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Lyndon B. Johnson State Park & Historic Site
Things to Do
Visitors to this day use park can enjoy historical sites, picnicking, fishing, swimming, nature and wildlife viewing. As of May 2014, the park is home to part of the Official Texas State Longhorn Herd. If you plan to swim at the park, read through our swimming safety tips before you come.
Be sure to visit the Sauer-Beckmann Living History Farm, presented as it was in 1918. Interpreters wear period clothing, do the farm and household chores as they were done at that time, and conduct tours for the visitors. Located east of the visitor center, off the nature trail.
The abundant wildlife of the Hill Country is highlighted by enclosures containing buffalo, longhorn and white-tailed deer. These animals have played a part in the park's history, and the local wildlife continues to be an important attraction for visitors. The park is famous for its spring wildflower display.
The Visitor Center is the focal point of Lyndon B. Johnson State Park. It contains memorabilia from President Johnson's presidency and interactive displays about the land and people that shaped a president. Attached to the Visitor Center is the Behrens Cabin, a two-room dogtrot cabin built by German immigrant H. C. Behrens during the 1870s. The furnishings are typical of such homes in that period. Visitors can further explore the history of these immigrants by viewing the 1860s Danz family log cabin located just west of the Visitor Center. An auditorium in the visitor center complex will accommodate 234 persons for state performances or films. An outdoor amphitheater is used for a variety of programs. A nature trail, including a Hill Country botanical exhibit, winds past wildlife enclosures stocked with bison, white-tailed deer, wild turkey, other native wildlife, and longhorn cattle.
Directly across the Pedernales River from the LBJ State Park is the LBJ Ranch, part of LBJ National Historical Park.
The Annual LBJ Tree Lighting takes place in mid-December; this year's event is on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2018, from 5:30-9 p.m.
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Educational & Interpretive Programs
Email LBJ Tours & Reservations for information on bring your school group to the park.
Tours of the complex, including the Sauer-Beckmann farm with its smokehouse, Victorian style house, garden, and log house lasts approximately an hour; group reservations are accepted. No entrance fee is required, but donation boxes are available. Individuals and families can take the tour on a first-come, first-serve basis. For group tours, call (830) 644-2252, Ext. 229.
Directly across the Pedernales River from the LBJ State Park is the LBJ Ranch, part of LBJ National Historical Park. Self-guided tours of the Ranch begin at the LBJ State Park Visitor Center. Among the sites on the Ranch are the one-room Junction School first attended by the four-year-old Lyndon B. Johnson in 1912, reconstructed birthplace and nearby Johnson family cemetery where the former President is buried, and the Texas White House. The drive also takes visitors through the pasturelands where Hereford cattle, descended from those owned by President Johnson, can be viewed.
Self-guided tours of the LBJ Ranch begin at the LBJ State Park Visitor Center and are available daily, except Thanksgiving, Christmas Day and New Year's Day, when the national park is closed. For more information & hours of operation, visit the LBJ National Historical Park web site. Check the calendar for upcoming events and programs.
Natural Features
The abundant wildlife of the Hill Country is highlighted by enclosures containing buffalo (American bison), longhorn and white-tailed deer. These animals have played a part in the park's history, and the local wildlife continues to be an important attraction for visitors. The park is famous for its spring wildflower display.
Area Attractions
Nearby state parks include Old Tunnel, Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, Honey Creek State Natural Area, Blanco State Park, Pedernales Falls State Park, and Guadalupe River State Park. Other attractions include Johnson City, where LBJ's boyhood home and the National Park Service Visitor Center are located, Johnson Settlement just west of the boyhood home, which includes a cluster of stone barns and buildings constructed by LBJ's grandfather, Sam Ealy Johnson, Sr., and Sam's brother Tom. Nearby Fredericksburg, founded in 1846, has many excellent examples of German architecture, shops, restaurants, and several bakeries. Fredericksburg is also home to the National Museum of the Pacific War, which includes the Admiral Nimitz Museum, the George Bush Gallery, and many more features and exhibits.
The rich heritage of German culture is evident throughout the Texas Hill Country, where Texans of German descent proudly maintain links with the past. In Fredericksburg, some of the tourist attractions which reflect German culture are the Pioneer Museum, the Verein Kirche and the Peter Tatsch Home. Other historical buildings and activities are found throughout the Hill Country, especially in older, predominantly German settlements such as Boerne and New Braunfels.


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Thousands of United Airlines passengers around the globe were delayed for hours Thursday after another huge computer outage at the world's largest carrier.
The outage lasted for about two hours in the morning, affecting half of all flights on United's main network. It was at least the third major outage for the Chicago-based airline since June.
Major delays across the world, especially those early in the morning, can easily ripple throughout an airline's network. United runs about 5,500 flights a day worldwide.
During the system failure, some furious passengers vented their anger on social media sites.
"Does anyone have a Radio Shack computer or abacus to help United get their system fixed?," tweeted Lewis Franck, a motorsports writer who was flying from Newark, N.J. to Miami Thursday to cover the last race of the NASCAR season.
In a subsequent phone call with The Associated Press, Franck added: "Why is there a total system failure on a beautiful day? What happened to the backup and the backup to backup?"
United Continental Holdings Inc. spokesman Rahsaan Johnson said the outage didn't affect its regional flights on United Express. He said only those airplanes that came from the former United were affected.
United has been struggling with technology problems since March, when it switched to a passenger information computer system that was previously used by Continental, the airline it merged with in 2010. That system, called "Shares," has needed extensive reworking since March to make it easier for workers to use.
Passengers by midmorning reported that pilots and gate agents told them that a backup system was allowing some flights to take off. Earlier, fliers were told by pilots and airport agents that computers were down and they didn't know when the system would come back.
Judd Shapiro of Nashua, N.H. said he got to the gate at Logan Airport in Boston and agents told him that planes could land but not take off.
"JetBlue is taking off, American is taking off, but United is on the ground," he said. "I was having a flawless airport experience until I got to the gate."
About two hours after his plane was scheduled to take off, Shapiro e-mailed an AP reporter to say he was back on a plane.
"Fingers crossed" for takeoff, he wrote.
Michael Silverstein, who works in finance, was supposed to be on a 6:01 a.m. flight from Los Angeles to San Francisco. The computer outage had already caused him to miss one meeting and he was worried about missing another. So he walked off the plane and bought a $195 last-second ticket on a Southwest Airlines flight to Oakland, Calif.
"I'm frustrated because I'm missing a meeting that I thought I had plenty of time for," Silverstein said.

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Fact Sheet
HIV and TB
June 13, 2011
Fast Facts
TB is short for tuberculosis. TB disease is caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The bacteria usually attack the lungs, but TB bacteria can attack any part of the body. If not treated properly, TB disease can be fatal. TB is spread through the air from one person to another when a person with active TB disease of the lungs or throat coughs, sneezes, speaks, or sings. People nearby may breathe in these bacteria and become infected.
TB bacteria can live in the body without making a person sick. This is called latent TB infection (LTBI). In most people who breathe in TB bacteria and become infected, the body is able to fight the bacteria to stop it from growing. People with latent TB infection do not feel sick and do not have any symptoms. TB bacteria become active if the immune system can't stop it from growing. When TB bacteria are active (multiplying in the body), this is called active TB disease.
TB is particularly dangerous for people with HIV infection. People who have both HIV infection and LTBI are 20 to 30 times as likely to develop active TB disease as those who do not have HIV infection. Worldwide, TB is the leading cause of death among persons with HIV infection and almost one in four deaths among people with HIV infection is due to TB. In 2007, there were 554 deaths due to TB in the United States (US), continuing a long-standing decline in TB deaths since the early 1950s.
The only sign of TB infection is a positive reaction to the tuberculin skin test or special TB blood test. All persons newly diagnosed with HIV infection should be tested for TB as soon as possible and people living with HIV and at risk for TB exposure should be tested annually to find out if they have LTBI. Persons with LTBI need treatment (most commonly isoniazid) as soon as possible to prevent them from developing active TB disease. Persons with active TB disease must take prescribed medication to treat the infection.
For more information visit www.cdc.gov/tb/topic/TBHIVcoinfection.
The Numbers
United States
Prevention Challenges
Multidrug Resistance to TB
Multidrug-resistant TB (MDR TB) is TB that is resistant to at least two of the best anti-TB drugs -- isoniazid and rifampin. MDR TB is extremely difficult to treat and can be fatal. Every nation must face the challenge of combating MDR TB. People with HIV infection are at greater risk of dying of MDR TB. Although the percentage of MDR TB cases in the United States has remained steady since 1998, MDR TB has now been reported in nearly all states and the District of Columbia. In 2009, 1.2% of reported TB cases were multidrug resistant.
To prevent the continued emergence of drug-resistant strains of TB, treatment for TB must be improved, not only in the US but worldwide. Inconsistent or partial treatment is a main cause of MDR TB. The most effective strategy for ensuring the completion of treatment is directly observed therapy (DOT), and its use must be expanded. In DOT a health care worker meets with a person who has TB and watches them take each dose of TB medication.
Treatment Interactions
Recommendations for treating tuberculosis in adults with HIV infection are, with a few exceptions, the same as those for adult TB patients who are not HIV infected. However, managing HIV-related TB is complex and people with HIV and TB should seek care from a health care provider or providers with expertise in the management of both HIV disease and TB. Because persons with HIV infection are often taking numerous medications, some of which interact with anti-TB medications, experts in the treatment of HIV-related TB should be consulted.
What CDC Is Doing
CDC and its domestic and international partners, including the National TB Controllers Association, Stop TB USA, and the global Stop TB Partnership, are taking many steps to prevent further spread of TB and to reduce the overall burden of the disease. Efforts include
A new rapid diagnostic test for TB disease, the Xpert MTB/RIF assay (which is not currently approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for use in the US, is expected to reduce patient and health service diagnostic delays, decentralize the diagnosis of MDR TB and HIV-associated TB, and accelerate patient access to appropriate care. Evidence suggests that use of the test might double the number of HIV-associated TB cases diagnosed in areas with high rates of TB and HIV.
TB control is an exercise in vigilance. The goal of controlling and eventually eliminating TB worldwide requires a focused, continual effort to address the prevention and treatment needs of persons most at risk, including those who have HIV infection. Preventing and treating TB in persons with HIV infection are therefore essential to achieving the goal of TB elimination both in the US and globally.
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If you're looking for good news for the holiday season, we've got something for you. The proposed ban on sales of disposable plastic water bottles in the Grand Canyon National Park, which had been abruptly shelved last year following alleged pressure from Coca-Cola is now moving forward and would take effect next year. One of the reasons for this change seems to be 100,000 signatures on a Change.org petition calling the National Park Service (NPS) to reconsider the ban.
The Change.org campaign started after the New York Times unveiled this story on November, arguing that NPS Director, Jon Jarvis, blocked the plan to ban the sale of water bottles in the Grand Canyon, after conversations with Coca-Cola, a major donor to the National Park Foundation. "While I applaud the intent" of the proposed new rule, Jarvis wrote last year in an email, "there are going to be consequences, since Coke is a major sponsor of our recycling efforts."
Mr. Jarvis denied that Coca-Cola influenced his decision, but that wasn't very convincing. At least, it didn't convince Stiv Wilson, who works for the nonprofit 5 Gyres, which is focusing on the global impacts of plastic pollution. The fact that plastic bottles make up 30 percent of all the waste in the Grand Canyon and the idea that the NPS is giving more consideration to Coca-Cola's commercial concerns than to the environmental impacts of the plastic waste drove Wilson to action.
He wrote a petition on Change.org that was addressed to Jarvis, asking him to reconsider his decision and "say no to industry bullying. Institute a ban on plastic bottles in the Grand Canyon." Apparently many people found his argument against "risking the majesty of national treasure," and "contributing to a legacy of treating the ocean like a garbage dump for a relationship with a company that is hell bent on opposing REAL solutions to their product's impact" compelling. In just a couple of weeks, tens of thousands of people signed the petition, and as of the writing of this post, the number of signatures has reached almost 100,000.
Apparently someone has listened. Last week the National Park Traveler reported that NPS Director Jarvis allows parks to ban disposable plastic bottles. Jarvis issued a directive that will let all national parks halt plastic water bottle sales as long as a regional director signs off on a rigorous impact analysis that will include "an assessment of the effects on visitor health and safety."
In his letter Jarvis explains that a water bottle recycling and reduction policy "will allow the NPS and the park partners to reduce their environmental footprint, introduce visitors to green products and the concept of environmentally responsible purchasing, and give them the opportunity to take that environmental ethic home and apply it in their daily lives. It will also be a significant step in reducing our carbon footprint."
So if this policy is so great, why did Jarvis stop the implementation of the ban in the Grand Canyon in the first place? There are two possibilities. The first version is offered by NPS spokesman David Barna, suggesting that "Jon Jarvis wants to get rid of water bottles in parks. That's the goal. We want to do this. The issue with Grand Canyon is it's such a big park and it sets such a big precedent." Jarvis himself said his initial decision was driven by "the servicewide implications to our concessions contracts, and frankly the concern for public safety in a desert park." Did the Change.org petition play any part in formulating the new directive? Not according to this version.
We'll call the other version 'the skeptical reader' version. According to this alternative scenario, Jarvis might be a sustainable champion, but he also didn't want to make a $13 million donor angry so he put a hold on the ban. The skeptical reader would suspect it because the involvement of the National Park Foundation, the donation-receiving arm of NPS, in the decision and because it was a last minute veto for a process that was taking place over a year. This read gains credence from Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), which reports that they've heard from NPS employees that a major gift from Coca-Cola to the National Park Foundation was made contingent on lifting the Grand Canyon bottle ban.
The skeptical reader would assume that the article in the NYT and the petition on Change.org got NPS and Jarvis to understand that first, this story is on the public agenda now and second, the public is very unhappy with the fact that NPS put Coca Cola before the environment. Jarvis understood that it doesn't make sense and came up with the new directive, hoping that the public will be satisfied and Coca-Cola will understand he didn't have a choice.
Wilson is actually not completely satisfied. "While it is commendable that the National Park Service has decided not to completely kow to Coca-Cola on a plastic bottle ban, the new policy is still troubling. If the barriers to implementation of bottle bans are too cost-prohibitive or onerous for the superintendents to act, then we've only witnessed a bait and switch," he told USATODAY.com.
In any event, Wilson should be happy. The ban is expected now to be implemented in the Grand Canyon by spring of 2012, and no matter how flawed the directive is, Wilson still seems to be responsible for the best Christmas gift the Grand Canyon National Park got this year.
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Lauren Conrad has made it as an author again.
The former "Hills" reality starlet just had her second novel, "Sweet Little Lies," top the New York Times bestseller list.
"It's so gratifying for my second book to be so successful and it was so fun to write! The characters were already developed so I really enjoyed the process so much more this time around," the blonde beauty told People. "All the characters have become like my friends now."
The impressive achievement follows the success of Lauren's first book, "L.A. Candy," which spent several weeks atop the bestseller list in 2009.
Lauren revealed she wrote her latest best seller from the comfort of her pillows.
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If the broker is part of a conventional cluster, the failed connection can be restored not only on the original broker, but also on a different one in the cluster. If reconnection to the original broker fails, the client runtime will try the other addresses in the connection factory's broker address list (imqAddressList). The imqAddressListBehavior and imqAddressListIterations attributes control the order in which addresses are tried and the number of iterations through the list, as described in the preceding section. Each address is tried repeatedly at intervals of imqReconnectInterval milliseconds, up to the maximum number of attempts specified by imqReconnectAttempts.
Note, however, that in a conventional cluster, such automatic reconnection only provides connection failover and not data failover: persistent messages and other state information held by a failed or disconnected broker can be lost when the client is reconnected to a different broker instance. While attempting to reestablish a connection, Message Queue does maintain objects (such as sessions, message consumers, and message producers) provided by the client runtime. Temporary destinations are also maintained for a time when a connection fails, because clients might reconnect and access them again; after giving clients time to reconnect and use these destinations, the broker will delete them. In circumstances where the client-side state cannot be fully restored on the broker on reconnection (for instance, when using transacted sessions, which exist only for the duration of a connection), automatic reconnection will not take place and the connection's exception handler will be called instead. It is then up to the client application to catch the exception, reconnect, and restore state.
By contrast, in an enhanced cluster (see High-Availability Clusters in Sun Java System Message Queue 4.3 Technical Overview), another broker can take over a failed broker's persistent state and proceed to deliver its pending messages without interruption of service. In this type of cluster, automatic reconnection is always enabled. The connection factory's imqReconnectEnabled, imqAddressList, and imqAddressListIterations attributes are ignored. The client runtime is automatically redirected to the failover broker. Because there might be a short time lag during which the failover broker takes over from the failed broker, the imqReconnectAttempts connection factory attribute should be set to a value of -1 (client runtime continues connect attempts until successful).
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first strand cDNA sythesis with high GC contents - (Sep/09/2001 )
I have a problem with my RT. The mRNA has a very high GC contents in its 5' terminus(about 75%).How to overcome the secondary structute of this mRNA in first strand cDNA sythesis. I need your help if you have solution or experience for this. Thank you in advance.YAN
Try using methyl mercuric hydroxide to keep the RNA denatured during the RT reaction.
You may have a hard time with the methylmercury method, since methylmercuric hydroxide is not longer commercially available and is very toxic. However, look back at a message from 14 Aug. 2000 in this forum under the same subject. One solution suggested there was to use 18 mM dGdC dinucleotide in the reaction. I have not tried it but it seems to me that should bind to G's and C's in your mRNA without blocking the binding site of your oligo-dT primer. The polymerase should be able to remove the dinucleotides during the polymerization process.
I have encountered much the same problem as what you describe.I would not recommend the use of dimethyl mercury, especiallybecause it is incredibly toxic and absorbs easily through the skin. There are two solutions....clontech hasa kit called GC melt which works exceptionally well. I believethe kit is for traditional PCR but I have used the GC melt buffer with success in RT reactions. Second option is to use 5 or 10 percent (final concentration) of DMSO in the RT reaction. Bothwork quite nicely and allowed me to RT-PCR sequences that I was unable to otherwise. Good luck.
Try PCR X Enhancer buffer from Gibco - it works fantastic on GC rich templates for PCR and probably willwork for your RT-PCR. Try 1X or 2X concentrations 1st.
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Picture Exclusive Swiss watchmaker Tissot is to offer a timepiece capable of receiving information from Microsoft's MSN Direct service.
The High-T is the sixth watch to support MSN Direct, which broadcasts personalised weather reports, news, sports results, stock prices, horoscopes and so forth on the FM band. The service costs $9.95 a month and is only available in North America, but it's not likely to appear elsewhere before the end of the year, if at all.
To date, MSN Direct has been supported by two manufacturers: Fossil and Finland's Suunto. Their products are cheap in comparison to the Tissot, which will retail for $725. Suunto's N3 costs around $300 while Fossil's range from $180 to $200.
Microsoft launched its Smart Personal Object Technology (Spot) in January 2003, promising watches and a service based upon it (MSN Direct) in November of that year. Come November, and the company was forced to admit that it had delayed the launch until January 2004.
In January this year, as it was about to ship its Spot watch, Fossil finally canned its ill-fated and oft-delayed Palm OS-based wristwatch.
Spot-compatible watches have been shipping since then, though Microsoft lost one early partner, Citizen, on the way. Officially, Citizen is evaluating demand, the company said in November 2003.
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As British Prime Minister David Cameron struggles to accommodate euroskeptics in his own party, trade experts warn that quitting the European Union would force Britain not just to rework trade relations with the EU, but also with the EU's trade partners and probably the World Trade Organization.
Moreover, it would struggle to maintain the same level of trading rights it now enjoys, they say, including those that benefit London's financial centre, a major contributor to the national economy and a significant exporter.
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Cameron has pledged an in-out referendum in 2017, and opinion polls suggest the public is inclined towards the exit, which would leave Britain in need of a deal to ensure exports to the EU are not hit with EU import tariffs, which averaged 5.3 percent in 2011, and 13.9 percent in agriculture.
"I don't see any advantage in doing it," said Roderick Abbott, a Briton who served as deputy director-general of both the WTO and the European Commission's trade department.
"Could we negotiate a free trade area with the EU? It would be feasible, but you have to be sure that's what the other side wants. Having said 'we want to shut the door and stop paying into your budget', can we then say 'please give us free trade for free?'"
About half of Britain's goods exports and over a third of its services exports go to the EU, about 234 billion pounds ($356 billion) in 2011. Imports were 261 billion pounds.
Without a good deal, Britain could find itself in a worse position than competing exporters, such as Norway, Switzerland, South Africa, South Korea and many others, which have preferential trade agreements with the EU.
Those agreements gradually eliminate tariffs on goods traded between the two sides. A WTO study shows virtually all South Korea's exports to the EU will be duty-free by 2016.
By leaving the EU, Britain would also lose the duty-free advantages on the other side of those deals. That would mean paying tax on exports to countries like Switzerland, its biggest non-EU market in 2012 after the United States.
The EU is currently pursuing deals with the United States and Japan, too. The U.S. deal, championed by Cameron, seeks to go far beyond tariff cuts and make it much easier for European and U.S. firms to do business in each other's markets.
"The size of the British economy is still to be reckoned with in the world economy but of course its share is rapidly shrinking, and that means the willingness of other countries to prioritize the UK ahead of others is probably going to shrink," said Fredrik Erixon, who heads the European Centre for International Political Economy in Brussels.
Petros Mavroidis, a WTO expert at Columbia University, said there would be no need to renegotiate Britain's membership of the global trade body, since both it and the EU are already members. But that would depend on Britain not trying to take any of its rights to EU agricultural subsidies and quotas with it.
"If the UK wishes to pay subsidies, then the EU and the UK will have to present a new proposal to all WTO members, the sum of which will not exceed what they have already committed," Mavroidis said.
Apportioning the right to agricultural subsidies would be made easier by the fact that the EU is using only a fraction of the agreed limit imposed by the WTO - 8.76 billion euros of the 72.2 billion euro ceiling in 2009/2010.
But import quotas may be trickier because they apply EU-wide and are the result of negotiations with suppliers. For beef alone that would reopen negotiations with countries like Argentina, the United States, Canada and Australia, who currently enjoy a certain quota of low-tariff exports to the EU.
So unless it gave up its claims, Britain would have to haggle over the size of its portion, first among EU states, and then negotiate any new deal with the rest of the WTO.
Abbott said such an exercise should be technical and "with goodwill" could be done in six months, but there is a risk other countries could see it as a chance to demand better terms.
Worse still would be any loss of access to the EU's single market for services. While Britain has a goods deficit with the EU, services are in surplus.
TheCityUK, which promotes Britain as a place to do business, said Britain had a financial services trade surplus with the EU of 17.6 billion pounds in 2011, and EU banks in Britain held 1.4 trillion pounds in assets, 17 percent of the national total.
"I think the City of London ought to be a lot more anxious about all this," said Abbott.
With no say in EU decisions, Britain would also lose its right to defend against policies such as the European Central Bank's effort to bring clearing houses of euro-denominated securities onto euro zone territory, Erixon said.
"It's going to force a lot of financial activity to move outside London and inside the euro zone," said Erixon.
($1 = 0.6568 British pounds)
(Editing by Will Waterman)


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|My new ebook- best loved recipes
My blog anniversary is just around the corner. Yep. Number six. And I am trying to wrap my little gluten-free brain around it. Six years. Six. That is a long time in blog years. (Maybe blog years are kinda like dog years? Every twelve months of blogging seems equal to seven human years. What I think I'm trying to say is that GFG feels... more grown up somehow. She's no longer a lurching toddler- or as Johnny Depp likes to phrase it, "tiny drunk"). The bumble-puppy years are over.
We're respectable now. (But hopefully not too serious.)
I began blogging and sharing my recipes in late fall of 2005. There are over 400 original gluten-free recipes now on Gluten-Free Goddess. This astonishes me!
Looking over my recipe index this past summer I began to imagine the beginnings of a cookbook- a collection of recipe favorites from Gluten-Free Goddess. (In full transparency there have been cookbook offers, and some tempting projects pitched to me this year. But none seemed like the perfect fit. In fact, most felt like a tight shoe that pinched and chafed and left me preferring to go barefoot, taking my own meandering solo path, focusing on blogging, my first love.)
But then you know what happened. I got an iPad. And soon discovered the convenience and pleasure of bringing my entire blog into the kitchen with me. And that led to ebooks...
So I began working on creating an ebook cookbook- a complement to the dynamic blog format. And what I found was a program at Blurb that allowed me to create a bright and beautiful presentation of my work- in ebook form. With Apple's clean design, and that cool page-turning experience.
To celebrate six years blogging gluten-free I have selected forty-five of my best-loved favorites- the GFG recipes my family turns to, week after week.
And many- if not all forty-five recipes- happen to be reader favorites as well.
|The Gluten-Free Goddess eBook: Best-Loved Recipes


text: Hello all! As some of you know I own a Hauppauge HVR-3000 and was testing Stevens Multiple frontend on single adapter drivers[1]. Just to let you all from the list know: the card works like a charm. I tested DVB-T and DVB-S (the latter works only if no diseqc is present!! So no diseqc support, even if it looks like it works). So for now I disconnected the diseqc and watch only Astra. Long story short: if you own this card, and have a diseqc, don't spend time on trying to make it work like I did, because it does not :) But I tought the cx24123 diseqc support works in linux? Is this a bug of Stevens tree or is it just not implemented on the cx24123 drivers? If so I may tell him (I think he may even be happy if someone uses his code:)). [1] http://linuxtv.org/hg/~stoth/hvr3000 debug utput of the fe module when scanning channels with a diseqc: http://pastebin.ca/261165


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Be the best hometown department store for the family, for the home, for generations.
Offer inspiring style at a great value, tailored to today's modern family, providing an exceptional customer experience in every community we serve.
In 1854, the first store in the Bon-Ton family of department stores opened. A family composed of seven of the longest-lived nameplates in retail, each with its own storied past, coming together over the past 160 years. Through it all, our associates have been the bed-rock upon which all our success has been built. Each generation has been adapted and found new ways to serve and engage our customers with great service and merchandise.
Today, we have over 24,000 associates, over 200 stores, 5 distribution centers and one state of the art fulfillment center. We serve vibrant communities from the Atlantic states and New England, to the Great Lakes region, and across the Great Plains to the Rocky Mountains. Over a half-a-million people visit our stores and websites every day.
At The Bon-Ton Stores, we like to say we're large enough to put you on an exciting career path, yet small enough to recognize your skills and talent along the way. That's because we believe a career in retail is a journey. And we're the perfect fit to help you explore the opportunities that excite you most.
We're proud of our rich history in the American retail experience. For over 160 years, our customers have trusted us to share the latest fashion trends and newest home décor–all at a great value. Each day, you'll find a customer-focused approach at the heart of what we do. In fact, practicing the core values listed below are essential to driving the growth of our business–and your career. We succeed when you are engaged and love what you're doing. In the spirit of our rich history as an anchor in the communities where we do business, we offer associates meaningful opportunities to connect with these communities through charity, localized marketing and fun special events. Giving back to our communities is part of who we are.
So whether you're a seasoned professional, or your career is just taking off, join us at The Bon-Ton Stores where inspiring customers with fashion, style and value is our commitment and our passion.
We hold ourselves accountable for driving results and good stewardship of our Company. We are committed to excellence and exceeding the customer's expectations. We work with integrity. We walk the talk.
We are proud of our heritage, but we seek new ideas and embrace change needed to drive future growth. We learn from the past, but we focus on what we can make better tomorrow.
We care about our customers and give them exceptional service that is always friendly and welcoming. We care about our associates' well-being, and are invested in their success. We give back to the communities we serve.
Every product and every customer experience should express our brands' approach to fashion – current, tasteful, unique, and inspired – to connect with our customer's lifestyle. Our style is her style.
We focus on continuous improvement in each of our areas. We challenge ourselves to deliver exceptional customer experiences in every interaction and find solutions to make them even better.
We are one team, working together for a common goal. We are open and transparent in how we communicate. Our diversity makes us stronger.
We are excited about re-energizing our business. We approach all our challenges with energy and drive. We love what we do.
At The Bon-Ton Stores, we care about our neighbors. Our local communities are like family to us, and we believe that our family approach to business should extend beyond our four walls. We are committed to supporting our communities, and we are proud of what our family has accomplished. Here are some of the ways we give back:
We believe that supporting the United Way campaign is one of the best ways to truly make a difference. Our associates can designate their contribution to the local United Way organization of their choice, reaching every town and city in our markets. United Way's mission is to improves lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities around the world to advance the common good. To learn more, visit unitedway.org
We are proud to see our team members making charitable contributions of any sort. Bon-Ton's Matching Gift Program provides a matching donation to the associate's charitable contribution of choice; further supporting the communities in which we work, live and do business.
We are pleased to encourage and facilitate the ideal of service in our communities, and support associate volunteerism on a personal and store level. BRAVO encourage community service at Bon-Ton in a way that strengthens our corporate culture, our ability to grow as a business, and fosters an "Esprit de Corps" among our associates in markets we serve.
Community Day is a fund-raising event for all 501c3 nonprofit and school organizations. It's designed to provide local nonprofit organizations with a fun and easy way to raise money for their organizations. Since 1999, Bon-Ton has raised over $63 million for schools and nonprofit organizations through Community Day events.
Since 1998 The Bon-Ton Stores has raised over $3.4 million for breast cancer research at The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, The Medical College of Wisconsin, Lynn Sage Research Foundation, The Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, and the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Iowa. We are proud to support a cause, and we believe that this research is saving lives. Together, we'll find a cure.
Each spring and fall, our customers are encouraged to donate gently used clothing, and in return, earn a savings coupon for each item donated. With the profits generated from these donations, Goodwill Industries® can provide training for individual in our communities who might otherwise have difficulty finding work.
At Bon-Ton, we take our commitment to social responsibility seriously. We are dedicated to identifying and supporting a wide range of environmentally sustainable practices. We are constantly updating our standards to benefit our employees, customers, communities and environment. In 2011 we recycled 8,360 tons of cardboard, 930 tons of plastic hangers, 831 tons of plastic film, 143 tons of scrap metal and 648 tons of wooden pallets within our distribution centers. In addition, we recycled 73,866 lbs of lamps, 23,045 lbs of ballasts and 1,359 lbs of electronic waste, allowing us to get recognition through our partnership with Greenstart Recycling (now a part of Waste Management).
The Bon-Ton's success is the direct result of the efforts, dedication and contributions of our associates. We are committed to building a culture and environment that reflects the communities we operate in. We serve a diverse array of customers and our associates mirror the diversity of these communities. The more diverse our family of associates is, the greater our ability to serve our customers.
To support our company initiatives we must build and promote an environment that supports inclusion and diversity. Diversity describes the many differences in people in the world around us. Inclusion is the acceptance of those differences and appreciation for the value that others add to our world. These differences can be defined by race, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, sexual orientation, physical abilities, age or religious, cultural or political belief. By understanding our diversity we begin to practice inclusion, realizing that differing backgrounds give way to differing ideas and opinions that, in the end, bring out the best in all of us.
How do we do this?
The Bon-Ton views workplace diversity as an organizational strategy that focuses on our greatest assets, our associates and customers. Talent management, succession planning, associate development, communication, and customer advocacy are all integral parts of this strategy. Reaping the benefits of a diverse workforce entails not only recognizing our differences but setting aside outdated notions, but understanding that when we respect individuals for who they are, we foster a culture of inclusion and creativity that leads to improved productivity and mutual success.
The Bon-Ton is committed to establishing a culture of diversity as a business principal. Diversity is not about getting most people to fit into the culture, but about developing the culture around the diversity that exists. How associates think and how their opinions impact their ability to get along with, influence, and work with those around them is what matters.
Join the Bon-Ton Family and you will see how committed we are to serving the communities we operate and embrace diversity as one of its valuable assets.
When you dedicate your time, effort and skills to The Bon-Ton Stores, we want to give back to you. Whether you are a full-time, hourly associate, a salaried professional, or part time associate, our benefits package will help you create a balanced, well-rounded life.


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Not that I actually care about the whole Manti Te'o fake girlfriend scandal—I understand it is almost overwhelmingly unimportant outside of a sort of TMZ-morbid curiosity appeal—but c'mon, people: this guy is so full of shit.
I bring this up only because I got some rather aggressive protest mail following Monday's RedEye column (likely from people who watched "Rudy" too many times in their childhoods) proclaiming Manti's complete innocence.
Along with this example, the narrative forming in the media is that Te'o was nothing more than a mark, an exploited bystander, a nice Mormon boy who trusted too much.
First of all, people, you understand that after realizing this story would break, Te'o and his agent almost certainly had a PR team on hand to craft a narrative that would minimize the damage and endanger his draft status and earnings potential the least? You get that, right? For however many weeks or months Te'o realized this was going to break he likely had professional marketing gurus aiding him in putting the best spin on this story.
So even if you buy hook, line, and sinker that Te'o had no idea what was going on, the story that remains is still totally preposterous and creepy. Go read the Sports Illustrated interview with him about his dead-of-leukemia love or go watch the dozens of interviews in which he plays his grief to the hilt. At the very least, he was portraying a level of connection with a person he'd never met and using that to his extreme advantage in raising his national profile.
(Oh, and in all these phone conversations over the course of a year, he never once thought to ask this mysterious stranger to Skype with him? It's not like that technology is so new and foreign. She could only speak over the phone, and this never once raised an inkling of suspicion in him? For a year?!)
He claims he "tailored" his story to make it sound as though they'd actually met. By going along with the totally untrue stories—like that they'd met after a football game and spent time in Hawaii, he was not tailoring—he was lying. We call that lying. When you tell your boyfriend you're at a friend's place watching a movie, but that friend is a guy, who halfway through the movie you bang--no one would mistake that for "tailoring." Furthermore, in those interviews Te'o never at any point made it sound as though he'd only met this girl a handful of times. He straight up made it sound like they were soul mates. I'm sorry, but unless you fall in love through the wall of a North Korean prison while serving a life sentence, you have to actually see the person's lips move before you can claim that kind of unrequited devotion.
(Oh, and your girlfriend got in a car accident and was diagnosed with leukemia and you don't try to make it out to California to see her? Even in the middle of a D-1 football season you can't take two days to fly out and meet this person you're telling every media outlet with a microphone you're in love with? Certainly don't see how that stretches credulity!)
Again, not that I care. It's just somewhat bewildering that this entire story is getting recast as Manti the Munificent getting taken advantage of by ne'er-do-well Catfish scammers. At best he was deeply complicit in deluding himself and rode that delusion to the highest threshold of sports interview-show cliché stardom.


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Cutting the Cord Part 3: Building your HTPC - OS Install and Tuning
Installing Windows and Preparing for Media Center
Missed any installments of our Cutting the Cord Series? Catch up on them here:
- Cutting the Cord Part 1: The Assessment
- Cutting the Cord Part 2: Building your HTPC – The Hardware
- Cutting the Cord Part 3: Building your HTPC – OS Install and Tuning
- Cutting the Cord Part 4: Building your HTPC – Installing and Configuring Windows Media Center
- Cutting the Cord Part 5: Wrap up - Media Center Add-ons and Options
Now that we've walked through installing all our hardware in our previous article, we're ready to install our operating system and configure it to get the most out of Media Center. As I mentioned before, I originally was planning to do this build with Windows 8 Professional and the Windows 8 Media Center pack, but there's a few things that Microsoft has removed from Media Center in the new version that make using it for a Media Center a non-starter in my opinion. Not being able to boot directly into Media Center and having to boot into Metro and then launch Media Center is a deal breaker for me so I fell back to what's been working great for me these past few years, Windows 7 Home Premium.
Before we even start with our Operating System install, there are a few settings you are going to want to configure in your BIOS/UEFI for the best system performance and stability.
- First, ensure that your Hard Drive/SATA controllers are in "AHCI Mode" as opposed to IDE or Legacy IDE. AHCI stands for "Advanced Host Controller Interface" and offers some features and performance improvements over the old IDE interface such as hot swapping of drives and NCQ (Native Command Queuing).
- Some motherboards will allow you to detect if there is a mouse and/or keyboard connected and stop the boot process if it does not see them. Since we'll likely not be running the media center with a mouse/keyboard attached, make sure to disable this.
- Set the primary hard drive (your SSD or the big spindle drive if you don't have a SSD) as the First boot device. You may want to temporarily set the CD/DVD drive to be the First boot device to complete your Windows installation and then go back in and change the First boot device back to your primary hard drive.
Now that we have our motherboard BIOS/UEFI ready to go, continue reading for the installation and preparation of Windows 7!
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Thanks for showing the Win7 Install process. I tend to miss this portion because I am so used to older WinOS where it takes hours to install. Then I usually go for coffee, etc.
Thanks for the note about the Activation Key :) Will remember that in the event a components choose to be defective.
Nice note about auto-login. I was wondering about a feature like this to use the computer as a wake-up alarm system, etc. Is there a feature like this available on Windows XP?
Nice Guide :)
Yeah, there's actually the capability to autologin in Windows XP as well, just takes a little bit of registry hacking.
Check out the MS KB article on how to do it: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315231
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I didn't set the SATA controller to AHCI mode during setup and left it at IDE mode, would switching to AHCI mode now require a reinstall?
Let me point you to our MOST POPULAR forums thread ever:
No it doesn't but you do have to go through some steps before you make the switch over.
Those are the instructions I ended up using when I had to do it.
Where's the linux love?
Hope you mention the gory codecs details next.. i've been using Shark007's set which has been awesome so hopefully that's still the way to go? shark007.net then of course you have to have mediabrowser.tv then your HDMI with audio via AMD video card. Then you have your Steam Big Picture Mode and you're SET.
Hmm, what kind of codec issues are you running into? There's only thing I install to get MKV's working, otherwise I just run with what's out of the box. 99% of what we watch video wise is avi, mpg or mkv.
I see you covered making sure your system time stays up to date. That's pretty darn important when you are recording TV shows on a set schedule. For my HTPC I don't rely on Windows to get it right so I use a 3rd party app that syncs every hour.


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Sunday, July 08, 2007
Just for once: Weekend Chicken Blogging
Click on the photo to view the slideshow!
There's Weekend Herb Blogging, Weekend Cat Blogging and even Weekend Dog Blogging, so why not Weekend Chicken Blogging? Oh well, I gather that most foodbloggers don't keep chicken as pets, and neither do we. But we did go to K's country house again (the one in Lalli), where a neighbour has a huge flock of chicken. It's not a farm as such, as they don't keep chicken for commercial purpose, but we do get our eggs from them whenever we're visiting. The eggs are smaller than the ones available in shops, but they've got the deepest yellow yolks (just check out the colour of the frittata here), and taste wonderful.
Last Saturday, we paid a visit to the chicken as well. There were loads of them - the farmer was unable to tell us the exact number:) Also, they're various local old breeds, so almost each one is different and unique. And they're all happy and very much free-range - free to roam the grounds as they please. With the help of some bribing in the form of white bread, the chicken were happy to be photographed - just check out the slideshow, either by clicking on the photo above or here. You can also view the Flickr photo set here.
PS Eksootilistest kanatõugudest võite lugeda siit, maatõugu kanadest siit.
A year ago I was attending my friend Annika's wedding to her fiance Ben in Stockholm - you can read about the delicious Swedish wedding lunch here. Two years ago I wrote about my first ever foodblogging event - Paper Chef # 8 - where one had to combine spinach, olives, Cheddar cheese and either potatoes or cream in a recipe. I came up with these Potato Canapes with Cheddar cheese and Spinach & Olive Stuffing, which won a Golden Tomatilla from host Sarah for the Best Performance by Potatoes in a Supporting Role.
17 comments:
- Alanna said...
Be careful, remember that Kalyn first talked about Weekend Herb Blogging as a joke - and look where that got her!
- 11:53 pm, July 08, 2007
- MyKitchenInHalfCups said...
Wonderful chickens . . . remind me of my grandmothers. . . all those different colors and markings!
- 12:06 am, July 09, 2007
- MyKitchenInHalfCups said...
Oops, almost forgot . . . Great boots!
- 12:07 am, July 09, 2007
- veron said...
The chicks are adorable! The chicken gathering is so cute too...Tana is right...great boots :)!
- 2:25 am, July 09, 2007
- Kalyn said...
Great photos! I've never seen chicken quite that colorful. It looks like a wonderful place to visit.
And yes, the boots (wellies?) are great!
- 2:43 am, July 09, 2007
- Michelle said...
WOW, wish I had a resource for those eggs here! Very nice! And the boots, very nice also!! :)
- 4:51 am, July 09, 2007
lovely photos!
- 12:20 pm, July 09, 2007
- K & S said...
cute chickys! what a cool yellow color the eggs are. in japan, the yolks are orangey.
- 2:48 pm, July 09, 2007
- joey said...
What cute little chickies! :) I used to have two chickens when I was litte...the rooster was quite agressive though...he would attack! Everyone in the neighborhood was scared of him :)
- 6:39 pm, July 09, 2007
- Melissa said...
Oh, those are so cute! I'd love to see weekend chicken blogging take off. Not that I could participate myself - unless, that is, COOKED chicken would count... ;)
- 6:56 pm, July 09, 2007
- Homesick Texan said...
What gorgeous chickens--such lovely markings!
- 7:51 pm, July 09, 2007
- katiez said...
They're darling - did you take them home?
- 10:34 pm, July 09, 2007
- keiko said...
Pille - they are so cute (have you seen the ones with fluffy feet?). I have a feeling that it's going to be a popular weekend event ;) look forward to seeing more...
- 12:33 am, July 10, 2007
- SheepsPyjamas said...
I do love the centipeep particularly, well, yes, that and the boots indeed... I have emotional scars from being forced to tend some... er... mildly put, temperamental chickens when I was a tot, but I have to admit, in the pictures, they're quite adorable...
- 12:28 am, July 11, 2007
- Mary said...
Maybe "Weekend Alternative Pet Blogging"? Chickens, rabbits, fish, lizards etc. Now that'll be an event.
- 10:42 am, July 11, 2007
- s&k said...
oh my god!
they are adorable!
your blog, by the way,
is beyond fabulous!
greetings from seattle!
- 11:06 pm, August 15, 2007
- Pille said...
Alanna - weekend chicken blogging is definitely a joke. There's no demand for such a blogging event. Is there? :)
Tanna- my grandma (who used to live in the neighbouring village from where K spent his summers!!!) only kept white chicken & roosters. These were much more colourful & cute! And thank you about your kind words about my wellies - I bought them before leaving Scotland, though I never saw pink tartan in Scotland:)
Veronica - chicks are cute, I so agree!
Kalyn - thank you - I love my wellies, too!
Michelle - sadly, we don't have a constant source either, only when we 'go to the country', which is every few weeks (and not at all during winter).
Dagmar - thank you!
K&S - orangey?? Whoah. The shop-bought eggs are usually pale yellow, whereas these chicken lay intensely yellow yolked eggs. But orangey? Is that a matter of different breed or different feed?
Joey - roosters can be agressive indeed. I was pecked by one last weekend, but my rubber wellies protected me!
Melissa - if - and only if - weekend chicken blogging would take off, then there'd always be two categories: 'Live birds' and 'Cooked poultry', for sure :)
Homesick Texan - aren't they gorgeous indeed!?
Katie - NOOO! Just 20 small eggs with yellow yolks :)
Keiko - nope, haven't seen the ones with furry feet (only in the TV). But the one with a fancy hairdo was just as good:)
SheepsPyjamas - the centipede was cute, wasn't she? Such a motherly chicken. I've got vague (probably suppressed) memories of an angry rooster, but chicken have always been tame towards me..
Mary - great idea, but not for me:) I'll stick with food (and occasional poultry-blogging:)
S&K - thank you! The chicken were adorable indeed! And they're doing fine, I checked upon them again a fortnight ago:)
- 8:51 am, August 16, 2007


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Separation deals with former New London police administrators defeated again by City Council
New London - For the third time, the City Council refused to appropriate extra money to pay for separation packages for three police administrators who left the police department in January.
A motion at Tuesday's meeting to approve $76,640 to fund retirement agreements for Capt. William Dittman and Capt. Michael Lacey, and a severance package for Deputy Chief Marshall Segar, died in a 3-3 vote. A tie means a motion fails.
Council President Michael Passero and councilors Wade Hyslop and Donald Macrino voted in favor of the appropriation. Councilors Marie Friess-McSparran, Adam Sprecace and John Maynard voted no. Councilor Anthony Nolan, who is a police officer, abstained from voting and left the room during the discussion.
Before the vote, Passero urged his fellow councilors to vote to spend the money, in part, out of respect for the longtime employees.
"I'm prepared to move forward,'' Passero, who previously had voted against funding the agreements, said. "I'm going to support this, however reluctantly."
He said the officers are entitled to a majority of the money outlined in the agreements as part of their contracts.
"I don't believe any of them were ready to retire,'' he said. "Mistakes have been made. But I encourage the council to support this."
Friess-McSparran questioned whether approving the money would affect pending litigation, or potential litigation, and whether it could affect a decision made by a union arbitor.
"Anything's possible,'' Law Director Jeffrey Londregan said. He added that if the city funds the enhanced packages, an award in a lawsuit would be reduced by that amount. Dittman has filed a lawsuit against the city, and Londregan said Lacey and Segar have indicated they intend to sue.
In January, Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio announced that Dittman, a 35-year veteran of the department, and Lacey, a 28-year veteran, were retiring. The mayor also announced that Segar's one-year contract was not being renewed. Segar had been with the department for 20 years, and had been deputy chief since 2009.
In February, the council refused to approve the three settlement agreements. At the time, it was estimated that the agreements would cost the city about $230,000 in additional benefits for the three officers.
Maynard said he could not vote in favor of the money because it goes beyond what the union negotiated for all other officers.
At one point, Hyslop tried to table the vote, but that motion failed.
Also on Tuesday, the council unanimously agreed not to approve a request by the administration to add $15,000 to the police special events overtime budget.
And a request to move $390,000 from the Capital Projects Fund into the contingency fund also failed, despite Passero again asking for his fellow councilors' approval.
"The city still has a $3 million shortfall,'' Passero said, referring to a projected deficit in the current budget. "Moving the (money) now into the General Fund will help shore up the shortfall."
He said the council eventually is going to have to find money to balance the budget.
But Sprecace said he would not approve the transfer to the administration because the council would then have no oversight on how it is spent.
A $10,000 transfer of funds into the mayor's payroll budget, basically an accounting adjustment, was approved.
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August 15, 2006
Most antiretroviral guidelines suggest that the nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) backbone for antiretroviral-naive individuals should consist of zidovudine/lamivudine (AZT/3TC, Combivir), tenofovir/emtricitabine (TDF/FTC, Truvada), or tenofovir (TDF, Viread) + lamivudine (3TC, Epivir). The British HIV Association guidelines also suggest fixed-dose abacavir/lamivudine (ABC/3TC, Epzicom, Kivexa) as an alternate first-choice backbone.1 A recent study comparing two of these backbones -- tenofovir/emtricitabine and zidovudine/lamivudine -- suggests that zidovudine/lamivudine should no longer be selected as the first-line backbone for treatment-naive individuals when other agents are available.2
Study 934 is a large, industry-sponsored, open-label, phase 3 trial comparing tenofovir/emtricitabine + efavirenz (EFV, Sustiva, Stocrin) versus zidovudine/lamivudine + efavirenz in antiretroviral-naive individuals that is planned to continue for 144 weeks. The long-term nature of this study will allow the durability of the regimens and the long-term toxicity of the backbones to be examined. The 48-week results of the study were previously announced in a press release issued by Gilead Sciences, Inc., in February 2005.3 The preliminary findings showed higher rates of virological suppression to levels below 400 copies/mL and 50 copies/mL for patients assigned to the tenofovir/emtricitabine + efavirenz arm. More recent results through 96 weeks of treatment were presented at the XVI International AIDS Conference by Joel Gallant and colleagues.2
A total of 255 patients were randomized to the tenofovir/emtricitabine + efavirenz arm, and 254 were randomized to the zidovudine/lamivudine + efavirenz arm. The baseline demographics of the patients were similar between the two arms. The mean CD4+ cell count was 233 cells/mm3 and 241 cells/mm3 for patients in the tenofovir/emtricitabine and zidovudine/lamivudine arms, respectively, with 42% and 41% having CD4+ cell counts below 200 cells/mm3. The median HIV-1 RNA level was 5.0 log10 copies/mL in both arms.
After excluding patients with baseline non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor mutations, 75% of tenofovir/emtricitabine + efavirenz patients and 62% of zidovudine/lamivudine + efavirenz patients had viral loads below 400 copies/mL at 96 weeks according to the time-to-loss-of-virologic-response algorithm, which was significant at a level of P = .004.
However, the significant difference between the two arms was lost when an HIV-1 RNA threshold below 50 copies/mL was applied. Although a higher proportion of individuals in the tenofovir/emtricitabine arm reached this level of viral suppression, the proportion of zidovudine/lamivudine patients achieving this threshold was comparable (67% versus 61%). The mean absolute increase in CD4+ cell count was also significantly greater in the tenofovir/emtricitabine arm versus the zidovudine/lamivudine arm (270 cells/mm3 versus 237 cells/mm3; P = .036).
The differences between the two arms were explained by higher rates of cessation due to adverse events in the zidovudine/lamivudine + efavirenz arm (12% versus 5% for the tenofovir/emtricitabine + efavirenz arm), which principally consisted of anemia and virologic rebound (5% versus less than 1%).
Genotypic resistance tests were performed for 14 patients on tenofovir/emtricitabine + efavirenz and 29 patients on zidovudine/lamivudine + efavirenz who experienced virologic failure (HIV-1 RNA greater than 400 copies/mL) while on treatment. No patients developed the K65R mutation associated with resistance to tenofovir. The likelihood of developing the M184V/I mutation was 50% less for patients receiving the tenofovir/emtricitabine backbone. This has been seen in other cross-comparisons of emtricitabine- and lamivudine-containing regimens.
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As already mentioned, anemia, a recognized side effect of zidovudine (AZT, Retrovir), was more frequently observed among patients receiving the zidovudine/lamivudine backbone (14 versus 0 patients on tenofovir/emtricitabine; P < .001). There were no other significant differences in toxicities between the two arms that led to discontinuation of treatment.
A major concern with tenofovir-containing regimens is the possible development of renal dysfunction. No individual receiving tenofovir/emtricitabine + efavirenz experienced serum creatinine toxicity -- even grade 1 events -- although there was a significant reduction in the glomerular filtration rate when measured by the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease equation, but not the Cockcroft-Gault equation. Whereas total limb fat remained stable in the tenofovir/emtricitabine + efavirenz arm, the value was abnormally low in the zidovudine/lamivudine + efavirenz arm at 48 weeks (6.0 kg) and decreased further by 96 weeks (5.5 kg).
Study 934 provides critical information for helping clinicians select the optimal NRTI backbone for individuals commencing antiretroviral therapy.
The improvement in virological outcome in patients receiving tenofovir/emtricitabine + efavirenz was maintained throughout 96 weeks, thus showing that the responses previously reported at 48 weeks are durable. It is important to note that the durable virologic outcomes were driven not only by less virological failure in the tenofovir/emtricitabine + efavirenz arm, but also by less toxicity than that experienced by patients in the zidovudine/lamivudine + efavirenz arm. In individuals who did experience virologic failure, the development of resistance was less common with the tenofovir/emtricitabine backbone, particularly development of the M184V/I mutation.
In addition to improved virologic outcomes, the tenofovir/emtricitabine backbone was associated with little toxicity. In this study, no patient developed even grade 1 abnormal creatinine levels. However, the potential for reduction of glomerular filtration rates suggests that clinicians should continue to screen for renal abnormalities and perform long-term follow-up in patients receiving tenofovir. No results were presented for bone mineral density or lipid changes, although at 48 weeks, favorable changes in cholesterol levels were observed among patients on tenofovir/emtricitabine + efavirenz.
Lipodystrophy is a significant concern with antiretroviral treatment and is clearly associated with the use of thymidine analogs. Findings from Study 934 add to the data that zidovudine, in addition to stavudine (d4T, Zerit), is associated with this toxicity.
So what do these findings mean for the treating clinician? Certainly, there seems to be no reason to continue to use zidovudine/lamivudine as the preferred NRTI backbone in treatment-naive patients; tenofovir/emtricitabine seems to be a more effective and less toxic combination. Moreover, tenofovir/emtricitabine can be dosed once daily and in a combined tenofovir/emtricitabine/efavirenz (TDF/FTC/EFV, Atripla) tablet. Pharmacokinetic data presented at the meeting showed that the triple-drug tablet has an identical pharmacokinetic profile to those of the individual agents.4
In addition, the data on the possible development of lipodystrophy with zidovudine/lamivudine-containing regimens and the stability in limb fat observed with the tenofovir/emtricitabine backbone suggest that individuals on zidovudine/lamivudine with virologically controlled HIV should consider switching to a regimen containing a non-thymidine analog, either tenofovir or abacavir (ABC, Ziagen).
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Introducing PC Perspective Podcast Bingo!
Subject: Editorial | February 27, 2013 - 02:26 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: Podcast Bingo, Bingo
It's Bumpday! No, no I'm not reviving that, at least not yet.
But it is Wednesday and as such we will be gathering for another fine PC Perspective Podcast. As always, if you wish to join us: head down to pcper.com/live or click on the little radio tower in the upcoming events box on the right side of your screen.
Yes, I know, there are two P's. Deal with it.
Starting this week, we will have a new activity for our viewers to follow along with. Play along with the first official PC Perspective Podcast Bingo Card! Keep track of every episode we mention "Arc Welding" by putting us to task and marking off the square.
Be sure to call out the spaces you mark off and whatever Bingo patterns you manage to make out of it.
Our IRC room during the podcast (it's usually active 24/7) is: irc.mibbit.net #pcper
Of course this is just for fun – but fun is fun!
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This does sound fun, should also have a square referencing something about Alex from MSI.
Thats what Im saying! Alex is da man! No Alex, no bingo.
Not sure I understand this correctly. Will there be some price? Do you check off what you think has occurred during a podcast? How are winners sorted?
P.S> I like the new podcast count-down timer :)
As I said, it's just for fun. No cost. No prizes.
If you want to turn it into a drinking game or something, you can. Just be responsible.
This should be interesting... but only 2 josh boxes WTH! He should have a whole row devoted to him... things like Josh raises his eyebrows and stares blankly at the screen. Josh actually writes an article on time and discusses on the show after it's posted.
On another note, any way to connect to your IRC channel without using mibbit?
How about Josh stating the date and time at the beginning without looking at it :)
I use mIRC and connect to mibbit.net and then #pcper. I'm there now!
And I think I actually have content to talk about this week...
Free Spot should be Josh makes an inappropriate, sexually-related comment. That will happen a LOT faster than Ryan being cut off.


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Hey, Kids! Come to the Alligator Pool Party!
Pool parties are the best. It's a chance for kids to have some good old-fashioned fun playing with foam noodles and practicing belly flop techniques. Adults, too. But according to kids down in Florida, they're even better when alligators are involved.
Bob Barret, the guy who runs 'Alligator Attractions,' thought it would be a great business venture to bring his alligators to swim with kids at pool parties. And yes, this is strangely legal. Whatever happened to having a grand ol' time in those backyard bouncy inflatables? That's totally boring, according to Barrett. "You jump for a while and that's it, we've had that party before. Clown party, Chuck E. Cheese party, they've all been done." Right– that's because there's zero risk of having a little muchkin be an alligator snack!
OK, maybe we're being a little too skeptical. We'll give Barret a little break and mention the gator's mouths ARE taped shut, so the chances of little Joey receiving a reptile toe nibble are slim to none. The creature's names are also quite kid-friendly, like Burger, Kermit, and Fido, so the whole terrifying factor could be brought down a few notches if you're swimming with Burger the alligator.
We'll admit that it could be slightly awesome to say we've splashed around with a croc, but one big question remains: parents actually let their kids do this?!


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By Russ and Tori Taff
One of the greatest mysteries in Scripture to me, is the silence of Mary during the last week of Jesus' life. We know she was there at the foot of the cross when he died, but where was she in the days leading up to Calvary, when Herod and Pilate were deciding his fate? There are no accounts of her pleading for his life or trying to intervene and stop the crucifixion. Every mother I know would have fought her way into the palace with her bare hands to save her son. The only thing that makes sense to me, is that she truly understood why this was happening. He came from God, and he was on his way back to God. Even though her mother's heart was devastated, she loved him enough to trust him.
Jesus entered Jerusalem as a rock star. The people lining the streets had heard about the miracles. They followed him around just to hear him preach. But while the hosannas were still ringing in his ears, Jesus already knew that by the week's end those same voices were going to be calling for his death. He could have just stayed on that donkey. He could have ridden down the street waving to the crowds and then kept right on going. Staying meant dying. But Jesus chose the path of love.
The disciples thought they were all just getting together for dinner. Jesus knew it was the last supper. They were guys– they laughed, and talked and passed the casseroles around. Jesus put on an apron and got a bowl of water. The ritual of foot washing is awkward enough, but how uncomfortable would it be if you truly believe that the one doing the washing is also the son of God? Those hands that are wiping the dirt off your feet are the same hands that opened blind eyes and healed lepers. Jesus knew that in his darkest hour these feet would turn and walk away from him, but he also knew that these feet would carry the Gospel after he was gone. So the water was his blessing—the water was his love.
Gethsemane was where it all became real. This wasn't just a concept anymore—Jesus was preparing for what he knew would be a brutal and horrific death. But I don't think the agony in the garden was about anticipating the pain of the cross. I believe the reason Jesus sweated great drops of blood and asked if this cup could pass was because he knew that for the first time since time began, he would be separated from God. It was only the promise of a resurrection reunion with his beloved Father that gave him the grace to willingly descend into the depths of hell. That, and his ferocious love for us.
I cannot begin to understand what that kind of love feels like, but with everything I am, I long to.


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Erythema multiforme is a skin condition often associated with an overreaction to an infection (usually herpes simplex) or medication. It can affect skin throughout the body. Erythema multiforme has 2 forms:
Erythema multiforme is an overreaction of the immune system to a certain trigger. Some erythema multiforme is associated with an infection or certain medications, though the exact trigger may not be known half the time. It is not clear why some people have this reaction.
Erythema multiforme is more common in young adults.
Factors that may increase your chance of getting erythema multiforme include:
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Symptoms can vary from mild to severe. Both erythema multiforme minor and major cause skin lesions that:
Erythema multiforme major may also cause:
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. You may be referred to a doctor who specializes in skin problems (dermatologist).
Most cases can be diagnosed based on your medical history and skin exam. The target lesions are usually a key for diagnosis. However, the skin lesions may not be typical and a sample of the skin may be taken. The skin sample is examined under a microscope to look for findings of erythema multiforme.
Erythema multiforme will usually go away on its own in 4-6 weeks. Mild forms usually will not need treatment.
Treatment may be needed to treat an underlying infection. This may include antiviral, antibiotic, or antifungal medications. If the erythema multiforme is related to a current medication, your doctor will work with you to stop the medication and find a replacement if needed.
Severe lesion due to erythema multiforme major may also require:
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If the lesions were due to the herpes simplex virus, there are ways to prevent outbreaks:
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Erythema multiforme. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at:
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Erythema multiforme. New Zealand Dermatological Society website. Available at:
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With a wealth of NBA coaching experience and basketball knowledge, Randy Wittman is in his fourth season in the Washington Wizards organization and first full season as head coach. Wittman was named head coach of the Wizards on January 24, 2012, and was signed to an extension as Head Coach on June 4, 2012. Following the teams 2-15 start, Wittman led the Wizards to an 18-31 record, which included a strong finish to the 2011-12 season where the team won eight of their final 10 games (including their last six in a row). During the six-game winning streak to conclude the season, the Wizards held opponents to 84.7 points per game on .399 shooting from the field. In the same stretch, the Wizards averaged 99.2 points per game on .481 shooting from the field. Under Wittmans leadership, the teams defensive efforts improved considerably. Washington held opponents to 92.0 points per game on .439 shooting from the field in their last 25 contests to close out the 2011-12 season.
Prior to coming to Washington, Wittman served as head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves from January 23, 2007 to December 8, 2008. That marked his third stint with the Timberwolves, as he also served as an assistant coach with Minnesota from 1994-1999 and from 2001-2005.
Wittman earned his first NBA head coaching job in Cleveland, where he led the Cavaliers for two seasons from 1999-2001. He began his coaching career as an assistant coach with the Indiana Pacers in 1992, and later worked as an assistant for the Dallas Mavericks and Orlando Magic.
A 1983 graduate of Indiana University, Wittman played collegiately under Bobby Knight, helping the Hoosiers to a NCAA championship in 1981. Wittmans best season at Indiana came during his senior campaign where he averaged 19.0 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game and was named co-Big 10 Player of the Year. He was originally drafted by the Washington Bullets with the 22nd pick of the 1983 NBA Draft, but was traded to the Atlanta Hawks prior to the start of the 1983-84 season. Wittman played nine seasons in the NBA for Atlanta, Sacramento and Indiana before retiring in 1992 with a career average of 7.4 points per game (.501 FG%) in 543 games. He averaged 10 or more points in three straight seasons from 1985-1988. During the 1985-86 season, Wittman averaged a career-high 12.9 points per game.
Wittmans numbers increased in the playoffs during his career as he averaged 12.8 points per game in 38 playoff games with the Atlanta Hawks and Indiana Pacers. Wittman averaged 17.8 points per game in nine playoff games for the Hawks during the 1985-86 season and 16.4 points per game in nine playoff games during the 1986-87 season also for the Hawks.
As a two-time academic All-American at Indiana, he was also named the Co-Big Ten Player of the Year as a senior in 1983. Wittman was inducted into the Indiana University Hall of Fame in 1995 and was named to the Indiana Silver Anniversary Basketball Team in March of 1996. In 1997, Wittman was inducted to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame. A native of Indianapolis, Wittman and his wife, Kathy, have two children, Ryan a former standout for Cornells mens basketball team, and Lauren, a senior at Indiana University.