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Getting Started with Inkscape
Inkscape began in 2003 as a code fork from the Sodipodi project. Sodipodi developers Ted Gould, Bryce Harrington, Nathan Hurst, and MenTaLguY identified important differences over Sodipodi project objectives. They created Inkscape under the idea of implementing the complete SVG standard instead of creating a general purpose vector graphics editor and possibly moving away from SVG which was the direction Sodipodi was headed.
Inkscape is a program that behaves like and offers many of the same features as Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X. An open Source vector graphics editor, Inkscape uses the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format. Inkscape makes it easy to create basics shapes, paths, text, markers, clones, use alpha blending, transforms, gradients, grouping and more.
Selecting colors can be a little time consuming if you're not familiar with the Inkscape environment but quick and easy if you know where to look. Upon selecting one of the many tools described later in this document you will see a color appear on the Tool Controls Bar, the toolbar immediately above the whitespace that is your project.
Next to the color we can see the word "fill". This is the fill color that will be displayed if we create a shape or other object. But to change the color we need to look at the bottom of our screen where we see this color bar.
Click on the color you would like to use and it will be displayed up top on the Tool Controls Bar. To change the colors displayed on this bar click the small black arrow to the right of the color bar.
After opening the application you'll notice Inkscape has a toolbar to the left side that includes many different drawing and editing tools. Note that by selecting a tool from the toolbar to the left you'll open up options for that specific tool across the top on the Tool Controls Bar.
The Select and Transform tool is shown by a black cursor arrow on the left toolbar. This tool can be used to select objects in a few different ways, rotate objects, flip objects, move selections and more.
The black triangle with a blue point-filled line is the icon representing the Edit Paths by Nodes tool. This tool allows users to insert new or delete old nodes from a line, join nodes together or break nodes apart, make selected nodes a corner, smooth, or symmetric point, make selected segments lines or curves, convert to paths and more.
The Tweak Objects by Sculpting or Painting tool is displayed third down as a wave icon and lets users tweak or adjust the project they are working on. The Tool Controls Bar lets users fine tune this tool by adjusting the width, force and other pressure options.
The magnifying glass shown on the tool bar to the left is for the Zoom In or Out tool. This tools allows users to not just simply zoom in and out but also zoom to a specific aspect ratio, fit selection in window, fit drawing in window, fit page or page width in window, plus many other zooming options.
Select the rectangle icon on the left toolbar to use the Create Rectangles and Squares tool and create various sized rectangles by clicking and dragging. The Tool Controls Bar lets users view and edit the width, height, horizontal and vertical corner radius, unit of measurement, see fill and stroke colors of the rectangle.
The cube icon is for the Create 3D Boxes tool which is ideal for creating 3D boxes and includes many fine tuning options which appear on the Tool Controls Bar. Here you can set X, Y, and Z angles, see fill and stroke colors, plus numerous other advanced settings.
The Create Circles, Ellipses and Arcs tool is displayed on the left toolbar by a pink circle. This tool gives users a chance to make these objects and by using the Tool Controls Bar you may see stroke and fill and colors plus start and end points can be applied as well as segment, arc or full circle mode.
The Create Stars and Polygons tool is represented by a yellow star/polygon icon. These two objects can be created with this tool and also the Tool Controls Bar lets us change back and forth from star to polygon, choose the number of corners, and spoke ratio.
A thin black spiral shows us where the Create Spirals tool is located on the left toolbar. This tool has many useful options that can be applied on the Tool Controls Bar including turns, divergence and inner radius.
The Draw Freehand Lines tool is depicted by a pencil icon on the left toolbar. This tool is a basic tool with very few options. At the right of the Tool Controls Bar you may set the stroke options.
Represented by a pen tip with straight lines, the Draw Bezier Curves and Straight Lines tool is one of the most useful tools on the left toolbar. This tool is similar to the pen tool of Adobe Illustrator. By clicking, moving the mouse, and clicking again you will create a straight line in the direction you've moved your mouse. By clicking, moving the mouse, clicking and holding you may adjust the line's curve until you're satisfied.
The calligraphy pen with wavy line icon symbolized the Draw Calligraphic or Brush Strokes tool. This tool has many options in the Tool Controls Bar including width, pressure, thinning, angle, tilt and many more options. Like many tools in Inkscape it is ideal to use with an input device like a pen tablet.
The spilling paint bucket represents the Fill Bounded Areas tool which is similar to a normal fill except for the fact that it offers many different options. You may choose the Fills By drop down box on the Tool Controls Bar where you may select how this tools fills. You may also select threshold and the amount to grow and shrink by.
Click on the text icon to use the Create and Edit Text Objects. This tool features normal font options in the Tool Controls Bar like the font used, font size, justification, style and direction.
The connected boxes icon is where you click to use the Create Diagram Connectors tool which is used to draw lines used for connecting boxes in diagrams. The Tool Controls Bar let users make connectors that avoid or ignore selected objects, set spacing, arrange selected connector network, choose length, and many more options.
To Create and Edit Gradients select the green square icon with a line in it. This tool allows you to create gradients which are colors fading together usually inside of a stroke. The Tool Controls Bar allows us to choose what kind of gradient to create and modify and already created gradient.
The Eyedropper tool is selected by clicking on the eyedropper icon at the very bottom of the left toolbar. This tool is very useful because it allows users to select existing colors in a project and re-use them somewhere else.
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Rendering from UK Athletics, Luckett & Farley Architecture.
Initial plans are being developed for the new Kentucky men's and women's soccer facilities at the UK Soccer Complex, the school announced Wednesday morning.
UK has been working with Luckett & Farley, the largest architectural firm in Kentucky, in the designs of the new state-of-the-art facility that will house the UK men's and women's programs, adjacent to the new UK Softball Complex.
"We are extremely happy about the designs for the new stadium," said UK men's soccer head coach Johan Cedergren. "This facility will give Kentucky one of the top facilities for collegiate soccer in the nation and combined with a gorgeous new softball facility will really create a wonderful atmosphere off Alumni Drive. President Eli Capilouto, (athletics director) Mitch Barnhart and the UK administration are making a tremendous commitment to the future of our program and our student-athletes."
"It is very exciting for us to be able to unveil these facility plans and show off what a wonderful place we think we have planned for UK soccer," said UK women's soccer head coach Jon Lipsitz. "Of course, all of this starts with the support of our administration in Dr. Capilouto and Mitch Barnhart. They have made a distinguished effort to make sure we have a facility that is on par with those in the Southeastern Conference, and I think we have really come up with something special. My staff and I truly thank everyone involved in the planning portion of the design, and we are looking forward to seeing the finished product come to life here shortly."
The facility renderings include art of the new facility, which is slated to be adjacent to the softball complex as part of a multiple sport pavilion location. The new UK Soccer Complex will be placed at the current location, with a gorgeous new grandstand to take the place of the two groups of stands currently housing fans.
Both programs will have a new locker room, lounge, training facility and game day offices underneath the new grandstand, with the press box designed to serve needs of media, television and radio broadcasts, and suites.
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Justin Bieber's Childhood Friends: He Didn't Father A Child
The parents who took Justin in as a child when his mother couldn't raise him say they taught him strong values — and Mariah Yeater is just a gold digger!
Justin Bieber has an incredible heart, and the family that raised him as a child says alleged baby mama Mariah Yeater is just trying to take advantage of him!
Justin, 17, grew up for several years with Martin and Sharon Butler when his birth mother Pattie Mallette needed support, the Daily Mail reports. Now Martin is speaking out, saying 20-year-old Mariah's claims are garbage.
"We all knew that something like this would be coming sooner or later – that some woman would see dollar signs and try to shake him down," he said. "We gave Justin the boundaries he might not otherwise have had. We taught him to respect women and he has been coached by his handlers on the importance of being careful and resolute. There is no way that what this woman claims ever happened."
What do you think, HollywoodLifers — is Mariah just a gold digger?
— William Earl
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For nearly sixty years , Colebridge has been renowned amongst the table tennis community ; for the excellence of its playing conditions , the enthusiasm of its members , and the quality and breadth of its table tennis.
Boasting a number of TT England coaches , who hold regular sessions for youngsters , as well as mornings and afternoons devoted to those who take a social approach to the game - if its table tennis you're after , Colebridge is the place for you.
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Arsenal striker Robin Van Persie admits he took a 'gamble' when scoring the winner against Everton at the weekend.
The Gunners had struggled to break down the resilient Toffees on an afternoon of celebration at the Emirates, but Van Persie's strike meant there was a fitting outcome to the 125th anniversary match in north London.
His 15th Barclays Premier League goal this season, the Dutch hitman will have rarely hit one sweeter than his volley past Tim Howard, but the skipper was quick to pay tribute to the involvement of Alex Song in the 'risky' goal.
"Normally I would have taken a touch to get it right. It was a bit of a gamble but in the end a very nice goal just inside the post. I can't wish for more," Van Persie told Arsenal Player post-match.
"It was a great pass again from Alex Song. It's unbelievable - he's a defensive midfielder but the amount of skill he has is just a dream."
The win moved Arsenal into the Champions League qualifying spots for the first time this season, leap-frogging Chelsea to move into fourth place ahead of the Blues' match against Manchester City tonight.
Van Persie felt it was vital to claim another three points and keep the pressure on the teams around them in the league, admitting it was tough to get the key goal against David Moyes' side.
"It was vital to stay on track and get the three points. It was a hard game against a good Everton side so in the end we were very pleased," concluded the forward.
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Evacuation and Collection
This step is what it's all about -- reclaiming dead objects and shaping the heap for efficient object allocation. The collection set of regions (from the Concurrent Marking process defined above) forms a subset of the heap that is used during this process. When evacuation begins, all mutator threads are paused, and live objects are moved from their respective regions and compacted (moved together) into other regions. Although other garbage collectors might perform compaction concurrently with mutator threads, it's far more efficient to pause them. Since this operation is only performed on a portion of the heap -- it compacts only the collection set of regions -- it's a relatively quick, low-pause, operation. Once this phase completes, the GC cycle is complete.
To help limit the total pause time, much of the evacuation is done in parallel with multiple GC threads. The strategy for parallelization involves the following techniques:
- GC TLABS: The use of thread local allocation buffers (TLAB) for the GC threads eliminates memory-related contention amongst the GC threads. Forwarding pointers are inserted in the GC TLABs for evacuated live objects.
- Work Competition: GC threads compete to perform any of a number of GC-related tasks, such as maintaining remembered sets, root object scanning to determine reachability (dead objects are ignored), and evacuating live objects.
- Work Stealing: Part of mathematical systems theory, the work done by the GC threads is unsynchronized and executed arbitrarily by all of the threads simultaneously. This chaos-based algorithm equates to a group of threads that race to complete the list of GC-related tasks as quickly as they can without regard to one another. The end result, despite the apparent chaos, is a properly collected group of heap regions.
Note: The CMS and parallel collectors, described earlier, also use work competition and work stealing techniques to achieve greater efficiency.
The G1 collector is still considered experimental, but can be enabled in Java SE 6 Update 14 with the following two command-line parameters:
-XX:+UnlockExperimentalVMOptions -XX:+UseG1GC
Much of the G1 processing and behavior can be controlled by explicitly setting optional command-line parameters. See the sidebar entitled "Tuning the G1 Collector" to tune G1 behavior.
Tuning the G1 Collector
Let's review some command-line parameters that enable you to tune the behavior of G1. For instance, to suggest a GC pause time goal, use the following parameter:
-XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=50 (for a target of 50 milliseconds)
With G1, a time interval can be specified during which a GC pause applies. In other words, no more than 50 milliseconds out of every second:
-XX:GCPauseIntervalMillis=1000 (for a target of 1000 milliseconds)
Of course, these are only targets and there are no guarantees they will be met in all situations. However, G1 will attempt to meet these targets where it can.
Alternatively, the size of the young generation can be specified explicitly to alter evacuation pause times:
-XX:+G1YoungGenSize=512m (for a 512 megabyte young generation)
To run G1 at its full potential, add the following two parameters:
-XX:+G1ParallelRSetUpdatingEnabled -XX:+G1ParallelRSetScanningEnabled
However, Sun warns that as of this version of G1, the use of these parameters may produce in a race condition and result in an error. However, it's worth a try to see if your application works safely with them set. If so, you'll benefit from the best GC performance that G1 can offer.
In terms of GC pause times, Sun states that G1 is sometimes better and sometimes worse than CMS. As G1 is still under development, the goal is to make G1 perform better than CMS and eventually replace it in a future version of Java SE (the current target is Java SE 7). While the G1 collector is successful at limiting total pause time, it's still only a soft real-time collector. In other words, it cannot guarantee that it will not impact the application threads' ability to meet its deadlines, all of the time. However, it can operate within a well-defined set of bounds that make it ideal for soft real-time systems that need to maintain high-throughput performance.
If your application requires guaranteed real-time behavior even with garbage collection, your only choice is a real-time garbage collector such as those that come with Sun's Java RTS or IBM's WebSphere RT products. However, if low pause times and soft real-time behavior is your goal, the G1 collector should suit it well.
[Bruno09] Bruno, Eric, and Bollella, Greg, Real-Time Java Development with Java RTS, Pearson Publishing, 2009
[Detlefs04] Detlefs, et. al., Garbage-First Garbage Collection, Sun Microsystems Research Laboratories, 2004.
[McCarthy58] McCarthy, John, LISP: A Programming System for Symbolic Manipulations, Communications of the ACM, 1958.


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text: There is a kind of paradox in the art of Hagop Hagopian. His transparent hues and clear graphic lines are so perfect that they seem to be unsurpassable. But with each new work Hagopian proves that there is no limit to perfection. Only a great master can do that!Jean Carzou


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HOLLYWOOD, April 21 (UPI) -- U.S. country music star Taylor Swift is considering playing the role of music legend Joni Mitchell in the upcoming film "Girls Like Us," Variety reported.
Swift has been linked to the role for several months as other actresses have auditioned to play fellow music legends Carly Simon and Carole King, the entertainment trade magazine reported Friday.
Alison Phil, who was in Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris," auditioned to play King, Variety said.
"Girls Like Us," which would be produced by Sony Pictures and Di Bonaventura Pictures, has yet to be greenlit, though production has been scheduled to start later this year.
Swift made her acting debut in romantic comedy "Valentine's Day" and most recently voiced a role in "The Lorax."


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We've put together a list of support organisations that are helpful for pregnant teenagers and teenage parents. If you have support organisations that you think should be listed here please email Jane.
Web: www.birthline.org.au
Phone: (08) 8363 1444
Phone: 1300 139 313 For country and interstate callers, (price of a local call)
"Counselling service for pregnant women providing information and choices to women. Also source and donate clothing and nursery equipment as required. Pregnancy testing available. Open from 9.30am-4.30pm Mon-Fri. Funded by public donations, staffed by volunteers, some doctors, nurses and social workers.
Website: www.pregnancysupport.com.au
Pregnancy Help Line Phone: 1300 792 798 (QLD, NSW, VIC, ACT) and 1300 655 156 (SA, WA, TAS, NT)
Pregnancy Help Australia is a national body which provides support, education and resources to life affirming Pregnancy Support Centres throughout Australia.
Web: www.pcl.org.au
Phone: Tollfree 1800 777 690 (national)
Free, professional, confidential counselling in relation to pregnancy testing, unplanned pregnancy, post-abortion concerns, pregnancy support, pregnancy loss & adoption
Web: www.tabs.org.nz
Phone: Ursula: (07) 3809 0196
Voluntary support group for mothers who have had traumatic birth experiences. Support offered through email and phone Australia-wide.
Web: www.cyh.com
Phone: 1300 364 100 (local call cost from anywhere in South Australia)
The Children, Youth and Women's Health Services (CYWHS) Parent Helpline provides telephone information and support at any time 7 days a week (calls received between 7.15am - 9.15pm will be answered by local Parent Helpline staff; calls received outside these hours will be automatically redirected to the national healthdirect helpline).
Web : www.breastfeeding.asn.au
Breastfeeding Helpline Phone: 1800 686 2 686 (1800 mum 2 mum)
The Australian Breastfeeding Association is a large community based self-help group, recognised as a leading authority on breastfeeding management.


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From the way the presidential candidates have been talking, you might think that American factories and workers are unable to compete in...
From the way the presidential candidates have been talking, you might think that American factories and workers are unable to compete in the global economy. John McCain has promised to open new markets for American goods and provide help for workers who lose their jobs. Barack Obama has expressed doubts about past trade agreements and has proposed changes in tax laws that he says now encourage companies to ship jobs overseas.
The candidates deserve credit for recognizing the challenges posed by trade and foreign investment. But their tone obscures a major success story: the dramatic improvement in our balance of international trade. This export boom has saved us from recession over the past year and, despite the recent financial turmoil, is likely to continue doing so. It is generating at least 2 million new and high-paying jobs, about half of them from increased foreign sales by the beleaguered manufacturing sector.
Fresh evidence of the trend came last month, when the second-quarter growth rate for the U.S. economy was revised upward, to 3.3 percent. A record surge in net exports accounted for almost all of that expansion. Since the housing and financial crises erupted in mid-2007, there has been a decline in final domestic demand. We would have been in recession throughout this period had we relied wholly on internal economic forces.
International trade has saved the day. Our external balance has improved by more than $200 billion as calculated for gross domestic product (GDP) purposes, cutting the previous deficit by more than one-third. This dramatic progress has kept the overall economy growing by modest amounts. The prophets of recession ignored the international engagement of the U.S. economy.
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The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development foresees continued modest expansion of the U.S. economy during 2008-09, with 80 percent of the impetus coming from trade improvement. (The trade balance in nominal dollars has not gained as much, but this was due to the higher price of oil imports earlier in the year and does not affect the GDP growth picture.) Gains of an additional $100 billion or so are likely, which would cut the pre-2006 real deficit in half, despite slowing foreign growth and the recent rebound of the dollar.
This favorable swing of at least $300 billion in the "real" trade balance translates into more than 2 million new jobs in the U.S. economy. These export jobs pay 15 to 20 percent more than the national average.
All major sectors, from agriculture to consumer goods to services, as well as our bellwether capital equipment, have shared in the export boom. About half the gains have come in manufactured products; the trade swing is likely to boost employment in manufacturing substantially, offsetting at least part of the downdraft from sluggish domestic growth and ongoing productivity improvement. Foreign sales of our manufactured products, including cranes from Wisconsin and diesel engines made in Indiana, are soaring.
Two major factors are driving this stellar performance. One is continued growth in the rest of the world, driven largely by emerging markets. Those countries, led by China and India, make up half the global economy. While down from record highs, their annual growth rates remain around 6 percent. Hence the world economy as a whole is likely to expand at a 3.5 to 4 percent rate in 2008 and 2009 despite the sharp slowdown in the United States and softer performances in Europe and Japan.
The second factor is the weaker exchange rate for the dollar, which has restored U.S. international competitiveness to a substantial degree. Before its recent climb, the dollar had gradually declined over the past six years, by an average of about 25 percent against the currencies of our main trading partners. This reversed the huge dollar increase from 1995 to 2002, which had sapped our price competitiveness and was the main cause of the recent record trade deficits.
The U.S. trade deficit is still too large and the dollar remains overvalued against a few key Asian currencies, notably those of China and Japan, but it has essentially returned to levels at which we can compete on a reasonably even field against most countries.
Globalization is paying off for the United States just when we need it. Our traditional strategy of helping other countries, especially in the developing world, strengthen their economies is redounding to our major benefit. Our continuing effort to correct the huge trade and currency imbalances is paying large dividends. The trade liberalization of the past 50 years remains incomplete but has opened markets that our firms and workers can exploit.
Efforts to derail the integration of the world economy in the face of current developments would be contrary to U.S. national interests. We should be making new compacts to reduce barriers as rapidly as possible rather than fearing to implement those already negotiated, such as the free-trade agreements with Colombia and Korea that are languishing in Congress.
C. Fred Bergsten is director of the Peterson Institute for International Economics. He was assistant Treasury secretary for international affairs from 1977 to 1981.


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gocarshare necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 103 diseños de 33 diseñadores freelance.
I would like to change the way we travel. A lot of people worry about global warming and who is to blame. That's fair enough but I am much more interested in actually doing something about it. gocarshare is an innovative website will help people share car journeys. Its a new project but it has big aspirations to be truly international and to help people travel in a cheaper more enviromentally friendly and more fun manner.
Predominantly young people (18-30) but not by any means exclusively
Anyone who is a little bit adventuress
People travelling to sporting events, festivals and weddings, commuters, people going on holiday
Ideally the logo should exude what we stand for ... being fun, doing the right thing, trying to make things a little bit better, having a sense of adventure.
As far as colours go, that's up to you. Green would be an obvious choice given our environmental credentials, but I am willing to consider anything. Bear in mind that the website hasn't been designed yet so we wouldn't want to have anything too crazy colourwise that will restrict our options for the design (unless there was an option to have a neutral coloured version as well).
One idea I have had so far is to use the colours of some traffic lights to make something really emphasise the 'go' in gocarshare. Please feel free to try something out in this manner or alternatively prove to me that that is a stupid idea by coming back with something different and better.
Right team, I think I've given you enough to get started. Fire back any questions, I am more than happy to go into more detail.
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1999 NL Team by Team Statistics
At least 135 at bats or 40 innings pitched during the regular season unless otherwise indicated. Players who competed for more than one NL team are listed with their final club. Players traded from the AL are listed with NL team only if they have 135 AB or 40 IP. Note that (*) indicates rookie and PTBN indicates player to be named.
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The presentation from IAFNA 2012 on Facilitating Tweetjams is available below. We are planning more tweet chats so check back here or search for #facilichat on Twitter.
I have finally gotten to posting my presentations from the Northern Virginia Joomla! Users Group on SlideShare.
Here is the most recent, Timeless Tips extracted by Dorothy Firsching from Jen Kramer's book, Joomla! Start to Finish: How to Plan, Execute, and Maintain Your Web Site, Wrox, 2010.
Jen Kramer is president of 4Web, Inc., a company dedicated to building highly customized Joomla! web sites.


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Not just another icon theme. Oxygen is developed to create a new user experience. Pages in this category deal with the Oxygen project.
Oxygen does not intend to copy anything but rather to collect ideas for the ways that people present visual metaphors with an eye not only on artwork but also on usability and improve on these ideas.
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(Reuters) - In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's cash-hungry capital city, local political battles are waged much as they are across the United States: with big personalities and bare-knuckled verbal brawls.
But unlike most cities, Harrisburg's financial troubles have thrust it into the national spotlight, most recently with a slap from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for fraud. Financing for a single incinerator has been driving the city toward insolvency since 2009.
The $3.7 trillion U.S. municipal bond market will be watching on Tuesday when Harrisburg, a poster child for mismanaged public finances, holds its Democratic Party primary for mayor. There is no Republican mayoral primary.
Whoever leads the city of nearly 50,000 will play a role in how Harrisburg struggles to shrink a mountain of debt while maintaining basic services and paying - or not paying - bondholders.
The mayor must be "willing to work through the problems and get to the next step. In order to do that, you need a certain amount of charisma, a certain amount of cooperation, and a fair margin of public support," said John Hallacy, head of municipal research at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. "Given the severity of the situation, that's a lot to ask for."
The ghosts of a questionable 2007 bond deal haunt Harrisburg, which is at least $340 million in debt - some reports put the figure at $370 million - thanks largely to the municipal bonds it guaranteed to finance upgrades to its problematic waste-to-energy trash incinerator.
Harrisburg also faces a cumulative deficit of at least $13 million, including more than $9 million of debt service payments that went unpaid in March and September, according to a March 28 status update from William Lynch, the state-appointed receiver.
Two candidates hope to unseat Mayor Linda Thompson, an outspoken and controversial first-term Democrat. The victor in Harrisburg's Democratic primary is also expected to win November's general election, although at least one challenger, Independent Nevin Mindlin, will run in the fall.
Thompson is African-American and has a strong base of support in Harrisburg's black community, which makes up 52 percent of the city's population.
But beyond her base, "she's got very fragile relationships with almost every constituent group you could imagine," said Terry Madonna, director of Franklin & Marshall College's Center for Politics and Public Affairs, who has conducted polls of Pennsylvania politics for more than a decade.
Receiver Lynch, the only person with the power to send Harrisburg into bankruptcy, has so far said he sees that option as a last resort. But even the threat of bankruptcy can be enough to bring different sides to the bargaining table.
Lynch attempted to negotiate borrowing money through a tax anticipation note during late 2012 and early 2013, but financial institutions still "have concerns" about Harrisburg's credit worthiness, he said in his March update.
None of Wall Street's three big credit rating agencies currently rate the city of Harrisburg's debt.
The mayor must work with Harrisburg's state-appointed overseer, the City Council and a host of other players to push ahead a court-approved recovery plan. The plan includes the sale and lease of city assets, but so far no deals have been finalized.
The mayor also helps negotiate with police, fire and public employee unions on labor contracts that, if altered, could save the city money on health care and other costs.
One of Thompson's two top rivals, independent bookstore owner Eric Papenfuse, hopes that the 2007 bond deal will haunt both Thompson and challenger City Comptroller Dan Miller.
Thompson and Miller were on the City Council when it approved the bond financing, and both got there because of support from former Mayor Steve Reed who had served 28 years.
Miller was the only City Council member to vote against the bond financing.
It was during Reed's administration that the incinerator deals were cut and, later, that some of the more troublesome financial disclosure problems occurred, leading to the SEC's fraud charge earlier this month. The city paid no penalty in the settlement and no individuals were named.
Thompson has made a number of problematic statements since taking office in January 2010. She once referred to Miller - Harrisburg's first openly gay elected official - as a "homosexual, evil little man," according to local media reports. In subsequent stories, she did not deny the comment.
She also lost several close staffers during her first year in office. Five of them told the central Pennsylvania newspaper The Patriot-News that she created a toxic, abusive atmosphere.
Papenfuse is no stranger to local politics. In February 2007, the City Council appointed him to the board of the Harrisburg Authority, which owns the incinerator. Papenfuse opposed additional funding for the incinerator upgrades and later quit the board.
Thompson and Papenfuse have said they do not want the city to file for Chapter 9 municipal bankruptcy. Miller, however, believes bankruptcy is inevitable, and that it should be done before the city's assets are sold off.
The only poll of the race so far, published on May 13, found Thompson, with 13 percent of the vote, losing to Miller and Papenfuse, who would be tied at 30 percent each. Some 23 percent were undecided. Fifty-seven percent of those polled strongly disapproved of Thompson's performance on the job.
The poll, conducted by Susquehanna Polling and Research for the local ABC News station, surveyed 300 Harrisburg Democrats by telephone and has a margin of error of 5.6 percent.
Reporting by Hilary Russ; Editing by Tiziana Barghini and Leslie Gevirtz


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View the full calendar of coming events and links to: Africa in Denmark - Afrika i Danmark
New photos from concert in Sweden with Fatoumata Diawara (Mali). View the photos here
Video interview: Kenyan director Jinna Mutune
Kenyan film director Jinna Mutune, made a stop in Denmark to present her first feature film "Leo" at a special screening. LEO is a story about Maasai boy growing up in Nairobi and his struggle to achieve his dream. We Jinna Mutune in Denmark for a talk about heroes and dreams, the perception of Africa and making movies. View interview with Jinna Mutune
Interview with the Mali's legendary kora player Toumani Diabaté after the concert at Roskilde Festival 2014 with his son Sidiki. Watch the interview with Toumani Diabaté
Photos from Seun Kuti concert in Copenhagen. View the Seun Kuti gallery here
Watch the video with highlights from the Feridah Rose concert in Amager Bio, October 2014.
We caught the Nigerian Afrobeat-star after a concert in Copenhagen for a short interview about music, Fela and African poilitics. View interview with Seun Kuti
Photos from the main street parade through Copenhagen, June 7th 2014. View the photos: Copenhagen Carnival 2014
Ugandan singer living in Denmark has released her newest single in her mothertongue Luganda. A new video with the song is on Youtube now. Watch the video: Kyelondela.
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Yet another African band has visited Copenhagen to make a music video with Crawfurd Media. Watch the new video here: Les Patrons - Kélépé
King Aysioba & band (Ghana) filmed a video for the new single "Wicked Leaders" when they were in Copenhagen recently. View the video here: Wicked Leaders
New photos from concert with Ethiopian band Fendika founded by the dancer Melaku Belay.
New photos from concert for children and families with Moussa Diallo and DR Big Bandet.
Anthony Morgan's gospel choir from Harlem recently performed in Copenhagen. Watch the photos here
New photos from concert in Denmark with Spanish singer Buika.
A photo gallery with photos from the Africa-related acts at this years Roskilde Festival in Denmark, including Rokia Traoré, Bombino, Mokoomba, Krar Collective, Noubanour and more. View the slide show: African music at Roskilde Festival
Photos from the Danish Couleur Cafe festival 2013.
Photos from the concert at Hammershus, Bornholm (Denmark) on Friday 19 July 2012. The concert is organised in support of development and Fair Trade projects in Africa (mainly Ghana). The festival hosted a market place, photo exhibition and first of all live performances by TV-2, TRAVIS, THOMAS HELMIG, NABIHA, OUTLANDISH, MGP ...and many more. View the photos
Mzansi Youth Choir (South Africa) has been toruing in Denmark with the Danish Papaya Choir. View a slideshow form their first concert together
Hammershus Fairtrade Concert er sammen med Annette Heick og Martin Brygmann klar med den nye sang og musikvideo fra Ghana. Den har bl.a. til formål at sætte kravet om fair international handel på dagsordenen. Video: Medaase for kaffe
New slideshow with photos of the Ethio-jazz band from Paris: Akalé Wubé.
Fresh photos from Salif Keita's 2013 tour. View the images from the concert with Salif Keita in Denmark 2013.
The music-sensation from Congo/Belgium recently visited Denmark. Here is a slideshow with photos from the concert at Global.
rom 2009 to 2011 Womex took place in Copenhagen as a huge World Music convention. Music professionals gathered for workshops and meetings -and every night featured more than 20 showcase concerts with great artists from all over the world. Take a look at this new book with more than 200 world music photos by Jacob Crawfurd.
Photos from the annual concert at Hammershus, Bornholm. Concert photos with Nik & Jay, Medina, The Raveonettes, Tim Christensen & the Damn Crystals, Wafande, Mzungu Kichaa, Karen Mukupa, Al Agami, Electric Lady Lab and more. View the photos
New concert photos with the new master of Afro-Punk! The Bongo sensation from Tanzania: Jagwa Music
Check out the new collection of black and white photos from a recent concert with Vieux Farka Touré in Copenhagen. Vieux Farka Touré plays great rock and blues in the unique Mali-style created by himself and his father Ali Farka Touré. View the slideshow here
A new film with stories about succesfull development projects in Ghana rooted in the Danish version of Live Aid: the annual Hammershus Fairtrade Concerts. The film is subtitled and narrated in Danish. View the film: Fra Hammershus til Afrika
A "Krar" is the Ethiopian 5 or 6 stringed harp. View the photos from two concerts in Denmark with the Ethiopian trio (2011 and 2012).
Photos with Tanzanian Afro-punk band Jagwa Music from a concert in Copenhagen during My World Images festival.
View a slideshow with 10 photos of Da Cruz from their performance at Womex a few years back.
Watch the brand new music video with soul/jazz/pop singer and songwriter Feridah Rose. Watch the clip: What Should I Do
I recently had the pleasure of meeting Congolese film director Djo Munga as he attended a special screening in Copenhagen. His movie Viva Riva! has been the first to be produced in D.R. Congo for a great number of years and it is currently circulating at film festivals worldwide. My interview has been aired on the Danish "African Rainbow" tv-show and now you can watch it right here: Watch interview with Djo Munga
Fatoumata Diawara (Mali) is currently topping the World Music charts. On February 10th she gave a sold out concert in Copenhagen. View the photos from a great musical evening.
Check out this new panoramic view of Victoria Falls as seen from Zimbabwe into Zambia. The image is in high resolution and with sound added. You can zoom and explore the image in full screen. Go ahead to Victoria Falls.
Jacob Crawfurd was one of the official photographers at the recent World Music Expo - WOMEX11 in Copenhagen. The photo slideshows has been updated with fresh photos from the showcase concerts every day in the period between October 26th and 30th. Visit Womex.com for more info on WOMEX and view the photos at www.crawfurd.com/womex
The owner/webmaster of this site has been nominated for the Special Award 2011 at Danish Music Awards - World. It is the jury at the organisation World Music Denmark who has nominated Jacob Crawfurd and 4 others for their work and efforts in promoting World music in Denmark. The winners will be announced at the award show in Global (Copenhagen) on November 3rd 2011. At DMA-World awards will also be given to World Track of the year and World Album of the year.
Video teaser wih interview, clips from the studio and perfomrance by Danish-Ugandan singer Feridfah Rose. View the video here.
Photos from a concert with Amadou & Mariam (Mali) in Malmö, Sweden. View the slideshow here.
Fresh photos from the concert with oumou Sangaré at Copenhagen Jazz Festival, July 5th 2011. Watch the new slideshow with: Oumou Sangaré live in Concert
Watch the new slideshow from a very special double concert at Roskilde Fetsival 2011 -ending with both Femi Kuti and Seun Kuti together on stage performing some of their fathers songs: Seun Kuti and Femi Kuti in Concert
A new slideshow with 15 photos from a concert with the desert-blues diva from Timbuktu, mali. Enjoy the photos of Khaira Arby
A slideshow with 16 pictures from a highlight at Womex 2010 in Copenhagen: concert with the wonderful singer Dobet Gnahoré.
View selected photos from the Start festival on Vesterbro (Copenhagen) last year. View slideshow
Photos from a concert with British/Iranian superstar Sami Yusuf.
New photos from the "New African Voices" concert in Copenhagen, march 4th 2011. Concert photos with Youssou N'Dour, Suzanna Owiyo and Carlou D
Fresh photos from the concert in Malmö (Sweden) on March 3rd 2011. View the photos of Bassekou Kouyate and his band.
A new 17 minutes video by Crawfurd Media, is an introduction to the musical unierse of the World/Jazz band: Pierre Dørge & New Jungle Orchestra. The band has been touring most of the world with their music during the past 30 years. View the video: Welcome to the Jungle
Senegalese Carlou D is soon back in Copenhagen as he is currently touring with Yousso N'Dour and Kenyan songbird Suzanna Owiyo. Here are a few phtoos from his 2009 showcase concert at Womex in Koncerthuset. View the photos of Carlou D
Updated slideshow with 30 photos from 3 great concert with the Grammy nominated and very funky afro/hip-hop band ChocQuibTown from Columbia. View the photos of ChocQuibTown
Fatoumata Diawara is without doubt a rising star from the African music scene. View the photos from her showcase Womex 2010.
View the photos from Papa Wemba's showcase concert at Womex 2010 + a few portraits. Go to photo slideshow: Papa Wemba
Another video reportage. This time from Ayoe Angelica's recent release of her second album "Dandelion". Watch this mini documentary with interviews and live clips from an acoustic performance. Video: Ayoe Angelica, Album release
With his energy and creativity, Ayi Solomon is a main driving force for African music in Denmark and music in general. His new CD "Life Force" was released November 5th 2010 and celebrated with a special concert in "Huset" (Copenhagen) with appearances by many of Solomon's friends and musical collaborators including: Nana Osibio, Moussa Diallo, Alain Apaloo, Jean Paul, Eliel Lazo, Sylvester Agbedoglo, Desmond Boateng, Dawda Jobarteh, Raul Rekow, Pierre Dørge and many more. View a 10 minutes mini-documentary from the release concert.
A few pictures from the Chamber Music Society concert with Esperanza Spalding in Copenhagen. View the Esperanza Spalding photos.
View the full photo coverage from Womex 2010 in Copenhagen. Lots of great photos from the World Music Fair and the many showcase concerts, including some of the African highlights Papa Wemba, Dobet Gnahore and more. View the Womex photos
Photos from the tribute concert to Lars Skjærbæk. Ken Gudman memorial award winner 2010. The concert featured Tim Christensen, Michael Falch, Boat Man Love, Henrik Hall, Peter Belli, Allan Vegenfeldt, Hush, Inside The Whale, Signe Svendsen, Stripclub Junkies, Diz Watzon and more. View the Lars Skjærbæk slideshow.
100 Photos from the recent My World Images - international art festival in Denmark. Take a look at the highlights of 2 weeks packed with performances, exhibitions, music, theatre, film and much more with 170 contributing artists from all over the world. View the photos from My World Images.
16 new photos from a concert with the South African music legend, Hugh Masekela from his concert in Tivoli in Copenhagen. View the photos from the concert.
15 new photos from the first concert in Denmark with Brasilian singer and guitarist Caetano Veloso. View the photos from the concert.
Photos from the recent Copenhagen Carnival (May 2010). A slideshow with highlights from the parade and the new Afro-stage including: Katamanto Highlife Orchestra (Ghana,/Denmark), Dawda Jobarteh band (Gambia/Denmark), Djaaka (Mozambique), Al Agami & The Rap Rehab Ensemble and Tina Mweni. View the Carnival slideshow of 94 images.
New concert photos from Concert with the amazing Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba at Global (Copenhagen). View the slideshow Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba
View a series of photos of the new Danish based Afro Nova Dance Company
New photos from a great concert with Femi Kuti and the Positive Force.
Finally photos from the special Mali-event in Copenhagen during Cop15 (December 17th 2009) attended by the President of Mali. The evening ended with a special performance by the great Salif Keita. View the photos here
Presenting a few selected video clips featuring strong voices from Africa: clips with a different view on the continent than often heard in the media. If you are interested in the African continent and development issues, please allow yourself the time to watch these clips. More will be added later, but currently featured is: the debate "will the real Africa stand up", the satirical text "How (not) to write about Africa" and an interview with economist/author Dambisa Moyo.
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Pluck and tenacity is all well and good, but in any title bout a good big fighter beats a good small fighter. We love the Honda Fit, but as capable as it may be, it's obviously limited in its getaway-car abilities by its tires when being pursued by the LAPD.
Next time we recommend the guy in the Fit find a healthier outlet for his talents. [KTLA]


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The passage of stricter firearm laws in Colorado on Wednesday stoked the ire of gun-rights advocates but raised hopes among supporters of tougher restrictions that lawmakers in Washington and states across the country would soon follow suit.
Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, signed bills requiring all potential gun purchasers to submit to background checks and banning the sale of magazines containing more than 15 rounds. A bill requiring buyers to pay a fee for their checks also became law on Wednesday....


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Louise Bourgeois, American (born in France, 1911)
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Crouching Spider, a gigantic sculpture of bronze and stainless steel made up of a globular body and long, attenuated legs, is part of a celebrated series of spider sculptures that Louise Bourgeois produced beginning in the early 1990s. According to the artist herself, the spider is a reference to Bourgeois's mother, who was a weaver and someone she described as being industrious and protecting. The artist also chose the spider for its role as a defender against other, more pernicious insects such as mosquitoes, which can carry deadly diseases.
Born in France in 1911, Bourgeois moved to New York in 1938 to pursue a career as an artist. Her sculpture and installations are marked by her singular use of not only bronze and marble, but also latex, wax, plaster, cement, and plastics. She is known for her biomorphic forms that frequently carry strong sexual implications. Her work, despite its pervasive autobiographical content, has universal appeal. An extraordinary work that is both threatening and playful, Crouching Spider reveals why Bourgeois is among the most provocative artists working today.


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Meat, machismo and Moran all collided in the Senate on Tuesday, stalling action on a stopgap spending bill and threatening to push the long-awaited budget debate into the holiday recess beginning this weekend.
The House, while free to plow ahead with its own budget votes Wednesday, is not entirely immune since it can't go home without also acting on the stalled stopgap measure — required to avert a shutdown March 27.
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Moran is Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), who spent the day pretty much objecting to everything unless he was promised a vote on his amendment to protect funding for air traffic controllers at rural airports in states like his own.
This quickly triggered a macho standoff with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) over who exactly was running the place. And that was not good news for meat — the packers, ranchers and poultry farmers who had been waiting patiently for a promised vote on their amendment to, well, beef up funding for the Food Safety Inspection Service.
The common theme to this circus is the new politics of sequestration: the across-the-board cuts ordered March 1 and now beginning to ripple through the economy as federal agencies begin to send out furlough notices.
Moran is trying to head off an expected April 7 Federal Aviation Administration order that would terminate payments for private contractor air traffic controllers serving 173 airports. The meat industry fears that furloughs at FSIS in the summer will leave packing plants short-handed of the inspectors needed to operate efficiently.
Reid, from a Western state with plenty of open spaces, is not immune to these pressures himself. But as Democratic leader, he has sought to draw a line on how far Congress should go to pick winners and losers in this sequestration sweepstakes.
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Treatment Issues for Women
Hormones and HIV
Hormones are chemicals that act like messengers, traveling around in our body between the glands that make them and the cells, organs, and proteins they act upon. Hormones play an important role in the overall health of women living with HIV. Some hormones help specific organs -- like your liver -- work by speeding up or slowing down chemical reactions. Others act on cells, proteins, and tissues, triggering our growth, metabolism, sex drive, and fertility.
Estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone are three of our main sex hormones. These hormones are also called steroid hormones and regulate many aspects of our growth. Your ovaries make progesterone and most of the estrogen in your body. Testosterone is made in your adrenal glands (just above your kidneys) and in your ovaries. Together, these three hormones influence your sexual desire, behavior, and your ability to have children -- along with your mood and overall body composition. Levels of estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone get lower as we age.
Balance between these three hormones is very important, since changes in the amount of one can affect levels of the others. For example, a drop in estrogen can lead to altered levels of testosterone, progesterone, or related steroid hormones such as DHEA. In order for estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone to do what they're supposed to, your body needs to be able to make them regularly and get rid of them when you don't need them anymore. Otherwise, many bodily functions can be disturbed.
How Does HIV Change the Picture?
Studies have shown that HIV itself can affect the body's ability to produce and maintain hormone levels. Changes in the balance of estrogen, progesterone, or testosterone can affect HIV-positive women in many ways. In some cases, hormonal imbalance may lead to:
- Menstrual irregularities
- Weight loss
- Changes in mood and behavior, including sleep pattern changes
- Decreased bone density
- Fatigue
- Depression
- Decreased sexual feelings or difficulty having orgasms
- Vaginal changes (vagina becomes thin, dry, and may tear easily)
- Difficulties getting pregnant or having a healthy pregnancy
If you're having any of these symptoms, ask your doctor about the possibility of hormone problems. Too often, we dismiss things like fatigue and sexual problems as just part of living with HIV -- even though they greatly affect our quality of life. Without follow-up, important hormone problems (and solutions) can be missed.
You may want to consider an initial blood test to measure your hormone levels. This is not usually part of routine care and can be expensive. But an initial measurement (called a baseline) -- either when you're first diagnosed or later -- may provide a useful starting point for you and your provider to work from in the future.
Many people think of testosterone as only a male hormone, but it's also extremely important in women. Testosterone is critical for healthy skin, bones, organs, and muscle. Without it, we'd have a hard time maintaining our sex drive, muscles, and energy levels.
HIV can lead to low testosterone levels in women. Many positive women with low testosterone also have low levels of DHEA, a hormone used by your body to make testosterone. Low testosterone is more common in women with low CD4s, women experiencing wasting, and postmenopausal women. In addition to HIV, certain drugs used to treat HIV-related conditions -- such as Cytovene (ganciclovir), Megace (megestrol acetate), Nizoral (ketoconazole) and possibly others -- can also lower testosterone levels.
- Because we generally have so much less testosterone than men, our bodies are sensitive to smaller degrees of change in testosterone level. A small drop in testosterone [10-15 ng/dL] caused by problems in the immune system may not be noticed by a man, but could result in clear symptoms for a woman.
- When testosterone is low, you can feel tired, depressed, moody, or weak, or you may not feel like having sex much at all. Since low testosterone can also increase your risk for weight loss -- including muscle loss -- it's important to identify and think about managing any testosterone deficiency.
Checking Your Testosterone Levels
Testosterone circulates in our blood in three forms. Two forms -- about 98% -- are bound to proteins. Most of this testosterone is inactive. The remaining 1-2% is not attached to any proteins and circulates freely in your body. This type of testosterone -- called free testosterone -- is active, meaning it's available for immediate use by your body. Total testosterone and free testosterone are the two standard blood tests used to measure testosterone levels in women. Total testosterone measures both the free and bound testosterone in your blood.
Even though Medicaid and private insurance cover both tests, it sometimes takes work to get these tests ordered. Most doctors have limited experience measuring testosterone levels in women. Since there's not a lot of data on testosterone replacement in positive women, many doctors are unfamiliar with the use of testosterone or anabolic steroids to treat weight loss, low sex drive, or other HIV-related symptoms in women. You may need to get a second opinion from an endocrinologist or find a provider who's willing to listen and has the necessary experience. Regardless of where you get care, always remember you have a right to request tests you feel are necessary for your health.
Testosterone levels vary from hour to hour, so have your blood drawn at the same time of day (ideally the morning), using the same lab whenever possible. Since free testosterone levels are the ones most commonly affected by HIV, make sure to ask for a "free testosterone test" -- they're not automatically done. In HIV, the ratio between your free and total testosterone levels is important. Testosterone levels can be affected by lots of things, including other female hormones. If your testosterone levels are low, your doctor may need to compare them to your other hormone levels to figure out what's going on.
What's a Normal Testosterone Level for Women With HIV?
That's complicated. There's still debate about what's considered a normal testosterone level for a woman. Without clear guidelines for what's normal, figuring out if you're low can be tricky. Plus, what's low for you may be high or low for another woman.
Most of the major labs report very wide reference ranges for normal. These ranges can vary significantly between labs. For example, one lab lists total testosterone range as 15-70 ng/dL for women age 20-39 and 4-70 ng/dL for women age 40-59. Another uses 15-70 ng/dL for premenopausal women and 5-51 ng/dL for postmenopausal women. Even though both labs list 15 ng/dL as the low end of the range, some doctors feel that any level below 20 ng/dL can be too low for a woman to maintain her sex drive and energy level.
For positive women, it often takes more than one of these measurements, along with symptoms, to diagnose a low or deficient testosterone level. So, in addition to checking total and free testosterone levels, don't forget to watch how you're feeling -- especially your sex drive, energy level, overall mood, and your weight. They're just as important! Regardless of what's normal for you, any unexplained drop in your testosterone levels should be investigated.
Treatment and Replacement Options
While men with HIV have been offered testosterone for years to treat HIV-related weight loss and low sex drive, there is limited experience with testosterone replacement in positive women. In the last few years, small studies have shown that positive women who are treated for low testosterone often see their levels climb back to normal and many of their symptoms partially or fully resolve. Many women using testosterone report improved energy, sex drive, mood, and better quality of life.
So far, research suggests that replacement with testosterone or anabolic steroids (drugs that can help build muscle without causing masculine traits) may be especially important options for women showing signs of wasting or low weight, body composition changes, and/or bone density loss. We still need to learn more about replacement dosing and the possible long-term effects of testosterone use in women with HIV. In the meantime, if you are considering using testosterone, make sure to talk through your decision with a provider who has experience in this area.
Testosterone supplements come in prescription injections, tablets, patches, gels, and creams. Gels and creams on the market don't have specific approval for use in women, but some women use the gels or creams prescribed for men, in smaller amounts. Each formulation has pluses and minuses in terms of cost, ease of application, and its ability to maintain consistent testosterone levels in your body over time. Too much testosterone in women can cause mood changes, a swollen clitoris, and more facial hair. If you take testosterone, it's important to minimize side effects while keeping your testosterone levels in the normal range. Replacement options include:
Oral: Low-dose testosterone pills are available. Oral testosterone is processed through your liver and should not be taken if you have elevated liver enzymes, liver complications, or gall bladder disease. If you have hepatitis, consider testosterone patches, gels, or creams to reduce stress to your liver.
Intramuscular: Injections are rarely used in women. Injections are usually administered twice a month. Testosterone levels are highest when you first inject, then fall over time. As seen in men, long-term use of injections may cause changes in your body's ability to make testosterone.
Topical: Gels, creams, and patches are also available. Patches are like small Band-Aids that you apply directly to your skin. They need to be changed often -- every day to every few days. Patches deliver consistent testosterone levels to your bloodstream, but are not available in a range of doses. With creams, your provider can set the dose to control the precise amount of hormone you receive. Testosterone cream is sometimes used to treat low sex drive and vaginal dryness in women.
Very little is known about the best replacement doses for positive women. If you're considering using testosterone, you may want to begin with a very low dose and have your testosterone levels checked frequently to see if you need more or less testosterone. It may take a little work in the beginning to find the most appropriate and comfortable dose for your body. Since excess use of testosterone over long periods of time can sometimes lead to problems with blood fats and liver function, it's important to have any use of replacement dosing monitored by an experienced provider.
Estrogen and Progesterone
Estrogen regulates your ovaries, causes monthly changes in your uterus, cervix, vagina, and breasts, and is important for vaginal and emotional health. Estrogen also plays a role in insulin release, along with other metabolic and cardiovascular functions. Progesterone -- nicknamed the "feel good" hormone -- affects your mood, sex drive, and metabolism and is key during pregnancy. Progesterone opposes the effects of estrogen in different parts of your body, so balance between these two hormones is very important. Too much progesterone, for example, can lead to mood changes and depression in some women.
Levels of estrogen decline as a normal part of the aging process. But there's conflicting evidence about whether HIV itself and antiretroviral drugs used to treat HIV can also lead to estrogen deficiency and/or health conditions associated with low estrogen such as early menopause or bone loss. We know that estrogen and progesterone communicate with cells of the immune system, so it's possible that HIV-related changes in the immune system can affect the balance of estrogen, progesterone, or both. It's often hard to pinpoint the reason for changes in hormone levels, since many factors, including age, street drugs, medications, nutritional deficiencies, and liver problems can also affect the way our bodies make, process, and eliminate these hormones.
Where estrogen is low or blocked, we can be more prone to vaginal infections, missed periods, and changes in vaginal tissue. With years of low estrogen, a woman's risk increases for high cholesterol and triglycerides, heart damage, and other complications like bone loss. Since HIV and drugs used to treat HIV can result in some of these same conditions, it's important to identify problems with estrogen and consider ways to manage them, if possible.
Many medications used to treat HIV-related conditions in women contain progesterone and can block estrogen production in your body. These include Megace (megestrol acetate), contraceptives like Norplant and Depo-Provera, and progesterone-only birth control pills. If you're using any of these treatments for an extended period of time, you'll need to monitor your hormone levels regularly.
|Ask your doctor to check your hormone levels if you: are missing periods; have shorter or longer menstrual cycles; worsening pre-menstrual symptoms; vaginal dryness; problems sleeping; fatigue; or hot flashes. Since estrogen is so important for bone health, you may also want to check your estrogen levels if you are experiencing bone density changes or are at risk for these changes.
Checking Hormone Levels
LH (lutenizing hormone), FSH (follicle stimulating hormone) and estradiol (a type of estrogen) are three hormones that regulate our periods and our ability to get pregnant. Blood tests of LH and FSH are often used to determine whether you're entering menopause, but these two tests alone won't tell the whole story in HIV. If you're having levels checked, it's important to go the extra mile and check estrogen, and consider checking progesterone -- either through blood or saliva tests. These tests are not routinely done, and your doctor may need to send your blood to a special lab. Since the quality of tests can vary a lot, try to use the same lab whenever possible.
Keep in mind that our hormone levels normally vary a lot throughout a single menstrual cycle. For example, estrogen levels are highest during the mid part of your cycle, while progesterone levels peak later, somewhere around day 21. So timing is important when you get tested. To check estradiol and FSH levels, have blood drawn on days two through four of your period. Ask your provider about the best time to check your LH level.
In order to get a sense of what's normal for you, you may need to measure estrogen several times throughout a month or measure estrogen, LH, and FSH levels over several menstrual cycles. Be sure to have your blood drawn at the same time of day and on the same day of your cycle each time you're tested (day two or four of your period, for example). Otherwise, results can be misleading.
Estrogen levels vary significantly with age, stress, medication use, hormone replacement therapy, and from woman to woman. As with testosterone, we don't have great guidelines for what's normal. Plus, it's possible to have a normal estrogen level but still have imbalances with progesterone and still experience symptoms. So again, paying attention to how you feel is important. If your FSH level is high (above 20 miu/ml) for more than several months, you may be approaching menopause.
Hormone Replacement Therapy in HIV
Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) refers to using estrogen, progesterone, or both to restore balance to your hormone levels. HRT is most commonly used to treat: menopausal symptoms like hot flash and vaginal dryness; heavy or irregular menstrual bleeding; to restore progesterone and estrogen levels around the time of menopause; and to regulate fat, bone, or muscle composition.
Most of what we know about the risks and benefits of HRT comes from studies of HIV-negative women. But many positive women use either hormonal contraceptives or HRT to correct HIV-related imbalances in hormone levels and to relieve symptoms before and after menopause. Some studies have shown that positive women who start HRT when tests show a need experience more consistent sleep, higher energy level, better mood, and improved quality of life. The longer term benefits and risks of HRT in positive women have not been fully studied.
It's important to realize that long-term use of HRT carries risks for health complications in some women. These may be more or less significant for you, depending on many individual factors. Oral estrogen is processed through your liver and gall bladder and is not recommended if you have liver or gall bladder disease. If you have a history of -- or are at known risk for -- diabetes, uterine fibroids, or blood clots, you'll need to carefully consider whether HRT is safe for you. When used without progesterone, estrogen can increase a woman's risk for uterine cancer, so it's important to take both if you still have a uterus. Long-term use of estrogen therapy has also been linked to an increased risk for certain forms of breast cancer. Women who have had breast cancer should not use estrogen.
Replacement Options
Estrogen and progesterone replacements come in many forms. The type of replacement you choose plays a big role in how well you tolerate HRT. When choosing, you and your provider should consider your replacement needs, your ability to tolerate different side effects, your family medical history, the health of your vagina, cervix, and uterus, and other individual factors like your weight. Replacement options include:
Oral: Tablets are commonly used by women who need to replace estrogen or progesterone levels throughout the body. Tablets are absorbed by your liver and intestinal tract, requiring higher doses than non-oral formulations. Tablets come in many different doses, including combined formulations for women using both estrogen and progesterone. If you're considering tablets, you may want to start with the lowest possible dose. Some pharmacies (called compounding pharmacies) can make lower-dosed tablets for women who need smaller amounts.
Most estrogen and progesterone tablets on the market are synthetic versions of these hormones. For example, birth control pills contain synthetic estrogen, progesterone, or both. Bio-identical types of estrogen and progesterone replacements (hormones derived from plant sources that are more similar to the type your body makes) are also available and may be less likely to cause side effects.
Creams: These are applied directly to the skin, such as on your upper thigh, abdomen, or vagina. With creams, the hormone is absorbed directly into your bloodstream and doses tend to be much lower than with tablets. Creams are more expensive, but useful since your provider can set the exact dose to control how much hormone you receive.
Progesterone creams can be used alone (to restore levels for women who need progesterone but not estrogen) or alongside estrogen creams. Estrogen creams may contain one, two, or three types of estrogen. They can be used either to replace low estrogen levels throughout the body, or to treat vaginal dryness and atrophy. Creams applied to your vagina for symptom relief do not provide consistent enough levels in the body to protect against bone loss or other complications.
Patches: Like creams, patches bypass your digestive system and are a safe alternative to tablets for women with liver or gall bladder disease. Patches look like small Band-Aids and can be worn anywhere (on your thigh, stomach, or butt). They need to be changed every 3-7 days, sooner for some women. Patches deliver consistent hormone levels into the bloodstream but are not available in a range of doses.
Injections: Progesterone injections are sometimes given as an alternative to birth control pills. When used to prevent pregnancy, Depo-Provera (a synthetic progesterone) is given by injection once every three months.
Whether you're using creams, patches, or tablets, HRT regimens and schedules vary depending on your need for replacement. Progesterone needs to be used at least 12 days of the month to be effective. Some women use estrogen daily, with progesterone for 12-14 days of the month. Others use estrogen and progesterone every day, without a break.
There are many questions about using HRT in positive women including: whether or not to start; the right dose/schedule to minimize side effects; how long to continue HRT; and interactions between hormone replacements and HIV treatments. So far, unless you're using the pill, there are no different dosing recommendations for using HRT along with HIV regimens. Researchers are currently studying possible interactions between antiretrovirals and different HRT regimens. If you're considering HRT, it's extremely important to have a full health evaluation -- including a thorough physical exam -- by both your HIV provider and your gynecologist to determine whether HRT is a safe option for you.
Alternatives to HRT
Many prescription and non-prescription alternatives exist for some of the symptoms of hormone problems. If you're seeking bone protection but can't use estrogen, two types of drugs, biphosphonates and selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs), provide protection against bone loss without the added possible risk of breast and uterine cancer. Keep in mind these drugs won't help with hot flashes, vaginal dryness, or any other symptoms of low estrogen (see "Bone Health").
There are also non-prescription remedies for pre-menstrual and menopausal symptoms. Soy contains natural estrogens, and soy products like soymilk, soybeans, and tofu may have some role in symptom management. Increasing the amount of omega-3 fatty acids in your diet (found in eggs, salmon, trout, walnuts) or by supplement (with products such as evening primrose oil) may help with menstrual cramps, bloating, swollen breasts, and mood changes. Some women report that magnesium can help with cramps and irritability; vitamin B complex or calcium with bloating; and vitamin E with hot flashes or swollen breasts. In addition, getting enough sleep, regular exercise, acupuncture, and/or yoga may provide some relief from pre-menstrual and menopausal symptoms.
If you're thinking about using any of these supplements, be sure to consult your providers. Your doctor can help you figure out the best supplement dose and may have important information for you about interactions between supplements and other medications you're taking.


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Coyotes rally, beat Oilers in overtimeby Jerry Brown
GLENDALE Ariz. - Phoenix Coyotes defenseman Keith Yandle has endured a few sleepless nights in the days leading up to the selection of the United States' roster for the 2014 Sochi Olympics. He used Tuesday night to make a final impression.
Yandle scored two goals, including the game-winner with 6.5 seconds left in overtime, and set up the game-tying goal by Mikkel Boedker with 1:10 left in regulation as the Coyotes roared by from another multi-goal deficit and beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 Tuesday night.
"I've lost a bit of sleep thinking about this. I really want to be a part of Team USA and I think I've shown I've played my best to show what I can bring to the team," said Yandle, who has 27 points in 39 games.
"Antoine Vermette said the other day, 'It's your last day to showcase.' I don't know how much of the team has been picked or whatever it is. All I can do is hope I get the call now. It would be such an honor."
The Coyotes have played a franchise-record six straight overtime games, winning for just the second time during that run. But their dominance of Edmonton continues: Phoenix is 14-1-2 in its past 17 games against the Oilers, including 3-0-0 this season.
After Phoenix killed a penalty in overtime, Yandle took the puck from Edmonton's Jordan Eberle in his own zone, raced down the ice and with the puck on edge and Anton Belov on his back, he floated a shot over ex-Coyote Ilya Bryzgalov to ring in the New Year on a happy note for an overflow crowd of 17,416 at Jobing.com Arena.
"I don't know if it worked out for my benefit to have to beat that puck down the whole way. When you get that close to the net you just want to get anything at it and I was able to get it in the air," said Yandle, who was robbed on two other occasions when he tested Bryzgalov low to the glove side. "We know what a good goalie Bryz is from his time here. He made huge saves for them and he kept their team in there early when we were all over the net."
Taylor Hall assisted on all three Edmonton goals, by Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, David Perron and Justin Schultz. Bryzgalov had been 9-2-0 against the Coyotes with a 1.96 goals-against average and 2-0-0 since he left after the 2010-11 season. But his 40 saves wasn't enough this time.
"Bryz played so well for us tonight and for us to let him down like that it isn't great," Hall said. "We need to make sure when a goalie plays like that for us he ends up getting the win."
The Coyotes have 14 points this season in games where they have trailed by two or more goals, the most in the NHL. And three nights after rallying from 2-0 down in Anaheim to steal a point against the Ducks, Phoenix was back in a familiar hole down 3-1 in the second period to take the steam out of the New Year's Eve crowd.
"We would much rather win in regulation, that's for sure," said Phoenix coach Dave Tippett after his team won for just the second time in eight home games after a 9-0-1 start in Glendale. "We talk about scratching and clawing, doing everything you can to get points in the regular season. Some games are a little more character-building than others."
Struggling Phoenix goalie Mike Smith was chased after allowing three goals on 10 shots and has won three of his last 14 starts (3-6-5). Backup Thomas Greiss stopped all 15 shots he faced in relief, and was off the ice for a sixth attacker when Yandle returned a pass from Boedker to force overtime - again.
The Coyotes dominated the first period, but didn't have much to show for it. Phoenix had 10 shots in the first four minutes and 21 for the period, four shy of the franchise record. But Bryzgalov kept the Oilers in the game with a variety of saves.
"Terrible period," Edmonton coach Dallas Eakins said. "We stood around and watched them play."
Phoenix broke through at 10:59 when Yandle ran down his own errant pass, curled into the right circle and beat Bryzgalov over the blocker with a wrist shot. Yandle extended his point streak to three games.
The Coyotes kept firing away, but after going without a shot for more than 14 minutes, Edmonton got even on an innocent-looking play. Hall walked the puck out of the corner but lost it off his stick. Nugent-Hopkins picked it up and, with his back to the net, slid a backhander that trickled through Smith at 18:50 for his 11th goal.
Edmonton looked much sharper at the start of the second period. On the first shift, Hall found Perron behind Phoenix defenseman Connor Murphy and put a 100-foot pass right on his tape. Perron beat Smith cleanly with a wrist shot to the stick side for his 17th goal of the season and fourth in three games against the Coyotes.
Hall got his third point at 6:44 when he curled inside the Phoenix blue line and hit Schultz in the slot for a shot that beat Smith between the pads for his fourth goal -- and the Oilers had the Coyotes on their heels.
Smith, who had been 7-0-1 against the Oilers since coming to the Coyotes, was pulled for Greiss.
"The first period wasn't great at all but we managed to find our game and get the lead," Hall said. "Our line is playing well, We were in their end a lot. We did a lot of good things but it's all for nothing."
The Coyotes got within 3-2 at 12:05 when Bryzgalov came off the left post just enough for Tim Kennedy's shot from beyond to goal line to bank off his skate and squeeze inside the left post.
It stayed that way until the Coyotes pulled Greiss and scored with a sixth attacker for the second straight game. Boedker pushed the puck to Yandle, who carried the puck to the goal line before passing back to Boedker, who hit an open net for his 11th goal, matching his career high.


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