appear
- Decreased appetite
- Fever
- Malaise
- Muscle aches in the lower back, thighs, knees or buttocks
- Swollen and tender lymph nodes in the groin area
- Painful urination
It's important to note that some of the people who never get sores from the virus also experience very mild symptoms, so they may never realize they have the disease unless they get tested.
Causes and Risk Factors
The cause of genital herpes is HSV-1 or HSV-2 (in most cases, it is HSV-2) that is spread through sexual contact. This is more likely to occur during an outbreak, but it can also be spread between outbreaks as well. Because of this, some people spread the virus before they even find out that they have the virus.
There are two main risk factors for the disease. Women are more likely to have genital herpes than men due to the fact that it is spread more easily from a man to a woman than from a woman to a man. Additionally, having many sexual partners can increase your risk for the disease since it is spread through sexual contact.
The best way to prevent genital herpes is to abstain from sexual activity with someone who has visible sores, since this is the time when the disease is most transferrable. In addition, you should use a latex condom during sexual contact to prevent the spread of genital herpes even when no sores are present. It is also helpful to limit the number of sexual partners to reduce your risk for contracting the virus.
Women with genital herpes also need to tell their doctor if they become pregnant. Since the virus can be spread during delivery, these women may be instructed to take an antiviral medication late in their pregnancy to prevent the spread of the disease to the baby. If an outbreak is present when a woman goes into labor, the doctor will likely suggest a C-section instead of a vaginal delivery.
The most important step in treatment is to first find out if you have the genital herpes virus. Those who have had unprotected sex or multiple sexual partners should consider getting tested for the disease, which can be done with a simple physical exam and blood test.
There is no cure for genital herpes, but it can be treated with prescription antiviral medications. The most common brand names for this drug are Famvir, Valtrex and Zovirax. These drugs help the sores heal quicker, lessen the severity of symptoms, and reduce the frequency of outbreaks. Additionally, they may help to prevent the spread of the virus. Depending on the prescription, these drugs may be taken daily or only during outbreaks. During very serious outbreaks, an individual may be hospitalized so that they can receive the antiviral medication intravenously until their symptoms subside.


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Grade Three Win for Catch a Flight
A rising star in South America before his transfer to North America, Argentinian bred Catch a Flight (5h Giant's Causeway x Callaia, by Lode) confirmed his potential with a stylish victory in the Grade III Precisionist Stakes at Santa Anita on Saturday. A winner of six of his first 10 starts in Brazil, Catch a Flight is now with Richard Mandella and showed his class when forging clear to win this 1 and 1/16th mile contest by three-quarters of a length. Catch a Flight has won eight of 14 starts earning over $270,000, but connections have bigger goals in mind. "The GI Gold Cup [June 27] is the big target, maybe using the GII Californian [May 30] as a stepping stone," said Mandella. Catch a Flight is the best of four winners from Grade II placed Lode mare Callaia and is the 154th stakes-winner worldwide for Giant's Causeway.