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Last edit : I am not playing ROTKXI anymore and I have abandoned this program. However, the program (v1.06) should still be available here:
and the source code for version 1.06 should be here:
Hello everyone !
I have been working recently on a project that would allow us to play new ROTK11 Scenarios. Once, I discovered a random scenario creator on chinese ROTK11 forums. I decided to make one myself and a few days ago I spent a good amount of time programing a Python script that I am going to shortly present to you. In its current form, it is able to open a scenario file (SCEN0XX.S11, XX between 00 and 16) and turn it into a fully randomized scenario with a bunch of custom features that you can select.
I present you RandOTK11 v1.07
RandOTK11 v1.06
-- Features --
Supports Chinese, Japanese and English scenarios
Graphical User Interface !
Choose the starting year
Choose either historical or random leaders
Choose the number of forces and free cities
Choose how the forces share the cities
Choose to randomize the research level
Choose the IA Behavior : aggressive, moderate or random
Choose to add alliances or not
Change the officers lifespans, relationships, stats, weapons APT and skills randomly
Distribute randomly items among leaders and cities
Either spread cities owned by forces or only have neighboring cities distributed to each force
-- Possible Upcoming Features --
Feel free to suggest features for this program. I will see if they can easily be implemented.
Now to the main point : If I want to use it, how does it work ?!?
1) You need to download and install a program that can run Python 3.x scripts. I would suggest downloading the latest version of Python (3.4.2), since I developped this program with it. You can find it for free here:
https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.4.2 ... -3.4.2.msi
(From the website: Python is a programming language that lets you work more quickly and integrate your systems more effectively. It is powerful... and fast; plays well with others; runs everywhere; is friendly & easy to learn; is Open.)
2) Once you have installed Python (or anything that can execute a Python program), please download RandOTK11.py which you can find HERE.
or the source code here, that you can copy, paste and save into a .txt file:
http://pastebin.com/9gXKy7jz (v1.06)
http://pastebin.com/SgANJeGR (1.05)
http://pastebin.com/X4375xd3 (v1.04)
http://pastebin.com/060D0UdJ (v1.03)
http://pastebin.com/uEe9DDLq (1.02)
http://pastebin.com/auY7pMVH (1.01)
http://pastebin.com/S9L2QzeT (v1.00)
3) Now, if you are using Python there are two ways to launch the program:
3.a) Go to your desktop and click: Start --> Programs --> Python 3.4 --> IDLE (Python 3.4 GUI)
Next, click on: File --> Open... and open the script RandOTK11.py
Then, go to: Run --> Run Module or simply press F5
3.b) Simply double click on the RandOTK11.py to launch it up with Python
4) A GUI should open up and look like this :
All you have to do is open a scenario file and enter your parameters. Then click Randomize button, and there you go ! When you are finished you can just use the Exit button to close the program. The file is automatically saved.
WARNING ! The previous scenario file will be lost ! Make sure you have a copy before randomizing !
... And that's it ! You should now be able to open and play your randomized scenario in-game ! I hope you'll have fun with it !
How the code actually works is quickly described HERE.
EDIT: I have already found a few bugs, and among them is one that will just create a blank scenario instead of a randomized one. Until I can find and fix this bug , I suggest you just re-launch the program and give it another try. I'll try to update it as soon as possible!
EDIT 2: Updated to v1.01 with a bunch of new features.
EDIT 3: Updated to v1.02 with a small GUI.
EDIT 4: Updated to v1.03, added options to randomize lifespans and city distribution, fixed a few bugs.
EDIT 5: Updated to v1.04 with japanese and chinese scenarios now supported !
EDIT 6: Updated to v1.05 with new item randomizer and a bit more balanced officer randomizer. Fixed a few bugs.
EDIT 7: Updated to v1.06 with a bunch of new features.


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The coach builders at Fioravanti have been caught testing a restyled Ferrari F430 this weekend at Fiorano.That would explain the lack of any camouflage, as the creation is likely a one-off built for rich customer as part of Ferrari's recently publicized effort to offer "whatever the hell you want" bespoke cars to those willing to shell out the necessary cash. The body looks to have been completely re-done, but are any power upgrades lurking under that retro-cool skin?
It's hard to tell exactly what mechanical modifications, if any, are on this special Ferrari. The wheels appear to be identical to those on the 430 Scuderia, so the engine may be the Scuderia's up-powered 510 HP V8. Of course, if the owner really wants more power, he could always bolt-on a Novitec Rosso twin-supercharger kit, but that's not really the point here. Whoever commissioned this creation was probably more interested in turning heads than turning laps.
Jalopnik Snap Judgment: All hail the era of random Ferraris lapping the Fiorano track as more buyers with the bucks to spend make the decision they'd like something special of their very own. [via Autoblog.nl]

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RT @HowardBeckNYT: Link: Knicks Are Said to Be Favorites to Acquire Raptors' Bargnani - http://t.co/dZUvBUdhea
— Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) June 30, 2013
Raptors fans have always been a bit jaded since the trade that was suppose to send Jose Calderon to the Bobcats fell apart. However this appears to be getting as close to a done deal as it gets.
Toronto is finalizing agreement to send Andrea Bargnani to Knicks for Marcus Camby, Steve Novak and 2016 first-round pick, sources tell Y!and
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) June 30, 2013
"@HowardBeckNYT: UPDATE: Knicks and Raptors have agreed to deal to send Bargnani to New York. Awaiting league approval."So all that stands from Masai Ujiri becoming an instant hero to Raptors fans is League Approval and a press release. When you consider how quickly this has come together you have to question if Bryan Colangelo was ever really willing to move Andrea Bargnani. Novak would add a three point shooter the Raptors could use. If Camby returns to the team that drafted him he could be a great mentor for Jonas Valaciunas and as the cherry on top of this unbelievable Sunday a first round pick in 2016 that I would assume will be lottery protected.
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Raptors fans your long nightmare that has been Andrea Bargnani may be just hours away from becoming a reality. Truly the best Canada Day gift that one could every hope for.


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Proof by logic
Logic is a fantastic tool for guiding one's investigations into reality, however, sometimes people don't understand it's application to the practicalities of reality, and its limitations.
One of the frequent theistic attempts at demonstrating their god, is a method known as proof by logic, or "logicing God into existence". The basic idea is that, devoid of any empirical evidence demonstrating the existence of the god, they will attempt to prove the existence using nothing but logical arguments.
- God is love. Love exists. Therefore, God exists.
- Logic exists as a concept that requires a mind. Logic transcends human minds, so a transcendent mind must exist to hold that concept. That transcendent mind is God.
- Everything that began to exist has a cause. The universe began to exist, therefore has to have a cause. Since we need a starting point, as opposed to an infinite regress, that cause is the "uncaused cause", which could only be God.
- "Concepts existed before us. Concepts require a mind. That mind is God."[1]
None of these are confirmed true, and they rely on axioms that are dubious.
Sometimes, people believe that if an argument is logically sound (described as "logical"), it must therefore be true; for instance, that creationism is true because it's logical.
It's important to note that the concept of "proof" only really exists in math as an absolute claim. Once we start examining reality, the mathematical concept can only be used to approximate. For instance, one can define a perfect circle within mathematics, but we are incapable of creating a physically perfect circle in reality.
A perfect circle is defined as a set of points (in a 2D plane) that are equidistant to a center point.
If we're drawing on paper, and one of the atoms is off by a billionth of a billionth of a billionth of the diameter of an electron, the circle is no longer perfect, because one of the atoms is not exactly equidistant with the other atoms. Logical claims versus reality have similar issues.
There's a number of ways, overall, in which proofs by logic are dubious.
Validity of Premises
The primary reason why these arguments fail is because the premises of a logical argument must be 100% umambiguously correct, valid, and unassumed. Each premise must be demonstrably true. They never are.
For instance, the Kalam cosmological argument makes the following undemonstrated assumptions:
- Everything has a cause - have they checked everything in existence to make sure it has a cause?
- The universe couldn't be eternal - voiding the "began to exist" clause.
- Even if the universe had a cause, that therefore it had to be intelligent, as opposed to another natural mechanism.
- That in reality, it's an endless cycle of universes, etc.
This argument cannot possibly work, because it relies on assumptions being plugged into the required logical premises. The fact is, we have little to no information about what happened "before" the big bang, or even have a complete understanding of causality beyond our simplified Earthly understanding of how things work. Just like we couldn't extend Newtonian mechanics into approaching-the-speed-of-light speeds, we aren't justified in extending our current laws of physics into the extremes, as discussed in this argument, where the laws break.
Limitations of Common Sense
Not only does "common sense" not work in all situations, but in advanced sciences, rarely ever works, because we're digging deeper into realms that aren't "common" to our understanding yet.
Limitations of Current Knowledge
Ultimately, the only way that logical proofs can work outside of mathematics is if one is omniscient. As it stands, we could discover and learn something new about reality tomorrow that demolishes one of the premises to a logical syllogism. As theists frequently point out, this happens in science. Thus, we cannot rely on the premises to be wholly accurate, but rather, a tentative assessment of what we currently know for the moment. The absolute logical arguments then fail because of that.
Logic, as applied to reality, works best as a guide to investigation, not as an end-all proof for claims.
Logic and the Scientific Method
Typically, when attempting to build a theory with the scientific method, the process follows a basic pattern:
- Observe a phenomenon and gather information.
- Using logic and analysis, propose a model that describes the phenomenon.
- Using logic, propose a series of testable hypotheses to validate the model, possibly falsify the model, and exclude other explanations.
- Test hypotheses, and return to #1 with results to revise model, until model converges on a stable answer.
- Theory is now well supported ("proved").
One example is the history of our knowledge about black holes. For a long time, all the evidence we had regarding gravity and light seemed to point to this idea that a star can be so massive that light couldn't escape. It wasn't until we had tested hypotheses, with empirical evidence, that the scientific community accepted that black holes were real. We didn't stop at making a logical argument for black holes, stop there, and assume we've proven they exist, even though the logical argument was very compelling.
A proof by logic follows the following basic pattern:
- Observe a phenomenon and gather information.
- Using logic, propose an explanation that describes the phenomenon, using bits of data that appear to fit the argument.
- Make no attempt to confirm the argument, or exclude it from other possibilities.
- Assertion is now "proved".
People making this error end up simply skipping the most important part of the scientific method - testing and revision. Even more importantly, they often make no attempt to find ways to falsify their claims, which is critical in science. In this way, proofs by logic are functionally very similar to conspiracy theories.
- ↑ The Atheist Experience, episode #680, Caller quote at 0:14:30


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Jarring history: Virginia's past a la Krueger
I don't want to go back to high school. No one I know wants to go back to high school. However, this isn't the case with a few new Peggy Sue Got Married-style shows on the big networks, and also for Michael Krueger, who also seems to think it's a good idea.
Not just high school in concept, but Krueger's own high school self looms over his somewhat Virginia-themed exhibit at Second Street, "Everyday Alchemy." The artist, a University of Kansas professor, unearths his old high school notebooks and uses them as inspiration for his own aesthetic, and then does himself one better as he actually incorporates pages from his notebooks into his work.
The high school-ization of Krueger's artwork begins with a series of pencil drawings done in red, blue, and good old gray/black #2 lead pencil. These dioramas certainly look like the work of a daydreaming study hall artist, though drawn with a steadier, trained hand. As with many notebook sketches, there are images of people and vehicles rendered in thick, hard-pressed pencil stroke.
Krueger's imagination, though, comes tempered with irony and laden with Virginia historical elements. In "Ubiquitous Histories: Washington's Double," George Washington appears to be crossing a pond in a motorboat, surrounded by anachronistic elements such as downed telephone poles, a half-buried woolly mammoth, and a fleet of helicopters. What appear to be perspective lines (though they have little to do with the perspective of the drawings) run across Krueger's scenes like refugees from Art 1.
A fair amount of the remainder of the exhibit is left to Krueger's plates– as in the kind you eat from when we're not in a drought– decorated with china paint and hung on the gallery wall. The plates all have images that you wouldn't expect to pop up beneath a cube of mac and cheese. Krueger includes odd elements, like a vomiting lion, as well as pop cultural artifacts from his youth, such as characters from the video game Pac Man.
And with these plates, Krueger has just about filled this exhibit to capacity with self-consciously clever art. People will like "Everyday Alchemy," because it's sorta funny in that doesn't-make-you-laugh kinda way. But it's also too easy, and does little besides further cluttering an already crowded pop culture universe.
At the Second Street Gallery, Michael Krueger's "Everyday Alchemy," an exhibit of recent prints, drawings, and small sculptures, many taking Virginia history as their subject matter, is on view. 201 Second St. NW. 977-7284.


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Consider the usual sine function $\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$. Is there some (single) group structure we can put on $\mathbb{R}$ with respect to which sine becomes a homomorphism?
I suspect the answer is either no for a trivial reason, or yes by a simple set-theoretic argument (probably providing a great many such group structures of no interest).
This latter seems plausible if I can "replace" the reals (and the sine function) by some arbitrary equal-sized set (and sufficiently similar function). Indeed, if I only asked that we have a pair of group structures $*_1$ and $*_2$ so that sine is a homomorphism from one to the other, then such an argument does go through (if I'm not mistaken).
So I'm putting this question forward mostly in case there's a pleasant surprise. Depending on the answer, one could of course ask for further restrictions (abelian, continuous (probably impossible), torsion, torsion-free etc), but for now I'll leave as is.


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My husband and I are a little paranoid when it comes to the sun. Both of us are covered in moles and when we found out I was expecting we used to joke that I would give birth to one big mole! I also (despite being dark eyed and dark haired) have very pale skin and just burn. There is very little point in me attempting a tan, because I go red, burn and peel. Protecting my skin is priority because I am sure we can all remember a time of burned backs of the legs, tops of the shoulder or your nose and its not fun or pretty!
My children, except chilled out boy have inherited my paleness. Gone are the days when babies were kept out in the pram all day baking away and getting browner by the second. Gone are the days of basting ourselves in baby oil and cooking fat! We know too much now. Skin cancer cases are still on the rise according to cancer research UK with up to 10,000 people a year developing malignant melanoma.
am not prepared to take that risk with my children. Sun protection is vital.
So when I was asked to try out Ultrasun Ultra protection sun creams and aftersun I could not refuse.
The idea behind Ultrasun is that it is for the whole family, babies (even from birth), toddlers kids and adults and that it gives you protection in one application. I was given the factor 30SPF (100ml), factor 50SPF (100ml) and the aftersun (150ml) to try out.
All of the products are free from perfume, emulsifiers (which normally allow oil and water to mix) and preservatives so reduces the risk of allergy and is therefore suitable for sensitive skin. Chilled out boy has eczema so I was a little concerned when using sun cream, or in fact any cream before, but this has not aggravated the condition.
All of them come in airless pump dispensers making the application easy and controlled. You don't end up with endless amounts of cream that you are trying to smear in and lots of waste.
The creams themselves do not have any odour at all, and are quite thin so smooth in easily. They do not leave a residue or feel sticky and are not greasy at all. My little ones have run straight out to the sand pit after application and have not come in caked in sand, so I see that as a positive.
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Heritage Resources contributes to "Grit" exhibit at Seattle's Wing Luke Museum
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Western Libraries Heritage Resources is pleased to be a Project Contributor on a new exhibition from the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience in Seattle, WA. The exhibit, entitled Grit: Asian Pacific Pioneers Across the Northwest, "uncovers the true stories of the men and women who migrated to the region from the Asia Pacific," and "reminds us of Asian Pacific Americans' long history of fortitude and resilience as they established communities in the Pacific Northwest." One of the featured stories is that of Lummi/Hawaiian fiddler Charley Kahana and the exhibit includes images of Kahana drawn from the Howard E. Buswell collection at Heritage Resources' own Center for Pacific Northwest Studies.
Grit opened on December 12, 2013 and runs through October 19, 2014. The Wing Luke is a Smithsonian Affiliate in partnership with the Smithsonian Institution.


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If you're a big media outlet whose sole job is to look cool and hip then you really shouldn't tangle with a top-notch, widely popular comedian with a big-ass network microphone. That's a new rule I just made up.
Stephen Colbert has been hyping the appearance of Daft Punk on his show, The Colbert Report, for weeks, so imagine the surprise when he opened his show last night and announced that Daft Punk would not be appearing because MTV, a fellow Viacom subsidiary, didn't want Daft Punk's surprise appearance at the VMAs in a month's time to be undermined by them going on a different show beforehand. It was incredibly lame logic on MTV's part, and it put Daft Punk in the sad position of having to choose between their VMA appearance and performing on the Report, but it put Colbert in an even worse position—he had to break a promise (and not just to viewers but sponsors, too) on air.
The result, though, is comedy gold. Colbert's opening monologue is BRILLIANT, calling out MTV, and then proceeding to not only ruin the VMA surprise ("…but don't tell anybody because no one told me until two hours ago"), but shading MTV honcho Van Toffler and reading aloud the email Toffler expressly didn't want Colbert to share. You know, the one that exposes Toffler as a massive tool and a middle-aged man who still refers to his "peeps" and "feels funky" about things.
Since Daft Punk backed out, Colbert ended up having a "Get Lucky" dance party aided by a bunch of celebrity friends—and a Matt Damn Booth—and then Robin Thicke came out to perform "Blurred Lines". MTV tried to screw Stephen Colbert and he ended up junk-punching them into eternity. See for yourself.


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In September ESPN columnist Rick Reilly wrote a column arguing that the movement to get the Washington Redskins to change their name was one not being driven by Native Americans.
In the column, he cited a conversation he had with his father-in-law, Bob Burns, who is a member of the Blackfeet tribe, a conversation in which Reilly said Burns told him "the whole issue is so silly to me."
Now, in an essay published on the Indian Country Today Media Network website, Burns says he was misquoted.
Burns writes: "When Rick's article came out, it upset me to be portrayed as an 'Uncle Tom' in support of this racial slur," wrote Burns. "I asked him to correct the record. He has not, so I must do it myself."
Burns took issue with Reilly quoting him as saying "the whole issue is so silly. The name just doesn't bother me much. It's an issue that shouldn't be an issue, not with all the problems we've got in this country."
From Indian Country Today:
"But that's not what I said.
What I actually said is that 'it's silly in this day and age that this should even be a battle — if the name offends someone, change it.' He failed to include my comments that the term 'redskins' demeans Indians, andhistorically [sic] is insulting and offensive, and that I firmly believe the Washington Redskins should change their name."
Burns continued:
"Let me be clear: The racial slur 'redskins' is not okay with me. It's never going to be okay with me. It's inappropriate, damaging and racist. In the memory of our Blackfeet relatives, it's time to change the name. That would honor us."
On Thursday evening, Reilly addressed the issue on Twitter.
"While I stand by the reporting in my Sept. 18 column about the Washington Redskins nickname controversy, and felt I accurately quoted my father-in-law in the piece, clearly he feels differently. This is an incredibly sensitive issue, and Bob felt he had more to say on the subject after that column was posted on ESPN.com. We've spoken and cleared this up. I admire Bob and respect his opinions, and he's welcome to express them. Bob and I are good and I'm looking forward to my next steak with him."


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Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Javelina Jundred 100 Mile Trail Run Report
I'm so glad I was able to take part in Javelina Jundred 2009! Sometimes when high expectations are placed on an event there can be a let down, but JJ did not disappoint. The whole event was fabulous fun in the sun.
I flew into Phoenix on Friday, visiting the packet pick up at race headquarters, called Javelina Junction. By coincidence I seated myself next to Mary Croft and Wally Goettel of Minnesota. I knew they were going to be at the race but really wasn't sure if I would recognize them. As I introduced myself to the runners on my left they overheard me on my right and introduced themselves. Small world!
The race start temperature was a balmy 49F. I wore a tank top and skirt with the Moeben sleeves I received from last year's JJ. They were perfect! As the sunrise took place and I warmed up I was able to roll them down to my wrists. During the night I rolled them back up. What a great idea for Shannon to come up with.
I read the notes I had made from last year's race, telling me not to bother with a flashlight at the start. I'm glad I took notes! About 5 minutes past the start the sky began to lighten up. It was going to be a beautiful day. I could feel it.
There were many runners dressed in Halloween costumes; Bumble Bees, Butterflies, Batwoman, Militia, Goddesses, Gods, it was pretty cool. I can't imagine wearing those extra items for 30 hours. My own clothing becomes cumbersome during 100s! There was a girl who took pictures all along the course, throughout the whole race at the runners coming toward her. I carried my cameral for one loop and couldn't wait to stash it in my drop bag.
Javelina Jundred is a 15.5 mile loop that is run alternating directions, 6 times with an additional 9 mile loop at the end for a total of 101.8 miles. The start/finish is called Javelina Junction where the huge start/finish/aid/camping/results/drop bags are placed. Coyote and Jackass Junction are the two smaller aid stations placed at 5 mile intervals. The course is a constant climb or downhill. You pretty much run up the mountain for 7 miles, run rolling hills for a mile and run down the mountain for 7 miles. There isn't any flat trail at all. The trail is made up of sandy soils, some compacted, some loose and beachy with lots of rocks in some sections. There aren't any roots. There isn't any shade, it is totally exposed with a backdrop of mountains and cactus. It's really quite pretty and so different to what I am accustomed to.
I went into the race with a few goals. One, as always, to pull out a finish, and two, to really race it, beat last year's time of 23:15 or so. I'd try. The first loop went very well. I was feeling good, running well and I didn't feel too warm. I went out faster than I did last year, but was still running within myself. I didn't feel like I was overdoing it. I was keeping track of my splits and had a pace chart with me. I was sure to drink a full 24 oz of water between each aid station and while at the aid station I would gulp down another 10 oz of ice cold water. It felt refreshing and wonderful.
Nutrition: In July I began to eat an all vegan diet and by August I was eating mostly raw vegan. For Leanhorse 100 I added vegan items (oatmeal, cooked sweet potato) and had difficulty finding good food. Because I had to leave my cooler of food behind, as there wasn't room for it in Tom and Nancy's vehicle, I was dependant upon area supermarkets and restaurants which were not vegan/raw friendly. I wasn't going to let that happen again. Live and learn, right? This time I made room for my Vitamix and researched markets in Scottsdale. I knew that I could find fresh produce. I bought a cheap cooler/ice packs at a Scottsdale Target so was able to mix and store my smoothies/juices before the race. I had pre-race items, race and post race items. Spinach, dates, bananas, nuts, mango, ginger root, lemon, etc. I was all set nutritionally. I decided not to use gels but rely on my raw foods instead. This would be the first time as for Leanhorse I used gels in addition to bananas and raisins. A bit scary but I wanted to test this out.
The aid stations had watermelon, bananas and oranges which I was able to use at Coyote and Jackass. I had my cooler at Javelina Headquarters, drinking smoothies every lap. They didn't upset my stomach and gave me plenty of energy. I was a bit nervous as I hadn't put this nutrition into practice at another 100 mile race; only training runs.
As I came into Lap 1 I was on 21 hour pace; a little fast but I felt fine. Lap 2 and 3 and I was still on pace, feeling fine. My feet didn't hurt, I wasn't too warm, there was plenty of ice on course. I was impressed with all that was offered as aid. I saw S Caps, crystallized ginger, ginger chews and capsules, tums, pepcid; all that one might need.
During Lap 3 the moonrise took place. It was so awesome! As the moon began to rise the coyotes began to howl. I just stood still, stunned. I heard them much more loudly this year than last. They were only a few feet away. I saw a pack of 12 and stopped dead in my tracks. I looked back and saw two men way in back of me. I waited for them. As they approached I told them I was a chicken and that I would follow them. We talked a bit and then they just trotted on down the hill and the coyotes scattered. I followed on their heels. The howling took place all night long!
At 45 miles I was starting to feel hungry. I came into JH and ate a ton of watermelon. It was so good; cold and wet. I couldn't believe I was already at 45 miles. It didn't seem that I had been running for so long. I was almost half way to the finish! I slurped back a spinach/banana smoothie and headed back out on the trail.
The next loop wasn't so great. I began to feel tired and my skin was hot and chapped. I cold feel sunburn on my neck and my lips were raw. I began to talk negatively to myself and forgot that I should be celebrating the fact that I was out in beautiful Arizona, running the Javelina Jundred. Funny how things can change so quickly!
As I came into mile 60 I grabbed my iPod, hoping that the diversion would get me out of my funk. I was now on pace for 22 hours. Fine by me! I looked around to see if I could find another runner that I could hook up with but there was nobody going back out. Lots of runners dropped out at 60 miles. There were tons of them dropping. It was depressing. I had to get out of there. I walked over to my drop bag and took my headlamp and another smoothie. Before I knew it I was back out on the trails thinking about mile 75.
My music helped me, before I knew it I was having positive thoughts and ready to run hard again. I began to pass quite a few people and with each person I passed I felt a bit more motivation to go and catch the next one. It was something to engage my mind for a while. As I approached two guys running side by side they laughed at one another and told me that I was kicking their asses. I had to pass them and make sure I beat them to the finish!
I thought I could feel a vibration under my feet, upon the ground. I turned off my iPod and heard and felt this thundering noise. I just stood there, wondering what in the world was coming toward me. Pretty soon a group of 15 horses came into view! I had seen droppings from them all day long but had never had a view of them until now. They were on the trail, blocking my path. Again, I just stood there, waiting for someone else to scare them off the trail or waiting for them to leave. I wasn't sure what to do so I began to talk with them, hoping they would soon leave. I looked back and nobody was in sight. I began to walk slowly toward them, talking to them in a sing-song voice like I do to Topaz. The just stood there looking at me, twitching their ears back and forth. I could tell they weren't going to charge me or anything. I made sure that my light wasn't in their eyes and slowly walked through the herd. They just twitched their ears back and forth and didn't even pay any attention to me. I was being foolish for feeling fear.
For some reason the landscape made me feel very spiritual. I think it was the landscape that made me feel this way. I don't know if it was the vegetation that was minimal, the mountains, the sun, the cactus, the full bright moon in the sky; or if it was the silence of the course, rarely was I running with anyone, I guess I don't know what it was for sure, or what it was for sure. But many times I felt in awe of my surroundings and so thankful that I was able to be there, thanking whoever it was for creating such a lovely place and putting me there to enjoy it. I felt peaceful and full of joy. It was a wonderful feeling.
Mile 75 and I was tired, like sleepy tired. I normally consume Hammergel Espresso gels during 100s, and one every 30 minutes for the first 12 hours, but since I was running this one raw I was relying on whole foods only. My eyelids had become heavy and I felt like I could take a nap! There wasn't any place to lay upon the trail as the cactus grew right to the trail-I would have to lay in pickers. No thanks. At mile 75 I decided I had to lay down for a bit. I knew that I would no longer be on pace for a PR but didn't want to fall asleep on the trail either or while I was running. I filled up my bottle, grabbed a smoothie, a change of clothes and headed for my car. My lovely red down blanket was in my car. I set the timer on my iPhone and covered myself up. I fell asleep instantly. Before I knew it my timer was sounding and it was time to get a move on.
I wasn't stiff at all from my rest, I felt refreshed and ready to move on out and finish up the last long lap. Oh thank god, I was ready to be done! I felt like I had new life in my legs as I ran my last long loop. I again was able to pass many people on the trail but I noticed that there were even less runners than during my last lap. So many runners go out too fast early, then burn up in the heat and have to drop. I'm just amazed at the drop rate. There was only a 40% finishing rate. Crazy.
As I came into mile 90 I was so excited. Oh, Jamil, place that necklace around my neck and let me get this party started! Jamil clasped the glow in the dark necklace upon me signifying I was on the last loop, the short loop, only 9 miles left! Amen.
I ran out of JH, passing a runner upon the trail. He began to talk in a quiet voice "Your running strong, I'm not. Your going to beat me. Oh man. Yup, your going to beat me" I just smiled and said I'd see him at the finish. I didn't really see anyone else going out on this last loop, I saw many that were coming in to get their necklace.
As I was climbing up to Coyote I came upon Stephanie from AZ. I had seen her upon the course earlier and learned that she read my race report from last year and that this was her first 100. She asked how was it that I was passing her? I told her I had wheels upon my shoes! It was all that I could think of for a response. Congratulations, Stephanie on your first 100 mile finish! Way to go!!
I arrived Coyote for the final time, filling up my bottle with water and then headed down Tonto Tank trail for the finish. Tonto is an all downhill, sandy trail that I was able to bomb down last year. My sides were now killing me and I was lucky I could jog down the trail. Down down down I ran, the sun rising in the sky. I had hoped to finish before the sun rise but alas, I didn't make it. I was fine with this. I ran hard, raced well and gave it what I could on this day.
My finish time was 24:38; 3rd in my age group, 7th girl of 41. What a blast! Thank you to all of the volunteers and of course Jamil, for making this race a fantastic one.
I don't have any pain, stiffness or swelling. I was able to take Topaz for a little run this morning; I can't believe how minimal recovery has become. I think this is due in large part to the nutrition I am currently eating. My body loves live plants!
Congratulations to all of the runners at Javelina Jundred. I feel honored to have shared the race with you!
6 comments:
Way to go Julie! Another awesome race. You ran a great time even with a nap thrown in... Have you ever slept in a 100 before? I thought I would at Heartland but just drank Starbucks DoubleShots and never got sleepy. Is caffeine allowed though on a vegan diet?
I can also relate to the feelings you had in the spiritual sense. God is an amazing artist! I'm glad you are relishing all this, Brent
- Kel said...
Sounds like an incredible adventure Julie! Congratulations on completing another fine race :)
- SteveQ said...
No pain, stiffness or swelling? Maybe I should've run 100 miles; I've got all three without running.
Congrats, BTW.
- Unknown said...
Congratulations Julie. You are such an inspiration. I ran my first marathon last week but hope to run longer races in the future. I eat a 95% vegan diet and love reading your posts. Well done again. Sounds like an amazing race.
- Karen G said...
Congrats Julie- great report, Very inspirational.
- Julie B said...
Thank you , everyone. I have never slept during a 100 before, nor have I ever felt sleepy. This has to be due to caffienated gels. Hammergel is vegan friendly but not raw .


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EU Parliament calls on Japan to stop whaling or risk harpooning trade talks
IFAW | Thursday, October 25, 2012
EU Parliament calls on Japan to stop whaling or risk harpooning trade talks
The European Parliament today called for an end to Japanese so-called 'scientific whaling' as part of a resolution on EU-Japan trade talks. The adopted text notes the serious divergences between the EU and Japan on issues related to the management of fisheries and whaling, notably Japan's whaling under the guise of science.
This news was welcomed by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW - www.ifaw.org).
The resolution calls on the EU Council to authorize the Commission to begin free trade negotiations with Japan. In June Parliament requested that the Council hold its decision on the matter until Parliament has expressed its views.
"Parliament could not be clearer in their priorities," said Barbara Slee IFAW Political Officer. "They are in favour of trade and growth with trade partners who fulfil their international obligations like respecting the ban on commercial whaling."
Since the passage of the Lisbon Treaty all trade agreements need to be approved by the European Parliament.
"This is wonderful news for whales who face more threats now than ever before," continued Slee. "The Commission now has extremely clear instructions. The most direct path to successful negotiations is for Japan to take note of the EU's stated goal of an end to so-called scientific whaling and the creation of a sanctuary."
"Today the European Parliament reiterated its total opposition to commercial and so-called scientific whaling," said MEP David Martin." As the EU comes closer to launching negotiations with Japan for a free trade agreement we call on Japan to review its whaling strategy and respect the global ban on this outdated and barbaric practice."
Since 1987 Japan has killed more than 13,000 whales in its two 'scientific whaling' programs.
"The EU supports the global ban on commercial whaling and this trade deal must reflect this position.," concluded Slee.
A 2009 Copenhagen Economics study showed potential export gains from a free trade agreement to be €43bn for the EU and €53bn for Japan.


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Paathshala props donated to needy schools
Posted by: fenilseta on: December 31, 2009
Producer Ahmed Khan and lead actor Shahid Kapoor have donated school utilities used for their film to three schools that needed them
Although choreographer-turned-producer Ahmed Khan's Paathshala's shooting is over, the props used for the film's shooting are still in use. Ahmed and Shahid Kapoor, the film's lead actor, donated the props used for the film – school bags, notebooks, benches and stationery to three needy schools teaching underprivileged children. The film is directed by Milind Ukey.
Paathshala deals with contemporary and socially relevant issues regarding children's education. Ahmed had erected a massive set of a school at Film City where classrooms, dormitories, the principal's cabin, staff rooms, huge corridors, a basket ball court, garden, assembly hall, music room and canteen were recreated.
Ahmed says, "We had several benches, school uniforms, school bags, notebooks and stationery that we used for the film. After the shooting, we decided to donate all these basic school utility items to the underprivileged kids studying in schools."
The items have been donated to two schools in Mumbai, one in Malad and the other in Malvani and a third school (a nursery), on the outskirts of Pune.
"We had several children acting in our film. Some were child actors who auditioned for the part, while others were underprivileged kids from the slums. It was because of the latter that we decided to help the needy schools. Apart from the benches that we made for the film, we made some more benches at our cost and donated them as well. Why not help them out in our small way by providing basic infrastructure?" adds Ahmed. The film also stars Ayesha Takia and Nana Patekar.


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Residential Lot, 40.034 ,20x15, Windenburg
You can find the house on the gallery under my origin ID: soulsistesims. Be sure to turn on "custom content" filtering in advanced options.
If you don't want to use the gallery, you can download the house from one of the download links below.
To install into your game, Extract the archive then navigate to The Sims 4 folder in My Documents. Find the Tray folder and place ALL of the files you extracted from the archive into it. Open your game and find the home in your library, just as if you dl'd it directly from the gallery. Ensure "include custom content" is active in advanced options if lot includes cc.
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It being a political kind of year, it seems only appropriate that Eugene Melnyk voted with his pocketbook to keep Daniel Alfredsson wearing red, white and black for four more years.
The Sens and their captain reached terms on Thursday, bringing to an end the short lived negotiations and making Alfie a very satisfied Senator at a reported four years at 20 million dollars.
The negotiations never seemed to infect the dressing room, as the Sens and their captain negotiated in good faith, ever mindful of the need to project stability for both the team and the fan base in Ottawa.
Alfredsson as popular a Senator as there is, most likely will be finishing his career off with the team that he joined upon his arrival from Sweden thirteen years ago. He has been the face of the Sens success (and their disappointments) for much of that time, a solid captain who never seems to get rattled despite the intensity of being the captain of the team in a hockey mad city.
While GM Brian Murray said that he hopes that there are more than four years left in Alfies tank, the thirty five year old captain is mindful that the years are ticking by.
With the Senators making sure he remains in the fold as he closes in on his forties, the only thing left on his agenda will be that Stanley Cup ring and the chance to lead the parade through the streets of Ottawa.
Something that Sens fans hope is shaping up to happen on this side of the four year contract, rather than on the closing side of the deal.
National Post-- Four more years for Senators' Alfredsson
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A Date with the Queen - Beach Cities Mustang Club
The Beach Cities Mustang Club's annual show at the Queen Mary should be in everyone's calendar
As car shows go, Mustangs at the Queen Mary enjoys one of the nicest venues in the country with a breath-taking view of the Pacific Ocean, Long Beach skyline, and the RMS Queen Mary docked nearby. With three smoke stacks jutting skyward, the Queen Mary has been moored in the Port of Los Angeles since 1967 and open as a tourist attraction since 1971. When Mustangs and a great historical attraction get together, it's an experience not to miss. Last year, Mustangs at the Queen Mary hauled in over 325 cars.
The Queen Mary is a 75,000-ton ocean liner that first set sail on May 27, 1936, serving primarily across the North Atlantic between Britain and New York City for more than 30 years. The Queen Mary served valiantly during wartime as a troop ship ferrying allied soldiers. After World War II, she was converted back to a passenger liner for the remainder of her time in service, then docked permanently in Long Beach.
It seems logical Jon Schultz of the Beach Cities Mustang Club would choose this spot for a Mustang show. For 16 years, Mustangs at the Queen Mary has been the biggest little Mustang show you'll ever see because it draws thousands every September. If you live in the Southwest, it's worth the trip, especially if you book a room aboard the RMS Queen Mary Hotel and pretend you're sailing the North Atlantic.
Schultz credits the show's success to committed sponsors like Scott Drake, Hotchkis Performance, America's Tire, Whiteline USA, K&N Filters, TruFiber, Roush Performance, Ford Racing, Falken Tires, Magnaflow, Voss Performance, and Vortech/Paxton. Formula Drift champion Vaughn Gittin, Jr. made his third appearance at The Queen, this time promoting his new RTR Mustang. Mustangs at the Queen Mary was also the final stop for the High Five Tour with its special Shelby GT 500 tribute car for Wounded Warriors.
Appropriately, Mustangs at the Queen Mary paid tribute to Carroll Shelby with a moment of silence, along with a surprise guest, Carroll's widow, Cleo. Jon also holds close the late Joe Gosinski with a Memorial Best of Show Award, which was taken by Steve Phillips' '71 Mach 1. Gosinski, founder of Chicane Sport Tuning in suburban Los Angeles, was the apparent victim of murder several years ago. Law enforcement continues to search for his assailant. For more information visit www.rewardforjoe.com.
Schultz credits an army of over 100 volunteers who help him put this show on every year. The show committee alone consists of 30 volunteers. He adds he could never pull it off without the assistance, along with dedicated sponsors and supporters.


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7 'Tis the Season Superfoods
When it comes to food, it's hard to beat the holiday season. There are as many decadent and delicious foods throughout the season as there are gifts. Let's face it: few holiday foods are healthy. Here are my choices for the top 7 'Tis the Season Superfoods. They not only taste great, they add serious nutrition as well.
Apples—We've all heard the adage, "an apple a day keeps the doctor away," and provided that apple is an organic one, the saying holds some truth. Apples contain important vitamins, minerals, and enzymes. They contain an important phytonutrient called malic acid that helps improve energy production in your body.
Beets—Recommended by holistic health professionals to help purify the blood and cleanse the liver, beets are high in folate, manganese, potassium, and vitamin C. The phytonutrient that gives beets their rich purplish-red hue is a potent cancer fighter.
Cranberries—Originally used by the first people of North America to treat urinary tract infections, cranberries and cranberry juice (the real deal, not the sugar-laden stuff most grocery stores dispense) are excellent holiday superfoods.
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What Killed Smalltalk Could Kill Ruby Too
Location: Ballroom A-B Level:
Keynote by Bob Martin, Object Mentor, Inc.
Robert Martin
Object Mentor Inc
Robert C. Martin (Uncle Bob) has been a software professional since 1970 and is founder and president of Object Mentor Inc., in Gurnee, Illinois. Object Mentor, Inc., is an international firm of highly experienced software developers and managers who specialize in helping companies get their projects done. Object Mentor offers process improvement consulting, object-oriented software design consulting, training, and skill development services to major corporations worldwide.
Mr. Martin has published dozens of articles in various trade journals, and is a regular speaker at international conferences and trade shows.
Mr. Martin has authored and edited many books including:
- Designing Object Oriented C++ Applications using the Booch Method
- Patterns Langauages of Program Design 3
- More C++ Gems
- Extreme Programming in Practice
- Agile Software Development: Principles, Patterns, and Practices.
- UML for Java Programmers
- Clean Code
A leader in the industry of software development, Mr. Martin served three years as the editor-in-chief of the C++ Report, and he served as the first chairman of the Agile Alliance.
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This keynote was the best presentation saw at the 3 Rails conferences I attended. The standing ovation Mr. Martin received was well-deserved. He has inspired me fully embrace test-first development after 10 years of resistance to it.
Starting next Monday when they arrive at the office, the entire dev team at my company will be required to wear blue bracelets with the text "What would Bob Martin do?" while working. (If the keynote had been given earlier, we'd have had a batch of bracelets FedEx'd to the conference for sale Thursday morning … another lost entrepreneurial opportunity, sigh.)
I too fervently hope that a video of this talk will be posted so I can turn on my buddies who couldn't make the conference to it.
I really hope a video of this talk will make it out on the net so I can watch it again. Awesome talk.
I wish I had an uncle like this! Lets go fix the world with Ruby!
I was not able to attend the talk, but it's too bad it's based on a false premise, namely "Smalltalk was killed". Smalltalk is still very alive and well. It earned JPMorgan Chase 2 billion dollars last quarter, and GemStone/S has an application that tracks 40% of the overseas shipping containers in Smalltalk, right now. Hardly dead. Just not talked about.
Uncle Bob rocked the house
The best. Made the conference!
Simply brilliant. Uncle Bob is a superb public speaker.
Very entertaining and relevant. Highlighted the importance of TDD
Simply amazing keynote.
This keynote was freakin' awesome. Hilarious and 1000% more entertaining than Tim Feriss.


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- Introduction
- What Strategies Are Available Today?
- Are Immune Therapies Available?
- What About Complementary or Alternative Medicine (CAMs)?
- Final Thoughts on Strategies for Improving Your Immune System
AIDS is a disease of the immune system, caused by HIV. To date, all of the proven strategies for treating HIV disease focus on crippling the HIV's ability to infect and destroy immune cells. Currently, there are no approved treatments for improving immune deficiency and function in HIV disease. However, the good news is that when HIV reproduction is slowed by using anti-HIV drugs, your immune system begins to repair itself. There's evidence of some improvement in the immune system when HIV is controlled over time.
HIV infects the cells in your body, including CD4+ cells (T cells). It uses these cells as a host to reproduce. Once the cells are infected, HIV impairs how they function and eventually destroys them over time.
CD4+ cells are key for controlling disease. They direct other cells to perform tasks that control infections and diseases. As HIV destroys more CD4+ cells, your body gradually loses its ability to fight disease. This is when a person becomes more at risk for serious and life-threatening conditions. Tests that measure your CD4+ cell counts are routinely used to monitor your immune health.
Improving your immune health is an important part of a long-term strategy for managing your HIV disease. While in theory this is true, in practice it's much harder to figure out how to do this. But there are things you can do. This publication highlights various strategies to consider.
What Strategies Are Available Today?
Currently, there are several ways to improve your immune health that can readily be included into your long-term health plan. These include good nutrition, a sound exercise plan, stress management, getting eight hours of sleep each night, and drinking at least eight cups of water daily. All of these preserve and promote your immune health. A discussion of each can be found in Project Inform's publication, Strategies for Maintaining Your General Health.
Other methods, which some people may not consider when thinking about their immune health, include skin and oral healthcare and other preventive health measures.
Your skin is your body's first defense against infection. It's a physical barrier that keeps infections out. Eating well, drinking lots of water, getting rest and managing stress are all great ways to promote skin health. Diagnosing and treating skin conditions promptly is also important.
Infections enter your body through the places you have openings to the environment -- your nose, mouth and genitals to name a few. For women, when the level of acidity (pH balance) in the gynecological (GYN) tract gets out of balance, the cell walls are weakened and infections are more likely. More frequent and more severe GYN conditions are often the first symptoms of a weakened immune system in women. Routine GYN care to check for and treat these conditions preserves and promotes your immune health.
Studies show that people with gum disease (gingivitis) are at higher risk for heart disease. The bacteria build up in the mouth and gums are breathed into the lungs and can compromise the heart. Regular brushing, flossing and good dental care can help prevent certain kinds of heart disease. As well, maintaining the health of your body's mucosa (the surfaces of the vagina, anus and mouth) reduces the risks of infection and disease.
One way to promote and maintain good immune health, especially when living with HIV, is to maintain good preventive health measures. This includes routine and age-appropriate health screening, proper vaccines, and following safer sex and safer food handling guidelines. For more information on these topics, call Project Inform's National HIV/AIDS Treatment Hotline at 1-800-822-7422.
HIV starts reproducing when the immune system actively fights infections and disease. HIV more easily infects activated cells. One way to prevent HIV from destroying the immune system is to prevent and treat infections promptly and aggressively. This means avoiding the flu by getting a flu shot each year (if appropriate); avoiding some infections by practicing safer sex; and avoiding other infections that can be passed more casually like through handling and preparing food, drinking water or close contact by following preventive guidelines. Avoiding more casual infections can be difficult, but there are tips and guidelines available to reduce risks. This ranges from using gloves to change cat litter (to prevent toxoplasmosis) to getting a water filter for your sink or drinking bottled water (to help prevent Cryptosporidium). Read Project Inform's publication, Sex and Prevention Concerns for Positive People.
Are Immune Therapies Available?
The most available treatment shown to improve immune health is potent anti-HIV therapy. Studies show that its use can increase CD4+ cell counts, decrease immune activation associated with disease progression, and help the immune system control serious infections. In theory, anti-HIV therapy does this by slowing the destruction of the immune system, allowing the immune system to naturally repair and strengthen itself.
Increasingly anti-HIV therapy is being used later in HIV disease, once major damage to the immune system has already occurred. The main reason for starting therapy later is because of side effect concerns. However, some people choose to start therapy earlier in hopes of preventing the destruction of the immune system. This is reasonable, but over time there may be a price to pay in terms of side effects, drug resistance, and the impact of taking drugs on quality of life.
Other therapies that are not proven but are being studied include interleukin-2, human growth hormone and therapeutic HIV vaccines. This list is not exhaustive, nor does it include the many immune therapies that have been tested over time.
Interleukin-2 (IL-2, Proleukin) is a natural immune chemical. It greatly improves the production of CD4+ cells, increasing their number in people using anti-HIV therapy. It is the most widely studied immune therapy for HIV. Two large international studies are underway to determine if IL-2 can improve life and extend quality of life in people with HIV. Some evidence suggests that it may also extend the lifespan of CD4+ cells. For more information on IL-2, read Project Inform's publications, IL-2 and Taking IL-2.
Human Growth Hormone
Human growth hormone (HGH, Serostim) is approved for treating HIV wasting syndrome and weight loss. Recent observations that it may enhance the size and function of a very important immune organ, called the thymus, have led to a study of HGH for immune restoration in people with HIV. The thymus lies behind the breast bone and in front of the heart. CD4+ cells (T cells) begin in bone marrow and then move onto the thymus where they mature. (This is why they're called T cells; the T stands for thymus or thymocyte.) Without a properly functioning thymus, it's doubtful that a person with a severely weakened immune system could reach full immune restoration.
Therapeutic Vaccines
Several therapeutic vaccines are now in studies. A therapeutic vaccine is used for treating someone already living with HIV rather than preventing it. The goal is to teach the immune system to better recognize and destroy HIV. By giving these vaccines to people living with HIV, researchers hope to train their immune systems to better control the virus. Currently, these vaccines are being studied together with anti-HIV therapy.
What About Complementary or Alternative Medicine (CAMs)?
The most commonly used CAMs are called non-pharmacologic therapies. These include energy healing, Reiki, acupuncture, acupressure, meditation, prayer, massage and hypnotherapy. These types of CAMs are likely not harmful and may help reduce or manage stress and improve your overall well being.
Pharmacologic therapies, like vitamins, herbs and other nutritional health products, are less well understood. Some may interact with anti-HIV drugs. Some may even cause unwanted side effects. Many nutritional health products claim to boost the immune system, but it's unclear how they do it and if it benefits or harms people living with HIV. There is not a lot of research on the use of nutritional health products in HIV infection. For more information, read Project Inform's publication, Herbs, Supplements and HIV.
Final Thoughts on Strategies for Improving Your Immune System
It has been difficult to devise ways to treat a weakened immune system caused by HIV infection. While HIV infects and destroys immune cells, it also seems to lead to an over-activation of the immune system. This causes its own set of problems. Therefore, "boosting" the immune system in an effort to improve its health could actually increase HIV reproduction and make the situation worse.
Researchers who study immune therapies are extremely cautious when they test new ways to check for immune activation, the negative impacts on HIV reproduction and how a given approach may cause harm. Many if not most of these therapies are tested together with anti-HIV therapy to decrease these potential risks.
Immune therapies under study may seem counterintuitive to some people. For example, several studies have treated HIV with immune suppressive therapies. But if AIDS is a disease of immune deficiency, then why would you suppress the immune system in order to treat it? Part of the reason that cells may not work so well in HIV disease is because they are overactive. Like a group of school children who ate too much sugar, it's difficult for the cells to focus and be effective in the presence of all this activation. By calming or suppressing the activation it might be possible to improve their function, even if the overall number of cells doesn't increase.
Also, because HIV takes over the inner working of cells in order to reproduce, suppressing certain factors inside the cell may help cripple HIV from using the cell as a factory. It's sort of like blocking a car from using the gasoline in its tank so it won't be able to run. The delicate trick here is to figure how to do this without harming the body. Suppressing these factors may also keep the cell from functioning properly.
More is being learned about the immune system daily as new research tools are devised, but it's a slow process. While new information emerges, the task becomes trying to understand what it means, what to do with it and how to turn it into studies for new therapies.


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To see this process clearly outlined and executed, check out Ian McCaig's Visual Storytelling Tutorial from the Gnomon Workshop. It is a really excellent demonstration and has been very influential for me in my approach to using reference.
This article is a re-post from an article on MuddyColors.blogspot.com. To check out the original article and comments, click here.


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J.D. Salinger and Jethro Tull: The Coming of Age Story Soundtrack
I'm not certain if it says more about J.D. Salinger, Jethro Tull or me, that when I think of the ultimate coming-of-age treatise from the trenches, it's not a novel but a trio of albums.
She nodded. "Make it extraordinarily squalid and moving," she suggested. "Are you at all acquainted with squalor?"
I said not exactly but that I was getting better acquainted with it, in one form or another, all the time... -- J.D. Salinger, "For Esme -- with Love and Squalor" (1950)
Spin me back down the years and the days of my youth, as the song says. April, 1988.
Everyone talks about how reading The Catcher in the Ryeis one of those seminal rites of passage. Now that J.D. Salinger has gone to that big field of rye in the sky, everyone is talking about it all at once. I would be a phony, I figure, not to include myself (and all). For starters, what do you call a rite of passage involving a lot of middle-aged (or older) folks talking about the passing of an author who wrote one of the ultimate rite of passage novels? Indulgent? Inevitable? Ironic? All of the above?
By the time I got around to Holden Caulfield, I was already a senior in high school. Too young? Too old?Just right? For better or worse, I was either too old, or not alienated enough, to feel the full force of Salinger's operetta of adolescent angst. Of course, I'm selling it short (or am I?), but I've heard very few adults whose opinions I admire mention falling under this novel's spell while revisiting it as an adult. Myself, I couldn't tell if it was too obvious this book was the result of a grown man trying (diligently, and in that overly mannered, oft-imitated style) to sound like a disaffected but acutely sensitive 16-year-old, or if it's because he succeeded so thoroughly that, even as a 17-year-old, I wasn't especially simpatico with his anguished, if solipsistic observations. Which is not to say that his plight did not move me, or that his situation is not, at times, rendered with profound artistry by Salinger.
Perhaps it would be a bit unfair, if mostly accurate to conclude that The Catcher in the Rye is the archetypal novel of adolescent alienation for teenagers/young adults who don't read a great deal of fiction. Just as there are certain types of movies and music that, through a perfect storm of critical consensus and a groundswell of contagious public approbation, get anointed as authentic touchstones of a particular moment in time (I would say "tapping into the zeitgeist" but I try to avoid using the dreaded z-word if at all possible).
Regarding the almost half-century of silence that followed his initial burst of creativity, Norman Mailer decreed Salinger "the greatest mind to ever stay in prep school." That's harsh, but it is also -- based on the available evidence -- pretty indisputable. On the other hand, when people hold up The Catcher in the Rye (or even Franny and Zooey) as the zenith of Salinger's oeuvre, they are overlooking (or more likely, have never read) "For Esme --With Love and Squalor", in my estimation one of the five best American short stories of the 20th Century.
Indeed, what Salinger accomplishes in those 20-odd pages arguably exceeds the sum total of Mailer's voluminous, if mostly perishable output. Everything that Salinger didn't do, or didn't do convincingly, or didn't do well enough to reward subsequent readings by a more mature audience in his canonized novel, he does in spades with this short story. It's a compact, devastating illumination of the cruel machinery we, for lack of a better or more appropriate word, call adulthood. How fittingly ironic, then, that a writer celebrated (and minimized) for being the consummate chronicler of what Pete Townshend later called "teenage wasteland" actually wrote a shattering treatise from the trenches (literally and figuratively) that endures well into a new millennium. Of which, more later.
As it happens, when I first experienced The Catcher in the Rye I was in the early (but intense) stages of what became a lifelong love of Jethro Tull. Which naturally coincided with my burgeoning obsession with all-things progressive rock, which happened to coincide with the release of so many classic recordings on that new-fangled technical revelation called compact discs. It would be near impossible for anyone who didn't live through those days to imagine a world when you waited for anything: i-Pods and online access have made everything that has ever happened available, immediately.
Back then, waiting for certain Rush, Yes, King Crimson and especially Jethro Tull albums to get their digital reincarnation was like patiently awaiting Moses to deliver a new sonic commandment every other week. The upside of this, of course, was that it was still a time when you had time (you had no choice) to savor and spend time with a new purchase, and by the time you'd (temporarily) exhausted your enthusiasm, you had ample funds to get the next installment.
This was also, as many will remember, a time before information itself was a free 24/7 proposition. As such, each trip to the record store was loaded with possibility: you never knew what might have been released, including albums by bands like Genesis and Pink Floyd, that you never even knew existed. It should go without saying that the prospect of upgrading scratchy vinyl (or tape-recorded) copies of Beatles, Stones, Doors, Zeppelin and Hendrix albums was generated a feeling only slightly beyond orgasmic.
Anyway, it was during the winter and spring of 1988 that the back catalog of Jethro Tull was being released, a couple at a time, on compact disc. It was around this time, having already devoured Thick as a Brick and still patiently awaiting the arrival of A Passion Play, that I had my first sustained go-round with Tull's third album, 1970's Benefit. In April 1988 it was the right album at the right time. Remarkably, it still is. And I'm not certain if it says more about J.D. Salinger, Jethro Tull, or me that when I think of the ultimate coming-of-age treatise, it's not a novel but a trio of albums.
Before you can fully appreciate what Tull achieves on Benefit, one has to consider (and understand) the brilliant album that preceded it, 1969's Stand Up. In addition to the handful of gems that still get radio play ("Nothing Is Easy, "Bouree", "A New Day Yesterday" and "Fat Man"), there were a couple of standard coming-of-age type middle finger salutes to the establishment: "Back to the Family", which features a blistering guitar coda from Martin Barre and album-closer "For a Thousand Mothers", where Ian Anderson not only spits on, but laughs at the naysayers. This song is notable for perfecting a sort of "garage flute rock": once you hear that joyously spiteful noise, this might not sound like such an oxymoron, but the one that stands out (or stands up, as the case may be) from the rest is the you-can't-go-home-again anthem "We Used to Know." Check it out:
How many 21-year-olds write songs like that? The world weariness of those vocals (not to mention the lyrics) and the subtlety of Martin Barre's embellishment through the first half make the song ache with longing and arid resignation. After the flute solo bleeds into the guitar solo, the song explodes into the clear-eyed appraisal of a man who has fully taken stock of the world, and the reigns of his destiny. As we know now, he never looked back. (A few quick words about that guitar solo: more than a few folks, including Ian Anderson, have noticed that the Eagles' much more famous "Hotel California" seems to have borrowed more than a little from "We Used to Know".
Barre, on the other hand, is a vintage Jaguar -- pronounced Jag.U.R. -- that may have neither the flash or immediacy of newer, more colorful models, but discerning eyes can assess its value and class with little difficulty. In hindsight, listening to him in song after song after song, it becomes increasingly clear that even some of the most accomplished -- and celebrated -- guitarists of the '70s were using crayons while Barre had already figured out how to use water colors.


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