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Dose Reduction of Lopinavir in Children
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00887120
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : April 23, 2009
Last Update Posted : July 17, 2020
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To study the pharmacokinetics of low-dose and standard dose, lopinavir/ritonavir in ARV PI naive HIV-1 infected Thai children.
To study clinical and immunological efficacy after 48 weeks of lopinavir/ritonavir in PI naïve HIV-1 infected Thai children
|Condition or disease
|HIV Infections
|Drug: Lopinavir/ritonavir standard dose According to WHO simplified dosing table Drug: Lopinavir/ritonavir low dose ( 70% of WHO recommended dosing table)
|Phase 2
In 2002, the Thai Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) launched the National Access to Antiretroviral Program for People living with HIV/AIDS (NAPHA) with the aim of providing treatment to all Thai patients who needed antiretroviral treatment. By the end of 2005, 80,000 HIV-infected Thais were treated in the NAPHA program, including about 6,000 children. The antiretroviral treatment regimen consists of three antiretroviral drugs (ARV). The first-line regimen used in NAPHA are mainly generic drugs produced by Thai government pharmaceutical organization (GPO), including a fixed-drug combination of stavudine, lamivudine, and nevirapine (GPOvir);and a fixed-drug combination of zidovudine, lamivudine, and nevirapine (GPOvir-Z). Majority of patients respond very well with first-line regimen(1,2), however about 15% of patients have drug resistance to first-line regimen and require second-line regimen(3). The protease inhibitors (PIs) is used as a second-line regimen, however there are limitations in terms of cost and metabolic complications(4).
Lopinavir/ritonavir is the most widely use protease inhibitors in children because of its high efficacy and a syrup formulation that easy to use in small children. There is evidence supported that the recommended dose according to US-FDA or EU guidelines resulting in much higher plasma blood level in Thai children. Data from 19 Thai children demonstrated Cmin of 5.9 mg/L compare to 3.4 mg/L in US children when use the same dose (the minimum acceptable Cmin is 1.0 mg/L) (5,6). There is a study HIVNAT019, which demonstrated acceptable LPV plasma concentration and treatment outcome in Thai HIV-infected adult when use reduced dose of LPV/r 266mg/66 mg compare to standard dose of 400mg/100mg (7).
Therefore, the study of pharmacokinetic of low dose of LPV/r in Thai HIV-infected children is very important to assess the safety and efficacy of this strategy. This will lead to appropriate ARV dose in children to reduce long-term adverse events, and also reduce the ARV cost.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|24 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy of Low- or Standard-dose of Lopinavir/Ritonavir (Kaletra®) in PI-naïve HIV-1 Infected Children
|Study Start Date :
|April 2007
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|January 2009
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|February 2009
Active Comparator: 1
Lopinavir/ritonavir standard dose + zidovudine and lamivudine
Drug: Lopinavir/ritonavir standard dose According to WHO simplified dosing table
Dose of Zidovudine (AZT) is 180-240 mg/m2 per dose every 12 hours Dose of Lamivudine (3TC) is 4 mg/kg every 12 hours Dose of Lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r)
Active Comparator: 2
Lopinavir/ritonavir low dose (70% of standard dose) + zidovudine and lamivudine
Drug: Lopinavir/ritonavir low dose ( 70% of WHO recommended dosing table)
Dose of Zidovudine (AZT) is 180-240 mg/m2 per dose every 12 hours Dose of Lamivudine (3TC) is 4 mg/kg every 12 hours Dose of Lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r)
- pharmacokinetics of standard vs low dose LPV/r [ Time Frame: 4 weeks after start ART ]
- efficacy and safety of standard and low dose LPV/r [ Time Frame: 48 weeks ]
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|2 Years to 18 Years (Child, Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age from 2- 18 years old
- Documented positive test for HIV-1 infection
- PI-naïve
- HIV RNA viral load > 1,000 copies
- Written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- Active opportunistic infection
- Relevant history or current condition, illness that might interfere with drug absorption, distribution, metabolism or excretion.
- Use of concomitant medication that may interfere with the pharmacokinetics of lopinavir/ritonavir
- Pregnancy or lactating
- Inability to understand the nature and extent of the study and the procedures required.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00887120
|HIV-NAT, Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Center, Bangkok
|Bangkok, Thailand, 10330
|Principal Investigator:
|Kiat Ruxrungtham, MD
|Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University and Thai Red Cross Aids Research Centre - HIV-NAT
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|The HIV Netherlands Australia Thailand Research Collaboration
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|April 23, 2009 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|July 17, 2020
|Last Verified:
|July 2020
Second line treatment
therapeutic drug monitoring
To study the pharmacokinetics of low-dose and standard dose, lopinavir/ritonavir in Protease inhibitor (PI)- naive HIV-1 infected Thai patients.
To study clinical and immunological efficacy after 48-weeks of lopinavir/ritonavir-based antiretroviral therapy in PI naive HIV-1 infected Thai patients.
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
HIV Protease Inhibitors
Protease Inhibitors
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W wrote:It allows all the spambots on the pfhorums to see these people's email addresses. That wasn't the goal?
The Thug wrote:The point of posting email addresses is to allow players to reach each other easier. I'm sure plenty of people check their email more often than they check their pms on this pfhorum. I never said people had to post their email, just that it might be a good idea to do so.
I've posted some updates on the site. The Round 2 maps are up and so is a new poll. Round 1 ends this Saturday, so finish your match before then! If anyone has any concerns about the maps or the schedule, please let me know.
Treellama wrote:Why do you hate The Thug's tournament so much that you have to keep trying to sabotage it?
Treellama wrote:You were the one who convinced him to limit the rounds to two weeks in the first place, and the result was that only four players were able to schedule matches in that time.
goran wrote:You ask me a double-bind question, which is very manipulative. How can I answer this without agreeing with you that I try to sabotage?
You give no proof that the two week time span caused 40+ players to drop out of the tournament. This makes your link between cause and effect highly arguable.
Morpfhilator wrote:I propose something similar to option 3. I think everyone who is still interested should say so on this thread. Everyone still interested with an uninterested partner will be given an automatic win so that the tournament can continue. We should maybe get two weeks to express our interest here.
The Thug wrote:There may be many groups where both players will not show though, so this idea may be an issue.
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From Ozzie Guillen's comments at the CSN awards last night:
Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith, who famously lost seven teeth when he was hit in the mouth with a puck last season, also earned Guillen's respect.
"You are a tough….guy. Too bad I can't curse here," said Guillen, who often attends Blackhawks games with his wife. "Baseball is easy. If one of our players has got an ingrown toenail, they don't want to play. Then I see (Keith) and your teeth come out…it's amazing what you guys do, it really is."
and on Gordon Beckham:
"I love you, bro. You know why I love you? Because you almost got me fired last year. And I am still playing you," Guillen said. "But what I can say about Gordon is that this kid came up out of high school and college and two days in the minor leagues. He thought baseball was easy. My personal opinion is that what Gordon went through last year…I was kind of excited about it, I was happy, because that teaches him for the rest of his career. He's got a chance to be a Hall of Famer, he's got a chance to be a pretty good ballplayer. He's got a chance to be a great hitter. And if he listens to me, he's going to be better. What this kid went through…not too many people can handle that, especially when you are a kid and you have had success all of your life playing baseball. God puts you in a position to fail, to see how really you love this game."


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Mickey Mouse is no rat.
In Nintendo's upcoming "Epic Mickey" Wii video game, the beloved mouse will not morph into a snarling rat as originally planned when players do things like steal treasure. Warren Spector, creative director of Disney Interactive Studios' Junction Point, told The Associated Press Mickey will instead just take on a smudgy look if he's naughty.
"We're not going to change Mickey's image so much," said Spector, adding that the decision was a response to focus group testing.
"Epic Mickey" is set in a virtual world of dodgy Disney locales such as Adventureland and Skull Rock. Players face moral dilemmas about whether to help other characters. But after "Epic Mickey" appeared on the cover of Game Informer magazine last fall, several fans were outraged over Mickey's makeover.
"Sometimes you go too far to find out where too far is," Spector said.


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Tech 1 Air Units
|Attack Bomber
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Transport units
|Tech 1 Light Air Transport
|Tech 2 Air Transport
|Tech 2 Gunship
|Tech 3 Heavy Air Transport
The Tech 1 Light Air Transport units are the lowest and weakest of transport units. They can carry either 6 Tech 1 units (8 for Seraphim), 3 Tech 2 units (2 for Cybrans) or 1 Tech 3 units (or a mix of the above)*. They cannot transport ACUs but they can transport a single SCU. They are poorly armored, weak, and will go down with very little fire.
Controls Edit
Refer to the transport article for more details.
Transport Edit
The primary use of this unit. It can simply pick up a unit at point A, and drop it off at point B.
Ferry Edit
By setting up a ferry route, the transport(s) will automatically pick up units order to move to the ferry start, and will drop them off at the ferry end.
Assist Edit
You can ask the transport to assist a factory. It will automatically pick up all created units and drop them off at the factory's exit way point.
Ghetto Gunship Edit
Light assault bots can fire during transport. This can effectively create the makeshift unit known as "Ghetto gunship". Simply fill up the transport and fly it over opposing units. This can be devastating to an opponent, as it can be pulled off very quickly (for a low cost), before any defenses have been built, or to harass outlying units. See the Ghetto gunship for more details.
Factional differences Edit
The Tech 1 Light Air Transport are the UEF C-6 Courier, Cybran Skyhook, Aeon Chariot, and the Seraphim Vish. Except for their names and looks (and clamp layouts), these units all cost the exactly the same, for exactly the same performance, and have only minor differences.
The Cybran Skyhook can only transport 2 Tech 2 units.
The Seraphim Vish is capable of carrying 8 Tech 1 units.
The Aeon Chariot is no longer capable of carrying an ACU.


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U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan explains vote on fiscal cliff
Much of the talk in Washington on Wednesday centered on that split among Republican leaders on the fiscal cliff bill.
A lot of people were watching how U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, the house budget chairman and recent vice-presidential candidate, would vote.
He sided with House Speaker John Boehner in supporting the bill, much to the dismay of many of his fellow Republicans.
WISN 12 News reporter Kent Wainscott was in Washington on Wednesday and asked Ryan the reason for his vote and whether he expects any political fallout from it.
"How difficult a decision was that vote for you?" Wainscott asked.
"You know, not really. The American people just got hit with a $4.4 trillion tax increase yesterday (Monday). I wanted to prevent as much of that tax increase as possible. We were able to prevent that tax increase from hitting 98 percent of the families in Wisconsin," Ryan said.
"Many of your colleagues, including Congressman (Jim) Sensenbrenner, opposed it. Was that the wrong move?" Wainscott asked.
"This is one of those things where you can let the perfect be the enemy of the good. We didn't have much of a choice because this tax increase started on Jan. 1. The Senate passed it 89-9 and they weren't going to consider anything else," Ryan said.
"A split among the leadership in your party: Did that make it more difficult? Is there going to be any fallout?" Wainscott asked.
"No I don't think there will be fallout. This was a difficult because it was such flawed legislation, but this is the reality of governing with divided government," Ryan said. "I think we are all unified going forward now, now that President (Barack) Obama got some of his tax increases. We need to focus on spending and that's where we are all completely unified on."
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson joined Ryan in supporting the bill, but told Wainscott he did it reluctantly. He called it a must-pass piece of legislation.


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- 3 Naval oranges, halved
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 quart white wine
- 2 medium Naval oranges
- 20 whole cloves
- In a saucepan, over medium heat, squeeze the orange halves into the saucepan, add the squeezed oranges and the sugar. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and cool completely. Strain into a 1 1/2 quart jar, pressing the oranges with the back of a spoon to release all of the juice. Stir in the wine. Stick the cloves into the whole oranges. Cut the oranges in half and add to the jar. Secure the lid tightly and allow to sit for at least 24 hours and up to 1 month.
- To serve: strain over ice into a cordial glass.
Recipe Details
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Feb 2
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[Intro: Sample]
"There's no coke
You heard me you dumb fuck, there's no coke
What the fuck do you mean there's no coke?
I've been up and down this ship
I've been in every fucking room
There's gotta be coke
There is nothing, nothing."
*heavy panting*
Help PLEASE!
*panting continues*
Help me!
[Chorus: Masta Killa]
It's assassination day, I stalk
[Verse 1: Inspectah Deck]
I move through the Third World, my third eye's the guiding light
Invite the fight, we all die tonight
The life I live's a 25 to life bid
Parole reneged, I stroll the globe fugitive
Cream is short, Cee Cipher Power stalk, plus the fiend talk
3 Gs the cost in Supreme Court
White lies and blackmail land me back in jail
We're all for sale, a stolen goal but it fail
Stranded on the front line, I shine to the dumb and blind
It comes time I take back what was once mine
Crunch time in the first quarter, from the worst slaughter
Devil's poisoning the birth water
The earth daughter rest her head on my chest
Through the struggle we cuddle under half-moon crest
While the press plant fear and exploit the gun blasting
Central broadcasting is shackling, nerves are unfastened
Trapped in deep water, gasping
I clash with the titans for my half on the action
[Verse 2: RZA]
I stop producers careers, the weak spot was the ears
Scorpion darts hits the mark, pierce the heart with silver spears
You're bewildered, my unsaturated, low filtered
Devils still feel this so you're living build tilted
MCs upon their axis, their body hazard tactic
Lactic acid, desert dry cactus, practice
You can never match this invincible, Wu-Tang indispensable
One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice
The mic is in my clutches
Thugs who bring ruckus leave in crutches
Unforgivable snakes face the double-edged swords starts to swivel
Decapitates the head, makes the projects more livable
Interchangeable, caution: flammable
My chamber is 99 plus 1 unnameable angles
And strangles, microphone cords start to dangle
Silent as the gases that pass throughout your anal
We creep through your doors
Seep out like sweat through the pores
Destroy your internal organs with the biological warfare
[Verse 3: Raekwon]
First of all before we move on, this shit is like a Yukon, don
Spread it out like Grey Poupon
Splurging, merging in the suburbs
Using this just like an adverb, action word, flowing like a blackbird
God came in, aiming like Terry Bradshaw
He hit the crash bar, stay relaxed God, his shit is smashed, Pa
You handle this just like algebra, UFO spot 'em like Galaga
Holding like bullet-proof Acuras
You so fly, yeah right, you want to get me high, yo, Bobby
You hear how I'm shooting it like they blue tops
No, you won't play me like your lady
Pay me 380, spit it at you like a baby, final destination, Hades
[Verse 4: Masta Killa]
War's extremely serious and it saddens me
To have to take things to deadly measures
And have you measured and shot for no pay
It's assassination day I stalk my enemy like prey
Tranqued by deceptional sounds that deceives
And lures MCs to the lair
With a mic-like bait, then awaits to be bitten by greed
Temptation tempts my victim to proceed
Forward, ignorance wouldn't allow retreat
You'd rather pursue death than admit defeat
Now who's best to describe for what I specialize in
Murderous rhyming, constantly inclining
My mind spits with an enormous kickback
Your brain then absorbs the impact
Disorderly conduct from the crowd is the feedback
[Chorus: Masta Killa]
It's assassination day, I stalk
Masta Killa, Rae, Inspectah Deck, and RZA expound on the art of assassination. Surprise surprise…
The second song on Ironman (after Faster Blade) on which Ghost himself does not appear


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Grimm Fairytale Party Ideas
Posted by Wendy Moyle on October 16, 2012
Looking for a different way to celebrate Halloween this year? Using the fairy tales from the brothers Grimm may just be that something different that makes your Halloween party unique. The brothers Grimm wrote many stories, so here are some of their most popular ones to get the ideas flowing.
Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair! This story has been told and retold many times since it was written. Share the magic of this story with your guests by hosting a Rapunzel party. Wear wigs to have the guests feel like little Rapunzels themselves! Also, have Rapunzel's magnificent castle on display for all to see. During the party, take a break and watch a funny spin on the Rapunzel story, called "Tangled."
Cinderella, the girl with the glass shoe, could be the theme of the party. She is one of the most popular Disney princesses. Save time with decorating for this party by using a themed kit. When guests enter the party, have them enter a magical world by passing through the famous carriage that Cinderella rode in to go to the ball. Have something to do for the guests by setting up a princess piñata! Here is a video of one of the songs from Disney's Cinderella. Guests could dress up as the mice, the evil stepsisters, the evil stepmother, the prince, or Cinderella herself!
Snow White
Snow White is another brothers Grimm fairy tale remade by Disney. For a Snow White party, have the girls dress up in Snow White gowns. For the boys, have them dress up as the Prince. Even have some of the guests dress in a hooded robe like the Queen did when poisoning Snow White with an apple. Set the scene with the Queen's castle in the background of the party. To get in the spirit of this remarkable fairy tale, here is a song from Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.
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Hey, As the World Turns fans -- don't miss this Friday's episode. Dec. 21 is a special Christmas episode that brings a turn-of-the-20th-century dollhouse to life and depicts the residents of Oakdale in situations that might or might not be reminiscent of their own.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Special Episode of ATWT
Hey, As the World Turns fans -- don't miss this Friday's episode. Dec. 21 is a special Christmas episode that brings a turn-of-the-20th-century dollhouse to life and depicts the residents of Oakdale in situations that might or might not be reminiscent of their own.
Susan Lucci Interview
Just as one would expect, Susan Lucci is super tiny in person, but the moment she begins to speak, her personality fills the room. I had the chance to catch up with Ms. Lucci at ABC's Disney/MGM Super Soap Weekend in Orlando, Fla., last month. If you've never been or don't know what it is, let me explain. It's the mack-daddy of all meet-and-greets. All the hottest stars from the ABC soaps spend the weekend in sunny Central Florida for the main purpose of meeting, mingling with and entertaining their fans.
I guess I should say, their LEGIONS of fans. The numbers for any given day are in the tens of thousands, and they are all at MGM for one purpose — the chance to see their favorite soap star up close and in the flesh.
"I'm sure that the fans have a better answer. I would love to hear what they have to say, because I really don't know. Except that she is really unpredictable. And so there are things that she says that people want to say or do in their real life. Or they didn't think of it until later, or didn't have the nerve to try. Those kinds of things, I think, have been interesting to the audience.
Susan replies: "Erica has done certainly a lot! I am sure that there are more fabulous things to do, and the writers will think of them. And I know Agnes Nixon (creator of 'AMC') is still very involved and hands-on — not in the daily production, but she's certainly involved in the creativity. She created Erica Kane, so I am so happy that she's there, and I'm sure her wheels are spinning."
Justin Bruening Injured on Knight Rider Set
(from imdb.com) The star of the TV movie adaptation of hit 1980s series Knight Rider has been injured on the set. Actor Justin Bruening is recovering after getting hurt in a fight scene on Friday. Bruening injured his knee so badly he was hospitalized.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
SPOILERS! Week of Dec. 17th
ATWT: Craig slips Meg an abortion drug, but will he be able to go thru with it?
B&B: The shooter makes a confession to Brooke, and Stephanie visits Stephen in jail to gloat.
Days: Chloe and Philip figure out that two ridiculously attractive people shouldn't be sleeping alone.
GH: Maxie makes Felicia feel even more horrible for being an absentee mom.
GL: Creepy Will traps several Springfield citizens inside a shopping mall.
OLTL: Jared wishes he hadn't faked being a Buchanan when he gets jealous of "niece" Natalie's romp with John.
Passions: Luis tries to explain to Pretty that he loves only Fancy.
Y&R: Heather reaches out to Paul and offers to spend Christmas with him.
Happy Holidays From The Bold and the Beautiful
SPOILERS for B&B, Days, Passions and Y&R!
* The shooter is revealed.
* Stephen receives a proposition from Stephanie.
* A new revelation rocks the Logan family.
* Eric has a special Christmas present for Donna.
* Stefano tells EJ that he has a plan.
* Belle publicly denounces Philip.
* Stephanie confides her secret in Kayla.
* Marlena lays into Chloe, demanding the truth about Brady.
* Max and Nick dress up to bring holiday cheer to the kids in the hospital.
Thursday - Ford's dad show's up at the Theta House to find his son.
Friday - Sami locates Lucas and Kate near the airport.
* Theresa fears that Ethan has chosen Gwen.
* Fancy and Luis are reunited.
* Residents of Harmony are reunited with their long-lost loved ones.
Tuesday, December 25
Wednesday, December 26
* Ethan defends Theresa to Ivy and Sam.
* Luis enjoys his Christmas miracle.
* Tabitha gets a warning from the dark side.
Thursday, December 27
* Gwen is affected by Theresa's selfless acts.
* Miguel has a shocking revelation.
* Ivy pushes Ethan to end things with Theresa.
* The paternity of Victoria's baby is revealed. Is Brad or J.T. the father?
* Cane comes to a painful realization about his relationship with Lily.
* Angry that Victor is calling in her loan, Nikki decides to sue him, and enlists some unlikely allies to join her.
* Daniel is suspicious of Amber's spending habits.
Original Greenlee IS Returning to Pine Valley!
Soap Opera Weekly is reporting that Rebecca Budig is back as Greenlee on All My Children, and her replacement, Sabine Singh, is out.


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Since this topic came up in our CCS program monitoring (course review) session today, I think it would be useful for people to know that there is considerable opposition on campuses to involvement on the part of university staff in the dirty work of the UK Border Police. Below I reproduce the Academic Union's recent motion from our most recent branch meeting, and after that a separate, but related campaign by Goldsmiths' own A. Gormley and a few others that – unrelatedly but endearingly – follows up on one of the initiatives suggested at the Sonic Diaspora Beyond Borders Beyond Text workshop we held in CCS in November. I comment without needing to make the obvious references to how well this racist points-based immigration system worked out in Fortress Australia:
Motion: New Home Office regulations (overwhelmingly carried, 12/2/09)
We wish to express our opposition to the new Home Office regulations, introduced under the new points-based system for immigration to the UK, that will require lecturers to monitor international students and to report any absences from seminars, lectures and tutorials, as well as any failure to submit assessment on time. We are opposed to these regulations for the following reasons.
First, they represent a possible breach of Article 8 (the right to privacy) and Article 3 (degrading treatment) of the European Convention of Human Rights and the 1998 Human Rights Act.
Second, such regulations will harm the relationship of trust between students and lecturers that is a vital aspect of doing our jobs which, fundamentally, should be helping students to learn. The regulations, in effect, treat international students as though they are potential suspects who have come to the UK with the specific goal of abusing the immigration system. We feel that this is discriminatory as the Home Office regulations apply only to non-EU students. We also wish to point out that the existing procedures of applying for a student visa requires students to be accepted at an accredited UK institution and, as such, already address the concerns and bogus schools that apparently have motivated the new rules.
Third, the work involved in monitoring international students will add unnecessarily to our workloads, in addition to our regular teaching, administrative and pastoral duties.
Furthermore, we note the passing of a motion in 2008 by Goldsmiths Students Union encouraging staff not to comply with the new rules.
For these reasons, this meeting agrees
1. To affirm its opposition to the new Home Office regulations;
2. To request details of the specific plans the University is making with
regard to the implementation of these regulations;
3. To ask members not to commence implementation of these regulations until these details are made clear to members, and the human rights and workload issues are appropriately dealt with.
The Piece from The Observer contained a final paragraph gem of doublethink: 'A UK Border Agency spokesman said: "We want the United Kingdom to stay open and attractive for creative artists. But at the same time we are determined to deliver a system of border security which is among the most secure in the world."' But the article at least started off lauding the efforts of the artists. For those who think that its not just artists who need to be defended from these draconian rules, it was helpfully pointed out to me that in the new cultural economy we are all "Artists" now. I guess that hype might work. Here are the first few paragraphs of this article:
Top artists battle visa clampdown
- The Observer, Sunday 22 February 2009
Antony Gormley is leading major arts figures in an attack on security controls which prevent star international performers from entering the UK
The visa legislation has tightened up the requirements for all professionals travelling to Britain from outside the EU in order to perform or take part in an arts event. Artists must now not only show proof of their identity, including fingerprints, but also show they have an established sponsor happy to take full financial responsibility for them and to vouch for all their activities while on British soil. Small organisations must pay a fee of £400 to become an official "sponsor", while larger groups must pay £1,000.
Leading figures from the art world, including Antony Gormley and Nicholas Hytner, have launched a campaign to reverse stringent visa controls which they claim are preventing top foreign musicians, actors and artists from visiting Britain.
They say that immigration laws introduced last year are restricting artistic freedom and have called on the Home Office to review them.
One example they give is that of the virtuoso Russian pianist Grigory Sokolov, who cancelled what was to be his second performance in this country at the Southbank Centre in London when he could not provide the documents required for his planned visit in April.
"This country has always been a hub, an airy place where people from all over the world could come and express themselves in art," said actress Janet Suzman, one of the signatories of a petition calling for the Home Office to look at the rules again. "This legislation stamps on all that with a clunking, hobnail boot"…
An 'airy place' thats been 'stomped on'. – just how artists speak I'm sure. But however they say what they say, they are at least not as scary as those who would deliver a world's most secure arts sector. Its a laugh a minute in the museum of democracy. Sign me up now.


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Beat the Streak Report: May 11
Derek Jeter (obviously) and Joey Votto (whoops, sorry bout that) each went hitless to combine to eliminate 10.6 percent of our streakers on an otherwise smooth Monday.
The big news came courtesy of Carl Crawford, who went 1-for-6 to extend the streak of our brave hero and leader "cruj" to a Beat the Streak season high 34 games.
"cruj" is now 59.6 percent on his way to the summit of the BTS mountain top and I'm thinking that means he'll be stocking up on Shreddies, Jaroslav Halak jerseys and Bret "The Hitman" Hart action figures.
That's because our fearless leader has decided to pull a final scene from "Scobby-Doo!" and unmask himself to the public. And lo and behold, he's Canadian.
John Gartshore is a manager of the Blackhorse Pub in Fort McMurray, Alberta. Like all Canadian legends, he crew up in a small town, this one called "Asbestos" (that's right).
To Gartshore's credit, he successfully escaped the Beat the Streak jinx by continuously writing in his e-mail to me how he was convinced Crawford would go hitless and thus ruin his 15 minutes of fame. Smooth.
Anyway, Gartshore grew up an Expos fan which leaves him without his childhood squad, although he has taken a liking to Evan Longoria and the Rays.
As far as strategy goes, Gartshore tends to look at opposing pitchers with high ERAs and high hits=per-nine-innings ratios when selecting his player for the day.
And obviously, no, he does not read the Beat the Streak Report.
Glad I could help, John. If you weren't so likeable and, well, Canadian, I'd have the tech department turn your 34-game streak into poutine.
Anyway, best of luck to you John, there couldn't be a nicer, more mentsch-like guy to have atop our leaderboard.
Time for Tuesday's picks.
Oh, hello there …
? Ryan Howard: .353 AVG (6-for-17) lifetime vs. Rockies starter Aaron Cook
? Jose Reyes: .385 AVG (15-for-39) lifetime vs. Nationals starter Scott Olsen
? Joe Mauer: .350 AVG (7-for-20) since '05 vs. White Sox starter Freddy Garcia
? Miguel Cabrera: .421 AVG (8-for-19) since '05 vs. Yankees starter Javier Vazquez
? Manny Ramirez: .536 AVG (15-for-28) lifetime vs. D-backs starter Dan Haren
? Ryan Ludwick: .545 AVG (6-for-11) lifetime vs. Astros starter Brett Myers
Feeling kinda spicy?
? Geoff Blum: .625 AVG (5-for-8) since '05 vs. Cardinals starter Brad Penny. I just don't see this turning out well.
? Garrett Jones: .500 AVG (5-for-10) lifetime vs. Reds starter Johnny Cueto. Is there a more volatile plyer than Garrett Jones?
You'll thank me later …
? Shin-Soo Choo: .100 AVG (1-for-10) lifetime vs. Royals starter Brian Bannister
? Paul Konerko: .143 AVG (2-for-14) lifetime vs. Twins starter Kevin Slowey
? Russell Martin: .115 AVG (3-for-26) lifetime vs. D-backs starter Dan Haren
Leaderboard time!
"jonnygoska" extended his streak to 25 games and lived to see another day thanks to Evan Longoria, who went 2-for-6 vs. the Angels.
Top MLB streakers
? Alex Rios: 11 games
? Jeff Mathis: 10 games (DL)
? Elvis Andrus: 10 games
? Miguel Cabrera: 9 games
? Alfonso Soriano: 9 games
? Kevin Youkilis: 9 games
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I'm going with Ichiro to get to two in BTS and Joe who do you have in Survivor since I'm back at 0 and I picked Halladay and the Phils tonight. I have Soriano in HR BTS too so yeah.
taking miggy today. vazquez cant get anyone out this year and im taking the cardinals to takedown the lowly astros in survivor
The most interesting event of the day has got to be the BlueJays playing home games in Philadelphia late in June. With a DH used! Should be very entertaining! Its too bad because we were looking forward to seeing Halladay, and Jayson Werth… both former BlueJays…
schenk, im going with "miggy" for the 2nd day in a row because he played very well yesterday. for survivor, i cant decide between the yankees and the tigers. i picked the tigers yesterday and they won, but for some reason my gut is telling me to go with the yanks tonight. something tells me vazquez will come out with a win tonight.
My picks lately have been awful. So, i'm going on auto pilot with Ichirio today.
Weather is cold, cloudy and damp in Chicago today. Rain has stopped but the game tonight v. Marlins will be good pitching conditions not a hitters kind of day. I'm staying away from the game.
I like the Phils tonight in Survivor and Jason Werth to go deep – he has been hot.
abk1087 i think you can find better options for survivor than picking either team in the yanks/tigers game. i think the twins and cardinals are the best picks for today. no reason not to pick against the astros and the twins have slowey going who has been decent so far this year
cruj's interview with our Grande Amigo – I hope he survives today as the last leader went down in flames after he gave an interview.
Grande Amigo mentioned that: Is there a more volatile player that Garrett Jones? I'm lost fill me in here?
Does he mean as a hitter or loco in la cabeza?
How about Milton Bradley? I may have to email the Mariners for the name of Milton's psyc doctor if my picks get any worse.
schenk, i dont follow other teams so i dont know how they do.
who do you follow? i finally the tigers but blso bein an all around baseball fan have basic knowledge of every other team
i mainly follow the yankees, but i hear stuff about other teams, just not enough to base my picks on.
michael young and the philles both to get me back to ONE
I think Im going with Gerald Laird today……no Im just kidding yeah right. I got Marlon Byrd today.
as a tigers fan i would have just laughed my ### off if you had taken laird. byrd sound like a good choice today. tonight will be tough with all the rain that is in the forecast. it may affect many games and it seems rainy games usually hurts the batters more.
I'm avoiding the weather plagued games and sticking with Ethier; Cards in Survivor; and Manny for HRBTS.
Survivor: Philadelphia Phillies
Beat The Streak: Ryan Howard
Going to win number 14 and hit number 4 !
Philly in Survivor
Utley in BTS
Good luck all.
That blows….So the Phillies game is post-poned?
If you picked a player that was involved in a rain out, you only lose your streak if you didn't read the rules…. Really, read the rules and you will find that you stay where you are; streak is postponed too.
picked miggy today. my streak better not be reset to 0
What happens to my streak since I picked Jeter and the game was called due to rain due I lose my streak
My kiss of death continues!!!! 3 consecutive 0-for's, can't pick a winning team in Survivor (today included) and now NYY-DET is rained out. LOL! Good luck to everyone tomorrow!
yetialan im not sure in all previous years if a game was postponed and your pick was in that game your streak stayed where it was but earlier this year a game was postponed and those who picked a player in that game all got their streaks reset to 0. i think thats unfair and it better not happen today cause i had a 7 game streak going and took miggy
Thanks schenk015
Boy, those that picked Youkilis (84 Top2500 BTS players) gotta have a knot in their stomachs right about now — 4 plate appearances: 1 Sac Fly, 2 Walks, 1 HBP. May not come up again in the game!
Hope the Diamondbacks lose, lol.
Strange things happening lately:
Cano – HBP and leaves game for an 0-fer
Braun- yesterday HBP and leaves game for an 0-fer
Youkilis – Has 2 walks, HBP and Sac Fly so he has an official at bat and is looking at an 0-fer. BTS follows MLB rules and a sac fly does not show up in the boxscore as an at bat but it is in fact an official at bat. Read the rules.
Tomorrow: I'm going with McCutchen of Pirates – Got to mix it up a bit more.
Yes, but curious to see how many ppl pick players from those 2 double headers. Hopefully those that do, don't luck out.
That sucks, I was going to pick either Yankees or Phillies tomorrow, but they both have double headers now.
Cruj stays alive for one more night, after taking Ichiro.
he is now at 36 and second place is at 25
Lol, 21 away from winning 3 million $$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Seems impossible to get 57.
I can't get past 4 in my BTS, lol.
So close, yet so far. I'm not worried about cruj yet. Not till at least 45 will I think he may accomplish 57.
Current Survivor leader is back down to 14.
Well, I'm going with Ethier tomorrow to get me back to 3 in BTS.
yetialan im not sure in all previous years if a game was postponed and your pick was in that game your streak stayed where it was but earlier this year a game was postponed and those who picked a player in that game all got their streaks reset to 0. i think thats unfair and it better not happen today cause i had a 7 game streak going and took miggy


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EFF Lawsuit Uncovers Abuse Of Surveillance Drones; DHS Files Motion To Suppress Further Transparency
from the it's-so-GREAT-that-we-have-to-sue-our-government-so-often-#americandream dept
About a week ago, the EFF obtained documents (via a FOIA lawsuit) detailing usage of CBP's (Customs and Border Protection) fleet of Predator drones. Nothing much has changed since the last time this subject was visited (back in July): the CBP is still acting like a drone lending library, loaning out its drones to everyone, from the FBI and DEA to DPS offices, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and various military entities. What has changed is just how many agencies have been recipients of the CBP's largesse.
First off, there's a "problem" with the DOJ's internal accounting. According to the recent OIG report, DOJ agencies have only used the CBP's drones twice. The list obtained by the EFF shows that DOJ agencies have utilized these drones more than 100 times. Even an internal inspection failed to uncover the breadth of the CBP's drone deployment.
Beyond this misstatement (or whatever the DOJ will claim it is), the CBP's indiscriminate drone loans have become somewhat of a community outreach program.
The list also includes several county sheriff's departments. However, CBP has refused to release the names of these agencies, arguing in a recent court filing that to do so would disclose secret law enforcement techniques and would somehow "reveal that CBP is aware of the illegal activities taking place in a particular location." It's hard to fathom how releasing the name of a county sheriff department—without any other information about the drone flight for that department—would somehow let the criminals in the area know they're being watched and help them evade detection.Worst case scenario, criminals would now be aware there's a chance their local sheriff's department might have sporadic access to surveillance drones and govern themselves accordingly. Seems like a long shot to claim that current investigations might be compromised. If the criminals are staying current with EFF and ACLU document liberations, then it's safe to assume they've already adjusted their activities to account for potential drone usage.
But the argument the CBP is pushing isn't really about protecting ongoing investigations. It's about maintaining the opacity the CBP was used to. It doesn't want to talk about its indiscriminate lending and deployment of surveillance drones because this might uncover illegal uses and constitutional violations. This summary judgment motion is the DHS (which oversees the CBP) indicating it's no longer interested in being forced to be transparent -- a tactic that echoes the UK's intelligence agency reps telling The Guardian while observing the forced hard drive destruction, "You've had your debate. There's no need to write more."
The DOJ certainly doesn't want any more info to be liberated by agencies looking after the rights of Americans. Why? Because it has deployed drones for seven years without putting together even the most minimal of privacy policies. It's finally being forced to do so thanks to the highly-critical OIG report, but it comes roughly seven years too late.
The EFF has expressed the hope that the DOJ will craft policies "with some meat on them," but early responses from various agencies indicate that they're fine with minimal guidance and oversight and point to existing rules governing manned surveillance flights as being more than adequate. According to these officials, there's no "practical difference" between the two. But that's completely wrong.
"The main difference is that UAS will drive down the cost of aerial surveillance quite radically, as well as permit smaller and more invasive and longer flying, or even persistent, aerial platforms for surveillance," Peter Asaro, a drone expert and professor of media studies at the New School, told Ars. "The implications of these technological shifts are that such surveillance can be done much more readily and may even become ubiquitous. This has an obvious and definite impact on privacy, whether that surveillance is being conducted by police forces and the Department of Justice, or whether it is being conducted by private citizens and companies."Even the OIG calls out the DOJ for treating the two as interchangeable:
The OIG recognized what EFF has been saying all along—that the advanced technological capabilities of drones, their low operational costs as compared to manned aircraft, and their ability to conduct "pervasive tracking of an individual's movements" whether on "public or private property " raise "unique concerns about privacy and the collection of evidence."The government is currently fighting to keep its redactions intact, all the while showing it clearly can't be trusted to responsibly deploy the technology under its command.
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The Hope College Great Performance Series will feature the Storioni Trio Wednesday, Oct. 14, at 7:30 p.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
The Storioni Trio has established itself as one of the leading Dutch chamber music ensembles, with concerts in Carnegie Hall (Weill Recital Hall), Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Wigmore Hall and the most prestigious European festivals. The recordings by the Storioni Trio have received great international acclaim.
"NRC Handelsblad," a major Dutch newspaper, has said that "The Storioni Trio [is] the flagship of Dutch Culture."
The members of the piano trio are also artistic directors of the annual Storioni Festival in the Netherlands, during which they perform with colleagues from around the world such as Gidon Kremer, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Vladimir Mendelssohn, the Skampa Quartet and many others.
Meneahem Pressler of the Beaux Arts Trio has described the trio as "A group whose quest for perfection is enhanced by their intelligence and sensitivity."
The Storioni Trio was founded in 1995 by Bart van de Roer, piano, Wouter Vossen, violin, and Marc Vossen, cello. The trio derives its name from the Laorentius Storioni violin from Cremona, which dates from 1794 and is played by Wouter Vossen. Marc Vossen plays a Giovanni Grancino cello from Milan, dating from 1700. In order to develop its ensemble-playing, the trio has worked over the years with great musicians such as Isaac Stern, Mstislav Rostropovich, Menahem Pressler, and Ralph Kirshbaum, as well as members of the Emerson Quartet and the Vermeer Quartet.
The Storioni Trio offers an expansive repertoire ranging from Haydn and Mozart via Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Ravel and Shostakovich, to exciting works by contemporary composers. Composer Kevin Volans wrote a triple concerto for the 10th anniversary of the Storioni Trio. The trio has received various prizes and awards, and performs regularly on radio and television. The CDs recorded by the Storioni Trio Amsterdam have all received great critical acclaim.
The trio's performance at HopeCollege will include Haydn's "Piano Trio in E flat minor, H. 31," Felix Mendelssohn's "Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49," and Anton Dvorak's "Piano Trio No. 4 (Dumky)."
Tickets for the performance are on sale at the ticket office in the DeVos Fieldhouse, and cost $17 for regular admission, $12 for senior citizens, and $6 for children 18 and under. The ticket office is open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and can be called at (616) 395-7890.
The ticket office is in the main lobby of the DeVos Fieldhouse, which is located at 222 Fairbanks Ave., between Ninth and 11th streets.
Dimnent Memorial Chapel is located at 277 College Ave., on College Avenue at 12th Street.
Additional information may be obtained online by visiting www.hope.edu/gps.


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Philadelphia police have made an arrest in connection with a homicide that occurred near French Montana's tour bus in late February.
The Wall Street Journal reports that police have apprehended Frank Briggs, 20, who now faces charges of murder, attempted murder, aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person, and firearms crimes.
The shooting occurred on February 28 when Briggs allegedly fired into a crowd surrounding French's tour bus.
Investigators said the bus, along with cars filled with friends and family, had arrived at a hotel for an after-party. French had headlined a sold-out show at the Theatre of Living Arts, earlier.
The man killed was Jowann King, 26, of Flushing, New York.
French Montana has repeatedly denied that he was the target in the shooting.
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Discovered another Clean Up issue, when importing a GEDCOM file into FTM2012. The issue is the difference of opinion on where certain information goes and how many fields are associated with a Fact or Event. I will NOT get into any finger pointing, only that when a GEDCOM file is imported, and the probably goes between any genealogy software program receiving or sending a GEDCOM file.
The specific issue here is a Burial Fact. In Family Tree Maker there are three fields. Date, Place, and Description. The GEDCOM that was imported had another field, apparently, called Address.
Family Tree Maker wants us to enter the Cemetery Name into the Description field. This has been true for many previous versions of FTM, probably back to version 4, when we separated the Place and Description with a slash. Place / Description.
When reviewing the file, there were a number of Facts with Notes. Opening the Notes as a note like: Address Woodlawn Cemetery.
There is a "1" in the third column on the Left and selecting the Notes tab, is the "Address: Woodlawn Cemetery.
In this Blog Post: How to create a Cemetery Listing. I showed how to create a Cemetery Report and that the Cemetery Name comes from the Description field. So, it is important to me to move that Cemetery Name from the Burial Notes field to the Burial Description Field.
Copy and Paste Cemetery Name and remove the word Address from the notes field, as, in this specific case, want the Notes number to be zero.
Now the Cemetery Report will provide the cemetery name.
Lesson Learned: Check the Notes following the importing of a GEDCOM file as there may be information that needs to be moved into the Description field for a Fact in Family Tree Maker.
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Saturday, September 17, 2011
I've been here almost two weeks and have been taking advantage of the time to "catch up" on blog reading and writing, a little research (very little), and going through the pictures I've taken this year. Much of my time has been consumed/absorbed with work on the netbook. So much so that I feel like I've been sucked into the vortex of the computer, which is a never-ending cycle!
As mentioned in a previous post, I've been looking for a new camera and hadn't had much luck with finding one in stock. The stores had the ones I was interested in on display but didn't have them available to purchase. I finally gave up going to a "brick and mortar" store and bought one online! I went with the Nikon P500. The other camera that I was looking at was the Canon SX30. They both have similar features but the Nikon just "felt good" in my hands. It arrived a little over a week ago and I've been having some fun playing with it and learning some of its features. It will take some practice to get used to what it can do; it's amazing to me what all they've packed into this thing!
After the camera arrived and it took five hours to charge the battery in the camera, I realized I would need another battery and an external charger. Those were ordered and arrived here on Tuesday. It still takes about 2 ½ hours to charge a battery but that is better than 5 in the camera!
One of the things that I really wish came with the camera is a printed manual, but nowadays that is not likely to happen. The pdf manual comes on a CD and it's easy to find what you are looking for, but it's just a little difficult to look things up when you are "out in the field" using the camera!
So far, I'm quite happy with the camera.
2 comments:
- Jasia said...
Happy new camera, Becky! Judging by the photo you posted I'm thinking maybe you should have gone with the Canon though. ;-)
I sure understand your frustration with the manual on CD. I hate that too. I often wish I had my manual with me when I'm out taking pics. It would be worth paying a little extra if they gave you the option of ordering a printed copy when you order the camera.
I look forward to seeing your pics with the new camera!
- September 17, 2011 at 8:10 AM
- Brett Payne said...
I hope your camera proves a lot better than the last one, and that you find some more scintillating subjects to capture. I'm afraid I have to agree with the whole CD-manual thing. I looked at mine for the first week after I bought the camera, a few years ago, and never again. I know I'm missing heaps of features that I could be using to good effect, but the CD ... well, who knows where that is now. In retrospect I should have just copied it to my HD.
Thank you for interrupting your little interlude to run my "little" errand - much appreciated.
- September 17, 2011 at 9:07 PM


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According to a new report by ScanEye, an anti-piracy service, employees of Congress have been illegally downloading television shows and movies while using their congressional computers. They discovered this by tracking the IP addresses that were downloading illegal content. Using location services, the addresses were discovered to be coming from congressional offices.
As [the blog] TorrentFreak noted in a 2011 blogpost, Congress was illegally downloading television shows and self-help books around the same time some members were drafting Sopa.
You remember SOPA. It stood for the Stop Online Piracy Act.


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Our Vacation Bible School this year was a sky high success! With our awesome Bible adventures, cool crafts, exciting games, tasty snacks, rocking music and smiles were everywhere. Thank you for being a part of this wonderful adventures on Promise Island. Please take a look at our week in pictures.
We would love to have your family join us again for Worship and Bible study every Sunday. Worship and Sunday School start at 10 a.m.
Pastor Sam
The following is a list of slideshows from each day. Enjoy!


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"Beautiful," "ocean views," "mountain views" and "gated community" are among the most popular keywords used to advertise homes online to West Coast home buyers, a recent study shows.
Nationwide, "beautiful" was the most frequent word in listings last year, according to a study of 300,000 listings conducted last year by Point2Homes, an online listing and property data portal.
"Hardwood floors" took the No. 2 spot and "stainless-steel appliances" came in third.
Among regional differences, East Coast listings were more likely to include the phrases "move right in," "renovated" and "gleaming hardwood floors."
In the New York City area, "closet space," "sunny" and "oversized windows" were words used by agents whose homes sold fastest. Such features would appeal to buyers in cold-weather climates with winter coats to store and a dearth of sunshine.
Adjectives play a role. "Soaking tub" had more appeal than "bath tub," and "private storage" topped "public storage."
And terms differed by price point. "Beautiful" attracted average-income home buyers, but "private" appealed to the wealthy. Other terms used in the $5-million and up segment of the market included "guest house," "wall of windows" and "wood-burning fireplace."
SubZero topped the list of preferred brands, followed by Viking, Miele, Bosch and Whirlpool.


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Kevin Waterson has added three new tutorials to his PHPPro.org website recently:
- Introduction To SQL - The language used in relational databases is SQL. Regardless of the database used, a standard language is used to communicate with them all. This tutorial shows some basic concepts to using SQL.
- Reciprocal Links - Automating reciprocal links at first glance looks a daunting task. This helper class takes away much of the pain of what can be a mindlessly tedious process and simplifies it into a few easy to use class methods
- Get Links With DOM - Perhaps the biggest mistake people make when trying to get URLs or link text from a web page is trying to do it using regular expressions. The job can be done with regular expressions, however, there is a high overhead in having preg loop over the entire document many times. The correct way, and the faster, and infinitely cooler ways is to use DOM.
You can find the links to these and many other great tutorials over on the PHPPro.org website's tutorials section.


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The NYTimes had an OpEd piece today telling the sad tale of a tiny island republic, Nauru, that is doomed to obliteration, because of global warming, it would seem. Reading the entire article closely, however, the cause is not so clear-cut. The article is typical of many that appear in the news and advocacy press, so I am going through it point by point, my comments in bold. The plain text of the original piece can be read here.
I FORGIVE you if you have never heard of my country…
But make no mistake; we are a sovereign nation, with our own language, customs and history dating back 3,000 years….an indispensible cautionary tale about life in a place with hard ecological limits... Yes, cultures that take root in locations with such limits are fragile. Consider the vanished Easter Island societies.
Phosphate mining, first by foreign companies and later our own, cleared the lush tropical rainforest that once covered our island's interior, scarring the land and leaving only a thin strip of coastline for us to live on… This is certainly the most serious ecological disturbance that was visited on the island. If not for that, the people could live elsewhere on the island, and the state of the coastal zone would not be so critical for them. Nothing to do with climate.
I am not looking for sympathy, but rather warning you what can happen when a country runs out of options. The world is headed down a similar path with the relentless burning of coal and oil, which is altering the planet's climate… Not clear why the rest of the world is taking the same path by burning fossil fuels. Clearly, the industrial world has many things it can do better, but the problems of Nauru are not the problems of most of the world.
Climate change also threatens the very existence of many countries in the Pacific, where the sea level is projected to rise three feet or more by the end of the century. Already, Nauru's coast, the only habitable area, is steadily eroding… The sea level rise that is claimed so far, if it is accurate, is quite small. Why would it be responsible for such damage to Nauru already? More likely, the destruction of the natural land cover has led to a drainage situation in which the land is steadily and rapidly eroded. The island is being washed away. As for the three-foot sea level rise, that is a worst-case scenario that should be taken with many grains of salt.
…and communities in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands have been forced to flee their homes to escape record tides. The low-lying nations of Tuvalu, Kiribati and the Marshall Islands may vanish entirely within our grandchildren's lifetimes. They may vanish, and they may not… Hasn't happened yet. People are running from flooding, not 'record tides.' One reason they flee is that most urban development has been taking place in flood-prone areas, despite the advice of engineers and geographers. In many of these places, the land is sinking, which makes things worse.
Similar climate stories are playing out on nearly every continent, where a steady onslaught of droughts, floods and heat waves, which are expected to become even more frequent and intense with climate change, have displaced millions of people and led to widespread food shortages. The usual litany, recited without any support. Droughts, floods, and heat waves are always with us. More people, more urbanization in the wrong place, better reporting – more disaster. "Expected to become more frequent…" is simply a crystal ball prediction, not a proven fact. Just pile on the horror stories…
The changes have already heightened competition over scarce resources, and could foreshadow life in a world where conflicts are increasingly driven by environmental catastrophes…. There is always competition for scarce resources: which ones are at issue here? Water? That's been a concern for decades, rightly so, and has nothing to do with climate change. Food costs? The subsidies for ethanol have more to do with global food riots than does climate change since they resulted in a reduction in food grain exports.
The stakes are too high to implement these measures only after a disaster is already upon us... Unfortunately for Nauru, if the global warming predictions are correct, it's already too late to help the island escape the effects of climate change.
Nauru has begun an intensive program to restore the damage done by mining, and my administration has put environmental sustainability at the center of our policymaking. Good show! For such a small and vulnerable environment, that's what is needed, especially forest restoration.
I wish the people of Nauru all the best with their efforts.


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Daily Slice: Late-Night Carbonara Pizza at Maialino, NYC
"You have to spread the yolk all around," said Maialino chef Nick Anderer, delicately fork-poking the golden ooze all over the square slice. It was 10:45 p.m. in Maialino's front bar room, the perfect time for carbonara pizza.
"This is something I'd make at home with leftover pizza bianca." And that's where the idea came from: using up the extra pizza bianca; airy, tender, and light, it provides the base here. Anderer smothers on rich Pecorino bechamel sauce and scatters little glistening bits of housemade bacon on top. To prepare the yolk, it first gets submerged in rendered bacon fat and olive oil, then slow-poaches on a really low temperature for 15 minutes to get that ethereal jiggle.
When the slice arrives, the Cyclops yolk stares at you, saying something like, "swirl me all around." So, you do.
Available at the restaurant nightly, from 9 p.m. on, the $12 carbonara pizza special also comes with a beer: Brooklyn Brewery's AMA Bionda, a collaboration they created with the Italian microbrewery Amarcord. It's a great pairing: pours golden, floral, refreshing, with some orange blossom honey sweetness.
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Aching or heavy legs - what the experts say
Contibuting factors
Several factors can increase the risk of vascular insufficiency during pregnancy:
- Heredity: if your mother has had circulatory issues, you run a higher risk of experiencing them yourself
- Working in a standing position and shuffling. Prolonged sitting can also disrupt venous return.
- A sedentary lifestyle and lack of physical exercise.
- Excess body weight prior to pregnancy, or significant weight gain during pregnancy.
- Previous pregnancies: the risk of venous insufficiency increases with the number of previous pregnancies carried to term: 23% for the first pregnancy and 31% for the fourth.


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School may be recessed for the summer, but administrators and staff are getting ready for the new year that starts in August. The Carbon County School Board too, has efforts it wants to see addressed.
At the board meeting on July 10, the board questioned Carbon High Principal Bruce Bean about the effectiveness of an advisory period the school has set up and has been running the last couple of years. Bean agreed that the school needed more hard data on the program.
The school cuts short each period on Mondays and the students have an extra period that day where they report to a classroom and then a few minutes after the class starts another bell rings that sends students who have written directives to a teacher they must confer with. Students who don't have any kind of written statement then stay in that class and use it as a kind of study period.
"We have watched the trends and we believe it is doing some good," said Bean. "Usually students do well in the first and third quarters overall.But the second and fourth quarters often have much higher rates of low grades. We have seen a decrease in the peaks that happen during those quarters."
However the board, which has questioned the effectiveness of the period before, were not convinced. They want hard data and they want the school to have goals to reach toward concerning improvement.
"You need hard data on this," said Board Member Kristen Taylor. "I think you actually have the data but need to address it."
Bean agreed that the school did have data but that they just had not had time to examine and analyze it.
"I think you need to have some goals and how you are going to achieve those goals on this," said Board President Wayne Woodward.
Bean pointed out that the program was an outgrowth of what was before and after school tutoring programs that used to be in place.
"We used to excuse school at 2:10 p.m. one day a week but when I analyzed it many students weren't taking advantage of that time nor were they coming early in the morning to address their problems," said Bean. "It worked for highly motivated students, but unfortunately not for everyone."
Bean pointed out that the program was basically an advisory hour, not an intervention time. Board Member Melanie Fausett suggested that maybe the school ought to study the problems and look at interventions as well.
Some problems had arisen with the extra period last year and that is why the board is interested in how it is working. They felt that some staff members of the school might not understand what the period is really supposed to be used for. According to Board Member Jeff Richins he had heard that some teachers had pulled students out of the extra class to work on projects or activities.
Bean acknowledged that there had been some problems, but that the administration was addressing those situations. He said that the period needed to be sacred time and not be used for things other than advising students or for those that don't need a lot of help a period to work on school work.
In the final analysis the board asked Bean to get with the faculty and come up with some ideas for moving ahead with the program. They also wanted some hard data on how things had improved. Bean agreed to address the board about it at the September board meeting.
Bean also mentioned that in a US News and World report on the best high schools in the United States Carbon ranked 1,628 in the nation, out of thousands of high schools.
"We were also ranked ninth in the state of Utah," said Bean.
InTech Collegiate High School in North Logan was ranked first in the state.
School board wants 'hard data' about CHS advisory period
School may be recessed for the summer, but administrators and staff are getting ready for the new year that starts in August. The Carbon County School Board too, has efforts it wants to see addressed.


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RIDGELAND — The S.C. Coroner's Association honored Martin Sauls III with a Lifetime Achievement Award Aug. 15 at the Jasper County Council meeting. The award was presented by J. Edgar Allen, the Beaufort County coroner and the training officer for the S.C. Coroner's Association.
"Never say you don't want to see the coroner," Allen said. "Because if you don't see him, and he's at your house, you're the reason he's there."
Sauls accepted the award, given for his nearly 40 years of service to Jasper County.
"I greatly appreciate it and I've really enjoyed being from Jasper County," Sauls said. "I love telling people about what it was like here before everybody moved in, and they kind of had things their own way back then. We've developed kind of a reputation in Jasper County for doing things our own way, doesn't matter how anybody else is doing it, Jasper County is going to do it their way. I guess they can put that on my tombstone."
Sauls has no intention to retire at this stage in his life.
"When you retire," he said, "there's only one big event left."


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Transfer Visits
Make Your Move is a visitation program for students transferring to Kent State or transitioning to the Kent Campus from a Regional Campus. Learn about the credit evaluation process and how your credits will transfer to Kent State. Tour the campus and see model residence hall rooms, recreational facilities and academic buildings. Speak with students, academic advisors and administrators from our student service departments to hear why Kent State is such an amazing place!
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Sales says, "Marketing doesn't deliver enough qualified leads. So, we generate 90% of our own leads." Meanwhile, Marketing says, "We generate most of the leads. But, Sales doesn't contact them quickly enough, while the lead is still interested." According to Sirius Decisions:
The root cause of these commonplace complaints is a disconnect between the funnels of marketing and sales. Unfortunately, we often see companies with an assortment of poorly integrated marketing tools. It takes too long and too many people to move the data around, scrub it, upload it from one system to another, and get it routed to the right sales teams. As a result, leads fall through the cracks, contextual information is lost, and by the time sales actually contacts a customer it may be too late.
Sales automation alone is not enough. Marketing automation (including social) is not enough. Sales and Marketing must work together. It's time to connect the silos of marketing and sales pipelines and analytics. It's time for integrated Sales and Marketing automation.
Integrated pipelines improve lead quality and timeliness. Marketing systems can track a rich set of contextual information about a prospect–self-disclosed information about interests, content viewed, and so on. This insight can equip the sales rep with rich information to make a face-to-face conversation more relevant and more likely to convert to the next stage in the sales process.
Integrated lead to revenue (LTR) management provides end-to-end visibility, enabling the company to measure what is working. Marketing can measure its impact on revenue and other business outcomes, and sales can harness and redirect marketing investments to areas where they most help achieve sales objectives. It's a win-win play. Marketing delivers more leads that are qualified, cuts cost per lead, and demonstrates a strong Return on Marketing Investment (ROMI). Sales spends more time with warm leads and less time on cold calls, achieves higher close rates, and delivers more revenue.
Learn more by attending our Integrated Sales and Marketing session at the upcoming CloudWorld conferences. Or, visit our Sales and Marketing Cloud Service site for videos and other learning resources.


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Fla. senator files 'stand your ground' revision
Trayvon Martin shot, killed Feb. 26
The state Senate's Democratic leader has filed a bill revising Florida's "stand your ground law" following the Trayvon Martin shooting.
Sen. Chris Smith of Fort Lauderdale said on Wednesday said his bill (SB 136) was inspired by the unarmed 17-year-old boy's death in Sanford. Martin was shot by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman who is claiming self-defense under the law.
One key change would eliminate protection from prosecution for someone who provokes violence or pursues a victim. The bill also would remove automatic immunity from arrest or detention and clarify that a suspect can be arrested following a questionable death.
It is likely to face opposition from Republicans who control the Legislature and backed the current law. A panel created by Gov. Rick Scott has recommended no major changes.


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This year, Veterans Day comes on the heels of a long election season. The divisiveness that characterized this election must now be overcome so that the big issues we face can be addressed. When Congress reconvenes here in D.C. on Tuesday, let's hope they will remember the values we honor on Veterans Day – patriotism, love of country, and willingness to serve and sacrifice for the common good.
As we thank veterans for their service, we should seize the opportunity to talk with them about how we can better support them. The more than 1 million veterans returning home in the coming years will join more than 21 million living veterans. Our veterans are older than the general population and almost twice as likely to have some form of a disability.
In Eugene, OR, city leaders engaged in this conversation and recognized that one need of returning veterans is a stable and affordable place to call home while they determine the right next steps to take. Using an initial public investment and community support to purchase and renovate properties for below market value, the city is now able to offer veterans an affordable place to call home while generating enough income to build a reserve fund that will be used to purchase additional properties.
In Houston, TX, community leaders recognized the need for a central coordinating agent to meet the needs of veterans. To meet this need, the city created a municipal level Office of Veterans' Affairs. To facilitate an on-going conversation with veterans, the city has a Community Council made up of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who are currently working with their peers transitioning out of active duty.
Both of these cities fostered community conversations about how to collaboratively meet the needs of veterans. If we are to honor our veterans beyond rhetoric, parades, ribbons, and medals, city leaders must make veterans' needs a priority. With veterans–particularly post 9/11 veterans–struggling to find full-time work, more veterans returning home with service-connected disabilities than in past conflicts, and public resources stretched thin, leadership and collaboration are more important than ever.
This year, honor veterans by starting a conversation in your city and moving it forward. Regardless of our politics, supporting those who have served us is something we can all agree on.


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Manufacturers' New Orders: Total Manufacturing (monthly data, seasonally adjusted)
Manufacturers' New Orders: Total Manufacturing (monthly data, seasonally adjusted)
Month-to-month changes in factory orders may affect demand for transportation services, including both domestic and international transportation of parts and other manufacturing inputs.
|Manufacturers' New Orders
|Total manufacturing (billions of dollars)
|Total manufacturing percent change from previous month
NOTES: New orders, as reported in the monthly Manufacturers Shipments, Inventories, and Orders (M3) survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, are net of order cancellations and include orders received and filled during the month as well as orders received for future delivery. Orders are defined to include those supported by binding legal documents such as signed contracts, letters of award, or letters of intent, although in some industries this definition may not be strictly applicable. See more details at http://www.census.gov/indicator/www/m3/m3desc.htm.
The Census Bureau released revised historical new orders data on May 21, 2001. This report reflects those revisions. Another revision occurred with the May 2, 2002, release. The currently published numbers do not include semiconductor manufacturers because the Census Bureau does not have an adequate sample in order to produce an estimate for that sector. For more information, see http://www.census.gov/indicator/www/m3/prel/marsemifaq.pdf.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census; May 31, 2002; available at: http://www.census.gov/indicator/www/m3/prel/index.htm.


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