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Preparing for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis
Spring 2011
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What if a person at risk of HIV infection could start taking preventative medications on a regular basis before being exposed to HIV to reduce their risk of infection?
This strategy, known as pre-exposure prophylaxis (or PrEP), is beginning to show promise in research studies and could potentially provide another much needed prevention option for those at risk of infection. Despite its promise, this strategy raises a number of concerns and -- if we aren't prepared -- its introduction could end up doing more harm than good.
PrEP to Prevent HIV Infection
PrEP refers to the use of a medication before an exposure in order to prevent a disease or a condition. For example, medications are commonly used to prevent malaria, tuberculosis and pregnancy.
PrEP to prevent HIV infection would use the same anti-HIV medications as those used to treat people who are HIV-positive. To reduce the risk of infection of HIV-negative individuals, anti-HIV medications would need to be taken on a regular basis both before and after a potential exposure.
This strategy should not be confused with post-exposure prophylaxis (or PEP), which is the use of antiretrovirals after a potential exposure for a limited period of time (28 days).
The Different Flavours of PrEP
PrEP is one of the most promising biomedical HIV prevention tools in development and is beginning to garner the attention of the media. Headlines such as "A pill a day to keep HIV away" or "Will a pill a day keep HIV at bay?" are catchy but they don't tell the whole story. Taking an anti-HIV pill daily is one possible way PrEP could be used, but it's not the only strategy in development.
In addition to a pill taken orally, the anti-HIV medications used for PrEP could be available in a variety of forms, such as a gel applied topically to the vagina or rectum, a ring inserted into the vagina, or an injection. Researchers are also looking into different dosing schedules, including the use of anti-HIV drugs daily, intermittently (once or twice a week) or coitally (before and after sex).
The Changing Terminology: Microbicides as a Form of PrEP
To those who know what a microbicide is, a gel applied to the vagina or rectum may sound very familiar. A microbicide is an experimental strategy that would involve applying a product -- such as a gel, film or suppository -- into the vagina or rectum to block HIV infection. Although the idea is simple enough, it has been difficult for researchers to figure out what needs to be put in a microbicide for it to work.
Early microbicides contained a variety of chemicals that all failed to reduce the risk of HIV transmission. After several studies produced disappointing results, researchers were forced to re-consider what they were putting into their microbicides and now the majority of newer microbicides in development contain anti-HIV medications.
Microbicides and PrEP are often referred to as distinct prevention strategies but newer microbicides that contain anti-HIV drugs fall under the definition of PrEP -- the use of medications before a potential exposure to prevent a disease. Recognizing medication-based microbicides as a form of PrEP is important because the use of anti-HIV drugs in HIV-negative individuals, whether in pill or gel form, raises cross-cutting concerns, which are the main focus of this article and are discussed later.1
What Is Being Researched?
Although many PrEP strategies are being researched, only a few are in the latter stages of development, including:
These strategies are being researched in a variety of populations, including men who have sex with men, injection drug users, heterosexual serodiscordant couples and heterosexual women. These studies are nearing completion and the results are expected by 2013.
Unfortunately, we won't know in the near future if all types of PrEP will work. Some important PrEP strategies are at the earlier stages of development or lack funding. Therefore, information on their effectiveness may not be available for many years. These strategies include:
(AVAC: Global Advocacy for HIV Prevention tracks the latest information on PrEP research studies currently underway.)
What Evidence Is Available So Far -- Does PrEP Work?
In 2010, two studies released exciting results showing that two different PrEP strategies -- (1) a gel applied vaginally before and after sex and (2) a pill taken daily -- were able to reduce the risk of HIV infection when used by certain populations.
While the results of these studies are promising and show that anti-HIV medications used consistently before and after an exposure can reduce the risk of HIV infection, we still need additional studies to confirm these results before regulatory approval is possible. Research studies currently underway that are investigating PrEP in other populations will tell us more about the effectiveness of these PrEP strategies when used to protect against other routes of HIV transmission.
Partial Protection -- A Cause for Concern
From a quick look at the available evidence, we can see that it's unlikely that PrEP will be highly protective against HIV infection. The PrEP strategies investigated in both the iPrEx and CAPRISA studies provided only moderate protection against HIV and infections still occurred among people using PrEP (even in those who consistently adhered to their medication schedule -- taking a pill every day or applying a gel before and after sex).
Partially protective prevention tools raise several issues. One major concern is the possibility that people using PrEP will engage in more risk behaviours because they falsely believe that they are highly protected against HIV infection. It will be important to develop accurate messaging about the level of protection PrEP provides so people using PrEP can make informed decisions related to their risk-taking behaviours. Partial protection is a potentially challenging concept to communicate and understand. The level of protection provided by PrEP will also influence important decisions made by regulatory authorities and public health agencies related to PrEP access, such as if and when PrEP will become available, who will get it, and how much it will cost.
Our lack of previous experience with partially protective tools may mean that we are unprepared to address these challenges and decisions. Moderately protective tools are uncommon in disease prevention and many of the technologies available to prevent diseases other than HIV, such as childhood vaccines, are highly effective and often provide close to 100% protection. Strategies that are currently available to prevent HIV infection, particularly those that help someone avoid exposure in the first place -- such as condoms, clean needles, HIV testing and reducing the number of sexual partners -- are also highly protective if used consistently.
Because of this partial effectiveness, PrEP will only be beneficial if it does not replace condom use. However, PrEP could reduce HIV infections if it is made available to individuals who are not otherwise willing or able to use condoms. We all know that there are lots of reasons why people don't use condoms either through choice or lack of choice.
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The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission now has a mobile application for users of Android-based phones and tablets.
The application provides all of the features of the popular AGFC iPhone application, which was released in 2009. The popular app has been downloaded over 80,000 times. In 2012 over 28 percent of hunters checked their game using the iPhone application.
The iPhone application was very successful, according to AGFC Chief of Communications Nancy Ledbetter. "We have a growing number of users with Android phones, and we're proud to offer this mobile application to help them access information from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission while they are outdoors enjoying Arkansas' natural resources."
The AGFC Android application provides information and services for hunters, anglers and outdoor enthusiasts enjoying The Natural State. Hunters can check game, view season dates and bag limits. Anglers can view fishing reports, use the fish identification search, and see Arkansas record catches.
A personalized trophy case allows users to upload their photos and trophy information which can be shared on Facebook, AGFC.com and email. Daily news and alert notifications with links to AGFC Twitter and Facebook pages are available. Also included are links to purchase licenses on AGFC.COM. There have been more than 10,500 downloads at https://play.google.com/store/search?q=agfc&c=apps since the application launched.

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The construction of the German radar satellite TanDEM-X (TerraSAR-X add-on for Digital Elevation Measurement) is complete and the satellite has been qualified for space operations during a series of tests conducted at IABG in Ottobrunn, near Munich. As with its 'twin' satellite TerraSAR-X, the TanDEM-X project has been implemented as a public-private partnership (PPP) between the German Aerospace Centre (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) and Friedrichshafen-based Astrium GmbH.
On 11 May, the satellite will set off on the first leg of its journey – from Munich airport to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Lift-off aboard a Russian Dnepr launcher is scheduled for 21 June 2010.
With the almost identical TerraSAR-X satellite, operational since 2007, TanDEM-X will gather data for a digital elevation model portraying Earth's landmasses in unprecedented quality. Collecting the data for this new model will take three years. To do this, TanDEM-X and TerraSAR-X will form a radar interferometer. The satellites will fly in close formation, only a few hundred metres apart, enabling terrain images to be acquired simultaneously from different viewing angles. The two satellites are scheduled to map the complete land area of Earth –150 million square kilometres – on a 12-metre grid and with a relative vertical accuracy of less than 2 metres.
DLR will operate TanDEM-X and its ground segment
IABG conducted extensive tests to space qualify the satellite. The programme covered testing of electromagnetic compatibility, thermal-vacuum tests including solar simulation, vibration tests, acoustic tests and the determination of the satellite's mass properties. A special feature of the campaign was the 'boom-release' test, which investigated the shock loads on the satellite due to antenna deployment. The tests were conducted by IABG in its Ottobrunn space centre, one of the ESA-coordinated test centres.
The PPP agreement between Astrium and DLR includes the regulation of the financing of TanDEM-X and the utilisation of its data. The partners have jointly financed the 85 million Euro cost of building the satellite, with DLR contributing 59 million Euro and Astrium 26 million Euro. DLR is also developing the ground segment required to support the mission and is responsible for mission planning and implementation, as well as for the control of both satellites and the generation of the digital elevation model. DLR's Microwaves and Radar Institute (Institut für Hochfrequenztechnik und Radarsysteme) coordinates data exploitation for scientific purposes.
Key project for satellite-borne radar technology
The decisive advantage of satellite-based Earth mapping is the generation of a globally consistent and homogeneous elevation model with no discontinuity at regional or national borders and no inconsistencies resulting from the use of different measurement procedures or from measurement campaigns conducted in phases over a period of time. The radar plays a decisive role here, since it can operate completely independent of weather and cloud cover, day and night. At present, the procedure is unparalleled and is receiving particular attention in the USA. TanDEM-X is key to demonstrating, safeguarding and extending German competence and competitiveness in the field of satellite-based radar technology.
Germany will acquire a digital elevation model of Earth – an attractive and unique data product – which, in addition to possible scientific applications, can be used by organisations such as the Center for Satellite-Based Crisis Information (Zentrum für satellitengestützte Kriseninformation; ZKI) and by programmes and initiatives, such as GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security) and GEOSS (Global Earth Observation System of Systems), and also in security-related cooperation agreements.
Commercial utilisation
Similar to TerraSAR-X, the commercial exploitation of TanDEM-X's data and derived products is part of the PPP agreement between DLR and Astrium. Infoterra GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Astrium based in Friedrichshafen and founded in 2001, is responsible for the adaptation of the elevation model to meet the needs of commercial users and for its marketing worldwide.
Since the commencement of TerraSAR-X operations in early 2008, Infoterra has established a solid position in the global market for Earth observation data and services and has set up a distribution network with more than 50 partners in 33 countries. This promising business base will also be used to market TanDEM-X data and products. The fields of application are versatile and range from increased efficiency in the production of oil, gas or minerals through improved crisis mission planning and better prediction of the impacts of disaster situations to more focussed preparation of defence and security missions. Most importantly, in many countries all over the world, the persons responsible for cartography will obtain improved elevation information for standard maps thanks to this precise and up-to-date source of data.


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Politics and Thai Studies BA (Full time) 2018 start
Key facts
UCAS code: LTG3
Start date: September 2018
4 years full time
Typical A-level offer: ABB
UK/EU fees See fees section below
International fees £17,500 (per year)
Language requirements
IELTS 7.0 overall, with no less than 6.5 in any component
Study abroad option: Yes
Work placement option: Yes
Politics allows you an in-depth understanding of the institutions and practices of modern political systems, as well as the theories that underpin them and the ways in which they shape, and are shaped by, society. A combination of core and optional modules will give you a firm grounding in political ideas, challenges and institutions around the world, while allowing you to develop specialist knowledge in areas that suit your interests.
Thai Studies is a fantastic opportunity to become proficient in Thai language while developing an understanding of the politics, society and culture of a fast-growing and vibrant country. Core modules will develop your language skills and introduce you to the nations history. Youll then be able to choose from a wide range of optional modules exploring the history, culture and politics of Asia Pacific more broadly, from Chinese history to Japanese politics and East Asian religions.Back to top
Course content
A Joint Honours degree allows you to study the same core topics as students on each Single Honours course, but you'll take fewer options and discovery modules so you can fit in both subjects. You'll study one of our Cornerstone modules in Year 1 to draw your two subjects together, and apply your knowledge and skills to a major research project in either subject in your final year.
Core modules in your first year will allow you to explore the similarities and differences between political systems and introduce you to key concepts, theories and ideas in politics. In the following year youll develop this knowledge by choosing from a range of optional modules on topics like security, electioneering and politics from the US to Africa, Europe and Asia Pacific. Youll continue to pursue these interests by choosing from an even wider range of optional modules in your final year.
Thai Studies
In your first year intensive core language modules will develop your spoken and written Thai, and choose from optional modules on topics such as development in South East Asia or Japanese cultural history. Then youll travel to Thailand, where youll sharpen your language skills and experience Thai culture. When you return youll spend the next two years in advanced language classes and choose from further optional modules, where youll learn about recent Thai history and explore the fascinating cultures, societies and politics of countries across East Asia.
Course structure
These are typical modules/components studied and may change from time to time. Read more in our Terms and conditions.
Year 1
Compulsory modules
|Basic Thai Language and Culture 1
|20 credits
|Basic Thai Language and Culture 2
|20 credits
|IT for LCS Students
|5 credits
|Politics, Culture and Society
|20 credits
|Comparative Politics
|20 credits
|Freedom, Power and Resistance: An Introduction to Political Ideas
|20 credits
Optional modules
|History and Culture of Early Imperial China
|10 credits
|Modern China
|10 credits
|Foundations of East Asia
|20 credits
|Introduction to Religious and Philosophical Texts of East Asia
|20 credits
|Introduction to East Asian Religions
|20 credits
Year 2
Compulsory modules
|Year Abroad in Thailand
|120 credits
Year 3
Compulsory modules
|The Making of Modern Thailand
|20 credits
|Intermediate Thai Language and Culture 1
|20 credits
|Intermediate Thai Language and Culture 2
|20 credits
Year 4
Compulsory modules
|Advanced Thai Language and Culture I
|20 credits
|Advanced Thai language and Culture II
|20 credits
|Final year project
Optional modules
|South East Asia in the Global Context
|20 credits
|Buddhism: A Lived Tradition
|20 credits
|Britain and the EU
|20 credits
|Europe in the World
|20 credits
For more information on typical modules, read Politics and Thai Studies BA in the course catalogue
Broadening your academic horizons
At Leeds we want you to benefit from the depth and breadth of the University's expertise, to prepare you for success in an ever-changing and challenging world. This course gives you the opportunity to broaden your learning by studying discovery modules. Find out more on the Broadening webpages.
Learning and teaching
Our tutors are experts in their fields, and their teaching is informed by their own cutting-edge research.
We use a range of teaching methods to help you benefit from their expertise, including lectures, seminars, tutorials or occasionally workshops. However, independent study is also central to this degree, since it allows you to develop your skills in research and analysis. You will be able to apply your skills and knowledge in a Final Year Research Project on a topic of your own choice.
Entry requirements, fees and applying
Entry requirements
A-level: ABB
Access to HE Diploma
Pass diploma with 60 credits overall, including at least 45 credits at level 3, of which 30 credits must be at Distinction and 15 credits at Merit or higher. An interview and a piece of written work may also be required.
BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma: DDM. Other BTEC qualifications are also considered. Please contact the Admissions Office for more information.
Cambridge Pre-U
International Baccalaureate
34 points overall including 16 at Higher Level
Irish Highers (Leaving Certificate)
Scottish Highers / Advanced Highers
BB in Advanced Highers and AABBB in Highers, or B in Advanced Highers and AAABB in Highers, or AABBBB in Highers
Welsh Baccalaureate
The Welsh Baccalaureate is not typically included in the academic conditions of an offer made to you for this course. If you choose to undertake the Welsh Baccalaureate we would strongly encourage you to draw upon these experiences within your personal statement, as your qualification will then be taken into account both when your application is initially considered by the selection panel and again when reviewed by the admissions tutor at the time your A-level results are passed to us.
Other Qualifications
European Baccalaureate: 77%
Read more about UK and Republic of Ireland accepted qualifications or contact the Schools Undergraduate Admissions Team.
When an applicant is taking the EPQ in a relevant subject this might be considered alongside other Level 3 qualifications and may attract an alternative offer in addition to the standard offer. If you are taking A Levels, this would be BBB at A Level and grade A in the EPQ.
Alternative entry
Were committed to identifying the best possible applicants, regardless of personal circumstances or background.
Access to Leeds is an alternative admissions scheme which accepts applications from individuals who might be from low income households, in the first generation of their immediate family to apply to higher education, or have had their studies disrupted.
Find out more about Access to Leeds and alternative admissions.
BBC at A Level and pass Access to Leeds
We accept a range of international equivalent qualifications. For more information contact the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies Undergraduate Admissions team.
English language requirementsIELTS 7.0 overall, with no less than 6.5 in any component. For other English qualifications, read English language equivalent qualifications.
Improve your English
If you're an international student and you don't meet the English language requirements for this programme, you may be able to study our undergraduate pre-sessional English course, to help improve your English language level.
How to apply
Apply to this course through UCAS. The institution code for the University of Leeds is L23. Check the deadline for applications on the UCAS website.
International students apply through UCAS in the same way as UK/EU students. Our network of international representatives can help you with your application. If you're unsure about the application process, contact the admissions team for help.
Read about visas, immigration and other information in International students. We recommend that international students apply as early as possible to ensure that they have time to apply for their visa.
Admissions policy
School of Languages, Cultures and Societies Undergraduate Admissions Policy
UK/EU: See fees section below
International: £17,500 (per year)
For UK and non-UK EU full-time students starting in 2018, the fee for 2018/19 will be £9,250.
For UK and non-UK EU full-time students starting in 2019, the fee for 2019/20 will be £9,250.
The fee may increase in future years of your course in line with inflation, and as permitted by law. For example, the increase of 2.8% in 2017/18 was based on the government's forecast for the RPI-X measure of inflation.
The UK government has confirmed that non-UK EU students starting in the 2019/20 academic year will have home fee status and be eligible for UK government student loans. The UK government has not confirmed the situation for future years, so keep checking our website for updates.
If you take a study abroad or work placement year, youll pay a reduced tuition fee during this period. For more information, see Study abroad and work placement tuition fees and loans.
Read more about paying fees and charges.
Financial support
If you have the talent and drive, we want you to be able to study with us, whatever your financial circumstances. There is help for students in the form of loans and non-repayable grants from the University and from the government. Find out more in our Undergraduate funding overview.Back to top
Career opportunities
Studying for a Joint Honours degree allows you to gain an in-depth knowledge of two subjects, including proficiency in a major world language. As well as demonstrating that youre intellectually versatile, your degree will equip you with a wide range of skills across different disciplines that employers actively seek.
Youll have good research skills, and youll be able to analyse complex information from multiple sources before drawing your own conclusions. Youll then be able to communicate and defend your views clearly, either verbally or in writing. In addition, youll have strong research and organisational skills and be confident working independently or in a team. You will also have a strong understanding of cultural diversity, allowing you to work effectively with people whose backgrounds differ from yours.
All of these qualities are very attractive to employers, and graduates have pursued careers across the globe that reflect the diversity of their degrees. Theyve gone on to be successful in education, the media, law, publishing, the civil service, business and finance and the charity sector to name a few. Many others have also pursued postgraduate study, including further training in language-based careers such as translating and interpreting.
To find out more about graduate destinations in your subjects, please see the relevant Single Honours pages.
Careers support
We encourage you to prepare for your career from day one. Thats one of the reasons Leeds graduates are so sought after by employers.
Leeds for Life is our unique approach to helping you make the most of University by supporting your academic and personal development. Find out more at the Leeds for Life website.
The Careers Centre and staff in your faculty provide a range of help and advice to help you plan your career and make well-informed decisions along the way, even after you graduate. Find out more at the Careers website.Back to top
Placement opportunities
Residence abroad
After your first year, youll spend a year at Chiang Mai University in Thailand to benefit from expert teaching in Thai language and culture. Its a fantastic way to develop your knowledge and language skills. But between classes, youll have plenty of opportunities to travel and explore the country, getting a real insight into life in Thailand.
Read more about Residence Abroad in East Asian Studies
Work placements
Practical work experience can help you decide on your career and improve your employability. On this course you have the option to apply to take a placement year module with organisations across the public, private and voluntary sectors in the UK, or overseas.
Find out more about work experience on the Careers website.
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2 children injured in Concord crash
Traffic rerouted on Route 106
Police said five people were hospitalized after a three-car crash on Route 106 in Concord on Friday evening. At least two of the injured people were children.
Officers at the scene said a minivan driving North on Route 106 was broadsided by a pickup truck as it made a left turn into the Walmart parking lot.
One of those vehicles hit a sedan waiting to turn into traffic.
"It's not entirely clear because it's still under investigation who is at fault," Concord police Sgt. Clifford Kahrs. "But clearly somebody failed to yield to another driver."
Traffic from Route 106 south was diverted to Loudon Road, and the northbound side was down to one lane.


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By Phil Stewart and David Alexander
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Just over half of the 183 nuclear missile launch officers at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana have been implicated in a widening exam cheating scandal, the Air Force said on Thursday, acknowledging it had "systemic" problem within its ranks.
The cheating was discovered during an investigation into illegal drug possession among airmen, when test answers were found in a text message on one missile launch officer's cell phone. The Air Force initially said 34 officers either knew about the cheating or cheated themselves.
But Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James told a Pentagon news conference on Thursday that the total number of implicated officers had grown to 92, all of them at Malmstrom, one of three nuclear missile wings overseeing America's 450 inter-continental missiles, or ICBMs.
"I believe now that we do have systemic problems within the force," James said. "We do have systemic issues out there and we need to address this holistically.
James expressed confidence in the safety of America's nuclear arsenal, despite the scandal, saying there were multiple checks to ensure nuclear launch officers knew how to do their jobs. She said the entire force had been re-tested.
But she also said all 92 implicated officers had been decertified and pulled from their missile duties. The Air Force said that meant remaining launch officers were doing extra shifts, and officers with the missile launch backgrounds were being pulled from other assignments to supplement the force.
"I'll tell you right up front, there's been no operational impact and we do not see an operational impact in the mission at Malmstrom Air Force Base," Lieutenant General Stephen Wilson, the head of the Air Force's Global Strike Command.
Officials said they did not believe the cheating extended to the other missile wings since the tests at each base were different, meaning answers cannot be shared between bases.
The scandal is the largest single case of cheating in recent memory in America's nuclear missile forces, which are struggling with questions about discipline and morale in the post-Cold War era, when other missions, including the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, garner more attention and resources.
But the exam cheating is only the latest embarrassment for the nuclear force. James acknowledged on Tuesday that 13 airmen were under investigation for illegal drug possession, up from 11. That includes three nuclear missile launch officers.
The head of the U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile force, Air Force Major General Michael Carey, was fired in October for getting drunk and carousing with women while leading a government delegation to Moscow for talks on nuclear security.
According to an investigation by the Inspector General of the Air Force, Carey was at one point said to be slurring his words on a delegation trip to a local monastery and asked repeatedly for a chance to sing with a Beatles cover band at a Mexican restaurant.
The cheating scandal itself is an early test for James, who last year became the second woman to take over the Air Force's top civilian job. She has so far seized the issue, addressing the Pentagon media twice on the matter this month, and committing to handle the matter transparently.
James, who visited the nuclear missile wings last week, has said over the past two days that the problems within the nuclear missile force were in part cultural, with airmen not "wanting to report on their buddies.
Beyond a lack of integrity and poor judgment among airmen, she has also blamed the decision to cheat on a test-driven culture within the nuclear force, which must consistently score a passing grade of at least 90 percent correct on exams.
"I heard repeatedly from teammates that the need for perfection has created a climate of undue stress and fear. Fear about the future. Fear about promotions. Fear about what will happen to them in their careers," she added.
(Reporting by Phil Stewart; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)


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In 1935, in Morton County, Kan., 2-year-old Rena Marie Coen succumbed to dust pneumonia, one of a countless number of tragedies caused by one of the worst human-made environmental disasters in history, the Dust Bowl.
In April 2012, three men stand at Rena Maries grave and weep. Two are her brothers, Dale, 90, and Floyd, 87, who still mourn their baby sister. The third: Filmmaker Ken Burns, whose two-part documentary, The Dust Bowl, will air Sunday and Monday on PBS.
The Coens are two of the aged survivors of the Dust Bowl who share memories of loss and hardship in Burns film.
I havent really ever gotten over it, Dale says of Rena Marie in the film, his eyes filled with tears. It was bad, bad, bad.
Early 1935 is an awfully long time ago, says Burns, relating that private cemetery visit. But both of them breaking down and crying as if the death had happened yesterday, thats the spectacular thing about time and memory and that DNA that eventually forms what we call story or history.
For Burns, whose own mother died from cancer when he was 11, the visit stirred up emotions.
How much of it was grief for my mother, how much of it was empathy for Floyd and Dale, and how much was thinking about a little girl and having little girls (Burns has four, ages 2 to 30) and all of that is mixed in.
The decimation of the soil on the Southern plains in the 1930s, brought on by drought, greed and destructive farming practices, was exacerbated by winds that lifted hundreds of tons of roiling topsoil and sand into the air. It blackened the sky, killed crops and suffocated livestock. Add in Depression economics, and countless farm families were brought to their knees.
Cal Crabill, 88, who lived on a cattle ranch near Holly, recalls the day school was let out early as a dust storm and clouds began bearing down.
Black, black clouds, he says in an interview. It was as loud as anything I ever heard, including thunderstorms and a hurricane at sea, and it was great fear.
You can talk about the Dust Bowl and you can tell a good story, but unless you have people remembering what it was like, we didnt think that the real drama of it would be there, says Burns. And each day of the filmmaking process, he says, was a revelation of discovery of the extensiveness of the storms, the 10-year apocalypse that it was, the fact that it was a man-made ecological disaster.
The bedrock of any of his films, The Civil War to Baseball, says Burns, is emotional archaeology. ... We werent just interested in excavating dry dates and facts and events, but looking for some higher emotional glue that would make all those date and times and events stick together and coalesce.
After completing 2007s The War, telling the story of World War II through the men and women who lived through it, Burns and his partners realized there was no time to waste locating those who lived through the Dust Bowl. Many of the witnesses would be older than the witnesses to WWII.
Burns doesnt draw comparisons to contemporary concerns about drought and global warming, but hopes the film leads people to think about environmental issues.
We just want to tell a good story, he says. Were not unmindful of the fact that these have resonances in the present, and to say we would hope that the film could itself be a catalyst for conversation of an environmental nature today.
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Friday, January 27, 2012
into thin air and back again
It's been a little bit of a hectic week. On call Tuesday night, flew out to Sacramento Wednesday to give two talks at UC Davis on Thursday...
(Which, while on the subject, thank you, UC Davis! You were lovely and gracious hosts and an impressively progressive school to boot. I have no doubt that you're producing some of the nations finest future doctors, and the administrative attention to the well-being of those future doctors is so admirable. Bravo to you all.)
...and then hopped back on a red-eye back Thursday night which dropped me back off in Atlanta at 6:00am this morning, in time to take Cal to school. Then I went home and slept in my bed, like a lot. Well, four hours. But it felt like a lot. Now I'm all woozy and I don't know where I am or what time it is. And it is to this that I attribute the fact that Cal totally creamed me in chess twice this afternoon.
Now GRANTED I haven't played chess in over ten years (like, I couldn't remember which side the queen went on the board relative to the king) and GRANTED I gave Cal a couple of do-overs ("Are you sure you want to do that?" is my usual warning for him to re-think his last move), but also, I fully admit that I am terrible at chess. Also Cal has just started reading this new chess strategy book (the book says says its for kids but I tried to read it and I could not understand what they were talking about--it was like reading a deck of cards, or deciphering glyphs on some kind of Da Vinci Code-esque ancient rune) so now he's learning tactics and saying things like ROOK SACRIFICE KNIGHT FORK and I am still...not good at chess. Like, at all.
Anyway, we ordered pizza for dinner and now we're all going to vegetate and play Lego Star Wars Wii and then I'm going to sleep some more and maybe obsess a little bit more about whether or not that fact that I'm more nauseous and more run-down with this pregnancy than with my first two means something. My first instinct is just that I'm older now than I was the first two times around, and therefore infinitely more decrepit. But then, of course, it could also possibly (possibly) mean this.
I have an appointment on Wednesday, at which point my OB offered an ultrasound to confirm the position and dangle (or lack thereof) of Thing 3's bits, so place your bets now.
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I also vote girl (even though I had a girl, but had no morning sickness whatsoever).ReplyDelete
- Anonymous9:48 PM
You're having another boy, if only because you gave away all the boys' old stuff and therefore sorta jinxed yourself -- because you'll be lamenting having to buy all new boy baby clothes again! If it were a girl it would all be alright, but I'm a medical person and too superstitious to not believe in the self-jinx (aka, I don't say the Q-word on call nights.) Either way, good luck with the ultrasound.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous11:27 PM
I found your blog a few months ago during my first semester of my undergraduate degree and found it so inspiring as I have dreams of both motherhood and medical school. Coincidentally, both my boyfriend and sister bought me your book for Christmas (my sister hadn't even heard about your blog or known that I knew about it!)... read it and loved it. I literally gasped with excitement when I found out you were having your third... I have a feeling it's a girl :) Can't wait to find out!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous11:37 PM
Not to be a bummer, but after two boys, I had a pregnancy with huge differences (suddenly sugar made me super sick to my stomach and I'd never had issues before, I was having very different cravings, etc.)...and, we had boy #3. Which was fine, because God knows I'm a good boy mom.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12:58 AM
When I was pregnant w/my son (our older child), I had morning sickness, but it started @ 6 weeks and immediately ended right @ 12 weeks and while it was awful while it was going on, it was nothing compared to how I felt while pregnant w/our little girl. I was so sick that most nights I had to either sit very quietly on the couch or in our bed because I felt so terrible. Even after the queasiness somewhat subsided @ about 14 weeks...I still just felt crummy for pretty much the rest of the pregnancy until I delivered (and then, just like that I felt SO much better). Good luck--it will be interesting to see if it's boy #3 or a girl :D.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous1:59 AM
And UC Davis loves you! Thank you so much for stopping by and being so inspirational, especially to young ladies that need strong role models in medicine. I convinced some of my classmates to start reading your blog and book because I can't stop talking about how wonderful you are. =) It's great to know that you can have a life outside of medicine and your blog is a prime example of how it can be done.ReplyDelete
- Jo5:01 AM
I've only had one baby, but I was sick multiple times every day for the first 18 weeks (we're talking petechiae and everything, and I'm sure there was a tiny Mallory-Weiss in there somewhere...) and yup, he's a boy...people kept saying 'oh, it'll pass when you get to 12 weeks' and then when it didn't, started telling me stories about people they knew who were sick for the whole pregnancy! Not helpful! Might attempt another one before too long so we'll see if it's any different...ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12:55 PM
Since I only have 2 girls, I can only tell you that it is either DEFINITELY a girl because of morning sickness or the other truth - pregnancy and I just don't mix. This is the reason why a third is completely out of the question. The first one slayed me for 3 months....like crawling on the floor to the bathroom just to throw up every hour of the day only to feel just as bad. But after 3 months, I woke up and it was like the clouds lifted and I was a free woman. The second one wasn't as severe but it was more persistent. I wasn't completely debilitated (I could walk, not crawl to the bathroom) but it was still a baseline of awfulness which made me throw up every day,.....right until I gave birth. Good luck and congratulations again!ReplyDelete
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- Steph8:07 PM
I have one 17 month old son and am currently at 25 weeks with pregnancy #2, a girl. In my very limited sample size the boy was 100 times easier than this current intrauterine occupant - like night and day!ReplyDelete
From the beginning of each I had a strong feeling about the gender, and I was right. With the girl everything was/is just more intense and uncomfortable, to put things politely. I can't believe I have 3 months to go. I feel 20 months pregnant and enormous already.
The morning sickness occured with both of my pregnancies and ended both times right on schedule at the first trimester's end, but it was much worse in intensity with this female.
I've heard stories that girls are harder on a woman in gestation but when they come out they are sweet as can be...here's hoping.
She's already kicked my ass!
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Seung-Yul Noh overcame windy conditions and his nerves, shooting a 1-under 71 on Sunday to win the Zurich Classic by two shots for his first PGA Tour victory.
While Noh, the leader through three rounds, never fell out of first, he did make his first three bogeys of the tournament and briefly fell into a tie with Keegan Bradley, the 2011 PGA Championship winner who had the gallery behind him.
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DAY ONE, 6/13/13. I have been a customer of this banks for some years and had my first big problem with them a couple of years ago when I got a shut off notice from my Electric company. I couldn't understand why because I had been using the BillPay feature with the bank and saw that the payments had gone out. I contacted the electric and they couldn't find the payments and thought that it may be a problem on their end, but as it turns out, two months of my bill payment to pay my electric bill had gone to pay someones loan. The person's loan I was paying had a loan through the bank and I had never, ever had a loan with them.
I ended up talking with a ton of people all the way up to the corporate level and even though they saw it in black and white in their statements that they had made a mistake, they still wanted to so call investigate further. It took the bank a month or more to put the money back into my account that had gone to pay someone else's loan through their bank.
Now today, I am forced to not be able to go grocery shopping because the bank screwed up and did not get my replacement card to me that I requested over five days ago, but there is a five business day requirement for delivery and I have no card because they were claiming that my address must have been incorrect. They checked my address and it was correct. So since I needed to buy food, I requested that they reactive my old card that I asked them to deactivate because I had bent it by sitting on it and was told that they couldn't.
I requested to speak to someone higher up and even though I told him that there would be some days that I would be without food and unable to eat, he still stood firm telling me that they would not send me my card until two business; today is Thursday! This meant that I would not possibly receive my card until Monday, if I can believe what they say.
He told me that they could not send me the original replacement card because it had been deactivated, but that was not true because it was not listed in the system as being deactivated. And when I asked him to verify that information, he refused to acknowledge the number of card that showed as being deactivated in the system. He also refuse to send me the replacement card by FedEx the next day in order for me to be able to go grocery shopping and on top of that told me that a $35.00 fee would show on my account and that I could then ask that the fee be waived.
I told him that I shouldn't be charged anything because this was, once again, the banks fault. He refused to try to do anything more for me and also told me when I ask for morning delivery from Fedex that he had no control over that, that Fedex was in control of when I would receive my replacement card. WHAT A JOKE!
DAY TWO, 6/14/13. Funny thing happened that bank card that I didn't get because they claimed my address was wrong arrived in my mail today (which is the next day) with the same number on it and I had requested a different number. I called customer service about this and was told that they could not activate this card because I had deactivated it. But how could I deactivate a card that I didn't even have in my possession and didn't even know what the number on the card was.
Now they are not only lying about having that card returned to them, but lying and claiming that I deactivated it. A man by the name of ** told me that he was going to call me with the tracking. But when he did call, he did not have tracking number for me for the replacement card and told me that he would call me the morning that the card was to be delivered with the tracking number. What kind of crap is that? They are nothing but a bunch of liars I don't and wouldn't trust a word that comes out of their mouths.
MASSACHUSETTS -- A warning to all who may see this -- Sovereign Bank is not about service or loaning money. They are about fees. I recently have been hammered by Sovereign mailings, calls, statement "Warnings" and the like to opt in to the new "Account Protector". This is nothing more than you agreeing to allow them to continue to charge the huge fees they impose when you overdraw your account. DO NOT BE FOOLED. You are an adult, you must have the money in your account - if you do not, then why not have your transactions declined and avoid the fees!!! DO NOT OPT IN TO THIS SERVICE!!! I estimate that Sovereign will lose millions if people opt out.
Second, be aware that online transfers after 8 pm are posted to the next day. It was in the not too distant past that you had until 10 pm to do this. If you initiate a transfer after 8:03 pm, you will not get credit for it until the next day. Does Sovereign have to suffer the same timeline, NO THEY DON'T.
What they will do especially with a gas charge, is to back date the ledger balance even if they do their bookkeeping after 12 am. THIS IS TO GENERATE FEES!!! You transfer money into your account after 8 pm, the balance available shows it's there, and if you go to the ATM and try to get it out, it will give it to you, cash. But, if you get a gas charge showing up that night, they will back date the ledger and hit you with a fee.
Latest News 08/2010... domestic "deposits" returned fee raised to $15.00 from $10.00 a 50% hike, inactivity fee raised to $16.00 per month. They are trying to position themselves to make to opt in law hurt them as little as possible. Imagine, they know EXACTLY how many accounts show no activity each month and they are going to hit them hard until the customers find out the hard way and close those accounts. WHY YOU ASK??? Because Santander paid way too much for Sovereign and they are bleeding it dry meaning you. Also, Santander paid way too much for those UK branches they just acquired.
Sovereign is closing branches here in the US and has neglected most others which are in bad need of staffing and exterior maintenance. Sovereign has the worst branch hours of any bank in my area, and had closed the most convenient branch in the area. That move saved them about 10 staff positions and added miles and miles to customers travel times.
At the branch, you now must go to they have ONE TELLER on hand for the drive through AND the counter a long wait is customary there now. WHY??? Sovereign does not want to deal with the warm bodies at the branches, they want all business to go online with direct deposit. Tell that to your grandmother. GIVE SOVEREIGN TO BOOT. Your local credit union is still the best place to do business with and I can guarantee the hours will be better and the fees MUCH less and fewer of them. Sorry, I'm out of breath.
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I have a biz account that credit card charges are deposited only. They are supposed to go in within 24 hours of charging. Once in a while, it happens that way. The other day it took four days to deposit my money, in the interim I use an ATM/Check card. When I charge, it allows me to do so because funds are available. But guess what??? They hold up my deposits and charge me 35.00 for a cup of 2.00 coffee!!! Right now, I have over 400.00 dollars in overdraft charges and my account is 800.00 overdrawn and monies I charged Monday are not in by Wednesday, they will be deposited by Thursday, four days after processing.
This has happened many, many, many times. If it is happening to me, it is happening to you. Further, I have printed every day the online bank statement and they have moved dates and charges repeatedly. I have charges when funds are available, then two days later, they change the dates of charges so they can get more money in overdraft fees. The bank manager, **, is clueless.
I propose a class action suit. I have called my local branch ad nauseam and today, I told them I am going to file bank fraud, wire fraud, bank robbery, conspiracy and mail fraud charges against the local manager and against Campanelli the head of Sovereign New England. I would ask that anyone who feels the same way to continue to watch these posts for further info to join or e-mail me at **. This isn't right and together we can beat these criminals!!!
SALEM, NEW HAMPSHIRE -- Sovereign Bank is like a clown car of inept people. We arrived to close on an equity loan only to be told that they did not have a notary on site and we would have to travel to another town. Could they have called? At the closing, we explained that we wanted to pay this loan off quickly and would be overpaying by hundreds of dollars.
In order to get a .05% discount on the loan, we agreed to have the payments automatically taken out of the Sovereign checking account. This is not our main account. We set up an automatic transfer of funds from our regular bank to the Sovereign bank to be paid way in advance of the due dates for the loan payment. They never took the money out of the checking. Not our overpayment - not even the regular monthly payment.
After three months, they: threatened to close the account because of a lack of information needed for the Patriots Act (information THEY should have asked for when the account was opened but they failed to and were now threatening us); whined that we were behind in payments and they charged us a $36 "you suck" fee. AND, they were reporting us to the credit bureau.
After several visits and phone calls, the manager assured me that they don't really report, they just say that and she would make sure that it was all cleared up. This week, my real bank pulled a credit report for a mortgage refi and called me to say that it was reported that we were more than 30 days late for the Sovereign payment!!!
I called Sovereign and demanded that they fax a letter to my bank to state that this was never our fault... it was the clown car staff at Sovereign. She had to "escalate it to her boss who had to escalate it to God, or whoever has the power to write a mea culpa letter and it can't be done till next week. We are rolling our Sovereign loan into our refi mortgage and I cannot wait to be rid of them.
YORK, PENNSYLVANIA -- Sovereign has terrible customer service. We had IRA's, money market accounts and checking accounts worth $250,000 from an estate. My sister, also an exec also has her personal accounts there. They give you a hard time, don't get back to you, make everything difficult for the customer and give out wrong information. We had IRA's at 2 other banks and had none of the problems we had at Sovereign.
For example, my brother who was not an exec, needed to know the value of the IRA (to be divided equally between all 3 children) on 12/31/2009 so he could figure out how much of a distribution he needed to take for this year. The IRA was not divided until several months into 2010, so he needed the value of the IRA 12/31 so he could divide by 3 and figure out the value of his share. They would not give him the information because he was not an exec. I don't know if he was entitled to know the value of the whole IRA but they could have told him the value of his portion. Instead, he had to call me and I had to call them and then call him back.
When I first contacted them about the IRA's, they told me there was no beneficiary listed. Then when we found out there were beneficiaries and one of the beneficiaries wanted to cash out their part of the CD, they said the whole CD would be cashed out whether the others wanted to cash them or not. These CD's were worth over 100,000 each and were earning over 5%interest. We found out that was illegal and then they changed their story.
This has been a repeated theme since we started working with this bank. Beware. They don't try to cheat you, they just don't seem to know what they are doing. They don't really seem to care either. When mistakes are pointed out, they make excuses, no apologies or recognition that there is a problem. We tried calling the corporate level to see if it was maybe just at the local branch but they were just as bad, very similar problems with them.
STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA -- I have never dealt with a bank as bad as Sovereign Bank. I deposited a little under $100,000 with them in a CD. They told me that to get the rate, I had to open a checking account for $10. I said fine, but I will never use it. They said, "Don't worry, you don't have to use it. If you want to add to it fine; if not, you can just leave it there, and there will be no problems." About a week before the $100,000 plus interest one-year CD was due to roll, I received two phone calls from the bank asking me what I was planning on doing with the money. I said I had not made up my mind yet. I then rolled over the CD with them (after withdrawing $10,000).
A week later, I received a notice in the mail saying that my $10 checking account was being charged an inactivity fee of $12.00 and I owed them $2.00. Bear in mind, this was the checking account that I was told I could just leave there and all would be fine. If you call Sovereign Bank's toll number, you get an automated recording, telling you to press 1 if you want a representative to call you back. If you press 1, you get a "MAILBOX FULL" message and then you are disconnected.
When you try to call local numbers, you get a message from the operator saying the numbers have been disconnected and no further information is available. My CD rollover date was August. I have never received any statements concerning this account. One teller told me the statements only come every three months.
When three months passed, and I still had not received a statement, I called them and they said, "No, you do not get any statements with this type of CD account." In fact, when I rolled over the CD, they never even gave me a printed document like most banks do. God only knows where the money is! DO YOURSELVES A FAVOR AND GIVE THIS BANK A MISS!
MASSACHUSETTS -- I washed my hands of that bank almost a year ago after a couple of rotten things the corporate offices did. To be fair, people at the branches are really good but their hands are tied by the higher ups. I closed a personal checking and savings as well as a business account and business line of credit.
A couple of weeks ago, I get a bill for $250 for the yearly fee on the line of credit (btw, Rockland Trust and most local banks are just $100). So I dropped by a branch and explain it to the manager. He agrees that it's total BS and calls the corporate offices. The guy on the other end tells the manager that the customer (me) needs to pay it right away since its past due and won't do anything to resolve it. Just a warning to anyone that deals with Sovereign bank or plans to, these guys don't give a flying you know what about customers.
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS -- I thought Wells Fargo was the worst bank till I moved to Boston and switched to Sovereign. Since then many of my money transfers have taken more than a week to arrive AFTER the sending bank had said the sending process was complete. They're understaffed. I spoke to a manager who told me my money was available for withdrawal after I had already been denied a cashiers check. Upon arrival, I was told I hadn't received my money.
On an unrelated note, Sovereign banks are hard to find and close VERY early. To put it plainly, they suck. I signed up because they were on several lists for being "best for college students" but if they're assuming that college kids don't transfer money, or withdraw money from banks past 4, they're mistaken.
STATE COLLEGE, PENNSYLVANIA -- My son transferred money from savings and deposited a check into his checking account. He did not understand why it was never posted into his checking account. When he got to the bank between his finals, he was informed that his bank account went below 0. ATM's never showed that. The bank charged $35.00 for every transaction he did as well as $5 for every day he was overdrawn. Buying a box of cereal in fees cost $44.00. He was not notified by this bank that he was overdrawn over the course of a month. They swiped in total over $600.00 dollars. This location is in Pennsylvania. Horrible bank, steer clear for your own good.


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'Legislative Breakfast' March 19 In Spencer
The Owen County Chamber of Commerce & Economic Development Corporation will host its third legislative breakfast program for 2011 on Saturday, March 19, beginning at 7:30 a.m. in the lower level meeting room of the Owen County State Bank.
The 90-minute program offers each legislator an opportunity to give personal overviews of issues discussed during the ongoing legislative session before being opened for a public question and answer session.
Legislators representing Owen County include state senators Richard Bray (District 37) and John Waterman (District 39), and state representatives Bob Heaton (District 46) and Ralph Foley (District 47).
The Owen County State Bank is located at 201 West Morgan Street in Spencer.
The fourth and final "legislative breakfast" program for 2011 will be held on Saturday, April 16 at 7:30 a.m., also in the lower level meeting room of the OCSB.
The OCCC/EDC wishes to thank the sponsors of these breakfasts: The Bloomington Board of Realtors, Spencer Pride, Owen County Farm Bureau, White River Valley PFLAG, and the Owen County Soil and Water Conservation District.
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Today's Red Leaf Tea Special
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softrevolution said
Cotton candy please!
(stuffing the ballot box) cotton candy!!!
tigress_al said
Hmm, cheesecake sounds really interesting. I might be persuaded to make an order…
Dylan Oxford select said
Bavarian cream would probably get a buy out of me… ;)
Matcha Outlet said
Here's the votes I got so far:
Cheesecake 3
Bavarian Cream 5
Almond 1
Cotton Candy 3
I will leave it open till Thursday. In case of a tie, both winning items will be on sale.
Should we change the rules to "1 vote per day"?
Matcha Outlet said
To make it simple, please cast 1 vote per day. If each one of you places 3 votes per day, I'll be counting votes for days, LOL
(unless there is a volunteer here?)
Alphakitty said
My vote for today: bavarian cream!


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Casa Solotti
The B&B Casa Solotti is a big villa and country house built with granitic and trachytic stones taken from different parts of the island, which give it a peculiar shape and aspect.
Casa Solotti is located in Monte Ortobene, just 5 Km from Nuoro, in the marvellous scenario of the Monte Ortobene Park.
Its structure allows to the visitors to be completely independent.
Available wide and comfortable single, double, triple and quadruple rooms, some with bathroom and some with a big panoramic veranda that overviews the mountain or the inner garden.
Before arriving do not forget to tell us your arriving time.
Rooms are available starting from 4 pm
Rooms have to be left before 11.00 am
Payment cash only
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B&B Facilities & Policies
- Free Breakfast
- Free Internet Access
- Free WiFi
- Hair Dryers
Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 1 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
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The B&B is 5 km far from the town of Nuoro.
When you arrive to Nuoro you can reach us easily by car . From the centre of the town follow the indications to the Monte Ortobene. After 2 km you will find the first signpost to the B&B.
If you have no vehicle, we can pick you up in town.
Please see as well where we are located exactly in the map
Located Near
The B&B Casa Solotti is located in the heart of Sardinia: from here you can easily reach every corner of the island by spectacular roads. A 45-minute drive leads you to the marvellous eastern coast and the Gulf of Orosei. Nuoro is also close to the most important archaelogical and naturalistic sites of the island.


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