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The first time I saw ZYPPAH I was intrigued by its design. It looks unlike any other anti-snoring mouthpiece on the market. This does not only include its unique design either. The device's vibrant green and black color scheme makes it quite fashionable.
Of course, as my wife tells me, "Fashionable is not always functional." Still, the neon green was drawing me in like a magnetic force. Once I got past the fun coloring I realized that this mouthpiece is a pioneer in the industry. It actually stops snoring using two solutions rather than just one.
So, it advances your lower jaw like a traditional mandibular advancement device (MAD), but also supports the tongue with a stabilizing strap. This makes it different than any other mouthpiece on the market.
Getting Acquainted with ZYPPAH
This mouthpiece is classified as a hybrid oral appliance because it takes qualities of MADs and TSDs, and combines them in one product. It is FDA-cleared, make in the USA, and self-molded using the boil-and-bite technique you may already be familiar with, if you have worn MADs before.
It stops snoring using two methods. First, it advances your lower jaw just like other device. This stops your jaw from falling back toward your throat when you fall asleep. As long as the jaw is held forward the airway can remain free of obstruction. Plus, this prevents the tissues from getting too close in the collapsible airway. It is the vibration of these touching tissues that causes the snoring sound.
Now, this oral appliance goes one step further and also stabilizes the tongue. It features a patent-pending band that stabilizes the tongue. The tongue is the main culprit behind snoring. Just as gravity pulls your jaw backward, it has the same effect on your tongue. This is why you probably snore your loudest when you sleep on your back. Your tongue is able to cause a significant obstruction.
I should also mention that there are two types of these appliances available. The first is the over-the-counter one that I have tried personally and the other is prescribed. There are actually three different prescription appliances available, but you have to be custom-fitted at one of the Snore No More facilities in California to have one.
It Looks Confusing: How Practical is the Design?
Although it looks attractive, it also looks like a pain to wear. It definitely does not resemble other devices on the market. Some may go so far to say the design looks a bit like a torture device. Well, it is definitely not torture to wear it, but it can take some getting used to. You should expect some jaw soreness for about a week.
Those who have sensitive gag reflex may look at this appliance and assume it will trigger it, but you will likely be quite impressed, if you try it. The elastic band really has been thoughtfully positioned, so it does not trigger the reflex in most users.
As mentioned, this device uses boil-and-bite technology. This allows you to mold it to the contours of your mouth for a custom fit. The process of doing this is really simple, and I will explain the easiest way below. As for adjustability, this appliance does not allow you to make adjustments to the lower jaw positioning.
Achieving a Custom Fit
This oral appliance may look unusual but the molding process is just like any other MAD that uses the boil-and-bite technique. All you will need is a pot, two small bowls or mugs, tongs, and a stopwatch or timer app on your phone.
Before beginning it is a good idea to rinse it off under warm water and insert it in your mouth. This will allow you to get a feel for it before you bite into pliable material during the fitting process.
- Bring a pot of water to a boil.
- While waiting for the water to boil fill one of the mugs with ice water and set it aside.
- When the water boils, transfer it to a bowl or a mug. This will eliminate the chance of touching the device to the side or bottom of the hot pot.
- Use a pair of tongs to submerge the appliance in the hot water for 60 seconds.
- Remove it and allow it to cool a few seconds. It will be soft and sticky, so handle it by the hard plastic or rubber strap.
- Make sure you have the device facing the right way. The word "Zyppah" is printed on the lower tray.
- Place the device in your mouth by beginning with your lower teeth first. They should connect with the point where the green thermoplastic touches the hard black plastic. When your teeth are in the right position extend your jaw forward. Before biting down make sure the upper teeth also rests against the inside of the hard plastic.
- Bite down and hold this position for a full minute.
- Remove the device slowly and place it in the ice water. This will speed up the hardening process.
- Once it is cool, check the fit. If you are not happy, repeat the process again.
Putting it to the Test
Before I even received my mouthpiece in the mail I was skeptical of it. The same tongue stabilizing strap that had me so intrigued also had me doubting just how effective this thing could possibly be. After all, I had tried other TSDs that hold your tongue forward.
Good Morning Snore Solution (GMSS) is a prime example. However, they all hold the tip of your tongue using suction, so I had my doubts about a soft strap holding my tongue down instead of forward would actually work.
I ordered my device and received it within three days. The packaging was as attractive as the unit itself. It actually made me feel like I was opening a present, even though I had paid for it. I immediately read the short but thorough instruction manual and began the fitting process.
I should mention that although I had done the boil-and-bite technology countless times in the past without a mirror, I did need one for this mouthpiece to make sure my teeth were lined up properly.
The first night I put it in at bedtime it definitely felt different because of the tongue strap. However, I instantly noticed how slim the overall profile was. It felt much less invasive than some other bulkier devices I had previously tried. I also noticed how easy it was to breathe through the air hole at the front.
In the morning the first thing I did when I shut off the alarm was ask my wife if I snored. She said that I didn't at all, and she was up for a while reading after I fell asleep. I did feel well-rested, but my jaw was sore. Within a couple hours the soreness went away.
For the full seven-day trial ZYPPAH did stop my snoring, so it is effective. The soreness I had initially experienced ceased around day four as my mouth had gotten used to it.
Pricing Information
When this anti-snoring mouthpiece was first released it cost $123. It is a little more affordable today, as it is listed at $89,95. Shipping and processing is a flat fee of $9.95.
If you prefer to try it before you buy it then you can order it for free, and pay only shipping and processing. This gives you 90 days to try it risk free before your credit card is charged.
About the Founder
This oral appliance was designed by Dr. Jonathan Greenburg. He had more than three decades of experience in dentistry prior to creating this device. Plus, as an undergraduate student he had also studied bioengineering. Greenburg spent 10 years studying snoring and sleep apnea.
He discovered that he could eliminate snoring in his patients by addressing the airway blockage caused by a relaxed tongue. Today he has five Snore No More facilities in California in Beverly Hills, Encino, Pasadena, Newport Beach, and Valencia. These centers focus on sleep apnea, snoring, and CPAP intolerance.
Does ZYPPAH Treat Sleep Apnea?
You may hear or read that this device is used to treat sleep apnea, so I feel that is important to clarify this. The one that you buy without a prescription online is not marketed as a sleep apnea solution. It is designed to eliminate or reduce snoring, but not address any underlying condition you might have.
If you have sleep apnea or any other type of sleep disorder it is always recommended to speak with your physician before wearing any mouthpiece. If you carefully read through the manufacturer's website you will see that sleep apnea is never mentioned.
Pros and Cons
I had a positive experience with this product, but as with all mouthpieces, this one does have its share of pros and cons you need to be aware of.
- Designed by an experienced dentist with a background in bioengineering.
- Gently pulls your jaw forward and also stabilizes the tongue to keep the airway free of obstruction.
- Airflow hole in front allows you to breathe freely.
- Boil-and-bite method lets you achieve a custom fit.
- 90-day trial promotion lets you pay only shipping and processing to try the device for 90 days.
- Made in the USA.
- Cleared by the United States Food and Drug Administration.
- Accredited by the Better Business Bureau.
- Thermoplastic material is BPA-free.
- Slim profile is comfortable to wear.
- Satisfactory lifespan of six to nine months.
- Easy-to-clean with soap and water.
- Like most mouthpieces it will likely cause jaw soreness for a few days.
- Although it simply gets cleaned with soap and water, it is suggested to also be cleaned with denture tabs once a week. This will need to be figured into your budget.
- Not recommended for individuals with dentures, caps, crowns, or loose teeth.
- May cause drooling at first.
Consumer Feedback
Many people who tried this oral appliance were as skeptical as me because of the design. However, most reviews state that the device was comfortable to wear and did stop their snoring.
Like all MADs there are complaints of jaw soreness, which is to be expected while your mouth gets used to wearing it. There are also some that have said the product broke within the trial period. Some also say the lifespan is not as long if you grind your teeth.
My Recommendation
Released in June 2012, ZYPPAH is new to the mouthpiece industry, but has quickly grown in popularity. It was designed by an experienced dentist with a background in bioengineering and a strong focus on sleep apnea and snoring.
This mouthpiece has been proven effective in eliminating snoring by using tongue stabilization and mandibular repositioning. Compared to some other devices on the market it is significantly more comfortable thanks to its low profile design. It is constructed of BPA-free, silicone-like material that is soft and nonirritating.
Although its unique design does put it in a league of its own, this device is pricier than some other similar products. However, when you consider the research and development costs that go into designing a revolutionary concept, and factor in promotional expenses you see where the extra expense comes from. In case you did not already figure it out, Zyppah spelled backwards reads "Happy Z." Of course, "Z" refers to sleep.
The design of this appliance is good, but it could be improved if you were given the power to adjust the jaw positioning. The moderately high price may deter some people away, but the unique tongue strap is a strong selling point. When I take all factors into consideration, including my research and personal experience, I give this anti-snoring mouthpiece my recommendation.
There are also several other devices in this price range that are backed by medical professionals and just as effective. Good Morning Sleep Solution is one. It was designed by a Canadian dentist who wanted to create a mouthpiece that would address the problems associated with traditional oral appliances, such as ZYPPAH.
GMSS holds your tongue stationary, but leaves your mouth free from plastic. It actually sits between your outer teeth and lips and can be used by denture wearers.Click Here to Access the Official ZYPPAH Website
Which device should I choose?
No one can answer this question for you. Your mouth and needs are unique, so one that I love or that your neighbor swears by may not be the best solution for you.
There are numerous products available to choose from, so if you are feeling overwhelmed this is perfectly normal. I have written several reviews on products I have personally tried and you can always use the chart I compiled for comparison purposes.


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Glamping Bell Tents available to hire. Tents of all sizes, large mixed groups and dogs welcome. 100 camping pitches available. Large
Onsite fun
Approximately 30 acres of open land situated in a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Cannock Chase. A large variety of free roaming wildlife including: Red Deer, Fallow Deer, Muntjac, Tawny Owls, Barn Owls, Buzzards, Fox and Rabbits.
Glamping to hire, fire pits to hire, water, toilets and showers.
Offsite fun
100 metres from Birches Valley Visitor Centre, Cannock Chase Forest which includes:
Go Ape, including Treetop Adventure and Forest Segway
Cannock Chase Mountain Bike Trails (some of the most celebrated in the country)
Gruffalo Spotters Trail
Cannock Chase Concerts (Forest Live)
Iron Man event takes place literally past the gate.
Close to the National Trust Shugborough Estate.
Food & Drink
Lovely nearby country pubs with fantastic food:
10 minute walk to The Horns Inn, Slitting Mill, which boasts a lovely atmosphere, open fires and great food. Dogs welcome too!
Short drive, or slightly longer walk, to The Wolsey Arms, Wolsey Bridge, which boasts delicious food at a reasonable price with a great atmosphere and open fire.
Birches Valley Café across the road at the Birches Valley Visitor Centre serves light lunch options, snacks, drinks and ice creams.
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We are literally across the road, easily within walking distance.
What facilities are there on site?
We are a pop up site with basic facilities. These include a toilet trailer block with seperate male and female toilets, individual portable shower units and drinking water points.
Can I bring my Dog?
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Yes, no problem. We don't have fixed points for pitches, on arrival you will be offered anywhere within the 12 acres allocated for camping. Don't worry, about loosing out on room if you come late, even at capacity we still have plenty of space for you to spread out. Any special requests can be put in the comments section when putting your details in for booking.
Do we allow caravans and motorhomes?
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ANOTHER EARTH Blu-ray Features:
Fox Movie Channel presents "Direct Effect with Mike Cahill," "In Character with Brit Marling," and "In Character with William Mapother"
ANOTHER EARTH on Blu-rayCombo pack Now Available
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Synopsis: Rhoda Williams, a bright young woman accepted into MIT's astrophysics program, aspires to explore the cosmos. A brilliant composer, John Burroughs, has just reached the pinnacle of his profession and is about to have a second child with his loving wife. On the eve of the discovery of a duplicate Earth, tragedy strikes and the lives of these strangers become irrevocably intertwined. Estranged from the world and the selves they once knew, the two outsiders begin an unlikely love affair and reawaken to life. But when one is presented with the chance of a lifetime opportunity to travel to the other Earth and embrace an alternative reality, which new life will they choose?
This "deeply emotional…extraordinarily profound" (USA Today) film became a must-see sensation at the Sundance Film Festival. "Beautiful, bright and fearless" (Associated Press) newcomer Brit Marling and fan favorite William Mapother (TV's "Lost") star as Rhoda and John, two people whose worlds collide after a tragic accident. Their intimate drama plays out against the astounding discovery of Earth 2, a parallel world that poses provocative and fascinating possibilities. Does a new Earth mean a chance at another life? Another destiny? Another self? "ANOTHER EARTH is science-fiction at its best" (The Hollywood Reporter) — with a mind-bending surprise ending that you will never forget.
ANOTHER EARTH Blu-ray Features:
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How long have you been using your mascara? Do you even remember when you bought it? "The dark, moist tube is a breeding ground for bacteria," says Robert Corry, OD, an optometrist at University of Utah Health's Moran Eye Center. If used for too long, mascara could give you more than clumpy lashes.
"The longer you keep mascara, the more likely it will contain bacteria," Corry says. "The eyes are a sensitive area and vulnerable to infection."
Check the expiration date before you buy new mascara, and then set yourself a reminder to toss the product in three months. If you get an eye infection, discard eye makeup immediately. Don't use new makeup until the infection is gone.
If you think you might have an eye infection, contact Corry or another eye doctor at the John A. Moran Eye Center. Call 801-581-2352 or request an appointment electronically.


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The Education Exchange: Working Together for Charter Schools in Indianapolis
Robin J. Lake, director of the Center on Reinventing Public Education, sits down with Paul E. Peterson to discuss what Indianapolis has done to make charter schools work.
Follow The Education Exchange on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher or here on Education Next.
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Irrespective of whether it be mice, insect pests, unwanted pests birds or any sort of other Pest problem no-one likes to share their own home or business with undesirable pests. If pests enter into our homes or businesses they are able to bring about distress, destruction and also offer a genuine health risk. While numerous Do-it-yourself pest remedies are available many are unsuccessful for the reason that used without a great in depth expertise of the pest issue the treatment is frequently carried out wrongly.
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Responsible for the GEMS Education Rewards programme to ensure its continued and growing contribution to the realized savings by GEMS parents. Responsible for development, management and marketing/communication of the programme.
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Elsewhere on our site you may have seen references to brass band contests. You may have wondered what this is all about and what relevance doing well in them (as we have done in recent years) has for us, or indeed yourselves. Most people are familiar with hearing a brass band outdoors on a Summer's day, but if you'd like to know what we get up to for much of the rest of the year, then you've come to the right place!
Since 2000, the band has risen from Section 4 to Section 1 of the London & Southern Counties Area grading system and also represented their region at the National Finals. What does this mean and how did it happen?Every year, all over the country, brass bands come together compete with each other at numerous contests. These contests take a number of forms. Sometimes, each competing band will have to play the same piece of music and sometimes each band will play a piece of its own choosing. In both these kinds of contest, the pieces of music will be 'serious' in nature, often written especially for a brass band and sounding somewhat like a piece of classical music. This is a world largely unknown to the general public! Another form of contest is where each band plays a 15-20 minute programme of shorter, perhaps 'lighter' pieces, a bit like a mini-concert and sounding more like something most people would associate with a brass band.
Competitions are usually divided into separate graded sections, ranging from Championship (a bit like football's 'Premiership') through Sections 1, 2 3 and 4 beneath this. You can enter competitions all over the country in any section you like, providing it is not lower than your official ranking. Are you with me so far?!
So how do you get to be in a particular Section? There is one particular annual contest (known simply as the 'Area') that is the most important. Here, region by region, bands compete against all the other bands in their section, with a particular piece of music being set for each section. Each year, the results of the last three contests are aggregated (1st place = 1 point and so on). The top 2 bands are promoted and the bottom couple relegated. As a bonus, the top 2 bands in any given year also go on to represent their region in the National Finals (as we did in 2004).
Now armed with this knowledge, you will have some idea of the nature of St Albans City Band's achievement in rising from Section 4 to Section 1 in such a short time. Anyone who has regularly heard the band over this period will testify to the improvements made which are reflected as much in our concert as our contest work.
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Reducing lines with positive ID goal of 'Iris on the Move'
24 November, 2010
category: Biometrics, Government
Sarnoff Corp. explains how its history dating back to RCA Research Labs and the experience with video has helped the company to build an iris recognition system that works well at a distance. "In the past you almost had to press your eye up against the camera to get an iris identification, and now that is no longer the requirement," says Mark A. Clifton, acting president and CEO of Sarnoff Corporation. "We can capture it at a distance anywhere from one meter to three meters while you're moving around."
Enabling individuals to be authenticated with little active participation makes it easy to use. "The best technology is the technology you can't see," added Clifton.


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Edge VPN project proposes a framework and a set of APIs to orchestrate an edge VPN service and defines a mechanism how a Neutron network can be bridged to an edge VPN.
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New facilities handed over at Noel Holmes Hospital
A refurbished sewage treatment plant, a new general ward, a minor operating facility, a maternity ward and new offices for the Hanover Health Department were among the facilities handed over to the Noel Holmes Hospital in Lucea, Hanover, by government ministers Dr Andrew Wheatley and Dr Christopher Tufton on Thursday.
The much-needed facilities, which are expected to significantly boost the capability of the Type C hospital, cost approximately $40 million. The Noel Holmes Hospital is the only hospital in Hanover.
"This hospital is a Type C facility. It, therefore, has minimal levels of service. It is a referral institution, but it is critical to these parts of the country," said Tufton. "As an extension of its importance, we have to place emphasis on ensuring that it works and it works well."
The health minister pointed out that his ministry has embarked on a major overhaul for routine maintenance of the country's existing health-care infrastructure. He further noted that the lack of adequate expenditure on the maintenance of the health-care infrastructure nationwide has compromised the ability to respond to the needs of the country's changing health profile, particularly in the rural areas.
"Frankly, both the personnel as well as the infrastructure have not kept apace with the changes and the demands on the system. As a consequence, this current budget has in it, primarily administered through the National Health Fund, over $700 million just to deal with maintenance issues," stated Tufton.
The health minister further stated that over the next three to five years, there will be a major overhaul of the nation's health infrastructure to include a US$40 million children and adolescent health care in Montego Bay, St James.
"Over the next three to five years, the health infrastructure in the country will be undergoing drastic changes, inclusive of a children's and adolescent health-care facility to be constructed in Montego Bay, projected to cost in the region of some US$40 million," said Tufton, adding that ground will be broken next year. "On a parallel track, we have to find the personnel to man the infrastructure and the equipment."
Wheatley, the science, energy and technology minister, who handed over the sewage treatment facility, explained that that fits perfectly in the government's plan to improve the overhaul infrastructure at the nation's health-care facilities.


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This webinar is designed to take the "confusion" out of doing ACH Returns when using the seven most commonly used Return Reason Codes. The Return process can be complicated, this session will include details on when, how, and why when doing Returns using the seven most common Return Reason Codes. Included will be an overview on the "entire" Returns Process (including timeframes and Return Codes), from your General Returns to Extended Returns, Dishonored Returns, Contested and Corrected Dishonored Returns. And the Return process - explained simply; utilizing multiple examples to demonstrate.
Doing ACH Returns can be confusing and frustrating. Each day in ACH operations, there are Entries that need to be returned. The reasons could range anywhere from insufficient funds to stop payments to unauthorized or even authorization revoked. This session will help clear things up and take the confusion and frustration out of doing ACH returns. The seven most common ACH Return Reason Codes will be discussed with time-frames, paperwork needed and any other details pertinent when processing the ACH return Entry. Examples to outline the process will help bring the learning home.


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Roux B and Falgoust M – "Ethical Issues Raised by Methods of Data Acquisition for Research in Digital Forensics" is now in print in Vol 21, No 1 in the Journal of Information Ethics (http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/jie.html) – I got my author's copy today.
Ethics paper goes to print!
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I've seen two bits of criticism of The Lord of the Rings pop up repeatedly on various forums, and thought they deserved a final response. Not only because I decided on doing some Tolkien defence today but because I've seen the same claims show up about various other recognized classics of somewhat higher pedigree than The Lord of the Rings and…guys, this needs to stop.
1. "The Lord of the Rings breaks every rule of novel writing."
Rules? What rules? I can pull any "write that novel" book off the shelf, or visit any writing blog, and the hard, unbendable rules will be different. Even widespread ones, like "show, don't tell", aren't very helpful when you start thinking about them (surely to show something I've got to tell you about something else?). The rule "never start stories with dialogue" appears constantly, but guess which novel, often considered the greatest novel of all time, starts with dialogue? War and Peace.
There are no set rules to writing novels. To take it further: There are no set rules to writing fiction besides those involving basic grammar, and writers can break those every once in a while too. There are helpful guidelines, sure, but just because a writer ignores Elmore Leonard's rules of writin' doesn't automatically make that writer bad (in fact, Leonard's rules are only useful if you want to write books like Elmore Leonard's). I've questioned traditional rules of "good" writing before because, if you followed them to a "T", you'd end up with fairly generic prose, the sort of stuff you'd read in any forgettable thriller/mystery/other piece of mass-market fiction.
That doesn't mean the prose, characters, and pacing of Tolkien's work or other classics are above criticism; it's fine to say why you personally found something clumsy, awkward, ill-defined, over-described, just don't act like there's an objective set of "rules" governing how to write a novel because there isn't.
2. "If Tolkien wrote The Lord of the Rings today it would've never been published."
Let's get counter-factual, shall we? But this assumes that if Tolkien (or insert any other long-dead author in his place) wrote the novel today he would've written it in exactly the same manner, despite a much-changed cultural and literary environment. While I doubt Tolkien would've ended up with A Game of Thrones, I also don't think 21st-century The Lord of the Rings would've looked exactly the same as the book we got.
Next, this claim assumes that publishers are somehow more discerning what novels they publish now than they were in the 50s. The same contemporary publishers who've printed Eragon, Twilight, Modelland and 50 Shades of Gray, which are just so much better than *insert work by long-dead author here*.
Let's try this for something else: "If Chaucer wrote The Canterbury Tales today it would've never been published." To which the only response would be: "Well, yes. So?"
In other words, statement (2) is meaningless.
Classics aren't above criticism. But they are above petty, ill-considered criticism, just like any other work of fiction from whenever. You're free to rip into The Lord of the Rings or Frankenstein or Crime and Punishment if you want, but please, put some thought into it first.


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Story Title: So…
Author Name: Shiv5468
Story url: Story Link 1
Alternate url: Story Link 2
Content Rating: Teen
Status: Completed
Length: 5,876 words
Story Summary: So what happens now? When the hurly-burly's done and the battle's lost and won?
Gioia's Rec:
Shiv has written numerous stories which I've read and enjoyed. But this one still managed to surprise me. Truthfully, as much as I love UC (Unconventional Couple) pairings in stories, many Draco/Hermione fics don't work for me because they fail to overcome the issue of prejudice. It isn't just Draco's prejudice which must be overcome, either. The truth is that after being subjected to his bigotry for 6 years in school, it would be odd for Hermione to jump into a relationship with Draco under normal circumstances, without any mention of her hurt or her own prejudice towards him. As anyone who has ever been looked down upon knows all too well, human nature generally causes us to return like for like. I.e., if someone hates or insults me, my instinctive reaction is going to be to hate and insult them. Hermione was always far better than Ron and Harry at restraining her temper around Draco Malfoy, but that doesn't mean that it didn't hurt her to be treated with such disdain.
But Shiv manages to indirectly address all of that very skillfully in this fic. Hermione's voice is captured perfectly, sounding utterly in-character during a time of great weariness and even gloom. The war has just ended; the final battle is barely over. But Hermione is smart enough to see what is ahead of them, and she isn't entirely thrilled with that outlook. Along comes Draco Malfoy, and though very little is said about it, it's easy to see just from his body language in the opening scenes that he shares her resignation about the way things are shaping up to be. In addition, things aren't quite over for him; he's still got a crisis on his hands. So in the end, Shiv manages to overcome bigotry, prejudice, pride and hurts with that great equalizer: exhaustion. Ultimately, holding on to those hurts and that anger is just too damn exhausting. And thus Hermione is in the best possible frame of mind to turn to something she thrives on, something she actually requires in order to just keep putting one foot in front of the other: a cause.
The story isn't that long, but it felt much bigger because of the way it so concisely captures what turns out to be a pivotal moment for both Hermione and Draco, as well as several other characters. Even Ron and Harry, who don't feature directly in this story, are going to benefit because of the decisions Hermione makes in this story. Just compare the way Hermione refers to her two friends in her thoughts at the beginning of this fic as compared to her musings and actions in the final paragraphs. She's still exhausted, and she's still got her eyes wide open to their faults, but it's as if that "great weight" so aptly refered to in the story's opener is no longer quite so heavy. It also feels like she's more open to sharing her burdens with her two friends after her experiences with Draco. Again, compare the story's opener, where she is alone, listless, rather morbid in her brooding, and feeling a bit preemptively forsaken, to the end of the story, where she seems to have a renewed spirit of camaraderie and determination.
Finally, I like the way it isn't the Final Battle which changes things for these people, but the acts of mercy and faith which follows it. C.S. Lewis said that "friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one.'" Take that idea and multiply it by the intensity, imperative and importance of the moments which Draco and Hermione share. Before the events of this story, they likely each thought of the other as self-serving and cold. In uniting together in an act of compassion for another, though, they are better able to display the best of themselves and find a kindred spirit in the process. As a result of their newly discovered commonality and burgeoning friendship, the very idea of a Draco/Hermione ship ends up feeling so much more plausible and even probable because of the foundation which Shiv establishes here.
In many ways, Hermione and Draco are still the same basic people at the beginning of the fic as they are at the end. The difference is that Hermione's kindness and Draco's trust have allowed them, and those observing them, to see things better, including their areas of common ground. Note how Hermione acknowledges mid-fic that Draco has no need to prove his courage, as his inherent bravery had long since been established the night he faced Dumbledore with a lowered wand. Would she have been as quick to acknowledge that valor before she saw him showing kindness in this story? Now, she looks at him and instantly sees the strengths that were already present.
Shiv therefore overcomes all of those hurdles I first mentioned, without even directly addressing most of them. And to my mind, any author who can manage to do all of that so concisely in such a believable, poignant and captivating narrative, all without pages and pages of talking and angst, deserves serious kudos. Brava, Shiv!


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CrossFit WOD
Every two minutes, for 20 minutes (10 sets):
Hang Snatch + Snatch + 2 Overhead Squats
Build over the course of the 10 sets to today's heavy.
Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 8 minutes of:
5 Power Snatches (135/95 lbs)
10 Burpee Box Jump-Overs (24″/20″)
CrossFit WOD
Four sets of:
Snatch-Grip Romanian Deadlift x 6 reps @ 4011
Rest 60 seconds
Single-Arm Dumbbell Press x 8 reps each @ 2111
Rest 60 seconds
100-Meter Suitcase Carry + Waiter's Carry
(hold a heavy DB at side in suitcase carry, and a lighter DB/KB overhead in waiter's carry; switch arms at 50-meters)
Rest 60 seconds
For max reps/calories:
2 Minutes of Assault Bike (for calories)
2 Minutes of Kettlebell Swings
2 Minutes of Push-Ups
2 Minutes of Rowing
BootCamp WOD
Perform 1 set of each "station" in succession for 60 seconds (doing as many reps with perfect form as possible) using a weight that's challenging for 15 to 20 reps.
Give yourself 15 seconds to move between stations.
Rest for 2 minutes after you've completed 1 circuit of all 10 stations.
Complete a total of 3 circuits.
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Station 2: Mountain Climber
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Station 4: T-Pushup w/Dumbbells
Station 5: Split Jump
Station 6: Dumbbell Row
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Youth policy and youth empowerment are the focus of Marija's work. Her civic engagement started in 1996 with the Scouts. Since then she has been volunteering, through which she has experienced how personal commitment can make social change. She participated in the establishment of the National Youth Council of Serbia, going on to take up a leadership role as its Secretary General (2012 – 2017). Marija also worked as a consultant providing support to youth organisations developing local and regional strategies, action plans, projects and activities, providing training in organisational management, youth participation and intercultural learning. In 2017, she started working for the Regional Youth Cooperation Office of the Western Balkans, as the Local Branch Officer for Serbia. Marija graduated International Relations and Project Management from the faculties of Political Sciences and Organisational Sciences at Belgrade University. She grew up and still lives in Belgrade in Serbia.
Ditta is a social entrepreneur, policy developer and educator working with international and national organisations on the themes of youth, global education, volunteering, human rights, participation and citizenship, gender, conflict transformation, social innovation and e-learning. Ditta has contributed to the development of the youth strategies of UN agencies, the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro, and the State of Pernambuco in Brazil. Today Ditta works for the GENE Network promoting Global Education in Europe. Previously Ditta director of the Brazilian NGO 'University of Youth' and worked for the Network University Foundation and the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe. Ditta grew up in Bratislava, Slovakia, and has lived and worked in Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Brazil.
Karina is a Senior trainer & consultant of the Council of Europe on civil society sector capacity-building, diversity and inclusion, disability rights, minority youth participation and inclusive training methodologies. Karina has been a passionate disability rights advocate for more than 20 years, and is striving towards intersectional approaches in policy work, research and practice; she served as a President of IFHOHYP, member of the European Disability Forum Youth Committee and UNICEF Youth Council of the Global Partnership for Children with Disabilities, and as a Global advisor to Disability Rights Fund, Boston, U.S. She is also a writer, professional translator and researcher. Karina is a co-author and editor of the manuals "COMPASS" and "Companion" (Council of Europe), "No Barriers, No Borders", "Inclusion from A to Z" (EU SALTO). She holds MA degrees in International Journalism, International Relations & Management, and Sociology. Originally from St. Petersburg, Russia, she now lives in Berlin where she defended her Ph.D. in comparative Disability studies at
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Bastian is an innovative facilitator, trainer and coach that creatively pushes the boundaries of mainstream approaches to learning. He specialises in communication and management with a focus on their intercultural dimensions. Bastian has been involved in the training field since 1998, having started as a volunteer in an international youth organisation, studied Intercultural Communication and Adult Education and now works globally with clients such as the United Nations and Google. Bastian works with international organisations and companies in developing, designing and implementing training programmes and events. Each training concept and activity is custom made to fit the group, their situation and the challenges they face. Bastian grew up in Germany and now lives with his family in Wroclaw in Poland.
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Speaker: Joseph Devney, M.A
Psycholinguistics is the study of how the human brain interprets and produces language—both spoken and written. This presentation focuses specifically on how readers interpret written language in the context of transmitting technical information. Are there aspects of how the brain works that might affect how technical writers should do their jobs? Is the conventional wisdom in the field of technical writing supported by research?
The talk will include some real-life examples.
The primary audience for this talk is technical writers. But it also might be of interest to writers in other genres, and to linguists who would like to see an example of how their field of expertise can have a practical application outside of academia.
About the Speaker
Joseph Devney has been a technical writer for almost 25 years. He has worked in a variety of industries. He has given several presentations to STC chapters in California and Arizona, and taught document design at the college level.
Joe also has a master's degree in linguistics, and has delivered talks to academic conferences in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. He tries to bring linguistic knowledge and expertise into the field of technical communication. Tonight's talk is part of that effort.
And he has long been active in STC, including serving as both president and vice-president of the Berkeley chapter. He has written articles for Intercom, the STC member magazine, and delivered a webinar sponsored by STC. He is an STC Fellow.
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I've been thinking about food a lot lately. Part of this is most likely due to the fact that I'm in the midst cleaning out my pantries in preparation for our move, which usually involves some interesting combinations of ingredients. Exactly how many uses can I find for chick peas? With just a little over …
Friday Photo: On The Way
This week, the WordPress photo challenge reminded me of something that happened to us on the way to Populonia.
It was our second Easter break in Tuscany, and we were heading down the Etruscan coast to explore some of the parks there. Our final destination was I Parchi della Val di Cornia, the Archeological park of Baratti and Populonia. We were off to see the Necropolis of San Cerbone and the Acropollis of Populonia. However, as soon as we reached the park entrance, it began to pour. This was no mild spring storm. Water dumped on our car like it was being poured from a bucket over our heads. Thunder and lightening surrounded us. The rain completely obscured our view of the coast and it was beginning to look like a day spent exploring the parks and open air museums was completely out of the question. The problem was, it was already approaching mid-day. It was too late to change our plans, and I hadn't planned a local indoor alternative.
Tempers were starting to flair, so we decided to find a place to have lunch before we started our trip back up the coast. We stopped in a small coastal town called San Vincenzo where we had lunch at the restaurant of Hotel il Delfino.
Although I imagine San Vincenzo is crowded during the summer months, around Easter, it's a ghost town. We were the only diners in the hotel restaurant. We chose a seat overlooking the empty beach below and watched the storm roll down the coast.
When you sit in an empty restaurant, you're never quite sure what to expect. We were a bit reluctant to order, but everything on the menu looked good, and we were too hungry and grumpy to search any further. The food was excellent. I wasn't sure what to order, and managed to convey to the waitress that I would like whatever dish she recommended. It was an enormous fish, cooked to perfection, served whole.
We lingered over our delicious lunch and our moods began to lift. As we finished our dulce and digestivo we noticed that the skies had cleared, it looked like our outdoor adventure could continue after all.
But first, we explored the completely empty beach we found On the Way.
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Making sense of the Election
I'm not going to apologize for this entry, because it's my blog and I think it's fair to use it as an outlet for self-expression. I can, however, think of several reasons that you may not want to waste your time reading this. For one thing the election has already been analyzed to death by everyone else. For another thing I've been out of the country for the past 3 years, and probably not the most qualified person to analyze the mood of the country. And also I'm very bitter about the election results, and that bitterness is seeping into what I'm writing.
Let me also say that several of my friends have also written pieces on the election, all of which are much better than mine, so if you only have the time or energy to read one of these things, read theirs instead of mine.
Brian Bork wrote this piece which I think is the best thing he's written on his blog so far.
My friend Aaron here in Japan, although not an American, does a good job of capturing the frustration I also feel.
Phil Christman apparently had his piece wiped out by his computer, but maybe by the time you read this he'll have written some of it again. Whatever it is I'm sure it will be better than mine.
Still with me? Okay, then for anyone who wants it here is my two cents...
For organizational purposes I've divided this into the Right, the swing voters, and the South. Let's start with
The Right
I've mentioned before on this weblog, but I recently read an interesting book called "Take Back the Right" by Philip Gold. In the book Gold, a life long conservative, describes what he feels is wrong with the conservative movement. Obviously I'm coming from a slightly different angle on things than Gold is, so I don't agree with everything he says but I think he has a few good points.
Gold says that the right is so antagonized by the left that it has long ago adopted the policy of automatically reacting against what ever the left is for. For instance Gold says that no one intelligent person in their right mind could be against the basic principles of environmentalism, feminism, or gay rights, but conservatives have become so infuriated by the confrontational tactics of the left that they have adopted as their motto, "we are against whatever they are for."
Gold says this trend began during the Vietnam war, and states that "It is arguable that popular support for the war would have faded years before it did, had not supporting the war become a form of protest against the protestors." The war in Iraq has already been compared to the Vietnam War in many ways, but perhaps this is another area where similarities are apparent. And if we can extend this to include support for not just the war but the administration as a whole, I think this is in fact why a lot of conservatives voted for Bush.
Janeane Garofalo in her appearance on the daily show (which you can watch here), puts it somewhat differently when she says that at this point a vote for Bush is no longer an indication of an ideology, but of a character flaw. At this point there are so many flaws evident in the presidency that anyone who is still supporting Bush is just doing so out of pride and ego and a refusal to give into the left.
But never under estimate the human capacity for stubbornness. And this is I think a large reason why Bush won the election.
The lessons for this are two-fold. First obviously we on the left need to improve our dialogue with the right, and to try and talk to them in a way that won't have automatically put them on the defensive. Perhaps it is time to soften the rhetoric a bit in the hopes of coming to an understanding, and try and talk to the right in a way which lets them know we respect them even as we disagree. And secondly those of you on the right need to stop being such fucking idiots and grow up. (Yes, that is humor, just so there's no misunderstanding).
As for the swing or moderate voters who went with Bush: hard to say obviously. When I was watching the election coverage on TV Wednesday afternoon (my time) I heard the talking heads say over and over again that the poor showing for Kerry is an indication of how much the Democratic party has lost touch with the American people.
Somewhat maybe, but let's keep things in perspective. This is the first election Bush actually won. Four years ago the popular vote went to Al Gore. If you add the Nader votes to the Gore votes in 2000, the popular vote was heavily weighted to the liberal side.
Now you can spin this several ways of course. Nader in 2000 to a certain extent functioned the way any popular 3rd party candidate functions in the sense that he drew support from many people simply frustrated by the two party system. However he undeniably ran on a liberal platform, and it's probably fair to say at least a majority of people who voted for him agreed with his platform.
As for Al Gore: I wrote an article for Chimes after the 2000 election commenting on the Gore votes. Chimes actually declined to run the article, so it never saw the light of day, but in the article I argued that Al Gore was a terrible candidate. He was stiff and cold. He had a reputation for dishonesty. Historically sitting vice-presidents have difficulty getting elected president, and on top of that Clinton was one of only two impeached presidents in the nations history and his administration was plagued by scandals (real or imagined). Therefore, I argued, the votes for Al Gore can not be attributed at an Al Gore charisma, but instead perhaps indicated the majority of Americans simply agreed with Al Gore on the issues.
Again I do realize you can spin that election different ways, but that's the way I see it. So what changed between 2000 and 2004? Did the majority of Americans suddenly have an epipheny and realize they agreed with the Republicans? Or was this election more about terrorism and security than about domestic issues?
Richard Clarke in his book "Against all Enemies" argues that the Bush administration carelessly ignored the terrorism before September 11th. Afterwards, Clarke says, Bush took the obvious measures that anyone in his position would have taken, and got enormous political credit for it. And then Karl Rove shamelessly advised the Republicans to run on September 11 for during the midterm election.
I obviously don't need to clarify my views on this. But there's no denying that the Bush administration played the terrorism card for all it was worth. Dick Cheney even said repeatedly that if John Kerry was elected president it would make another terrorist attack more likely.
So I think we need to ask if this election indicates agreement with the Republican issues, or simply shows that the Republicans were successfully able to scare the swing voters into line.
But when I say that this election was about security and terrorism, I mean that it was about security and terrorism to the extent that it was about anything at all. I think about what issues dominated the news in this election. Kerry's service in Vietnam and the swift boat veterans. Bush and his lack of service. Kerry and his flip-flopping. American politics are always a circus, and this election should almost be seen more as a competition between two men rather than people voting to advance the issues they care about.
The South
I'm going to try and keep this short because, let's face it, I know nothing about the South. Aside for a couple Spring Break trips I've spent no time in the South. But the "Solid South" as a reliable Republican voting block is a significant handicap to any Democrat candidate. All Bush had to do was pick off a couple Northern states and he could win the election.
If you've been reading the same newspaper articles and websites I have, you have seen the accusations that the Bush administration has revived Nixon's "Southern Strategy" to cater to some of the more ultra-conservative (read racist) elements of the South. But I'll just bring up the point and leave it at that. Someone who knows more about the South can perhaps comment on this more. You can send me an e-mail or post a comment on the blog.
Anyway, that's my take on the whole thing for what it's worth. Needless to say I'm pretty crushed by the outcome of the election, but... Ah fuck. I can't think of a silver lining right now.
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COVINGTON COUNTY, AL (WSFA) - A Wednesday evening crash involving two vehicles resulted in the death of one person, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said.
According to Sgt. Drew Brooks, a man operating a motorcycle and a 13-year-old driving a Jeep Grand Cherokee crashed on Covington County 49 at the intersection of Covington County 70 around 6:10 p.m.
The person operating the motorcycle, identified as 35-year-old Tommy Jason Sutton, was injured in the crash and had to be airlifted to Ft. Walton Beach Medical Center. Sutton died at the medical center as a result of his injuries, Brooks said.
There is no word on whether there are any charges pending against the juvenile driver. The ALEA sergeant said the investigation is ongoing.
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Final Press Conference – Crawford vs. Benavidez Intense Face-off – PRESS RELEASE
Following Wednesday's media day tensions, Terence "Bud" Crawford and Jose Benavidez Jr. were a bit more civil at Thursday's press conference. The trash talk led to an extended face-off, as pound-for-pound king Crawford (33-0, 24 KOs) readies to defend his WBO welterweight world title against Benavidez (27-0, 18 KOs) Saturday at the CHI Health Center Omaha (ESPN and ESPN Deportes, 10:30 p.m. ET).
In the 10-round co-feature, unbeaten featherweight sensation Shakur Stevenson (8-0, 4 KOs) will take on Viorel Simion (21-2, 9 KOs).
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Terence Crawford (champion) vs. Jose Benavidez (challenger), 12 rounds, WBO welterweight world title
Shakur Stevenson vs. Viorel Simion, 10 rounds, super featherweight (129-pound limit)
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Carlos Adames vs. Joshua Conley, 10 rounds, vacant NABF super welterweight title
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Mikaela Mayer vs. Vanessa Bradford, 8 rounds, vacant NABF super featherweight title
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Jose Valenzuela vs. Hugo Rodriguez, 4 rounds, super featherweight
Keeshawn Williams vs. Ramel Snegur, 4 rounds, welterweight
Crawford-Benavidez and Stevenson-Simion will air live and exclusively Saturday on ESPN and ESPN Deportes at 10:30 p.m. ET with undercards streaming live in the United States at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN+
Remaining tickets to this world championship event, priced at $178, $103, $63, and $38, not including applicable fees, can be purchased at the CHI Health Center Omaha box office, all Ticketmaster outlets, by phone at 800-745-3000, or online at ticketmaster.com.
Final Press Conference – Crawford vs. Benavidez Intense Face-off / Check out more boxing news and features at The Sweet Science.
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- All-electric Jaguar I-PACE named Car of the Year and Best Alternative Fuel Car at 2018 Scottish Car of the Year Awards
- Jaguar E-PACE completes awards hat trick beating rivals to Best Premium SUV title
- Scottish success caps incredible week for I-PACE after it was crowned German Car of the Year on Tuesday
- The Jaguar I-PACE is available to order now, priced from £59,995 (including government incentives) at Jaguar UK retailers
(Coventry, 3rd November, 2018) The all-electric Jaguar I-PACE was crowned overall Car of the Year and Best Alternative Fuel Car at the 2018 Scottish Car of the Year awards as part of an awards hat trick for Jaguar.
The E-PACE, Jaguar's compact performance SUV, completed the awards trio, beating rivals to collect the Best Premium SUV title at the ceremony held at the Dalmahoy Hotel and Country Club last night.
This latest recognition from the Association of Scottish Motoring Writers is the fourth time Jaguar has taken home the top award and caps an incredible week for the Jaguar I-PACE after it was named as the first-ever German Car of the Year on Tuesday.
We are delighted to win this award in such an important market for Jaguar Land Rover. We are very proud that the I-PACE has been acknowledged as a game-changer, yet remains recognisable as a Jaguar, with luxury and capability at the heart of its design, along with one of the most advanced zero-emissions powertrains ever fitted to a production car. The I-PACE is an electric vehicle that's practical for everyday use and we look forward to seeing even more on the road.
Rawdon Glover
Jaguar Land Rover UK MD
All-electric Jaguar I-PACE named 2018 Scottish Car Of The Year
The I-PACE is an all-electric performance SUV that puts Jaguar at the forefront of the electric vehicle revolution. It offers sports car performance of 0-60mph in 4.5 seconds alongside a 292-mile range (WLTP cycle), five seats and zero emissions, making it both a practical and exhilarating SUV, packed full of the latest innovations.
Jaguar's first all-electric vehicle can achieve a 0-80 percent battery charge in 85-minutes using public DC charging (50kW) and can achieve the same state of charge in just over ten hours when home charging via an AC wall box (7kW) – ideal for overnight charging.
The I-PACE SUV is the most stunning car produced by Jaguar since the E-Type. It is the most exciting car currently on the market and it fully deserves the Scottish Car of the Year crown. It looks great, drives superbly and offers all the luxury you would expect from a Jaguar. At the same time it is a huge step forward for the company and a game-changer for electric vehicles in general.
John Murdoch
President of the Association of Scottish Motoring Writers
The Jaguar I-PACE has already collected 16 major honours since its worldwide reveal in March, including being named Car of the Year by the Sunday Times, Auto Express and T3 as well as being named a 'Game Changer' by Autocar.
More than 250,000 UK customers have configured their dream I-PACE since its reveal, and more than 315,000 have visited the I-PACE website page to research it. Over 1000 test drive appointments were completed in September alone – the month UK customers started taking delivery of their new Jaguar I-PACE.
All-electric Jaguar I-PACE named 2018 Scottish Car Of The Year
All-electric Jaguar I-PACE named 2018 Scottish Car Of The Year
All-electric Jaguar I-PACE named 2018 Scottish Car Of The Year
Scotland has a long history of design excellence, and as a Scot, it is a huge honour to be awarded Scottish Car of The Year for I-PACE. Development of the I-PACE started many years ago, with design and engineering working closely to achieve a vision to create not only the best electric vehicle but the best car, all round - and this award really affirms that.
Ian Callum
Jaguar Design Director
The Jaguar I-PACE, priced from £ £59,995 OTR (including government incentives), and E-PACE, priced from £28,930 OTR are available to order now at Jaguar UK retailers.
You can configure your preferred specification at: www.jaguar.co.uk


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Georgios Grammatikos, Christian Lange, Simone Susser, Susanne Schwendy, Nektarios Dikopoulos, Peter Buggisch, Jens Encke, Gerlinde Teuber, Tobias Goeser, Robert Thimme, Hartwig Klinker, Wulf O. Boecher, Ewert Schulte-Frohlinde, Marissa Penna-Martinez, Klaus Badenhoop, Stefan Zeuzem, Thomas Berg, Christoph Sarrazin
Published: February 07, 2014 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087974
Different parameters have been determined for prediction of treatment outcome in hepatitis c virus genotype 1 infected patients undergoing pegylated interferon, ribavirin combination therapy. Results on the importance of vitamin D levels are conflicting. In the present study, a comprehensive analysis of vitamin D levels before and during therapy together with single nucleotide polymorphisms involved in vitamin D metabolism in the context of other known treatment predictors has been performed.
In a well characterized prospective cohort of 398 genotype 1 infected patients treated with pegylated interferon-α and ribavirin for 24–72 weeks (INDIV-2 study) 25-OH-vitamin D levels and different single nucleotide polymorphisms were analyzed together with known biochemical parameters for a correlation with virologic treatment outcome.
Fluctuations of more than 5 (10) ng/ml in 25-OH-vitamin D-levels have been observed in 66 (39) % of patients during the course of antiviral therapy and neither pretreatment nor under treatment 25-OH-vitamin D-levels were associated with treatment outcome. The DHCR7-TT-polymorphism within the 7-dehydrocholesterol-reductase showed a significant association (P = 0.031) to sustained viral response in univariate analysis. Among numerous further parameters analyzed we found that age (OR = 1.028, CI = 1.002–1.056, P = 0.035), cholesterol (OR = 0.983, CI = 0.975–0.991, P<0.001), ferritin (OR = 1.002, CI = 1.000–1.004, P = 0.033), gGT (OR = 1.467, CI = 1.073–2.006, P = 0.016) and IL28B-genotype (OR = 2.442, CI = 1.271–4.695, P = 0.007) constituted the strongest predictors of treatment response.
While 25-OH-vitamin D-levels levels show considerable variations during the long-lasting course of antiviral therapy they do not show any significant association to treatment outcome in genotype 1 infected patients.
Citation: Grammatikos G, Lange C, Susser S, Schwendy S, Dikopoulos N, et al. (2014) Vitamin D Levels Vary during Antiviral Treatment but Are Unable to Predict Treatment Outcome in HCV Genotype 1 Infected Patients. PLoS ONE 9(2): e87974. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0087974
Editor: Kostas Pantopoulos, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research/McGill University, Canada
Received: October 14, 2013; Accepted: December 31, 2013; Published: February 7, 2014
Copyright: © 2014 Grammatikos et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Funding: KB is supported by the European Union FP7 program NAIMIT, grant agreement 241447. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Competing interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Almost 3% of the world population is chronically infected with hepatitis c virus (HCV) and thus potentially confronted with life-threatening complications such as liver cirrhosis and liver cancer[1]. During permanent attempts to improve therapeutic strategies, beside the recent approval of two novel direct acting antiviral compounds [2], several predictors of treatment response have been identified [3] with recent studies including gamma-glutamyl-transferase (gGT) [4], cholesterol [5], early viral kinetics [6], interferon-γ-inducible-protein-10 (IP10) [7], ferritin [8] and the interleukin-28B (IL28B) polymorphism [9] as further important predictors of sustained viral response (SVR) as well. However, the pursuit of further surrogate factors able to optimize therapeutic regimes remains challenging.
Beside the above mentioned parameters many studies suggested vitamin D (VitD) as an additional predictor of SVR, whereas low pretreatment levels of 25-OH-Vitamin D3 (25(OH)D3) (<20 ng/ml) associated significantly with low responsiveness to antiviral therapy[10]–[14]. However, recent findings also indicate that the pretreatment concentration of VitD is not always capable of predicting treatment outcome in chronic HCV infection [15] as well as in HCV/HIV-coinfected patients [16], [17]. Moreover, serum concentrations of 25(OH)D3 are getting affected by various factors such as nutrition, comorbidities and seasonal sunlight exposure [18] and since an additional hydroxylation step is needed, 25(OH)D3-levels just offer an indirect association to the active form of VitD, 1,25(OH)2D3. The latter has a half-life of only 4 hours and is detectable in much lower serum concentrations than 25(OH)D3. 1,25(OH)2D3 is additionally strongly affected by the serum levels of calcium, phosphate and parathyroid hormone with clinical guidelines still recommending the routine assessment of 25(OH)D3 as the appropriate parameter in order to monitor the VitD status of patients [19]. In this context genetic polymorphisms within key enzymes regulating the pathophysiology of VitD have been shown to affect substantially VitD signaling in clinical diseases [20], [21]. In chronic HCV infection genetic polymorphisms within VitD binding proteins [12], the CYP27B1-hydroxylase [22] and the VitD-receptor [23] have been shown to correlate significantly with the outcome of antiviral therapy.
Purpose of the present study is therefore to evaluate the predictive potential of serum VitD levels both prior to as well as during antiviral therapy in a large (n = 398), well characterized cohort of genotype 1 HCV infected patients treated prospectively with pegylated interferon-α (PEG-IFNα) and ribavirin (RBV) for 24–72 weeks (INDIV-2 study) [24]. Since liver histology and genetic data were available in the majority of patients, we additionally evaluated genetic polymorphisms within major enzymes regulating 25(OH)D3- and 1,25(OH)2D3-concentrations,CYP2R1, CYP27B1, DHCR7, CYP24A1 and within VitD binding proteins (DBP). Findings concerning the prediction of treatment outcome were further analyzed in association with several prognostic parameters being available prior to initiation, during and after completion of antiviral therapy in our patient cohort.


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This recently converted 3 bedrooms' farmhouse is situated in a private alley in the village edge of Xaghra. Entrance into a hallway consists leading to the open plan kitchen, dining and living room, overlooking the large south facing pool and deck area.
On ground floor there the first twin bedroom and a spare family bathroom. The stone staircase leads to the first floor with the other 2 ensuite bedrooms; with 1 double bed with terrace overlooking pool and another twin bedroom with an extra bunk bed.
Pool Dimensions - 8 x 4 Meters
Kindly note that price does not include Malta Eco Tax, we are required by law to collect it on arrival from all tourists, including locals from the age of 18 and over. The tax is € 0.50c per person for each night spent on the Maltese Islands. Capped at a maximum of €5 per person for each continuous stay. This is paid locally in cash only and collected at check in by one of our staff.
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Included in this accommodation: All beds will be prepared with the appropriate bed linen, along with extra blankets in the wardrobes should you need further layers. In addition to this, you will also be provided with 2 towels per person – which will be placed on the beds ready for use.
The bedrooms are equipped with AC units that are available with an electronic coin system (€1 & €2 coins) installed at property with a screen to display the credit remaining, each AC unit consumes around € 2 per night.
We will also provide all bookings with 1x dishwasher tablet and 1x washing machine tablet per night of your stay.
Maid service is included when you book for 7 nights or more.
Please view our to view full maids schedule and other important information about what's included in booking and our section for information about Airport transfers and Car hire.
Please view our FAQ page for important information about what's included in your holiday home and our Getting to Gozo section for information about Airport transfers and Car hire.
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Double bedroom x 1
Twin bedroom (2 beds) x 1
Twin bedroom (2 beds) + Bunk Bed x 2
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Xaghra also boasts of unique prehistoric temples, which are the oldest standing structures in the world, and together with the burial grounds found close by, are a magnet for historians and archaeologists from all over the world. The main village square with its restaurants and an established café atmosphere is situated 20 minutes' walk from property.
It is also within a short distance of the island's main summer resort of Marsalforn, with its excellent swimming spots, restaurants, bars, and bustling summer crowds. Closest restaurants. Xaghra square is surrounded with mouth-watering restaurants.
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"Had an amazing time and everything we needed was provided at the farmhouse! Would definitely stay again! Thanks guys!"
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"Alles Super. Vielen Dank für den schönen Urlaub. "
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Depending on availability we can be flexible on times, please enquire.
We try to meet all guests arriving up to 19:00 hours for check in at the property. Guests that are arriving after 19:00 will be given a link with directions and a 4-digit code to retrieve the key which will open the front door. Please view our Arrival details form
No fees charged for bookings cancelled within 48 hours of booking, not applicable for bookings done 48 hours from arrival date.
We strongly advise all guests to purchase travel insurance, in case of the unfortunate event in which you need to cancel your holiday.
All requests to cancel a booking must be made in writing and must be signed by the person who made the booking. You must then post or email the request to Baron Holiday Homes.
If your request to cancel your booking is received more than 180 days before the booking was due to start, we will refund your deposit in full.
Requests to cancel a booking received between 30 and 179 days before the booking was due to start will incur a penalty charge of 10% of the deposit. The remainder of the deposit will ONLY be refunded if the accommodation is re-let for the full period of the intended stay.
Requests to cancel a booking received less than 30 days before the booking was due to start, will incur a penalty charge of 10% of the whole amount already paid.
The remainder of the payment will ONLY be refunded if the accommodation is re-let for the full period of the intended stay.
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All children are welcome.
Children under 2 years at check in, stay free of charge when sleeping with parents or in a baby cot. We can offer 1 baby cot free of charge, additional baby cots are charged at €5 per night (these will include bed linen and 2 towels)
Folding beds can be provided for you, at an extra charge of € 10 per night.
Any type of extra bed or child's cot/crib is subject to availability, which subsequently needs to be confirmed by management in writing. All requests must be made at least 1 week prior to your arrival date.
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Pets are allowed on request and must be approved in writing, if approved there is € 15 per night fee, capped at € 45 total.
Parties/events are not allowed, under any circumstances.
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The wonderful island of Gozo is a small tranquil place. In order to ensure you don't disturb the local surroundings, we kindly recommend that you keep the volume down at all times - especially between 22:00 and 9am.
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The contribution is payable by all tourists who are 18 years or older irrespective of nationality (including locals). It amounts to €0.50 per person for each night payable in cash at check in, spent on the Maltese Islands at any type of accommodation. The contribution is capped at a maximum of €5 for each continuous stay. This applies also to twin-centre stays in Malta and Gozo.
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From €250 to €440 per night
A rare one of a kind Gozo farmhouse with indoor heated pool, underfloor heating and air-conditioning, breathtaking countryside & distant sea views.
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From €120 to €265 per night
Original farmhouse converted into a beautiful property with private pool, air-conditioning, free Wi-Fi.
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From €130 to €320 per night
A newly built semi-detached villa with traditional features, private pool, air-conditioning, amazing country and Citadel views
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