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French authorities have issued an arrest warrant against US cyclist Floyd Landis over allegations he hacked into an anti-doping lab computer.
Landis, 34, was stripped of his 2006 Tour de France title win after he tested positive for abnormal levels of testosterone. Landis appealed, but the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected his assertion that his positive test was due to procedural mistakes by the laboratory back in 2008.
The cyclist, who maintains his is innocent of doping offences, is now accused of hacking into Chatenay-Malabry laboratory computer systems, a new allegation he strongly denies.
"It appears to be another case of fabricated evidence by a French lab who is still upset a United States citizen believed he should have the right to face his accusers and defend himself," Landis told the Los Angeles Times. He added that he'd received no notice of the charges from the French authorities.
A French court spokeswoman explained that the warrant only covers France territories, so the arrest warrant will not lead towards any extradition request. Landis, whose two year ban following the contested tests has expired, was considering a return to the Tour de France. The arrest warrant puts a huge obstacle in the path of those ambitions.
French authorities detected attempts to hack into anti-doping lab computer systems in September 2006. Papers submitted by Landis during his failed CAS appeal against the doping result have reportedly been used as evidence of possible computer intrusion against Landis.
French reports last year alleged that data obtained from hacking into the French national lab for doping controls was forwarded to its Canadian counterpart via a computer linked to Arnie Baker, Landis's former coach
"It seems that (Landis) made all he could to enter into our computer system to try to prove the laboratory was wrong. He showed many documents he got by hacking to numerous sporting instances," French anti-doping agency head Pierre Bordry said, Reuters reports. "The judge traced a network of hackers back to the ringleader." ®


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† DSM2 not available in EU.
The Spektrum™ DX6 has been designed from the ground up to deliver way more than you would ever expect from a 6-channel transmitter in its price range.
Programmable Voice AlertsWith voice alerts, the DX6 will allow you to keep tabs on important functions without ever taking your eyes off what you're flying. They can be programmed to call out what flight mode you've chosen or report telemetry information on demand. If an alarm goes off, you won't have to look at the transmitter display to see what's happening. The DX6 will tell you.
Wireless Trainer LinkThe wireless trainer link gives instructors the option to wirelessly ''buddy box'' with another DSM2®/DSMX® transmitter. Once bound to another transmitter, ModelMatch™ technology will allow the DX6 to re-link without having to go through the bind process again.
Programming for Airplanes, Helicopters and SailplanesIn addition to its extensive airplane and heli programming, the DX6 includes an impressive list of programming features for sailplanes as well. Five available flight modes, 4 wing types, 3 tail types, a flap-to-elevator curve mix – it has all this and more. The intuitive SimpleScroll™ programming interface makes all of these functions incredibly easy to access and use.
250 Model MemoryThe enormous capacity of the DX6's on-board memory means you will rarely, if ever, need to juggle models between transmitter memory and your SD card. The model memory menu is easier to navigate too. Only memory slots with model settings saved to them will appear. You won't have to scroll through empty slots or move models around if one is deleted.
Fly Smarter with Built-In TelemetryThe DX6 is equipped with a built-in telemetry feature that gives you real-time information on things like your model's battery voltage, signal quality, engine or motor temperature, airspeed, altitude and more.*
Using the voice alert system, you can program the DX6 to tell you when specific telemetry values reach or exceed limits you define. You can also have it call out a sequence of telemetry values on demand with the flip of a switch. If you want to review telemetry after a flight, the DX6 can be set up to record the data to its SD card.
Please follow the instructions in this tutoral to find your serial number - https://youtu.be/p8BcdsZd1eA
Please follow the instructions in this tutoral to learn how to register your Spektrum RC products- https://youtu.be/Bu7ObvRU-yo
Please follow the instructions in this tutoral to learn how to downloadn and install firmware updates for your Spektrum Radio- https://youtu.be/5VBGEbgS9pQ
Visit the product page on HorizonHobby.com for your transmitter and click on the "Manuals and Support" tab for downloadable setups.
Spektrum receivers are compatible with most popular speed controls and servos on the market.
DSM or Digital Spectrum Modulation is Spektrum's proprietary method of implementing 2.4GHz spread spectrum technology for the R/C industry. DSM divides the 2.4GHz band into 80 individual channels (frequencies) and incorporates direct sequence spread spectrum with an embedded GUID (Globally Unique Identifier) code. DSM has been painstakingly optimized by our engineers for RC surface and aircraft use, offering the most robust RF link in the industry.
DSM2 is the 2nd generation of Spektrum DSM technology and remains a premier 2.4GHz choice even today. Using the same superior wideband DSSS foundation that all Spektrum technology is based on, DSM2 consistently provides faster response and more precision than most non-DSM 2.4GHz protocols.
DSMX is a natural evolution of DSM2 technology that is the result of several years of development, optimized for pilots and combining Wideband DSSS and Frequency Agility. It builds on what has come before and takes DSM to the next level of robustness, reliability and efficiency without leaving current DSM2 users behind. DSMX represents the world's first wideband, frequency-agile 2.4GHz signal protocol and the most advanced spread spectrum RC technology to date.
These systems usually transmit a narrow band signal and rapidly jump through a fixed set of frequencies, spending a few milliseconds on each frequency.
The foundation DSMX is built on is the same foundation as DSM2™ - the superior on-channel interference resistance and coding gain of wideband DSSS. Compared to the wideband signal of a DSM2 or DSMX™ system, the narrow-band signal of other 2.4 transmitters is more likely to suffer crucial data loss in the event of on-channel interference. Think of wideband 2.4 as a river and narrow-band 2.4 as a stream. It takes much more interference to stop a river than it does to stop a stream.
The big reason wideband is so robust is coding gain. Essentially what this means is that the unique coding in a DSM2 or DSMX wideband signal allows it to be heard well above the noise of surrounding 2.4GHz signals without requiring any more power. In fact, a Spektrum wideband signal can achieve as much as 3X the range of its narrow-band competition using the same amount of power.
For the most part, yes. DSM2 transmitters are forward compatible with DSMX receivers and DSMX transmitters are backward compatible with DSM2 receivers. And because DSM2 and DSMX share the same wideband DSSS foundation, all Spektrum users will enjoy superior range, speed and precision whether they're using DSM2 equipment, DSMX equipment or a combination of both. The only exception is the DXe which is DSMX-only and not compatible with DSM2 receivers.
Yes, but DSM2 users who rarely, if ever, fly in big events or other "noisy" 2.4GHz environments may find the DSM2 equipment they have now is all they will ever need. The difference DSMX makes is only apparent when hundreds of 2.4GHz systems are in use at once. To see if your transmitter is eligible for the DSMX add-on, please visit horizonhobby.com, click on the "radios" tab, and select "DSMX addons" for more details.
A safety feature that prevents a pilot from flying a model when the model selected in the radio is not correct.
A resequencing of the data a Spektrum transmitter transmits based on the type of mixing you select. This feature helps to sync control services that are connected (such as a swash plate on a helicopter) and is used in radios that have many channels.
The Spektrum™ X-Plus™ 8 module lets you add 8 fully proportional channels to specially equipped Spektrum transmitters and receivers with 10 or more proportional channels. Just plug it into the X-Plus port of a compatible receiver. It is ideal for scale modelers who like to push realism to the extreme with working accessories and lights in addition to the regular control functions. The DX10t and DX18 offer X-Plus.
You should have no problem maintaining control as long as you maintain direct line-of-sight with your model. If you try to fly behind a group of trees or otherwise obstruct your direct line-of-sight, you could be susceptible to losing your control link.
You can download Spektrum Apps from the Google Play Store at https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Horizon+Hobby,+Inc. or from the iTunes store at https://itunes.apple.com/us/developer/horizon-hobby-inc/id415542050
The length of the antenna is on a Spektrum receiver is set and tuned to optimize the range and performance of the receiver. We do not recommend altering the length of the antenna on any Spektrum Receiver.
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This is the second and final call for votes on the following proposal to create the mailing list & newsgroup DEEPSEA/bionet.biology.deepsea (moderated) The charter was not modified as a result of the discussion. *** NOTE *** We are often running several votes for other newsgroups, so please be certain to follow the voting directions *carefully*! If you just send in a message saying "YES" or "NO" it will not be counted if it is not clear which proposal you are responding to. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposal to estabish DEEPSEA/bionet.biology.deepsea (moderated) Proposed USENET name: bionet.biology.deepsea Status: Moderated One Line description: Research in deep-sea marine biology, oceanography, and geology Proposed moderation address: deepsea-moderator at net.bio.net (bionet-biology-deepsea at net.bio.net will be an alias for deepsea-moderator at net.bio.net) Moderator: Andrew Grant McArthur University of Victoria Proposed mailing list name: DEEPSEA Proposed e-mail addresses: deepsea at net.bio.net deepsea at daresbury.ac.uk Proposal for moving the mailing list DEEPSEA to the BIONET: The DEEPSEA mailing list (hosted by the University of Victoria) has been in operation for over four years, has a membership exceeding 650 researchers, and has subscriptions from over 35 countries. Frequent uses of DEEPSEA have included searches for specialist literature or opinion, specimen exchange, technical discussions, and general discussions about deep-sea marine biology, oceanography, and geology. Geologists and oceanographers have been most welcome, but nearly all of DEEPSEA's subscribers are biologists interested in biological aspects of the deep-sea. DEEPSEA is not associated with any professional society. I will be leaving the University of Victoria in the next year so DEEPSEA requires a stable host network and good archiving systems. BIONET has these resources. Additionally, I hope that the inclusion of DEEPSEA on the USENET will result in additional subscriptions and discussions. I agree to continue as moderator once our mailing list is moved to the BIONET. DEEPSEA would like status as a full-fledged BIONET newsgroup. Andrew Grant McArthur Department of Biology University of Victoria P.O. Box 1700 Victoria, British Columbia Canada, V8W 2Y2 Telephone: (604) 656-8146 Fax: (604) 656-8148 Email: amcarthu at uvaix.uvic.ca URL: http://darwin.ceh.uvic.ca/people/mcarthur.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Voting on the proposal for DEEPSEA/bionet.biology.deepsea will run through 24:00 hrs Pacific Time on 23 November 1995. Please send your vote to either of the following addresses: Address Location Network ------- -------- ------- biovote at daresbury.ac.uk U.K. JANET biovote at net.bio.net U.S.A. Internet/BITNET PLEASE BE SURE TO FOLLOW THE FORMAT BELOW - WE OFTEN RUN MORE THAN ONE VOTE AT A TIME SO A SIMPLE "YES" OR "NO" MESSAGE WITHOUT THE NEWSGROUP NAME MAY BE AMBIGUOUS. Your vote should contain a single line: YES on DEEPSEA if you favor allowing the creation of this newsgroup or NO on DEEPSEA if you think that this proposal will adversely affect the BIOSCI/bionet system. While not intended to be an exhaustive list of possible concerns (more specific concerns may have been raised during the discussion period on BIOFORUM/bionet.general and interested readers are referred to these), some general reasons for voting NO might be if you are concerned about newsgroup proliferation and/or believe that the proposed group will not be utilized, or if you think that the proposed newsgroup would substantially duplicate or overlap with the function of existing newsgroups. If you are simply not interested in participating in the newsgroup above, please don't cast a NO vote, but instead just don't vote at all. The newsgroup proposal must receive at least 80 YES votes to pass and the number of YES votes must be greater than the number of NO votes by at least 40. Discussion of the newsgroup proposal is now closed and we strongly discourage posting any messages in other forums about the fact that a CALL FOR VOTES has been issued. Permission is granted to distribute this to the current DEEPSEA mailing list. Sincerely, Dave Kristofferson BIOSCI/bionet Manager biosci-help at net.bio.net


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I am in the process of creating a hexagon map of about 20x20 hexes in size. The idea is that it will form the beginning area for a campaign which can be expanded later.
I know everyone runs their own style of campaign but lets delve into this together. If you read Wayne Rossi's OD&D Setting PDF http://initiativeone.blogspot.com/2013/05/od-setting-posts-in-pdf.html it points out that there was a pretty wide variety in the implied world of OD&D. I think we can replicate that by having contributions by many White Box/OD&D fans.
So here is the idea: if you would like to contribute a hex or hexes to the White Box setting, you can post in this thread. I think a paragraph or two for your hex idea should be enough. This is White Box after all, lets keep it short and sweet. Please indicate the name you would like to be credited with for the final release.
If you want to contribute something larger, perhaps like a town, stronghold or even a short adventure, please send me a PM here or an email so we can work out details.
The final product will all be open content. Anyone can use it for publication (I doubt anyone will, but you never know). This will be a setting for White Box fans, you can help design it by contributing content.
I will compile everything in a couple months time and make a final PDF with art and maps. The final PDF will be free and the PoD will be at cost. I will use what art I have and free maps from Dyson Logos and Steve C to stock it and I'll pay for whatever else might be needed to finish it up (more maps, art, cover). If anyone has an artistic bone and wants to contribute that way, that would be fantastic.
So if you are interested in this workshop project, start posting your ideas!


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Johnson, Sox can't spoil Royals' home debut
Flowers collects three hits as offense hangs tough after early deficit
KANSAS CITY -- For the first time in four games, the White Sox had a starting effort that didn't give them a viable chance to win during Friday's 7-5 loss to the Royals before 40,103 at Kauffman Stadium.
Rookie right-hander Erik Johnson lasted just 4 2/3 innings to go with his 98 pitches, and he probably lasted that long because the bullpen already was a bit worn down from the opening Twins series. He exited with the White Sox facing a 7-2 deficit.
That sort of hole would have been nearly impossible for last year's struggling offense to climb out of and come back. This year's offense couldn't quite complete the rally on Friday, but it continued to show the energy and fight to keep the opposition from relaxing.
"Our offense is doing a good job no matter what the situation is," said White Sox catcher Tyler Flowers. "We were down a little bit more early, and still did a good job of getting some innings started and guys coming through with big hits.
"Today, [the Royals] just came through in more big situations than we did. But we're not getting down for one second out there. It seems like anybody that comes up is capable of starting a rally and creating a big inning."
Flowers stands as a prime example of this early turnaround with the bats.
After hitting .195 last season while battling a sore shoulder that needed to be surgically repaired, Flowers knocked out three hits in his first three at-bats on Friday to give him seven straight. He fell short of matching the franchise record of 10 shared by Frank Thomas (1997), Rip Radcliff (1938) and Harry McCurdy (1926) when Nori Aoki dropped his routine fly ball to right for an error with one out in the eighth. But according to Elias Sports Bureau, Flowers became the first White Sox catcher to string together seven straight hits.
If there's a difference in Flowers' approach, he's not ready to share it.
"I don't know what the hell I'm doing," said a smiling Flowers, adding that he might have had seven straight hits in high school. "I'm just trying to see the ball and swing at stuff that looks good.
"I'm just trying to relax and if it looks good, swing. If it doesn't, take it. I'm just trying to keep it as simple as I can and hopefully ride this out for a long time."
Jose Abreu's first-inning sacrifice fly and sixth RBI, coming against Royals starter Jeremy Guthrie, gave the White Sox a brief advantage. The Royals answered with three in the bottom of the frame.
Alex Gordon delivered the decisive shot with a three-run double over the head of Avisail Garcia, on a hard-hit ball that seemed to freeze the right fielder in his tracks upon contact. White Sox manager Robin Ventura said it was more about the 16-mph wind getting a hold of Gordon's drive and carrying it over Garcia.
Lorenzo Cain added a two-run single through a drawn-in infield during a three-run fifth, which knocked Johnson from the game. His '14 debut, in front of the raucous Royals faithful, resulted in seven runs allowed on 10 hits and three walks.
"My biggest thing is, I have to compete better for my team," said Johnson, who was trying to be aggressive early in counts. "They were right there and put five runs on the board after putting them in a hole. You have to give some credit to the offense. They are never giving up and fighting back."
"Guys battled and everything like that, but you know, you just can't pitch from behind against these guys," Ventura said. "They have too good of a lineup. You get behind that much against a lineup like this and you just make it harder on yourself."
Despite being down, the White Sox offense was not out.
Two runs scored in the sixth on Adam Eaton's bases-loaded, opposite-field single to left off of reliever Kelvin Herrera. But that inning came to an abrupt end when home-plate umpire Will Little ruled Marcus Semien went around for a swinging third strike with runners on first and second where replays showed he might have held up.
Garcia's run-scoring groundout brought home an unearned run in the seventh, as the White Sox did not go in order during any of the first eight frames. That run was unearned when Abreu reached on a Mike Moustakas' throwing error that was confirmed on a replay challenge.
Long reliever Jake Petricka held the Royals in check while the offense made this run. Petricka replaced Nate Jones on the roster Friday, when Jones was placed on the disabled list with a muscle strain in his left hip. The right-hander gave up two hits and walked two over 2 1/3 innings, but he did not allow a run.
It was a case of too little, too late for the White Sox, as Greg Holland set them down in order in the ninth. The fight was there, even if the win wasn't.
"You have an offense that feels like they can come back. You are one hit away or that one inning way," Ventura said. "Guys are still getting on base and they are still battling."
"With cold and the wind blowing, it was very difficult to grip the ball and get a feel on the ball," said Royals manager Ned Yost, referring to the 46-degree temperature at first pitch and its effect on the pitchers. "So what Guthrie did was tremendous out there, battling through those adverse conditions."


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Generic name:
Nevirapine - oral
Brand name(s)
Generic name:
Nevirapine - oral
Brand name(s)
Rarely, nevirapine has caused severe (sometimes fatal) liver problems. Seek immediate medical attention if you develop symptoms of liver problems such as persistent nausea, loss of appetite, vomiting, stomach/abdominal pain, dark urine, pale stools, yellowing eyes/skin, unusual tiredness, rash.
Rarely, nevirapine has also caused serious (sometimes fatal) skin/allergic reactions. Get medical help right away if you have any signs of skin/allergic reactions, including rash, itching/swelling/redness (especially of the eyes/face), blisters, fever, persistent sore throat, unusual tiredness, mouth sores, severe dizziness, trouble breathing, signs of kidney problems (such as change in the amount of urine), muscle pain/tenderness/weakness, joint pain.
Women are at increased risk for developing these severe reactions. To help decrease the risk of skin/allergic reactions in all patients, nevirapine is started at a lower dose for the first 14 days. Also, people with higher T-cell counts at the start of nevirapine treatment are at greater risk for liver problems. Therefore, nevirapine is usually only started if the T-cell count is fewer than 250 in women or fewer than 400 in men.
Keep all medical and laboratory appointments so your doctor can monitor how you are responding to nevirapine. The risk of these serious side effects is high in the first 18 weeks and highest during the first 6 weeks of nevirapine treatment. However, these side effects may occur at any time while taking this medication.
If you have stopped taking nevirapine because of liver problems or skin/allergic reactions, you must never take any form of nevirapine again. Tell all of your doctors and pharmacists if you have ever stopped taking nevirapine because of these types of reactions.
This drug is used with other HIV medications to help control HIV infection. It helps to decrease the amount of HIV in your body so your immune system can work better. This lowers your chance of getting HIV complications (such as new infections, cancer) and improves your quality of life. Nevirapine belongs to a class of drugs known as non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs).
Nevirapine is not a cure for HIV infection. To decrease your risk of spreading HIV disease to others, do all of the following: (1) continue to take all HIV medications exactly as prescribed by your doctor, (2) always use an effective barrier method (latex or polyurethane condoms/dental dams) during all sexual activity, and (3) do not share personal items (such as needles/syringes, toothbrushes, and razors) that may have contacted blood or other body fluids. Consult your doctor or pharmacist for more details.
Nevirapine should not be used to prevent HIV infection after accidental exposure (such as needle sticks, blood/bodily fluid contact). Different HIV medications are used to prevent infection after exposure.
Read the Medication Guide and, if available, the Patient Information Leaflet provided by your pharmacist before you start using nevirapine and each time you get a refill. If you have any questions regarding the information, consult your doctor or pharmacist.
Take this medication by mouth with or without food, usually once daily for the first 14 days when you start treatment, then twice daily or as directed by your doctor.
If liver problems or skin/allergic reactions occur while you are taking this medication once daily, seek immediate medical attention and do not increase the dose to twice daily.
If you are using the liquid suspension form of this medication, shake the bottle gently before each dose. Carefully measure the dose using a special measuring device/spoon. Do not use a household spoon because you may not get the correct dose. If you are using a dosing cup, rinse the cup with water after taking the medication and drink all of the rinse water to make sure you take the full dose.
The dosage is based on your medical condition and response to treatment. In children, the dosage is also based on body size.
Do not stay on the once-daily dosing schedule for more than 28 days. If you approach that period of time, your doctor should consider switching you to another medication. Consult your doctor for more details.
If you stop taking this medication for more than 7 days for reasons other than the serious reactions described in the Warning section, ask your doctor for directions on how to restart treatment. You may need to take this medication once daily again for the first 14 days to decrease the risk of serious side effects.
It is very important to continue taking this medication (and other HIV medications) exactly as prescribed by your doctor. Do not skip any doses. Do not increase your dose, take this drug more often than prescribed, or stop taking it (or other HIV medicines) even for a short time unless directed to do so by your doctor. Skipping or changing your dose without approval from your doctor may cause the amount of virus to increase, make the infection more difficult to treat (resistant), or worsen side effects.
For the best effect, take this medication at evenly spaced times. To help you remember, take this medication at the same times every day.
See also Warning section.
Tiredness, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea may occur. Drowsiness may rarely occur. If any of these effects persist or worsen, tell your doctor or pharmacist promptly.
Remember that your doctor has prescribed this medication because he or she has judged that the benefit to you is greater than the risk of side effects. Many people using this medication do not have serious side effects.
As your immune system gets stronger, it can begin to fight off infections you already had, possibly causing disease symptoms to come back. You could also have symptoms if your immune system becomes overactive. This reaction may happen at any time (soon after starting HIV treatment or many months later). Get medical help right away if you have any serious symptoms, including:
Nevirapine can commonly cause a rash that is usually not serious. However, you may not be able to tell it apart from a rare rash that could be a sign of a severe reaction. Therefore, seek immediate medical attention if you develop any rash.
Changes in body fat may occur while you are taking this medication (such as increased fat in the upper back and stomach areas, decreased fat in the arms and legs). The cause and long-term effects of these changes are unknown. Discuss the risks and benefits of treatment with your doctor, as well as the possible use of exercise to reduce this side effect.
A very serious allergic reaction to this drug is unlikely, but seek immediate medical attention if it occurs. See the Warning section for more details.
This is not a complete list of possible side effects. If you notice other effects not listed above, contact your doctor or pharmacist.
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Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 or at www.fda.gov/medwatch.
In Canada - Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to Health Canada at 1-866-234-2345.
Before taking nevirapine, tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are allergic to it; or if you have any other allergies. This product may contain inactive ingredients, which can cause allergic reactions or other problems. Talk to your pharmacist for more details.
Before using this medication, tell your doctor or pharmacist your medical history, especially of:
This drug may rarely make you drowsy. Alcohol or marijuana (cannabis) can make you more drowsy. Do not drive, use machinery, or do anything that needs alertness until you can do it safely. Limit alcoholic beverages. Talk to your doctor if you are using marijuana (cannabis).
During pregnancy, this medication should be used only when clearly needed. Treatment can lower the risk of passing HIV infection to your baby, and nevirapine may be part of that treatment. Discuss the risks and benefits with your doctor.
Nevirapine passes into breast milk. Because breast milk can transmit HIV, do not breast-feed.
Drug interactions may change how your medications work or increase your risk for serious side effects. This document does not contain all possible drug interactions. Keep a list of all the products you use (including prescription/nonprescription drugs and herbal products) and share it with your doctor and pharmacist. Do not start, stop, or change the dosage of any medicines without your doctor's approval.
Some products that may interact with this drug include:
Other medications can affect the removal of nevirapine from your body, which may affect how nevirapine works. Examples include rifamycins (such as rifampin), St. John's wort, among others.
Nevirapine can speed up the removal of many other medications from your body, which may affect how they work. Examples of affected drugs include antiarrhythmics (such as amiodarone), asunaprevir, cobicistat, elvitegravir, some drugs used to treat seizures (such as clonazepam), azole antifungals (such as itraconazole, ketoconazole), macrolide antibiotics (such as clarithromycin), methadone, telaprevir, among others.
Some other drugs to treat HIV infection (including protease inhibitors such as atazanavir, ritonavir) may also interact with nevirapine. Your doctor will adjust your medications and monitor your treatment to reduce the risk of side effects.
Do not use prednisone to prevent a rash because it can actually increase the risk of a rash during the first 6 weeks of nevirapine treatment. Ask your doctor for more details.
This medication may decrease the effectiveness of hormonal birth control such as pills, patch, or ring. This could cause pregnancy. Talk to your doctor about additional or alternative reliable forms of birth control, and always use an effective barrier method (latex or polyurethane condoms/dental dams) during all sexual activity to decrease the risk of spreading HIV to others. Tell your doctor if you have any new spotting or breakthrough bleeding, because these may be signs that your hormonal birth control is not working well.
If someone has overdosed and has serious symptoms such as passing out or trouble breathing, call 911. Otherwise, call a poison control center right away. US residents can call their local poison control center at 1-800-222-1222. Canada residents can call a provincial poison control center.
Do not share this medication with others.
Laboratory and/or medical tests (such as liver tests, viral load, T-cell counts) should be performed periodically to monitor your progress or check for side effects. Consult your doctor for more details.
Keep all medical and laboratory appointments.
If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you remember. If it is near the time of the next dose, skip the missed dose. Take your next dose at the regular time. Do not double the dose to catch up.
Store at room temperature away from light and moisture. Do not store in the bathroom. Keep all medications away from children and pets.
Do not flush medications down the toilet or pour them into a drain unless instructed to do so. Properly discard this product when it is expired or no longer needed. Consult your pharmacist or local waste disposal company.
HOW TO USE THIS INFORMATION: This is a summary and does NOT have all possible information about this product. This information does not assure that this product is safe, effective, or appropriate for you. This information is not individual medical advice and does not substitute for the advice of your health care professional. Always ask your health care professional for complete information about this product and your specific health needs.
Information last revised April 2019.
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Selected from NATIONAL DRUG DATA FILE (NDDF) data included with permission and copyrighted by First Databank, Inc., 2019. This copyrighted material has been downloaded from a licensed data provider.
The above information is intended to supplement, not substitute for, the expertise and judgment of your health care professional. You should consult your health care professional before taking any drug, changing your diet, or commencing or discontinuing any course of treatment.


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With a stay at La Jolie Hotel & Spa, you'll be centrally located in Ho Chi Minh City, steps from Ton Duc Thang Museum and minutes from Opera House. This hotel is within close proximity of Bach Dang Wharf and Vincom Center Shopping Mall. Relax at the full-service spa, where you can enjoy massages, body treatments, and facials. You can take advantage of recreational amenities such as an outdoor pool, a steam room, and a fitness center. This hotel also features complimentary wireless Internet access, concierge services, and tour/ticket assistance. Featured amenities include a business center, a computer station, and express check-in. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available on request). Make yourself at home in one of the 56 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and LCD televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with bathtubs or showers feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include safes and desks, and housekeeping is provided daily.
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Spells. Each blue star on the HUD represents 20 mana.
Obtaining ManaNew characters start the game with 20 maximum natural mana, but more mana can be obtained by collecting Fallen Stars and crafting them into Mana Crystals which will allow a player to increase their mana up to a maximum of 200 (not including equipment modifiers). Additionally, a character's mana total can be conditionally increased by equipping certain armor and accessories (such as Jungle Armor and the Band of Starpower), or any accessory which has the "Arcane" prefix. Activating a Crystal Ball will also increase the player's maximum mana by 20 for as long as the "Clairvoyance" buff is active.
Under any circumstances, the hard cap on a player's mana (even with boosts) is 400.
Restoring mana
Mana will regenerate naturally, but it can also be restored by drinking Mana Potions or picking up Mana Stars from fallen enemies, pots, or Star Statues. Natural mana regeneration will not begin until about 1 second after the player ceases using all mana-consuming items, will recover faster the more mana the player has left and maximum, and will happen at a much faster rate if the player is standing still. There are no restrictions on items which recover mana beyond how many of them are available.
- Main article: SpellsMana's main use is to cast Spells. There are currently more than 40 spells available:
- Note: This list may become out of date with updates. See here for a full list.
Update Info
- Mana Crystals reduced to three Fallen Stars instead of five
- Starting mana is increased from 0 to 20; Fallen Stars required to make Mana Crystals reduced to 5 from 10.
- Fixed bug which allowed players to have an unequipped mana cap of 240.
- When mana completely regenerates, a sound will play and the player's character will get a momentary blue sparkle around him/her; items which used to regenerate mana will now increase the player's mana total instead.
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Slim Randles' Home Country
A dog's day out
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One of the great
pleasures of hanging around down at the livestock auction barn each
Saturday morning is being able to take your dog along.
This weekly auction is a
treasure house for our dogs. It's a dog's day out, a chance to
scrounge under the bleachers for dropped hot dog portions and the
occasional sweet bun crust. It's a chance for them to get
reacquainted with dog buddies and to check out any new pickups in
the parking lot whose tires have not yet been properly baptized.
My coonhound loves it. She had done her munching, scrounging and
socializing and was curled up under my truck, waiting for me, as we
were getting ready to leave. Dud's blue heeler was flitting around
in the bed of his pickup truck, guarding against anything that might
deign to trespass. And Doc had a new dog, of non-obvious parentage,
on a leash, which meant he was not yet broken in to sales barn
etiquette. Once he got used to it, and had been introduced to the
other dogs, he'd fit right in and the leash would be history.
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"What kind of dog is that, Doc?" we asked.
"Why, he's an Egyptian shepherd."
"I never heard of an Egyptian shepherd. Does he work cattle?"
"What's he do?"
Doc grinned, "He makes pyramids in the backyard."
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We had two trips planned.
One to Northern California, the other to Hawaii. Another trip was unlikely, and, if travel were food, perhaps gluttonous.
I worry about stuff like that – overdoing a good thing. The idea of treats is important to me. To retain their ability to delight, treats need to be wonderful, and, most especially, rare. You surrender to every desire, and the "treat" concept is out the window. Plus – maybe – you're a pig.
But how do you resist "The Call"?
Can migrating birds say, "I think I'll stay put"? I believe they can not. "The Call" calls, and you go. There is nothing you can do about it. A birddog "gets bird" and he's off. The bird is a goner, their last thought, perhaps, "I probably should have migrated."
Bad things happen when you don't heed "The Call." It is just not natural.
I am currently listening to The Odyssey on "Books on Tape." In one of the stories, Odysseus tells his shipmates – I will paraphrase freely here – "Listen, you guys. I am going to get 'The Call.' And when I do, do not let me go. Tie me to the mast with big ropes. And if I beg you to let me go, and I say something like, 'You remember when I said, "Don't let me go"? I was just messin' with ya. You can let me go.' – Do not let me go!!! Just tie more ropes around me. What I'm telling you here – if I had not been abundantly clear already – I must not be allowed to go!"
And what happened?
He went.
The lesson here being:
It is really hard to resist "The Call."
But that was my challenge.
And then, the tests began.
It's mid-February. "Pitchers and catchers" are reporting to Spring Training, an announcement to Easterners – which at heart, I still am – that their seasonal Ice Age will eventually recede, and to Californians, that it will shortly be getting a little bit warmer.
More than any major sport – or maybe I don't care about them as much, so I don't notice – baseball is steeped to the bill of its cap in tradition. Not hollow tradition. The traditions have meaning.
"Spring Training" is the tradition of "rebirth." And simultaneously – which I find really cool – nature is doing exactly the same thing. The "rebirth" of trees and plants, and things sprouting out of the ground, like, I don't know, barley. Baseball is in sync with nature. Football training camp starts, and nature goes,
Nature doesn't resonate with football. Or basketball. It resonates with hockey, but the nature accompanying hockey, if there were a department store that sold seasons, you would go over there, and give it back.
"What's wrong with it?"
"Are you kidding me?"
"Spring Training" says "rebirth" in all directions. In Spring Training, teams' chances are reborn – like newborn babies, even the objectively weak ones shine with unblemished possibility. Perennial also-rans talk about a rebirth of spirit, fostered by a winning attitude. Managers, brimming with hope, crow about their untested youngsters, "They're green. But I like what I see."
Spring Training means everyone's starting over; everyone has a chance. No longer is it "Wait till next year." "Next year" has arrived. It's "Wait till right now!"
For the teams, and for the players.
With an eye-catching performance, Minor League caterpillars hope to morph into Major League butterflies. Veterans, emerging from subpar seasons, speak of regaining their "touch", while superstars hope to surpass their spectacular pasts.
Pitchers, following surgery, talk of "new beginnings." "Non-roster invitees", castoffs from other teams, cling to dreams of rediscovering their grooves, staving off, at least momentarily, the more than metaphorical death that accompanies retirement.
"Pitchers and catchers" is "The Call" in a whisper. The volume amps up with daily newspaper dispatches from the training camps. Who's in midseason form, who's adjusting comfortably to their new position, who has an outside chance of cracking the rotation, who's being kept out of practice "for precautionary reasons", and who's contract negotiation will in no way interfere their performance on the field.
With each new report, "The Call" gets louder. Having no available shipmates, I wrap ropes around myself.
The first game is scheduled. My cable package includes an MLB (the Major League Baseball) channel. Against all sensible reason, I switch it on.
And there it is.
The cloudless sky. The shamrock-green grass. The cocoa-colored dirt. The air so balmy, you can feel it through the screen.
The spotless white uniforms. The crack of the bat. They're rounding the bases. They're chasing fly balls.
"More ropes!" I cry desperately. "More ropes!"
It's a terrible mismatch. I do no have a prayer.
We had two trips planned.
And now we have three.


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Dog-lovers brave Fukushima nuclear danger zone to save abandoned pets
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 12:29 PM on 14th April 2011
Rescuers have been risking their lives in the nuclear swamp around tsunami-hit Japan's stricken power plant – to save abandoned dogs.
Thousands of animals have starved to death or been abandoned by their owners after the earthquake and tsunami shattered Japan on March 11.
A 20km exclusion zone was put in place around the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant as deadly radiation spilled into the atmosphere.
Stray: Dog-lovers were so moved by this picture of shelties in an abandoned street in Minami, Soma city, that they braved the nuclear exclusion zone to rescue the pets.
But teams of animal-lovers moved by the sight of a stray dogs struggling to survive have ignored health warnings to scour the deserted wasteland for signs of canine life.
The search began earlier this week when Etsumi Ogino saw a photo of a pack of shelties wandering through an abandoned town and thought of her own 13-year-old pet, Kein.
'My heart trembled,' said Ms Ogino, a 56-year-old volunteer at an animal shelter in Chiba prefecture. 'They looked just like my dog. I started searching for them right away.'
Saved: Volunteers in protective yellow suits unpack rucksacks stuffed with dog food for the pack of shelties after tracking them down.
Relieved: One of the dogs appears tired as it is treated at an animal hospital in Kawasaki, near Tokyo, after being rescued by the group of animal lovers.
She and others contacted the photographer who had taken the picture and others of the dogs in an empty street in Minami Soma city, an area evacuated because of radiation fears.
They were told the address where the dogs were spotted and Ms Ogino relayed the information to a team of animal rescuers called Sheltie Rescue. By then, the group had been getting emails from dog lovers around the country about the abandoned pack.
Through emails and internet research it was established that the owner of the dogs was a breeder in Minami Soma. The group contacted the Fukushima city branch of the Japan Collie Club, tracked the owner down by phone at a shelter and got her go-ahead to rescue the dogs.
In the early hours of Sunday morning, seven volunteers left Tokyo and drove over broken roads and past demolished houses to meet three other volunteers in the ghost town which Minami Soma has become. Some had prepared radiation suits and others wore simple vinyl raincoats.
The first two to arrive found the pack around the Odaka railway station, near the owner's home, where the dogs had last been seen.
'They were waiting for their owner,' said Tamiko Nakamura, a volunteer who went with the group from Tokyo.
The dogs had been left some dry food, and were not starving.
It took a while to entice them with snacks, and six or seven were bundled into each car. The group saved 20 dogs in all.
Most were taken to a veterinary clinic in Kanagawa prefecture just west of Tokyo. Others are being cared for by individuals in other areas.
Abandoned: One of the shelties, still covered in dust and dirt from the earthquake, shivers nervously as a rescuer approaches with help.
Safe at last: A happy sheltie raises a paw after being put into a cage ready to be transported back to its owner.
Recovery: The group saved 20 dogs in all who were taken to rescue centres. The owner of the animals was tracked own and found to be a breeder from the town where they were left.
The owner, worn down by the disaster and worrying about her dogs, was 'extremely happy', Ms Nakamura said. She said the owner did not want her identity revealed.
Ms Nakamura only regrets that some of the dogs in the pack ran away and countless others are still stranded in the evacuation zone.
'There are still some left behind,' she said. 'I'm concerned about them and want to pull them out.'
Update: So many people saw this on CNN and other news websites that our Japanese friends have posted the news with an update in English. http://www.help-sheltie.net/


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Bravo's "Art Star" reality show hasn't even hit the air waves yet, and already we've got another art contest on our hands. Our vote for most ridiculous news of the week comes with the Guggenheim's announcement of Rob Pruitt's "First Annual Art Awards," modeled after Hollywood's Oscars. Pruitt conceived the awards to celebrate "select individuals, exhibitions, and projects that have made a significant impact on the field of contemporary art during the past year." Oh, and just to keep things bubbly, the star-studded list of presenters will include boyfriend-girlfriend art/fashion design couple of the moment Nate Lowman and Mary-Kate Olsen. There's a formal dinner afterwards, and after that an after-party and, and….oh, just click on the link and read the rest for yourself (including the video of the nominee announcements). I can't take anymore. The rest of our midweek round-up, some of which is actually meaningful (though you'll have to be the judge of that) as follows:
*Art Institute of Chicago appoints Alison Fisher as the Harold and Margot Schiff Assistant Curator of Architecture in the Department of Architecture and Design. Her focus will be on the Art Institute's architecture holdings from 1850 to 1945, and she will oversee the drawings, models, and archives of Frank Lloyd Wright, Daniel Burnham, Louis Sullivan and other American architectural masters.
*Artist Mark Bradford among those awarded 2009 MacArthur Genius Grants.
*Bill Viola changes mind, decides to meet with Pope for Vatican cultural dialogue on the relationship between faith and art.
*Franklin Sirmans appointed chief curator of contemporary art at LACMA, succeeding Lynn Zelevansky.
*Proposed Pennsylvania budget agreement extends state sales taxes to arts and cultural performances and venues but exempts movies and sports events; Philadelphia arts leaders organize in protest.
*Brandeis committee recommends keeping Art Museum open, but punts on the issue of the proposed sale of its collection.
*NEA Chair Rocco Landesman explains reasoning behind demotion of communications director Yossi Sergant.
*Paul Chan's "Top 5 Things That Will Get You Arrested in Minneapolis" aka Top 5 Things We Should Do Together To Make Something Interesting." (Via Eyeteeth).
*Virtual flip book: View all 160 pages of Proximity magazine in less than 20 seconds. Then go buy the real thing. It's a good issue, as always.
*A visit to an exhibition about the history of Ikea.
*Artnet writer Grant Mandarino provides Cliff's Notes on the new Fall art magazines.
*Chicago job posting: Projectionists and room monitors needed for upcoming College Art Association (CAA) Annual Conference in Chicago. If you're interested, see here.
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Saban 'the Devil Himself': Tim Davis Follows James Franklin to Label Nick Saban Satan (VIDEO)
Nick Saban is "the devil himself," according to Florida offensive line coach, Tim Davis.
According to reports, Davis made the controversial comments this week, which have shocked some. Howver, others have claimed that his comments have been taken out of context, and were made in jest.
It is not the first time that Saban has been compared to Satan, and in January Vanderbilt coach James Franklin referred to the Alabama coach as "Nicky Satan." In that incident, Franklin was forced to make an apology afterwards, but it seems that Saban is unable to get away from the label.
Davis brought up the comparison again this week as he was speaking to a group of Florida boosters. He explained the difference between working for Will Muschamp and Saban: "I've always wanted to work with Will. Will's got a plan. Will coached under the devil himself for seven years. I only did three. He did seven. And his DNA is not any different than Nick.
He added, "[Muschamp]'s like the other guy, only he's got a personality. He'll smile at you. He'll talk to you. You understand? That's what he's all about. That's Will. I'm proud to work for him."
Davis worked under Saban during two seasons with the Miami Dolphins, as well as another year in 2008 at Alabama.
Some have commented that Davis was just joking, and given his audience it appears most likely he was just playing up to readers with his comments. He likely did not realize that the comments would go more public, where obviously they can be taken out of context.
Here is a video of an interview with Nick Saban following the 2013 National Championship game:


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By Bob Secter and Ameet Sachdev
Chicago's bond rating has taken a big hit, suffering the first downgrade in the two-year tenure of Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who was warned by financial analysts of the need to take drastic -- even politically daring -- actions to get his city's fiscal house in order.
The revision late Wednesday by Moody's Investors Service dwelled heavily on the drag created by high levels of pension debt accumulated over many years, not just by the city but the state.
But the assessment went beyond that, suggesting that "unrelenting public safety demands" and an unwillingness to raise taxes also contributed to Chicago's financial plight.
The development is a fiscal double whammy for the city, where the $6.5 billion budget for this year is balanced on a razor's edge and borrowing for showcase projects is significant. The ratings drop means that future credit for the city may get tighter and loan costs could go up, running the risk of squeezing out funding available for public services.
"There's no way to sugarcoat this," said Brian Battle, director at Chicago-based Performance Trust Capital Partners, an investment adviser specializing in fixed-income products. "This is bad for Chicago."
In its analysis, Moody's found Chicago's pension plight much more severe than the city has estimated. Rachel Cortez, the lead analyst on the Chicago report, said Moody's calculates that the city's pension funds at the end of 2012 possessed only 22 percent of the assets they needed to meet obligations. The city pegged the amount at 35 percent.
Emanuel addressed the downgrade in a prepared statement.
"This confirms what I have been saying for more than a year," he said. "Without comprehensive pension relief from Springfield, municipalities such as Chicago will continue to receive negative reviews from rating agencies."
The mayoral statement did not mention other important pieces of the Moody's analysis that appeared to lay some of the city's problems at Emanuel's doorstep regardless of what pension relief, if any, comes from Springfield.
In short, the ratings service said it was not enough for Emanuel to rely on lawmakers to bail him out of the city's pension mess. Any legislative reforms will almost certainly be bottled up in lengthy legal challenges, analysts said as they dropped strong hints that the mayor and City Council need to have a Plan B at the ready -- most likely involving significant spending cuts and tax increases.
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In the arcane language of Wall Street, Moody's dropped its quality assessment of the city's general obligation bond debt by three notches, from Aa3 or what is considered the lower end of "high grade, high quality" to A3. That is the lower end of what is termed "upper medium grade."
Moody's also slapped a "negative" label on the future outlook for Chicago's rating.
The Chicago downgrade is part of a broader review of how pension liabilities are affecting local government finances that was launched by Moody's in April. In all, the ratings service looked at 29 government bodies across the nation, including cities, counties and school districts, and has completed the assessment for most. Many cities are struggling to cope with mounting pension debt, but Moody's found Chicago to be an outlier.
So far, the only other city receiving a downgrade was Cincinnati, which lost its top-notch credit rating but still is considered high quality. Chicago's downgrade means that Moody's thinks it faces stronger financial head winds than most other big cities.
Before this week, Chicago's credit rating was only one notch below that of New York and Los Angeles. Now Chicago is four investment grades below those cities and also trails other big and sometimes troubled Midwest cities such as Milwaukee and Cleveland.
Chicago has four pension funds for its municipal employees, and as of the end of 2012 the city reported that collectively they were $19 billion short of the amount needed to cover future obligations, Moody's said. But the firm estimated the underfunding could be as high as $36 billion.
In 2012 alone, the analysts said, the city shorted payments into its pension funds by more than $1 billion, worsening their fiscal plight. More alarming yet, Moody's noted, current state law mandates an enormous balloon payment into city pension plans for police and firefighters -- from $467 million in 2014 to $1.2 billion in 2015.
"Fixed costs -- namely pension contributions and debt service payments -- may soon comprise more than 50 percent of Chicago's operating budget," the report warned, referring to the critical portion of the budget that covers day-to-day expenses.
The latest fiscal headache for Chicago comes against the backdrop of a separate but similar crisis facing state-run pension funds that have amassed a crushing debt topping $100 billion.
Gov. Pat Quinn, the Democrat-controlled legislature and public employee unions have been tied in knots trying to reach a compromise solution to that problem, which some argue can be achieved only through significant benefit cuts that others contend are illegal. Emanuel sees benefit cuts as a key element in fixing Chicago's pension problems.
But Moody's indicated that relying on such a remedy could prove iffy, given strong protections for pension benefits embodied in the Illinois Constitution. "In order for the city to realize any significant alleviation in pension costs, the Illinois General Assembly would need to enact pension reform that ultimately withstands inevitable litigation," the ratings agency said.
There are no easy fallbacks. "It would be difficult, we believe, to make public safety budget cuts," Cortez said Thursday, noting that the police budget is currently being stretched to accommodate significant overtime costs.
Emanuel took over City Hall pledging to improve police efficiency while improving safety. But homicides soared after he shifted policing strategies, leading to more changes and heavy overtime spending that eventually helped dial back the violence. Moody's suggested that tax increases could be part of any mix to ease fiscal problems, noting however that they carry a big political downside and could require up to a doubling of property tax levies.
Even so, a recent report released by Cook County Clerk David Orr found the combined property tax rate paid by taxpayers in the city was the lowest of any municipality in Cook County.
"The prior and current administration's unwillingness to avail itself of its full taxing authority to stave off burgeoning pension liabilities is, in our view, a clear credit negative," Moody's said.
Emanuel has relied on new and increased user fees to help fund his budgets but has resisted increases in sales tax or the city portion of property taxes, though he has allowed property taxes to rise for public schools.
(c)2013 the Chicago Tribune


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Oh Tina Fey, what have you done? We thought you were one of the "good ones" -- so much smarter and more down to earth than the average actor. You wrote the New York Times Bestseller Bossy Pants (and by all accounts, did so yourself), you've won Emmys for your wildly successful show 30 Rock, you've stood up for women's rights, and most importantly you've always just seemed like one of the girls. You are our friend.
You always came off like a regular person -- a mom just like us. So why (why? why? why?) would you let your daughter drink the Hollywood Kool-Aid at such an early age by giving her a role on your TV show?
If you, dear reader, aren't following any of this, here's what happened: On Thursday night's episode of 30 Rock, Fey's character Liz Lemon marries her boyfriend Criss Chros and has a flashback to her first-ever experience in a wedding ... as a flower girl. Lo and behold, the younger version of Lemon -- decked out in a schmaltzy blue dress, matching headpiece and retro over-sized glasses -- is none other than Fey's adorable 7-year-old daughter Alice Zenobia.
There's no denying that Alice has screen presence -- note the disgusted look and Fey's signature eye-roll -- but did Fey really have to start her daughter's screen career quite so young?
Hollywood is a tough, sexist, shallow place. And all of that is something Fey is no doubt well aware of. There's the cruel media (female actresses have to deal with being too fat, too ugly, too skinny, never quite right) and the crazy, often dangerous, paparazzi. Many celebs opt to keep their children out of the limelight and away from a rolling camera until they are least of an age to make decisions about a life of fame for themselves. Yet, this is not the first time that Fey has used her kid for work - Alice appeared in an Americana Express ad with mom when she was just shy of 2 years old. Still, it's frankly surprising that someone as smart and conscious of women's issues as Fey would allow her daughter such an early entree into that world. If Alice is interested in acting or comedy, why not just let her try out for the school play or join a childrens' acting theater? What's the rush?
Of course, in and of itself, Alice's foray into the world of TV on Thursday night was no big deal. It was a quick cameo and her mom was probably overseeing the whole thing, and had her daughter's back. The problem is, what's going to come next? We all know kids. Alice probably loved it. She's likely going to want more. Bigger parts, speaking roles ... her name in lights. Her face on the cover of US Weekly?
There are moms who get their kids into modeling at a young age or try to get them on TV commercials or reality televison. Honey Boo Boo, anyone? I guess I just never thought that Tina Fey would be one of them.
Would you let your kid embark on an acting career at such an early age?
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If fashion is inherently of-the-moment, it only makes sense that the fashion icons behind the reality competition series "Fashion Star" want to give audiences a chance to try on its contestants' styles instantly.
In a reality-meets-retail twist, "Fashion Star" takes a different tack from other design-oriented reality series, putting its contestants' products out into the world within hours of sending it down the TV catwalk. A triumvirate of representatives from major retail outlets Macy's, H&M and Saks Fifth Avenue evaluate the designers by legitimately bidding on the opportunity to carry their collections in their stores, and carry them immediately. Along the way, the contestants are mentored by reality TV superstars-turned-wildly successful fashion brand headliners Jessica Simpson and Nicole Richie, as well as traditional couture sensation John Varvatos.
The series was co-created by famed supermodel Elle Macpherson – also the head of a top-selling line of lingerie – who also serves as the show's host. "One of the things that was very important to us when we were working on this was to create a show that was as much about shopping as it was about fashion," Macpherson says, "and capitalizing on interactive capacities and technologies so that people could actually buy what they were seeing immediately. That was really, really important to us when we were finding the format, because we felt that was new and very relevant to where we are today. So it's just as much about shopping as fashion."
Simpson, who most TV audiences know best as a pop singer and sometimes-actress, says she's thrilled to pass on what she's learned as the head of a billion-dollar fashion brand to the newbies, rather than judging them. "This is great because I get to talk about clothes the entire time," she admits. "I definitely am in there with everybody and we talk about life stuff and we compare struggles and everything that we've gone through. So it's good to be there and be an encouragement. I'm glad that I don't have to judge. I would be awful at judging and sending somebody home, so I'm better at the encouragement part and hopefully bringing the best out in the designer and what they want to do."
Richie, too, says the interaction with the contestants was much more intriguing than simply evaluating their wares. "We all got to work with each designer, which I think was really helpful for them because we all bring something different," says Richie. "John is a legend, he's an icon, and Jessica knows this business – she built her brand from the ground up. So it was really nice, because we all brought different opinions, and we're not competing against each other. We were all working together at making each designer the best version of themselves."
"It's for every woman and every pocketbook," explains Macpherson. "Having this selection of brilliant retailers like we have really allows people from every economic situation to tap into the retailer that works best for them or is best for their lifestyle."
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Obama issues warning about US government shutdown
Obama's comments set the stage for an attempt to blame Republicans should congressional negotiations collapse and the U.S. government run out of cash when a short-term measure expires on April 8.
"We know that a compromise is within reach. And we also know that if these budget negotiations break down, it could shut down the government and jeopardize our economic recovery," Obama said at a UPS shipping facility in Landover, Maryland.
Obama weighed in at a sensitive time in the negotiations.
The talks could still fall apart, but neither party is eager to cause a government shutdown that could lead to thousands of layoffs when voters are nervous about the shaky economic recovery and rising gas prices brought on by unrest in the Middle East.
Both sides are believed to have tentatively agreed to $33 billion in cuts but are haggling over where the budget knife should fall.
A $33 billion cut would represent a big victory for Republicans, as Obama had initially proposed a budget that would have increased spending by $41 billion but was never enacted.
But newly elected Tea Party conservatives in the House of Representatives want deeper cuts, presenting a challenge to House Speaker John Boehner.
And this is just for the budget for the fiscal year that ends Sept. 30. A bigger battle may be looming for the 2012 fiscal budget with many lawmakers wanting to tackle big-ticket items like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
Boehner said on Friday that a shutdown would undermine Republican goals to cut government spending and that he is not preparing for a shutdown.
"Let's all be honest, if you shut the government down, it'll end up costing more than you save because you interrupt contracts. There are a lot of problems with the idea of shutting the government. It is not the goal. The goal is to cut spending," Boehner told a news conference.
On Friday, several House Republicans said they would resist meeting Democrats in the middle on the size of the cut as they stood on the steps of the Senate. They want to stick to $61 billion in cuts that have already passed the House.
"Anything less than $61 billion is an insult to the problem," said Republican Representative Paul Broun.
Congressional Democrats who saw Republicans punished by voters after a 1995 shutdown when Democrat Bill Clinton was president are eager to place the blame on Republicans this year.
Until Friday, Obama had largely resisted weighing in on the battle.
White House spokesman Jay Carney said Obama chose to do so because a Labor Department report showed a slight decline in the U.S. jobless rate to 8.8 percent and he felt it important to comment on the possibility of a shutdown that he believes could hinder the fragile recovery.
Carney said Obama agrees on the need to cut spending and the $1.4 trillion deficit but wants to do it in a responsible way that protects spending for education, infrastructure and research and development.
He said the two sides appeared to be only a few billion dollars apart.
Democratic and Republican staffers were expected to work through the weekend to lay the legislative groundwork for the deal.


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08 April 2009
Recession Dining: Jacket Potatoes
After decades of reading British literature, watching British movies, and even dabbling in the cookery of the scepter'd isle, I only recently learned about jacket potatoes, the English version of a stuffed baked potato and a favorite of cooking-deficient university students in the land of Shakespeare and Churchill. While we Yanks tend to go crazy with the cheese and sour cream and bacon, Brits will throw damned near anything into a baked potato. This list includes, but is not limited to, canned tuna, spaghetti sauce, leftover Indian food, and cole slaw. Next Fourth of July, sit down the kids and explain that weird potato fillings are a great reason to be thankful for the Revolution.
For my first authentic jacket potato, I decided to go with the classic recipe: butter, cheddar cheese, and canned beans. And of course I picked up an imported can of Heinz Baked Beans, which, if you've ever ordered the "English Breakfast" while abroad, you've probably had cold along with eggs and sausage. The can is so iconic and identifiable that you can easily spot expat Englishmen in the store. When you're shopping for groceries, pay attention. If you see more than two cans of these beans in a cart, walk up and say, "Pardon me, but what part of England are you from?" You'll get one of two answers, either 1) "Gorblimey, I'm from Kentworthingstonshire!" or 2) "How did you know my spouse is British?" Bonus points for grabbing the last can off the shelf to see if the stiff upper lip survived the trip across the pond.
My verdict? Surprisingly delicious. Piling starch on top of starch doesn't sound like a good idea, but somehow it works. And it must be noted that I split this among three people as a side dish, though in theory it's a standard budget dinner for one. I would recommend substituting some other brand of baked beans, and enhancing them with mustard, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, molasses, etc. The old tinned Heinz beans are serviceable but bland if you've been raised on the savory and sumptuous BBQ beans of the South.
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- fredric koeppel said...
no wine?
actually, we pile starch on starch all the time. think about red beans and rice, Hoppin' John (rice and beans), Mexican food that comes with -- ta-dah -- rice and beans, Indian food with lentils and rice.
- 08 April, 2009 07:00
- Samantha Dugan said...
Looks delicious to me, but the starch on starch is comfort food for this Irish girl, raised in SoCal that spent summers in Mexico...rice, beans and tortillas is a favorite breakfasst food around these parts.
Looking forward to eating my fair share of those beans when I head to London, (for the first time) this fall, but I will hit up the English markets to see if I can find them before the trip because that tater looks delicious!
- 08 April, 2009 07:25
- Benito said...
Fredric & Samantha,
Totally agreed on the double starch issue, and I love arroz y frijoles and pasta e fagioli and the dozens of Indian dishes--but in those cases, at least you've got smaller pieces, and thus different textures, flavors, sauces and seasonings between the ingredients, etc. A baked potato is the ultimate chunk o' starch, one big pile of polysaccharide goodness. The last thing I normally want on top of it is more starch, much less white navy beans imported from England.
But despite my misgivings, it worked out well. Also, silly trivia: while canned beans in the US are usually sweetened with high fructose corn syrup (I prefer molasses when making from scratch), these UK beans were sweetened with glucose syrup.
- 08 April, 2009 13:55


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world." Among the men who created the Constitution in Philadelphia during
the summer of 1787, Roger Sherman, a Superior Court Judge, is remembered as
the architect of the Connecticut Compromise.
When the Constitutional Convention became deadlocked over the matter of legislative voting, Sherman proposed a system similar to one he had advocated previously as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1776. The compromise provided for representation in the House of Representatives according to population and in the Senate by equal numbers for each state. Sherman's compromise was adopted on July 16, 1787 by a vote of five states to four, and served not only to save the crumbling convention, but provided stimulus to resolve other issues yet to be decided.
Following ratification of the Constitution, Sherman served first in the House of Representatives and then in the Senate. He died while still a Senator in 1793, and is buried in the Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven, Connecticut.
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Pastor Paul Spanos of Thornbury Community Church, a Church of the Nazarene located in a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, walked into the local council a few years ago and asked how the church could be of help to the needy in the neighborhood. They directed him to the social building where he met the secretary, Mammon, a prominent leader within the Iranian refugee community.
Spanos invited Mammon to speak with the congregation so the two groups could form a partnership. Mammon explained their needs and, since then, she has never left the church.
"By opening our doors to her, she not only brought others with her but also turned the church into a community center," said Britni Green.
Today the church hosts a variety of events and programs for refugees. Most of the refugees come from Iran, but there are also small pockets of Iraqi, Syrian, and Saudi Arabian refugees.
Every month for the past few years, Iranian asylum seekers have gathered within the church hall to celebrate life and friendship. They sing, dance, eat, and fellowship together. This event has become open to all in the community, especially new migrants, and has grown to multiple ethnic groups.
"Since opening our doors to the Iranian refugee community, we have seen more baptisms and blessings than before," Green said. "We have had about 1-2 baptisms every month just within this community. God is working through TCC to reach this community of people who want to feel accepted, involved, and loved."
Over the past four years, the church has collected furniture, large appliances, clothing, and food to distribute to those in need, which has been mostly asylum seekers who arrive in Australia with nothing. TCC distributes bread twice a week, groceries once every two weeks, and goods whenever they are donated and there is a need.
"This creates opportunities to connect with refugees within the community as well as open the church doors to those in need," Green said. "Pastor Paul has even been blessed by being able to pray for some of these families after they received donated furniture."
The church connects with other local organizations to provide the asylum seeker community with free training. This began with free English classes and has now progressed to food handling and barista courses. The intention is to provide certifications for the community, including hair styling and cleaning. The church also provides community safety events, such as fire and police safety.
Since the first barista training course in early 2017, a weekly café has begun providing refugees with support and community members with a place to connect. It runs on donations and all donations go toward helping refugees within the community.
"We provide legal help with immigration, visa paperwork, and notarization for the whole community, but especially those with limited English since they are not as familiar with the Australian system," Green said. "We even go with them to the court or immigration hearings in relation to their visas so that they have support when facing legal decisions, but also moral and physical care from the community."
In 2016, church members began visiting detention centers.
"We visit small groups of refugees from all over the world every week, which has resulted in one baptism within the center," Green said. "We have seen many gain freedom into Australian society and continue to meet with them, but there are many who still need our prayers.
"More recently, we have applied to local governments for community grants in order to provide more events for asylum seekers. This has included a women's cooking class that was six months long and we will begin free swimming lessons and a water safety course toward the end of this year."
This year the church started a Bible study in Farsi in Iranian families' homes. The Bible study is generally done in English with a translator in Farsi and has become a weekly house church with several young families gathering together.
Thornbury Community Church continues to look for new ways to connect with the local community.
"We ask those we know what the community needs and then try to find a way to provide it," Green continued. "If we cannot provide it ourselves, we try to connect them with an organization that can. We have found that by opening our doors to refugees, we have become more than a church. We have become a family and it gives us a glimpse into how heaven will look like: many languages, many cultures, one heart."


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Victim identified as William Philips, 61
A coroner and state police say a 61-year-old man has died after his kayak capsized on a southwestern Pennsylvania river known for its whitewater rapids.
The Fayette County coroner's office says 61-year-old William Philips, of McMurray, died after he went under the water in the Youghiogheny River in Lower Tyrone Township about 1:30 p.m. Monday.
Coroner Dr. Phillip Reilly says he couldn't find a witness to confirm the victim was wearing either a life preserver or a helmet, even though Philips reportedly signed a waiver when he rented the kayak saying that he would wear the safety gear.
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Jerusalem: Israel intensified its bombardment of Gaza, launching air and naval strikes up and down the besieged coastal strip that medical officials say killed 25 and wounded more than 140, while militants from Gaza fired a barrage of rockets at cities in Israel, including Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
Gaza's hospitals were struggling to cope with the flow of seriously injured people, doctors said, with video footage showing Palestinians desperately digging through the rubble of collapsed apartment blocks searching for survivors as ambulance sirens wailed in the distance.
Israel vowed to continue its bombardment and on Tuesday the government of Benjamin Netanyahu approved the call-up of an extra 40,000 reservists in preparation for a possible ground assault.
The IDF said militants from Gaza launched a barrage of more than 100 rockets on Tuesday night, with one long-range missile reaching as far as 99 kilometres into Israel. Some were intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome missile system, others landed in fields or unpopulated areas.
There were no reports of casualties although the attacks sent terrified Israelis running for bomb shelters, with air raid sirens sounding in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv late on Tuesday.
Israeli forces say they prevented an attack by armed Palestinians who crossed from Gaza into Israel, killing five militants in the incident.
The IDF says it had hit "dozens of terror sites across the Gaza Strip, including concealed rocket launchers, launching infrastructures, a weapon storage facility, training bases, terror tunnels' shafts and further targets".
But the pictures coming out of Gaza told another story – that of civilians, including at least eight children according to Defence of Children International, dying along with the militants.
"We are preparing for a battle against Hamas which will not end within a few days," Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon said.
It is the heaviest fighting between Israel's powerful military and militants in Gaza since the eight-day war in November 2012 in which 167 Palestinians, including 87 civilians, and four Israelis were killed.
Tensions escalated sharply last week after the bodies of three Israeli teenagers who had been kidnapped in the occupied West Bank were found, and a Palestinian teenager was abducted and burned to death in what police believe was a revenge attack.
Washington condemned the rocket attacks from Gaza, while the EU's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton condemned both the "indiscriminate fire into Israel by militant groups in the Gaza Strip" and the "growing number of civilian casualties, reportedly among them children, caused by Israeli retaliatory fire". She called on Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza "to do their utmost to achieve an immediate ceasefire".
Palestinian media reported that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi had called Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and pledged to work on a ceasefire, although there are no signs that hostilities will end any time soon.
Israeli forces killed six children when a missile struck the home of alleged Hamas activist Odeh Ahmad Kaware in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, Defence of Children International reported.
The five families living in the building evacuated after an Israeli aerial drone fired a warning missile, however a number of neighbours gathered on the roof in an effort to prevent the bombing.
Despite their presence, an Israeli air strike levelled the building, killing seven people including the six children and injuring 28 others.
Others killed in the air raids included four Hamas members who died in Gaza City when their car was struck, including Mohammed Shaaban, a senior militant.
Mr Netanyahu said "Hamas bears full responsibility for any harm that comes to Israeli and Palestinian civilians alike": "In recent days, Hamas terrorists have fired hundreds of rockets at Israel's civilians. No other country lives under such a threat, and no country would accept such a threat."
But some citizens in southern Israel begged their government to avoid further escalation, saying air strikes would only lead to more civilian deaths on both sides.
Julia Chaitin, who for 41 years has lived on Kibbutz Urim, 14 kilometres from the border with Gaza, described life as "insufferable and dangerous".
"As a resident of the region, it is extremely important to me that people on both sides of the border will have peace and quiet and the real possibility to live lives of dignity without existential fear," she wrote in a letter to the Israeli parliament this week.
Like many Israelis living close to the Gaza border, Ms Chaitan, who represents the Israeli non-governmental organisation Other Voice, hears both the Israeli air strikes on Gaza and the rockets fired on Israel from Gaza.
"It is all around me," she said. "We have been trying to maintain contact with our friends in Gaza but it is difficult to keep communications going."
On the other side of the border, Palestinians described the constant bombardment that shook buildings and shattered windows throughout Gaza – a 42-kilometre long strip that is under a sustained land, air and sea blockade from Israel that prevents most of Gaza's 1.7 million population from leaving.
Egypt has also kept its border with Gaza closed for most of the last year, although it announced it would open the Rafah Crossing to allow Gazans critically injured in the Israeli attacks to reach medical help.
"There has been no respite, not even for one hour," said Nasser, a student, speaking on the phone from his home in Gaza City. "They are hitting all over Gaza, there seems to be no area that's been spared."
"Shattered windows, terrified children, we are on the floor," Dr Mona Qasim al-Farra said from her home near the Gaza Port.
"Right now it is Ramadan, the month of fasting, and an increasing number of families have difficulty to get basic food, survival is a constant fight. The military operation continues with threats of its expansion in the coming few days, and no news about any ceasefire."
In a letter to the United Nations, Palestinian ambassador Riyad Mansour called on the UN Security Council to act against Israel's bombardment.
"The intensification of Israel's aggression against the 1.7 million Palestinians imprisoned in the Gaza Strip by Israel's immoral blockade threatens to further destabilise the dangerous situation on the ground and fully ignite yet another round of deadly violence," Dr Mansour wrote.


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1. What's your name & Your Company Name: My name is Milly Tunnell and my company is SecondSpringSoaps
2. Why did you decide to go into business? What was your motivation? How long have you been in business? I have always dreamed of owning my own business, and ever since I was little, I have admired the artists and craftspeople that I saw selling their handmade goods at craft shows. I have always romanticized the idea of making something with my hands and having someone pay money for it. After I started making soap for me and my family, and getting rave reviews from friends and extended family, I decided to take the leap into the world of business and started selling on Etsy. I have been in business for a year and a half, and it has been a huge success for me!
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Today I want to work on a file, but I want to focus on the records that Ancestry.com has on this file that I have in FTM2014. I want to go and harvest those "low hanging fruit" / hints that we see in both FTM2014 and the linked Ancestry Member Tree (AMT).
I see these shaky leaves in the People Workspace, Tree View.
In this view, there are 4 people with shaky leaves.What it doesn't show is what types of hints are there; how many each has, and who else might have hints. In other words, I want a work list for the task at hand. Of the 47 people in this file, WHO has hints.
What about a list that is in the AMT ?
I go to the Plan Workspace and click on the Link to the associated / linked AMT for this file.
Clicking on that link in FTM2014 will take me to the AMT. Selecting "Tree Pages" and All Hints, I will see a list of all hints, from the AMT point of view.
This will bring up that list of people with hints.
Of the 47 people in this AMT (FTM2014 file) 29 people have hints. 29 hints from other Ancestry Member Trees, 34 are for Records on Ancestry, for a total of 63 Hints.
This list has the Name in the left column and the number of Hints in the right.
But, how to print that list. Simple, CTRL+P. I now have that ToDo list to work from. Since I printed it, I am going to mark it up. I'll start with the person with the most hints and work from there. BUT, I'll work on this from within FTM2014.
NOTE: Not all hints in the AMT will be in FTM2014. In the Tools, Options Menu, I do NOT show hints from other AMTs. I have them turned off for now.
I am off to look for those 34 Records and do a Web Merge as appropriate.
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I don't know when someone is supposed to tell their resolutions; before New Year's, right before the ball drops, after the ball drops? Anyway, I need something to post, so might as well post them now. You may post yours if you like.
- Learn to play the harmonica.
- Expand my hat collection.
- Collect family stories.
- Try more in school.
- Take better care of myself.
- Try to be more sympathetic.