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|January 2009
|OKLAHOMA'S�eGOV NEWS REPORT
Welcome to Oklahoma's eGovernment News Report. We hope you enjoy the monthly report providing you with up-to-date information on Oklahoma's eGovernment achievements.
State of Oklahoma Offers Easy, Online Way to Apply for Job Opportunities
The state of Oklahoma offers careers in almost every occupation with excellent pay and benefits, but best of all, they offer the ability to apply online any time, day or night.
The Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) OKCAREERS, the state's web-based employment application, testing, applicant tracking, and certification system, has been in operation for one year. It has assisted the state's hiring process with upwards of 10,000 applications processed monthly and more than 2,636 hires since January 23, 2008.
Some of the features of OKCAREERS include:
• An online employment application that may be completed using any Internet browser 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
• A single online employment application can be copied into other listed vacancies, which enables applicants to easily apply for multiple jobs.
• Electronic submission of resumes, transcripts, certificates, veteran's preference materials, and other applicant-related materials.
• Up-to-date listings of specific vacancies in state agencies for classified job titles. OPM lists these vacancies as soon as the requisition has been reviewed and approved. (more)
• Alerts for interested applicants who can choose to be notified by email when selected job categories become vacant.
"The applicants love the ability to be notified of open positions via email and the ease of applying with just a few clicks," states Cassandra Patmon, a Human Resources Specialist in the Applicant Services Division of the Office of Personnel Management.
Future plans call for including both unclassified and internal state job announcements in the system which will allow current State employees to enjoy the same benefits of an inclusive vacancy listing and expedient online application as outside applicants.
City of Harrah Announces New Online Bill Pay Options�
The city of Harrah is pleased to offer residents and businesses the opportunity to pay a number of bills online, including bond/citation payments, pavilion and amphitheater deposit/rent payments, and utility payments. Harrah residents and businesses can access the online bill pay system by visiting http://www.harrah-ok.gov/ and clicking on "I Want To …" and then "Pay My Bill".
"We are very optimistic that adding online credit card payments to our Web site will prove to be a tremendous convenience to all of our citizens," said Deborah Miner, City Clerk. "It will save them valuable time, and we are committed to simplifying the process as much as we can."�
Harrah's Online Bill Pay System is a product of a partnership between the city of Harrah and Oklahoma's Official Web site, http://www.ok.gov.�
Visa and MasterCard payments can be made 24 hours a day and are processed through OK.gov's secure payment engine. OK.gov abides by rigorous policies and procedures to safeguard all personal information, such as banking information and personal data. This ensures that citizens can be confident that their payments are safe, private, and secure.
Visit the City of Harrah's Online Bill Pay
E-File Opens for 2009 With New Features to Expand Taxpayer Access, Help Speed Refunds
The Internal Revenue Service today announced the Jan. 16 opening of an expanded IRS e-file program for 2008 federal tax returns, highlighted by new features that will allow expanded access to electronic filing and help people looking for faster refunds.
IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman encouraged taxpayers to explore e-file this year as the best option to file accurate tax returns and get fast refunds during the current economic downturn. The e-file program also includes new improvements to the Free File program that will allow nearly all taxpayers to e-file for free.
"These are tough times, and e-file is the best way for people to get cash in their pocket quickly," said IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman. "Filing electronically with direct deposit can get refunds to taxpayers in as few as 10 days. Combined with important changes in the Free File program, we believe e-file is a better option than ever before for the nation's taxpayers."
Last year the average refund was $2,429. The IRS realizes people need their refunds quickly. Shulman urged people who haven't e-filed before to consider the e-file option this year.
IRS e-file totaled nearly 90 million tax returns in 2008. Almost 58 percent of all returns were filed electronically. Last year, there was a surge in e-file from home computers. Nearly 27 million people prepared their own e-file return. That's an increase of more than 19 percent from the previous year.
IRS e-file meets the needs of nearly all taxpayers, no matter how complicated or simple their returns are. E-file helps taxpayers take advantage of the tax credits available to them to maximize their refunds during these tough economic times.
A variety of tax software products are available commercially that offer e-file. This year, several of them will not charge additional fees for e-filing for the first time.
In addition, most taxpayers qualify for free tax preparation offered through Free File on IRS.gov. Regardless of income level, taxpayers who are comfortable with filling out paper tax forms and who don't need extra assistance can use the IRS's new Free File Fillable Forms. These new online versions of paper tax forms that can be e-filed are available for the first time by visiting the IRS.gov Free File site.
Free File Home - Your Link to Free Federal Online Filing
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry Launches New Blog Site
Secretary of Agriculture, Terry Peach, said the new Internet site will be updated regularly about programs, agricultural issues and news of events and items of interest to agriculturists and consumers.
�"This is a project that will continue to evolve and grow throughout the future," he said. "I hope people will visit the site and offer suggestions for things they would like to see added or changed.�
"We hope this will be a tool that supplements other news sources and provides coverage to people in locations with limited access to agricultural news," Peach said. "It is our obligation to keep our citizens as informed as possible."�
Wildfire conditions, training programs, grant and loan programs and licensing announcements are a few examples of the sites beginning content. A Made in Oklahoma recipe is also posted each Wednesday.�
What's Inside
Oklahoma State Fire Marshal
- Robert Doke,
Oklahoma Department of Mines
- Mary Ann Pritchard,
�Oklahoma Conservation Commission's Blue Thumb Online Reporting System
Oklahoma Office of State Finance's OpenBooks Tax Credit Public Search Utility
Oklahoma Corporation Commission Online Citations Phase II
Oklahoma Department of Consumer Credit Web Site
Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology Web Site
How Do I�Track Bills Being Passed Through Legislation?
��Visit Governor Henry's Legislative Bill Tracker�
How Do I�Find Out Where I�Can Apply For A Marriage License?
�Find Your County Clerk's Office on OK.gov's County Map�
Monday, February 16
2009 Legislative Session Begins
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About OK.gov
OK.gov (http://www.ok.gov/) built and manages the official Web site for the state of Oklahoma and partners with state agencies to bring new government services online. OK.gov is managed by the Oklahoma Office of State Finance and eGovernment firm NIC Inc.
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I have a problem with login to /iredadmin panel. Everything works great for more than year but now I get a 404 error.
I think it is because recently I bought SSL certificate and install it on server. I'm not sure but i think that problem start from that moment.
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My personal very favorite new features are:
- the ability to calculate, inside an immediate tooltip, the result of the selected text (in addition to the calculate-as-you-type feature that SpeedCrunch introduced a long time ago)
- the possibility to save and restore sessions, keeping your variables between them. It also makes it possible for you to send your calculations to someone. In addition, it is also possible to run a batch calculation from a file, as well as the text export that was broken in the previous version
- the ability to change the language of the application on-the-fly, with no need to restart, as well as a close to complete support for right-to-left written languages (Hebrew, for now, but I'd love to be contacted by an arabic or whatever translator)
- automatic generation of high contrast colors to be used on the syntax highlighting of the expression being entered, adapting automatically to the system background and foreground colors, thus removing the need for a human (tedious) reconfiguration of the colors
- a new dock window serving as a browsable mathematics manual, with geometry figures, quadratic equation, etc, allowing the immediate insertion of the formulas displayed in the book pages into the expression editor
- reorganized menus and virtual keypad
I'd like to say a huge thank you to Wolf Lammen for his active development, especially on the math engine and parser; Petri Damstén for his original idea of the math book and prototype implementation; Marco Wegner for his testings, tips and work related on our translation tools; Yonathan Avraham for his help on the RTL support; Johan Thelin for being always available to help me with my deep questions about Qt and packaging the application on Windows; Ariya Hidayat, the original author, for his important contributions on the last days and what not (and we both started working for Trolltech today, life's funny sometimes, hurray!).
I hope you enjoy the new release, it should be the most complete and polished release ever.
For the Linux users, a dynamically linked portable edition will be shipped soon as well (that shall work on any Linux distribution with Qt 4.2 or higher version), and requiring no installation, just like the new Windows Portable Edition. That's it for now!


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By Q&A by Claudio Agostini | June 6, 2012
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Claudio Agostini, Latin America bureau chief for Rotor & Wing, recently spoke with Russian Helicopters' head of communications Roman Kirilov and Konstantin Yuritsyn, business development director for Latin America, about the region's growth opportunities and emerging trends.
Rotor & Wing: What percentage of your market sales in is Latin America?
Russian Helicopters: We do not break down our sales figures on a market-by-market basis, but we can say that Latin America is an important market to us and is becoming increasingly so in terms of future growth, particularly in the commercial sector. We are taking first steps with our commercial helicopters in the region, and have delivered on our first contracts, and although we are still exploring the region, to some extent we expect to grow rapidly in Latin America in the coming years.
Russian Helicopters started exploring Latin America two years ago and began delivering the Ka-32A11BC and Mi-171A1 early in 2011. Late last year the Ka-32A11BC received Brazilian certification. In future years we expect Latin America to assume an increasingly important position in our sales structure, particularly [in] key markets. The region is continuing to see rapid economic growth, and the market for helicopter services is increasing as a result.
Rotor & Wing: Which variants will have the highest demand, and what applications are seeing increased interest?
Russian Helicopters: We anticipate that our most popular [types] in the Latin American markets will be our newest medium and lightweight helicopters, as well as the heavy-lift Mi-26T2. We have adapted several models suited to the climates and geographies of this varied region, and presented them at the recent FIDAE 2012 exhibition in Chile.
All of the models that we expect to be successful in Latin America are designed to produce top performance in tough conditions. The light coaxial Ka-226T can transport up to seven passengers but remains very compact due to the absence of a tail rotor. It is perfect for work in mountains, atop tall buildings and offshore. The new heavyweight Mi-26T2 can carry up to 20 tons of load externally or inside its cabin, covering up to 800 kilometers at a time.
The Mi-171A2 has been thoroughly overhauled and is now under development, intended for the international markets. It is based on the Mi-171A1, which was created specifically for use in Latin America and has both AR IAC and Brazilian CAA certificates. This helicopter has already been successful in Brazil. A recent example in November 2010, Atlas Taxi Aereo acquired two for use in the services it provides to oil company Petrobras.
The Ka-32A11BC has been certificated in Brazil since December 2011. The acquisition of the Ka-32A11BC—the first by a Brazilian helicopter operator—is a pilot project as Helipark Taxi Aereo seeks to diversify its fleet. In the future the company may order more units of this helicopter. If new contracts are signed, Russian Helicopters and Helipark Taxi Aereo may consider establishing a joint Russian-Brazilian service and training center for the Ka-32Ð11ВС.
Rotor & Wing: What is the outlook for specific countries?
Russian Helicopters: We have identified three countries as the potential cornerstones of our future growth in Latin America—Brazil, Argentina and Mexico. All three are growing very fast, and we expect that the market for helicopter services will continue to increase accordingly. The principle of "open sky" in Brazil, including in big cities, helps a lot to develop business. Russian Helicopters has already delivered its first commercial machines to Brazilian operators, and is also working with Rosoboronexport to fulfill an order from the Argentina Defence Ministry. We've also had dialogue with consulting company Logitec Consultoría em Logística on cooperation in promoting Russian holding's products to the Brazilian market.
Rotor & Wing: What is the total fleet in the region?
Russian Helicopters: Currently more than 400 Russian-made helicopters of various types are in operation in countries across Latin America.Related: Airframe News


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|System: Xbox 360, PS3, Wii
|Dev: Eutechnyx
|Pub: Activision
|Release: March 29, 2011
|Players: 1-16
|Screen Resolution: 480p-1080p
|Mild Language
by Jake Valentine
Let me preface this by saying that not only do I enjoy racing games, but I'm also a casual NASCAR fan. So, the promise of the return of a video game franchise for NASCAR intrigued me, having enjoyed playing past NASCAR Thunder titles and eager to see how developments in recent racing games (i.e. the tuning options in Forza) would impact NASCAR 2011. In regards to the latter, we're given some nice tuning options to customize our car to handle how we'd like it to handle, adding in a subtle strategy to the game. For the former, however, this plays nothing like NASCAR Thunder. NASCAR The Game 2011 has spun out, wrecked, and been sent back to the garage. Or at least it should be.
The game wastes no time throwing you into a NASCAR season. Once you boot things up, you're given the chance to either pick your own unique racer or browse through the roster of Nationwide and Sprint Cup drivers. Once I picked Jeff Gordon, I was brought to my garage, after a lengthy loading screen. From there, again waiting in a lengthy loading screen, I was brought the season. After choosing to qualify for Daytona, I waited….again…and proceeded to qualify. See where I'm headed with this?
When you've waited more than you've played within the first five minutes of a sports game where you drive 180+ MPH, something is terribly wrong. Once I got into the actual race, I was thrown a curveball and played through some pretty realistic and addictive gameplay. Daytona feels like it should; you have to draft and stay in line with the pack, or else you're going to get left in the dust. Drivers aren't afraid to go three wide often, and the pack stays together, naturally causing a wreck, which I got the worst of. When there's a big wreck, the caution flag comes out and resets the field.
There's two things that NASCAR The Game 2011 does right. The first is that it provides a great racing experience (provided you don't wreck). As arcade-y and unrealistic it may be, driving through traffic for an entire race on every track is lots of run and requires careful planning and near perfection on the track. More importantly, it requires a lot of on-the-fly thinking and adjusting: what worked for you on, say, Fontana, doesn't work in Atlanta, because the tracks themselves are different. You're given clear indications as to when you're both drafting and when you'll be able to sling shot past the cars in front of you, as well as helpful reminders that you should probably slow down heading into a turn. In addition, the strategy of tuning your car and adding in common race strategies during your pit stops helps make things seem more realistic and adds an additional sense of strategy to the game not seen before in past NASCAR titles.


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LOS ANGELES, April 16 (UPI) -- Fans who were hoping that Will Arnett and Amy Poehler had "made a huge mistake" will be disappointed to learn that the Arrested Development star has officially filed for divorce from wife Amy Poehler.
The couple separated "amicably" back in September 2012 after nine years of marriage. Poehler, 42, has reportedly been dating comedian Nick Kroll since last year, while Arnett, 43, has been linked to Billy Joel's ex-wife, Katie Lee.
Arnett asked for joint legal and physical custody of their two sons, Abel and Archie.


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Find out how you can enable rapid return to service, eliminate material delays and maintain fleet airworthiness.
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IFS Maintenix Operator Edition is a comprehensive software system designed specifically to help maintenance management teams address the operational challenges of the highly-dynamic aviation industry. It provides an integrated maintenance management system that empowers aircraft operators with the information insights they need to confidently manage their highest-value assets to support their core business objectives.
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The seamless operation of an aviation organization is dependent upon maintaining the synchronization of multiple inputs in support of a single goal: an airworthy asset. The right maintenance management software helps aviation organizations ensure asset availability and ongoing quality, while at the same time providing the organization with the tools and data it needs to achieve long-term performance objectives.
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Reviewed by Nathan Bd. (age 5)
My favorite truck is the fire truck because it rescues people. I like it because it's a flap book. You look behind the flap and see what's in the truck.
Kids who like the same things I like - like trucks- would like this book.
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Health Center Refused to Accommodate Jehovah's Witness's Scheduling Needs, Federal Agency Charged
DETROIT – Whitehall Healthcare Center of Ann Arbor, an Ann Arbor, Mich., skilled nursing and long-term care facility, will pay $35,000 to settle a religious discrimination suit filed by Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
In its lawsuit filed in late 2011, the EEOC alleged that Whitehall discriminated again a woman, employed as a certified nursing assistant, because of her request for a religious accommodation. The employee is a practicing Jehovah's Witness, and she requested Whitehall not to schedule her to work on Wednesdays or Sundays so she could attend spiritual meetings and participate in field service as a part of her sincerely held religious belief. Whitehall's administrator fired her when she informed Whitehall that she would not be able to work on Sunday due to her religious obligations, the EEOC said.
Such alleged conduct violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC filed suit (EEOC v. Whitehall Healthcare of Ann Arbor, LLC, Civil Action No. 2:11-cv-15407) in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process.
The approval of a consent decree by Judge Avern Cohn brings a formal end to the litigation between the EEOC and Whitehall. In addition to paying $35,000 to the discrimination victim, the resolution requires the company to provide training to all employees regarding requests for religious accommodations, create a new religious accommodation policy and file reports with the EEOC regarding compliance with the decree's requirements.
EEOC Trial Attorney Lauren Gibbs, Supervisory Trial Attorney Kenneth Bird, and Regional Attorney Laurie Young led the government's litigation.
"Federal law is clear that employers must make a reasonable effort to achieve an accommodation to solve a situation like this," said EEOC Regional Attorney Laurie Young. "Doing so is the best way to avoid lawsuits like this."
The EEOC's Detroit Field Office is responsible for processing charges, administrative enforcement, and conducting the agency litigation in Michigan and portions of Northwest Ohio.
The EEOC is responsible for enforcing federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information is available at www.eeoc.gov.


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Ofcom knocks back spectrum auction
T-Mobile and O2 still fighting their corner
Ofcom has admitted it will not start the auction of three chunks of 2GHz spectrum in October as promised, pushing the date back as litigation from T-Mobile and O2 drags on.
The incumbent operators are not saying much in public, but the argument is over how Ofcom wants to sell three sections of spectrum around 2GHz (2010-2025MHz, 2290-2302MHz & 2500-2690MHz), before deciding what to do about refarming 900MHz. A decision on the latter will have a significant impact on the value of the frequencies on offer.
Right now the 900MHz band is only licensed for 2G GSM services, but everyone who owns a chunk of 900MHz has been pushing to use other technologies, such as 3G and LTE. The GSMA backs the campaign, claiming that an extra 300 million people could enjoy 3G connectivity if it were allowed onto 900MHz.
Ofcom is happy to allow that - probably - but won't make a formal decision on the matter until next year.
The operators want to know if they'll be allowed to deploy LTE, GSM's fourth generation technology of choice, at 900MHz before they decide if it is worth bidding for some 2GHz.
O2's position is that Ofcom should auction off the middle chunk of spectrum, 2290MHz to 2302MHz, but hang on to the rest until a decision is made on 900MHz, while T-Mobile wants to see the whole lot delayed until the operators know where they stand.
A true cynic might also note that T-Mobile's position prevents anyone deploying WiMAX, a technology that likes to paint itself as a competitor to LTE, while the final details of the LTE standard are thrashed out. T-Mobile is committed to LTE, so even if the spectrum were available tomorrow they wouldn't be able to roll out a network for a while yet, so any delay can only work in their favour.®


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Cryptosporidiosis in Patients with HIV Disease
Is It Safe to Drink the Water?
Cryptosporidiosis is a relatively uncommon, but nonetheless worrisome, opportunistic infection in patients with HIV disease. It is the chief AIDS-defining infection in no more than 2% of reported cases, but it is seen with considerably greater frequency in patients living with AIDS, particularly in those with advanced disease.
The incidence of cryptosporidiosis in AIDS patients with diarrhea varies geographically -- from 10% to 20% in the United States and Western Europe to as high as 50% in developing countries in Africa and Latin America.(1) Some studies have shown a higher incidence of cryptosporidiosis in patients with sexually-acquired HIV infection than in those with IV drug-related HIV infection, most likely due to contact with feces during anal-oral sex.(2)
Although most reported cases of cryptosporidiosis have occurred in immunodeficient patients, it is a common cause of self-limited gastroenteritis in immunocompetent individuals. Outbreaks have been attributed to contamination in municipal water supplies, both surface and underground,(3, 4) in swimming pools,(5) and even in a hospital ice-machine.(6)
A waterborne outbreak led to 400,000 cases of cryptosporidiosis in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1993, and resulted in at least 100 deaths in patients with AIDS.(3) This was the largest outbreak of waterborne illness in American history, and it occurred despite the fact that the water quality met all existing federal and local standards. Another waterborne outbreak -- this one is Las Vegas, Nevada, in 1994 -- led to the deaths of 41 AIDS patients.(4) Experts were not able to identify the reason that water from the Lake Mead reservoir had become contaminated.
Clinical manifestations of cryptosporidiosis
Although cryptosporidiosis can be acquired at any time during the course of HIV infection, including primary infection,(7) major morbidity and mortality occur almost exclusively in patients with CD4 counts below 180 cells/mm3; above this level, spontaneous recovery generally occurs.(8) Patients with CD4 counts below 50 cells/mm3 usually experience progressive diarrhea that results in death. In the Milwaukee outbreak, mortality at one year in patients with AIDS and epidemic cryptosporidiosis was 73% when baseline CD4 count was less than 50 cells/mm3 and 36% when baseline count was between 50 and 200 cells/mm3.(9)
The most common clinical presentation of cryptosporidiosis in HIV-infected patients is an acute onset of non-bloody, watery diarrhea without fever. In patients with CD4 counts greater than 180 cells/mm3, as in immunocompetent HIV-negative individuals, cryptosporidiosis is a self-limiting condition that lasts from 5 to 14 days, although transient relapses may occur in up to 30% of cases.(10) In patients with AIDS, cryptosporidiosis is, commonly, a permanent diarrheal illness that leads to chronic malabsorption of fluids, nutrients, vitamins, and electrolytes -- with resulting wasting and hypokalemic metabolic acidosis.(11) In patients who fail to respond to therapy, death usually occurs in three to six months.(12)
Biliary involvement is seen in up to 25% of cryptosporidiosis cases, and it usually presents as right upper-quadrant pain and elevated alkaline phosphatase.(13) Two distinct presentations are seen: 1) papillary stenosis with extrahepatic ductal dilatation and sclerosing cholangitis, and 2) acalculous cholecystitis. Gastric involvement may present as nausea and vomiting, with or without diarrhea.(14) Respiratory cryptosporidiosis has been reported, occasionally with cryptosporidial pneumonitis,(15) with the likely mechanism of infection being the aspiration of organisms from the GI tract. As a rule, cryptosporidial colitis is associated with less severe wasting than is seen with enteritis. Extraintestinal manifestations of cryptosporidiosis are unique to HIV infection and have not been reported in immunocompetent hosts.
In HIV-infected individuals, a lack of cell-mediated immunity leads to heavy infestations of cryptosporidia oocysts on the intestinal mucosa, and these infestations correlate with an intense inflammatory response and impaired absorptive function.(16, 17) Small-bowel morphology may be normal or abnormal. Although specific serum IgA levels are high in infected patients, specific secretory IgA is absent.(18) There is no clear evidence that an enterotoxin is involved. Inflammatory changes may be seen in the biliary sphincter and on the gall bladder wall, with or without cryptosporidia oocysts.
Diagnosis of cryptosporidiosis
Cryptosporidiosis is one of the most common causes of prolonged diarrhea in HIV-infected patients. The differential diagnosis includes other protozoans, enteric bacteria, viruses, drug side effects, and HIV enteropathy (Table).(19) Multiple pathogens may be present. A single stool specimen, treated with modified acid-fast (Kinyoun) stain, is usually adequate for diagnosis, but occasionally a repeat specimen, or even a duodenal aspirate or biopsy, is necessary.(20)
Elevated alkaline phosphatase is the hallmark of biliary cryptosporidiosis; dilation of the common bile duct is often seen on ultrasound or retrograde cholangiography. Significantly, cryptosporidia oocysts have been found in the bile, papilla, and gall bladder wall in the presence of typical symptoms and absence of radiographic findings.(13) In respiratory cryptosporidiosis, oocysts may be identified in expectorated sputum or material obtained at bronchoscopy.
Since cryptosporidiosis resolves within 14 days in HIV-infected patients with CD4 counts above 200 cells/mm3, no treatment is required for these patients.(8) There is increasing anecdotal evidence that colonization during the early stages of HIV infection may lead to active disease as immune function diminishes, and if future research confirms this observation, treatment may be indicated before CD4 counts drop below 200 cells/mm3.(21, 22)
For patients with CD4 counts less than 200 CD4 cells/mm3, paromomycin (Humatin®), a nonabsorbable aminoglycoside, is the treatment of choice.(23-25) The recommended dosage is 500 mg q.i.d. for 14 to 28 days. Chronic maintenance therapy is often required for patients with heavy infestations, those with CD4 counts below 50 cells/mm3, and those who relapse after initial treatment.
With treatment, most patients experience a reduction or cessation of diarrhea and regain lost weight. Clearance of oocysts from the stool is less frequent, occuring in 27% by four weeks.(26) The side effects of paromomycin therapy are usually limited to mild GI symptoms, but enhanced systemic absorption due to small-bowel injury with vestibular toxicity has been reported.(25) There is no evidence that paromomycin is effective in biliary cryptosporidiosis.
Azithromycin (Zithromax®) has shown some clinical activity against cryptosporidial enteritis and can be tried if paromomycin fails. Nitazoxanide has demonstrated efficacy against cryptosporidiosis in a small Mexican study,(27) and U.S. trials are currently under way. (The drug has been made available by its manufacturer, Unimed Pharmaceuticals, under a compassionate-access program. For further details call 1-800-864-6330, ext. 3032.) Other drugs, among them hyperimmune bovine colostrum and letrazuril,(28) have shown only sporadic efficacy against cryptosporidial enteritis.
Supportive measures are essential for patients with intractable diarrhea. These measures include both prescription and over-the-counter antimotility agents, antiemetics, narcotics, octreotide,(29) and enteral replacement of caloric, electrolyte, and fluid losses (see "Management of Wasting Syndrome in Late-Stage HIV Infection," Vol. 1, No. 5, pages 91-97). Total parenteral nutrition may have to be considered for refractory cases, but it is unclear if the benefit of TPN outweighs the complications and expense, and this approach should be highly individualized.(30) Resolution of cryptosporidiosis after a response to antiretroviral therapy has been reported.(21, 31)
Biliary cryptosporidiosis occurs in the most profoundly immunocompromised patients, those with CD4 counts below 50 cells/mm3, and as was seen in the Milwaukee outbreak, it carries a dismal prognosis. Cholecystectomy and endoscopic sphincterotomy may provide short-term palliative relief but they are not likely to affect overall outcome.(13) Parenteral narcotics are often required for end-stage palliation. Aerosolized paromomycin has been used successfully in a patients with respiratory cryptosporidiosis.(30)
Prevention of cryptosporidiosis
The potential for waterborne transmission of cryptosporidiosis to AIDS patients, the "canaries in the cage," has been dramatically demonstrated by the recent outbreaks in Milwaukee(3) and Las Vegas,(4) which led to at least 140 deaths in this highly vulnerable population. Because cryptosporidia oocysts are present even in the treated surface water supplies in most American cities, there is speculation that many if not most cases of sporadic cryptosporidiosis are due to contaminated drinking water.(33) Indeed, only a few ingested oocysts are required to establish infection.(34) In the Las Vegas outbreak, 70% of the cases that occurred in HIV-infected patients -- and 87% in those with CD4 counts below 100 cells/mm3 -- would have been prevented if those individuals had avoided tap water completely.
Many American cities -- including New York, Boston, San Francisco, and other cities with a high incidence of HIV infection -- do not filter municipal drinking water from the surface source. Although oocysts have been found in these water supplies, there is no conclusive evidence that this has led to cryptosporidium infection in AIDS patients.(33) Chlorination is not effective in preventing cryptosporidiosis, but ozonation may possibly be effective.(33)
To reduce the likelihood that HIV-positive individuals will become infected with cryptosporidium, the Centers for Disease Control have made these recommendations:(33, 35)
HIV-positive individuals should not drink directly from lakes or rivers, and they should avoid ingesting even small amounts of swimming pool water.
Persons with cryptosporidiosis should not use swimming pools (except for private pools not used by others).
Patients with advanced HIV disease should consider measures that should decrease the likelihood that they will be exposed to waterborne cryptosporidiosis -- by boiling tap water or filtering it through an "absolute" one-micron filter, or by using bottled water exclusively.
Because substantial variation in purity exists among bottled waters, patients should select bottled water that comes from underground springs and is free of coliforms, or water that has been distilled or filtered through a NSF Standard #53 filter that will remove all oocysts.
Although additional precautions are not formally recommended by the C.D.C., many clinicians are advising all HIV-positive patients who live in areas where tap water is derived from surface water supplies to use only boiled or adequately filtered tap water or high-quality bottled water that meets C.D.C. criteria. For specific recommendations regarding precautions against cryptosporidium infection, see the Pull Out and Save feature in this issue, "Avoiding Cryptosporidiosis: What the HIV-Positive Patient Needs to Know."
As more cities take up regular monitoring of finished tap water for the presence of oocysts, it will be increasingly possible to issue a selective "boil advisory" for individuals with impaired immune systems whenever oocysts are found or the turbidity of the city's water supply reaches a level known to be associated with cryptosporidial contamination. These advisories should be handled proactively by advocates of people with HIV infection, members of the medical community, and public health authorities.
In the Milwaukee outbreak, cryptosporidiosis was acquired by 45% of a studied cohort of 73 AIDS patients. Treatment of this local epidemic accounted for approximately $800,000 in excess medical expenses over the first six months of the outbreak, by which time 40% of the affected patients had died (9). Nearly all of the inpatient hospital days in the entire cohort were attributed to patients with cryptosporidiosis.
Assuming an annual excess expenditure of $38,000 per case, a 2% rate of cryptosporidiosis among AIDS patients in the United States, and 300,000 individuals with AIDS, approximately $200,000,000 in direct medical expenditures could potentially be saved annually by instituting and enforcing water purity standards. Uniform enforcement could reduce the incidence of cryptosporidiosis by as much as 90%. This figure must be kept in mind as the national political debate on clean water standards continues. Those of us who witness the unnecessary suffering of our patients must make ourselves heard on this crucial subject.
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2. Lopez-Velez R, et al. Intestinal and extraintestinal cryptosporidiosis in AIDS patients. Eur J Clin Micro Infect Dis 1995; 14: 677-81.
3. MacKenzie WR, Hoxie NJ, Proctor ME, et al. A massive outbreak in Milwaukee of Cryptosporidium infection transmitted through the public water supply. N Engl J Med 1994; 331: 161-7.
4. Goldstein ST, Juranek DD, Ravenholt O, et al. Cryptosporidiosis: An outbreak associated with drinking water despite state-of-the-art water treatment. Ann Intern Med 1996; 124: 459-68.
5. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Cryptosporidium infections associated with swimming pools: Dane County, Wisconsin, 1993. MMWR 1994; 43: 561-3.
6. Ravn P, Lundgren JD, Kjaldgaard P, et al. Nosocomial outbreak of cryptosporidiosis in AIDS patients. Br Med J 1991; 302: 277-280.
7. Moss PJ, et al. Prolonged cryptosporidiosis during primary HIV infection. J Infection 1995; 30: 51-3.
8. Flanigan T, et al. Cryptosporidium infection and CD4 counts. Ann Intern Med 1992; 116: 840-2.
9. Gilson I, Buggy B, Brummitt CF, et al. Impact of a community-wide outbreak of cryptosporidiosis in patients with AIDS. Tenth International Conference on AIDS, Yokohama, Japan, 1994. Abstract 390B.
10. MacKenzie WR, et al. Massive outbreak of waterborne Cryptosporidium infection in Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Recurrence of illness and risk of secondary transmission. Clin Infect Dis 1995; 21: 57-62.
11. Mannheimer SB, Soave R. Protozoal infections in patients with AIDS: Cryptosporidiosis, isosporiasis, cyclosporiasis, and microsporidiosis. Infect Dis Clin North Am 1994; 8: 483-98.
12. Blanshard C, et al. Cryptosporidiosis in HIV-seropositive patients. Quart J Med 1992; 85: 813-23.
13. Vakil NB, et al. Biliary cryptosporidiosis in HIV-infected people after the waterborne outbreak of cryptosporidiosis in Milwaukee. N Engl J Med 1996; 334: 19-23.
14. Garone MA, Winston BJ, Lewis JH. Cryptosporidiosis of the stomach. Am J Gastroent 1986; 81: 465-70.
15. Ma P, et al. Respiratory cryptosporidiosis in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. JAMA 1984; 252: 1298-1301.
16. Goodgame RW, et al. Intestinal function and injury in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-related cryptosporidiosis. Gastroent 1995; 108: 1075-82.
17. Goodgame RW. Understanding intestinal spore-forming protozoa: Cryptosporidia, microsporidia, isospora, and cyclospora. Ann Intern Med 1996; 124: 429-41.
18. Flanigan TP. Human immunodeficiency virus infection and cryptosporidiosis: Protective immune responses. Am J Trop Med Hyg 1994; 50 (Suppl 5): 29-35.
19. Smith PD, et al. Gastrointestinal infections in AIDS. Ann Intern Med 1992; 116: 63-77.
20. Clavel A, et al. Evaluation of the optimal number of faecal specimens in the diagnosis of cryptosporidiosis in AIDS and immunocompetent patients. Eur J Clin Micro 1995; 14: 46-9.
21. Buggy BP. Unpublished observation, 1996.
22. Soave R. Waterborne cryptosporidiosis -- setting the stage for control of an emerging pathogen. Clin Infect Dis 1995; 21: 63-4.
23. Fichtenbaum CJ, Ritchie DJ, Powderly WG. Use of paromomycin for treatment of cryptosporidiosis in patients with AIDS. Clin Infect Dis 1993; 16: 298-300.
24. White AC Jr, et al. Paromomycin for cryptosporidiosis in AIDS: A prospective, double-blind trial. J Infect Dis 1994; 170: 419-24.
25. Wallace MR, Nguyen MT, Newton JA Jr. Use of paromomycin for the treatment of cryptosporidiosis in patients with AIDS. Clin Infect Dis 1993; 17: 1070-1.
26. Flanigan TP, et al. Prospective trial of paromomycin for cryptosporidiosis in AIDS. Am J Med 1996; 100: 370-2.
27. Feregrino GM, et al. Extraordinary potency of nitazoxanide, a new antiparasitary against cryptosporidium parvum infections in advanced AIDS. Eleventh International Conference on AIDS, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, 1996. Abstract B4213.
28. Harris M, et al. A phase I study of letrazuril in AIDS-related cryptosporidiosis. AIDS 1994; 8: 1109-13.
29. Liberti A, Bisogno A, Izzo E. Octreotide treatment in secretory and cryptosporidial diarrhea in patients with AIDS. J Chemotherapy 1992; 4: 303-5.
30. Knowles JB, Gilmore N. Discontinuation of total parenteral nutrition in a patients with AIDS: A Canadian perspective. Nutr Rev 1994; 52: 271-4.
31. Chandrasekar PH. "Cure" of chronic cryptosporidiosis during treatment with azidothymidine in a patient with AIDS. Am J Med 1987; 83: 187.
32. Mohri H, et al. Inhalation therapy of paromomycin is effective for respiratory infection and hypoxia by cryptosporidium with AIDS. Am J Med Sci 1995; 309: 60-2.
33. Juranek DD. Cryptosporidiosis: Sources of infection and guidelines for prevention. Clin Infect Dis 1995; 21 (Suppl 1): 57-61.
34. DuPont HL, et al. The infectivity of Cryptosporidium parvum in health volunteers. N Engl J Med 1995; 332: 855-9.
35. Assessing the public health threat associated with waterborne cryptosporidiosis: Report of a workshop. MMWR 1995; 44 (RR-6): 1-19.
Ian Gilson, M.D., and Brian P. Buggy, M.D., are with the Wisconsin AIDS Research Consortium, Milwaukee, WI.


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What's that you say? It's nearly Christmas? Cue cold sweats, mild panic buying and a belated urge to sling on some knitted accessories, sing a merry tune and stock up on seasonal good cheer. With that in mind, we've rounded up a festive assortment of great London activities that will sate yuletide appetites, scent your world with roasting chestnuts and soothe frazzled nerves, from romantic candlelit carols to traditional Christmas markets…
Ice-skating at the Tower of London
A rosy-cheeked falling-down session is a Christmastime must (and we don't mean after too many sherries): the traditional spots are Somerset House and the Natural History Museum, but this year we fancy a change of scenery: get your skates on at the Tower of London for some fresh-air fun in front of one of London's most iconic sights. Reserve your spot ahead; less confident skaters can even enlist the services of an Ice Guide to steer them round the rink.
Don't go home without… A recovery session: book a night at Shoreditch House and you'll get access to the members' club and bar.
The Southbank Centre Christmas Market
Still not got into the spirit yet? Dose up on all the Yuletide classics (Glühwein, gingerbread, Bratwurst, Peruvian woolly hat, wooden tree trinkets) at the Southbank Centre's Christmas market, plus on 14–16 December, there's a designers and makers market for stylish last-minute stocking fillers.
Don't go home without… Catching one of Voicelab's carol choirs (1.30pm/7pm daily).
Everyman's Enchanted Forest
For an immersive, edgy take on festivities, go underground to watch a feelgood flick at the Old Vic Tunnels, where the cavern-like space has been transfomed into a winter wonderland: make your way over the volcanic lake, past the Northern Lights installation and through falling snow to a snow-capped cinema set among the trees of an alpine forest. Upcoming films include Ghostbusters, Edward Scissorhands and (what else?) It's a Wonderful Life. Afterwards, prop up one of the intimate log cabin bars or fill your boots at an après-film food stalls.
Don't go home without… having a DJ duel-fuelled night of fun at the silent disco next-door: Silent Night, Unholy Night promises and evening of (relatively quiet) decadence.
Shop smart, with portion of art on the side
Hate the heaving high street? Loathe the bustling malls and department stores? Us too. Here's a suggestion: just avoid them completely, and lap up some soothing art courtesy of the Tate Modern or the V&A. Why? Well, for starters you'll see some amazing art (current shows include the Turner Prize 2012 shortlist and 'Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Avante-Garde'); and for seconds, the clever way to dodge theChristmas shopping crowds is to get all your gifts at the gallery shop.
Don't go home without… a beautiful Barbara Wiggins satchel in lemon yellow or cobalt, or a Grayson Perry scarf (both for Mrs Smith, hint hint).
Cocktails and carols by candlelight
Wow someone special (or soothe festivity-frayed nerves) with pre-concert drinks and dinner at the chic new Berry Bros & Rudd No 3 Bar at the Royal Albert Hall; aside from top-flight wines and tasty gin cocktails, the menu features nicely seasonal nibbles such as roasted chestnuts and venison carpaccio. Progress onto a grown-up Christmas concert – we suggest Handel's Messiah or Carols by Candlelight.
Don't go home without… overnighting somewhere suitably glamorous: the Baglioni Hotel, Number Sixteen and the Kensington Hotel London are all but a waltz away.
Find more places to stay in London, or check out last year's guide to festive fun in London.


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No, really. I've been knitting. Hard to believe, right? Somedays, I have trouble believing it myself.
The semester has started in its usual whirlwind. Why this still surprises me, as I begin my ninth year of graduate school … that is a mystery for the ages. I have a great belief in "this time it will be better," meaning "this time, I'll feel like I have it together." It never happens that way, but I always try again. Persistence is key, I find.
Knitting doesn't hurt, either. My knitting basket is filled with half-finished projects that I've fallen out of love with. So it goes. Last night, desperate for a little instant gratification, I cast on for Budgie, an adorable stripy baby sweater. I thought I could handle a baby sweater.
And, so far — two sleeves later — I've not been wrong. All to the good, since the baby in question will have his first birthday this fall with or without my gift arriving on time. Though, it would be nice if I could make that deadline, at the very least.
It's deadline time around here again. The job list just came out. It's a bit like Hollywood movie: breathless anticipation, crushing disappointment, romance, thrills, chills, twists and turns, a roller coaster of emotions.
Needless to say, I don't think I'm quite ready to face another round of applications. It's such a weird space, that I've decided is not unlike falling in love: if it happens, it happens and there's just not a whole lot you can actually do about it. I mean, applying is like going on a date, you try to put your best foot forward (cover letter, curriculum vitae, etc.) and hope something clicks. Unfortunately, it's also every bit as awful as actual dating. The serenity prayer is really my only hope.
Well, that and knitting. As you can see, the Walnuss is coming together quite nicely. I separated the sleeves and joined the body, and even tried it on. It fits! Which is very good news, indeed, since it was looking pretty small on the needles. But cardigans always do, I find.
I'm thinking this has "interview cardigan" potential.
Finally, the best part about having a friend in Switzerland? Chocolate! That comes in the mail! That's right: Schoggi-Mail let's you send Swiss chocolate like a postcard. Genius. Delicious genius.


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The wedding of Frederick Arthur Golesworthy to Ada Dearing in 1932 in Hackney, London.
From left to right: Bridesmaid (unknown), Charles Leonard Reuby, Frederick Arthur Golesworthy, Ada May Dearing, possibly the bride's father, Lilian May Golesworthy. The child is unknown.
Fred died only ten years later, when his ship HMS Arethusa was torpedoed escorting a convoy from Alexandria to Malta.
Charles Reuby and Lilian Golesworthy married in 1935 and were my husband's parents.
Thanks to Jane for this photo.


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An unattended self-service motor fuel dispensing facility requires an emergency control for remote pumping systems that must be a clearly identified, and a readily accessible switch or other acceptable means that must be located remote from the dispensing devices.
The emergency control's purpose is to disconnect simultaneously all conductors of the circuit from the source of supply, including the grounded conductor, if any. This switch is required to be installed at a location "acceptable to the authority having jurisdiction," but must be more than 20 ft but less than 100 ft from the dispensers. Additional emergency controlsare required tobe installed on each group of dispensers or the outdoor equipment used to control the dispensers. Emergency controls must shut off all power to all dispensing equipment at the station. Controls must be manually reset only in a manner approved by the authority having jurisdiction. This emergency control was installed within 18 ft from the dispensers. See the new definition of "Authority Having Jurisdiction" in Article 100, 514.11(C) and [NFPA 30A, 6.7.2].


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You know how seeing someone scratching an itch makes you feel itchy, too? That's perfectly normal, a new study says � especially for those who tend to be on the neurotic side.
Research recently published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences offered evidence of the neurotic basis of contagious itch. In the study, conducted by psychologists in Britain, 51 healthy adults watched videos of people either scratching parts of their upper bodies or merely tapping those areas with their fingers.
The participants reported whether they felt an urge to scratch � and, if so, how strong it was � when viewing each video. The volunteers also were videotaped as they watched, so the researchers could document how often they actually scratched themselves.
A big majority � 64 percent � scratched themselves at least once while watching images of others scratching themselves. And although participants scratched themselves during both sets of videos, most of the scratching (59.5 percent, or 132 scratches) took place while or just after people viewed a scratching video; 90 scratches occurred in association with the tapping videos. This indicates that itching might be more "socially contagious" than yawning (which 40 to 60 percent of people will do when they see someone else yawn, other research has found) and laughing (47 percent), the study notes.
MRI scans of participants' brains also revealed that seeing someone scratch triggers activity in the parts of the brain that are activated when a person has an itch.
Alas, it apparently is not empathy that makes us share the urge to scratch. It is neuroticism. People in the study whose personality profiles included a high degree of that trait were more likely than less-neurotic participants to report feeling itchy when watching others scratch.


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Auditors: Fire council should pay back $2.7 million
A federal auditor is recommending that $2.7 million in recovery act grant funds received by the Nevada Fire Safe Council be paid back, and that the council not receive any more grants until new policies are in place.
Auditors received a hotline complaint in July 2011 that the council was not conducting fair bids when hiring contractors to do work related to the recovery act," according to the report.
"Our review of the complaint concluded that the council had awarded contracts associated with the recovery act grant in a noncompetitive manner," auditors said.
While investigating the complaint, auditors found that the council did not properly account for grant funds awarded by the U.S. Forest Service, which included a $3.6 million recovery act grant, $6.2 million in a grant that was not related to the recovery act.
"Funds from these and other federal grants were commingled with the council's own funds and used to pay unauthorized expenses," auditors said. "Federal regulations prohibit the commingling of federal grand funds with funds from other sources, and require grant recipients to maintain separate accounting over grant funds to ensure the funds are used for authorized purposes only."
Auditors said council Executive Director Andrew List was handling all aspects of transactions instead of having accounting segregated.
"We also found that the council was routinely requesting reimbursements for expenses it had not yet paid," the report said. "Finally, we found that the council had not been audited as required by federal regulations since 2006."
List told auditors he wasn't aware of the requirements in the grant. Auditors said they could only obtain limited information from List about the grant accounting because he left the council shortly after they began their review.
While auditors said so far they're only questioning the $2.7 million from the recovery act, they've yet to audit the nonrecovery grant.
"We thought we were doing everything appropriately," List told The Associated Press. "The Forest Service had a duty to look at everything that was processed and OK it for payment."
List said he voluntarily left the job last year.
"As far as I know we spent the money on appropriate projects," he said.
The Nevada Fire Safe Council consists of about 130 local groups that work to reduce fire danger by eliminating dead brush near homes. Douglas County is home to dozens of chapters that have used grant money to clear tons of brush from around homes near the wildland.


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We were shocked when we heard that the first guy
Rihanna seriously dated after Chris Brown had been
accused of domestic abuse by an ex-girlfriend. After
everything she went through, it would seem as if she'd be
repulsed by men with that kind of reputation.
Turns out, the opposite is more likely to be true. "Most
of us have a relationship pattern — that same type of guy
we keep falling for — and it can work for or against us,"
says couples therapist Deborah Dunn, author of Stupid
About Men. "It's not uncommon for women to keep going
back to the type that wronged them in the past." How
do you change whom you're drawn to dating? It's not
easy, but it starts with figuring out where your attraction
to these guys came from in the first place.
Family Ties
Experts say we develop our taste in
men at a young age — anywhere from childhood to
adolescence. "Whether it's positive or negative,
everyone has a relationship pattern based on what
they learned about love when they were
growing up," says Alon Gratch, PhD,
author of If Love Could Think.
Repeatedly choosing the wrong guys
signals that you may be driven to re-create
the drama you had with your father or first
boyfriend. Many women who had an absentee
dad or let the arrogant JV football captain
string them along for years will go for men
who are unavailable or talk down to them
because they're subconsciously trying to resolve
things with the guy who let them down
earlier in life, says Dunn — even though, clearly,
that's not solving anything.
Women in these toxic patterns get hooked
on the ups and downs of their relationships
and can form what experts call betrayal bonds,
which cause them to feel even more attached
to men who show them these extreme — and
sometimes ultimately dangerous — forms of
attention. "You eventually feel like a guy doesn't
love you unless he's either yelling in your face or
trying to win you back," Dunn says.
Break the Cycle
All guys have less-than-admirable
moments, but there are major tip-offs that
your type is bad for you. Consistently feeling worse
about yourself as you become more involved with a
boyfriend is a giveaway that something isn't right,
says Diana Kirschner, PhD, author of Love in 90
Days. Other red flags: feeling like you have to walk
on eggshells around a guy and dropping everything
to spend time with him even though he's proven he
wouldn't do the same for you. And while only you
know what your relationships are really like, pay attention
if your friends and family disapprove of every man
you date, says Gratch.
To alter whom you're attracted to, you need to believe
that what you've experienced isn't how love has to or
should be, says Dunn. Ask friends who are happy in
their relationships to describe how their guy behaves
toward them so you can hear what you're missing out
on. Or if you're coming off yet another bad breakup,
consider seeing a therapist to make peace with the guy
who originally wronged you, recommends Kirschner. For
extra motivation, picture what your life could be like in 10
years if you're still choosing men who treat you badly
versus men who will care for you in a positive way. Which
future do you want?