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Anxiety about getting others infected
Jun 15, 2017
For the past month I have been struggling with the worry that I can get people around me infected. I am familiar with the modes of transmission of the condition and that HIV is a weak virus that cannot survive that long outside the body, yet despite this, I wash my hands five times when I go to the bathroom, use 70 percent alcohol, have separate utensils.
I suffered from insomnia because I accidentally launched a drop of water into someones eye while drinking, and during that time I had a mouth sore so I'm not sure if it had blood or not. I spent the whole night til morning reading about transmission is unlikely and even texted my doctor about it but he did not reply. My viral load is 43 then latest is 38 copies,
I realized that I'm rambling, I'm sorry. I live in ac country where mental health support is not really a priority and most cases of mental breakdowns are referred to priest and religious counselling.
I feel sad, because despite whatever I read, i still need reassurance.
Do you know any resources I can visit or read about what I am feeling, I tired of searching on the internet only to find people who don't have the disease tell me its all in my head and to get a prescription. At least with this site, I can get an authoritative answer.
Thank you for reading, and I appreciate this website a lot.
Response from Dr. Fawcett
Thanks for writing. I'm sorry to hear that you have had concerns that have caused such high levels of anxiety. In my experience it is not unusual for someone living with HIV to be excessively concerned about impacting others, but there are a few things to remember:
HIV is transmitted in only a few bodily fluids and is not transmitted through contact with water. You can find explanations of all the possible ways that HIV can be transmitted here at this CDC site.
We now know that if you are undetectable you cannot transmit the virus to someone else. That is why it is so important to adhere to your medication regimen and keep your viral load at undetectable levels. In the past year many international health organizations have signed onto a statement proclaiming this. You can read much more here and at the website for thehere " target=_new>Prevention Access Campaign .
Serious anxiety symptoms affect almost 40% of persons living with HIV each year. It sounds like anxiety is certainly impacting your quality of life. There are many resources available for anxiety. You might find something useful in this article I wrote on negative self-talk, including "the worrier." Although this may be a limited option where you live, a few sessions with a mental health provider would also be of great benefit.
Wishing you all the best,
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DIMENSION tackles silicon photonics' laser shortfall
Ambitious European project seeks to combine lasers, electronics and photonics, all on one chip
Several companies and research institutes, part of a European project, are developing a silicon photonics process that combines on-chip electronics and lasers. Dubbed Dimension (Directly Modulated Lasers on Silicon), the silicon photonics project is part of the European Commission's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.
Silicon photonics has long been seen as a technology having the potential to deliver optical devices at CMOS manufacturing costs. But silicon's key shortfall is that it does not lase. "What we see with today's solutions is a very low-cost chip with a lot of functionality, which is a great thing, but in addition you need lasers," says Bert Offrein, principal research staff member and manager of neuromorphic devices and systems at IBM Research, a participant in the Dimension project.
The laser accounts for a relatively large fraction of the total bill of materials of a silicon photonics chip. In turn, connecting the light source to the chip is not trivial and adds to the packaging costs. "In this project, we try to tackle this [laser] issue," says Offrein.
The project's goal is to develop manufacturing processes that will enable the integration of photonics, including the laser, and electronics, all on one chip. "By fully integrating the laser on the chip, we massively reduce the cost and create additional functionality," says Offrein.
"This is the true embodiment of what people first pictured as silicon photonics: the combination of optics and electronics on a single chip," says Lars Zimmermann, team leader, silicon photonics at the Innovations for High Performance Microelectronics (IHP) research institute, another member of Dimension.
Proof-of-concept demonstrators
Dimension is a four-year project that will end in early 2020. Other project participants besides IBM Research and the IHP include ADVA Optical Networking, Opticap and the Athens Information Technology (AIT) research centre. The Dresden University of Technology is overseeing the project.
The project has set itself the goal of producing three proof-of-concept designs using the integrated silicon photonics technology.
One is a 400 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) transmitter made up of eight 50 gigabit-per-second (Gbps) channels, each comprising a 25 gigabaud directly-modulated laser combined with 4-level pulse amplitude modulation (PAM4). Two variants are planned: a directly modulated version for the 400GbE 2km reach specification, and one with external modulation for the 400GbE 10km reach standard.
Another design is a coherent transmitter for such applications as data centre interconnect, compromising a monolithically integrated narrow-linewidth tunable laser, modulator and driver. The coherent transmitter will have a 10km target reach, will operate at 25Gbps and have a tunable narrow linewidth of under 1MHz.
The third, final demonstrator is a directly-modulated 25-gigabit non-return-to-zero laser using indium phosphide grown directly on the silicon.
By fully integrating the laser on the chip, we massively reduce the cost and create additional functionality
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The silicon photonics manufacturing process involves using a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer to implement the passive photonics functions and the electronics. The electronics supports high-speed analogue driver transistors and a 0.25-micron BiCMOS process used to implement the chip's control logic and control interfaces.
The laser is constructed by first bonding a thin layer of indium phosphide. "It is structured in such a way that it [the III-V material] can be embedded completely in the whole CMOS processing," says Offrein.
The indium phosphide layer, referred to as a III-V membrane, sits on a thin dielectric layer placed on the SOI wafer. The dielectric material is needed to protect the wafer from contamination by the III-V material and ensure that such a design could be manufactured in a BiCMOS foundry.
Once the thin indium phosphide layer is deposited, the laser can be constructed. The final stages, part of the chip-making back-end process, is the adding of metallisation layers that connect the laser and the electronics, and the circuits to the interface signals.
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Growing the indium phosphide layer directly on silicon, as will be done for the third demonstrator, is more exploratory. "We want to show there is a path forward on this III-V-on-silicon technology to reduce the cost further," says Offrein.
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One challenge is enlarging the confined growth area. So far, such growth is limited to a micron whereas the length of a laser can be 500 microns typically. And once the laser is built, there remain the issues of laser reliability and temperature stability. "We will see challenges but we are not there yet," says Offrein.
This is the true embodiment of what people first pictured as silicon photonics: the combination of optics and electronics on a single chip
Dimension is tackling designs for communications but such on-chip lasers will also be useful for a range of applications such as optical sensing, says Offrein.
The project is coming to the end of its first year. Its members are creating the basic building blocks needed to realise the lasers on the silicon wafer. IBM has demonstrated the basic functionality by bonding indium phosphide to its own passive silicon photonics technology. "We have also realised the first lasers - not yet electrically pumped but optically pumped," says Offrein. The performance of these lasers is now being characterised.
All the processes needed to pump the lasers electrically are now in place and the goal is to build complete laser structures by March 2017.
IBM is also working with IHP to see what is required to implement the technology using IHP's own silicon photonics process. IHP is currently testing IBM's wafers regarding any contamination issues before testing the integration process.
ADVA Optical Networking would not be on board if they were not expecting eventually to have such technology available for their products
The European Commission has a long history of programmes backing leading-edge research. However, Europe's track record of exploiting such research to achieve market-leading companies and products has been limited.
The European Commission staff involved in planning the Horizon 2020 projects have been far more active in ensuring that these projects are exploited, says Zimmermann. "ADVA Optical Networking would not be on board if they were not expecting eventually to have such technology available for their products," he adds.
If Dimension proves successful, IHP could make available the integrated silicon photonics process to companies to implement their opto-electronic integrated circuit designs.
IBM, while no longer a semiconductor manufacturer, would also be keen for the technology to be transferred to large foundries such as STMicroelectronics and GlobalFoundries. "That way we could purchase the technology and apply it in our own systems," says Offrein.
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Look out for motorcycles and expect delays Saturday in Olympia and Lacey
Some streets in Olympia and Lacey will be closed Saturday as thousands of motorcyclists gather in Lacey then make their way toward Capitol Lake, carrying toys for children.
The 39th annual Olympia Toy Run will assemble at South Sound Center beginning at 10 a.m. The run will begin at 1 p.m., heading west on Pacific Avenue to State Avenue, Capitol Way, Fifth Avenue and Deschutes Parkway, and ending at Marathon Park.
Once at the park, riders will unload their motorcycles and donate toys to the Salvation Army, which will distribute them to children through the Toy 'n' Joy Shop, according to the Olympia Toy Run website.
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Deschutes Parkway will be closed from about 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Intercity Transit has issued a detour alert for routes 12, 13, 21, 41, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 60, 62A/B, 64, 66, 68, 94 and 620 from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday. For service information, contact Customer Service at 360-786-1881 or go to the Intercity Transit website.
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Time has an exclusive interview with John Green and the author has a lot to say about the movie adaptation of his novel "The Fault in Our Stars."
For the whole article, please check it at http://time.com/40912/fault-in-our-stars-shailene-woodley-ansel-elgort/.
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One of the great things about being a part of the Modern Makers team is that we get to legitimately spend time scrolling through loads and loads of Instagram photos! And when we find something or someone special, we have to let you know about it.
So we thought we'd share some of our favourite Australian IGers (living here or overseas) with you. We've rationed you to five today (there is after all only so much heart fluttering a person can take!) but the list is long and there'll be more to come.
So in no particularly order, if you're into modern quilting and making, you need to hop onto IG and follow these people right now!
Serious colour explosion and lover of all things rainbow! If you're having a dull day, visit Kara's feed for instant enlightenment.
From sneak peeks of future patterns, fabric designs and her book, Emma's feed always has something to drool over. (We promise there's not some kind of secret rule that we have to mention Emma in each and every one of our blog posts! She's just so awesome that she pops up everwhere!)
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Wasserman Schultz denounces DNC email questioning Bernie Sanders' faith
Debbie Wasserman Schultz talks DNC email leak
U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Weston took some responsibility Thursday for the leaked emails that eventually led to her resignation as Democratic National Committee chairwoman, saying "the buck stops with me."
She also denounced an email by her former party staff questioning Bernie Sanders' belief in God as "unacceptable."
"There was one very unfortunate, unacceptable, outrageous email exchange — that I was not a party to — that discussed using Sen. Sanders' faith, a faith which I share," said Wasserman Schultz, who like Sanders is Jewish. "I haven't perused all the emails, but even in that exchange, one of the staff acknowledged I, as chair, would never be OK with that."
Wasserman Schultz spoke in her first local public appearance since resigning on the eve of last week's national convention. The congresswoman attended a briefing with Florida Gov. Rick Scott in Wynwood, the Miami neighborhood most affected by a local Zika virus outbreak.
She was later interviewed by the Miami Herald editorial board, where she discussed her re-election race against Tim Canova, her Sanders-backed primary opponent and first serious challenger in more than two decades.
Wasserman Schultz denied that the DNC attempted to favor eventual nominee Hillary Clinton over Sanders. Some of the more than 19,000 leaked emails, apparently obtained by Russian hackers and published two weeks ago by the WikiLeaks website, showed party staffers discussing ways to hurt the Sanders campaign.
"I'm very proud of the primary nominating contest that we won — that we ran," she told the editorial board. "We conducted the primary at the DNC according to the DNC rules."
"There was nothing rigged, nothing untoward, nothing manipulated. And nothing that the DNC did to try to affect the outcome whatsoever," she added. "If I had favored Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders, I didn't do a very good job, because this is one of the longest primaries that we've had in modern times."
She nevertheless stepped down from her role as chairwoman because she didn't want to take attention away from Clinton, Wasserman Schultz said. Three top DNC staffers — the chief executive, finance chief and communications director — lost their jobs this week following Wasserman Schultz's resignation.
Though she acknowledged her staffers made mistakes, Wasserman Schultz defended some of the banter people write in emails they assume will remain private. In one email, she referred to Sanders' campaign manager, Jeff Weaver, as an "ASS."
"Well, he was acting like an ass," she told the editorial board. "The Sanders campaign — and I give them credit for it — their strategy at that point was to make the DNC the bogeyman, and make me the bogeyman, so they could rally their supporters."
Wasserman Schultz denied a Politico report that she asked Vice President Joe Biden for a video to play at her daughter's bat mitzvah.
"Not true," she said. "I really don't think it's appropriate for me to be responding to anonymous criticism. If people don't have the nerve to be critical and put their name to it, then I'm not going to box nameless, faceless critics."
Asked why she's been absent from the campaign trail over the past week, Wasserman Schultz said she's been spending time with family after the convention.
She insisted she will debate Canova, her opponent, though she wouldn't say when. Only 25 days remain before the Aug. 30 primary. Wasserman Schultz asked the Herald editorial board to interview her separately from Canova; having him sitting next to her would have been a "distraction," she said.
Canova noted to the editorial board earlier Thursday that Wasserman Schultz just this week skipped two candidate forums.
"This is not the picture of somebody who believes in a vibrant marketplace on ideas and a spirited debate on the issues," he said. "She's still avoiding debates, and it's sad to say that it reflects what she was doing at the national level ... I think her effectiveness as a member of Congress will be limited in the future."
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1 1862 David Farragut formally captured New Orleans during the Civil War.
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5 1854 Jean Lafitte passes away in Alton, Illinois (according to one account)
5 2001 Wilson "Boozoo" Chavis, of Zydeco fame, passes away following a show in Austin, Texas
6 1864 The Civil War Battle of Calcasieu Pass is won by the Confederates
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8 1541 Spanish explorer DeSoto discovered the Mississippi River
8 1823 First gas lighting used in the American Theater of New Orleans
8 1865 Gen Dick Taylor surrendered the Louisiana Confederate troops in Louisiana
9 1842 Gov. Henry Clay Warmoth was born in Illinois
10 1837 Gov. Pinckney Benton Stewart (P.B.S.) Pinchback born in Macon, Georgia
10 1781 Formal surrender of Pensacola to Galvez
11 1988 Fire destroyed top floor and roof of the Cabildo in New Orleans
11 1885 Birthday of famous trumpet player Joe King Oliver, Known for his use of mutes in jazz, as well as for his compositions, like "Doctor Jazz."
12 1678 LaSalle given permission to explore "Louisiana" by King Louis XIV
12 1902 State Board of Education created
12 1984 World's Exposition in New Orleans opens
12 1898 New constitution includes the "Grandfather Clause" to permit illiterate whites to vote; a poll tax and literacy test included to disqualify black voters.
13 1864 Alexandia burned to the ground by Union troops
14 1804 The Lewis and Clark expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase territory begins its ascent of the Missouri River. [more info] Lewis and Clark leave from Wood River, Illinois, entering the newly acquired Louisiana Territory.
14 1845 First free public school opened in LA.
14, 1982 Birthday of great Shreveport basket player Alana Beard of WNBA guard/forward selected 2nd overall by the Washington Mystics
15 1915 Huey Long admitted to the Louisiana Bar as "a full fledged lawyer"
16 1929 15 senators signed a pledge to block the attempt to impeach Gov. Huey Long
16 1932 In just 17 months, H. Long's new state capitol was completed, dedicated, and opened during the inauguration of Gov. O.K. Allen
16 1804 Napolean Bonaparte crowns himself emperor
17 1954 'Black Monday' Supreme Court decision forcing La. to desegregate schools
17 1954 School desegregation law, Brown v Board of education.
18 1896 LA. case of Plessy v. Ferguson, "seperate but equal" [more info]
19 1862 Union Gen. Benjamin "Beast" Butler Order no. 28 published
20 1835 The Planters Hotel in New Orleans collapsed killing 25
21 1542 DeSoto dies and is buried in the Mississippi River
21 1958 Segregation of New Orleans Street Cars ended
22 1873 U.S. President finally offically recognizes Gov. Wm. Kellogg's administration
23 1863 Gen. Banks begins siege on Port Hudson
23 1934 Law enforcement officers and posse members gun down outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow beside the Jamestown-Sailes Highway - about eight miles from Gibsland.
24 1977 Compulsory liability insurance bill passed by legislature
24, 1963 Birthday of great Shreveport basket player Joe Dumars the Former NBA guard and 6-time All-Star who helped the Detroit Pistons win back-to-back NBA Championships in 1989 and 1990.
25 1952 Dr. Carter Day in Cameron Parish, in honor of Dr. Stephen O. Carter
26 1861 Civil War comes to La. as U.S. Navy begins Miss. River blockade
26 1865 Civil War finally ends in La. as Army of Trans-Miss. surrenders in New Orleans
26 1805 Lewis and Clark see the Rockey Mountains for the first time.
26 1994 Former Governor Edwin Edwards marries his 29 year old girl friend Candy Picou (had divorced Elaine, his wife of 40 yrs, back in 1989)
27 1836 Henry Shreve and seven others begin creation of Shreveport
27 1863 In ill-conceived assault on Port Hudson, La., two Louisiana regiments (First and Third Native Guards) made six gallant but unsuccessful charges on rebel fortification. A Black captain, Andre Cailloux, was hero of the day. [more info]
28 1818 P.G.T. Beauregard born in St. Bernard Parish
29 1941 First graduating class of McNeese Junior College
29 1948 The Desire streetcars stopped running
30 1862 Union Admiral David Farragut captures Baton Rouge
31 1964 Last run of Canal Street Streetcar
1 1862 Gen. Benjamin Butler declares the port of New Orleans reopened for commerce to all friendly nations
2 1865 Gov. Henry W. Allen delivers his farewell adress at end of Civil War
2 1865 Edmund Kirby-Smith signs a surrender to Federal forces.
3 1902 Legislature makes June 3, Confederate Day, a legal holiday
4 1917 F.K. White elected Superintendent of Lake Charles schools
5 1713 Gov. Antoine Cadillac arrives in Louisiana
6 1814 Piere Lafitte arrested and accuse of piracy by order of WCC Clairborn
6 1869 Dillard University chartered in New Orleans, La.
6, 1907 Birthday of famous Bill Dickey an American professional baseball catcher and manager. He played in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees for 19 seasons.
7 1862 William B. Mumford is hanged by order of General Benjamin "Beast" Butler for tearing down a Union flag over the New Orleans Mint.
7 1892 Homer Plessy is arrested for taking a seat on a train that was marked "Whites Only"
7 1868 Marie Laveau, the "Queen of the Voodoos," was forced to give up her throne because of old age. [more info]
8 1807 Gov. Claiborne fought a duel with Daniel Clark. "At first fire the Governor received Mr. Clark's ball through his right thigh".
8 1964 First black student admitted to LSU in Baton Rouge
8 1892 Homer A Plessy refused to move to segregated railroad coach in New Orleans, initiating Plessy v Ferguson
9 1867 Benjamin F. Flanders appointed Military Governor of La. by Gen. Sheridan
10 1911 After a year's work, stenographers completed restoring records lost in the Great 1910 Lake Charles Fire
11 1744 Louis J. de St. Denis dies in Natchitoches
11 1844 A storm hit "Charley's Lake" washing out a bridge and destroying crops.
12 1912 Allen Parish formed from part of old Calcasieu
13 1913 DeQuincy was incorporated as a village
13 1868 Oscar J. Dunn, a freedman, became lieutenant governor of Louisiana. At that time, it was the highest elective office ever held by a black American. [more info]
13 1886 A tropical storm went inland at Calcasieu Pass pushing boats onshore, destroying buildings, and drowning cattle.
14 1948 Life Magazine's account of the Lake Charles Little Theatre play 'The Great Doorstep' appeared
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15 1910 Evangeline Parish created
15 1921 Louisiana adopts a new constitution.
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16 1964 Two barges ram Lake Ponchartrain Causeway tearing the structure and killing six
17 1868 The first town election was held in Lake Charles
18 1909 E. B. Lane of Lake Charles elected to a Commissioner on the New Orleans Board of Trade
19 1865 Juntheeth, freedom day in Texas and Louisiana
19 1840 A tropical storm hits "Charley's Lake, and stalled for several days spawning a cyclone west of the lake.
19 1953 Blacks protesting discriminatory treatment began a bus boycott in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. [more info]
20 1968 Presidential candidate George Wallace speaks in Baton Rouge raising $60,000
21 1863 The Civil War Battle of Lafourche Railroad Crossing south of Thibodaux
21 1974 Government accepts outhern universities' desegregation plans. [more info]
22 1947 Peter "Pistol Pete" Maravich born
22 1983 Louisiana repeals last racial classification laws. [more info]
23 1813 Records show W.C.C. Claiborne used pelican and motto as state seal for first time
24 2015 Gov. Bobby Jindal announces that he is formerly running for President of the United States.
24 1968 Gov. John McKeithen announces that he has had four death threats on his life
25 1868 FL, AL, LA, GA, NC & SC readmitted to US following the Civil War
25 1978 Abraham Lincoln Davis, a founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and the first black city councilman in New Orleans, Louisiana, died there at the age of sixty-three. [more info]
26 1805 Former V.P. Aaron Burr arrives in New Orleans
26, 1915 Birthday of Willard Brown an African American baseball player who was nicknamed "Home Run" Brown, was an American baseball player who played outfielder in the Negro leagues and in Major League Baseball (MLB).
27 1833 Capt. Henry Shreve cleared the Red River
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28 1861 First Civil War battle engagement for Louisiana Tigers, at Seneca Dam on Potomac River
29 1763 D'Abbadie becomes governor following Kerlerec
29 1956 LSU mascot Mike I dies. Mike II ascends to the throne after February birth in New Orleans Zoo.
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Continuing on last week's column, I have a new bug to talk about.
There's a worm, or probably more correctly, larva, that's burrowing into the cones of echinacea (cone flower). I first noticed that some of the cones were turning black, then had a customer from Oshawa tell me that she had run across this last year as well. I started inspecting my echinacea more closely, pulling apart the cones of the flowers that had turned black already. Deep down in the cone, far from eyesight, was this fat little worm about 1/2 inch long, greyish-green with stripes. He (I'm calling it a he because of its voracious appetite) did not like being exposed and starting squirming and trying to get as far from me as he could. I began removing all of the flowers that had blackened cones. It turned out to be a considerable number, almost half of them. I then started looking more closely at the remaining flowers and noticed that some of the paleae (the orange spikes that make up the cone of the single-flowering varieties) were standing taller than the rest. These orange spikes are what gave echinacea their name, which was derived from echinos, the greek word for hedgehog. I carefully pulled apart the cone and found another worm, this time a little smaller. After removing all of these flowers, I got in for a real personal and up-close look at the remaining flowers. In between the orange spikes I noticed a small grey mass. Certainly not something you'd see unless the cone was close enough to poke you in the eye. I pulled apart the cone and, sure enough, found another worm, this time no bigger than 1/8 inch. I removed all of these flowers and then took the stems down to the base, just in case they were also taking up residence in the stems. When I stood back and looked where there had been, just a short while beforehand, hundreds of blooms, there was now maybe a dozen. I filled two garbage bags with flowers and stems and tied them tight to keep the worms from escaping, which they started trying to do within an hour of the flowers being cut. I then tried to Google the problem but nothing showed up, so I changed the wording, but again nothing. I sent a few Emails to some plant people I know, but they didn't know anything about it. They have since passed it on to people they know and I'm still waiting to hear back.
A few days later I was doing a consultation at someone's home when I noticed that all of their echinacea had black cones. I told them what I had found and asked them to cut all of their echinacea back and burn them. The next day, another consultation, and more worms. I then received a shipment of plants coming from the Hamilton area and immediately checked the echinacea. They looked fine, but between the orange spikes was the grey mass. I cut apart one of the flowers to reveal the worm and put it in a ziploc to send back to the grower (along with all of the echinacea). Two days later we had another delivery, this time from the Niagara region. Again, the echinacea were returned with a flower cut in half, safely secured in a ziploc.
Having destroyed most of the flowers and stems, and checking the remaining echinacea daily, I thought we were on top of this new problem. Then I noticed that it was getting into the Heliopsis (false sunflowers) as well and I began checking all flowers with that daisy shape to them. I found it in some of the Rudbeckia (Black-eyed Susans) too. After updating everyone I had passed along the initial information to, I cut back more plants, had a little (ok, a lot) less colour, but hopefully no more of these worms.
Please, check your Echinacea, Heliopsis, Rudbeckia, and Asters (when they start blooming). Cut them back fairly hard and burn what you cut right away. If you can't burn it, seal them in a bag, preferably black like a garbage bag, and leave them in a sunny spot, which will hopefully cook them, until you can put them out with the garbage. Don't compost them, or put them in your green bins. I'll let you know when I have any more information. Hopefully, this isn't a major concern like the lily beetle, and is just a problem this year because of the mild winter.
just before this column was published, Janet Anderson helped me to identify my mystery bug: sunflower moth larvae


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Michael Jackson The IMMORTAL World Tour by the incredible Cirque du Soleil took over Allphones Arena on the last Friday in September at 6am with 37 semi-trailers and over 230 crew and performers to wow audiences later that evening…complete with a standing ovation.
This is the largest show ever to load into Allphones Arena on the same day as a performance with over 130 local and 50 international crew working to have the stage set by midday and soundcheck at 4pm.
Needless to say, as you can imagine, it was a huge effort by Allphones Arena staff and an unprecedented display of coordinated technical expertise, to ensure all was in order for doors opening.
You can see for yourself exactly what was involved in the set up for Cirque du Soleil by watching this time-lapse video.
The hard work was well worth it, as the show was nothing short of spectacular with fans leaving in awe of the sheer talent on display by some of the world's best dancers, musicians and acrobats and the unique visual story-telling Cirque du Soleil is renowned for.
Thanks for sharing this story with us Allphones Arena!


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Every Movie is Better With Nicolas Cage Added to It [VIDEO]
Jeff Wysaski at pleated-jeans.com said he got tired of Nic Cage asking him, "How am I not in THAT MOVIE!?" so he took the time to make a few classic movies 100 times better by inserting one of the all-time great thespians into 'em. Okay, maybe he's not one of the greatest but he's most certainly one of the weirdest.


text: Yeah, Peter- Go get yourself at least a Nikon N65 with real Nikon lenses- a 24-80mm and an 80-200mm will do nicely for the time being, along with a dedicated Speedlight, loaded with Kodak Royal Gold. Olympus, Nikon, Minolta and a few other companies make nice negative scanners to convert to electronic form. There's no substitute for a good film camera (yet) and good film for taking those memorable photos. Even if you had a 5+ megapixel camera, the lens quality is inferior to even the midline Nikon lenses and you need to invest in a very pricey dye-sub printer to get decent prints- forget about anything larger than 8x10. You shouldn't skimp on those photos of your children- once they grow up, they'll never be the same. Taka


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Joel DunnJoel Dunn is the president and CEO of the Chesapeake Conservancy.
Envision the Susquehanna
River towns refocusing on their recreation potential
Otsego Lake and the hills around Cooperstown, NY, don't look anything like the salt marshes and sand dunes of the lower Chesapeake Bay, but in my mind, I think of the almost 650-mile stretch of water that connects the two as one big river — the Susquehanna.
The Chesapeake Bay is the Susquehanna's estuary. During the last Ice Age, 20,000 years ago, sea level was more than 300 feet lower than it is today. At that time, the Susquehanna began at the southern edge of the glaciers in northcentral Pennsylvania and flowed to the Atlantic. Then, as now, all of the other rivers of the Chesapeake watershed drained to the Susquehanna.
Then, as now, all of the rain that fell within the 64,000-square-mile basin ran to the Bay.
When the ice retreated as the Earth warmed, the rising seas drowned the lower Susquehanna valley and formed the Chesapeake and the tidal portions of its great rivers as we know them today.
The Susquehanna's natural history and its human history are equally fascinating. Although the river is unnavigable for modern commercial craft north of Port Deposit, MD, for centuries it served as a main highway for trade carried by canoes and small boats.
American Indians, notably the Susquehannocks and Iroquois, or Haudenosaunee, as they are known today, had settlements along the river.
Later, as Europeans pushed into the country, their towns and small cities grew up along the river. Canals were constructed to carry barges around rapids and manufacturing flourished.
The towns and cities of the Susquehanna have recently refocused on the river. They recognize its great potential for outdoor recreation — it has scenic beauty, public lands, access to the water (though not nearly as much as we'd like to see) and interesting history to explore.
At the same time, the river faces unprecedented challenges from development, the fragmentation of forested watersheds by natural gas drilling, and other threats that result in a loss of the landscape's environmental and cultural integrity.
The Chesapeake Conservancy sees the renewed interest, and the threats, as an opportunity to create even more public access and to conserve the significant natural and historical places along the river.
This work is important because the Susquehanna provides drinking water to more than 6 million people and half of the freshwater flowing into the Chesapeake Bay. Environmental problems here affect not only those within the river's basin, but the entire Chesapeake Bay community.
The Conservancy has implemented a community-based conservation program called Envision the Susquehanna to develop a conservation vision for the future of the river. The program works through a core team of partners made up of the Susquehanna River Heartland Coalition for Environmental Studies, Wildlife Management Institute, Susquehanna Greenway Partnership, and Pennsylvania's Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
The team recently launched the initiative's website, www.envisionthesusquehanna.org, and will be working in the coming months to engage communities and stakeholders in creating a common vision for the Susquehanna River that focuses on environmental integrity, economic development, cultural engagement and outdoor experience.
The ultimate goal is to build an increased awareness of the natural, historic and cultural resources along the river; to create new opportunities to connect people to the Susquehanna; and to improve the ecological and cultural integrity of the landscape.
You can develop your own vision of the river. Go for a visit!
There's a lot to do in the river's valley. Learn about Indian history and visit archaeologically significant sites. Rent kayaks or canoes and explore the gorges and rock formations. Tour by paddleboat, explore towns and visit the state parks along the way.
For inspiration, I suggest checking out the Envision the Susquehanna website for an overview to learn more about the initiative and for opportunities to share your vision for the Susquehanna.
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Kirkland Arts Center presents
2018 Young Artists Exhibition
at the Create Zone
What would your family look like if they were all ROBOTS? Would they each have a special power? Would they be different sizes and shapes? Create your robot family as a drawing, painting, sculpture, 3D, or with any materials you wish!
This year's theme is inspired by Pareidolia People, a "family" of six steel sculptures designed by Renton engineer and artist Ed McCarthy. Pareidolia (pronounced pair – eh – dohl – ee – ah) People will be unveiled at Summerfest on Friday, August 10th at Park Lane in Kirkland, where they will live for a year.
Prizes: All entered artwork will be shown at the exhibition and will receive a ribbon. One young artist from each age group will be entered to win a youth workshop or class at KAC, up to a $250 value, and their artwork will be shown in the KAC gallery in 2019. Artwork will be judged by KAC teaching artists on the interpretation of the theme, originality, creativity, and innovative use of materials.
Submissions: Up to two entries will be accepted per artist. Paintings, drawings, prints, and photographs must be matted or mounted on foam board or other rigid backing for ease of display.
Winners will be showcased at Heritage Hall during Summerfest 2019.
Application Available Here
Learn more at www.kirklandartscenter.com


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Two and a half years ago when Apple released the original iPad, I remember being excited by the prospect of reading books and magazines on such a sleek and modern machine. Never much of a fan of e-ink displays, the iPad promised a bright and colourful future of literature and entertainment. For the most part, it delivered. Those first months using the tablet, I felt like I was living in the future. It was like being in an episode of Star Trek. Laptops, netbooks, they all felt ancient in comparison.
And yet the original iPad was not without its shortcomings. It was too heavy to hold one handed for long periods of time (more than, say, half an hour or so). It was just a bit too big to read comfortably in bed, particularly if trying to not disturb a peacefully sleeping partner. Even so, it was such a huge step forward in usability that it quickly became the most used computer in our already technology laden household. Instantly on, always available, seemingly always charged up, and always magically full of content, it was constantly in use.
Fast forward another couple of years, and Apple have done what I thought impossible. They've made the iPad – that sleek and slim tablet of the future that I have so adored – appear as ancient and brick-like as the netbooks that came before it. They have done this with the release of their brand new uber-tablet, the iPad mini.
First Impressions
One hold of the mini, and regular iPads are spoiled for life. The mini is so incredibly skinny, so sleek, so pocketable, and so beautifully crafted (and I mean crafted, it's built like a fine watch), it makes anything larger seem instantly obsolete.
You might think that such a portable and pocketable device would be far less practical as a computer, closer in use to a smartphone than a classic tablet. But you would be wrong. Apple have pulled off some kind of magic trick that gives us a screen which provides 80% of the estate of the full size version, in a body considerably smaller, and less than half the weight. When you switch it on and start using it, it becomes a regular every day iPad. I mean that in a good way. When I'm using the mini, I all but forget it is a smaller tablet, I'm simply using an iPad. Yes the buttons and the text are smaller, but not noticeably so.
As with its bigger brother, the device itself becomes almost transparent in use. It becomes the task at hand – the page of a book or magazine, an email, a web page, a game board – the physical device melts into the background.
The mini is easily light enough to be held in one hand for long periods. It can be gripped and grasped in a variety of ways, including with a thumb resting on the screen. The OS is clever enough to figure out when you're just holding the device, and when you're trying to tap something. An optional magnetic SmartCover not only offers protection, but also folds up and works as a handy stand, propping up the iPad in any one of three possible positions. Folded back on itself it makes for a thicker sturdier grip. Or for those stuck in the past, the cover can be peeled back and held in one hand, with the screen in the other, book-like.
The Screen
An iPad is first and foremost a screen. It's the primary input and output device. Clearly, such an important component makes or breaks the entire product. Much has been written about the screen, about how it's not retina (Apple's terminology for a resolution so high that individual pixels become indistinguishable). I was prepared to be disappointed by the screen, but in fact was pleasantly surprised.
Okay, let's get this out there: it's not as good as a retina screen, there's no denying that. If you're used to an iPad 3 screen, or (particularly) an iPhone 4 or later, with its immensely high pixel density, then you will see the difference with the mini. But it's really not as big a difference as you might imagine. The screen is great, not just good but genuinely great. Sure, we've been spoiled with higher resolution displays, but those are still very much in the minority.
Apple are bound by currently available technology, and right now they couldn't realistically have put a retina display into the mini and arrived at the same weight, or indeed price. For app compatibility they would be required to double the pixel density rather than go for around 50% higher as Google and Amazon have done with their tablets.
Double the density means four times as many pixels on the screen. Those pixels require four times as much light to be pushed through them, and about four times as much processor power to calculate what they should be doing. All that light and processor power requires considerably more juice, which means a much bigger battery, which in turn means a heavier and thicker iPad. This is precisely what happened with the iPad 3 over the iPad 2.
When it came to the mini, Apple had to choose between size and screen. They chose size, and in my view they chose wisely. A retina mini would have looked even more gorgeous, but would have been that much less comfortable to hold and transport. If you have to think twice before picking up the device, it's already failed. The mini is a great compromise between a very good screen (better than the iPad 2), and an incredible form factor and weight.
The aspect ratio of the screen remains 4:3, the same as the larger iPads. This is an important differentiator when compared to Google's Nexus 7 which has a 16:9 widescreen. The Google tablet is well suited to playing movies in landscape mode, but just looks plain odd in portrait. The iPad is much better proportioned for reading in portrait mode, and works well in landscape too. The downside is that movies are letterboxed.
Reading Apps
So how does it perform as an ereader? The short answer is exceptionally well. The iPad has always had an advantage over dedicated colour readers like the Kindle Fire and the Nook Colour, in that it isn't tied to a single book vendor or reading ecosystem. There are apps for all the major bookstores (Sony just released theirs, plugging the last hole), as well as independent reading apps which cater to specific features. For example, the excellent QuickReader application is designed to help you become proficient in speed reading.
The iPad isn't the only tablet to have access to a multitude of apps, Google's Nexus 7 is similarly open in that respect. But the quality of the iPad apps is so much better. Sadly, most Android tablet apps are, even now, smartphone apps running bigger. They're designed to be run on 4 inch screens, not 7 or 8 inch displays. Consequently they offer a hobbled environment, they're unable to really make use of the extra real estate. The resolution of a Nexus 7 display might be higher than an iPad mini, but what use is a higher quality panel if it's just showing you a low quality app? The reading experience is simply much better on the iPad.
Of course, not everyone wants the flexibility of buying books from multiple sources. Some folk are quite happy to be tied in to Amazon, or Kobo, or B&N, and that's perfectly fine. If you go that route, you will get a cheaper device and probably be very happy with it. But if, like me, you prefer having the option to pick up the odd Kindle "Daily Deal", and some Kobo freebies, and still have the option of getting the next latest release from whoever happens to be offering the lowest price, then the iPad deserves serious consideration.
It is worth pointing out that not all the reading apps are available internationally. For example, B&N have recently opened the UK Nook store, but there's no UK Nook app on any device (although they promise one is coming). Sony's recently released iOS app is US only. Kobo on the other hand, is more internationally friendly, with apps in all territories served by the store.
In Use
The iPad mini uses mostly the same innards as the iPad 2. That particular machine is over a year old, which may lead you to believe that the mini will be a poor performer by today's standards. In reality, it zips along. The A5 chip at its heart is the die-shrunk version quietly sneaked into the iPad 2 mid-lifecycle. It's plenty powerful enough even for gaming, certainly none of the reading apps will tax it.
There is twice as much system memory as the original iPad 1, something which caused that machine to run slowly at times. The mini is quite happy to open multiple Safari tabs, and keep a few apps open in the background, all without breaking a sweat.
Herein lies the one problem with the iPad mini as an ereader; it can do almost too much. It can be quite distracting knowing that the whole of the internet, not to mention an abundance of apps, are all just a single tap or swipe away. Reading on a classic e-ink Kindle or Nook is more akin to reading a dead tree book. It's a fully immersive experience, and one that mostly cuts you off from external stimuli. To go from reading a paperback to checking emails requires physical effort; put down the book, pick up a computer. But with a full feature tablet, that break between one activity and the next is virtually non-existent. It's a single swipe to switch from the the "printed" page to an email, or a game of Letterpress.
In fact the iPad can be more intrusive still, through its notification system. A new tweet, or a calendar alert, a stock price change, or a FaceTime call, all can send little banners perfectly designed to jolt you out of your reading bubble. Fortunately these can be switched off, although on a system wide basis. It would be nice if there was the option to disable alerts whilst in certain applications, leaving them fully functional the rest of the time. These are minor quibbles though, and are equally applicable to other tablet devices.
The iPad mini has redefined what a small tablet computer can be. It's a proper iPad, but the size and weight of an e-ink Kindle. It offers an unparalleled selection of reading apps, providing access to pretty much every ebook store on the planet.
Should you consider one? It depends. If you can't stand reading on backlit screens, then clearly the iPad isn't for you. A better option would be something like a Kobo or Nook. Both are at their best when used within their respective ecosystems, but both are also flexible enough to let you to plonk in epub files from other vendors (except Amazon, unless you remove the DRM).
If you're very price sensitive, the Nexus 7 offers many of the same advantages as the iPad mini, for less money. You'll get proportionally less finesse though.
But if $329 isn't too much of a stretch, if you appreciate a polished, quality product, if you are likely to do more than just read books, and if you appreciate the flexibility of having access to multiple bookstores from a single device, then the iPad mini could be just what you've been waiting for.


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Bellingen Football Club Junior Presentation Day 2018
Bellingen Football Club held their Junior Presentation Day on Sunday afternoon at Connell Park. It was a lovely sunny afternoon with many teams in attendance to celebrate the great season of football at Bellingen. It was encouraging to see so many young players excited about football and already speaking about next season!
Each coach was given an opportunity to talk about the season and present each player with a plaque as well as give out Coach's Award, Team Award & Most Improved. All the coaches were very proud of just how much their team improved over the season. Many coaches were thanked by their players for the tireless effort and commitment they had shown throughout the season as volunteers. All the players then enjoyed a free sausage sizzle and kicked the ball around.
Big thanks goes out to the committee and all of the volunteers who helped organise the Presentation Day afternoon. Thanks also to all the players who attended. This weekend is grand final weekend and the undefeated U16s Girls play on Friday night at Coffs Stadium. It would be great to have lots of supporters to cheer them on!
Thanks to everyone involved in Bellingen Football Club this season – see you next year!


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A typical movie soundtrack captures the essence of what people see on screen. It propels moviegoers to become music consumers eager to feel the moments of a film after its release. But "Black Panther: The Album" is not typical.
As the Marvel blockbuster made a record-breaking $235 million at the box office, the album, curated by Kendrick Lamar, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard charts.
"You had a significant amount of excitement and attention on the songs before anybody ever heard them in the movie," said David Bakula, senior vice president of analytics and client development at Nielsen Entertainment. The album reached 139 million on-demand audio streams a week before the movie even opened. Billboard said that's the biggest streaming week for a soundtrack ever.
It's about more than just Lamar and the other artists on "Black Panther: The Album," said Jackie Otero, program director for entertainment and music business at Full Sail University. Hip-hop itself accounts for about 30 percent of streamed music. Because of the way Billboard has started to count streams, that ends up making a big impact on charts.
"Hip-hop is the dominant genre," Otero said. "So, you know, you're seeing this increase of streaming, you're seeing hip-hop dominate streaming."
You're also seeing a big cultural moment.
Correction (Feb. 20, 2018): An earlier version of this story misstated the sales ranking of "Black Panther: The Album." The text has been corrected.
"I think the best compliment I can give is not to say how much your programs have taught me (a ton), but how much Marketplace has motivated me to go out and teach myself." – Michael in Arlington, VABEFORE YOU GO


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Social notworking idiot farm Facebook has once again proved that it can't be trusted with even the most basic personal data, let alone your deepest, darkest secrets.
Late last night the fake friend emulation website decided to cough out the email addresses of every user on the planet according to some pretty lively Tweets reported on Valleywag.
The site, which has recently become the most popular site on the entire Interwibble, exposed email addresses which were supposed to be flagged as hidden according to user profiles. Which meant that anyone browsing the site could capture the information whether they were registered as your 'friend' or not.
Here's a hint: if you really have to find out what someone you met once (if ever) is capable of scoring on Gangster Wars - or whatever feeble pyramid selling scheme dressed up as a game is popular on Facebook this week - then don't, for the love of god, give them your real email address!
If people are stupid enough to dump their entire (real) lives into a publicly accessible database engineered by people who make it quite clear that they want to make money out of personal data, they deserve everything they get.