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Leprosy Mailing List – October 8, 2017
Ref.: (LML) Steroid dependency in Leprosy
From: José Augusto, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dear Pieter,
Thank Dr. Grace Warren (LML, 2-10-2017) to bring this important topic to our attention again. The longstanding use of steroids in leprosy (and the resulting dependency) is very worrying and must be well studied and evaluated. In Brazil we have had many problems with the indiscriminate use of this therapy leading to serious side effects and facilitating the appearance of opportunistic diseases of infectious origin. The protocols recommended are in the great majority of the times not followed by the doctors.
I think there must be time and dosage of corticosteroids adjusted for differential use when we have cases with cutaneous involvement and when we have neurological compromise.
Therapeutic behavior with Clofazimine unfortunately still needs to be further studied in endemic countries. However, it should not be forgotten that it also has side effects when used in high doses for an extended time.
Thank you.
Jose Augusto
Dr. José Augusto da Costa Nery
Laboratório de Hanseníase/ ASA
Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - Fiocruz
Av. Brasil 4365, Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro - RJ CEP 21040-360 - Tels.(21)2562-1588
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Project Big Green launched with an ambitious goal: to design technology that will use 50 percent of current power levels and increase computer capacity tenfold. The timeline for achieving these lofty ambitions is the end of the decade.
In addition to these solar-powered servers, IBM's Project Big Green has come out with a few other impressive innovations, including:
IBM is also giving their customers a chance to get in on the green and reduce their energy usage. One year after the launch of Project Big Green IBM announced that they are offering miniature versions of their high efficiency data centers, called modular data centers, that are compact and help companies to do the right thing while showing an immediate benefit to their bottom lines. This will help companies to take steps in the green direction without having to justify the upfront costs or fight the uphill battle with their investors.
This method of appealing not only to a company's desire to go green but also to the cost savings that can come from lowering their energy consumption has gained the attention of many industries that are very dependent on computers to service their customers, such as the studios that produce Hollywood blockbusters and the gaming industry.
Data center power usage is estimated to contribute two percent to annual carbon dioxide output worldwide every year. By moving to solar powered data centers, IBM estimated that the data center will keep 10 tons of carbon dioxide from being released into the atmosphere every year.
The data center also consolidates the number of physical systems used. The scale of the cut back was amazing, from about 3900 servers to only 30. This is more than a 99 percent reduction in the amount of hardware that is used in order to service IBM's customers. This reduction in the physical servers relied heavily on IBM's virtualization technology. The servers were also switched to a Linux platform in order to make managing the servers from a control location easier.

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OK, let me start with the good... The second level steam room and sauna were hot. That's it. Kinda what you'd expect, though, so that's not really a compliment. The whole place is in serious need of some updating. Besides the different states of disrepair in the locker rooms, showers, weight room, even in the dark room on the top level (exposed electrical panel!!!) this place is stuck in the 70s. 1970s! That really is true with most of the gay bathhouses in the U.S. The owners of these places need to go across the pond and visit The Boiler or even Apollo Splash Club (which has been around forever) in Berlin and learn how to run a business! This is a great space and location, it really has a lot of potential, but it's run to the ground! Don't waste your hard earned money for this rip off until they renovate. A word about the staff... They were actually really pleasant and trying to work with what they have there. Keeping the place clean, too.
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Banana Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Reports
(Durban/KwaZulu-Natal South Coast, South Africa)
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Photo credit: Franchu Perez
Type: point
Reliability: consistent
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Sea Temperature Today is: 26.0 °C
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Banana Beach in Hibiscous Coast is a fairly exposed point break that usually has waves The best wind direction is from the west. Poor surf in light onshore winds Groundswells are more common than windswells and the ideal swell direction is from the southwest. It very rarely gets crowded here. Be warned that sharks have been sighted.
Tide Times:
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Banana Beach Tide Times and Tide Chart
Live Weather:
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Overall Banana Beach Surf Consistency and Wind Distribution in February
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The two graphs above are also combined in the single Banana Beach surf consistency graph.
Also see Banana Beach surf quality by season and Banana Beach surf quality by month.
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Use this relief map to navigate to Durban/KZN South surf spots and tide stations that are in the area of Banana Beach
Other Nearby Surf Breaks closest to Banana Beach:(click location name for more details)
- Closest break2 mi
- Second closest break6 mi
- Third closest break7 mi
- Fourth closest break9 mi
- Fifth closest break11 mi
Wave buoys nearest to Banana Beach:
- Closest wave buoy4668 mi
- Second closest wave buoy5293 mi
- Third closest wave buoy5305 mi
- Fourth closest wave buoy5318 mi
- Fifth closest wave buoy5336 mi
Tide stations nearest to Banana Beach:
- Closest tide station25 mi
- Second closest tide station26 mi
- Third closest tide station53 mi
- Fourth closest tide station76 mi
- Fifth closest tide station98 mi
Ski Resorts closest to Banana Beach:
- Closest ski area160 mi
- Second closest ski areaAfri-Ski (Lesotho)165 mi
- Third closest ski area671 mi
- Fourth closest ski areaMount Hermon (Israel)4427 mi
- Fifth closest ski areaSepidan Ski Resort (Iran (Islamic Republic of))4436 mi
Town and city forecasts close to Banana Beach:
- Closest city location17 mi
- Second closest city location26 mi
- Third closest city location50 mi
- Fourth closest city location50 mi
- Fifth closest city location51 mi
- The closest passenger airport to Banana Beach is Margate Airport (MGH) in South Africa, 44 km (27 miles) away (directly).
- The second nearest airport to Banana Beach is Durban International Airport (DUR), also in South Africa, 71 km (44 miles) away.
- Third is Virginia (Durban) Airport (VIR) in South Africa, 95 km (59 miles) away.
- Pietermaritzburg Airport (PZB) in South Africa is 101 km (63 miles) away.
- Umtata Airport (UTT), also in South Africa is the fifth nearest airport to Banana Beach and is 216 km (134 miles) away.
This is the Surf-Forecast page for Banana Beach, Durban/KZN South. Use the tab navigation above to view Banana Beach sea temperature, Banana Beach photographs, Banana Beach detailed swell predictions, wind and weather forecasts, Banana Beach webcams, current wind from Durban/KZN South live weather stations and Banana Beach tide predictions. The South Africa swell maps link will open up the big picture showing South Africa and the surrounding seas. These swell maps can be animated to show the different swell components, wave energy, wave period, wave heights, together with wind and weather forecasts, current weather and sea state observations from South Africa wave-buoys, passing ships and coastal weather stations. Each of the forecast pages for this surf break feature a global and regional wavefinder tool to locate the best surf conditions in the area around Banana Beach.


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01. Ruined/Wasted
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05. Blood Tongue
06. Disease Artist
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08. Blame & Aging
09. Appear, Disappear
10. Slow Death
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These three guys from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US have released one of the most excellent hardcore influenced screamo record of this year. We Were Skeletons combines the traditional mid-tempo screamo with sometimes melodic, sometimes thrashy (post-)hardcore and punk passages. There are a lot of highlights on this album, my personal favourite is the sixth track called 'Disease Artist'. I have to say, this is a great album with a lot of rad songs, I highly recommend to you. 'Blame & Aging' will be released on 12" by Topshelf Records, you can buy it on the link below.
Reviewed by Adam.
We Were Skeletons is a band from Lancaster, Pennsylvania who formed in 2007. We Were Skeletons play an amazing style of music that incorporates elements of post hardcore, hardcore, and screamo within their sound. Blame & Aging is the band's latest thirteen song LP, which was released on October 22, 2012. Blame & Aging serves as the band's second full length LP and serves as a great follow-up to their last self titled LP released in 2008. Between these two full lengths, We Were Skeletons have done two splits 7" with Mnwa and The Saddest Landscape and a 3-way split LP with Florence & Libby and Kids. On their latest Lp, We Were Skeletons draw influence from bands such as Orchid, Four Hundred Years, Shotmaker, and early Engine Down. The band's trademark chaotic/emotive style is still present, but the chaos is dialed back a bit. I really like the band's progression since their last LP and think that their incresed complexity puts them at a similar caliber as bands such as Pianos Become The Teeth and The Saddest Landscape. This will probably be one of my favorite albums of the year.
Reviewed by Chris.
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For as long as the game has been played, golf course superintendents have been searching for an answer to setting up hole locations on the green. What are the guidelines for legal hole placement, and when does a specific hole location become "non-conforming" under the Rules of Golf?
Fortunately, the USGA recently published an article in the July-August 2008 issue of the "USGA Green Section Record" that provides some helpful guidelines for setting up hole locations, and it uses the BreakMaster Digital Green Reader as an essential part of the process. The recommended USGA formula takes into account the fact that greens are generally getting faster, but just as important is the amount of slope – and determining the slope amount is where the BreakMaster really shines. The chart below was published in the article as a reference aid for Golf Course Superintendents as it shows the relationship between Green Speed as measured by a Stimpmeter and Maximum Slope as measured by the BreakMaster.
By using this chart, a BreakMaster and a Stimpmeter, Golf Course Superintendents can easily determine positions on the green that are Critical Slope (non-conforming), Marginal Slope, and Recommended Slope (conforming) and set hole positions accordingly for tournaments or daily play. The article, written by Jerry Lemons concludes "By using the chart and checking slopes near the hole, a hole location can be set far enough away from the steep slopes and the edge of the green so that a well executed shot that misses the hole will not run off the green, thus giving the player an opportunity to hole out." The article concludes "We are fortunate to have digital tools that show instantly the slope on a green (like the BreakMaster). Like the Stimpmeter, every superintendent should have one of the inexpensive tools to help determine "conforming" hole locations.
Prior to the introduction of the BreakMaster, golf course superintendents had only tools like bulky digital levels to aid them in this process. The BreakMaster is far more compact than the much larger digital levels, and what's more, the BreakMaster measures green slope in all directions whereas the digital levels only measure slope in one direction at a time.
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text: The ballpoint-pen drawings of this self-taught artist, who was born in South Carolina and died in Brooklyn, in 1996, quiver with presence. Hamilton traced objects—a Fig Newtons box, a glass, his own hands—filling in the simple forms with dense networks of red, green, or blue. Sometimes he colored in so intently that the paper would warp, as in a drawing here of his shod feet. Hamilton grew up on a farm, and he also drew animals, with surprising delicacy, from memory, including a vivid trio of gray horses, embellished with watercolor, a red cat, and a blue mouse.


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Mystery as two fetuses end up at in water South Carolina water treatment plant
Two fetuses were shockingly discovered at a South Carolina water treatment facility earlier this month, authorities said.
WTAT-TV reported Tuesday that the fetuses were found in the water at the James Island wastewater treatment plant on Aug. 8. Officials said employees were doing routine checks when they made the disturbing find.
Charleston County Coroner Rae Wooten said the fetuses appeared to be mid-trimester and in "very early development," according to the station. She said it was unclear how long the fetuses were in the water or whether they were related.
The mystery now turns to who flushed the fetuses down the drain and how it ended up at the facility.
Charleston Water Systems spokesperson Matt Brady told WTAT-TV that only things that are flushed or go down the drain end up in their system.
"Wastewater is an entirely different system from storm water and drinking water that you have at your taps," Brady added.
Charleston police ask anyone with information about the flushed fetuses to contact Consolidated Dispatch at 843-743-7200.


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Practical and Helpful Tips: Florists
Hiring A Florist To Make Your Occasion More Special Special events need to have gorgeous flowers. One vital element which you have to remember to help you have a successful party is the right decoration. And when it comes to decorations, flowers are always on top of the list. Possibly, you skills when it comes to flower arrangement is acceptable, but you have to understand that it may not be enough for major events or occasions including birthdays and weddings that is why there is a need for you to find and choose a competent and dependable florist. You have to bear in mind that there will be lots of people flocking your property, for this reason, you have to make sure that your home feels cozy and warm and most of all, it must be festive. It is significant that you have a lot of stunning flower arrangements that you can place in certain areas of your house for your special occasion. When the flowers are badly arranged, then, it will only ruin the entire decoration instead of enhancing them. For this reason, if you intend to get great results, what you have to do is find a skilled florist to help you out. When seeking the most appropriate florist, you can get a number of useful suggestions from people you are close with. You may have some friends who had parties before where they hired a florist to help them with the flowers. You may want to ask these friends of yours for pictures of the party which shows the beautiful flower arrangements their chosen florist have put together for them. There is a need for you to examine every picture intently so you can determine the skills and the specialty of the florists, in this manner, you will not have difficulty identifying the florists who might be perfect for the kind of flower arrangement you like for the party.
A Quick Overlook of Businesses – Your Cheatsheet
Every knowledgeable florist have a number of photo albums filled with pictures of all the flower arrangements as well as flower bouquets they completed for all their clients. Thus, when visiting these florists, what you have to do is ask them if they can show you their photo albums. Apart from that, if you would like to use some exotic and tropical flowers for your decorations, it is important for you to ask the florist is they are capable of supplying you with these flowers.
Doing Flowers The Right Way
There are many talented florists these days who don't own a flower shop, then again, they are well-known for producing ingenious and stunning flower arrangements and flower bouquets for their clients. These are the florists who only do special events like birthdays, weddings, and so on that's why it is also suggested that you consider their services as they might be the one you are looking for.


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I see that the date was now added to the entries. I was naming my entries with the date as it wasn't showing anywhere but now you can see when the entry was made. Should I keep naming my entries like I was or change it as you now see the date. Decisions, decisions!
Hub was home when I got home from work which he wasn't supposed to be. I thought he had over slept and didn't go to work. Apparently he had gone to work but came back home cause he wasn't feeling well. I wonder if it's because of the flu shot he got yesterday although I'm feeling fine but it all depends on the person. I'm just not sure it's supposed to affect him after 24 hrs.
Mom left this morning. I always feel sad when ever she leaves as our time together always seems to go by too fast. Sometimes I wish I'd live closer to home so then I could go see her more often. I hope we'll be able to go to her place for her Bday in Dec.
Anyways, my day wasn't too bad and I went for a walk with a client. It's still super warm outside for Oct. My day was a bit long as I normally finish at six on Thu but I was doing some hours I missed yesterday. I also emailed back the guy from the Halfway House to tell him I wasn't sure if I should try for the job or not as I'm pretty busy with my work schedule already. I shall wait and see what he says. I've also been texting a friend of mine about once a week to see if he's alright and he never replied. I'm a bit worried.
Beside that, I was too tired to get the garbage together last night so I thought I'd do it this morning as they always seem to come after I leave for work. Of course today I didn't have it at the road before work and they came as I was getting out of bed so I didn't have time to take it to the road. Blah! Now I have to wait two weeks to put it at the road. Oh well..
I want to watch some shows as I have a million to watch. I wanted to look for a game to play as I've been wanting to play a game for a while but I don't think I should cause I really don't have time with all the shows I'm currently watching. I also need to do some dishes and I'd like to take a bath. I should also put away that last basket of clothes but we all know I more than likely won't do it although this time it isn't really my fault. Hub is sleeping right now so I don't want to bother him while putting the clothes away. I normally take up the whole bed when I put clothes away. Haha! I guess it shall wait till Sat when I wash the other clothes.