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Hi Dr. Frascino,
I just made a donation; Verisgn ID# XXXXXXXXXXX.
I just have a question about the HIV tranmission risk for insertive oral sex.
My research indicates the risk is 0.5/10,000 exsposures. Is this correct? This sounds to be almost zero since you would need to receive 10,000 blow jobs from an HIV positive source to incur a 50% chance of infection.
My question is then two-fold. Firstly, if no blood is present is insertive oral sex really an HIV risk?
Secondly, what STI's are easily transmitted via insertive oral sex?
Thanks doctor!
Take Care.
Hello Paul,
The 0.5 per 10,000 exposures is a statistical estimate that really can't be applied to any one specific blowjob. These types of statistical estimates give some idea of relative risk, not actual risk, for a specific coupling. (See below.)
Turning now to your two questions:
Even without blood present, insertive oral sex remains a theoretical risk, albeit an extremely low HIV-acquisition risk.
STDs that cause sores and blisters (like syphilis and herpes) are easy to get from all types of oral sex getting or giving. Other STDs, such as gonorrhea, chlamydia and NGU (nongonococcal urethritis), can also be acquired from sucking and getting sucked.
Thanks for your tax-deductible donation to the Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation (www.concertedeffort.org). It's warmly appreciated.
Stay safe. Stay well Paul.
Dr. Bob
Are you following what goes on in Mexico? (HIV STATISTICS) Aug 11, 2008
Dr. Bob
In AIDS conference in Mexico they said that the rates of transmission that the CDC quotes could be way off and actually be much higher than stated. They said some instances of Vaginal sex could be as low as 1 in 10 exposures and anal sex 1 in 3 exposures. I have always followed your advise and use a condom for both these acts( wife poz)but I am wondering if this were to be true could getting oral maybe turn into the 1 in a 1000. We never use condom when I get oral from her and really would just love to here your expert opinion on this.I know you said getting oral is a extremely low risk(theoretical under extenuating circumstances) but want to make sure this would not make you change your mind or at least think twice.(meaning do you think it could also be riskier than everyone has thought)THANKS, Here is the article
Response from Dr. Frascino
Not only am I following what's going on in Mexico City, I'm actually in Mexico City participating in the conference! There have been over 5,000 presentations, including the one you reference. The take-home message of this study of HIV infectivity is that population based HIV statistical estimates can not be applied as actual risk to one specific sexual action. I've made this point many times in the forum (see below). The presentation from the group at North Carolina focused on the effect of co-factors that can affect the risk of heterosexual HIV transmission (circumcision, genital ulcer disease, anal rather than vaginal sex and other biological cofactors). I'll reprint the article you reference below.
Dr. Bob
Condom broke exposing my turkey now i'm worried sick (HIV STATISTICS) Nov 26, 2007
Hello Doc. Hopefully you can help me with my fears. Eight days ago I had protected anal sex with another gay male of unknown HIV status. I was the top. After completion, which lasted less than five minutes, I pulled out and noticed the condom i was wearing had broke. I immediately went into a panic. I checked my penis and there was no sign of blood or anything else. I do not know at what point the condom broke. As the top, how much should I be worried? What are the chances that I might have contracted HIV, if indeed this person is positive and that's an assumption. Please help. I'm stressing out here and scared to death and depressed. What are your thoughts? Should I be worried? Thanks.
Response from Dr. Frascino
So it appears the "turkey" got exposed while you were doing the "stuffing!"
The estimated per-act risk for acquisition of HIV from unprotected (or broken-condom) insertive anal sex with a partner confirmed to be positive is 6.5 per 10,000 exposures. However, please note these are merely estimated risk statistics and cannot be applied as an actual statistical risk for your particular situation. (See below.)
Should you be worried? No, not excessively. But you should get a rapid HIV test at the three-month mark, OK?
Good luck.
Dr. Bob
HIV STATISTICS Sep 13, 2007
Ive written to you many times over the past 3 years and youve answered several of my questions. Thank you! What I really need to know now is how accurate are your statistics about oral and anal sex. Is it really 1 per 10,000 for oral and 50 per 10,000 for anal? Im trying to explain to my negative partner exactly what our specific risk is. Neither one of us are math whiz-kids but this seems reasonably straight forward. He could expect to become infected once for every 10,000 blowjobs. Right?
Thanks Dr. Bob
Response from Dr. Frascino
"He could expect to become infected once for every 10,000 blowjobs. Right?"??? Well actually no, that would be a wrong conclusion to draw from those statistics!!! I've covered this topic numerous times in the past, but I know HIV statistics can be a confusing topic. So even though this questions has now become a QTND (question that never dies) with an ATNC (Answer that never changes), I'll try to explain the limitations of these statistics once again.
The statistics I quoted are "estimated per-act risk statistics for acquisition of HIV by various exposure routes" published in a CDC document. These statistics were generated by combining a variety of published reports and did not control for many different potential variables that occur in different populations and among individuals. In other words, these statistics are primarily useful in determining relative risk, but not specific risk or actual risk for any individual. The reason for this is that any specific sexual coupling has a wide variety of variables to take into consideration when attempting to quantify specific HIV-transmission risk. These would include both viral factors, such as viral strain and viral load, as well as host factors, such as immune integrity, concurrent illnesses, circumcised/uncircumcised, genetic susceptibility, etc. Add to this nonspecific factors/extenuating circumstances, such as roughness of the encounter possibly causing trauma to mucous membranes, menstruation, etc., and perhaps you will begin to see the difficulty in providing transmission-risk statistics for any specific coupling. Also I should point out we cannot conduct prospective controlled epidemiological studies to try to account for theses variables, as that would be unethical. There are some published reports that address risk associated with specific sexual practices that control for some variables, but these studies usually have relatively small sample sizes and again are not applicable to everyone's specific situation. Another reference that I quote frequently is http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite?page=kb-07-02-02 (SAFER SEX METHODS). If you review the specific epidemiologic studies in this well referenced report, you'll get a better understanding of the complexity involved in these issues.
So why do I quote the statistics that I do? Good question! The main reason is that I am constantly barraged by anxious wrecks desperately trying to quantify their risk. I use the CDC statistics, because CDC is a very conservative organization and the numbers they generated are an amalgamation of many studies. They also standardized the relative risk to a common denominator ("10,000 exposures to an infected source"), which allows us to discuss relative risk. For instance, unprotected receptive anal sex is approximately 10 times more risky than unprotected insertive penile-vaginal sex, which in turn is approximately 10 times more risky than unprotected insertive oral sex.
I hope that this will help clarify the limitations of these estimated HIV-transmission risk statistics.
The bottom line is really much more concrete and easy to comprehend. If someone has placed himself or herself at risk for HIV, he or she should be HIV tested. Period. End of story.
I can just about hear all the paranoid panicky worried wells beginning to type away furiously, providing me with a blow-by-blow of their latest blow-by-blow and begging for me to quantify their specific risk. But unfortunately, unless the other person they were having sex with was me, I will not have enough specific detail to give them an accurate response. Hell, even if it were me, I still might not be able to give a completely accurate risk quantification!
Dr. Bob
Commonly Used HIV Infectivity Rate Misses Risks
Tuesday, August 5, 2008; 12:00 AM
TUESDAY, Aug. 5 (HealthDay News) -- A widely used HIV infectivity rate doesn't take into account multiple risk factors, say U.S. researchers who reviewed published data.
The heterosexual infectivity of HIV (the virus that causes AIDS) is often cited as a fixed value of one transmission per 1,000 sexual contacts. However, most studies estimating this value were conducted among stable couples with a low prevalence of risk factors, which can increase the risk of HIV transmission by several to several hundred times, according to Kimberly Powers, of the University of North Carolina, and colleagues.
They reviewed published data on HIV (up to April 2008) in order to estimate the effects of transmission co-factors that can affect the risk of heterosexual HIV transmission.
They found wide variations, with estimates ranging from zero transmissions after more than 100 penile-vaginal contacts in some serodiscordant couples (one partner HIV-positive and one partner HIV-negative), to one transmission for every 3.1 episodes of heterosexual anal intercourse, which is more than 300 times the commonly-cited fixed heterosexual infectivity rate.
Other infectivity differences, expressed as number of transmissions per 1,000 contacts, were:
13.2 for uncircumcised susceptible males vs. 5.1 for circumcised males.7.5 for susceptible people with genital ulcer disease vs. 1.5 for those without such disease.3.2 for early-stage index cases, 2.6 for late stage index cases, and 0.7 for mid-stage index cases.
"The use of a single, 'one-size-fits-all' value for the heterosexual infectivity of HIV-1 obscures important differences associated with transmission cofactors. Perhaps more importantly, the particular value of 0001 (i.e., one infection per 1000 contacts between infected and uninfected individuals) that is commonly used seems to represent a lower bound. As such, this value substantially underestimates the infectivity of HIV-1 in many heterosexual contexts...heterosexual infectivity can exceed 01 (one transmission per 10 contacts) for penile-vaginal contact or even 03 (one transmission per three contacts) for penile-anal contact. Claims in both the popular media and the peer-reviewed literature that HIV is very difficult to transmit heterosexually are dangerous in any context where the possibility of HIV exposure exists," the review authors wrote.
"Improved infectivity estimates -- especially more detailed estimates that quantify the amplifying effects of biological cofactors -- will help us to grasp the magnitude of the HIV epidemic, accurately communicate the level of risk involved in heterosexual sex, and identify the best possible intervention strategies for slowing the epidemic's spread," they concluded.
"Infectivity studies are very difficult to conduct, and that few studies exist as a result. Many of the studies producing the published estimates suffered from at least one potential bias. Therefore, while our study documents the considerable heterogeneity of the heterosexual infectivity of HIV-1 and provides some explanations for this heterogeneity, considerable uncertainty remains."?
The findings were expected to be announced at the International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. The review was published online inThe Lancet Infectious Diseasesand was expected to be in the September print issue of the journal.
More information
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has more about HIV/AIDS.
SOURCE:The Lancet Infectious Diseases, news release, Aug. 5, 2008


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Palestinian Student Pursues Higher Education at UW Bothell
By Marlene Manzo
Hussein Ali seems to be everywhere. He works at the Common Grounds café, he is the face on UW Bothell advertisements, and he is involved in the Muslim Student Association (MSA) on campus. However, there is more to this electrical engineering senior than meets the eye.
Ali was born and raised in Damascus, Syria and for years listened to his Palestinian father's stories about America. "I grew up hearing, 'we're going to the United States', and I told my friends I was going to study electrical engineering. This was always a dream for me," Ali says.
When he was 17, Ali's family received news from the Syrian embassy that their visa applications were being reviewed. After extensive interviews and a two year wait, the application process was finally finished. Ali learned he had to make this journey alone, but that didn't stop him. It had been 14 years of hope and patience, and he would finally take the first steps toward his educational dreams.
College is very important to Ali. He will be the first in his family to graduate from a four-year institution. When choosing a college to fit his academic needs, his uncle suggested the University of Washington Bothell. The intimate class sizes and one-on-one engagement with professors proved to be the best fit.
With his parents still in Syria, Ali makes the most of every opportunity to teach his friends, peers, and the UW Bothell community the truth behind Middle Eastern politics, religion, and culture. He believes there is not enough information, or education about the Islamic religion and Muslim people. He says educating others through the MSA is his responsibility, "it's my duty to inform people in the United States about my religion so they don't misunderstand me."
Check out MSA to learn more about Muslim culture and traditions here.
Words of wisdom from a Computer and Software Systems undergraduate
By Andrew Nguyen
Brad Stafford wishes there were either more hours in the day or less difficult decisions to make in deciding what to tinker with next. He likens the Computer and Software Systems (CSS) program to being in a giant sandbox.
"You jump in and think, 'look at all these tools and programs I can play with!' We get to choose classes ranging from 3D modeling to game design," Stafford says.
Stafford is driven by curiosity and a constant need to tinker, he describes learning Flash with the intensity of a storm chaser, even if it is becoming an irrelevant program due to HTML 5 and JavaScript.
Often Stafford is choosing between game programming, the fun stuff, and courses that develop a well-rounded student. He says you have to balance taking the classes you love with classes that will make you a strong candidate for employment upon graduation.
Creating design documents is the most rewarding part of the curriculum for Stafford because it is when he gets full control over design and implementation. Speaking with the energy of a graduate student boasting his research, Stafford explains, "design documents are like blueprints and you become master of the universe... or master of whatever you are building. It is like playing with Legos again."
He is currently creating a design document for a game where players learn about malaria and global health initiatives. Despite CSS being a technically-driven field, Stafford emphasizes the importance of communication and teamwork skills.
"You can format your design documents perfectly, you can crank out 1,000 lines of code in an hour, which is crazy by the way. But, if you can't communicate your capabilities, ideas, or concerns then you are deadweight in a team," he says.
You will likely find Stafford in a large computer lab at the Center for Serious Play (CSP) helping to design its new standalone website. Stafford works closely with a team of student interns to design the new website, representative of the new direction and institutional role of the CSP.
The Center for Serious Play is a bridge between education and industry leadership and employment. In partnership with the Interactive Media Design degree program, the CSP offers resources and opportunities for students to gain technical and creative experience directly relating to industry practices.
Stafford hopes to work in game design and programming after graduation. Look for the new CSP website to be online in winter quarter 2013, brought to you by its talented student intern team.
Non-Traditional Student takes New Approach to Business Development
By Nathan Stout
A significant portion of the University of Washington Bothell's population is made up of non-traditional students. Individuals who for a variety of reasons didn't transition into higher education straight out of high school; economic, personal, etc. While it might seem like these students are a bit "behind schedule", non-traditional students contribute a degree of experience and perspective which has been invaluable in the classroom and around the campus as a whole. Linda Jochimsen is one such student with a truly unique vision for the intersection between community and commerce.
Jochimsen spent the majority of her adult life working for high end retailers, in real estate, and raising a family. She decided to return to school after getting laid off and is now working toward an individualized degree through the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences (IAS). As a business owner eager to increase her expertise in the business world, Jochimsen participated in The Entrepreneurship Center's (TEC) Business Plan Competition last spring. Jochimsen's business, Art of the Soul Jewelry, ranked among the finalists of the 33 competing teams, wherein contestants were judged on different criteria: how well their models defined their target markets, product demand in those markets and projected return of investment.
During the course of the competition last spring, Jochimsen was inspired to take a different, more community-based approach to developing her business after being introduced to Kickstarter, the online crowd funding website.
"We are currently running a one month, all or nothing campaign to raise $15,000." Jochimsen says the funds raised will go toward developing seven new designs. She added, "Our hope is the community that has grown up around our products will give us the edge we need to get these new designs out there."
The competition also provided Jochimsen with an invaluable educational experience, and helped her make new connections with the goal of expanding her business. To Jochimsen, expansion means more than financial gain; it is a means of preserving the community built around Art of the Soul.
"Spirituality is a key component of my designs," says Jochimsen. "I design intentionally, with the goal of helping others access their higher selves. The majority of my customers are women who are often in positions of power; senators, business owners, or women who want to be empowered -- divorcee's, recovering cancer patients, etc. There is a real feeling of sisterhood among the people that are drawn to my designs. I'd like to attract more people to the community and to continue to provide high-quality, life enhancing designs for this community."
To learn more about Linda and her designs, check out Art of the Soul Jewelry's Kickstarter at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1692094441/art-of-the-soul-jewelry-sterling-silver-pyramid-co.
A Nevada-native and UW Bothell freshman
Having lived in New Jersey, California, Nevada, and now Washington she is no stranger to new places and new faces. As a high school senior Victoria Frawert shopped quite a number of universities before settling at the University of Washington Bothell.
With her mom in Nevada, Dad in Washington, and grandparents in Virginia, the college search took Frawert across the country. Frawert browsed 20 schools, including the College of William and Mary in Virginia, Oregon State University, schools in Nevada, and schools throughout Washington.
Frawert wanted to be close to family and still find the school that fit her best. She says UW Bothell offers students opportunities in an intimate and simple manner, a quieter environment where a student becomes prepared to reach their next step.
She wasted no time and during the first week of college Frawert led UW Bothell's voter's registration campaign. As part of the Welcome Week celebration, a UW Bothell annual tradition, Frawert met new students through registering voters.
Her inspiration for civic engagement and volunteer work comes from her mom. Frawert was in middle school she joined the local chapter of the National Charity League, a mother-daughter membership volunteer organization.
At first Frawert preferred to skip her volunteer work, but she grew to love it, "My mom helped me realize the value of civic engagement and working with people outside your community."
Surprisingly, Frawert says she was as nervous starting college as she was when she first started high school. Teachers from high school warned about writing format and style, saying if she forgot one detail she would likely get an "F" on the paper. They told her that professors have too many students to pay attention to her.
It only took one day for this image of college to disappear.
She says, "During the first few days of classes everyone was silent and scared to speak up. The professors had us do ice breakers and I realized there are a lot of out-of-state students. After a week, through doing group work, students are now going out of their way to meet new people."
Comparing her hometown in Nevada to Washington, Frawert describes a rather harsh desert with a struggling education system. She is getting used to the taller trees and cleaner atmosphere while living the "super-involved" student lifestyle.
When asked about her red hair, she says, "Throughout high school, I had undergone a process of really defining myself. My appearance changed as I did, I found a passion in sports medicine and physiology. I discovered my talents and ambitions. My hair is a constant reminder about the realization of my abilities and a personal motivation to continue with them."

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My father bought a Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3t. Does anyone know, if the Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3t, can be upgraded from Win 7 Starter, to Win 7 home basic or premium? Any thoughts would be appreciated.
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I've used it in the past to identify and fix everything from blue screens (BSOD's), ActiveX errors, corrupt files and processes, dll/exe/sys errors, recover lost memory, Windows update problems, defragging, malware removal etc.
You can download it direct from this link http://downloadreimage.com/download.php. (This link will automatically start a download of Reimage that you can save to your computer.)
The short answer is "yes".
Check out Jesse Andersen's site on the S10-3t. He's pretty much the expert on that machine.
The relevant section for you is Lenovo S10-3T: Windows 7 Starter vs Home Basic vs Home Premium vs Professional vs Enterprise vs Ultimate
I'm thinking about getting one of these, myself.
,Comment proceder a l'ouverture du cache cd?
French to English translation.....
How to open the cd cache?
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So everything has been working fine on my laptop until about 10:30PM EST tonight. I bought it new in August 2011.
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium
CPU: Intel Core i7-2630QM @ 2.00 GHz
It's always been a fine machine with NO problems.
However, last night there were Windows 7 updates that were installed and then restarted my computer. I had not gotten a chance to check exactly what they were though. About 10:30 this evening, flash crashed in Mozilla Firefox which is not that uncommon, and from there Firefox closed, and so did my Microsoft Word and Excel apps that were open. From there, my computer began to shut down and restart. When it went to restart, all it could do was go to the opening Lenovo screen which gives you the F2 (setup option) and F12 (multiboot menu option) as it typically does. Besides a thin strip at the top that appeared after about 30 secs that only displays moving static that eventually will just stick, that is where the boot process ends. No Windows 7 screen, and certainly no opportunity to boot into safe mode to check for any problems. The screen freezes and goes nowhere.
So basically, all I'm getting in terms of boot options are lenovo features, not windows 7 features, meaning it won't boot into windows 7 or windows 7 safe mode no matter what I try. The biggest problem here is that I have no windows 7 disc to even try to boot from my dvd drive.
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Are you able to get into the advanced boot menu by tapping F8? It might not be listed on the startup screen but it should still be there.
If not you can burn a repair disc from any PC with Windows 7. Theres steps from Microsoft Here.
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I'm unable to access BIOS on - Lenovo IDEPAD 100-80MJ? I tried from Windows 10 by going on:
Settings-Windows and Security-Recovery-Advanced Startup-Restart, but after restart I'm not getting that option saying UEFI? Regards
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Hello, I need help on my Lenovo Companion app with it's dust removal option.
I just bought my Lenovo ideapad 700 for a week now.
Previously I had the dust removal option in the Lenovo Quick Optimizer widget on taskbar.
After I turned it on, the option never existed anymore in the quick widget and even in Lenovo Companion app itself.
Would really love to see this feature again in my new laptop.
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Hello, I need help on my Lenovo Companion app with it's dust removal option. I just bought my Lenovo ideapad 700 for a week now. Previously I had the dust removal option in the Lenovo Quick Optimizer widget on taskbar. After I turned it on, the option never existed anymore in the quick widget and even in Lenovo Companion app itself. Would really love to see this feature again in my new laptop.Read other answers
I recently factory reset my laptop and it said it was missing some things and shut off. Later, I turned it off and all it does is show the ?Lenovo? screen, goes black, then grey in a endless loop. How can I fix this problem?Read other answers
Hi, I have just bought a lenovo USB C to HDMI adaptor however when i plug it into my laptop it says "This device is not recognized and the display device is limited. please help as it works on my hp laptop but not on my lenovo laptop. RegardsRead other answers
i have already bought a newly used ideapad 700 not y700and it has 256 ssdone parition is called lenovo and does have 75 gigs of old windows and system files and don't know how was all of this formed but i need to delete all the files and leave only the backup files of lenovo. as u see in the images by order the folder is vms contains sp2013 folder contains sp2013.vhvx filewhen i open it it opens a new virtual parition called sys which contains old sys files and backup files which i don't know where exactlyiam sorry for the dark side of the images the cover if the ipad doesn't fit which made images so stupid ????Read other answers
It was my 6th and last Lenovo laptop ever. I'm professional engineer since 1997 and I know how to work on hardware. 1. After 1 month of usage Lower Case was broken when I just touched it.2. After 4 month of usage Display's mounts were completely destroyed. When I opened the case I found that Lower Case plastic was made of **bleep**. It was very easy to break this "plastic" just when touching by a finger.3. After 10 month I got a few drops of rain over the keyboard. I dried it with fan (for 24 hrs). But it doesn't help me. Now I use external keyboard. btw on lenovo ideapad 510-15ikb it is not easy to replace a keyboard. The biggest problem - live in Thailand, where technical support is very long and can't give you any guarantees. Conclusion: I have almost new laptop (less than 1 year old) which is absolutely in troubles. And (once again) this is not my first laptop, but I never ever had anything even close to this. I still like Lenovo's design, but it seems like they choose a wrong OEM.I will never buy any Lenovo devices again and I will tell about it to as many people as I can. I'm not looking for support, I just want Lenovo people to know that they do wrong business now. This is not good to be so greedy.Read other answers
Hello i bought a ideapad 700,but there is a problem,it seems that my computer is slowing sometime,it depends of the moment,i can see in the task manager that the "disk" section goes to 100% and get stuck for about 2 min,i tested and it happened when i started google,i tried many things to repair this but it seems to still happens,i can send a Screenshot of the task manager at the moment where it works fine and when it works great and when it bugPS: seems that it's happening everytime i click something related to windowsRead other answers
my ideapad was preloaded with windows 10 x64 home edition. i have purchased windows 10 x64 prof. i installed my new os in the ideapad using the changes made in bios. "Enter BIOS, open the Exit Menu. Set OS Optimized Defaults as disabled. Or go to the Boot tab. Set the Boot Mode to Legacy Support, then set USB Boot to Enabled"by the above mentioned method i clean installed windows 10 x64 prof by deleting all the partitions.now when i am trying to update the bios its not getting updated. i am getting error as bios is not in UEFI. in bios when i change to UEFI it stops in boot modehow to update mu bios? how to change to UEFI mode?
You didn't need to set the boot mode to Legacy Support, you should install it without legacy support, but install on the UEFI, so next time turn the legacy support OFF, and install the Windows on the UEFI. If you turn legacy off, it automatically should be UEFIRead other 1 answers
HalloLenovo Ideapad 320 für 2 Wochen in Deutschland hergestellt, bei Shinobee, Versand durch Amazon.Fehler -1 Vorinstaliertes GDATA kann nicht aktiviert werden Unterstützung von GDATA kann auch nicht helfen Fehler -2 DVD laufwerk wird nicht bekannt, Vorinstalliertes Windows 10 PRO, Treiber deinstalliert Windows neu gestartetFehler -3 der Treiber wurde nicht richtig geladen, 4 mal Windows neu aufgespieltFehler-4 Netzbetrieb wird nicht geladen, bleibt bei 95% stehen.Zu meiner Person, ich lebe auf den Philippinen, das Gerät war von einem Kollege aus Deutschland mit ihr, aber internationale Garantie auf den Philippinen sind alle IT Spezialisten die 2Tage am Computer hat das folgende Problem ist das Paket von den Philippinen nach Deutschland und von Deutschland zurück auf die Philippinen senden ist, die Zoll und auch die Post Mann kann das Paket nicht weiterleiten, weil das Paket mit dem Notebook mit nach Hause genommen wurdeLange Rede kurzer Sinn, ich hoffe, dass Sie wieder richtig laufen und wieRead other answers
hello i have this laptop i replaced it with an ssd kingston 120gb and the battery drains 50% faster or even more what can i do?,thanks!!Read other answers
Hi. Excuse me, my English is not good. I have a lenovo ideapad 300. I was using it and it asked for an update, I did it and when I reboot it asks for a password, I put the one I always use and it says that it is not valid, I do not know what other password to put. Thanks for your help. The screens in the images before did not come out
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hithis my 1st time to buy lenovo laptop i am used to buy sony but its time to try some other brands so i will try lenovoi just order lenovo ideapad 520 i7 8550u , 1tb , 8gb , nvidia mx150 there other one but with 2tb and 16gb ram but it higher than my budget now so my question can i upgrade the 8gb ram to 16gb in future as i know that 4gb soldering in the m.b and only 1 slot that have 4gb so can i change it to 16gb so i will have 20gb ram or i cant get more than 16gb ram in this laptop ? and the battery built in as i will use this laptop for my work for long hours so i the charger will be plugged in will this effect the battery in any way ?Read other answers
Hello i have lenovo Ideapad 110-15ISK / 80UD00F0ED and i want to know how many ram slots i have and how much the maximum capcity i can install can i install ddr4 2400mhz 16 GB or what ?i have now 4gb ddr4 2133 and ya i just scanned my pc in crucial and this is the resualtsRead other answers
Hello, I have the latest windows 10 updates installed. but one day my laptop started to lag. because I usually watch movie and listen to music with my laptop, it ruins my experience of watching and listening. I thought it was because of heavy applications so I used the fresh start tool. and it removed most of my applications and the windows worked properly without any lags until I decided to restart it and again the lags came back. now that I don't have any applications or games that can possibly fill the memory or the CPU, I don't know where the lag comes from. so i'm open to suggestions.thank youRead other answers
The title says it all, I was wondering what DAC and AMP chip the Lenovo Ideapad 510 uses. I have the i7 7500u, nvidia 940mx, 256 gb ssd model if that changes anything I have a pair of audiotechnica athm40x and sennheiser hd558, the DAC and AMP in this laptop drives them really nicely, and I was wondering which one it wasRead other answers
My laptop is nearly 8 months old but there is a screen light flickering issue detected... How to solve it?Read other answers
Hello,since I bought my new laptop back in Dec 2016 and aside from the fact that I had to struggle a bit with the delivery process that ended up to be a non-issue, I was happy with this machine... Til about three weeks ago. Unfortunately, the return period has expired and since the whole story is not relevant here (other than just venting my frustration) I will just try to turn this into a positive experience by asking and perhaps offering advise out there.My ask is: Does any one out there know if there is a way for me to have similar functionality that an Integrated Microphone Array via an outside device or anything on this machine? The Ideapad 310 unfortunately does not come with this device which is embeded in the motherboard. Since I had bought HP laptops in the past which bring it as part of the standard build, I didn't even think (nor did I know) of finding out if this machine had this component. But it doesn't come with it. Yes I know, my bad, I should've sticked to HP, but anyway, I have this piece of expensive hardware (at least for me) and I can't use it for what I need because it does not come with that feature. Please, I've done quite a lot already, so don't offer anything else than what I am asking, please, if you don't know what an IMA does then it is basically an internal microphone that you can use as opposed to a headset. I need that to work that way. Period. So, I don't know, Lenovo tech support had already given their veredict but perhaps some savvy pe... Read moreRead other answers


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The recently adopted plank language adopted as part of the Texas Republican Party's platform that advocates gay reparative therapy, continued to hold center stage this week when Steve Munisteri, chairman of the Lone Star State's GOP went on the record as rejecting the discredited practice.
In an interview with Texas Public Radio, Munisteri said,"And I just make the point for anybody that thinks that may be the possibility: Do they think they can take a straight person to a psychiatrist and turn them gay?"
According to Munisteri, he isn't alone in his beliefs.
"My emails and phone calls to the office are running overwhelmingly opposed to that plank in the platform," Munisteri said. He further stated that there is no way anyone can tell if a majority of Republicans statewide support the reparative therapy plank.
The plank language in question that was recently adopted by the Texas GOP reads:
"We recognize the legitimacy and efficacy of counseling, which offers reparative therapy and treatment for those patients seeking healing and wholeness from their homosexual lifestyle. No laws or executive orders shall be imposed to limit or restrict access to this type of therapy."
That language replaced the party's previous stance on homosesxuality that said:
We affirm that the practice of homosexuality tears at the fabric of society and contributes to the breakdown of the family unit. Homosexual behavior is contrary to the fundamental, unchanging truths that have been ordained by God.
Last week, Texas Governor Rick Perry set off a firestorm of comments when likened homosexuality to alcoholism after being asked about his feelings regarding the plank language.
"Whether or not you feel compelled to follow a particular lifestyle or not, you have the ability to decide not to do that," Perry said. "I may have the genetic coding that I'm inclined to be an alcoholic, but I have the desire not to do that, and I look at the homosexual issue the same way."
While neither recanting or further supporting this statement, Perry admitted this week that he had "stepped right in it."
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There are so many little things that can go wrong with plumbing and plumbing devices in our homes. Most of the time we can just ignore them without much impact, like a leaky tap or a constantly dripping toilet flush. Over time these items tend to either get worse or fail all together. When this happens, the cost to repair tends to be higher and requires either a full replacement of parts or at the very least, a larger repair job. We recommend that you address these smaller issues as they happen. With the convenience of "local to you" Eldo View plumbers , with our no-call-charge assurance, think of us as your plumbing handymen.
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At 340 lbs I would suggest going with at least 2 inch box, .065 or thicker material.
No real reason to go with the cast pillow blocks as the stamped steel are more than adequate. Suggest go with a 3/4" axle.
For a good source of axles, sprockets and bearings http://www.usabearingsandbelts.com/m...ucp204-12.html
they carry the axles but are not listed on their site.
yes put some gussets on the 45 miter corners. The underside is really all that is needed as the stress is pushing up on the joints.
To avoid having to insert spacers or ?? to prevent the box tubing from getting crushed if you use 3 1/2"bolts to mount your pillow blocks, use some 1 3/4" bolts welded to a short bar stock that have holes for mounting the pillow blocks. Drill mounting holes on underside of frame, insert the bar stock w/ bolts. No need for two wrenches and no bolt head on top.
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Like millions of American men, my Christmas list includes a bunch of power tools and do-it-yourself gadgets. (I've been hinting to my wife for weeks that the power sander on sale at our local hardware store would, actually, benefit the whole family). But our Christmas shopping this year will not include the hardware mega-store Lowe's.
Unbelievably, the store pulled its advertising from one of the few redeeming reality shows out there, TLC's All-American Muslim, after the conservative Florida Family Association had its members complain about Lowe's sponsorship of the show. The group calls the show – which features Muslim families in Dearborn, Michigan – "propaganda that riskily hides the Islamic agenda's clear and present danger to American liberties and traditional values." In other words, the show doesn't feature the distorted, unbalanced images of Muslims that usually pollute the airwaves. It features reality.
The surprising thing is not that such misguided groups are out there, but that Lowe's caved to their absurd demands. The incident is reminiscent of the bad old days of Jim Crow, when Black entertainer Nat King Cole's groundbreaking TV show was cancelled—despite his world-wide super stardom at the time—when advertisers folded to segregationist pressure in the South.
Fortunately, some things have changed since then, and there is a campaign afoot to avoid Lowe's this Christmas season unless they change their decision. Consumers will have to decide for themselves but, for me, supporting American Muslims is the Christian thing to do this season.


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Wellness is not a matter of accumulating something-like more data or more special programs. Rather, wellness is realized by being present and unburdening yourself of all that prevents a natural state of basic healthiness. To be well is to become more simple. Here are a few suggestions to get you thinking and moving like a beginner.
Take time to rest your mind. Use nature as a source of healing and meditation or prayer as a daily practice for keeping attuned to what is important. When the big picture is kept in the forefront, the little things just fall into line.
The great majority of us are required to live a life of constant systematic duplicity. Your health is bound to be affected if, day after day, you say the opposite of what you feel, if you grovel before what you dislike and rejoice at what brings you nothing but misfortune. Our nervous system isn't just a fiction; it's a part of our physical body, and our soul exists in space and is inside us, like the teeth in our mouth. It can't be forever violated with impunity.
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See your loved ones as brand-new every day. After living with people for years, adults or children, it is easy to develop the notion that you really know them. And in some ways you do. Yet it is a trap to always anticipate their reactions to certain things. Doing that almost assures that you will get just what you have expected. Acknowledge that human beings are much more complex and mysterious than that. There are always surprises to be uncovered, always new depths of appreciation that can be explored. Allowing someone else to be brand-new may start with pretending or imagining that you are meeting them again, for the very first time. It works.
Watch your language and your thoughts. Expressions like "I'm too old for that . . ." should be red flags, signaling you to become a beginner again.
Turn problems upside down, especially health problems. Instead of assuming the attitude that problems are things to be fought against and conquered, try playing with the notion that an illness, or any other problem, may be a friend or a teacher at this particular time in your life. "Listen" to what this challenge has to teach you, or what it forces you to practice-like patience, courage, or creativity. Don't consider problems as something "bad" or "good"-just as "different" or "interesting." Admittedly this attitude isn't easy to hold when times are really difficult. It takes gentle persistence to turn problems around and to make this approach to handling upsets a way of life. Why not begin now?
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Look out the window or step outside for a moment or two. Look at something, anything, in the natural environment-the sky, a cloud, a tree, a patch of earth. Soften your gaze, letting your eyes see each thing as if you have never seen it before. Be a beginner. Be an explorer. Let your curiosity about that thing grow. Now imagine that this is the very first and the very last time you will ever experience this gift. Absorb the impressions as fully as possible with all your senses and let yourself feel gratitude.
The Hebrew word dayenu, meaning "it is enough," captures the essence of living in gratitude for life. To live dayenu as a way of life is to be ready to embrace the mystery of the moment, fully, and then let it go. In this moment, all is a gift. One breath is precious, one smile, one day of seeing the sun. If there is no next moment, this attitude allows one to die freely, happily, with deep appreciation for all that has been and is.
"The misery here is quite terrible; and yet, late at night . . . I often walk with a spring in my step along the barbed wire. And then time and again, it soars straight from my heart-I can't help it, that's just the way it is, like some elementary force the feeling that life is glorious and magnificent, and that one day we shall be building a whole new world."
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We're car enthusiasts. Product planners and pessimists say we have no idea what most car buyers (the non-enthusiasts) want or need and just answer brown diesel manual wagon to every question. That's largely true. But how does that brown diesel manual wagon is a bad answer for most car buyers?
Patrick thinks automakers are hitting the mark based on what they showed at this year's Detroit Auto Show. Also today, I wrote a counter to a Yahoo! Autos piece about U.S. automakers being stuck in the past, based on the products they showed off this year. In short, I said the domestic automakers understand the need save fuel in mainstream cars, not with limited production EVs and fuel cells.
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Jalopnik editor walks floor of NAIAS, think: "Wow, there are lots of great cars here. Automakers must be listening to the needs of the market."
Yahoo Autos editor walks floor of NAIAS, thinks: "Wow, there are lots of terrible, gas-guzzling, retro-styled cars here. Automakers must not be listening to the needs of the market."
It's kind of scary how easily your attitude can shape your conclusions.
Yes, there are some pressing needs to address when we talk about cars of the future. But there's a common ground that enthusiasts, planners and regulators are all going to find sooner or later – and it was evident this year that it will be sooner. Lighter cars? Got 'em. Turbochargers? Oh, we're swimming in those. Smaller, more nimble SUVs? Ages ago. Diesels? Absolutely.
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Preventing ovarian cancer
Dear OncoLink "Ask The Experts,"
What is the best way to prevent ovarian cancer? I have a very high possibility of contracting it as my mother and several other close family members have died from ovarian cancer. Is it total hysterectomy with removal of ovaries or just removal of ovaries? What evidence supports your answer? At present I am in a British screening program and have been advised that I should have my ovaries removed, I am 48 years old.
Christina S. Chu, MD, Assistant Professor of the Division of Gynecologic Oncology at the University of Pennsylvania Health System, responds:
Prophylactic removal of the ovaries is the most definitive option for preventing ovarian cancer. If you are currently involved in a formal cancer-screening program and have been advised to undergo removal of your ovaries, I would consider this option carefully. In most cases, removal of the ovaries can be accomplished laparoscopically (with the use of small endoscopic instruments). Laparoscopic surgery can be performed on an outpatient basis, and avoids the need for a large abdominal incision.
You have not mentioned if you or your family members have undergone testing for the BRCA1, BRCA2, or HNPCC mutations. In the absence of an HNPCC mutation, or the history of endometrial cancer, there is little definitive evidence that performing a hysterectomy in addition to removal of the ovaries is beneficial. In fact, performing a hysterectomy may require an abdominal incision and an inpatient hospitalization. However, women who are experiencing other problems associated with their uterus (abnormal bleeding, fibroid tumors, etc.) may want to consider having a hysterectomy at the time of ovarian removal.
Although removal of the ovaries is the most effective way to prevent ovarian cancer, patients should know that the surgery is not completely protective. Primary peritoneal cancer (which is clinically similar to ovarian cancer) has been reported to occur in about 2-10% of women who have undergone prophylactic ovarian removal because of hereditary risk factors.


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The word "Wilmington" has a good ring to it on engineering campuses this fall.
The word "Wilmington" has a good ring to it on engineering campuses this fall.
For the class of 2014, the Port City was identified as the land of opportunity by a GE Careers ad stating "GE Hitachi Nuclear is hiring more than 100 Instrumentation & Control and Electrical Engineering professionals," adding "most of these job opportunities will located in Wilmington, NC."
"We expect to hire up to 100 instrumentation and control and electrical engineers through the end of next year" to work at GE Hitachi headquarters in Castle Hayne, said GE Hitachi spokesman Christopher White.
"They will mainly focus on designing the control systems for the Dominion North Anna project," he added in an email.
In April, Dominion Resources notified the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that it had restored GE Hitachi's ESBWR as the technology for the proposed North Anna 3 nuclear power plant, reversing a 2010 decision to replace the GE technology with a reactor from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
At the time, White said GE Hitachi would engineer the ESBWR design specifically for Dominion's North Anna site in central Virginia near the epicenter of the August 2011 earthquake that damaged the Washington Monument.
The company would also guide Dominion through the licensing process under a multi-year contract with its Dominion Virginia Power utility subsidiary, providing dozens of jobs at GE Nuclear's Castle Hayne headquarters, he said.
White declined to comment on whether the company's hiring push is a direct result of the North Anna effort.
GE Hitachi chief executive Caroline Reda told a mid-June panel on Wilmington-area jobs that 2,000 of the company's 3,000 employees work at its campus in Castle Hayne.
Nearby, on the same tract of land purchased by GE in the 1960s, is GE Aviation's growing facility with 600 workers – up 15 from a year ago, said spokeswoman Deborah Case.
The company announced in June that it would add 242 jobs – possibly 35 of them in Castle Hayne – and invest $195 million over five years as part of a $20 million incentive package offered by the state and local governments. In Castle Hayne, GE Aviation will invest $63 million in its 540,000-square-foot facility.
Further down the road, but also planned for GE's sprawling campus if it comes to fruition, is the proposed Global Laser Enrichment facility that Reda says would employ "more than hundreds."
White said a decision about building the plant, licensed by the NRC last year, should come in "a matter of months." He added that if the decision is made to commercialize the laser technology, "it would take three to four years to build the facility and begin production."
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Gov. Scott Urges Floridians to be Prepared for Hurricane Season During National Hurricane Preparedness Week
Today, Governor Rick Scott called on Florida families to "GET A PLAN!" and visit www.floridadisaster.org for tips on how to prepare and keep loved ones safe should a hurricane strike the Sunshine State. The press conference was held at the Miami-Dade Emergency Operations Center where he was joined by Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos A. Gimenez, Miami-Dade County Commission Chairwoman Rebeca Sosa, Adjutant General of the Florida National Guard Major General Emmett R. Titshaw, Jr., Director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management Bryan Koon, Members, Board of County Commissioners, Sam Tidwell, Regional Chief Executive Officer, American Red Cross of Greater Miami and the Keys.
Governor Scott said, "Saturday marks the official start of the 2013 hurricane season. Last year was predicted to be a slow season, but with three weather events impacting Florida, as well as the landfall of Hurricane Sandy, we saw firsthand how one storm can significantly alter a community. Last year also marked the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Andrew, a hurricane that devastated many Florida communities and change the way we prepare and respond to a disaster. Following the storm, the world witnessed the resilience of Florida's citizens as we recovered and rebuilt our communities.
"We've worked to keep families in Miami-Dade safe by investing more than $22 million this year in state and federal funding to ensure this community is protected as best possible for hurricanes. Preparing for the upcoming hurricane season should be a priority for every Florida family – and that's why it's so importance families 'GET A PLAN!'
National Hurricane Preparedness Week runs May 26 – June 1, 2013, and the Florida Division of Emergency Management is reminding all Floridians of the importance of personal preparedness and building a disaster supply kit before a hurricane threatens your area.
"We encourage every Floridian to be proactive in preparing their family for potential hurricanes," said Bryan W. Koon, Director of the Division of Emergency Management. "A family disaster plan and a well-stocked disaster supply kit are essential tools to ensure your family's safety and security during a hurricane."
In a major disaster, emergency workers may not be able to reach everyone right away, and in some cases it may take three or more days for help to arrive. Having a plan for this possibility will help residents take care of their family's unique needs during this time.
Building a disaster supply kit is a simple and effective way to make sure a family has enough water, food, medicine and other essential supplies when other resources may not be readily available. Different families have different needs, so residents need to be sure to take into account their family's specific needs, and include:
• Water – at least 1 gallon daily per person for 3 to 7 days
• Food – at least enough for 3 to 7 days
• Blankets / Pillows, etc.
• Clothing
• First Aid Kit / Medicines
• Special Items – for children and the elderly
• Toiletries
• Flashlight / Batteries
• Radio – Battery operated and NOAA weather radio
• Keys
• Toys, Books, and Games
• Important documents
• Tools
• Full vehicle fuel tanks
• Pet care items
It is vital that residents and visitors stay informed of the latest information during an approaching storm by monitoring a trusted local information outlet, and knowing when to put your family disaster plan into action. The best way for residents to make their families and homes safer is to be prepared before a disaster happens.
The Atlantic Hurricane Season runs from June 1 – November 30. For more information on the Florida Division of Emergency Management and to GET A PLAN!,


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Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Hell's Donut House
Hot as the inside of Hell's Donut House around here. Actaually I got this email today, "You are Hell's Donut House's newest contact!" People pick a lot of weird screen names, but I thought that one was one of the best. I haven't had a chance to do anything more about it, aside from this cheery little picture I grabbed and goofed on. Looking forward to making contact with the new , uh, friend of donuts. This friend comes from flickr-- I need to put more pictures up I guess.
There must have been some posting about my youtube channel somewhere today, because I must have gotten more than twenty new subscribers, a ton of comments, and sold four dvds. None of the screen names of the subscribers could compare to Hell's Donut House.
I've been working on a website for my sheep herding instructor, and am deep in the realm of Flash code.
8 comments:
- Elayne said...
Your suddenly increased traffic is most likely due to your blog having been mentioned on BoingBoing, an extremely popular website. That's how I found your blog, at any rate...
- Aug 15, 2007, 7:32:00 AM
- Namowal said...
I was about to ask you if your uTube name "laughingsal" had anything to do with the Laff-in-the-Dark carnival automaton with the goofy laugh... then I spotted a video of said Sal in your favorite sections. Suspicion confirmed. :)
- Aug 15, 2007, 9:22:00 AM
- Sally said...
Thanks elayne-- I'd decided it must have been on the syllabus of some animation class that had just started. I didn't know about boingboing. The link is here
I was quite flattered by the whole thing.
- Aug 15, 2007, 9:30:00 AM
- Sally said...
And namowal, don't know if you've ever seen the old Groucho Marx tv shows, "you bet your life" but your duck made me think of the one that dropped down when you guessed the secret word, and yes, you guessed it!
- Aug 15, 2007, 9:31:00 AM
- linda said...
It's hot as hell's donut house where I am too! Sally, that's great about BoingBoing!
- Aug 16, 2007, 9:02:00 AM
Record 104 here yesterday. I'm trying to learn CSS myself....
- Aug 16, 2007, 9:17:00 AM
- Sally said...
I never got past first grade in CSS. Good for you to learn it.
- Aug 16, 2007, 11:02:00 AM
- Jeff said...
Oh my gawsh - I just stumbled on this page and I'm like, crazy flattered! I just ordered your DVD (long overdue), the next round of donuts is on me (hold the brimstone).
- Nov 4, 2009, 11:36:00 PM


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April 9, 2010
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WASHINGTON (RNS) Republican U.S. Sen. Rob Portman on Thursday (March 14) announced he has reversed his longtime opposition to same-sex marriage after reconsidering the issue because his 21-year-old son, Will, is gay.
Portman said his son, a junior at Yale University, told his wife, Jane, and him that he's gay and "it was not a choice, it was who he is and that he had been that way since he could remember."
"It allowed me to think of this issue from a new perspective, and that's of a Dad who loves his son a lot and wants him to have the same opportunities that his brother and sister would have — to have a relationship like Jane and I have had for over 26 years," Portman told reporters in an interview at his office.
- READ: Rob Portman's commentary: Gay couples also deserve chance to get married (Columbus Dispatch)
The conversation the Portmans had with their son two years ago led him to evolve on the issue after he consulted clergy members, friends — including former Vice President Dick Cheney, whose daughter is gay — and the Bible.
"The overriding message of love and compassion that I take from the Bible, and certainly the Golden Rule, and the fact that I believe we are all created by our maker, that has all influenced me in terms of my change on this issue," Portman said, adding that he feels that "in a way, this strengthens the institution of marriage."
Portman, 57, said his son didn't push him to make his announcement, though he "encouraged me."
Portman served 12 years in Congress before serving as U.S. trade representative and budget director for the George W. Bush administration. He won his first Senate seat in 2010.
Portman, who as a House member backed the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act now under review by the U.S. Supreme Court, said he now thinks parts of that bill should be repealed, though he hasn't considered introducing such legislation himself because economic policy issues are his specialty.
Portman said he believes that same-sex couples who marry legally in states where it's allowed should get the federal benefits that are granted to heterosexual married couples but aren't currently extended to gay married couples because of DOMA, such as the ability to file joint tax returns.
Family law has traditionally been a state responsibility, Portman says, so the federal definition of marriage should not pre-empt state marriage laws.
If Ohio voters were to reconsider the gay marriage ban they adopted in 2004, Portman said he might support it, depending on its wording, though he would not be likely to take a leadership role on the issue just as he didn't take a leadership role in 2004. He stressed that he doesn't want to force his views on others, and that religious institutions shouldn't be forced to perform weddings or recognize marriages they don't condone.
He said his decision to announce his new stance was not motivated by its potential political impact, and he was not sure what the fallout would be. He noted that nine states and the District of Columbia have legalized same-sex marriage, and that the issue has more support among younger people.
"I believe in some respects that this is more generational than it is partisan," said Portman.
He said he does not know of other Republican U.S. senators who share his views on gay marriage, although Cheney agrees with them, and recently advised him to "do the right thing, follow your heart."
(Sabrina Eaton writes for The Plain Dealer.)


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Obama adviser sorry for comparing GOP to Jonestown cult
John Podesta was just named as a new senior-level adviser to President Obama last week, but he's already ruffling Republican feathers.
In a profile published late Tuesday by Politico Magazine, Podesta is quoted comparing Republicans to the infamous cult led by Jim Jones, who was responsible for the 1978 cyanide poisoning of more than 900 of his followers in Guyana.
"They need to focus on executive action given that they are facing a second term against a cult worthy of Jonestown in charge of one of the houses of Congress," said Podesta of what Obama's White House team faces. Jonestown was the informal name of the settlement founded by Jones and his American followers.
On Wednesday, Podesta apologized for his impolitic comment.
"In an old interview, my snark got in front of my judgment. I apologize to Speaker Boehner, whom I have always respected," Podesta posted on his Twitter account.
The Jonestown incident marked one of the most horrific mass killings in American history.
Rep. Leo Ryan, D-Calif., who had traveled to the settlement after receiving alarming reports of conditions there from constituents, was shot dead by cult members as the congressman's delegation readied to fly out of Guyana with some members of the cult who wanted to leave. Current Rep. Jackie Speier, who was then an aide to Ryan, was wounded in the incident.
The author of the profile, Glenn Thrush, writes Podesta made the comment in an interview in the fall before Obama recruited the former Clinton administration chief of staff to join his team.
Brendan Buck, a spokesman for Republican House Speaker John Boehner, took offense with the Podesta comment.
"If this is the attitude of the new White House, it's hard to see how the president gets anything done again," Buck said.
Jenny Martin, co-founder of Tea Party Patriots, called Podesta's comments "despicable."
"Any man who is so historically ignorant as to compare millions of Americans who cherish freedom with the macabre and mass suicide at Jonestown is unqualified to hold any position of authority," she said. "We recommend Mr. Podesta read a book on basic American history."


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First of all the Orabi stand in Alexandria was moved from Ras El-Tin Palace to El-Rasafa square.
Second of all you can watch the live transmission of the stands at http://21606.info/
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- According to eye witnesses there are many officers and plain clothed agents at the Mohamed Naguib station.
- There are unconfirmed news that there are security sieges surrounding opposition parties like El-Ghad and El-Karama down town Cairo.
- Protesters began to head to Abdeen Palace.
- There are not less than 6 anti-riots security vehciles in Al Tahrir square and at the AUC old Campus
- Already as we are in the middle in the week , it is normal to have traffic jams at this time but according to eye witnesses the security measures are making it hard to the protesters to reach to Abdeen Palace
- unconfirmed news that a group of activists has been arrested from a while ago in front Abdeen Palace .
- Abdeel Palace square is said to be full of security forces as it the protesters from peaceful activists are going to invade it.
- Twitter is messed up by a group of Russian hackers on this very important day :(
- On the international day of peace the state security shamefully cracked down two peaceful stands in both Cairo and Alexandria.
- The locations of the stands were changed due to Security measures.
- Many of opposition figures like Hamdeen Sabhi , Mohamed Abdel Qudos , Ayman Nour , Gamila Ismail and Bothinia Kamel participated in the stand in Cairo.
- There were rumors that Gamila Ismail was arrested but this was untrue.
- There were the usual beatings and arrests from the security side and there were the usual Mubarak chants from the protesters' side. "I read a tweet that Mubarak posters were burned by protesters"
- I am not sure from the number but when the stand in Cairo started , there were not less 100 participants in it " click on read more where there are new updates in video and picture"
- Activists were arrested as usual , you can find the latest updated list from detainees in both Cairo and Alexandria here.
- Activist Amr Guevara was injured and currently is at Mounira public hospital currently and the hospital is reportedly refusing to write down an official report with his injury
- According to eye witnesses a group of protesters have headed to the Journalists syndication. "here is photo by lioromio
- Here are couple of photos were taken earlier in the protest in Cairo , it shows how it was.
- Abu Omar Al-Masry participated in Alex's demo and according to eye witnesses he was beaten.
- The plain clothed agents were letting the protesters out one by one after filming them one by one !!
- Here is a photo from Al Shorouk News showing Mohamed Abdel Qudos surrounded by plain clothed agents
- The Muslim brotherhood has not joined this protest.
- I read that the women protesters were sexually harassed as usual !!


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With its sunny weather, world-famous food, film and music festivals throughout the year, and a well-earned reputation as the "Live Music Capital" of the world, it's easy to see why Austin, Texas, is one of the fastest growing cities in the U.S. –- and one of the most visited as well. Austinites like to "keep it weird" by expressing their artistic individuality and living life at their own pace, making for a friendly, inviting atmosphere in the city that welcomes all comers and encourages having a good time. While there's always more music, food, and culture to take in on any given night than a single person could manage, locals maintain a laid-back charm and relaxed outlook.
Must See in Austin
Any and all first-time visitors are encouraged to visit the Congress Avenue Bridge at sunset to watch as the Congress Avenue bats take flight from under the bridge into the Texas night sky. Afterwards, a stroll down Sixth Street will invariably be accompanied by the melange of music—from country and hard rock to rap and reggae—drifting out from the many famous clubs and bars lining the downtown avenue. But a typically sunny day is best spent in Zilker Park and the Barton Springs Pool, cooling off in the spring-fed waters alongside the locals.
Where to Stay in Austin
Families traveling with children will find refuge from the night-long hustle and bustle of downtown or the University of Texas nightlife just south of Ladybird Lake in the South Congress district. South Congress itself offers up family-friendly shops and dining—Amy's Ice Cream makes any day brighter—as well as many music venues like the Continental Club while respecting the nearby residential neighborhoods. However, travelers looking for a full immersion into Austin's night-life can find accommodations directly on Sixth Street itself, meaning a safe and short walk home from late night shows at the White Horse or Hotel Vegas. Austin has a thriving presence on home-stay and residential rental sites like Air BnB or Couchsurfing, where travelers can often find better deals and a more authentic Austin experience.
Best and Worst Time to Go to Austin
Austin is at its best from the middle of March to early June and the end of August through November, when the city is warm enough to take advantage of the many outdoor activities offered and many of the music and film festivals take place. While most of June and July are flush with city-wide activities as well, the heat of summer in Texas is often more intense than most travelers can comfortable tolerate. However, the worst time to visit is in January and February, when the city freezes over both literally and metaphorically as the city takes time to recharge and rest, planning fewer events in general.
Where to Get Lost in Austin
While not considered a destination per se, the Hyde Park district just north of the University of Texas hides several cafes, bars, parks, and hip neighborhoods with laid-back charm. After enjoying the artwork at Hyde Park Bar and Grill or relaxed in Shipe Park or the Shipe Wading Pool, it's only a short stroll up to North Loop Drive for coffee at Epoch or a cocktail at Drink Well.
The Best Deal in Austin
Austin is flush with free and fun outdoor activities, from the bats on Congress Avenue Bridge to the Lady Bird Lake Hike and Bike Trail, but perhaps the best deal for a warm spring or summer night is Barton Spring Pool: at 9 p.m. every night, the pool opens for an hour of free swimming to the public. Additionally, there are often several free music showcases or poetry readings going on any given week, which can easily be found in the events listings of local papers such as the Austin Chronicle, which is free itself as well.
Transportation in Austin
For travelers wishing to get around the city at their own ease, it will be necessary to rent a car as Austin is a very car-centric city. However, those sticking around one or two neighborhoods can easily find their way by bicycle or hailing a pedicab—a great way to get even more insider tips on what to see in town is by striking up a conversation with your friendly, local pedicab driver.
Getting in from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport lies just southeast of the city within a ten to fifteen minute drive, making it easily accessible and not too far from downtown. A number of shuttle buses and taxi services are regularly available right at the curbside, as well as several rental companies with offices within the airport itself.
Local Tips for Visitors to Austin
Whenever possible, avoid Interstate 35, as it is notorious for erratic traffic jams and the like. Traffic tends to bottleneck at each of the lake crossings but particularly on I-35—if it is not too far out of the way, either Pleasant Valley to the east or South First street to the west are typically better options.
Nearby Listings
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Malone to work with Jazz as part-time coach
Salt Lake City, UT – Utah Jazz legend Karl Malone will return to the team he spent nearly his entire Hall of Fame career with as a special assistant coach for the upcoming 2013-14 season, head coach Tyrone Corbin announced Wednesday.
Specifically, Malone will work with young forwards Derrick Favors and Enes Kanter, as well as the team's other big men, on as-needed basis.
"It is great to have Karl as a resource for the team," said Corbin. "He is one of the most talented big men to have ever played this game."
Malone spent all but one of his 19 pro seasons with the Jazz and was named an All-Star in 14 of those campaigns. The NBA's second-leading all-time scorer was twice named the league's MVP during that period, and helped lead Utah to back-to-back NBA Finals appearances in 1997 and 1998.
The now 49-year-old, who accumulated 36,928 points during his career, also had his number retired by the Jazz in 2006.


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|User's Guide to the Community Atmosphere Model CAM-5.1
A CAM model run is controlled using the build-namelist facility described in Appendix B. The focus of this appendix is to provide a reference for the variables that may be set through the use of build-namelist. A searchable (or browsable) page is also available here, or by following the "Search Namelist Variables" link under the Documentation section of the CAM home page.
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Treaty of Edinburgh–Northampton
To all Christ's faithful people who shall see these letters, Edward, by the grace of God, King of England, Lord of Ireland, Duke of Acquitaine, greeting and peace everlasting in the Lord. Whereas, we and some of our predecessors, Kings of England, have endeavoured to establish rights of rule or dominion or superiority over the realm of Scotland, whence dire conflicts of wars waged have afflicted for a long time the Kingdoms of England and Scotland: we, having regard to the slaughter, disasters, crimes, destruction of churches and evils innumerable which, in the course of such wars, have repeatedly befallen the subjects of both realms, and to the wealth with which each realm, if united by the assurance of perpetual peace, might abound to their mutual advantage, thereby rendering them more secure against the hurtful efforts of those conspiring to rebel or to attack, whether from within or without: We will and grant by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors whatsover, with the common advice, assent and consent of the prelates, princes, earls, barons and the commons of our realm in our Parliament, that the Kingdom of Scotland, within its own proper marches as they were held and maintained in the time of King Alexander of Scotland, last deceased, of good memory, shall belong to our dearest ally and friend, the magnificent prince, Lord Robert, by God's grace illustrious King of Scotland, and to his heirs and successors, separate in all things from the Kingdom of England, whole, free and undisturbed in perpetuity, without any kind of subjection, service claim or demand. And by these presents we denounce and demit to the King of Scotland, his heirs and successors, whatsoever right we or our predecessors have put forward in any way in bygone times to the aforesaid Kingdom of Scotland. And, for ourselves and our heirs and successors, we cancel wholly and utterly all obligations, conventions and compacts undertaken in whatsoever manner with our predecessors, at whatsoever times, by whatsoever Kings or inhabitants, clergy or laity, of the same Kingdom of Scotland, concerning the subjection of the realm of Scotland and its inhabitants. And wheresoever any letters, charters, deeds or instruments may be discovered bearing upon obligations, conventions and compacts of this nature, we will that they be deemed cancelled, invalid, of no effect and void, and of no value or moment. And for the full, peaceful and faithful observance of the foregoing, all and singular, for all time we have given full power and special command by our other letters patent to our well-beloved and faithful Henry de Percy our kinsman, and William de la Zouche of Ashby and to either of them make oath upon our soul. In testimony whereof we have caused these letters patent to be executed.