text:
Is it possible to use the encryption used by drivehq.com in automated FTP scripts?
User: DriveHQ Webmaster - 6/11/2008 6:16:56 PM
User: surfdog1958 - 6/11/2008 6:58:01 PM
>>> How about using your own method of encryption? Wouldn't that work for any folder, not just the "My Encrypted Data" folder? What other common forms of encryption are there besides PGP, if you happen to know the answer to this? Thanks. >>>>
We plan to release a command-line tool in the future. For now, sorry, it must be the "My Encrypted Data" folder, and it has to use DriveHQ FileManager and Online Backup.
Please note when you use the Encrypted Folder feature, all files are encrypted locally before they are uploaded to DriveHQ server. Thus the files are extremely secure as the encrytion key is never uploaded to DriveHQ server. The problem is: once a fie is uploaded, if you change the encryption key, you must re-upload the file to update the encryption key. Otherwise, files already uploaded will remain to be encrypted with the old key.
Another drawback of encrypted folder is: you cannot preview encrypted files using a regular web browser. You must use DriveHQ FileManager and / or DriveHQ Online Backup.
If you just want to encrypt data for transferring, then using HTTPS / SSL will be good.
(Sorry I am not familiar with other encrytion tools)
Please logon and reply,
Not DriveHQ Member?


text:
Annie Lennox Thinks Rihanna Should Be Spokesperson for Domestic Violence
As observers continue to discuss and debate Rihanna's decision to collaborate on two remix tracks with Chris Brown, who was convicted of assaulting her in 2009, accomplished singer Annie Lennox has spoken out, saying she believes RiRi should consider becoming a "spokesperson" for the issue of domestic abuse.
The former Eurythmics singer told the Guardian, "Here is a young woman who has been through domestic violence and she could become a tremendous spokesperson for that issue but the choice is hers. It's not up to anybody else to do that. Of course, if she did choose to do that it would be so f—ing powerful, but it's her personal right to choose it or not. We all have our issues and we have to deal with them in our own way."
Lennox, a big supporter of feminist organizations, made the comments in a conversation about women and sexuality. Rihanna has stated in the past that she doesn't want to be a role model, and she has seemingly ignored most of the chatter surrounding her new songs with Breezy, so we're not expecting her to take Lennox's advice anytime soon.
Lennox is probably right that it would be a powerful statement if RiRi were to take on such a role. Do you think Rihanna should speak out more against domestic abuse?

subset: commoncrawl


text:
News & Media
With so much going on at YHC, we rely on both traditional media and digital communications to keep our students, alumni, faculty and community up-to-date.
Want to keep up with everything happening around campus and around town? Don't miss an issue of any of Young Harris College's publications and make sure to visit our social media page to keep up with us on Twitter and Facebook for up to the minute news.
View our calendar to make sure you don't miss any of the exciting events happening around campus.


text:
Updating your travel apps on your smartphone or tablet at the New Year is a good habit to have—like changing smoke-detector batteries. A number of new and established apps offer more sophisticated tools and information this year to make your travels more enjoyable, easier and safer. The Wall Street Journal's Scott McCartney tried nearly 50 apps to find the best of breed. Here's a list of some favorites. (All apps are free of charge except where noted.)
1. Kayak
There's no single perfect app for shopping for airfare, but Kayak's app sails through the ocean of choices with a lot of power and grace. Kayak searches many data sources seeking the best price information, including checking airline websites and other online reservation sites. It then sends you to the site you select for booking. Airfare can be sorted by price, time, duration, airline, number of stops and preferred layover airport. With hotels, there's a quick search for deals for tonight near you, or you can sort traditional results by star-rating, price, brand, name or distance from a location.
2. TripAdvisor
TripAdvisor's app has a built-in baggage fee estimator: Tell the app how many bags you plan to check and whether you have elite status on any airlines that would waive bag fees and it builds the fee charges into fare quotes you get. The app also has information on whether Wi-Fi is available on a flight and what the aircraft type is. It also shows the cost of options such as upgrading to a premium economy seat. Read the full story, To Take the Hassle Out of Traveling, Pack These Apps, here.
3. Hipmunk
Hipmunk's app has an easy-to-read calendar display of fares by date, and trips are shown with a time bar and connections labeled in the middle making it easy to see duration and routing. You can sort by its "agony'' rating: The site looks at connections, history of delays and other factors that make some flights less desirable.
4. SeatGuru
Use SeatGuru to find recommendations for the best seats to reserve on flights. And an app called Seat Alerts can notify you when a seat you want opens up, instead of checking seat maps constantly. The app can be set to look for any window seat or any aisle seat, or for specific seats.
5. Tripit
Once you have email confirmations of your bookings, you can organize them into one useful itinerary with the Tripit app. Just set up an account and forward the confirmations to email@example.com. Tripit does a usually accurate job of identifying your airline, hotel and car reservations.
6. Packing Pro
Once you've booked and are ready to go, consider a packing tool like Packing Pro ($2.99). It isn't as obsessive-compulsive as you might think. Packing Pro gives you sample packing lists for men, women, couples and families, as well as business trips, light-packing and super-light packing. You can adjust packing lists based on forecast temperature, whether it's a domestic or overseas trip and whether you'll be washing clothes while traveling.
7. FlightTrack Pro
Flight tracking is important because travelers need to act fast when things go wrong at airlines—and things often go wrong. Being the first to know of a cancellation or long delay can put you first on the phone or in line to rebook. FlightTrack Pro costs $9.99, but is well worth it. FlightTrack Pro pushes alerts to your phone or tablet, shows a map of your flight with weather and lets you tap into a host of features, such as terminal maps, Seat-Guru evaluations and a search function for alternative flights. You can email your flight's status to someone. FlightTrack will sync with Tripit and find trips to track on calendars.
8. FlightBoard
FlightBoard ($3.99), made by Mobiata, the same company that produced FlightTrack, is an app showing airport-like information displays. You can sort the arrivals and departures by city or time, which could be helpful in finding another flight after you miss one.
9. Travel Nerd
For those long hours waiting or harried races to connecting flights, there are several useful airport apps worth considering. Travel Nerd gives lots of information about public transportation, phone numbers for shuttle and taxi companies, terminal maps showing airport lounge locations and other amenities. It even has parking rates at airports and nearby hotels, which can be considerably cheaper.
10. GateGuru
GateGuru has star ratings on airport restaurants as well as discounts offered. It can tell you the closest restaurants depending on where you are in an airport and get you a free pretzel at Auntie Anne's with a special offer on your mobile-phone screen.
11. Travel App Box
Travel App Box ($1.99) is a useful tool that includes functions to help convert currency and clothing sizes, use public transportation and look up country codes for phone calls.
11. Travel App Box
Travel App Box ($1.99) is a useful tool that includes functions to help convert currency and clothing sizes, use public transportation and look up country codes for phone calls.


text:
Views: 423
You could list Buddhism (although there are "spiritual", and "supernatural" beliefs within the dogma):
Satanism (no supernatural beliefs at all):
and Jainism (again spiritual and supernatural beliefs within dogma:
Shamanism and other forms of animalism could be counted (although it of course contains "small gods" in the form of spirits):
Don't worry. I don't believe in spirits. ;)
But this is an atheistic community, that does not mean that all people here don't believe in anything supernatural.
An atheist is highly likely to be a sceptic and a firm "believer" in science. But not all are. My partner is atheistic but believes in supernatural phenomona.
Miller certainly seems to advocates a world without supernaturalism in his introduction, but maybe the name he choose for this group was inaccurate.
If this group within the atheistic community is meant for non-supernatural religions only, it might need a change of name.
In that case I only have Satanism to add to the list.
Satan is he not one of the most supernatural force then?
Yeah, but Satanist don't believe in Satan. LaVey indeed only saw him as a metaphor. A proud, indulging, ego-loving, gentleman. Among other things. ;) But I am not here to advocate or defend Satanism, nor to convert people. I just named the religion because I was asked.
Monorealism from the website of the church of reality itelf:
Monorealism is the belief in one reality. That all things that are real are part of reality and that anything that isn't part of reality is not real.
The reason why I personally like it is because it also seems to exclude all the new age "reality is different for/to every person" bullshit. In my view there is only one reality. Because of our flawed human perception mechanisms and mental processes; everybody has a different, warped and ultimately flawed model of that one reality.
Sorry for the late reply:
Color is an attribute that matter has.
"The Qualia of Color" is the term that describes the conscious experience the consciousness experiences as it "sees" color.
Your definition of "real" would than determine if an "experience" is real or not. If you define it as "being matter" than the experience is not real because experience is no matter. If you define real as "being matter or the process of matter." than experience is probably real because modern science would indicate that experience is a process of matter.
I am no expert in any field of philosophy though. So I could be horribly wrong.
© 2019 Atheist Nexus. All rights reserved. Admin: The Nexus Group. Powered by


text:
Last Friday, I wrote about the Canadian government finalizing regulations requiring an average renewable fuel content of five percent in gasoline and posed a question about what impact this will have on the market for ethanol as well as on U.S. ethanol producers.
The two billion liters (more than 500 million gallons) of renewable fuel needed to meet the five percent regulation would generate an annual demand for between Can$700-900 million worth of corn and wheat, reports Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
"The production of renewable fuels contributes to diversification of the agriculture and agri-food sector by creating a new market for agricultural commodities, and supports the movement of farmers into value-added production processes associated with ethanol production," says Patrick Girard, a spokesperson with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. "At the same time, renewable fuel facilities built in rural locations will increase the number of jobs and economic activity in farming communities."
Canada's five percent regulation is expected to be met primarily through domestic production. Therefore, it will have little impact on U.S. ethanol producers.
The Renewable Fuels Association adds that idled capacity in Canada could very easily make up the demand pull created by the new regulations. "The Canadian fuel market is much smaller than the U.S. and thus, so is the renewable fuel requirement. That said, it could mean some additional export opportunities for ethanol producers," said Matt Hartwig, communications director, RFA.


text: Artist Joanne Arnett's artwork reproduces mugshots in a uniquely meticulous way. She painstakingly recreates these images as woven textiles. Mixing thread a wire, the result is similar to a shimmering newspaper photograph. Mug shots are generally thought of as utilitarian, empty of aesthetic, and quickly forgotten. Arnett wittily juxtaposes this against the form of a tapestry – valuable textiles often passed on as heirlooms. Interestingly, the title of each piece is the accused's sentence. For example, the title of the first image is "Two Years and a Fine of $2,000".


text:
Zambezi FM (94.1 FM) celebrates World Radio Day!
Zambezi FM (94.1 FM) in Livingstone, Zambia, celebrates World Radio Day!
The station is part of the "Empowering Local Radio with ICTs" project, which train local radio stations and provide them with tools to foster inclusiveness and interactivity with their listeners. This year's World Radio Day theme: "Radio Is You" is all about public participation, so make sure to tune-in, engage and make your voice heard!


text:
Friday June 18th, 2010
Keep Believing In YourselfI once had an acting coach who told to me to read a book by Rhonda Bryne called the
"Secret" that teaches the most powerful law in the universe- The Law of Attraction. She had everyone of her students read this book cover to cover to learn how every action and thought you make affect the outcome of each situation. I learned that when I think about something happening it most of the time will, good or bad. The book helped me realize that a positive attitude towards life and a good heart will help your dreams fall into place. It's all about believing in yourself. Without this I don't think that my racing and journalism career would be at where it is today.
Everyone goes through a time in your life when you feel that you just don't know where your life will go. I've always had a dream of becoming a championship racer and one day using my racing knowledge to report from the pits but after I had accomplished this, I wasn't sure what my next step would be. I got accepted into the college of my dreams- Rollins College and was ready to work towards my degree in media studies but still needed to do more. As I am still not completely healed from a bad concussion and trying to avoid surgery on a dislocated shoulder I was so upset that I would not be able to race a full season (again) this year so I focused my time on rehabilitating and working on other projects like MTV Cribs. Although I felt down about not being able to race full time, I still kept my goals insight.
My first semester at Rollins was a little bit tough. I wasn't exactly used to professors and a classroom atmosphere again since I had been privately tutored throughout high school but after a few weeks I got the hang of things. College can be very intimidating but I learned to not let any professor knock me down and still stand up for what I believe in. I even surprised myself by achieving a better grade than I had thought in my Ethics class. Trying to practice, go to rehab for my shoulder, work on TV projects and travel was very difficult to do because some professors can not stand it if you miss just one class even if you keep up with the work. One of my professors would even make a few smart comments to me during class about staying so busy; I made him realize that the reason why I was accepted to the college was because of my career and that wasn't going to go away.
Now that I am on break, my Dad and I are getting everything prepared for my attempt at breaking a world land speed record on an Aprilia RS50 at the Bonneville Speedweek in August. Back in February I was approached by Paul Livingston of Spider Grips and Faulkner/ Livingston Racing about riding for their team at the salt flats, of course I couldn't deny this offer! Since it will be my first time out there I'm a little bit nervous but mostly just excited because this is something I have wanted to do forever. I could not be more thankful for this opportunity.
Before I head out to Bonneville, I am hosting an episode of Dean's List on MTVU (MTV's College channel) which is a top 10 music video countdown. Of course my countdown is mostly country but I'm sure you all will enjoy it. Each song has helped me get through a race. I'm not sure of the exact air date but I will let you all know as soon as possible!
All of these awesome opportunities that have arose made me realize just how lucky I am and how believing in yourself can absolutely affect your dreams. I have overcome a lot of personal speed bumps in life to continue a flourishing career and would encourage anyone to do what makes you happy. My advice for anyone is to take a breather when you feel stressed but use this time step away and look at your achievements. This should inspire anyone to keep pushing on harder! Wish me luck at Bonneville!
Here is a snapshot of the style of my Dean's List Countdown!
Posted by Jessica @ 13:42 - Permalink - 0 Comments
Tags: Bonneville salt flats MTVU deans list Rollins college
No Comments
Jessica "Motogirl" Lee is a 28 year old motocross racer and journalist. Born into a family of motorcycle enthusiasts and industry insiders, she has been riding and nurturing a passion for motorcycles from the age of four.
All photographs by Jessica Lee unless otherwise noted
|© 2000-2019 Bikeland Media Inc. All rights reserved.


text:
Sugarland Partner With Matt Nathanson for 'Run' at 2011 CMA Awards
Sugarland teamed with Matt Nathanson to perform the song 'Run' at the 2011 CMA Awards. The teaming is ideal when you consider that the song was written by Nathanson and Sugarland.
Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles, dressed in form-fitting gold pants, heels and a leather jacket, sang the duet with the jeans and casual shirt clad Nathanson while Kristian Bush accompanied them on guitar.
The song is featured on Nathanson's latest album, 'Modern Love,' which debuted at No. 17 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart.
Sugarland competed at the 2011 CMA Awards for Vocal Duo of the Year against the Civil Wars, Montgomery Gentry, Steel Magnolia and Thompson Square.
Watch Sugarland Perform 'Run' at the 2011 CMA Awards


text:
Tips to Prevent Low Back Pain
If you are among the 80 percent of Americans who suffer from low back pain at some point in their lives, here are some helpful hints for back pain prevention.
- Pay attention to your posture. Poor posture can be a leading cause of back pain.
- Avoid prolonged periods of time in any position where you are bent forward, such as while gardening or helping a toddler walk. This can lead to an increase in strain in your back muscles and ligaments.
- If your job requires you to sit for long periods of time, take breaks every hour. Treat yourself with a short walk around the office.
- When you need to pick up an object that has significant weight, bend at your knees and lower yourself to the item. Avoid flexing at the waist.
- When shoveling snow or raking leaves, avoid large, heavy loads. Lift smaller amounts, and bend at your knees when lifting the shovel or rake.
- When you are using the computer, avoid leaning forward with your head and reaching forward for the mouse. Keep the monitor at eye level and bring the keyboard and mouse closer to you.
- Get a good night's sleep. Some people benefit from sleeping with a pillow between their legs at night. This can keep your hips and back in better alignment.
If you suffer from back pain, contact the back pain specialists at Good Shepherd. Call 1-888-44-REHAB or contact us.


text:
DINGER BATS Model 271 (C271) Adult Wood Baseball Bat
Product Code: DBC271
Availability: Custom Made To Order
Availability: Custom Made To Order
Price: $55.00
The model 271 is based on the Louisville conversion C271. It has a long slender barrel, thicker handle and flared knob. It's one of the better balanced bats in baseball and also the most popular among younger hitters and those transitioning from aluminum to wood. More seasoned contact hitters also love the great balance of this classic model. Ken Griffey Jr. dominated the 90's with this bat and is its most well-known user.
|This bat is custom made to order and requires anywhere from 2 to 4 weeks to manufacture and deliver in most cases.
|Similar to a C271
|Handle flares to the standard knob
|Handle measures 1.63" where it meets the knob
|Handle measures .95" at the top of your bottom hand (approx. 5" up from the knob)
|Barrel measures 2.37" at the sweet spot and 2.47" near the very end of the barrel
|Choose from- Base Ash: Selected from #1 grade billets. Pro Ash: Meets all MLB requirements as far as grains per inch and straightness. M-Series Ash: The best of the best. Exceeds standard MLB specs. Pro Maple and Birch: Selected from #1 grade billets. M-Series Maple and Birch: Pro Ink Dot Certified to meet all MLB specs. The best of the best.
Write a reviewYour Name:
Your Review: Note: HTML is not translated!
Rating: Bad Good
Enter the code in the box below:


text:
Sheet music downloads have become the preferred method of acquiring classical music repertoire. Created by professional musicians, EveryNote.com presents classical sheet music download of over 20.000 popular and hard-to-find music scores over 1000 composers. A major Internet provider of classical sheet music files download online, EveryNote.com offers the largest and most complete digital sheet music download library on the Web in the world. Instantly download, view and print your favorite classical music score. Everynote.com currently offers thousands of classical music compositions for Piano, Violin, Cello, Flute, Clarinet, Classical Guitar, Voice, Chamber and Choral music.Many more instruments, composers, genres added every day! EveryNote.com has been featured in The New York Times, Globe and Mail, Musical America and many other publications.
Charles Auguste de Beriot
Charles de Beriot short biography
A student of Viotti, Beriot became one of the most distinguished artists of his time, the creator of the Franco-Belgian school of violin-playing that was so important in the 19th century. Beriot lived and worked in Brussels. Beriot's ten Violin Concertos are known to most violinsts, both as the practice methods and in the concert hall. The Military Concerto by Beriot, is especially importants as are his popular Spanische Weisen for duo violin.
More Violin sheet music download on EveryNote.com
Violin sheet music download on EveryNote.com
Web design by Web design SEO & Hosting Company - iGenii inc


text:
Having some perspective...nearly four weeks without talking to the ex, seeing the end of the book, wondering what to do when the lease ends, thinking about taking a 2 month jaunt to Southeast Asia before I turn 30, and all that...I went and did something stupid.
I'm always doing something stupid. It's part of being an enthusiast.
This time the dumb idea is I'm doing a juice cleans. Juice, no food, no alcohol, no caffeine, no anything for three-five days, vegan leading up and vegan leading out. I've been going to yoga a lot more now, and I'm starting to buy into some of this yoga-ness. Eating vegan was a change that made things interesting, and it's cool to see my discipline as other people are eating delicious things in front of me, like cookies and lobster sandwiches.
Apparently you reach spiritual clarity by day three. I think that you are delirious from not eating by then and start to think the meaning of life is moon beams. That will certainly be the fun part.
I'm at 3 PM on day two, and I'm feeling neutral. People have headaches and irritability and runny noses on this, but I don't at all...except I just feel a little bored. I didn't realize how many of my weekend plans were around food and drink consumption. Brunch plans, coffee plans, drink plans. It's been an interesting and mildly boring weekend all at once. I didn't want to cleanse during the week and be confused at work, and then exhausted when I worked out, so I figured the weekend was good.
Turns out any time for a cleanse blows.
Luckily I've got magazines, movies, errands, and lots of texting. Drinking water when at bars. Watching hours of Top Chef and wondering what everything tastes like. Googling pictures of bacon. No biggie.
It's too cold to do what I want that doesn't relate to food, which is walk to Greenpoint to the bike store and see if that Surly is still there. Or even drop by the coffee shop and order water and sit there and read my Southeast Asia On A Budget Book and flirt with the barista with the neck tattoo.
So I'm stuck in my apartment, and food's on my brain.
Like I'm missing the act of chewing. Even thinking about it now is getting me riled up. Chewing! When has that excited anyone?
I don't want to write, I don't want to clean.
I want to go have a hamburger with a friend. No, actually, scratch the friend. If I ate in front of them the way that I want to eat right now, they would no longer want to be my friend.
Vegan in, vegan out. Spiritual clarity. Delirium.
Peace and love to all mankind.
And bacon to those who wait.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)


text:
Two New Issues of New Mexico Geology Published
by Tiffany Chisum
SOCORRO, N.M., July 9, 2007 – The two newest issues of New Mexico Geology are now available. One focuses on sediment and its ability to explain ancient (300 million years ago) climates and events as well as the more recent history (from about 800,000 years ago to the present) of the Rio Grande. The other focuses on fossils found at the White Mesa mine.
The February issue of New Mexico Geology has an article on how the sequence stratigraphy of the Abo member in the Robledo and Doña Ana Mountains near Las Cruces may reveal ancient climates and events. Glacial cycles resulting in dramatic changes in sea level are demonstrated to have been common. This article argues that in addition to glacial cycles, climate changes and tectonics may also have influenced the types of strata found in these areas.
Another article explains how the sediment found along the edge of the Rio Grande valley in the central Albuquerque basin reveals former channels of the Rio Grande. By studying the fluvial deposits in this area, scientists are able to explain how the position of the Rio Grande has changed over time and how those changes are differentiated between San Felipe Pueblo and Los Lunas.
The May issue of New Mexico Geology offers the second half of an article that began in the August 2006 issue. That article, "Tectonic development of late Pleistocene (Rancholabrean) animal-trapping fissures in the Middle Jurassic Todilto Formation, north-central New Mexico," covered the examination and discussion of the formation of fissures that captured large mammals and then preserved their fossils. The article published in the May issue covers the examination and discussion of the fossils found in those fissures.
The article explains that the fossil–containing fissures were discovered at White Mesa mine on Zia Pueblo in Sandoval County. At least 44 fissures were discovered within 100 meters of the fossil site, but only three of those fissures contained fossils. Of the fossils found, three of the species are of extinct Pleistocene-age large mammals (stilt-legged horse, camel, and bison) and two are living species (mule deer and pocket gopher). The discovery of these bones allows scientists to postulate the habitat in the vicinity during late Pleistocene geologic time, as well as how the animals became trapped and their bones preserved. The specimens from the White Mesa mine are curated in the vertebrate paleontology collection of the New Mexico Museum of Natural History; however, they remain the property of Zia Pueblo. The skeletons of a bison and a camel, both extinct species, will eventually be placed on display in the Ice Age Hall at the museum. The fossils were determined by radiocarbon dating methods to be around 13,000 years old.
The May issue also has an article covering the 2007 New Mexico Science and Engineering Fair and lists the students who received the "Excellence in Geoscience" award, as well as information on their projects. The abstracts and poster sessions from the New Mexico Geological Society spring meeting are also provided.
An article on the flooding of the Rio Puerco is also presented. It explains what kind of river the Rio Puerco is and how it contributes to the Rio Grande. The article discusses the flooding of the river and provides pictures of the Rio Puerco during flooding and normal conditions.
Both issues of New Mexico Geology also contain a Service News section, as well as notices about upcoming geologic meetings.
New Mexico Geology is published quarterly by the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources (NMBGMR), a research and service division of New Mexico Tech. A subscription to the award-winning journal costs $12.00 per year or $22.00 for two years. Individual issues may be purchased for $3.50 per issue. Back issues may be purchased for $12.00 per volume (year); individual articles can be downloaded for free at http://geoinfo.nmt.edu/publications/periodicals/nmg/home.html.
For more information about New Mexico Geology, or any other NMBGMR publication, write to the Bureau Publication Office, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, call 505.835.5145 or 505.835.5490, or visit the NMBGMR website at http://geoinfo.nmt.edu.


text:
Provided the campervan you have rented has toilet facilities on board you are allowed to 'freedom camp' in designated sites. Please obey local signage and regulations, and ask at the local information centre [look for blue i-SITE signs in each town] for suitable places to stay. Please do be aware that you may be fined for 'freedom camping' in non-designated areas.
To fully charge your campervan's auxiliary [house] battery you will need to plug the vehicle into 240V mains power regularly. We recommend you stay in holidays parks to charge the battery at a minimum every second night.


text:
Living With Hepatitis C: A Survivor's Guide
An excerpt from Living with Hepatitis C: A Survivor's Guide (Fourth Edition), Hatherleigh Press, 2006, List $15.95
Overview of HIV Co-Infection
What Is HIV/AIDS? The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) destroys the immune system that helps the body fight illness and infection. HIV infects lymphocytes, the main immune cells in the body, and causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Severe damage to the immune system results in susceptibility to a wide array of infections and malignancy (cancer). These latter complications are collectively called AIDS-defining illness.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 2003 figures, an estimated 1,039,000 to 1,185,000 people were living with HIV in the United States.The cumulative estimated number of persons diagnosed with AIDS through 2003 was 929,985.
Are You at Risk for Co-Infection? Many people with HIV infection are also infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) because some behaviors that transmit HIV also transmit hepatitis C (such as sharing intravenous drug needles or receiving blood transfusions, organ transplants, or hemophilia treatment before tests screened the nation's blood supply). When HIV patients are infected with both HIV and HCV, it is called an HIV/HCV co-infection. Approximately 60 to 80 percent of patients who acquired HIV from intravenous drug use and 16 to 25 percent of patients who acquired HIV from sexual contact are co-infected with HCV. In the U.S., there are 200,000 to 300,000 persons with co-infection, representing about 5 percent of all cases of HCV.
In my experience, HIV treatment clinics diagnose most cases of hepatitis C and HIV co-infection because symptoms relating to HIV usually show up before those of hepatitis C. In fact, I have diagnosed unsuspected HIV in only a handful of patients with chronic hepatitis C (despite routine HIV testing of our hepatitis C population) during my years directing our hepatology clinics.
I'm a vet. In 1996 I had outpatient treatment, and my blood came back positive for HIV. The diagnosis threw me. I just gave up.
It was an avalanche. Where am I going? What am I going to do? Then this year rolled around. My doctor wanted me to take a hepatitis B shot.That's when I found out I had hepatitis C.
Testing Problems. Researchers have documented that antibody tests for hepatitis C in patients with HIV may fluctuate; spontaneous conversion of hepatitis C from positive to negative antibodies may occur.
For these reasons, if you have HIV infection I recommend that you be screened for HCV using tests that detect HCV RNA (see chapter 2 on HCV RNA testing), such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for HCV RNA. Despite the shortcomings of detection of HCV by use of antibody tests in patients with HIV, the data from the following studies described below are still useful in identifying trends.
Population Trends. Risk of co-infection with hepatitis C relates to how HIV was acquired. Patients who acquired HIV from bloodborne routes, as opposed to sexual routes, are more likely to be coinfected with hepatitis C. Patients who acquired HIV from intravenous drug use have a 60 to 80 percent chance of also harboring hepatitis C. Hemophiliacs who acquired HIV from transfusion with unpasteurized plasma-derived factor VIII concentrates have rates of co-infection of hepatitis C greater than 70 percent. These co-infection statistics are strikingly elevated when one compares them to the hepatitis C prevalence of 16 to 25 percent among male homosexuals with HIV without history of either transfusions or intravenous drug use.
_When they told me I had HIV and they could keep me alive for five years tops, I was terrified. I thought I'd be dead very soon. I fell off the wagon after six months of sobriety. Figuring it didn't make any difference, I drank, I did drugs -- anything to numb myself. I suppose that's how I got hepatitis C in the first place.
Resource: For information on co-infection with HIV and hepatitis, access this website: www.hivandhepatitis.com.
Current Treatment of HIV Infection (HAART)
What is HIV? HIV is an RNA virus acquired by blood-borne routes or sexual activity.The virus, first identified in 1983 as the cause of AIDS, was given the name human T-cell lymphotropic virus type III (HTLVIII) in the United States because of its known association with lymphocytes. HIV infects the body's immune cells (lymphocytes), which then become dysfunctional or nonfunctional, or die, thus severely impairing the body's immune system. Before current effective anti-HIV therapy, most patients succumbed to either the ravages of infectious disease or malignancy (AIDS).
_I've known 35 people who died from AIDS since 1985. When they put me on AZT, I figured I had two years left.That's what I had seen. The only thing that kept me going was taking care of my friend Jonathon, who went blind a month before he died. It was very hard.
Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapies (HAART). Certain classes of drugs, reverse transcriptase inhibitors, polymerase inhibitors, and protease inhibitors, dramatically altered the course of HIV infection. Today, most patients with HIV are treated with a combination of three to four drugs, and they experience significant improvement. HAART has improved patients' survival in HIV/AIDS from less than 5 years to over 20 years.
_Seven years after my HIV diagnosis, the nurses called me at work. My T-cells were 160. I had AIDS! Confused, depressed, I flunked the memory tests and a CT scan showed I had a shrinkage of the brain. They put me on AZT.
Four years later, I went on HAART. My T-cells went up. Now I'm more scared of hepatitis C than HIV. After 14 years of being HIVpositive, you learn to deal with it, but this hepatitis thing is new. I'm dealing with all that uncertainty all over again.
How effective are these highly active anti-retroviral therapies (HAART)? Steven C. Johnson, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine and Director of the University Hospital HIV/AIDS Clinical Program, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, recently reviewed outcomes over a three-year period.1 From 1995 through 1997 the percentage of HIV/AIDS patients treated with HAART increased from less than 10 percent to over 80 percent.The rate of hospitalization fell from 6.4 to 1.1 inpatient days per patient-year. Decreases in days of hospitalization resulted in significant cost reductions.The incidence of the three major opportunistic infections (infections that develop only because of the patient's immune deficiency) -- pneumocystis pneumonia,mycobacterium avium complex disease, and cytomegalovirus retinitis (CMV) -- decreased dramatically. Death from opportunistic infection or advanced HIV declined markedly from 15 percent of the clinic population in 1994 to 2 percent in 1998.
Hepatitis and end-stage liver disease, however, emerged as an important cause of sickness and death in this population. In 1995 hepatitis and liver disease accounted for only 4 percent of deaths, but two years later the number rose to 14 percent! Now, in the year 2005, cirrhosis due to chronic hepatitis C is a leading cause of both morbidity and mortality in patients with HIV infection on HAART therapy.
Resources: For more information about HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases, contact the CDC Info Hotline: 1-800-CDC-INFO or 1-800-232-4636, or the CDC website: www.cdc.gov.
Impact of HCV in HIV-Infected Persons
Effect of Hepatitis C (HCV) Infection on HIV. Some studies have suggested that HCV infection may increase the rate of progression of HIV infection to AIDS and AIDS-defining illness. Other studies have not observed this effect. Although there is no consistent evidence for a direct effect of hepatitis C on HIV, the major clinical issue is clear: hepatitis C can complicate therapy of HIV. Currently, the Federal Drug Administration has licensed more than 20 drugs for treatment of HIV in the United States. Nearly all of these medications, but in particular the protease inhibitors, are metabolized by the liver.
As liver disease due to hepatitis C progresses from hepatitis to cirrhosis, the liver is less able to metabolize these compounds. Changes in liver function may make it necessary to change either the drugs used or the doses of individual drugs. In addition, the anti-HIV drugs may be toxic to the liver. Instances of liver enzyme elevations, jaundice, and even fatal cases of severe liver toxicity from anti-HIV medications are well documented. Certain anti-HIV drugs, particularly the nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors DDI, DDC, or D4T, may interact with ribavirin and increase risk of lactic acidosis, pancreatitis, and liver failure. Careful monitoring of electrolytes, kidney function, liver tests, blood counts, amylase, and lipase is necessary in patients on a combination of anti-HIV and anti-HCV treatments.
_I had never heard of hepatitis C before. I figured I already had HIV-AIDS, so what difference did hepatitis C make? My doctors pulled me off all my AIDS meds twice because my liver enzymes went crazy. My whole body went crazy. I was nauseous and had vomiting. Turned out I had a fungus in my esophagus from not being on the medications. I'm sick if I take the medicine and sick if I don't.
Effect of HIV Infection on HCV Infection. As described in preceding chapters, a chronic hepatitis C patient's own immune system can injure the liver as the immune system tries to destroy infected liver cells (immune-mediated injury). In contrast, after a transplant the viral levels are very high due to the use of immunosuppressive medications, and the virus itself destroys liver cells.Thus, HIV infection, which destroys components of the immune response, may either slow or accelerate liver disease due to hepatitis C.
Because HIV infection affects the immune system, it might impair a patient's immune response to hepatitis C and result in higher levels of the hepatitis C virus. One French study compared 75 patients with hepatitis C to 75 patients co-infected with hepatitis C and HIV. Coinfected patients were more likely to have positive HCV RNA in their blood, and their HCV RNA levels were significantly higher. However, the level of HCV RNA did not correlate with CD4 count (a measure of the degree of immune deficiency), p24 antigen levels (a specific HIV protein), or HIV RNA level.
In contrast, a German study of 21 co-infected hemophiliacs and 22 hemophiliacs with isolated hepatitis C failed to show a difference in HCV RNA viral levels between these two groups. Another study retrospectively examined stored serum for HCV RNA levels in groups of hemophiliacs infected with hepatitis C.Those who subsequently developed HIV experienced a significant increase in HCV RNA level, which correlated with the reduction in CD4 count.
One fear is that HAART medications may actually accelerate the progression of hepatitis C to cirrhosis and therefore compromise the effectiveness of therapy against HIV. Researchers examined this issue in a study of HAART therapy in 51 patients with "HCV-related chronic liver disease." HAART therapy was associated with an increase in HCV RNA viral load and elevations in liver enzymes (AST/ALT) within one to three months of starting treatment. Liver biopsies revealed liver cell injury and inflammation. Seven patients were taken off HAART due to signs of liver failure. This effect was mainly due to HAART because a much smaller number of patients not on HAART (four out of 148) experienced symptoms of liver failure. However, the worsened liver inflammation noted early in HAART therapy had largely subsided by nine months on HAART. Additional research is needed in this area.
A recent study examined the development of abnormal liver tests after 394 HIV patients began HAART treatment. Seven percent were co-infected with hepatitis B and 14 percent had hepatitis C.The risk of developing abnormal liver tests was greater in HIV patients who had chronic hepatitis (37 percent in co-infected patients vs. 12 percent in HIV patients without either HBV or HCV). Although inconclusive, these data suggest that the immune deficiency caused by HIV may promote hepatitis C viral replication and potentially hasten the progression of liver disease.
Does HIV Co-Infection Affect the Rate of Progression of Liver Disease?
The CDC has reported that the percentage of HIV patients with death due to liver disease steadily increased from 1987 to 1997. According to data from the U.S. National Vital Statistics System, the percent of death certificates listing "sequelae (consequences) of chronic liver disease" increased from 1.3 percent in 1987, to 2.2 percent in 1995, to 3.5 percent in 1997.
Further analysis of death certificates indicated that liver disease caused, contributed, or was secondarily involved in approximately 10 percent of all deaths in 1997. Patients dying with a diagnosis of chronic hepatitis C increased from 0.9 percent in 1995 to 2.3 percent in 1997 (tests for hepatitis C were not available until 1990). Patients dying with a diagnosis of chronic hepatitis B increased from 0.5 percent in 1987, to 0.8 percent in 1995, to 1.3 percent in 1997.
The observed increase in deaths related to "sequelae of chronic liver disease" exceeded the expected frequency by 46 percent. It is not known whether the increase in mortality rate was due to use of HAART medications, increased activity of hepatitis viruses, or reflected the natural progression of hepatitis B and C occurring in HIV patients who now live longer.
Only a few studies have examined the association between HIV infection and acceleration in liver disease related to hepatitis C. One large retrospective series from Spain examined 547 patients who acquired hepatitis C by blood-borne routes and found that 116 of these patients were co-infected with HIV. The researchers observed that coinfected people took less time to develop cirrhosis. At ten years of HCV infection, 14.9 percent of co-infected patients had cirrhosis, compared to only 2.6 percent of those infected only with hepatitis C.
A French series of 210 patients with hepatitis C, 60 of whom were co-infected with HIV, suggested that the incidence of cirrhosis was 3.5 times higher in co-infected patients. Another study from Spain examined liver histology and found that co-infected patients had more severe liver inflammation and later stages of fibrosis.
None of these studies were controlled or randomized, so it is not clear whether liver disease is truly more aggressive in this population. However, these limited studies do suggest that hepatitis C-related liver disease may accelerate under the influence of immune deficiency. We need more careful investigation in controlled trials.
Antiviral Therapy of Hepatitis C in Patients Co-Infected with HIV
Pegylated Interferon Plus Ribavirin, the Current Standard. Older studies and reports indicated that rates of sustained virologic response with interferon monotherapy and the combination of interferon plus ribavirin were approximately 50 percent lower in co-infected patients compared to patients with HCV mono-infection. Since the third edition of Living with Hepatitis C: A Survivor's Guide, three randomized controlled trials of pegylated interferon plus ribavirin have been published:ACTG 5071,APRICOT, and RIBAVIC.The remainder of this section describes the results from these trials and highlights the promises and pitfalls of the current standard-of-treatment, pegylated interferon plus ribavirin.
The study by the AIDS Clinical Trials Group,ACTG 5071, randomized 133 patients with co-infection to treatment with either interferon plus ribavirin versus pegylated interferon (Pegasys) plus ribavirin. Seventy- eight percent were infected with HCV genotype 1, 33 percent were Black, and 82 percent had high levels of HCV RNA (greater than 1 million IU HCV RNA/ml). Rates of sustained virologic response were significantly higher with pegylated interferon plus ribavirin (27 percent versus 12 percent for all patients; 14 percent versus 6 percent for patients infected with HCV genotype 1) (Figure 12A).
In the APRICOT study 860 patients were assigned to either pegylated interferon (Pegasys) plus ribavirin, interferon plus ribavirin, or pegylated interferon monotherapy. Only 61 percent were infected with HCV genotype 1, 11 percent were Black, and 72 percent had high level HCV RNA (greater than 800,000 IU HCV RNA/ml). Rates of sustained virologic response were highest in patients treated with pegylated interferon plus ribavirin (40, 20, and 12 percent, respectively) (Figure 12A).The sustained virologic response for patients with HCV genotype 1 was nearly 30 percent.
In RIBAVIC, 412 patients were randomized to either pegylated interferon (Peg-Intron) plus ribavirin or interferon plus ribavirin. Fifty-eight percent of patients were infected with either HCV genotype 1 or 4. Rates of sustained virologic response were 26 percent for pegylated interferon plus ribavirin and 18 percent for interferon plus ribavirin (Figure 12A). Interpretation of the results from RIBAVIC is compromised by a 42 percent dropout rate for patients in the trial.
Figure 12A: Rates of sustained virologic response (% SVR) from the three large trials of pegylated interferon plus ribavirin for treatment of patients with HIV/HCV co-infection are shown. Results are displayed against the comparator therapy, Rebetron, which was the combination of standard nonpegylated interferon plus ribavirin. Characteristics of the three trials, ACTG5071, APRICOT, and RIBAVIC, are discussed in the text.
The range of rates of sustained virologic response in patients with HIV/HCV co-infection, 26 to 40 percent, observed in these three trials is far below the reported rate of approximately 55 percent for patients with HCV mono-infection. In APRICOT, the study with the highest response rates, sustained virologic response for patients with HCV genotype 1 was only 30 percent.This is far below the reported rate of approximately 40 to 45 percent observed in patients with HCV mono-infection.Thus, although current treatment with pegylated interferon plus ribavirin has improved outcomes, it is still effective in only a minority of patients and is not as effective in HIV/HCV co-infection as it is in HCV mono-infection.
Are New Treatments on the Horizon for Co-Infected Patients? We are on the brink of a new era in the treatment of hepatitis C. Several new drugs and therapeutic approaches are under development, but primarily in HCV mono-infected patients. The treatments which seem to offer the most promise include viramidine as a ribavirin substitute, HCV-specific protease inhibitors, and HCV-specific polymerase inhibitors, and others (see chapter 14).The new anti-HCV drugs will need to be cautiously and carefully evaluated in co-infected patients on HAART therapy due to the possibility of adverse interactions between HIV and HCV drugs. In the absence of cure, long-term, lowdose treatment pegylated interferon monotherapy to halt disease progression is currently being evaluated in SLAM-C, an ACTG trial.Your doctor may be able to tell you if you are a candidate for participating in trials of any of these therapies.
Resources: For more information about treatment and trials, call the following hotlines and information services:
AIDS Info: 800-448-0440 or 1-800-TRIALS-A
Project Inform: 800-822-7422
Co-Infection with Hepatitis B
_The worst thing for me is the fatigue. Although everyone with hepatitis seems to suffer to some degree, my experience has been extreme. My doctor thinks that maybe because I have two viruses, B and C, my body fights twice as hard and causes me to be increasingly more tired.
How Common is HBV/HCV Co-infection? Ten to fifteen percent of persons with chronic hepatitis B have active HCV infection. Stated from the perspective of HCV, less that 5 percent of persons with chronic hepatitis C are actively infected and have chronic hepatitis B. However, serologic studies of patients with chronic hepatitis C indicate that a much higher proportion, up to one-third, may have been exposed to HBV. At least a proportion of these patients harbor HBV in a quiescent or dormant state; HBV can be activated when the patient's immune system is altered by disease or treatments such as steroids, anti-cancer drugs, or immunosuppressive medications. Given the current estimates of a minimum of 1.25 million persons in the United States with chronic hepatitis B, I calculate that there are at least 125,000 to 187,500 US residents actively co-infected with both HCV and HBV.
A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
- Johnson, S. A. Hageman, H. Wing,M.Grodesky,N. Bathurst,P. Romfh, W. Williams. Effect of Antiretroviral Therapy on Clinical Outcomes and Cost in a University-Based HIV/AIDS Program: 1995?1997. Abstract 42211, 12th World AIDS Conference, Geneva, Switzerland, June 23?July 3, 1998.
From Living with Hepatitis C: A Survivor's Guide (Fourth Edition), By Gregory T. Everson, M.D., F.A.C.P and Hedy Weingberg. Copyright 2006. Excerpted with permission from Hatherleigh Press.


text:
Former Playboy Model Cristy Nicole Deweese Now Teaching at Texas High School [VIDEO + POLL]
Cristy Deweese once posed as a model for Playboy magazine, but now she has secured a job as a Spanish teacher at a Texas school. And her hire has caused quite an uproar among students and parents.
Deweese, who once said in an interview with Playboy her dream was to teach Spanish, is now doing exactly that at Rosie Sorrells School of Education and Social Services in Dallas, a magnet high school part of Dallas Independent School District.
And as you can imagine, there's been some controversy.
In an interview with CBS in Dallas, one concerned parent posed the question, "Can you be an effective teacher when a classroom full of high school boys is envisioning you naked? Can your female high school students respect you when they've seen you naked?"
This parent said she was shown Deweese's "Coed of the Month" pictures by her child, who is a student at the school.
Some, however, don't have a problem with Deweese teaching at the school. One even said, "It was done before she was a teacher and has nothing to do with her being able to properly educate."
"Half of the school already found out about that one Spanish teacher," one student wrote on Twitter. "She's a teacher now, not a Playboy model anymore! Leave her alone guys."
The school refused to comment to CBS about the issue.
Where do you stand on this? Would you have a problem with a former model like Deweese teaching at your children's school?


text:
NEW YORK — Research group IDC says worldwide shipments of smartphones grew 39 percent in the most recent quarter to 258 million as Samsung and Apple (AAPL) maintained their dominance.
The total sets a record, beating the previous high of 237 million in the second quarter.
Samsung Electronics remains the world's largest smartphone maker, shipping more than the next four vendors combined. It shipped 81 million in the July-September quarter for a market share of 31 percent. Apple shipped 34 million iPhones, for a market share of 13 percent; the Cupertino company introduced two new iPhones toward the end of the quarter.
Rounding out the top 5 are Huawei with 12.5 million, Lenovo with 12.3 million and LG Electronics with 12 million, each with a market share of less than 5 percent.


text:
On Thursday, we found out how the U.S. economy did in the fourth quarter. The wave of data due Friday will go a long way in determining how the economy performed in the first quarter.
The U.S. government on Friday is expected to report that personal income fell sharply in January because of lower bonus payments and dividends. Economists polled by MarketWatch projected income dropped 2.6% last month, giving back the 2.6% gain in December.
Fortunately consumer spending, the main engine of economic growth, won't experience a similar plunge in January. Spending is forecast to rise 0.2, matching the increase in December. Both numbers will be released at 8:30 a.m. Eastern by the Commerce Department.
The drop in income won't come as a surprise to Wall Street. After all, many companies accelerated dividend payments or declared special dividends in December to beat a tax increase that took effect in January.
Yet consumer spending holds the potential for surprise. Although spending is expected to rise, consumers did get whacked in January after the expiration of a two-year payroll tax break. Investors will pay especially close attention to the spending numbers and looks for signs of whether Americans are cutting back.
Another signal of the consumer's health will come with the final release of the University of Michigan/Thomson Reuters consumer sentiment index for February. Economists expect that a gauge of consumer sentiment from the University of Michigan and Thomson Reuters rose to a final February reading of 76.4 from 73.8 in January, due to higher stock prices and a strengthening labor market. A preliminary February reading pegged the level at 76.3.
A crucial indicator that has a strong correlation with GDP, the Institute for Supply Management's manufacturing index, may shown signs of slipping momentum in February, after a split in the regional gauges. Economists polled by MarketWatch expect the ISM index to slow to 52.5% from 53.1% in January. That data is due at 10 a.m., along with construction spending for January, which may show a 0.7% advancement.


text:
Woodstock, VT1959 Cox District Road
Est. Mortgage: $/month
MLS Number 4429915
- Residential Single Family
- Construction Existing
- Bathroom 7
- Bedrooms 9
- Square Feet 9,515
A modern architectural masterpiece and important work by award-winning and internationally recognized architect Rick Joy, Woodstock Farm presents a dramatic shingle and stone house and barn set on over 200 acres of Vermont countryside minutes from the picturesque village of Woodstock and in close proximity to Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. The high concept Contemporary design is executed with the sharpest attention to craft and draws on the vernacular of the rural northeast. The main residence offers a 152-foot elongated gable house with massive end walls of Lake Champlain bedrock and cedar cladding on the roof and side walls. Set at a subtle angle to the barn, the north facade of the main house engages the purity of the setting and looks out onto a large, deep, spring-fed swimming pond and the rolling pastureland, hills and mixed northern hardwood forests that comprise the property.
Listed by Richard Higgerson, Four Seasons Sotheby's Int'l Realty
Virtual TourSave FavoriteSchedule A VisitAsk A QuestionMore Details


text:
We are a global family. We are thousands of individuals, working as one team to create lasting impact for our customers, ourselves and the communities where we live and work. We take responsibility for each other and our company's future, knowing that personal ownership leads to broader success. We believe in purposeful innovation. We see where our customers' needs are not being met and we act. Through business innovation, product creation and service delivery, we are driven to power the industry that powers the world better. We believe in service above all. We are the backbone of the oil and gas industry with a singular focus to deliver the finest products and services, on time and on budget, to push our customers' business forward.
We make and support the world's most advanced drilling solutions. We're designing new technology and robotics that deliver increased automation. Building new fabrication facilities to shorten lead times. Expanding our training offerings to help our partners close the industry's generational gap. And developing smarter, more advanced drilling solutions for all types of land and offshore environments.
We integrate people, products, and technology to help our customers reach new levels of safety, efficiency and productivity. Within NOV Wellbore Technologies, we enhance drilling performance at the rig, both land and offshore. We understand the complete process and anticipate what our customers need to be successful.
Our integration expertise helps you complete projects on target, delivering new levels of productivity. We partner with every customer to configure comprehensive solutions that fit their needs. Whether it's a single piece of quality equipment or an expertly designed system, you can count on us to deliver on time and on budget. In every type of environment, we bring together engineering and operational expertise with a foundation of safety and risk management to deliver field-proven solutions that help you control costs and achieve lasting success.
Does that sound like a great career? We think so, too. The oil and gas industry stretches across the globe, from Houston to The Netherlands. With hundreds of locations in more than 60 countries, NOV is seeking team members who are passionate about changing the world, one solution at a time. Search for your new career at NOV and become part of something special as we help shape the future of the oil and gas industry.NOV offers a comprehensive employee benefit package including health, life and disability insurance; a retirement plan; and paid time off. Our team is committed to creating a lasting impact for ourselves, our customers and the communities where we live and work.
We're an equal opportunity employer.
It is National Oilwell Varco's policy to offer employment to applicants possessing the best qualifications with respect to the requirements of the position regardless of race, creed, color, gender, religion, disability, national origin, age, sexual orientation or other protected status.
For technical support... we are here to help.
Contact NOV Careers and we will assist you as soon as possible. Also, please check here for browser compatibility. Resumes and job applications must be submitted online and will not be accepted through our e-mail address.
NOV is aware of a scam involving fraudulent job offers. Please be advised that NOV never requests payment as part of the employment process and any job offer that requires payment is likely a scam. If you have received a fraudulent offer, please disregard and do not disclose any personal or financial information to them. Note: we only accept applications submitted through this website. Materials sent via email or social media are immediately deleted and not reviewed. You can view positions we currently have open to external candidates by using the search tools on this page.
Feb 17, 2015


text:
Soooo yummy!
More posts
- Awesome. $? Definitely a good one.
- Arguably the best Syrah I've had. It's a Jaffurs wine. Right up there with Lewis' Alec's Blend. $70.
- $50. Solid. Good with time. Tobacco. Nice on Tannins. Not quite Jaffurs. Really good.
- John & Kaya's wine 2. Santa Barbara Syrah, 2007, Jaffurs Wine Cellars.
- Baddddddd


text:
DomainSkate.com has been a satisfied customer of Phone.com for a few years now, making it that much better to connect with them at NY Tech Day two weeks ago. In fact, our booth was right across from Phone.com's, giving us the opportunity to chat with their team and get outfitted with some Phone.com swag!
We also had a chance to talk about the product we recently launched—our online brand protection for small- to medium-sized businesses. DomainSkate helps companies manage their brands and domains online, keeping cyber squatters and other domain abusers away.
For demo purposes, we entered "Phone.com" into our software dashboard, and predictably, there were many results for domain names that included the term "phone." Most notable were instances where people were obviously trying to target Phone.com by registering domains like www.phonecom.com and www.phone-com.com. Also, there were those who'd registered the term "phone" in the new domain TLDs (Top Level Domains), who may later try to sell those domains to Phone.com competitors; for example, phone.computers, which showed up in our search results.
What's key is that DomainSkate's system showed that there are people out there looking to capitalize on the Phone.com brand name by using new domain extensions to scoop up domain names similar to "Phone.com." What can Phone.com or any small- to medium-sized business do to protect themselves? A lot actually, and much of it can be done without breaking the bank!
Online brand protection is not just for the Googles, Yahoos! and Citibanks of the world. Every business can police its name and brand by making sure no one is taking advantage of them online. Simply go to DomainSkate.com and sign up for FREE for the first 2 months (use code PHONE). The system will check your brand name, give you initial results and then do a deeper sweep a few hours later.
Next, if your company has a registered trademark, DomainSkate can help you get into the Trademark Clearinghouse, which delivers two key benefits. First, it ensures that you have the first right to obtain your brand name in a new domain, such as "YourStore.Web" or "YourB&B.Hotel." You'll also be notified, for a period of time, if people try to take your name on a TLD.
Finally, if you've found that someone has your domain name and is cybersquatting, typosquatting or just trying to fool your customers or hurt your business, DomainSkate has resources to help get your name back.
Time for a quick shout out: Phone.com is the perfect complement to what we do at DomainSkate. From their easy-to-use control panel, we can point our toll-free number anywhere. This means that if we move to larger offices or want to route calls to our mobile phones while we're out of the office, we have that freedom. This is critical to the success of our business!
If you run your business online, take your phone system online too with Phone.com—and remember that there are Internet criminals out there who want to capitalize on your success.
David K. Mitnick is the Founder and President of DomainSkate, LLC, an Internet company that focuses on online brand protection. Mitnick created DomainSkate when he saw the potential in the expansion of the global Top Level Domain space. He also shares his expertise in the area of Internet Domain Law, having written for, or been quoted in, CircleID, Mashable, VentureBeat, Inc. and Digiday. Find him on Twitter @DomainSkate.


text:
Right On The Helmet
Dear Circle Track,
Regarding John Gibson's "From the Driver's Seat" (Feb. '09), I really think you hit this right on the helmet. I just started racing at the age of 43, after being a fan forever. When my family was young, our entertainment was Saturday night at the races. At my local track Charter Raceway Park in Beaver Dam, WI, adults are only $10 and children, 11 and under, are free. Tell me where else you can go and get 4-plus hours of entertainment for you and your children for $10? And after the races, the kids pour into the pits, meet their favorite drivers, get hot shots, sit in the cars, and get autographs. My children still remember those nights and we still have pictures of them around the house sitting in various cars from over the years. Now I get to be that driver who kids want to meet and get that autograph (imagine that) or sit in my car. Great memories and entertainment at minimal cost, that's what short tracks are all about.Gordon D. SchultzStreet Stock No. 28
Great memories and entertainment at minimal cost–what more could you ask for?
Shear & Brake In One?
Just a quick comment concerning John Gibson's article "Five Shop Upgrades" (Jan. '09). He indicates that a sheetmetal shear and brake are the same item. In almost all cases they are two different pieces of equipment. The few items that will do both operations are not suitable for the race shop. I don't want someone buying a sheetmetal brake on eBay thinking he is also purchasing a shear.Thank you,Wayne WillemsenWalnut Creek, CA
You are correct that most brakes and shears are two separate pieces of equipment, however, the machine that John references in the photo caption on page 78 that reads, "A sheetmetal brake will not only allow you to cut the metal but it will also allow you to bend and shape it" is actually Dayton's combination shear, brake, and roll machine. It can cut, bend, and roll up to 20 gauge mild steel in widths up to 39 inches . The Model number is 2XTZ9 and retails for around $1,000 from Grainger. John swears by it.
Two Motors
Dear Rob,
Like so many other people who got into racing in the late 50s and early 60s, my dad and I started with the '32 Ford coupe and gradually moved into the Modified class in the St. Louis, MO, area. We ran the car for about a year then decided to build a Super Modified. We put a flathead Ford in it but it didn't have the power to keep up with the Chevy V-8s, so we got a 283ci Chevy with three Stromberg carbs and a Vertex Magneto. We didn't have a big budget so I reasoned that since we didn't have the money for stroker kits to make big cubic inch engines, two engines would work as well. The wing is salvaged from a wrecked plane at the local airport.Bill SchaeferHenderson, NV
That's awesome! What ingenuity! Bill's letter was actually edited down for space. To read his entire letter to the editor and for more of Bill's pictures head on over to www.circletrack.com and look under the Featured Story.
Tri-City PleaDear Circle Track,
I've been getting different racing magazines over the years and waiting to see my home track in there, but never have. So, I was going to talk to you guys. I am talking about Tri City Raceway in West Richland, WA. I believe it opened in 1968 and closed in 2004. It was the fastest half mile tri oval in the west. I've been going to TCR from 1997 until it closed. Now, it's going to be a winery.Thanks,Mitch SlagleWest Richland, WA
We hate to hear about any track closing but especially ones that have been around for decades. That's one wicked configuration! Hey you Tri City racers, send us some of your pics and we'll put them up on www.circletrack.com.


text:
1 syllable
- baek, beak, beeck, beek, bleak, cheek, chic, cleek, clique, creak, creek, deak, deike, dieck, eke, feick, fleek, freak, geac, geek, gieck, greek, heeke, leak, leake, leek, leick, meek, paek, peak, peake, peek, pique, reeck, reek, reick, rieck, riecke, riek, rieke, seaq, seek, sheek, sheik, sheikh, shriek, sieck, siek, sikh, sleek, sneak, speak, speake, squeak, streak, teac, teak, tweak, weak, week, weick, weik, wieck, wreak, zeek, zeke
2 syllables
- antique, ashcreek, batik, belgique, bespeak, boutique, cacique, critique, henrique, henriques, henriquez, kmiec, leveque, manrique, mcpeak, mcpeake, mcpeek, mediq, misspeak, monique, mystique, nongreek, oblique, physique, respeak, tariq, technique, unique, vanbeek
3 syllables
- dominique, electrique, martinique, mozambique, veronique
The only site you need for word puzzles, home work, anagrams and scrabble games. The best site for two word anagram solutions.
Enter the letters to get anagrams for the word
Definitions, synonyms, antonyms and related words
Enter the word below with '?' to indicate missing letters
Enter the word to find the rhymes
Enter the letters of the beginning, middle or end of the word.
Unscramble.net is the free tool to unscramble letters and words for games like Text Twist, Words with Friends, Scrabble, Word Scraper, and of course the ever popular Jumble newspaper puzzle. It is also great for homework problems that frustrate many parents and students. Unscramble.net provides one and two word unscramble solutions from its extensive 280,000 word list that includes technical, medical and slang words. There is no limit to the number of letters entered for one word unscrambles and the site also provides for rhyming words and dictionary definitions for many of the unscrambled words. Two word unscramble results are provided in two formats for easy comprehension by the user. There is no limit to the number of word combinations provided whether for one or two word unscramble solution sets.
The site is mobile friendly and fully https/tls security compliant. Fast and easy, unscramble.net provides the most accurate and complete word, letter and anagram solutions available. Trust the oldest and most reliable unscramble tool on the net. Word lists are constantly being updated from reliable sources. Android and iOS apps are coming soon.


text:
Ultimate Furniture Protectors are almost like having machine washable furniture. Sticky fingers, spills and pet hair are no problem for Ultimate Furniture Protectors. They are water-resistant...when there's a spill just throw them in the washing machine. And these quilted covers stay in place, even when the dog or kids crawl on and off the furniture. Attached D-ring ties at all four corners make them easy to put in place, then keep them from sliding around or bunching up. Durable, water-resistant polyester with polyester fiberfill.
Ultimate Furniture Protector for Chairs is 109"x98-1/2"; fits chairs with seats up to 24" wide.
Ultimate Furniture Protector for Sofas is 154"x98-1/2"; fits sofas with seats up to 67"W.
Ultimate Furniture Protector for Loveseats is 132"x98-1/2"; fits loveseats with seats up to 45"W.
Sign up for email offers!
Customer Service
Shop Gold Violin
Shopping Services


text:
The research supports it. Organization and planning skills topped the list of predictors of academic success in college.
...Improving lives, one day at a time.
AgendaWorks planners are a welcome addition to your college bookstore planner selection. Serious college students from Ivy League to Community Colleges have spoken with their dollars…the AgendaWorks planner works and it sells.
If you are a college student and would like your local bookstore to carry the AgendaWorks planners, please contact us and let us know the name of your bookstore and we will do our best to get our planners on their shelves. Nothing speaks louder that paying customers!
Put Us To The Test
We invite you to put our planners to the test in your bookstore. You have a hungry audience looking for an alternative solution to their day planner needs and we have that solution.
(512) 522-0354
1802 Elton Lane
Austin, TX 78703
Copyright 2009 All rights reserved


text:
Toss the 2 cheeses together with the cornstarch. Rub the inside of a heavy saucepan with the cut garlic clove. Add wine and 2 tablespoons Kirsch and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low and add the cheese mixture, stirring, until mixture is hot and smooth.
Add remaining 2 tablespoons Kirsch if mixture is too thick. Season with nutmeg and pepper, to taste. Transfer to a fondue pot and serve immediately with dippers of choice.
This recipe was provided by a chef, restaurant or culinary professional. It has not been tested for home use.
Recipe courtesy of Tom Bowes, Dip Cafe


text:
GamedayHousing.com necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 54 diseños de 10 diseñadores freelance.
We are the nation's leading resource for sports fans who want to save big bucks on big game weekends by renting a vacation home instead of a hotel room. We make this possible by running a site where owners can list their properties and guests can book these homes as easily as they would book a hotel room on kayak.com or hotels.com. We guarantee every transaction on the site and are available to property owners and their guests by phone 12 hours a day.
mailchimp.com - like the clean look and the ease of use. Love the playful nature of the design. Love the use of a colorful background to highlight important information.
basecamphq.com (37signals.com) - love the clean look and emphasis on education of user.
kayak.com - lots of good features for displaying properties and instilling trust / confidence in booking process. Very usable design, very focused on the business goals of the site.
hotels.com - more focused on trust process, not as usable, don't like the way information is displayed at hotel level.
airbnb.com - nice clean looking site / very usable. Love how the information on a property is listed. love how slick and usable the search results page is. Pages are clean but not so clean that character is taken away.
yelp.com - lots of content to help search rankings.
zappos.com/womens-belts-fashion-accessories~1 - 1. we really like the way zappos has built a permalink into their url 2. we really how fast, clean, and usable this page is. 3. in particular we like how easy it is to sort and filter results
You will be redesigning two pages that represent the core of our business. Your job is to make them more clean, add a few features described below, and focus mainly on usability. If you ever feel that a feature or copy is cluttering the design - tell us!
In general we like the look and feel of airbnb, zappos, and mailchimp. Each is clean yet fun. That's what we're shooting for here!
Here is a list of the pages you'll be working on:
1. a search results page that lists all of the rental properties available in a certain geography. CURRENT PAGE HERE:
2. a property listing page that provides more detail on an individual rental property. CURRENT PAGE HERE:
3. A new home page gamedayhousing.com
More details on the design requirements for each page as well as mockups can be downloaded here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/702453/99de…ns-gdh.zip
Within that zip here are the files that matter for each page:
1. Home page mock up - shows the basic features as we feel we need them but we're not stuck on the layout. Here's the rank order of features on the page: 1. Search bar - get's our clients into our core business 2. Educate - tell new users about our business (sample homes, points of difference, etc.) 3. Utilities (sitewide navigation such as how it works, help, login and then footer information)
2. search results Page - see results page.doc results.jpg
3. Property Listing Page - listing.doc / listing.jpg (note there are three different views in the mock ups)
We have tried to include all image files, docs, etc. that one would need at this dropbox location: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/702453/99de…ns-gdh.zip
In the package you should find all of the design documentation described above. Further there are a variety of photos featuring stock images of homes, locations, publications that have featured gamedayhousing.com, etc.
Audience - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/702453/99de…dience.doc
work product should be submitted in psd format (RBG layers)
We plan to hire the winning designer to work on a large scale project with up to 150 hours of work needed to build more pages.
Our MAJOR pain points (or why we're hiring you):
- Need better social media integration
- Need to be more clean
Our internal designer put together the mockups but we need help cleaning things up and extra hands on this project so that's where YOU come in!
The mock ups show very basic features that we want - we're not stuck on any layout or look and feel of a page.


text:
- Product Information
Victoria by 3 Sisters for Moda FabricsAdditional Information
Product Type Yardage Fabric Collection Victoria Fabric Designer 3 Sisters Fabric Manufacturer Moda Fabrics Theme Floral Fabric Type 100% Cotton Fabric Width 44/45" Image Scale 11" x 11" swatch of fabric
- Color Matcher
Find color matches for this product by clicking on a color below.
Disclaimer: Colors shown here are not guaranteed to match the above product and are intended as a guide.
- Related Products
You may also be interested in the following product(s)
Victoria Layer Cake
3 Sisters for Moda FabricsPrice: $38.98 per layer cake


text:
For Immediate Release, December 16, 2009
Suit Filed to Stop Hawaii Longline Fishery From Tripling Sea Turtle Kill
Deadly Hooks Also Snag Whales, Seabirds, and Sharks
HONOLULU— Today conservation groups Turtle Island Restoration Network, the Center for Biological Diversity, and KAHEA, all represented by Earthjustice, filed a lawsuit in federal district court in Honolulu challenging the National Marine Fisheries Service's issuance last week of a rule that removes all limits on effort in the Hawaii-based longline swordfish fishery and allows the fleet to catch nearly three times as many loggerhead sea turtles as was previously permitted.The new rule conflicts with the Fisheries Service's own assessment that the North Pacific loggerhead sea turtle is in danger of extinction. That report, released only four months ago, noted that incidental capture in longline fisheries is a primary threat to the species' continued existence.
The new regulations increase allowable capture of threatened North Pacific loggerhead sea turtles from 17 per year to 46 per year. The rule continues to allow the capture of 16 endangered Pacific leatherbacks each year. The Hawaii longline swordfish fishery also catches, injures, and kills false killer whales, albatross, and blue sharks.
"The sea turtles are swimming toward extinction, yet this plan seems intent on continuing the same old fishery policies hastening their demise," said Teri Shore, program director of Turtle Island Restoration Network. "We are disappointed, given Obama's new directives to protect the oceans." The president's Ocean Task Force recently held hearings around the country to develop a national ocean policy, including one in Hawaii last September.
Swordfish longline vessels trail up to 60 miles of fishing line suspended in the water with floats, with as many as 1,000 baited hooks deployed at regular intervals. Sea turtles become hooked while trying to take bait or entangled while swimming through the nearly invisible lines. These encounters can drown the turtles or leave them with serious wounds.
"The Fisheries Service has admitted that loggerhead and leatherback sea turtles in the Pacific face a significant risk of extinction unless we reduce the number of turtles killed by commercial fisheries," said Andrea Treece, an attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity. "Unfortunately, rather than take action to improve protection of sea turtles, the agency is proposing measures that would actually increase the number of turtles killed."
"The law requires the Fisheries Service to minimize harm to sea turtles, and prohibits harm to albatross, both of which are being driven to extinction mainly because of irresponsible fishing practices," said Paul Achitoff, an attorney with Earthjustice in Hawaii. "The agency is once again disregarding these laws in favor of maximizing swordfish catches and pandering to WESPAC's insatiable appetite for short-term profits."
"Allowing longline fishing for swordfish in the rich waters off Hawaii is like allowing landmines to be used for deer hunting in national parks," said Marti Townsend, program director of KAHEA: The Hawaiian-Environmental Alliance. "You may catch what you are after, but the collateral damage to other wildlife is simply unacceptable."
The litigation is being supported by the Snorkel Bob Foundation of Hawaii, which sponsors results-oriented work that prevents incidental killing of marine species.
Earthjustice is a nonprofit, public-interest, environmental law firm. The Mid-Pacific office opened in Honolulu in 1988 and has represented dozens of environmental, native Hawaiian, and community organizations. Earthjustice is the only nonprofit environmental law firm in Hawai'i and the Mid-Pacific, and does not charge clients for its services.
The Center for Biological Diversity is a national, nonprofit conservation organization with more than 240,000 members and online activists dedicated to the protection of endangered species and wild places.
Turtle Island Restoration Network is a nonprofit environmental organization committed to the study, protection, enhancement, conservation, and preservation of the marine environment and the wildlife that lives within it. TIRN has approximately 10,000 members, many of whom reside in the state of Hawai'i, and has offices in the United States, Costa Rica, and Papua New Guinea.
KAHEA: The Hawaiian-Environmental Alliance is a community-based organization working to improve the quality of life for Hawai'i's people and future generations through the revitalization and protection of Hawai'i's unique natural and cultural resources. We advocate for the proper stewardship of our resources and for social responsibility by promoting multi-cultural understanding and environmental justice.
Go back


text:
EPA Administrator Stepping Down [AUDIO]
Lawyers for the State of Wyoming say the legislature acted within its authority to pass a law removing schools Superintendent Cindy Hill as head of the Wyoming Department of Education. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency administrator who oversaw investigations that involved hydraulic fracturing in Wyoming is stepping down. Doug Randall has the details. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.


text:
Ice cream fondue at Tea Farm Cafe
Over at our sister publication, check out Lei Chic's favorite neighborhood cafes. One of them, Tea Farm Cafe, specializes in tea. It's been open for just over two years and, while food offerings had been rather ho-hum, Tea Farm Cafe has since added an ice cream fondue ($25), reason enough to go. The cafe forms Haagen-Dazs ice cream—in flavors of green tea, vanilla and chocolate—into heart shapes and also supplies marshmallows and brownies for dipping into the warm chocolate tableside. You can even add bacon ($4). This adorably delicious fondue set feeds four easily.
Other sweets that Tea Farm has also added: their own chocolate cake and green tea cupcakes (both light, not too sweet desserts) as well as Chantilly and Black Forest cakes from Patisserie. Plus, there's a s'mores set, a fun idea if you don't mind roasting marshmallows over a Sterno. But if you had to pick just one dessert to go with your tea, it's ice cream fondue all the way.
2600 S King St., Ste 106, 945-2679, theteafarm.com


text:
Undergraduate Education
The Office of the Vice Provost and Dean for Undergraduate Education is responsible for the coordination of the academic experience of undergraduate students at this University. The Vice Provost works closely with the deans and faculty of the individual schools and colleges and with the Undergraduate Academic Council in developing, coordinating, and implementing undergraduate academic policy and curricula as well as actively promoting undergraduate opportunities in applied learning, such as research and internships. The Vice Provost oversees the Office of Undergraduate Education, the Honors College, the Center for Undergraduate Research and Creative Engagement (CURCE), the General Education Program, the Writing and Critical Inquiry Program, the Office of Transfer Student Services, the Student Engagement Initiative, the Center for Achievement, Retention, and Student Success (CARSS), and the Academic Support Center.
The Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education also provides coordination of and advisement for: independent study; student-initiated interdisciplinary majors and minors; interdisciplinary courses; and the NYS Senate and Assembly Internship as well as other University-wide internships. The Office coordinates with the Office of Access and Academic Enrichment, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, the Registrar's Office, and other University offices to implement changes in academic policies and curricula, and to this end it publishes the Undergraduate Bulletin each year.
The Office provides assistance and counseling to undergraduate students who are contemplating leaving the University, who are seeking to take a Leave for Approved Study at another college or university, or who wish to re-enter the University after having been away for a semester or more. It also coordinates the Degree in Absentia process.
This website for the Office of Undergraduate Education contains details about its affiliated programs and services as well as applications and forms for relevant programs and petitions for exceptions to academic policies.
The Vice Provost is eager to facilitate help for all students who wish to explore academic issues and concerns. Students may contact the Office of the Vice Provost and Dean for Undergraduate Education by visiting Lecture Center 30, by calling (518) 442-3950, or by email to email@example.com.


text:
From Media Day until opening night, NBA.com's John Schuhmann will provide a key stat for each team in the league and show you, with film and analysis, why it matters. Up next are the Memphis Grizzlies, who are looking to build on a trip to the Western Conference finals.
|The basics
The stat
94.3 – Points allowed per 100 possessions by the Grizzlies' defense with Tony Allen on the floor.
The context
That's the lowest on-court DefRtg of 263 players who logged at least 1,000 minutes last season. There's no doubt that Allen is one of the best perimeter defenders in the league. Whether he's the most important defender on his team is another question.
As the anchor of the Grizzlies' No. 2 defense (and a great one at that), Marc Gasol was more important. The defense suffered a hair more when Gasol stepped off the floor than it did when Allen stepped off, and Gasol played about 700 more minutes than Allen did last season.
Mike Conley, Tayshaun Prince and even Zach Randolph played their roles in the Grizzlies' defense too. When the post-trade starting lineup was on the floor, Memphis allowed a paltry 89.1 points per 100 possessions. Only one lineup — the Spurs' starters — that played at least 200 minutes together was better defensively.
The lineup was particularly good at forcing turnovers. Overall, *the Grizzlies ranked second, forcing 16.9 turnovers per 100 possessions. With Allen and Conley on the floor together, they forced 18.4.
*The Clippers ranked first, forcing 17.2 turnovers per 100 possessions, but forced just 11.3 out of the Grizzlies in the playoffs.
Here some clips from a December game in which the Grizz forced the Mavericks — who had the third lowest turnover rate in the league — to cough it up 19 times in less than 34 minutes with Conley and Allen on the floor…
Offense, of course, is another story. The Grizz ranked 18th offensively in the regular season and scored just 93.4 points per 100 possessions in getting swept by the Spurs in the conference finals.
Gasol and Randolph are maybe the best high-low combination in the league and Conley is a water bug who can get to the basket, but Memphis has lacked the 3-point shooting needed for a top-10 offense. They ranked 24th in 3-point percentage and dead last in 3-pointers made last season.
Allen, who shot 56-for-193 (29 percent) from outside the paint last season, can be left alone on the perimeter. It shouldn't be a surprise that the Grizzlies were better offensively with Conley and Jerryd Bayless in the backcourt, but it's amazing how much better they were offensively…
Grizzlies efficiency with Allen, Bayless and Conley
|On the floor
|All three
|Only Allen & Conley
|Only Bayless & Conley
|Only Allen & Bayless
Of course the defense took a big step back in those minutes. And that's why the Grizzlies couldn't let Allen walk as a free agent this summer. He's a huge part of their success and their grit-n-grind identity.
If the Grizz are to be a better team this season, they will have to find the right balance between more perimeter offense (from Mike Miller and Quincy Pondexter) and the defense that made them who they are.
Pace = Possessions per 48 minutes
OffRtg = Points scored per 100 possessions
DefRtg = Points allowed per 100 possessions
NetRtg = Point differential per 100 possessions


text:
Access to the Courts for those with Disabilities
The Division of Professional and Court Services is responsible for addressing inquiries regarding concerns under the Americans with Disabilities Act. It assists the courts in assuring access to services and reasonable accommodations for court users and employees who qualify under the ADA. Each courthouse has an ADA liaison responsible for implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Disabled individuals with special needs are encouraged to contact their county local ADA Liaison.
For further information or assistance, email: email@example.com


text:
S4 E17 Freedom - Part 2
Meredith and Derek may lose their clinical trial at midnight and a young man encased in concrete will certainly lose his life if the team at Seattle Grace doesn't find a way to free him. Fast!
In an attempt to cheer up a depressed Cristina, Meredith gives her the sparkle pager; for the keeper of the prettified pager gets first dibs on all surgeries. This helps Cristina get her medical mojo back. But Rose's mojo is a no-go whenever she's around Meredith. Must stem from the fact that Derek decides to sell the land where he planned to build the Mer-Der McDream home.
Callie and Sloan are still hot and heavy. But Sloan makes their trysts more tantalizing by talking about all the dirty things they could be doing if Erica were there too. We didn't know they could say things that steamy on network TV.
George complains to Lexie that he has no power even though he's the Chief's intern and has access to all his files. This inspires Lexie to break into the Chief's office to steal said files. Anyone else think Lexie has a little kleptomania problem that may need to be addressed? While thumbing through the fruits of her most recent crime spree, Lexie reads George's file and tells him he failed his intern exam by one point. Only one!
Bailey needs to spend more time doing surgeries in order to sit for her boards. She may get that much-needed OR time sooner rather than later when a teen named Andrew comes in. He was encased in cement after completing a dare by his so-called friends. Andrew did it to impress, Lola, the lone girl in the flippant group.
Everyone on the trauma team has a different concern about Andrew's situation, yet no one knows where to begin. The only thing they can agree on is that they have to work fast before his organs shut down. Mark, Callie, Erica, Bailey, Cristina and a construction team work diligently to free the poor guy. They make progress but Bailey believes they're missing something. Then it hits her. They've been giving him water for hours for hydration but unless they get a catheter in him immediately Andrew's bladder will explode. You read that right. Gross!
Derek and Meredith welcome a couple of new clinical trial patients. Beth and Jeremy are two tumor-ridden teens who fell in love after meeting in a support group. Beth's parents aren't happy about the relationship. They believe if Jeremy dies, Beth won't want to live.
The Chief informs Meredith that the board is shutting down the clinical trial at midnight unless she and Derek finally save someone. Meredith wants to operate on both patients before the deadline. Beth wants some private time with Jeremy before his surgery. Knowing this won't fly with her parents, Derek and Meredith sneak them into a private room where they make love for the first—and we hope not the last—time.
Jeremy promises they will both make it through their surgeries. It's a promise he can't keep. Jeremy dies on the OR table, and Beth is devastated. Derek isn't doing much better. He grabs the bottle of champagne he and Meredith were going to open once they finally saved a life and tosses it in the trash.
Meredith tells her therapist that her mother slit her wrists in front of her when she was a child. She had to wait until mom passed out before calling 911. The therapist suggests that Meredith is angry at the Chief, who went back to his wife after his affair with her mom. She also tells Meredith that her mom didn't really want to kill herself. Meredith disagrees.
We feel an eerie parallel to Meredith's therapy session when a concerned Izzie calls Alex at home for an update on a slowly-deteriorating Rebecca. Alex insists Rebecca is fine until he walks into the kitchen to find her limp hand dropping a bloody knife.
Is anyone else out there feeling emotionally drained right about now?
Alex brings Rebecca into the ER. Izzie sees that she's slit her wrists. Alex insists he can handle Rebecca's "bad patch" because he did before with his mother. Izzie knows Alex is in over his head, and orders a psych consult. Rebecca has borderline personality disorder. Alex calls her husband after finally realizing that he can't help her. Finally.
Andrew crashes as toxins rush to his heart when they remove the last piece of cement. Cristina performs a controversial heart procedure she learned with Burke. Dr. Hahn isn't happy about this but the Chief overrules her. Andrew survives to find that the Lola, the girl he was trying to impress, really does care for him. Looks like his heart was saved a couple different ways today.
Hahn gets a lecture from the Chief about being a better teacher. Lexie lectures George by telling him he's capable of greatness. It's the kick in the pants George needs to tell the Chief his talents are being wasted. The Chief agrees to let George retake his intern exams. George is so excited he kisses Lexie. For George, the kiss is all about enthusiasm. But by the look on Lexie's face, we're thinking she's thinking it's something more.
Several relationships take a turn. Mark urges Callie to tell Erica how she feels. He's growing. Callie tries to get the words out but ends up kissing Erica instead. A broken Alex kisses Izzie, but it doesn't feel right. Izzie ends up holding him close. The Chief goes home to Adele. He's not asking her to come home, he's telling her. An exasperated Adele responds, "It's about time." And Bailey wants to work on her relationship with her family so she turns over the clinic to Izzie.
Derek's confidence in the clinical trial is all but gone. But Beth still has hope. She wants the surgery now because Jeremy would be mad if she just gave up. Meredith is all for the surgery, too. This prompts a despondent Derek to tell her he never wants to see her again. We think he's overreacting.
Derek is extremely melancholy just before the surgery. He says he's "failed her" over and over again. Rose is listening. She knows (and we know) he's talking about Meredith, not the patient. Beth is scared. So is Derek, until Beth say's let's just "leap." It was nice to see Derek so inspired by this dying woman's courage.
Beth survives the surgery but Derek fears the worst when he sees her parents sobbing in the recovery room. Turns out they were tears of joy. Derek is elated. He digs the celebratory bottle of champagne out of the trash.
Meredith sees from the x-ray that Beth's tumor is shrinking. Finally, they saved a life! Rose congratulates Meredith on the medical breakthrough by saying, "It's the stuff of legends." Rose encourages Mer to find Der. Sounds like a plan.
Mer-Der search for each other everywhere. They finally meet at Derek's patch of land. Meredith set up a dazzling array of candles outlining where their house will be. Mer tries to convince Der that'll she'll try to trust him. He shuts her up with a passionate kiss. It's a great scene. Things don't get more "happily ever after" than this.
Finally, Meredith has a breakthrough in therapy. She realizes that her mother really didn't intend to kill herself. As a skilled surgeon, she knew exactly how to hurt herself without dying. Meredith also realizes that when her mom told her to be "extraordinary," she wasn't talking about surgery.
It's kinda how we feel about Season Four of Grey's Anatomy. Extraordinary!