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Etanercept Syringe
COMMON BRAND(S): Enbrel
GENERIC NAME(S): Etanercept
OTHER NAME(S): Etanercept Pen Injector
Because etanercept works by blocking the immune system, it may lower your ability to fight infections. This may make you more likely to get a serious (rarely fatal) infection (such as fungal infections, bacterial infections including tuberculosis) or make any infection you have worse. Tell your doctor your medical history, especially of past/recent/current infections. Also, tell your doctor if you have lived or traveled in areas where certain fungal infections (such as coccidioidomycosis, histoplasmosis) are common or if you have been near someone with tuberculosis. Areas where these types of fungal infections are commonly found include the Ohio and Mississippi River valleys and the southwestern United States. You should be tested for tuberculosis (TB skin test or chest X-ray) before and during treatment with etanercept. See Side Effects section for symptoms of infections to watch out for, and get medical help right away if you develop any of these symptoms.
The immune system is also important in preventing and controlling cancer. Though it is very unlikely to happen, there is a risk (especially in children/teens/young adults) of developing cancer (such as lymphoma, skin) due to this medication or due to your medical condition. Discuss the risks and benefits of treatment with your doctor. Tell your doctor right away if you develop symptoms such as unusual lumps/growths, swollen or painful abdomen, unexplained weight loss, persistent fever or night sweats.
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This medication is used alone or in combination with an immunosuppressant (such as methotrexate) to treat certain types of arthritis (such as rheumatoid, psoriatic, juvenile idiopathic, and ankylosing spondylitis), as well as a skin condition called psoriasis. These conditions are caused by an overactive immune system (autoimmune disease). The immune system attacks the body's own healthy cells, causing inflammation in the joints and skin.
Etanercept controls your body's defensive response by blocking the action of a certain natural substance (TNF) that is used by the immune system. Treatment decreases redness, itching and scaly patches in psoriasis as well as the pain, swelling and stiffness of joints in arthritis. This medication can stop the progression of disease and joint damage, resulting in improved daily functioning and quality of life.
This medication treats but does not cure autoimmune diseases. Symptoms usually return within 1 month of stopping the medication.
How to use Etanercept Syringe
Read the Medication Guide and the Patient Information Leaflet provided by your pharmacist before you start using this drug and each time you get a refill. If you have any questions, consult your doctor or pharmacist.
Etanercept is injected under the skin of the thigh, abdomen, or upper arm, usually once or twice weekly exactly as prescribed by your doctor.
The dosage is based on your medical condition and response to treatment. For children, the dosage is also based on weight. Do not change your dose without first consulting your doctor. Use this medication regularly in order to get the most benefit from it. You should start to see an improvement in 1 to 2 weeks. It may take up to 3 months to receive the full benefit of this medication.
If you will be giving yourself the injection, your doctor may want you to have the first injection in the medical office. Make sure you learn the proper way to inject this medication from your health care professional, as described in the Patient Information Leaflet from the manufacturer.
If you are removing the medication from the refrigerator, allow it to warm to room temperature before injecting. This takes about 15 to 30 minutes. Do not shake the product. The prefilled syringe or pen injector may have small white particles in the liquid which is normal. Before using, check this product visually for other particles, cloudiness, or discoloration. If you see any of these things, do not use the liquid.
Before injecting each dose, clean the injection site with rubbing alcohol. It is important to change the location of the injection site each time you use this drug to prevent problems under the skin. New injections should be given at least 1 inch (2.5 centimeters) from an old injection site. Do not inject into areas of the skin that are sore, bruised, red, or hard.
Learn how to store and discard needles and medical supplies safely. Consult your pharmacist. Never reuse needles or syringes.
Tell your doctor if your condition persists or worsens.
Side Effects
See also Warning section.
Redness, itching, pain, or swelling at the injection site may occur. This usually starts 1-2 days after the injection and clears up in 3-5 days. Injection site reactions usually lessen after the first month. Headache may also 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.
Tell your doctor right away if you develop signs of infection while using this drug, such as: fever, chills, persistent sore throat, persistent cough, night sweats, trouble breathing, painful/frequent urination, unusual vaginal discharge, white patches in the mouth (oral thrush).
Tell your doctor right away if you have any serious side effects, including: a rash on nose and cheeks (butterfly rash), dizziness, extreme fatigue, looking pale, hair loss, swelling of the arms/legs, unusual bruising/bleeding, severe headache, mental/mood changes, seizures, unexplained muscle weakness, numbness/tingling of the hands/feet, unsteadiness, vision changes, severe stomach/abdominal pain, persistent nausea/vomiting, dark urine, yellowing eyes/skin.
A very serious allergic reaction to this drug is rare. However, get medical help right away if you notice any symptoms of a serious allergic reaction, including: rash, itching/swelling (especially of the face/tongue/throat), dizziness, trouble breathing.
This is not a complete list of possible side effects. If you notice other effects not listed above, contact your doctor or pharmacist.
In the US -
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 using etanercept, tell your doctor or pharmacist if you are allergic to it; or to latex or natural dry rubber (found in the prefilled syringes or pen injectors); 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: active or recurrent infection (such as hepatitis B, HIV, tuberculosis), blood disorders (such as leukemia, anemia), weakened bone marrow, history of cancer (such as lymphoma), diabetes, heart failure, seizures, nervous system problems (such as multiple sclerosis), a certain liver problem (alcoholic hepatitis), blood vessel disorders (such as vasculitis).
Do not have immunizations/vaccinations without the consent of your doctor, and avoid contact with people who have recently received oral polio vaccine. Consult your doctor about risks of exposure to chickenpox and other infections.
Before having surgery, tell your doctor or dentist about all the products you use (including prescription drugs, nonprescription drugs, and herbal products).
Caution is advised when using this drug in the elderly because they may be more prone to infections.
It is recommended that children be up to date on all their childhood vaccinations before starting etanercept.
During pregnancy, this medication should be used only when clearly needed. Discuss the risks and benefits with your doctor.
This medication passes into breast milk. Consult your doctor before breast-feeding.
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: abatacept, interleukin-1 blockers (such as anakinra, canakinumab, rilonacept), live vaccines (such as measles, mumps, polio, rubella, typhoid, varicella, yellow fever), other medications for autoimmune disease (such as azathioprine, cyclophosphamide).
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 complete blood count, liver function, TB test) should be performed periodically to monitor your progress or check for side effects. Consult your doctor for more details.
This medication may interfere with certain lab tests. Be sure to tell the lab personnel that you are on this medication.
Missed Dose
For the best possible benefit, it is important to receive each scheduled dose of this medication as directed. If you miss a dose, contact your doctor or pharmacist right away to establish a new dosing schedule. Do not double the dose to catch up.
Store unopened vials, pen injectors, and prefilled syringes in a refrigerator between 36-46 degrees F (2-8 degrees C) away from light. Do not freeze. The unopened vials, pen injectors, and prefilled syringes may also be stored at room temperature away from light and moisture, but only for a certain amount of time. Consult your pharmacist or read the product package to see how long you can store this product at room temperature. Once the medication has been stored at room temperature, it should not be placed back in the refrigerator. Once a vial is mixed, the drug must be used right away or can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 14 days. 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.Information last revised November 2016. Copyright(c) 2016 First Databank, Inc.
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boots needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 111 designs submitted by 38 freelance designers.
FONT STYLE: We use the font Myriad on our current site. The word snap tours should be prominent.
FONT COLOR: solid black or blue / gray making Snap and Tours a different color.
ICON COLOR: orange / dark grey / white / black
ICON STYLE: needs to be something that expresses Innovation, Technology, Software, Commitment, Customer Service. The logo might be used on a black background so please submit BLACK and WHITE backgrounds. Please submit your design with both styles.
We are looking to redesign the logo for our website and to help rebrand our company and service line. We are a real estate virtual tour provider, creating custom user controlled home tours that realtors can distribute to an unlimited number of sites.
We have designed web based software that enables Realtors to upload pictures, edit & re-arrange them, and create a branded slideshow with one click. We have also created the ability for them to convert their tours to video for distribution on the social networking sites, YouTube as well as their iPods. We are a cutting edge company that needs a image that represents the same. Original logo here: http://www.barrettcreative.com/snap_logo.html
I'm open to new ideas other than the camera. The company takes the images the Realtor captures and turns them into a branded, interactive presentation that helps them showcase and sell their home. Needs to represent cutting edge technology. I like some of the looks from another contest here: http://www.barrettcreative.com/concepts.html
The purpose of this contest is to create a logo that people will easily recognize and remember. We want our logo to convey that we are a well established and professional virtual tour company, who is the leader in our field. The logo will be used for business cards, brochures, letterheads, video, signage and most important our website.
Web 2.0 style, but has to be usable in black and white formats.
We would like to see a unique icon that represents what we do.
A, AI file is preferred, but will also accept a layered PSD.
Font(s) should be included
Recognizable icon
NO Clipart, must be original
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.

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Two more people were shot late Saturday, continuing a violent weekend in which one person was killed a block from the Preakness Stakes and six others were wounded by gunfire.
The homicide and eight non-fatal shootings since late Friday occurred in neighborhoods across the city including in Mount Vernon, Waverly and areas of East and Northeast Baltimore.
About 10:15 p.m. Saturday, a man walked into an area hospital suffering from a gunshot wound to the foot, police said. Officers believe the shooting occurred in the 1900 block of E. Lafayette Ave. in the Broadway East section of East Baltimore.
Police said the victim did not provide details about the shooting and is listed in good condition at the hospital.
About 11:20 p.m. Saturday, officers found a man with a gunshot wound to his head in 900 block of N. Caroline St. in the Gay Street section of East Baltimore. The victim was taken to an area hospital where he is listed in critical condition.
Homicide detectives are investigating because the severity of the man's injuries.
Police Sunday also identified James Lee Butler, 27, of Baltimore as the man who was killed in 5100 block of Elmer Ave. — about a block from Saturday's Preakness festivities in the Central Park Heights section of Northwest Baltimore.
Police said they believe that the shooting was unrelated to the Preakness.
Meanwhile, police provided more details about the Saturday afternoon shooting in 200 block of W. Monument St. in the Mount Vernon section of the city. Police said the victim is a landlord who was shot in the leg by an unknown man in an attempted robbery.
Police said the victim was trying to collect rent from a tenant at the time.


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The Sooners' 447.700 is the highest score of any team in the country this year by more than three points. Since the NCAA altered its scoring system last season, OU's mark is the second-highest ever, just behind Penn State's 447.850 in 2013.
"Sometimes when you get on a roll the gymnastics gets a lot easier," said OU head coach Mark Williams. "The first four events we were really rolling right along. I was hoping high bar would finish a little better, but we still maintained a high hit percentage and finished out the meet pretty well. I'm pretty happy overall."
It all came on a night when Oklahoma honored its returning alumni in addition to hosting children and their families from Cleveland Elementary, a school at which the Sooners regularly volunteer.
Oklahoma opened the meet on floor exercise where the Sooners set a mark of 75.550, the highest of any team in the nation this season. Sophomore Kanji Oyama and junior Alec Robin tied for the team high with a score of 15.450 as all six Sooners scored 15.000 or better.
The momentum rolled on from floor to pommel horse where the Sooners racked up career highs throughout. Junior Michael Reid led the team with a career best of 15.500. Juniors Sergey Resnick and Robin both scored 15.100, marking a career high for Robin, and freshman Allan Bower set a new best mark of 14.700. Oklahoma ended the rotation with a 74.700 team score.
The Sooners' rotation on the still rings was accented by a huge 16.150 from junior Michael Squires, a career best for the defending national champ. Ethan Jose (14.850), Danny Beradini (15.050) and Presten Ellsworth (15.000) also reached career highs on the rings, helping OU to another nation-best score, this one a 75.600.
Oyama highlighted Oklahoma's vault rotation, stopping on a dime for a stuck dismount and setting another career high with a score of 15.450. He was followed by freshman Colin Van Wicklen at 15.050 and Bower with a 15.000. Oklahoma racked up 74.900 as a team on the event.
Resnick scored a team-high 15.000 on parallel bars, leading the Sooners to a total score of 73.600. He was followed by junior Danny Berardini and Bower, who both received marks of 14.850.
Oklahoma finished out with a total score of 72.350 on the high bar. Van Wicklen led all gymnasts on the night with a 14.800. Junior William Clement (14.750) and senior Stanton Rehkemper (14.550) also scored well for the Sooners, who boasted the top four scores of the night on the event.
Oklahoma is back in action on Friday, Feb. 14, when it competes at the Metroplex Challenge in Fort Worth, Texas.
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The Miura comments translation is pretty damned exciting, guys. I can't tell you how many times over the years that I wished we had a resource like that handy, since he's said so many interesting things. While some may be obscure, or dealing with series or creators we aren't familiar with, they also tell us things like what he's listening to, watching, reading and generally how he occupies his time independent of working like a dog for Berserk fans. And I've only seen a fraction of them. Getting them all will probably produce a ton more information than can be gleaned from any one interview.Here's hoping we reach that goal! Work on the benefits for donors is in progress. The emoticon is going to be pretty cool, I think.
Johnstantine and Incantation reunion skullkast 2014/15!
I found a Japanese compendium for all of them and just google translate showed me a lot of very interesting things.
I have a suggestion for a new milestone! It would be great to have accurate translations of earlier Berserk volumes. I understand what an extremely long and tough job this would be but then again, Berserk won't be finished in maaany years. Maybe as a 750$ milestone? With my newly added 5$ a month you are at least a little bit closer to that than you were before ^^
Yeah, many are out there, but it's difficult to understand them without a full translation. Because of the format, he often writes in a terse style that makes it impossible for machine translators like GT (which generally does a shit job for Japanese, even in the best of circumstances).
Again, a big thank you to all donators! We've now almost reached the third milestone (Translating all of Miura's comments in Young Animal), only $5 left!
And look what uncle Aaz pulled out of his secret drawer:http://aazealh.net/Divers/Miura_interviews.jpgThose books all contain interviews from Miura. Puella will start working on one of these as soon as her work permits.
Additionally, to celebrate her imminent (I want to believe) return, I've scanned this color painting that Miura did of Casca back in 1999. It was never republished outside of that one Young Animal.http://aazealh.net/Divers/Casca-YA_Poster_small.jpg


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The growing interest in India in present-day Spanish society makes it necessary to develop a deeper knowledge of the social and cultural realities of India which at times is treated in the Spanish media rather superficially and conventionally, based on clichés, stereotypes and deep-seated prejudices.
Kalasangam, permanent performing arts and music seminar
This permanent performing arts and music seminar was created in 2007 in order to offer professional training in Indian dance, theatre and music. The Casa de la India hopes to be a meeting point (sangam) for the arts (kala) in order to create experts (rasikas).
The courses give the students the opportunity to obtain a theoretical and practical base by becoming familiar with the essentials of Indian performing arts and music and so embark on any of the dance and music specialities being offered (Kathakali, Bharata Natyam, Kathak, Odissi, Bollywood and Bhangra dance, sitar, song, tabla and percussion, martial arts etc.). Indian aesthetic theories, as well as other aspects of Indian culture, such as philosophy, religion or history, complement the practical classes in order to better understand, practice and enjoy these arts.


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Dried botanicals are imported for varied uses including potpourri, decorative plant arrangements, and handicraft items.
In the twenty-first century market, dried botanicals consist of whole or sectioned fungi, fruits, seeds, leaves, and almost anything that is botanical, has abundant air spaces ("physical fixatives" for the synthetic oils). has structural interest and/or is...
You can save images from the gallery to your account for future reference. Simply create a username and password on the login page.
This identification tool is image-based, relying heavily on the use of images to support the identification process. After using the key to narrow the possibilities to 5-10, images can be used to reach an identification for a specimen.
The tool also features an image gallery for convenient viewing of all dried botanicals included in the tool.


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Team CSC-Saxo Bank comes into this year's Tour de France with a potent three-pronged attack that includes perennial Grand Tour contender Carlos Sastre as well as cycling's own dynamic duo, brothers Andy and Fränk Schleck.
As is often the case in these situations, the true leader of the race would be determined when the riders hit the mountains. Stage 10's tough finish up the Hautacam didn't completely resolve the issue but likely reduced the number of candidates to two as Fränk put forth a fantastic performance to finish third (and is now only one second out of the race lead behind new leader Cadel Evans) and teammate Sastre was less than two minutes behind.
Andy wasn't to partake in the team's celebrations that day, though, as he had a rough day and lost over 8 1/2 minutes to stage winner Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Scott) by the time he crossed the line.
The younger Schleck's role in the Tour will likely change from this point but his choice of bicycle will almost certainly stay constant. Save for stage 4's individual time trial, Andy has been rolling along aboard one of CSC's now familiar-looking black-and-white Cervélos. Like veteran Sastre, though, he (and Fränk) has opted for the more conventionally-shaped (and slightly lighter) R3-SL over the SLC-SL of most of his teammates. At just 1.86cm (6' 1") and 66kg (145.5lb), the R3-SL's smaller seat stays apparently provide the lanky rider with a little more comfort as the kilometers roll on.
Andy's bike is strictly team-issue elsewhere: road sponsor Alpha Q provides its GS-40 fork, 3T supplies its Arx Team stem and Rotundo handlebar (time trial bikes are fitted with 3T's more aerodynamic Funda Pro fork),
As in the past, the rest of the bike is fitted with standard Shimano Dura-Ace componentry although we should note that there wasn't a shred of new-generation 7900 to be found among the squad. This should perhaps come as no surprise, though, since Shimano isn't actually a team sponsor. Instead, CSC-Saxo Bank prefers to purchase its Shimano bits in order to maintain its relationships with FSA and Zipp. According to team mechanic Alejandro Tullalbo, the team may switch to 7900 in the future but would have to test it first.
Tullalbo also graces Andy's bike with a few tricks from his well-traveled tool box. Ceramic bearings are fitted throughout and the derailleur housing ferrules are drilled out for smoother operation. The latter obviously has some negative impact on their longevity in wet conditions versus Shimano's sealed units but Tullalbo loads the housing with heavy oil and the cables and housing are changed frequently as it is, anyway.
This year's Tour de France still has a long way to go so it would be a mistake to write Andy off completely at this stage of the game (stranger things have happened). Even if 2008 doesn't turn out to be Andy's year, though, the burgeoning rider probably shouldn't be too disappointed. After all, he finished a brilliant second in the 2007 Giro d'Italia (his first Grand Tour) and being just 22 years of age at the time also captured the white jersey of best young rider on which Riccardo Riccò had firmly set his sights.
Moreover, Andy's gifted riding has gone well noticed among in the sport and even Fränk admits that he is the more talented of the brothers from
|Cervélo R3-SL
|Alpha Q GS-40
|Cane Creek integrated
|3T Arx Team, 130mm x -17°
|3T Rotundo Team, 42cm (c-c)
|3T Bar Tape Team
Front brake
|Shimano Dura-Ace BR-7800 with Shimano carbon-specific cork pads
Rear brake
|Shimano Dura-Ace BR-7800 with Shimano carbon-specific cork pads
Brake levers
|Shimano Dura-Ace STI Dual Control ST-7800
Front derailleur
|Shimano Dura-Ace FD-7800-F
Rear derailleur
|Shimano Dura-Ace RD-7800-SS
Shift levers
|Shimano Dura-Ace STI Dual Control ST-7800
|Shimano Dura-Ace CS-7800, 11-23T
|Shimano Dura-Ace CN-7801
|FSA SL-K Light (labeled as K-Force Light), 172.5mm, 39/53T
Bottom bracket
|FSA MegaExo Ceramic
|Speedplay Zero Titanium
|Zipp 404 tubular with ceramic bearings
Front tyre
|Vittoria Corsa EVO-CX tubular, 23mm
Rear tyre
|Vittoria Corsa EVO-CX tubular, 23mm
|Prologo Scratch TR
Seat post
|FSA K-Force SB20
Bottle cages
|Tacx Tao Carbon
|Sigma 1106
Other accessories
|drilled-out housing ferrules, Morgan Blue lubricants
Rider details:
Rider's height:
|1.86kg (6' 1")
Rider's weight:
|66kg (145.5lb)
Seat tube length, c-c:
Seat tube length, c-t:
Saddle height, from BB (c-t):
Tip of saddle nose to C of bars (next to stem):
C of front wheel to top of bars (next to stem):
Top tube length:
|565mm (horizontal)
Total bicycle weight:
|6.81kg (15.0lb)


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This post will give you a step by step instruction on how to perform a Mint4win installation of Mint 13 32-bit successfully, even though the Mint 13 release notes state
Affected editions:[b]Release Notes for Linux Mint 13[/b] wrote:Mint4win [...] is only functional with the 64-bit ISOs.
- Linux Mint 13 "Maya" 32-bit, Cinnamon Desktop
- Linux Mint 13 "Maya" 32-bit, MATE Desktop
- Linux Mint 13 "Maya" 32-bit, Xfce Desktop
In this post you will get a step-by-step instruction on how to fix or rather work around the mentioned error thus performing a successful Mint4win installation.
All those readers who are not really keen on messing around with initrd.lz themselves may be glad to learn that the forum user breaker has made available for download a corrected ISO-file holding Linux Mint 13 "Maya" 32-bit, MATE Desktop, and that he is about to make available for download a corrected ISO-file holding Linux Mint 13 "Maya" 32-bit, Cinnamon Desktop.
- Release Notes for Linux Mint 13
- Problem with Linux mint 13 Cinnamon 32-bit mint4win install
- Linux Mint 13: Grub2 ISO Loopback Not Working?
Symptoms telling you you are affected:
You perform a Mint4win installation of Mint 13 32-bit. The target Windows machine uses 1 or more drives formatted as NTFS filesystems. Mint4win has completed those steps which can be performed under Windows. Mint4win has rebooted the system in order to execute the second phase of the installation. This second phase is performed by a Linux Live system stored on the Windows target drive of your Mint4win installation.
When this Linux Mint live system tries to start up you will read error messages like the following
Needless to say that the installation will not be performed.[b]caribiz[/b] wrote:BusyBox v1.18.5 (Ubuntu 1:1.18.5-1ubuntu4) built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.
(initramfs) Begin: Running /scripts/casper-premount ... done.
Begin: ...waiting for devs... ... done.
stdin: error 0
/sbin/mount.ntfs: line 1: ELF: not found
/sbin/mount.ntfs: line 2: : not found
/sbin/mount.ntfs: line3: syntax error: unexpected ")"
mount: mounting /dev/sda7 on /isodevice failed: No such device
Warning: Cannot mount /dev/sda7 on /isodevice
Could not find the ISO /linuxmint-13-cinnamon-dvd-32bit.iso
How to solve the problem:
- A bootable DVD, holding either of the two affected Linux Mint 13 32-bit editions, Mate Desktop or Cinnamon Dektop
- A Windows 7 system, 32-bit or 64-bit which can be booted from the Mint 13 DVD. The system must also have a functional USB interface where you can plug in a USB stick.
- A USB stick having a minimum of 20 MB free space on it.
- Boot the machine from the Mint 13 32-bit DVD and select to "Start Linux Mint"
- Once the live system is ready, launch a terminal window.
- Execute and locate the line referring to your DVD. Here it is /dev/sr0, mounted on /cdrom.
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- Execute You will see the names vmlinuz and initrd.lz. These two files will be copied to the Windows machine during the first (Windows) phase of your Mint4win installation later on. It is this initrd.lz which holds the errors that we are going to correct.
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cd /cdrom/casper ls -al
- Execute to return to your home folder and
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cdto create a subfolder named x and finally
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mkdir xin order to enter the new sub-folder.
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cd x
- Execute This will extract the content of initrd.lz to your current folder, preserving the folder structure inside initrd.lz
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zcat /cdrom/casper/initrd.lz | cpio -i -d
- Execute This will list two files and reveal that they are 64-bit ELF executables although in fact they should be 32-bit ELF executables.
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cd sbin ls -al mount.ntf* file mount.ntf*
- Execute This will list a correct 32-bit version of the same file, only having a slightly different name.
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ls -al ../bin/ntfs-3g file ../bin/ntfs-3g
- Correct the error by executing
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cp ../bin/ntfs-3g ./mount.ntfs cp ../ntfs-3g ./mount.ntfs-3g
- Verify the files are correct now by executing
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file mount.ntf*
- Now we need to recreate a new initrd.lz file by repacking the whole sub-folder sturcture. Execute This will generate a new initrd.lz file in your home folder.
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cd ~/x find . | cpio -o -H newc | gzip -9 > ../initrd.lzIf it is not there you have not followed the instructions carefully enough.
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cd ls -al initrd.lz
- Insert your USB stick and wait till it has been automatically mounted. Feel free to use Nautilus to perform the next steps, even though I will give the commandlines, because they require less typing.
My stick is /dev/sde1 and got mount under /media/INTENSO. (OK, so you now know who the manufacturer is. )By now there is a folder named initrd on the stick, holding exactly one file, the file initrd.lz which we have just created.
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mkdir /media/INTENSO/initrd cp ~/initrd.lz /media/INTENSO/initrd/initrd.lz
- Umount the stick or tell Nautilus to safely unplug it.
- The repair job is finished: We have got the repaired initrd.lz on our USB stick.
We are now ready to reboot to Windows and perform the Mint4win installation.
So tell your Mint Live System to reboot.
- Boot up your Windows system normally and login.
- Insert the Linux Mint 13 DVD.
- Navigate to mint4win.exe on the DVD, right-click it and select "Run As Administrator"
- Select "Install inside Windows".
Select the Windows drive where you want your Mint4win installation to go. - I selected drive D:
Confirm the suggested foldername "linuxmint". - So Mint will be found inside D:\linuxmint here.
Assign a decent disk size to your Mint4win installation. - I selected 30 GB.
Specify a username and assign it a password.
- Wait till Mint4win has finished its work and offers to reboot.
- Do not reboot, yet, instead select "I will reboot later".
- Insert the USB stick holding the corrected initrd.lz file.
- Open a Windows Explorer window. Navigate to D:\linuxmint (or wherever you told Mint4win to install.)
There will be a subfolder named "install". Enter it.
Inside this folder there will be the files vmlinuz, initrd.lz (the faulty one) and installation.iso.
- Open a second Windows Explorer window. Navigate to the corrected initrd.lz file on the USB stick.
Drag this corrected initrd.lz file from the stick to the other Explorer window into the folder holding the faulty initrd.lz. Drop it and allow it to overwrite the existing initrd.lz.
Now the corrected initrd.lz file is on the harddisk.
- Eject the DVD. Safely unplug the USB stick. Reboot.
- During the boot phase you will be presented a boot menu. Select to boot "Linux Mint".
- Unless you have committed a mistake, the second phase of the Mint4win installation should startup without any hassle and really quickly.
If this is true, then you will see the Live System Desktop within a few seconds.
- On the Live System Desktop click on the icon labelled "Install Linux Mint" in order to proceed with the installation.
- Follow the instructions on the screen.
In particular make sure that you select /dev/loopX as the target for the root.disk (ext4 file system of your Mint installation) and the same /dev/loopX as the target for Grub. The "X" inside /dev/loopX will be 1 or 2 actually. It should be obvious when looking at the offered choices.
Never ever allow Grub to go to /dev/sda! Else you will run into trouble which is totally unrelated to any (fixed/not fixed) bugs in your initrd.lz. - Yet, this kind of trouble is not part of this instruction.
- Unless you have committed a mistake, the second phase of the Mint 13 installation should finish without any problems.
I have in fact installed Linux Mint 13 32-bit Cinnamon Desktop using Mint4win following the steps given above. It worked perfectly. Nonetheless, I may have forgotten or incorrectly written down a detail or two. In case you should find any errors in the instruction, please, do not hesitate to let me know. So I can check and correct it.


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Ouch! Your ENT doctor didn't come up with any solution? How about the allergologist?
When I have allergy, over the counter medications work very well to block rhinitis (the regular ones, not things like zyrtex or the like, which work only with selected allergies), but I don't think they work with sinusitis, plus, they're really temporary palliatives.


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MADRID (Reuters) - Rafa Nadal has got used to playing through the pain caused by his troublesome knee, his uncle and coach Toni said as the world number two prepares to face number one Novak Djokovic in the U.S. Open final later on Monday.
Spaniard Nadal has been on a spectacular run since returning to competitive action at Vina del Mar in February after a frustrating seven months on the sidelines due to a recurring knee problem.
The 27-year-old has claimed nine singles titles, including a record eighth French Open crown and five Masters events. He is bidding for his second U.S. Open triumph after beating Djokovic in the 2010 final.
"The knee is what it is and I think Rafa has grown used to playing in pain," Toni Nadal told Spanish radio station Cadena Ser on Monday.
"I think he deserves all that he has for what it costs him to achieve what he has achieved," he added.
"We couldn't have imagined six months ago when we started again ... that we would be where we are now today.
"Things have gone much better than expected and all we can do is be happy and thank God or Mother Nature or whoever for all that has happened."
Nadal and Djokovic are set to play each other for a 37th time on Monday, a record for the Open Era.
Nadal has a 21-15 winning record against the Serb and has won seven of their 10 meetings at grand slams, although Djokovic, who beat Nadal in the 2011 U.S. Open final, leads 11-6 on hard courts and 3-2 in slam finals.
"I think it's going to be a tough match and I hope that is the case for both players," Toni Nadal said.
"He is the opponent you least want to play, the world number one, and he is playing on a surface that theoretically is more favorable to him."
After the final, Nadal will fly to Madrid to represent Spain on his favored clay in this weekend's Davis Cup World Cup playoff tie against Ukraine.
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Fire investigators are looking for a serial arsonist after at least nine vehicles were torched in Fort Worth Saturday morning.
911 operators began to receive numerous reports of car fires on the south side of Fort Worth beginning at around 4 a.m. The fire department said all of the burned vehicles were found near Hemphill Street and Berry Avenue.
On Monday, the Fort Worth Arson Bomb Squad said the car fires spanned a two and a half mile area, and all happened within a half an hour.
According to arson investigators, the cars were lit intentionally, but why remains a mystery.
The Fralia family's 2002 Ford F-350 diesel was burned to a crisp. Investigators said it looks like the fire was set at the front driver's side tire. The windshield melted onto the dash. The couple's barking dogs got them up around 4 a.m.
Caroline Fralia said "I came running out, try to grab the hose and as I'm calling 911 to give them our address and tell them our car's on fire the 911 operator goes, 'Don't you live at 46?' and I go, 'No, I live at 47,' and she said, 'Well we've got another fire down there,' and I thought, 'Oh my gosh.'"
Whoever got their kicks destroying at least nine vehicles, including the Fralia's pickup truck, likely wasn't counting on a surveillance camera above the Fralia's front door pointed right at them.
The video, which investigators downloaded onto a disk, shows a dark car pull up on the other side of the street and go out of frame. Moments later a white crew cab pickup truck pulls up behind it and stays in the frame. Seconds later you see movement of someone's head bobbing by the driver's side window of her truck. Then you see a bright flash, the truck's burning and the two vehicles take off.
Joe Edwards' truck was another one of the torched vehicles. Edwards woke up early Saturday morning with his car on fire. His wife showed NBC 5 security camera video, that showed what appeared to be a truck and another vehicle passing by, before the truck burst into flames.
"Financially it will almost ruin us," Edwards said.
"There are just no words to describe it. It is a total loss of a vehicle I depended on to crank it up and go to work," Edwards said.
"I don't have anything to say to those people except leave people alone. If you earn it fine, but if you don't earn it, keep your hands off it," Edwards said.
Fort Worth police said the fire starters hit nine cars from about 4 a.m. to 4:45 a.m. all within a couple of miles of each other.
Most of the fires were started in the Ryan Place neighborhood, where Marsha Henderson had her 10-year-old Toyota minivan parked.
"The fire department was down the street," said Henderson. "They saw it catch on fire so they got here really quickly. They didn't run any sirens or anything. "They were working another fire one block down."
Vehicle owners are glad the fire didn't spread beyond their cars and that no one was hurt, but they are angry.
"It inconveniences me. It's going to cost me a lot of money to replace it and it'll have a ripple effect. It's a stupid, senseless crime," said Henderson.
"I really would like to get them caught because someone else may not be as fortunate as me," said Fralia, who added she hopes this didn't happen to someone who had to wake up and go to work Saturday morning.
Investigators are working leads, and told NBC 5 that eight cars were parked legally in the street, and one was in a driveway.
Many of the vehicles are total losses.
Investigators hope surveillance video, in addition to any other evidence or tips they get, lead to some quick arrests.
The fire department said this is a rapidly evolving investigation. Anyone who may have information relating to the identity of the person responsible for the car fires can call 817-469-8477 (TIPS).
People who call with information will remain anonymous and may collect up to $1,000 reward if the tip leads to an arrest and conviction, said the Fort Worth Fire Department.
NBC 5's Dulce Hernandez and Julie Fine contributed to this story.


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Thank you for offering me a free subscription to the prestigious "Pharmaceutical and Medical Packaging News."
Really. I am not making this up.
Your kind offer is especially timely, as my subscriptions to "American Lunch Trays" and the Pulitzer Prize winning "Condom Wrappers Quarterly" have recently run out.
You'll be hearing from me soon, and I can't wait for my first issue.
Yours truly,
Ibee Grumpy, M.D.
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Sounds of Summer
Steve Adelson and Friends
Long Beach's renowned Chapman Stick player Steve Adelson is jazzin' up his hometown when he takes to the stage with his Stick-Tet Power Trio for a night of creative tunes. Adelson and his Stick-Tet, featuring the Ucci Brothers — Chieli Minucci and Frank Bellucci — are joined by Uppercut, the 10-piece Big Band, and the Paula Atherton Group in what is sure to be an inspired evening of music-making. The Paula Atherton Group starts things off with some cool interpretations of original music, at 5:30 p.m., followed by the "master of the stick," playing tunes from his new CD, "Sonic Imagination," at 7 p.m., and ending with those funky R&B sounds of Uppercut.
Friday, Aug. 1. Free admission. City Hall's Kennedy Plaza, Long Beach.
At the Movies
Shorts on the Beach
Another film festival is upon us, this time in the City by Sea. The Long Beach International Film Festival is under way, at locations around Long Beach and in Rockville Centre. Among the scheduled events for the three-year-old festival, is a beachside event, Friday's "Shorts On the Beach." It includes a concert with American Idol contestant Siobhan Magnus and other musical acts, along with a block of short films at the Allegria Hotel's beachfront. "The Delivery Boy," a 2003 short from Long Beach filmmaker Stephen Marro, opens the screening in its Long Island premiere. The charming story of a 10-year-old boy who has a crush on a girl in a bakery, the film was shot in Long Beach and Rockville Centre. Another Marro short, "The Quality of Mercy," with Mary Louise Parker, also has its Long Island premiere, at a second screening of shorts at Molloy College's Madison Theatre on Aug. 2.
Friday, Aug. 1, 8-10 p.m. Allegria Hotel, 80 West Broadway, Long Beach. Visit www.longbeachfilm.com for schedule and ticket information.


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Turn 43 – RPG Love 2002-2004
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Featuring John "MusiM" Beauchamp and Michael "Boston" Hannon
Music: Untitled tracks by MusiM
This week marks the fourth installment of our RPG series. For this turn we discuss our favorite RPG's between the years of 2002-2004 with our special guest from That Video Game Podcast (TVGP.TV). Games discussed include Kingdom Hearts, Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter, Dark Cloud 2, Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht, Disgaea: Hour of Darkness, Final Fantasy XI, Final Fantasy X-2, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, Pokemon Fire Red / Leaf Green, Shadow Hearts: Covenant, World of Warcraft, Disciples 2, Arc the Lad, Arc the Lad Twilight of the Spirits, The Elder Scrolls Morrowind, Neverwinter Nights, Knights of the Old Republic, Chaos Legion, Final Fantasy Tactics Advanced, Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne, Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines, Yu Yu Hakasho Tournament Tactics, and many more.


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Our July 2012 Am Issue is on newsstands now! On the cover, Nick Garcia lapped one of the gnarliest hurricanes we've seen to date. He'll be breaking it down in a Behind The Cover video coming soon where you'll see the clip of the make too! His Am Spotlight is a classic and proves why he deserved the last part in Element's Future Nature.Veteran pros weigh in on the ams that are doing it right in The Proper Come Up. We've got Vice Versa interviews with Trevor Colden, Spencer Hamilton, Mark Suciu, and Daniel Lutheran. 9 Frames get heavy with bangers from Felipe Gustavo, Youness Amrani, and Filipe Ortiz.
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Dingle Itinerary 1 Day
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- Gallarus Oratory
- O\'sullivan\'s Courthouse Pub
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And if you're going to rob a convenience store, at least have a decent getaway plan.
Thank you, Don!
A Blog detailing the insanity of my medical practice and the stupidity of everyday life.
It's funny how the report mentions that the clerk stabbed him in the leg. Did she think he was faking it? Couldn't she stab him somewhere else?
Gotta love his reasoning.
If ever there was a less apposite name "champion"
As punishment, the judge sentenced him to drink all 12 bottles of Bud Light Lime. His sentence was reduced on appeal to life in prison.
I keep seeing more kids wearing mohawks or similar hair cuts lately, often with color dyes.
It makes me so nostalgic for the '80s. [After all, the economy is about the same, right?]
I worked for several years as a nurse in the prison system. I can attest from personal experience that they do indeed arrest the handicapped. I took care of a functional quad who was arrested for DUI. He came to a state prison because the county could not afford his care.
My husband's a cop. One of my favorite stories is of a slow-speed chase of a drunk down the highway at 25 mph. They finally get the guy to pull over, 30 minutes or so in, every car in the county is surrounding this guy. Hub's partner pulls the guy out of the car, he's naked from the waist down. Partner's yelling at the guy..
"Get up! Stand up! What the F is wrong with you??"
"I can't stand up, I'm a paraplegic!"
Little Calf Creamery. Delicious homemade ice cream and food in Thousand Oaks!


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There's something magical about this video. I think it's because of the slow pace in which the giant computer-controlled arm carefully places layer after layer of gooey plastic to create furniture. It's like an endless cream sandwich. It makes me hungry.
The robotic arm, controlled by Dirk Vander Koolj, uses a plastic gun to place the hot plastic mash in 3D space. The plastic—recycled from old fridges—slowly makes the chair grow while little elves play nimble music and infuse love waves in it.
I know you can't see that now, but you didn't believe on organisms made of arsenic, and look what happened! [Golan via Makezine]


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January 24, 2013 16:30 ET
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 24, 2013) - Astur Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:AST)(FRANKFURT:CDC) ("Astur Gold" or the "Company") is pleased to announce it is granting 400,000 options with an exercise price of $0.80 for a term of 5 years to Interim COO Michael Surratt. Michael Surratt also joined the Company's Board of Directors on January 21, 2013.
Astur Gold is developing its 100% owned Salave Gold Project in Asturias, northern Spain, which is one of the largest undeveloped gold deposits in Western Europe. The Company recently received approval for an underground mine from the Commission for Environmental Affairs of the Principality of Asturias in November 2012 and is completing additional requirements for the processing plant and tailings licenses with expected completion in H1 2013. The Company is working to build a partnership with the people of Asturias to generate sustainable economic benefits for the region while balancing the needs of environmental protection and social community development.
Cary Pinkowski, Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
Mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. This document contains certain forward looking statements which involve known and unknown risks, delays and uncertainties not under the Company's control which may cause actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from the results, performance or expectation implied by these forward looking statements.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Astur Gold CorporationVadim Dubchak(604) 694-1600(604) 694-1663 (FAX)email@example.com
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Let's start a list of things which first time RigidBot users should do and check in order to get to the first print.
For instance: Calibrate the Extruder flow rate: http://youtu.be/YUPfBJz3I6Y
As more experienced users get their printers they can post things to watch out for as well.
I assume that we can then make this a sticky thread.


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If Gold Has Lost Shimmer, How to Invest Now?
After cresting to highs, gold has been looking more earth-bound recently. Is this the end of the bull market or just a pause? Scott Colyer, chief executive at Advisors Asset Management, joins Money Beat. Photo: Getty Images.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... the years and ... gold prices are down about seventeen percent this year ... since the end of the gold market from Eylea poets ... here talk about this cochlear chief executive at olive at Advisors Asset Management Scott thanks for visiting the storage ... solace are right there is this the end of the gold run which is just a polis ... generally secular markets don't and in whimpered generally speaking the fireworks in in in this is the one for the team ... I think this is a win for us is that ... this is a correction really after a decade of outperformance in a decade of ... a fever but not high pitch fever ... how do you look for things like the Hunt Brothers' running the silver market for my pocket halfway announce up to fifty four dollars that's that's on fire ... and ... we haven't had anything close to that ... with the world's central banks still in in an extremely easy monetary policy printing currency ... Japan is that the new worst ever crude to the race to the base ... how gold is probably not be in place to be however ... all markets even secular bull markets have to take some time off so I think this is probably just a cyclical downturn ... in the in the gold and other metals markets is not just gold is not just over an aluminum is there a few of its steel coal almost natural resources ... they've they've they've actually taken up on a stake in the euro on ... steel companies are selling really Khona where they were back in two thousand and nine so ... they've either so much ... so how long can such a pause last ... fall apart like this could last for a while before right is just a cyclical correction ... then we would expect that bolted to resume here in the next few months and to move on ... the scene of some interesting insider buying ... recently and some of these resource companies ... had recently this week Hecla Mining so that you know if you look in testimony officers and directors are willing to put their money out there ... and starting to buy and that's interesting to watch ... are there any other metrics it to look internally to gauge whether or not ... the pause may last longer or the and the shorter be on just the insider ... buying and sundry up in a while off I if I had at first of all the work that what ... I meant ... you know I might be on my own island in the South Pacific ... however I don't have that ... I do believe ... that when when you do you begin to see insiders think ... he would see a lot of fear come out of the markets and so therefore a lot of selling out of the end of the ... the the medal stand at the end of the day down ... just remember that as you have the rest of the world applying the same ... monetary easing that we are applying here ... their economies will begin to burrow Dell have a greater demand for commodities especially the few natural resources ... we would see a pretty good balance in these in these in the sector ... so go quickly is this the time to buy call or should people wait and maybe catching a cheaper price shortly I think that would be an Kimmy later here I would be a buyer here ... aam I'm not sure I would buy hundred percent at any given time a Norwood ideas hundred percent salary any given time that ... we think that the secular cyclist intact ... we think that gold and other metals have higher gains had ... been so I think I'd be in the Kenyan leaders are great things from this and we appreciate it and get drunk


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IRVINE — The Orange County Breakers have a fascinating mix of talent this season.
Consider that during their current four-match winning streak, they have had two World Team Tennis rookies – John-Patrick Smith and Jana Juricova – playing men's and women's singles for them.
They have a men's doubles player, Travis Parrott, who Coach Trevor Kronemann said plans to retire at the end of this year. And of course they have the former world No. 1, Lindsay Davenport, who is in her 10th season playing in the league.
Most of all, they appear to be having tons of fun.
This is his most bonded and gelled team in 23 years associated with WTT, Kronemann said after Friday night's 21-13 victory over Boston at UC Irvine's Bren Events Center. The 2012 Breakers also have a chance to be one of his best.
Friday's victory was huge. With one regular-season match left, Orange County (7-6) clinched the top spot in the Western Conference playoffs. The Breakers, making their first playoff appearance since 2009, will play Sacramento in the WTT Western Conference Championship on Sept. 15 in Charleston, S.C.
"Everybody's loose and getting their jobs done, which is great," Kronemann said. "It makes it a lot easier. Not that we had issues in the past with team chemistry, but for some reason this team feels like everybody's out to win and do their part. We don't really have a hole. I mean, we're going to get Anna-Lena [Groenefeld] back [for the playoffs], and what are we going to do? We have a lot of options, which is going to be good to have come South Carolina.
"The good news is that we've peaked at the right time."
The Breakers won four of five sets Friday night. Smith started it off in men's singles with his sixth straight victory, defeatingJan-Michael Gambill, 5-3. Smith rallied from a 3-1 deficit.
"He's got the game," Kronemann said. "He's the real deal. It will not surprise me to see him in theU.S. Openand through [qualifiers]. He's tough, he serves well, returns well. His ball is nasty enough to just make everything interesting for the other players."
Juricova then continued her recent strong play with a 5-2 women's singles victory over Irina Falconi. Juricova, the 2011 NCAA women's singles champ at UC Berkeley, has settled into her current role as the team's women's singles player nicely.
"We knew we had to step it up after a few losses last week," Juricova said. "A few of the matches could have been better, but the important thing is that we were able to turn it around … From the first day it's been amazing. Everyone is so nice and supportive. Yes, we do jokes. Luckily, I [haven't been] the one, the victim, but I think it's coming. Especially with J.P. [on the team]; he's the crazy one. So yeah, it's been really great for me to join the team. We want to hang out together all the time, so it's really fun."
The Lobsters (5-8) got their one set victory in mixed doubles, when Carly Gullickson-Eagle and Eric Butorac topped Smith and Davenport, 5-1. But the Breakers immediately responded. Juricova and Davenport rallied to win the last four games and defeat Gullickson-Eagle and Falconi, 5-3, in women's doubles. That gave Orange County a 16-13 lead headed into the last set.
Parrott and Smith then played perhaps their best men's doubles set of the season, blanking Gambill and Butorac, 5-0.
"He's retiring when all this is all said and done," Kronemann said of Parrott, 31. "I understand where he's at, where his thought process is. All of a sudden you're thinking, 'I've got a job coming.' He's got twins coming; he's got a lot of life-changing things in front of him. He's going to have fun with [the tennis], and that's when he's played his best, when he's having fun and being energetic out there. He did that tonight."
The Breakers hung out for quite a while on the court after Friday's match, joking with each other and later with the team's owner, tennis legend Billie Jean King. They'll be back out there Saturday night, when they have their regular-season finale against visiting Philadelphia at 7 p.m.
Philadelphia will feature marquee player Mark Philippoussis for Saturday's match, which is Breakers Fan Appreciation Night.
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Introduction and Features
LEPA is a relatively new player in the PC power supply market and they continue to expand their power supply offerings with the introduction of a second generation Gold Series 650W, 750W, and 850W PSUs. LEPA also offers five other power supplies in the original G Series ranging from 500W all the way up to 1600W! We will be taking a detailed look at LEPA's new Gold Series 750W PSU in this review.
Up until now, the LEPA name has traditionally been considered a house-brand for Enermax but the new LEPA Gold Series is manufactured by Channel Well and not Enermax – interesting. ECOMASTER is the authorized US agent for both Enermax and LEPA brand products.
LEPA Gold 750W Power Supply Key Features:
• 750 watt continuous power output (up to 40°C)
• 80Plus Gold certified to deliver up to 92% efficiency
• Low load, Fanless Mode (=15% load)
• DC-to-DC converter design ensures system reliability
• Double Forward circuit design provides high efficiency
• High efficiency 5VSB circuit helps meet EU ErP Lot 6 (2013) standards
• Solid state capacitors and all Japanese-made capacitors for reliability
• 140mm dual-ball bearing fan with thermal programmed speed control
• Hybrid modular cabling with flat, ribbon-style modular cables
• Powerful single +12V rail (62A) offers great compatibility
• Active PFC (up to 0.99)
• Universal AC input (100-240 VAC) full range
• OP, OV, OT, SC and Brown-out protection
• ATX12V and EPS12V version compliant
Please continue reading our LEPA Gold 750W power supply review!


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Facebook could end up shedding a big chunk of its 1.2 billion users in three years, says a Princeton University study that cited 'disease-like dynamics' in the social network's upcoming doom.
The study, by two Princeton Ph.D. candidates Joshua Spechler and John Cannarella, has created a stir by speculating that the world's biggest social network could lose "80% of its peak user base" between 2015 and 2017.
In the study, "Epidemiological modeling of online social networks dynamics," the Princeton students argue that Facebook is already "beginning to show the onset of an abandonment phase."
"In this paper, we analyze the adoption and abandonment dynamics of online social networks by drawing analogy to the dynamics that govern the spread of infectious disease," Spechler and Cannarella write.
Facebook, they suggest, is an idea, a fad that, like an illness, can spread — and then eventually fade away. They cited the rise and fall of MySpace.
"Ideas, like diseases, have been shown to spread infectiously between people before eventually dying out," they write.
MarketWatch wanted to drill down on their analysis. But in an email Spechler said he and Cannarella prefer not to comment as the paper is being "peer-reviewed."
But some tech industry and social media observers reached by MarketWatch did their own review of the Princeton paper. They were generally unimpressed.
"Interesting analysis and I'm sure Zuckerberg loves being compared to Typhoid Mary," analyst Rob Enderle of the Enderle Group told MarketWatch, referring to the Facebook founder and chief executive.
" If the disease model holds it suggests that Facebook will need to evolve/mutate in order to begin another curve or it will die out. It has to overcome the immunization cycle."
Tim Bajarin of Creative Strategies Inc., a veteran Silicon Valley observer, called MySpace a "bad example" for analyzing where Facebook is headed. That's because the one-time dominant social network "limited their audience appeal from the beginning and never evolved the platform beyond their initial target audience."
"An epidemiological viewpoint does not factor in a tech platform that can evolve and re-invent itself over time," he told MarketWatch. "Facebook has a huge audience to work with. They will lose some people through attrition, but they can also try and attract new users too if the site evolves to meet new and different needs of an audience that also evolves over time."
However, an epidemiological approach makes sense to some extent, says Sarah Larcker, vice president of the health-care marketing agency, Digitas Health.
"There\'s no question that this has some applicability to the spread of ideas, and viral videos, popular music, etc., as the authors mention," Larcker told MarketWatch.
"To some degree, this is probably how people find out which social network their friends are using in the first place."
But comparing the spread and decline of a social network "has some limitations."
"Diseases stop spreading when they reach a saturation point: there are no more people to infect either due to herd immunity, or the fact that everyone is infected," she continued. "Unlike diseases, however, dominant social networks will maintain their saturation rate until a disruption occurs."
That disruption, which could come in the form of another hot, new site, similar to the way Facebook disrupted MySpace.
Then there are the other well-known reasons why people don't use or decide to abandon Facebook, she said, including those who say, "I don\'t want mom and dad to see what I\'m doing, and they\'re on FB so I need something else."
Many of these factors have already been raised by analysts, and Facebook itself has acknowledged a decline in teen user growth in the U.S.
In fact, Larcker says there are possible and real trends that Facebook "should be nervous about," such as kids not joining the network so "they don\'t have a problem leaving" and the "take-back-your-data" mood sparked by the controversy around the National Security Agency data-gathering program.
"But there are mitigating factors that are not necessarily accounted for in a simple epidemiological model such as the authors suggest," Larcker argued. "Perhaps the rate of decline for Facebook membership will be slower, because it\'s tied into so many other critical online services. Perhaps membership will stay constant, but usage will decrease as people decide they want to disconnect and 'live in the real world' more. These are not fully accounted for in a disease/immunology model."
She also argued that the reported drop-off numbers for Facebook users "may be somewhat overhyped by the media."
"Facebook is so integrally tied to many online interactions that it\'ll be hard to get rid of for active users," she added. "So many people are dependent on the platform to keep in touch, attend events."
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The President turns 52 Sunday, making him a Leo. Incidentally, Leos are ambitious and magnetic and love being center stage — which sound like qualifications for the nation's top job.
Personally, it looks as if his birthday, Aug. 4, will be a lot more low-key than last year, when he was still in the midst of a heated re-election campaign. Congress is heading out of town this weekend, and Obama has no public events scheduled. He is heading to Camp David for the weekend.
Coincidentally, his birthday will serve as the kick-off of "Action August." That's a month-long push from Organizing For Action, an advocacy group focused on the President's second-term agenda, to generate action on some of the administration's top-priority issues, including immigration and the economy.
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I really thought this week's column was going to write itself. I purchased a new game for family game night, and even though I've already written one column about the games my family frequently plays after dinner, I was convinced the newest addition to the collection was going to be great fodder for a column. The game I purchased, Tell Tale, is a storytelling game where players create a tale based on cards with various pictures on them. As I'm paying for the game at the toy store, I'm thinking of how great it's going to be to have Cameron create a story and witness him flex his conversational muscles. I'm mentally writing my column about this wonderful parental experience I'm about to have. Yeah well, this is not that column I started in my head at the checkout counter. That wonderful moment I imagined at the dinner table didn't quite happen according to plan.
Round One of the game seemed promising. We each received four cards, and arranged the cards as we saw fit, and each told a tale based on our own cards. Cameron seemed fine with this format. For Round Two, I had the clever idea to mix up the format a bit, and suggested we build a story together. Each of us played a card, and added to the previous player's story with our own contribution. This is where things took a turn for the worse. Cameron found very little humor in our plot twists, and became visibly upset by the silliness of it all. When we started Round Three using this "build a story together" format, I thought Cameron's head might explode. He was so upset, I had to go into my "calm Cameron down" mode, and give him the opportunity to retell the story from the beginning, without input from anyone else. I hadn't realized how upsetting it would be for Cameron to have a plot twist wreck his plan for his next turn.
These moments in parenting, when I'm unexpectedly confronted with Cameron's challenges, can catch me off-guard. I'm always looking for signs that Cameron isn't nearly as impaired as his testing indicates, and am glad to say I often find those signs. But when something like this low frustration tolerance rears its head when I least expect it, I find it very deflating. I was so sure the Cameron was going to exhibit the ability to build a story and articulate his thoughts, I hadn't considered what would happen if he couldn't. But, I suppose these moments of the having the wind in the sails deflate a bit are just as important as the joyful moments I am ever hopeful for. These less than joyful moments keep me on my toes. They remind me that I can't assume anything when it comes to Cameron's future. Just because Cameron can balance his checkbook and use public transportation doesn't mean he's ready for anything the world throws at him. But there is a silver lining: I realize it's been a long time since I've had that sinking feeling in my stomach that coincides with the less than joyful moments. So I realize these gut-wrenching moments are fewer and farther between, and that gets the wind puffing up those sails again.


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Tell a family member, friend or neighbour
- Are there friends or neighbours you could tell about the abuse? Ask them to call the police if they hear angry or violent noises.
- Ensure that you have a support system in place - family, friends and professionals (such as your doctor, solicitor, the Citizen's Advice Bureau, Housing or Victim Support) who can assist you. Your abuser may try to keep you away from people who love and care for you. This is a way of making you more dependent on them.
Phone numbers
- Write down the contact details of friends, family or colleagues that you trust or professional organisations that offer help and keep the numbers in a safe place. Plan how to get to a phone, from which your call cannot be traced by your abuser, for example use a payphone to avoid the number showing on your bill.
Have a code word
- Have a prearranged keyword or signal, which you can use on the phone to let family, friends or a neighbour know you are in danger and need help.
Teach children how to get help
- If you have children, teach them how to dial 999 to ask for the police. Make up a code word that you can use when you need help.
- Also encourage your children to keep themselves safe by finding places to hide in the house or running to a neighbour's house.
Safer places in the home
- Think about safer places in your home where there are no weapons. If you feel abuse is going to happen try to get your abuser into one of these safer places.
How could you get out safely?
- Even if you do not actually plan to leave the home, think about how you could do it and where you could go. Practice ways of getting out by doing things that get you out of the house - taking out the rubbish, walking the dog, going to the shop.
Keep a packed bag in a safe hiding place - perhaps at a trusted neighbour's house. The bag should include all your essentials such as:
- Clothes
- Toiletries
- Medication
- Form of identification
- Child benefits books and birth certificates
- Child's favourite toys
- List of phone numbers
- Money for phone calls and a bus or taxi journey
- Keys
Safety for pets
- In some cases, family pets can be used to blackmail you into returning to the family home as threats could be made against their safety, so make arrangements for a safe place where your pets can be cared for.
What to do if an argument starts
- Get out of danger if you can and go straight to a safe place. If this is not possible, try to keep as calm and rational as you can. Keep your body language, movement and tone of voice as non-threatening as possible.
- Try to keep at least 2-3 feet (45-90cm) distance between you and your partner. Encroaching on their personal space may increase their anger and put you in greater danger. If you are able to, try to avoid standing eye-to-eye or toe-to-toe with your abuser, as this may send a challenging message.
- If matters do become more serious, try to keep yourself between your partner and any escape route, such as the front door, in case you need to get out quickly. Avoid the bathroom, kitchen or garage, or anywhere near potential weapons.
- If violence does occur and you are in danger, call 999 immediately.
- You should gather together as much evidence as possible relating to the abuse. This may include a diary, text messages, emails, medical and police reports or photographs. Al though you may not be ready to take action against your abuser on that occasion, the evidence you gather can often be used in later proceedings.
If you have made the decision to leave...
- Arrange for a place to go. It is best if this is a place unknown to your abuser. Remember that friends may sometimes be reluctant to assist you in this way because of concerns for their own safety. If you need somewhere to stay at short notice, contact Women's Aid direct or via the police, your doctor, the housing department or social services, who provide refuge facilities in most areas. You can stay there for a few days or even months to allow you time to consider your future. You should also pre-plan childcare resources if necessary.
- Helpful Domestic Abuse contacts
Help and support when building your new life
If you are living without your abuser after separation you need to consider the following to ensure your safety:
- From June 2011, Domestic Violence Protection Orders were operational in Greater Manchester. The orders bar the abuser from the home for up to 28 days, giving vital respite to the victims of abuse and giving them time to consider their options. If abusers breach the Order it could then lead to a prison sentence. As part of the scheme, victims will also be offered help and advice by caseworkers on the options open to them if they left the relationship - including securing a longer-term injunction.
- Many forms of harassment, intimidation and abuse can continue after you have left. A number of options exist to prevent this from happening. Your local Citizen's Advice Bureau and family solicitors will be able to advise you on the best way to combat any problems you may be experiencing.
- Safety precautions are crucial at this stage. Personal protection devices such as locks, alarms and mobile phones can be helpful. Be vigilant about your personal safety, and if possible always travel with a friend or colleague. Notify your neighbours, employers and schools about any injunctions that are in place, and ask that they notify the police if the abuser is seen near to your home. Ensure that schools know who has authorisation to collect the children.
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On February 23, 2012, Georgetown Law student Sandra Fluke testified before the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee regarding the impact of new health care regulations on expanding contraception coverage. Her point - that a prescription medication used to treat a wide variety of women's health issues should be covered by health insurance - was lost on Rush Limbaugh, who took the opportunity to use his radio platform to viciously and personally attack her repeatedly over several days. Since those attacks, dozens of advertisers have left his show and more than one hundred others have refused future association. But even in the face of this public outcry, Limbaugh has not changed his behavior and continues with his standard misogynistic and hateful language.
"Slut": Limbaugh Lashes Out At Law School Student
Limbaugh's Vicious Attacks On Fluke Resulted In Public Outcry And Advertiser Exodus
The Exodus Is Having An Impact On Limbaugh...
...That He Refuses To Acknowledge
His Conservative Buddies Just Don't Know What To Do
Limbaugh's Power In The GOP Has Been Threatened
The "Apology" Issued By Limbaugh Wasn't Nearly Enough
And The "Apology" Didn't Result In A Change In Behavior
But That's No Surprise, Given His Long History Of Anti-Woman Rhetoric
Women Haven't Been The Only Target For Limbaugh's Attacks...
... And Those Attacks Aren't The Only Reasons Advertisers Should Spurn Him
"Slut": Limbaugh Lashes Out At Law School Student
February 29
RUSH LIMBAUGH: What does it say about the college coed Susan Fluke [sic], who goes before a congressional committee and essentially says that she must be paid to have sex? What does that make her? It makes her a slut, right? It makes her a prostitute. She wants to be paid to have sex. She's having so much sex she can't afford the contraception. She wants you and me and the taxpayers to pay her to have sex. What does that make us? We're the pimps. The johns, that's right. We would be the johns -- no! We're not the johns. Well -- yeah, that's right. Pimp's not the right word. OK, so, she's not a slut. She's round-heeled.
March 1
RUSH LIMBAUGH: "I will buy all of the women at Georgetown university as much aspirin to put between their knees as they want" ... contraception coverage is "flat-out thievery" because taxpayers will pay for "personal sexual desires and habits" ... mocking Sandra Fluke with baby voice, crying: "I'm going broke having sex. ... It's not fair" ... women with contraceptive coverage must post sex videos online "so we can all watch" ... "Who bought your condoms in the sixth grade?" ... Sandra Fluke is "having so much sex, it's amazing she can still walk" ... five dollars for a month of birth control? "that makes PMS almost worth it" ... Fluke went to Georgetown as "an anti-Catholic plant from the get-go" ... contraceptive coverage is "welfare disguised as women's health" or "reproductive rights"
March 2
RUSH LIMBAUGH: Nobody's asking Fluke about "backing off the amount of sex" she has ... contraceptive coverage is like a woman "knocking on my door" and asking for money because she has to have sex tonight ... the definition of "misogynist" is "a man who hates women almost as much as women hate women" ... Fluke said she's "having sex so frequently that she can't afford all the birth control pills that she needs" ... Fluke has boyfriends "lined up around the block. They would have been in my day"
Limbaugh's Vicious Attacks On Fluke Resulted In Public Outcry And Advertiser Exodus
Advertisers big and small are fleeing from their association with Limbaugh - 45 within a week of his first vicious attack on Sandra Fluke.
Even companies whose ads haven't been airing during The Rush Limbaugh Show are publicly distancing themselves from the association.
The Exodus Is Having An Impact On Limbaugh...
Bloomberg News Highlights The Power Of Social Media In Accountability Campaign For Limbaugh
CNN's John Avlon On Advertiser Exodus From Limbaugh's Show: "This Is The Free Market Working Out"
Limbaugh's Advertiser Exodus Expands Exponentially
MSNBC's Up with Chris Hayes Discusses Limbaugh Advertiser Exodus
CNN Reports That Limbaugh's March 8 WABC Broadcast Included Over "Five Minutes Of Dead Air" During Commercial Breaks
Citing Media Matters' Research, Bloomberg Reports That Even A Free Advertiser Is Asking To Be Dropped From Limbaugh's Show
ABC's World News Reports That "More Big Sponsors" Have Withdrawn From Limbaugh's Show Over Misogynistic Attacks
...That He Refuses To Acknowledge
Limbaugh: "Only The Leftists Try To Use Extortion, Pressure, Threats To Silence Opposing Voices"
Limbaugh: "This Show Is About You. It's Not About The Advertisers"
His Conservative Buddies Just Don't Know What To Do
Limbaugh's Misogynistic Attacks Defended By Right-Wing Media
Limbaugh's Power In The GOP Has Been Threatened
Limbaugh's Unrivaled Influence On Republican Politics
The "Apology" Issued By Limbaugh Wasn't Nearly Enough
Limbaugh Launched 46 Personal Attacks On Fluke; He Apologized For Two Words
Limbaugh "Sincerely Apologize[s]" To Fluke For "Using Those Two Words To Describe Her"
Limbaugh: "I Acted Too Much Like The Leftists Who Despise Me"
Limbaugh Receives Criticism Over His So-Called "Apology" For Misogynistic Attacks On Fluke
Rush Limbaugh Issues Statement Regarding His 3-Day Misogynistic Attack On Sandra Fluke
And The "Apology" Didn't Result In A Change In Behavior
Meet The Three Women Rush Limbaugh Has Degraded Since Sandra Fluke
Rush Says He's "God's Gift To Women" According To The Logic Of The "Feminazis"
Limbaugh Says "Infobabe" Had Her "Tongue Hanging Out" While Writing Supposedly Pro-Obama Article; Makes Panting Noises
Rush Suggests GOP Is Not Anti-Woman Because Republicans "Take Women To Dinner. They Buy Women Diamonds"
Referring to "NAGs," Limbaugh Asks: "How Can I Be Anti-Woman? I Even Judged A Miss America Pageant"
Rush On Female Author: "What Is It With All Of These Young, Single White Women? Overeducated Doesn't Mean Intelligent"
Limbaugh's Latest Effort To Deflect Attention From His Misogyny
But That's No Surprise, Given His Long History Of Anti-Woman Rhetoric
"Feminazi": The History Of Limbaugh's Trademark Slur Against Women
FLASHBACK: Limbaugh To "Feminazi[s]": Love Your Body, "Because Nobody Else Does"
Rush Limbaugh's Decades Of Sexism And Misogyny
Rush On Tour: AIDS, Misogyny, And Suicide Used As Punchlines
Women Haven't Been The Only Target For Limbaugh's Attacks...
The 20 Worst Racial Attacks Limbaugh's Advertisers Have Sponsored
15 Of Limbaugh's Most Offensive And Controversial Comments Targeting Immigrants
Rush Limbaugh's Worst Advertiser-Sponsored Attacks On The LGBT Community
The 10 Worst Advertiser-Sponsored Moments Limbaugh Laughed At Human Suffering
Limbaugh's Advertisers Sponsored These 10 Attacks On Unions
10 Of Limbaugh's Worst Advertiser-Sponsored Attacks On The Poor
... And Those Attacks Aren't The Only Reasons Advertisers Should Spurn Him
15 Of The Worst Comments Limbaugh's Advertisers Have Sponsored Since 2004
The Habitual Dishonesty Of Rush Limbaugh
FLASHBACK: When Rush Limbaugh's Hate Was Televised
Limbaugh Once Thought Jokes About Race, Ethnicity, And Religion Were Off-Limits
Limbaugh On Obama Campaign Documentary: "Goebbels Would Have Not Allowed This One Out"
Limbaugh Once Thought Jokes About Race, Ethnicity, And Religion Were Off-Limits
Five Insane Conspiracy Theories Limbaugh's Advertisers Have Sponsored
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Twinkling blue lights now outline a one-mile hazardous stretch of highway north of Verdure that is dubbed, by some, "Deer Death Row." The state of Utah has inserted DeerDeter devices in hopes of reducing crumpled cars and deceased deer.
DeerDeter, a solar-powered gadget produced by Jafa Technologies, is being tested by the Utah Department of Transportation to decrease the number of deer collisions with vehicles on the highway.
The device is mounted on roadside poles and emits a flashing light and a high-pitched sound when they are illuminated by vehicle headlights. These actions are meant to startle wandering deer and keep them off of roads and away from oncoming cars.
When asked about the device, UDOT spokesman Kevin Kitchen pointed out its low cost and convenient installation on pre-existing poles when compared to other roadside deer deterrents, such as fences and undercrossings.
Kitchen said that conclusive results are not yet available to prove that DeerDeter reduces collisions, "We want to see what they will do in every season of the year over a longer period of time."
Linda Lewis, who lives near the test site, said she has noticed less dead deer where the lights are positioned. "They must emit something that the deer don't like," she said about the device and its ability to frighten the animals.
The device only works in the dark and does not deter deer during daylight hours. To aid in the test, UDOT has also placed infrared cameras at the test site to get video evidence of the device's impact on deer at night.
Jafa Technologies reports that DeerDeter has reduced deer related accidents by 90 percent in some areas of Europe. In Utah, where wildlife collisions are on the rise, officials are hopeful that the device will work.
An estimated 300 deer are killed by vehicles each year on the 30-mile stretch between Peters Hill and Blanding. Between 2004 and 2009, the small stretch of road where the test is taking place had 130 deer deaths.
That's enough venison to feast heartily every night for some time—provided you like your meat "grilled" and prefer a seasoning of asphalt instead of pepper.
Kitchen said that the data will be collected during all seasons of the year for at least two years before the results will be fully understood. Long-term studies may continue in order to test the gadget's endurance and its overall effect on deer. "These devices need to stand the test of time," he said.
Kitchen reports that in the broad scheme of things, DeerDeter may become a valuable highway safety tool to complement other devices. "We want to have quite a few tricks in our bag," he said.
The lights and noises of DeerDeter have been called annoying and a distraction by some, but most agree it's a nuisance they are willing to ignore if it keeps them from hitting an animal. Only time will tell if the device helps increase highway safety. In the meantime, there is no substitute for reduced speed and caution when traveling.


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Virus causing concern for Wenger
Arsene Wenger revealed Arsenal would go as far as stopping players shaking hands if it meant keeping a virus from spreading through the squad.
The Gunners hope to have Per Mertesacker available for Saturday evening's trip to West Ham after the German missed the midweek Champions League win over Olympiakos with a flu-like illness which had also previously laid low England forward Theo Walcott, midfielder Francis Coquelin and captain Thomas Vermaelen.
While the current outbreak is nothing like an epidemic, Wenger maintains the club are always cautious in regards to prevention, and he said: "We have improved the level of hygiene in the dressing room, we clean everything. It is funny, but shaking hands is one of the biggest things to spread virus."
He added: "I shake hands with everybody, but we are advised not to do it when there is a high level of risk.
"At the moment it has passed and is not a high level. A few have it, but it is not (necessarily) the case that they got it here."
Having 6ft 6in centre-back Mertesacker available again would be a tactical boost for nullifying the threat of fit-again West Ham forward Andy Carroll.
"Mertesacker has made a big leap and he came back (from his broken ankle] very fit," said Wenger. "He looked very sharp on the first day that he came back, he lost some weight and of course that helps."
Arsenal responded from last weekend's disappointing home defeat by Chelsea to stay on course for qualification for the knockout stages in Europe.
Gervinho netted his fifth goal in as many games during the 3-1 victory, having been moved to a central striker's role following the sale of captain Robin van Persie to Manchester United. Wenger is confident the whole side can now provide a collective attacking threat.
"When Van Persie was injured of course it's not only that you can't score goals any more, it is the psychological consequences on the morale of the team," Wenger said. "Players ask you already, 'does Van Persie play on Saturday or not?' when he has two or three days out."