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I mention this because I have a fondness for grammar. I have a fondness for the language and the words of which grammar is precisely and eloquently interconnected. I also have a fondness for people who love things and consequently express this love by exploring and discovering everything there is to know about that thing.
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A few different stray things on the internet had been floating around in my mind for a while. Maybe it was noticing that most of the sf critics don't seem to have that big old chip on the shoulder anymore; it has been a while since I've seen any of them hurl "Yeah, well our books have characterization too, so there!" at mainstream or literary critics who have been ignoring them.
Maybe it was a note from a friend, a longtime science fiction fan, who was rejoicing in the fact that his Miss Popularity daughter and her friends were campaigning to have their prom have a Tolkien theme.
Or another note from a friend exulting in how much cooler he is, now, than the people who were crappy to him in high school.
Might have been the interesting diversity of responses to Losers in Space (good sampling at the Goodreads page, and in the editorial reviews in the Barnes and Noble page), which prompted me to drop a note to Sharyn saying "You know, I think the acceleration of mud may be the toilet repair of this book." (She sent back an appropriate snarf. Sharyn and I play well together).
Some of it was the conversation I'm about to report below.
The one that crystallized it for me, though, just yesterday, was Max Castera's piece, "Why Do Kids Prefer Sci Fi over Science?" in Wired's GeekDad section.
Crystallized may be the wrong metaphor. More like finding a perfect piece of backing for a quilt, or perhaps a perfect brain in a jar (the one from Abby Somebody). Castera's piece let me sew together a bunch of stray snippets I'd written, without having them add up or go anywhere, across the last year, plus the thoughts occasioned above, into a sort of a Frankenstein of a blog post, which this is. I still don't know that I myself understand it (mostly it seems to be just going "Ruuuuggggggh!"), and it's kind of an ugly son of gun, but maybe it'll rile some peasants.
About that conversation: So there I was, sitting in a bookstore coffee shop, recharging my caffeine stream and the computer's battery, when I overheard, "Einstein like totally proved that how you experience time depends on your emotions. That's just physics."
I don't know how other novelists work, but eavesdropping is part of the job for me—actually a vital part. It's essential to avoiding having characters talk like people in other books.* So when I hear something, I start spying.
In this case, the person speaking was dressed like she was going to a costume party as a hipster geek, and I was reminded again that hip geeks and geekish hipsters had sort of sneaked up on me over the last couple decades, and that for many people under age thirty-five or so, there was never a time when geekiness wasn't cool or fashionable.
Then her coworker said. "I love physics. I mean, quantum physics. Of course I hate classical physics cause its like industry and killing the Earth** and all."
And the third coworker, a male who looked twice as hip and three times as geek as the other two put together, chimed in with the opinion that quantum physics, which Einstein had "invented" because he was "totally a mystic and a pacifist," meant that "things can be whatever we want them to be so, you know, observer created reality*** we're totally free." And it went downhill from there.****
All three had the mix of clothing and personal style that is somewhere right on the cusp between the cool crowd at a science fiction convention and the local coffeehouse intellectuals, and I was driven to a melancholy realization:
Geeks were never, on the whole, particularly smart.
Even when I was but a wee tad, and there were old geeks even then, the gray-haired geeks I met were often just people with good heads for trivia; an obsession with some less-visited and less-respected aspect of pop culture like vampires, superheroes, flying saucers, etc.; chips on their shoulders about people who were more socially capable, economically successful, or genuinely educated than themselves; and personas encrusted with odd affectations that were some mixture of defensiveness, attempts to be interesting, and genuine eccentricity.
What geeks were, which was very important and did matter very much to smart people, was other-geek-tolerant in a way that opened up room for other people to be smart.
The guy sitting next to you in the propeller beanie who knew the casts (and their careers) of everyone who was ever in a Universal horror movie, or the current positions of all the planets, or all of Monty Python by heart, was often not particularly more gifted intellectually than the teenage girl who could name every backup singer in thirty bands, or the White Sox fan who could tell you all of the last twenty seasons inning by inning, or the car enthusiast who instantly recognized the make, model, and year of every car that went by.
But unlike his or her mundane-hobbyist counterparts, the real geek liked to think that when he or she was sitting on a couch, drinking something sane people would avoid after they could drink legally, he was hanging out with a genius. With a fellow-genius. Ideally with a fellow slan-level uber-genius.
Better yet, the two of them could pretend that they were both sitting next to a fellow etcetera. And if one of them really was smart, bingo, home free, and hurray, there was a friendly place for a brainy person – and such places were (and still are) scarce in our culture. The shy, awkward mathematician who was seeing deeper into the nature of reality than anyone else within a 100-mile radius could feel like somebody liked him for the genius he really was, even if the person appreciating him was just a guy who knew a lot about Green Lantern.
But things move on.
Some of that light leavening of the really talented among the geeks grew older, got jobs in the entertainment industry, and made their dreams, and it turned out they were right all along: this shit was cool. People who used to duct-tape That Poor Hopeless Dork naked and upside down in the girl's locker room were standing in line on Dec. 17 desperately hoping to get a plastic toy from the TPHDverse so as not to ruin their kid's childhood (and were perhaps troubled, in the secret moments before they fell asleep, to be aware that when they said "I knew TPHD in high school, but we were never friends," their kids looked at them with deploring, condescending pity, thinking of course not, you couldn't possibly have been cool enough).
Geekiness became mainstream, and like all mainstream stuff then fragmented (a mainstream is a stream so big that it has room for plenty of turbulence). The consumer-culture toys-and-props side of geek culture grew a hip wing of people who like the same crap but like it ironically so don't lump me in with the lumps!
And smartness went from being tolerated to being assumed to ... well. To I geek therefore I'm smart. To .... let me show you.
Meanwhile back at the eavesdropping, an older guy who dressed like me (so you may trust me, nothing remotely hip was happening in his vicinity; mothers sometimes point me out to their children and say "See what happens if some people are allowed to dress themselves?") took a seat at the counter, and after a while, it turned out that being a high school physics teacher, and perhaps dealing with New Age "Quantum=Abracadabra!" equation in his classroom too often, he endeavored to correct some of the happy babble of the baristas. They told him that he needed to loosen up and get out of all this math stuff or he'd never understand quantum physics, and after he gave up, went off into a discussion of The Watchmen and of why Neil Gaiman's being on The Simpsons was cool, and I'm very happy to say that I can find no way to attribute one iota of what was in these people's heads (or not there, more properly) to Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, or Matt Groening.
After he left, their conversation morphed over to People Who Just Don't Get It, by which they meant not so much that guy who thought he knew physics but had probably never even heard of Deepak Chopra, as much as they meant their parents and some of their employers and teachers, who, like, never ever heard of or even thought about this stuff, so they were like, so cut off, so out of it. I noted that at least for these three little hipster geeks, the Clark Kent glasses, engine-part earrings, sleeved up tats and too-cool 'tude have become their ironclad evidence that despite knowing very little, and being unable to think coherently or cogently about the little they know, they are very comfortable with being brainitude-infested uber smart innalexshuls, to pronounce it as they tended to.***** Smartness consisted of what you bought and how you consumed it, of liking the right products and rejecting everything that didn't fit. They were smart because they were geeks and they were geeks because they were fashion-slaves to geekish peer pressure, not just in products but also in beliefs and ideas and pritnear the whole works.
And a pleasant thought overwhelmed me.
The geeks of a few generations ago, the true paleogeeks, the ones who made geekdom a safe hangout for brains in a world full of bullies, trendies, and trendy bullies, the geeks who were not always likeable or personable but still occupied the most interesting table at lunchtime – those geeks would not have been able to stand these guys behind the counter. (Heck, I would guess many of the geeks of today can't). In fact there was a good chance that that high school physics teacher, who looked like he was competing with me in the final round of Can You Be Mistaken for a Basket of Laundry?, was a genuine old-school real-thing geek, a Geek of Old, if you will.
And the pleasant thought was this: people just like the Geeks of Old are still being born. They are still being badly socialized and squeezed to the outside of school and family and peer groups. They are still growing up into a world that has very little place for them.
In fact, for the moment, the world has less place for the Geeks of Old than it did during Old, because what used to be their place has been overrun with trendy dipshits. Really, it's not even a new sort of social disaster; it's what happened to the hippies for a while, and to the preppies, and might happen to any other broad clique or lifestyle at any moment: the people who want to get what you've got without accepting what you have are essentially a ravening horde of peer-driven fashion-enforcers, and at the moment they've ravened their way into geekdom, but
1) they won't stay, because they never stay anywhere, and
2) when they go, they'll have destroyed a lot of bullshit, because it is exactly the bullshit to which they are attracted, and they'll discredit it for generations of geeks yet to come.
Right now, out there, some kid with hardly any friends is muttering to him or herself, "Vampires and zombies are stupid. Space ships and aliens are bullshit. Movies that are all flashing lights and loud noises and based on toys are dumb, and besides there's no explosions in space and that time machine doesn't make any sense and computers can't blow up from typing unacceptable commands any more than paper catches fire when you write bad things on it, and not to mention that a guy who spends all his time running and yelling and shooting would not have any idea how to fix a toaster, let alone a space-time continuumoscopic defenestrator. I am not going to go to the party dressed as a wizard, I am not going to stand in line till midnight to be the first to see SOUND AND FURY: The Tale Told By An Idiot, Part 7, and I am going to stay right here and..."
"... and ..."
There's the beauty!
I don't know and you don't know what that kid is staying home reading/watching/playing instead.
But we live in the world of teh interwebz, and no matter what s/he likes, or is looking for, soon that outcast kid will find another person who has no desire to be a wizard and thinks that Japanese artists may have been snorting a little too hard on the panties from the vending machines and should at least learn to draw people with smaller eyes.
I can't seem to find it online, but decades ago, reading one of Those Magazines That No, Really, I Mean It, I Read It For the Fiction, I encountered a marvelous cartoon: an immense orgy with naked people of all genders in all possible configurations in one vast sprawl, except for a young woman in a somewhat dowdy dress and a young man in a rumpled suit and tie, standing in the middle of the only clear space in that humping, rutting mob. They had eyes only for each other, and one of them was saying, "Really? I like classical music too!"
I wish I could find it because it illustrates exactly my point: that when the genuinely different – not the affectedly set-apart – find each other and discover that they are not the only ones in the world like themselves, the angels sing a capella Bach in heaven. Or perhaps hold a Dixieland parade or a hootenanny or do a kazoo performance of the 1812 Overture. You just never can tell with those angels, they're fun-loving bastards who don't care what's cool. And if that's not what angels are like I'm playing for the other team from now on.
Anyway, only slightly more seriously: this is a big reason why the indie/self-pub revolution is so incredibly wonderful, and why I envy younger writers who won't spend as many years in traditional/legacy publishing. Because there is going to be more and odder odd stuff out there to be found. Because people who like really-smart and demanding-smart more than glib-smart or fashion-smart or of-course-I'm-smart-all-my-friends-are-rich-and-we-all-agree-we-are will be able to find things they like, and through those things, find each other, and the bullying ninny ex-geek in the corner office in New York or LA won't be able to keep them from it.
One reason why As You Like It is still my favorite Shakespeare comedy is this: nearly everyone you see on the stage has realized that the wicked usurper seizing power in the capital is a perfect excuse for all the fun people to run off to the Forest of Arden, put on men's clothes if they don't wear them already, and have fun adventures for their own sake for the next four acts (and then abruptly marry each other because, shucks, it's a comedy, everybody likes a wedding at the end of a comedy).
Well, folks, I am here to tell you: the towers of geekdom are fallen to the hands of the trendroids. The cool people have seized the citadel. Usurper fashionistas sit upon the thrones of glory in Castle Geek, and true geeks creep out the back gate at night, unnoticed, unpursued, unmourned. We are once again exiles
.... in the Forest of Arden! ...
so put on your favorite role and maybe a nice men's outfit******, and join me in hanging up handbills filled with excruciating poetry all over the woods (I intend to hang up Emily Dickinson's "I'm nobody! Who are you?" on any tree that has private property post no bills on it, and maybe tape it to some ultra-serious culture-critic's back when he's not looking).
With the handbills we invite all the new people (that lost kid reading Coleridge in the corner of the library at lunch, the girl who can't tell anyone why she visits all those 19th century fashion plate websites every night, the kid who likes math because of the taste of seven and the ringing tones of primes) to all the new parties. It's gonna be fun out here, away from the usurpers. If it ever gets dull, we can hold a wedding and go sack the castle back.
*I don't try to avoid having characters talk like people in books. They should talk like people in books. They are people in books. They just shouldn't talk like people in other books, unless I'm deliberately imitating the other books. Having people talk like people in other books just because that's how you happen to write them is lazy, misses too many opportunities to do something interesting, and is probably a symptom of not having anything to say (possibly because you read too much to do anything interesting).
**actually she said something more like "kiln thuh earthen awl?" But I immediately realized she was not asking questions about making ceramic woodcarver's tools. Such are the benefits of theatre training in accents and dialects.
***pronounced "azerva crated ree-yatty." Okay, I'll stop now.
****If you don't see anything wrong with any of what they were saying, go away quickly, because I am a bad person and I will hurt you just for fun. Or at least you'll never be able to figure out any other reasons for what I did.
*****Oops. I guess that was the last time, then.
****** or whatever you like, Dr. Furter. Wouldn't want to spoil the party for anyone.


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For the past few months I have been researching Worcester's modern medical history (using the Archives at The Hive), with the aim of developing a final topic of discussion based around the NHS and health authorities within Worcester. Within the primary resources I found at The Archives, I found myself drawn to the resources regarding the treatment of mental health. With some more research, I found that a project had been undertaken in the 1970s and 1980s with the express aim of making the transition from the more traditional style mental hospital, Powick, to a new idea of 'community care'. This became the Worcester Development Project.
The Worcester Development Project was devised in the early 1970s and was initiated by the Department of Health in 1978. It was termed a 'test-bed' for a new style of mental health treatment, in an attempt by the government to move away from the previous use of large mental hospitals and move towards a system in which treatment of mental health would be carried out within the community. This was primarily to be done through the closure of Powick Hospital and the establishment of a complex system of replacement units such as day centres, wards attached to general hospitals, and residential hostels[1]. Originally built in 1852, Powick was a large institution that in relation to the national performance of such hospitals, was performing above average; a draft feasibility study compiled by the Department of Health and Social Services in 1969 indicated that only 16% of patients at Powick were classed as long-stay, performing better than the national average[2]. Despite this, the idea of treatment within the community instead of more isolated institutions was growing amongst the government and the public and ultimately, a new system of care was developed with Worcester.
Previously unaware of the use of Worcester by the authorities as an 'experiment' of a new way of treating mental health, the topic intrigued me. The focus of my attention for the remainder of my research will therefore be on the transition from institution to 'community care' carried out within Worcester during the Worcester Development Project.
Within this broader area of discussion, I have identified three key areas of research necessary; the reasons for community care and the driving forces behind this, a comparison between the initial plans for the project and the eventual outcome, and thirdly the public reception of 'community care' and responses to the Project from a variety of different sources. Through this, I am hoping to find and present an interesting account of the transition from institution to community within Worcester, taking into account different sources with different agendas, focuses and viewpoints.


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Key Performance Indicators
Pipeline operators and PHMSA collect hundreds of different data points measuring how safely pipelines are operating and the reasons behind pipeline incidents when they occur. Particularly useful measures of pipeline safety examine incident size, location, commodity and cause. However, the liquids pipeline industry also tracks a core set of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) as a sign of overall pipeline safety performance. These KPIs are based primarily on incidents impacting the people or the environment (IPE). They were created through a collaborative effort between PHMSA, public safety advocates represented by the Pipeline Safety Trust and the liquids pipeline industry. They reflect the highest priority we place on protecting people and the environment.
Note: Page 46 refers to the page 46 of the API-AOPL Annual Pipeline Safety Excellence Performance Report which reviews industry-wide safety performance and describes industry-wide safety improvement efforts.


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Driver's Working Environment and Hazards and Musculoskeletal Disorders.
Every working environment has its set of hazards and risks but did you know that professional drivers face the most hazards and risks in the workplace? Yes, it's true.
Compared to other occupational groups, professional drivers have to deal with a very non-health friendly and non-conducive working environment which in the long run, may incur significant damage on their health.
The long and extended hours of maintaining a sitting or reclining position under the heavy pours of rain or the scorching heat of the sun expose professional drivers into a greater health risk. It makes them susceptible to many health diseases including musculoskeletal disorders.
According to research, the long hours of sustaining a driving position exerts pressure on the spine. Subsequently, this can lead to the development of musculoskeletal disorders such as neck problems, backaches, general stiffness and pulled muscles.
Among the list of musculoskeletal disorders which may develop, lower back pain is considered to be one of the most common among professional drivers. In one study, 81% of American bus drivers and 49% of Swedish bus drivers are suffering from low back pain due to their current job.
Lower back pain (LBP) is one of the major reasons behind the growing rate of absenteeism in many working populations today. Compared to other working groups, professional drivers are found to have the greatest risk for lower back pain given the nature of their job. In fact, as per studies, LBP affects 81% of bus drivers, 51% of taxi drivers and 60% of truck drivers.
Musculoskeletal Disorders in Professional Drivers
Complications are observed, in lorry drivers who are tasked to deliver goods from one location to another. Most drivers complain about musculoskeletal problems on their knees, hands, hips, lower back, and shoulders. Other complaints include stiffness and pain in the neck, back, and upper limbs.
MSDs in professional drivers are, often, associated with a broad range of psychosocial and ergonomic risk factors. Among bus drivers, psychological stress factors, such as traffic congestion and short rest period on working days, are considered as major contributors.
In a scientific study involving 598 Italian professional drivers, the researchers concluded that the professional driving industry is facing an increase of lower back pain cases. Some researchers suggested that professional drivers are at a very high risk for lower back pain due to some significant factors which include carrying, lifting, awkward postures, prolonged sitting, and some psychosocial issues.
Other factors associated with Low Back Pain
Whole body vibration is also the primary element in the onset of lower back pain. Research shows that it can also trigger the development of other disorders such as early spine degeneration and herniated discs. Whole-body vibration occurs when the body shakes when it comes in contact with an oscillating surface. The vibrations of the car are transferred to the body especially to the soft tissues and spine which can cause back pain.
According to research, long term regular exposure to whole body vibration can lead to back pain. The longer the time you are exposed to body vibration, the greater is your chance of suffering from back pain, injuries, and disablement.
Sitting for throughout the long hours of trips makes drivers sustain an awkward position for an extended period. Maintaining a sitting positing for more extended hours puts greater pressure on the spine. Furthermore, slouching and slumping can create more significant stress and tension in the ligaments and muscles surrounding the lumbar spine. In the long run, this may cause pain and discomfort to the drivers.
Effects of Stress
According to research, over exposure to psychological stress caused by passenger hostility, poor accessibility to the lavatory, short lunch breaks, and undesirable traffic conditions can cause muscle tightness and spinal problems which may eventually lead to the development of musculoskeletal disorders.
Benefits of Exercise and Physical Activities
Due to the long hours of sustaining a reclining or sitting position, most drivers are less likely to engage in physical activities and exercise. Thus exposing them more susceptible to suffer from different types of musculoskeletal disorders.
According to research, increased physical activity plays a significant role in reducing the driver's susceptibility to low back pain and other musculoskeletal disorders. Results of epidemiological studies revealed that exercise is an excellent way to strengthen the muscles of the abdomen and the back, thereby reducing their risk of MSD. When you have time, try engaging in physical activities such as tai chi and yoga as they can help in toning your back muscles and thighs.
What to Do to Prevent Backaches when Driving
Your posture in driving can significantly affect your health in the future. Sustaining an awkward position for an extended period increases your susceptibility to backaches in the future. Also, back pain can significantly affect your driving performance which when left untreated, can lose one's occupation and source of living. So what can you do to prevent backaches?
•As much as possible, try sitting with your buttocks very close to the backrest. You have the ideal position when your leg is slightly bent whenever you press the pedal on the floor
•Adjust your seat height to the most comfortable position. If your car has a seat tilt feature, prefer a tilt angle where you can easily press the pedal on the floor. Adjust the backrest by the tilt angle you choose.
•Make sure that the upper edge of the car's headrest is aligned with the top head. Bear in mind that the headrest is playing a vital role in maintaining a healthy posture when driving.
•Ensure that the distance between the back of your knees and the edge of the seat should be around 2-3 fingers wide.
•Make sure that your shoulders are as close as possible to the backrest. By adjusting the angle of the backrest to a point where you can easily find the steering wheel with bent arms.
•Avoid driving for more than two hours. After two hours of driving, take a break and stretch your legs. Resting periods, for leg stretching, can help in relaxing your back and preventing fatigue.
•Try changing your driving positions now and then.
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Oregon Vine Maple grows commonly as a large multi-stemmed tree in the 3 to 6m range. Brilliant red and orange colors signal the arrival of autumn, while showy white flowers appear in early spring. Fruits 4 cm long, wings horizontally spread, deep red at maturity.
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Burlington Board of Health Annual Flu Clinic
|The annual Board of Health Flu Clinic is also run as a full-scale Emergency Dispensing Site Exercise
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|Volunteer Tim McCoy conducts "just-in-time" training for radio use during the 2015 flu clinic
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|BVRC Executive Committee Chair Sandra Voltero and volunteer Shirley Moreno staff the display table for volunteer recruitment
|Community Health Fair - May 2018
|The Burlington Board of Health recently hosted the annual Burlington Community Health Fair at Burlington High School. The event was geared toward all ages and provided an excellent opportunity for residents to discover the health and wellness services available in their community. There were free health screenings, physical activity demonstrations, raffle prizes, and more. BVRC volunteers helped the BOH staff the event.
|BVRC volunteers Pat McDermott, Lucy Bramanti and Mary DeChiara (back to front) greet visitors to the Health Fair.
|Board of Health staff member Samantha Hardy (r) with Mary Cole, Program Coordinator with the Greater Boston Tobacco Free Community Partnership, display information and answer questions about e-cigarettes.
|There were several fitness demonstrations at the Health Fair this year. An Indoor Cycling program from Rev'd Cycling.
|BVRC volunteers Eileen Allosso and Carolyn Abruzzo demonstrate "Stop the Bleed" - a quick lesson about pressure and tourniquet application in an emergency situation.
|Burlington Police Department officers with information on RAD (Resisting Agression Defensively)
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Administrative Region : West Greece
Regional unit : Ilia
Agia Triada (Greek, Modern: Αγία Τριάδα, meaning the Holy Trinity) is a village in the northern part of the municipal unit of Lasiona and the northern part of the Elis prefecture. It is accessed by a road connecting Patras and Tripoli, the GR-33 and the Amaliada to Simpoulo Road 4 km N. It is located about 35 km S of Patras, about 55 km from the Rio-Antirio bridge, about 95 km SW of Kalavryta, about 105 km W of Tripoli, about 50 km N of Olympia and about 40 to 45 km NE of Pyrgos. The Pineios River flows north of the community and also the Achaea prefecture is to the north of the river.
Nearest places
Simopoulo, SW
Panopoulo, S
Postal code: 270 69
Elevation: 460 m
Dialing code: 026220
Historical population
Year Population
1981 244
1991 299
2001 356
Agia Triada has a school, a church, and a square (plateia).
Much of the area are forested or have no farmlands, half of the area are covered with pine forests in the south and west and a few hills and along to the east with a few bushes and grasslands. The village is located on a valley with the Peneus River and curvy roads up to the bridge of GR-33. The northern part is the Peneus River. The mountains of Skollis in the northwest and Erymanthus to the east can be seen.
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Blackout wrote:I'm living a hell as I said on my most recent posts, as after developing PSSD nearly 5 years ago, this year my condition deteriorated much more quickly as I'm now mostly unable to have even the lame sex that I could have for at least a minute, but now I'm as much as preoccupied about my severe loss of memory that now I see as anterograde amnesia.
Well, among the many different aspects of life that are ruined for people who are affected this way, much more than milder, superficial forms of just PSSD, I've been thinking that at least most of my affective and cognitive symptoms match those so called negative symptoms of schizophrenia, or deficit syndrome: apathy, anhedonia, avolition, loss of memory and so on. It is well known that these supposed symptoms of schizophrenia aren't easy to treat, because no current drug is 'effective' against them. So called negative symptoms tend to develop later than the so called positive symptoms, and what I thought is that they are no other thing than the brutal consequence of people labelled initially as schizophrenics with purely psychotic, delusional symptoms, developing the long lasting effects of being drugged with AP's and AD's to 'treat' their 'illness'.
And this speculation also turns my mind to the so called treatment resistant depression. As a chronic depressive person, who had bouts of severe, major, suicidal depression before developing this hellish conditio, someone who was crying every day and every night and feeling the train of intense emotions that got me into this trap, I used to have a very robust, and marked response to any drug that I was prescribed in the past: from the SSRI fluoxetine, to the SNRI venlafaxine, to the TCA amitriptyline, to benzos and specially the activating drug modafinil, each of them was notorious when it was inside my body, inside my brain, because they worked like magic. That is why I lived so convinced that only through persistent medication will I find the 'cure' to my depression and anxiety someday -that because I used to be on those drugs for very short periods of time due to initially my mother and father arguing and throwing responsibility to each other on who was to pay for my doctor and my drugs.
Well, the point is that now after having developed PSSD and all unimaginable cognitive and emotional symptoms, all the experiments I made did anything to relieve my post SSRI suffering. Modafinil, which was the equivalent as the limitless pill for me, is now a sugar pill, and it couldn't have been tolerance, because prior to evil sertraline in 2011, I just had taken modafinil for about a couple of weeks in January 2010, and it was super effective and every pill of the whole package produced the same effect, so it didn't pooped out on me. The truth is that the changes induced by sertraline in my brain are blocking the good effects of any drug that otherwise should have been helping me. I had great hopes on Ritalin when it was prescribed to me in late 2012, since I never had taken it in my whole life. I was hoping it would have relieved my PSSD, but it was just another sugar pill. That's the dopamine blockage. But every good neurotransmitter or hormone in my body is dormant: oxytocin injections are sugar pills too, very high dose injected testosterone too, CDP-choline in very high doses too, but instead, when it was to dopamine blockage, D2 antagonism, antipsychotics were ready to cause me akathisia, when the only AP that I took -albeit for a week or so- when I was young, risperidone, didn't produce me akathisia. So in the present I'm prone to D2 antagonism effects, but not D2 agonism.
If I talk to any stupid psychiatrist about all of this, that I feel like crap, devastated, hopeless, and that any medication makes me feel better, they will call it 'treatment resistant depression'. I imagine that LOTS of people diagnosed with treatment resistant depression and/or with negative symptoms of schizophrenia, are in fact victims of the poisoning caused by pharma, the first are those who seem tolerant to every medication because their brains are rewired to block dopamine and everything except fucking serotonin; the last are those who have become zombies due to being on a full serotonergic state.
What do you think? Hope I was clear in my point, because nowadays I even can't understand myself, it takes me a lot more effort to me to write even something like this and I guess it is not that understandable.


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Primal Kitchen® Sesame Ginger Vinaigrette makes this meal a snap to cook. The dressing provides all the flavor, transforming roasted broccoli and shrimp into an incredible meal with sweet, sour and mildly spicy flavors.
Broccoli really soaks up the dressing well. You'll probably find yourself cooking broccoli this way again and again, even without the shrimp.
This one-sheet pan meal is easy to cook, and easy to clean up after. It's a keeper, for sure.
Servings: 4
Time in the Kitchen: 30 minutes
- 1-pound shrimp, shelled and deveined (450 g)
- ¼ cup Primal Kitchen Sesame Ginger Vinaigrette and Marinade, plus more to drizzle over broccoli after it's cooked (60 ml)
- 2 pounds broccoli, cut into small, evenly sized florets (900 g)
- ¼ cup avocado oil (60 ml)
- ½ teaspoon ground coriander (2.5 ml)
- 1/4 teaspoon salt, plus more to taste (1.25 ml)
Preheat oven to 425 ºF/218 ºC
In a bowl, combine the shrimp with Primal Kitchen Sesame Ginger Vinaigrette and Marinade. Set aside.
On a sheet pan, toss the broccoli florets with avocado oil, coriander and salt, until evenly coated. Spread broccoli across the sheet pan. Roast 12 minutes.
Stir the broccoli, then add the shrimp to the sheet pan, scattering it around the broccoli. Roast the shrimp and broccoli another 10 minutes, until the shrimp is cooked.
Drizzle a little extra Primal Kitchen Sesame and Ginger Vinaigrette over the broccoli and shrimp before serving.
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With their members having performed and recorded for many years in some of the UK's most iconic venues, The Plimp Souls' superb sound, infectious grooves and well sculpted songs leave their audiences shrieking for more,
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Dear Straight People, Am I that different? I am the boy with an attraction deemed unnatural, sinful and destructive. I am the boy who was told that nothing good would come out of those same-sex attractions. I am the boy who lost his mother at a young age. Inspired and touched by the love and
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After single-handedly running Dear Straight People for over 2 years and interviewing over 50 queer individuals, the founder of Dear Straight People has decided to share his own story.
Dear Straight People, Once upon a time not too long ago, publicly acknowledging a same-sex relationship would have been unfathomable for most gay couples. These days however, publicly open same-sex couples are a dime a dozen. From YouTube to Instagram, the internet is crawling with openly gay couples. And one such couple that caught our


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While working my way through endless stacks of magazines and papers I managed to get some novels in along the way. Here's the latest.
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah E. HarknessDr. Diana Bishop is an American scholar studying at Oxford who just happens to be a witch with roots back to Salem, Massachusetts. One day in the Bodleian Library she orders up an alchemical manuscript, Ashmole 782, which draws the attention of every witch, vampire, and daemon in the area, including a 1,500-year old vampire named Matthew Clairmont. Bishop, who has always been reluctant to use her powers, is drawn to the charismatic Clairmont and the two are soon working together to discover the secrets of the manuscript. The book starts off strong; I loved the scenes set in the library and around Oxford as well as the initial dance between Bishop and Clairmont. Yet I felt the romance became too rushed and at 592 pages, certain sections could have been edited down.
13 rue Thérèse: A Novel by Elena Mauli Shapiro
American scholar Trevor Stratton, (yes, I read two books in a row involving American scholars) working at a Paris university, discovers a box filled with objects once owned by Louise Brunet, a woman whose story is pieced together by Trevor from the contents and his own imagination. Spanning both World Wars, Brunet's tale includes a cousin she loved who was lost in the first war, her marriage to a good but boring man, and her fixation with a neighbor. Filled with photographs of the objects in the box, the book is both lovely and moving. The author states that she inherited the box and its contents from the real Brunet. I don't know how much of this tale is true but in the end it doesn't really matter. Shapiro vividly brings Paris and Brunet to life and that's what's important.
Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade by Patrick Dennis
When ten-year old Patrick becomes an orphan he is sent to live with his eccentric Auntie Mame in New York. There he receives a most unconventional upbringing, from the notepad he is given to record all the words he overhears and doesn't understand at her cocktail parties to the bohemian school in the Village he attends where the students study in the nude. When Patrick grows up and threatens to turn into a stiff like his father Auntie Mame intervenes, including a hilarious visit to his school, and shows how strong her love is for her ward. I had seen the film with Rosalind Russell (which is fabulous) but this was my first time reading the book and it's by far one of the funniest I've read in years. Hilarious yet poignant in sections, it's a must read for everyone.
Highland Fling by Nancy Mitford
Sally and Walter are newly weds and as part of the group dubbed the Bright Young Things find things like budgets and living within ones means a foreign idea. When they are asked to go up to Scotland and host a shooting party at Dalloch Castle they accept, inviting their friends Albert, a painter recently returned from Paris, and Jane, who is always falling in love. The other guests, all older and highly respectable, soon clash with the younger set in a series of hilarious situations. I have to confess that Nancy Mitford is one of my favourite writers and love all of her work. Highland Fling may not be her best novel but it is highly entertaining and had me laughing throughout.


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The AMB is home to the Institute for Advanced Manufacturing (IfAM), which has 96,000 sq ft of research and teaching facilities for design, manufacturing, assembly and metrology, measurement, testing and modelling.
Professor Svetan Ratchev, director of IfAM, described the AMB as one of the largest manufacturing, engineering, teaching and research facilities in the UK, housing some 400 staff, students and researchers.
"Skills challenges remain a key issue for many manufacturing businesses in the UK, due to factors such as the fast pace of technology development, an ageing workforce and a shortage of graduates with relevant multidisciplinary skills and experience. The Institute helping to shape the manufacturing research agenda nationally and internationally and is supplying the technology and specialist skills to support key industrial sectors and encourage the growth of emerging industries."
Juergen Maier, chief executive of Siemens UK, said: "This new facility heralds the start of something truly special for Nottingham, and will help place the region and indeed the country at the cutting edge of digital manufacturing. Why is this important? It's important because our future lies in driving a new technological revolution focusing on AI, automation, robotics and 3d printing as well as many other new exciting technologies. It will ensure graduates are at the cutting edge and ready to take up the high productivity, high wage jobs of the future."
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Songs from The Vampire Diaries Season 6 Episode 7: Full Soundtrack. Bear Hugs and Bourbon: The Damon Salvatore Story. Wondering what songs were playing when Elena and Damon slow danced, Stefan apologized to Caroline for being a "jerk," and Jo and Alaric bonded over being formerly supernatural creatures? Well, you're in luck because we just happen to have the soundtrack for The Vampire Diaries Season 6 Episode 7: "Do You Remember?" listed for your enjoyment below. That being said, whip out those mp3 players, scroll on down, and get ready to add a fresh batch of songs to your TVD playlist. "Budapest " by George Ezra: Plays when Liv teachers how Tyler how to pour champagne into flutes. It also arrives when Alaric and Jo arrive at the Whitmore College fundraiser event. "Msk " by Yellowcard: Plays when, much to Damon's dismay, Elena arrives to the fundraiser with Liam as her date.
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Jo pokes fun at the situation by listing all of Liam's enviable qualities, and a frustrated Damon compels Liam to go get chardonnay while he whisks Elena off to the dance floor. "The Hardest Part" by Nina Nesbitt: Plays when Damon and Elena are standing near the border of Mystic Falls and he tells her about the last time she told him that she loved him. "Belong " by Cary Brothers: Plays when Damon and Elena dance at the fundraiser party, and he jogs her memory about all the fun times they've had to together. (Psst! Check out our exclusive interview with this talented musician here !).
"How Long Do I Have To Wait For You? " by Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings: Plays when Elena asks Damon to take her to the last spot where she told him that she loved him. "Concrete Angel (acoustic) " by Christina Novelli: Plays when Stefan apologies to Caroline at the hospital. He never meant to hurt her, but he doesn't feel the same way about her as she does for him. "Another Love " by Tom Odell: Plays at the end when Damon stumbles into the cemetery with a bottle of bourbon in tow and finds Bonnie's teddy bear, Ms. Cuddles, sitting outside the crypt.
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Also, it played during the #DelenaRainKiss. "Two Weeks " by Grizzly Bear: Plays when Alaric and Jo joke about being formerly supernatural beings and make a toast to being "powerless and ordinary. " It also plays when Luke drops by the party to remind Liv not to get in too deep with Tyler because their coven might call on them to return home — and they won't care if she's in love. What was the best music scene from The Vampire Diaries 6×07? Sound off in the comments.
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{restaurant review} Public Dining Room
Blame the salt air. Blame the beachy Scandinavian whites and creams and blonde wood furnishings, and the long window baring all of sun-tanned and swimsuit-wearing Balmoral Beach. In such a setting, you can hardly be blamed for going past the impressive chargrill and meat menu and choosing instead things taken from the sea. It's good fortune, then, that chef Richard Falkiner has a light, gentle hand with seafood. Nude, seared scallops sit on large white plate, with a pretty wreath of tiny cauliflower florets, raisins and walnuts ($25).
In what is perhaps becoming Sydney's signature dish, lead by Tetsuya, a soft pillow of lightly smoked confit of ocean trout takes a turn for the fresh with a cucumber salad, ocean trout roe and baby radish leaves ($24).
The Palmer Island mulloway, pleasingly crispy skinned and soft with butter, comes on a smear of carrot puree and doll-size garden of "sea asparagus" or samphire, salty, crisp and tasting not unlike apple skin, and steamed baby spring vegetables, soft with a central satisfying crunch ($32).
The excellent concept of a "young adults" menu forced a little squeal of delight at our table, even though neither of us met the description, alas. A crumbed John Dory fillet comes with a tumble of crispy fries and a salad ($15), and a glorious sort of 1950s heyday dessert, ice-cream with a selection of ever changing toppings ($10), conjures the beachside vibe.
Off the sea-related ingredients, if we must, the Golden Plains pork belly is happily crispy skinned, proper crackling of course not possible with suckling pig. A turn on the old pork-goes-with-apple scenario sees instead a potato and pear puree, and the comforting addition of nutmeg roasted pears ($36).
The incredible Valrhona chocolate fondant is biscuity and filled with a smooth and oozing bitter chocolate sauce ($16). A scoop of subtle buttermilk sorbet balances on a little mound of coco bean crumbs, dry until they melt in your mouth. We don't mind if we do pair this with the NV Stanton and Kileen 'Grand liquor' muscat from Rutherglen, Victoria, thanks very much for the suggestion ($16).
The sand is within toe's reach, and this is right where a long jetty stretches across the water. Come before the night does in a bid to catch the full summery gilded Balmoral cove at its best. It is this beachy appeal that thankfully causes Public Dining Room to open its doors on Sunday evenings in the summer months.
IN A FEW WORDS: Bikinis meet relaxed elegant dining for the beachside set.
COME HERE FOR: The seared scallops with cauliflower, raisins and walnuts entrée. And the view.
This review appeared in Sunday Life magazine in April 2012.


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For today's post, I went for the big inspirational one, as I skipped quite a few in last month. And I'm full of it, so I thought I'd shared it with you. Yes? Yes, okay! It's a mix of somewhat springish and summerish things, just like the weather here is more like in April than in July. Not giving up on my dream of shorts and pretty dresses though… Have a good Tuesday!
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Why build offsite?
News • Feb 23, 2017 09:39 GMT
The simple answer to this question is, because the UK can't achieve its construction volumes without using alternative methods of building.
Currently around 90%* of new homes in England and Wales are built using traditional masonry materials – brick and block. Much of the remaining 10% is timber frame with offsite manufacturing (OSM) having only a small slither of the pie. The story is a little different in the commercial sector where OSM is becoming standard practice for some large players and significant investments are being made into these processes.
So what have these developers realised which the rest of the industry is yet to discover?
Well firstly, OSM has some clear benefits over traditional methods of building – for example:
- Safer working conditions – factories provide far more predictable environments and with less workers on building sites, health and safety issues are greatly reduced
- Improved quality and standard of build – by building in a controlled factory environment, quality of workmanship can be more closely monitored and standards maintained
- Shorter and predictable build times – OSM is not impacted by the weather or by the availability of other trades, so timelines can be agreed and adhered to
- Fewer materials and deliveries to site – delivering modular units and panels to site requires far fewer journeys than traditional methods, meaning a reduction in noise, waste and general disruption.
Negative perceptions
Even when all of these benefits are considered, some people and organisations still have negative perceptions of the OSM processes – quite probably because they haven't been given accurate information. One of the biggest problems is the terminology used: prefabricated units. This is what the Government and consumer media keep quoting when talking about tackling the UK's housing shortage. Images which come to mind are of post-war accommodation, which had been built to last for only 10 years – this is simply not the case for 21st century modern methods of construction.
It's perhaps worth explaining here that there are two types of OSM – volumetric (modular) and panelised (or smart modular). Volumetric refers to entire units being built in factories and craned into place on site, whilst panelised refers to individual walls and floors being built at offsite facilities and then erected on site. Thanks to the development of BIM, both can be highly tailored in design and both are built to last – in the case of light gauge steel, in excess of 200 years.
Skills shortages
OSM also scores highly in addressing the issue of UK skills shortages – something which is getting steadily worse. The Federation of Master Builders' State of Trade Survey Q4 2016 stated that of the 15 of the key trades it monitors, 40% showed skills shortages at their highest levels since 2013. The Government's recent Housing White Paper acknowledged this and explained how provision for training was a priority. But while this investment is desperately needed, it's not going solve the crisis in the immediate term, nor is it capable of taking complete responsibility for turning the sector around. More options are needed.
OSM doesn't require the same level of availability of on-site skilled trades that building using traditional methods does. Only a handful of contractors are needed on site to erect the frames and while some specialist trades are still present, thanks to the considered design of panelised structures, that requirement is kept to a minimum.
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The benefits of OSM can be realised across every type of construction project – student accommodation, residential, education, healthcare. For example, a light gauge steel system was used at The University of Derby's new Cathedral Road student accommodation where a 350-bed, £14m seven storey structure was required for September 2016 intake. The contractor was originally heading down a traditional build route but time constraints simply didn't allow. Using OSM, a 20-week build plan could slot in neatly and the development was completed two months ahead of schedule.
And at The Old Oak in Ealing, North London, seven storey and nine storey apartment buildings were built using OSM and positioned next to each other on a transfer platform. Weatherproofing was applied to specific floors of the structure to maximise the speed of build and enable other trades to maintain a good pace on site. The building was complete within 21 weeks and is believed to be the single largest steel structure of its kind in the UK.
The construction industry needs to change – Mark Farmer made that very clear in his review: 'Modernise or Die'. Interest in OSM is growing amongst developers of all sizes and over the next 12 to 24 months I think we'll see modern methods of construction becoming more and more commonplace on construction sites UK-wide.
Mike Fairey, Director, Fusion Building Systems
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I believe we are on the cusp of an African food revolution. There is a longing to try something that is actually new, not just re-spun, and African cuisines are filling that gap. It's the last continent of relatively unexplored food in the mainstream domain. For too long Africans have kept this incredible food a greedy secret.
Since childhood I've been having a love affair with food from across Africa. My Ghanaian father used to bring home strange and exotic ingredients such as Kenkey, Shito, Tilapia, Smoked fishes of all varieties and he would cook them - mostly for himself, to get that comforting taste of home. I used to hang around him in the kitchen, quizzing him on the names of the ingredients and where they were from, picking from his plate. Partly to connect with him, partly I realised over time, cooking and eating Ghanaian food was a way for me to connect with his home too. Without any extended Ghanaian family in London this part of my mixed heritage (my mother is Irish) was foreign to me. Food was my entry point to exploring this side of my identity and I fell in love with Dad's version of Groundnut Soup - which later became my Peanut Butter Stew, now a signature dish on my menu.
All my life I've cooked this dish when I needed nourishment, comfort and a taste of home - also cooking it for friends who would continuously pester "when are you going to cook that peanut butter stew again?" This passion for cooking for people and sharing the flavours of Ghana led to the creation of the West African food adventure which has become Zoe's Ghana Kitchen.
Since 2010 I've established a successful casual dining restaurant, a busy Streetfood & Event Catering business and I have been lucky enough to write a cookbook of traditional recipes I have re-mixed for the modern kitchen, enabling more people than ever to join the African food adventure with me and explore flavours from Ghana in a way they can incorporate into every day cooking. My mission has been to enable as many people as possible to have access to this amazing food and culture and I hope you find this cookbook delivers that opportunity.
From Pan-roasted Cod with Grains of Paradise and Nkruma (Okra) Tempura to Coconut & Cassava Cake and Cubeb Spiced Shortbread, this is contemporary African food for simply everyone. If you're already familiar with good home-cooked Ghanaian food, you'll find new ways to incorporate typical flavours - such as plenty of fresh fish and seafood, hearty salads and spices with a kick. If you're new to it, you'll no doubt be surprised and delighted at the relative ease of cooking these tempting dishes. Most of the ingredients are easy to come by at supermarkets or local shops, and the recipes are super flexible - you can take the basic principles and adapt them easily to what you have available in your cupboard or fridge. Zoe's Ghana Kitchen will help you bring something truly exciting and flavour-packed to the kitchen. Get ready to be a part of bringing African food to the masses.


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Michael Souter: Ex-BBC DJ jailed for sex attacks on boys
A former BBC radio presenter has been jailed for 22 years for sex attacks on boys.
Michael Souter, 60, of Loddon, Norfolk, was convicted earlier this month of 19 sexual assaults on seven boys aged between 11 and 16.
Norwich Crown Court heard the offences took place between 1979 and 1999.
Souter, who worked for BBC Radio Norfolk in the 1980s, was a Venture Scouts leader, a mentor to young people and had been allowed to adopt a child.
The court heard Souter, who also worked for Radio Clyde, had used his local celebrity status to abuse his victims.
The jury also found him guilty of seven counts of making and possessing indecent images of under-18s.
After the six-week trial, detectives revealed they were investigating further allegations of abuse against the defendant.
'Lives destroyed'
Judge Mark Lucraft QC described Souter's attempts to claim the allegations were fabricated as "pathetic".
"The childhood of many of your victims was destroyed and their lives blighted," he said.
"You exploited your position to groom each of them. You took hundreds of photographs of boys in shorts and were the only person in this court who could not see these pictures for what they were."
The judge said Souter displayed an "ongoing sexual obsession with boys" and posed a risk of further offending on his release from prison.
The court had heard he was also been investigated in 1993 and 2002, but no charges were brought.
The defendant, who has two properties in Spain and one in Norfolk, was banned indefinitely from working with children.
He was ordered to pay legal costs of almost £14,700, later corrected by the judge to almost £18,700.
Andrew Shaw, for the prosecution, said Souter mounted a "cynical defence" in the face of overwhelming evidence.
He had denied the offences saying they were concocted, and that police had invented evidence as part of a conspiracy to smear his name.
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Souter's barrister, Andrew Hill, said he could offer little in mitigation because his client had continued to protest his innocence.
"His position prior to these matters - the charitable works and many other local good works - will all be forgotten," he said.
The senior investigating officer in the case, Det Insp Paul Brown, of Norfolk Police, said: "This case demonstrates the importance of victims coming forward, no matter how long ago their experiences happened.
"Souter exploited his local celebrity status and connections to gain access to children, and this also provided him with the perfect cover for his offending as he appeared to be an upstanding member of the community whom no-one would challenge.
"Once the investigation started to uncover more about his past, we found he had repeatedly offended and displayed extremely concerning behaviour online."


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Lipocine to Present at the Oppenheimer 28th Annual Healthcare Conference
SALT LAKE CITY, March 14, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Lipocine Inc. (NASDAQ: LPCN), a specialty pharmaceutical company, announced today that Dr. Mahesh Patel, Chairman, President and CEO, will provide a corporate overview at the Oppenheimer 28th Annual Healthcare Conference, being held March 20th – 21st at the Westin Grand Central Hotel in New York City.
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Lipocine Inc. is a specialty pharmaceutical company developing innovative pharmaceutical products for use in men's and women's health using its proprietary drug delivery technologies. Lipocine's clinical development pipeline includes three development programs TLANDO, LPCN 1111 and LPCN 1107. TLANDO, a novel oral prodrug of testosterone containing testosterone undecanoate, is designed to help restore normal testosterone levels in hypogonadal men. TLANDO was well tolerated and met the primary efficacy end-points in Phase 3 testing with twice daily dosing and is currently under FDA review. LPCN 1111, a novel oral prodrug of testosterone, originated and is being developed by Lipocine as a next-generation oral testosterone product with potential for once-daily dosing and is currently in Phase 2 testing. LPCN 1107 is potentially the first oral hydroxyprogesterone caproate product candidate indicated for the prevention of recurrent preterm birth, is currently in Phase 2 testing and has been granted orphan drug designation by the FDA. For more information, please visit www.lipocine.com.
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BRUSSELS -- Shares rose Monday in high-volume trading, led by financial and technology stocks.
The Bel-20 Index rose 21.58 to close at 3051.05, off 13.1% for the year. Volume was valued at 254 million euros.
The unusually high volume was attributed to block trades. Many brokerages were shifting their portfolios ahead of the expiration of options...