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There are a variety of different ways that you can decorate your Christmas tree. Whether you want your kids to help, or if you are decorating a non-kid-friendly tree, the following are some Christmas tree decorating ideas that you can use.
Christmas Toys
If you've got kids who have too many toys, you can recycle the toys and make ornaments out of them. Purchase some colorful Christmas tree lights from a store and attach them to the tree and then get to work making the ornaments.
- Have your children pick out some small toys that they don't want anymore. If you have some that you were going to donate or throw away, those would work perfectly. The toys from kids meals at fast food restaurants are a perfect size as well.
- Cut a 9″ piece of string or 1/8″ wide Christmas ribbon for every toy you have collected.
- Use a hot glue gun to attach the two ends of the ribbon to the top of the toy, so that it creates a loop to hang on the tree. If the toy has a good place to tie the ribbon on, you could do that instead. Just be sure that the ornament won't be too heavy for the ribbon.
- Hang them on the tree!
Candy Canes
If you have a frosted artificial Christmas tree, decorating your tree with a candy cane theme would be perfectly refreshing. To decorate your tree:
- String white lights around the tree.
- Purchase some large red and white candy canes and hang them all over the tree.
- With red and white striped wrapping paper, wrap small boxes such as mint containers or other boxes of a similar size. Tie a small red ribbon bow around them and hang a loop of the ribbon onto the branches of the tree.
- Using wide, wired red and white striped ribbon, make large bows and attach them to different areas of the tree.
- To fill in any empty spaces, hang up red ball ornaments.
- String the artificial Christmas tree with white lights.
- Purchase a few packages of gold ball ornaments.
- Collect or purchase pine cones.
- Spray the ornaments and pine cones with spray-on adhesive and roll them in gold sequins, gold glitter, and/or small fall-colored jewels.
- Drape some crystal ornaments on the tree to reflect your Christmas tree lights.
- Hang the ornaments and set the pine cones on the branches when they are dry.
- Using gold, red, rust, and cream colored 3″ wide ribbon, tie some bows to the empty spaces of the tree.
- Top the tree with a big, golden star.
- Wrap a fall-colored tree skirt around the base of the tree.
Color Pairing
Perhaps you want your Christmas tree theme to be certain colors. You might have elegant ornaments, fun ornaments, or just a whole bunch of random ornaments. There are some colors that look better together than others that you might want to pair together for the tree. Some Christmas tree decorating ideas using a color as your theme are:
- The same color in different shades. For example, scarlet, pink, and maroon.
- Red, white, and blue (perhaps a patriotic theme).
- Charcoal, rose, and ivory.
- Taupe, sea foam, cranberry, and cream.
- Bright orange, buttercream, deep red, caramel, and ivory.
- Of course, the traditional red and green
- Champagne, gold, and white


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To gain a better understanding of leadership in the digital environment, researchers at the Accenture Institute for High Performance interviewed 37 executives charged with leading their companies beyond the digital frontier. We speak to Erik Sandquist, managing director in Accenture's Insurance practice, about the findings and what they mean for insurance leaders.
How might disruptive technologies change the nature of leadership in the years to come?
Given that digital technology is changing all aspects of the insurance business, from internal operations to consumer behavior to value chains, it's no surprise that the research shows that many elements of leadership will change dramatically in the years to come. Consider the fact, for example, that a more fluid and distributed workforce may mean that people work together but never encounter each other directly. They might work on the same projects with the same goals, but never be employees of the same organization.
And they'll work alongside artificial intelligence (AI) and machines so smart that it will be difficult to tell human and machine intelligence apart. Crowdsourcing and the gig economy are beginning to redefine the relationships between, and definitions of, employee and employer.
These shifts are quite profound for the insurance industry, which has historically relied heavily on third parties – agents, brokers and financial advisors – to distribute its products and provide advice. It has also employed a large number of people to handle claims, provide customer service, and manage the distribution channels. And being in a highly regulated risk management business, it has historically been risk averse and at times slow to change and innovate.
Our research points to three master trends that will redefine what it means to be an insurance business leader: networks connect, talent fragments and organizations open.
Let's pick up with the first trend—networks connect. How will it apply to the traditionally hierarchical and process-focused insurance workforce?
New technologies such as AI are rapidly changing the structure of the insurance workforce from the rigid hierarchy of old to a more dynamic pool of talent. As more and more of the routine aspects of work are automated, the work left for humans will become disproportionately creative, judgment-oriented, and social in nature.
So, we're seeing insurers lean more heavily on new communication tools and data sources, for collaboration within the enterprise and with ecosystem partners. It's quick and easy to spread information and connect with others, thanks to mobile technology and the latest collaboration tools.
Thus, despite the fact that insurance organizations traditionally have tended to be structured around specialist disciplines such as underwriting and claims, and have retained their line-of-business siloes, the insurance workforce is becoming more like a network than a hierarchy. A network is suited to discovering patterns and connecting dots, rather than searching for familiar signs that trigger practiced responses. And as the hierarchy continues to break down, the leader's job becomes about encouraging the optimal interactions and intersections between the organization's people.
Insurance leaders must prepare for profound changes here—for example, getting underwriters to team with data scientists to leverage new and broader sets of data from both within and outside the company. They may also need to prepare for new workforce roles, such as ecosystem architects who facilitate external collaboration around disruptive new business model ideas and potential collaborations.
New structures and managerial principles will emerge, which will mean playing by different rules and rewarding different behaviors. Talent practices will evolve, such as performance management systems based on real-time data, onboarding processes that help employees develop and connect with personal networks, and machine intelligence and analytics that reliably screen for people who thrive in highly networked organizations.
How are we seeing the fragmentation of talent play out in insurance?
The research pinpoints four ways that digital technology is fragmenting talent. Firstly, we're seeing organizations use specialized talent exchanges to access new talent pools including remote workers, those in rural areas, those with talent but without formal credentials, workers over 65, part-time working parents, freelancers, and even volunteers from the crowd.
Secondly, digital advances are disrupting conventional notions of how work is organized and accomplished. For example, we're seeing jobs split into modular tasks that are then digitally stitched together into a large, unified project.
Thirdly, workers are seeking rewards beyond a pay check. Many hold employers to a new and higher standard; sometimes the standard is environmental, sometimes it is aesthetic, and sometimes it is cultural. Insurers are competing for rare but essential skills against employers from other industry segments.
When it comes to data and analytics skills, for example, data scientists expect to have access to large quantities of data, sophisticated tools, and interesting problems to solve that are critical to the success of the organization.
Pulling this world of fragmented, contested talent together demands more agile and collective leadership. Insurance leaders must master the art of coordinating teams to come together to solve problems or exploit opportunities and then to disband just as rapidly. And they will find it essential to have a clear and strong organizational purpose that resonates with employees if they are to secure the best talent.
For many insurance leaders, addressing the ageing of the workforce and gaps in succession planning is becoming increasingly urgent. Insurers often struggle to attract top young professionals and, as I mentioned, they face competition from other industries for digital, analytical, and entrepreneurial skills.
What does the third trend, organizational openness, imply for insurers?
Many traditional organizations have been plagued by a lack of accountability and slow decision-making. Now, there is a trend towards more rapid, transparent and democratic decision-making that engages employees further down the hierarchy. This shift is inevitable in a world where humans and machines leave a digital trail that is easily followed and where it is difficult to keep big news secret.
This is mostly good, since research shows significant benefits for insurers that embrace openness, including more positive customer relationships, increased employee productivity, and a more positive, trusting employee culture. But there are also drawbacks that need to be managed—increased defensiveness, for example, as well as privacy and data security risks.
To make openness work, insurance leaders need to have the courage to try new things and even to fail publicly. They will need to develop very high emotional intelligence—to set aside hurt feelings, to use feedback for honest self-examination and to participate in dialogue in which they might not have all the answers.
Please sum up the competence and capabilities an insurance leader needs for the digital age.
In a digital enterprise, an environment of dynamic complexity, leaders must distance themselves from the operational bustle and find big-picture patterns and opportunities. They must look beyond their current expertise to develop new capabilities that will be critical to their future success.
And they need a strong ability to think systemically—to account for feedback loops, delays, reinforcing and constraining forces—so they can separate signals from noise and provide guidance with a measure of confidence. The ability to combine ideas—rather than insist on a division of labor—will be an essential quality.
The good news is that leading in the digital enterprise will become second nature, with practice. Many basic skills and expectations will remain valid. Others, however, will need to be discarded and new skills acquired. This evolution will require looking at leadership in an entirely different way—and it is not too early to start learning how.
To discuss these issues in greater detail, contact Erik Sandquist at firstname.lastname@example.com
To read more of Erik's views on the transformation of insurance, visit his blog.


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Lindenwood University will host a political philosophy conference, Free Markets and Localism, April 12-14. The event is sponsored by the university's Liberty and Ethics Center and is funded by a grant from the Charles Koch Foundation.
The conference was planned in conjunction with an upper-level philosophy and economics course led by organizer Rachel Douchant, PhD, associate professor of philosophy. It's the sixth year the university has hosted the event and the third year the Koch Foundation has funded it.
"The goal is to facilitate the discussion of free markets and their impact on ethics, as well as to provide opportunities for our students to learn more about regional and national efforts pertaining to such topics," Douchant said. "It's going to be a great opportunity to explore the dynamic relationship between free markets and local social environments in our increasingly global and regulatory world."
Carey Roberts, PhD, of Arkansas Tech University, will deliver the keynote address, "Spontaneous Order and the Origins of American Freedom," at 4 p.m. on Friday, April 12, on the St. Charles campus in Harmon Hall's Elizabeth Dunseth Memorial Auditorium. Howard Wall, PhD, director of the Institute for the Study of Economics and the Environment at Lindenwood, will be among five other scholars to also present at locations within the university, near historic Main Street in St. Charles, Mo., and at the Historic Daniel Boone Home and Heritage Center in Defiance, Mo.
All presentations are free and open to the public. No registration is required.


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by Jim Harris
Attention citizens. This is a code yellow alert. It is now safe to leave your homes. Christmas has come and gone. The non-stop playing of Christmas music in public places has ceased, and no one has been seen wearing a Santa hat in the last 24 hours. Please proceed with caution, as there may still be some minor fallout, such as dazzling lights and overly cheery shopkeepers, for the next several days.
I offer this warning as a public service to other mature adults like myself for whom the Christmas season is a time of painful trauma. And by painful, I mean somebody else's pain, not mine. Because sooner or later, all the hype and hoopla is going to drive this Scrooge over the edge, and I may kick someone. I have already forewarned my team of lawyers to use the "Tinsel Defense," claiming that the ubiquitous gaudy ornaments made me temporarily insane.
The craziness starts right after Thanksgiving. All the stores begin playing an endless stream of bouncy Christmas songs. There's no escape. I feel like I'm being stalked by Nat King Cole. I'm hit with "Holly Jolly Christmas" as I stumble into the Wawa at 7a.m. for a cup of coffee. And the worst part is, I start bouncing along with it. Somewhere deep in my European DNA is a gene that makes it impossible for me to resist a jaunty two-step. One day last week I spontaneously broke into a full-blown tap dance routine in the Acme in Flourtown. It was humiliating.
The Christmas album, much like the elephant graveyard, is a legendary place where singers instinctively direct themselves when they sense that their careers are dying. Once there, they vanish from the limelight and are thankfully never heard from again, but their horrid Christmas offerings live on. They leave behind monstrosities like "Rudy the Red-Beaked Reindeer," by Dean Martin, or "Daddy, Don't Get Drunk This Christmas," by John Denver.
Even non-singers (and some non-humans!) are lured into making holiday recordings because of the virtual immortality of the genre. A few such shameless, tone-deaf opportunists include Colonel Sanders, Sponge Bob, Roseanne Barr and the entire Brady Bunch. And then there's the whole gift-giving business.
After a long lifetime of giving and receiving Christmas presents, I've become profoundly weary of the whole useless activity. Not to mention, I'm surviving on a limited income these days. By late November, I realized that I was in danger of going over "The Yuletide Cliff." That's the point where the demands to reciprocate for gifts coming in exceed one's ability to adequately respond.
So I tried to discourage my friends and family from gifting me. I told them I had become a monk and had taken a vow of poverty. Still the gifts came in. I tried sending them Christmas cards containing pictures of me smashing previously-received presents with a baseball bat, or feeding gifted fruitcakes to my dog. Still, new presents arrived.
I tried sending their own presents back to them. They sent them back to me. In desperation, I sent them pictures of me hiding in the bushes outside of their houses, wearing a tee shirt that said "I Hate You!" All to no avail. As I have learned, there is really no way to stop a confirmed Christmas-holic from mailing you unsolicited merchandise, no matter what you do. They are just too high on holiday cheer to behave rationally.
Some will try to justify the gift-giving part of Christmas by saying, "It's for the kids. They love it!" Oh, I see, it's not enough to house, clothe, feed, educate, protect and raise our kids for 20-plus years; we also have to grant them a special season for their primal greed to run wild. Of course they love Christmas — for the same reason your pets love YOU — because they get fed! We pry open their little beaks and shovel tons of toys down their gullets. What's not to love?
Okay, I'm getting myself all worked up here. I need to calm down, put on the radio and relax. Oh no, is that Nat King Cole?


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ASU Invitational Judging Contest This Friday
More than 1,100 FFA and 4-H members from about 100 schools throughout Texas will gather at Angelo State University's Management, Instruction and Research (MIR) Center this Friday for the annual ASU Invitational Judging Contest.
Check-in will begin at 7 a.m. and judging contests will begin at 8:30 a.m. Contestants will do competitive judging in various categories, including livestock, horse, wool, meats, wildlife, cotton, milk quality, land, poultry, range, farm business management and homesite evaluation. An awards ceremony will begin at 2 p.m. with the high-scoring individuals in each category winning scholarships.
The MIR Center, commonly called the ASU Ranch, is located just north of San Angelo off U.S. Hwy 87 and Grape Creek Road. The ASU Invitational Judging Contest is classified as a FFA Career Development Event (CDE).
According to the FFA website, "Since 1928, FFA has worked to create events that demonstrate the meaningful connections between classroom instruction and real-life scenarios. CDEs build on what is learned in agricultural classes and the FFA. The events are designed to help prepare students for careers in agriculture."
The official flyer for the ASU contest is available online at www.judgingcard.com/Registration/getFile.ashx?ID=2321.
For more information, call Dr. Will Dickison in the ASU
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We Ethiopians have always boasted that we have never been colonized in the history of the existence of our country. However, when I take a flashback of our history from colonial time up to today, it has become crystal clear to me we have been a colony of the 1000 years colony state called Egypt. It could have been better if we have been directly colonized by the premier colonizers, not by the second hand colony, Egypt, I believe the premier colonizers are much better than the brat colony. I have heard enough threat or intimidation to my nation while I am alive here under the sun. A man like me under the sun threatening my existence under the sun because God blessed me with a flowing life. Let the sun stop shining, the stars fall, let the earth quake and convulse, let the Nile flow with in Ethiopia, not to go anywhere.
I insist Ethiopia must be liberated from Egypt's bondages in the same fashion the chosen race were liberated from Egypt's bondage in Mosaic time. We need an Ethiopian Moses who can liberate us from slavery of the brat 1000 years colony. I insist Ethiopians rise up from south to north, from east to west and free themselves from slavery. There is no worse slavery than this slavery. My freedom is granted to me by the blood of my ancestors, I do not need the brat colony to bless my liberty.
The holy people and the blameless race – it was she who delivered them from the nation that oppressed them.
She entered the soul of the lord's servant, and withstood fearsome kings with signs and portents; she gave the holy ones the recompense of their labour,
Conducted them by a wondrous road,
And became a shelter for them by day
And a starry flame by night.
She took them across the Red Sea
And brought them through the deep waters-
But their enemies she overwhelmed,
And cast them up from the bottom of the depths.
Therefore the just despoiled the wicked;
And they sang , O Lord, your holy name
And praised in unison your conquering hand-
Because Wisdom opened the mouths of the dumb.
Based on our history and the episodes of follies coming out of from Egypt, as an Ethiopian, I have enough follies now. Enough is enough my people. We have no obligation to babysit our enemies when they tell us right in front of our eyes, they wish to destroy us in no time. We the owner of Abay have become the beggars, the beggars have become the owners of our Abay? There is a saying in Tigrignea that can be translated roughly into English as :" In an abnormal times, rain falls up wards against gravity." Have you ever seen rain raining upwards? Egypt owning the blue Nile is nothing than a rain raining upwards in abnormal time. We allowed them to walk on us. It is to time to apply Sir Isaac Newton third law of physics and even apply on top of the third law , the second of Sir Isaac Newton's law. As a concerned citizens of Ethiopia, I suggest the following urgent actions by the Ethiopian government in response to the second hand colony:
Call back the Ethiopian Ambassador in Egypt, and close the Ethiopia embassy in Egypt
Repatriate all Ethiopians in Egypt.
Expel Egyptian Ambassador from Ethiopia and close Egyptian Embassy in Ethiopia
Expel all Egyptian citizens and investors from Ethiopia
Declare Ethiopia owns 87% of the Nile, Abay,
Tell Egypt will not get water from Ethiopia in this way.
Tell Egypt if it behaves it can buy measured water from Ethiopia for hard cash only, but no free water anymore; It has to buy as South Africans pay for Lesothu river and as USA pays for Canadian water.
Tell Egypt it is not a stake holder of Abay;
Tell Egypt it can go to UK and ask for 1929 and 1959 agreement; We are Ethiopians. We do not know anything about 1929 and 1959.
Ethiopia must mobilize all African countries to protest by calling back their ambassadors and close their Embassies in Egypt
Ethiopia must request AU to expel Egypt from AU. African must stand together and help and defend each other from any foreign aggression. The purpose of AU must be for this.
Ethiopia must request UN security councils to put a sanction on Egypt because Egypt is a terrorist nation that would not hesitate terrorizing even Americans and other westerns if it gets chance. This is not generalization because terrorism is in the blood of Egyptians. That is why they have been terrorizing Ethiopians for more than 100 years.
We must not waste time; we need no further proofs. We Ethiopians need nothing from Egypt. Calling back the Ethiopian ambassador and closing the embassy is vital for our national security. We even knew before they told us themselves. I personally knew before they told me.
Ethiopians in Egypt are also ill-treated even when relation were normal; I do not know how they will treat them now. We must repatriate our citizens for the sake of their safety. Even before they told us, I personally know how they operate and we have seen also how a Saudi Embassy was disbursing monies to terrorists. Even before that we know how they operate under-ground, not only in Ethiopia, but in the entire world. Thus expelling Egyptian ambassador and closing Egyptian embassy is the best way of keeping Egyptian terror agents away. Their embassy is a menace to Ethiopia.
Egyptian investors and citizens are equally danger for Ethiopia. The damage they do is worse than the benefit they bring to Ethiopia. These are all enemies; they will not tell you they are your enemies. Ethiopia has no worse enemies than Egypt. Ethiopian enemy number one is not poverty, but Egypt. Poverty has a cause and the cause of our poverty is Egypt. If Emperor Haileslassie was not blocked by Egypt for funding and human resources to build a series of dams planned from 1927 on wards, Ethiopia would not have stayed for half century in darkness.
These are selfish God forsaken human being; they even dared to tell us we have no right over our water but they have a right on our own property.
The ideal among EPRDFs that the Egyptian population will civilize and become human is a pipeline. Live alone Ethiopia, even the west with all the influences could not bring much change.
Ethiopian officials considering Egypt as stake-holder in the blue Nile is a generational suicide. You are not only betraying this generation, but you will be betraying and killing all generation of Ethiopians in the future. I strongly advise the government to keep Egypt away from Ethiopia.
Deny them access to Ethiopia. You do not allow your enemy to come to your house. It is meaningless; Allowing your enemy to your house is like destroying yourself on purpose.
The Ethiopian government need to stop playing with the lives of our citizens and with the interest of our country. The opposition has to wake up; even the terrorists in Egypt has come together to terrorize our nation. Do not cry woyane this and that, show us who you are now. Do not blame me for not supporting while you are boneless and toothless like this. Where are these opposition now? It is only Arat kilo they worry about?
In conclusion, the Ethiopian government has to come out from fear and it has to tell to the world it owns 87% of the Nile and it will command it without the blessing of anyone. This must never be negotiated with Egypt. Egypt has become a brat child because you are showing it your teeth. Otherwise, they would not behave like this.
Gezaee Hailemichael


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canaan wrote:prez41 wrote:canaan wrote:prez41 wrote:wine: If it is not in a box, it is not worth drinking.
ah yes, the franzia frenzy...had a couple of those nights in college -- carrying the "purse" of wine and pouring it in people's mouths as i walk by.
Anyone who says they don't enjoy boxed wine is a liar and cannot be trusted
haha...good theory...it works well with my "never trust a man with two first names" philosophy
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Aug 18, 2009
Hi Dr. Bob,
Recently I took a Home Access Hiv Antibody Test. I came out negative but I just had a quick question. Six days prior to the test I started taking Azithromycin for the flu.
Would the Azithromycin affect the outcome of my HIV test? In other words, does Azithromycin lower the amount of HIV antibodies in someone's system?
Thank you in advance for your feedback on this.
Response from Dr. Frascino
As I have mentioned so many times in the past, the information (or reassurance) you are waiting for was already waiting for you in the archives! See below! Gentle readers; please remember to check the archives!!! (You'll be glad you did!)
Dr. Bob
Do I need to test at 6 months? Apr 8, 2007
I had a minimal to non existent risk ( Fellatio and fingering ) and protected sex in Dec'06. I had Neg Eliza in 6 and 8 weeks and Negative on Rapid HIV 1/2 testing on 6,7,9,11,12 and 13 weeks.
I was also tested Negative on DNA PCR.
I have had periodic ear pain and sore throat during the last 3 months.
Is it possible that I may seroconvert after 3 months? Will Azithromycin delay/dodge the HIV tests?
Do i need to test at the end of 6 months?
Slightly worried Man
Response from Dr. Frascino
Hello Slightly Worried,
Your worries are unwarranted.
Your repeatedly negative HIV tests (ELISA, rapid, DNA PCR) out to 13 weeks are definitive and conclusive. HIV is not your problem. No way. No how. Azithromycin will not affect HIV test results. Whatever is causing your periodic ear pain and sore throat, one thing is for certain, it's not HIV! No further HIV testing is warranted. Stop worrying and start WOO-HOOing.
Be well. Stay well.
Dr. Bob
Hepatitis B / Antibiotics and HIV Test (ANTIBIOTICS AND HIV TESTING, 2009) Jul 18, 2009
I currently have Hepatitis B and have just finished taking azithromycin for a cough.
I just took a Home Access Hiv test (6 weeks after potential exposure) and was wondering if either the Hep B or antibiotics would affect the negative result.
Thank you.
Response from Dr. Frascino
Once again, the information you request was already waiting for you in the archives!!! I've answered these concerns multiple times in the past. (See below for a small sample of what you will find in the archives!)
Dr. Bob
Hep B and HIV Test... $100 donation Jun 15, 2009
I asked a question yesterday regarding possible exposure and testing but left one fact out.
I have chronic Hep B (get blood tested every 6 months). Does this impact HIV testing at all? If I'm infected with HIV, will this elevate my Hep B viral load?
I'm thinking of using the Home Access test and wondering if the Hep B has any impact.
Thanks for all of your advice to everyone and look for a $100 check from me in the mail.
Response from Dr. Frascino
1. Having chronic hepatitis B will not affect HIV testing accuracy or the duration of the window period.
2. HIV should not worsen your hepatitis B. In fact some treatments for HIV also treat hepatitis B.
3. Hepatitis B will not affect the accuracy of the Home Access test.
Thank you for your donation to the Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation (www.concertedeffort.org). It's warmly appreciated. In return I'm sending you my good-luck karma that your definitive HIV test is negative.
Good luck. Be well.
Dr. Bob
Can antibiotics affect test Results? Mar 8, 2007
Can antibiotics affect the results of an HIV Test? I was tested awhile back, and was possibly on either Ciprofloxacin, Septra DS, or Geocillin. Those are what I have taken and I cannot remember if at the time I was on them. I was just wondering if any of these can affect the outcome of the test. It was a rapid hiv test also. Thanks in advance.
Response from Dr. Frascino
Another QTND (Question That Never Dies) and ATNC (Answer That Never Changes). Antibiotics do not affect HIV test results. Period.
Dr. Bob
HIV Test Affected by Antiobiotics? Jul 13, 2007
Hello Dr. Bob,
I hope you are well and enjoying your summer.
Since my doctors have responded to my questions regarding transmission with incredulous stares, I won't bother with questions about transmission itself.
My question revolves around the HIV test itself. I will go for a test in 8 days (Oraquick) and wonder if there are certain factors that effect the reliability of the test.
I take 2 medications: Celexa (60 mgs/day) and Tetracycline (250 mgs/day). I have been on both for just over two years. I take the Celexa for an anxiety disorder and the Tetracycline for acne.
Could either of these medications produce a false negative or false positive result? I have read that sometimes false positive reflect a reaction to other (non-HIV) antibodies. Could antibiotics produce a similar effect?
I am particularly worried about a false positive. I've been living in Korea for a year and my mental health is revertly slowly to its former state. Should I test positive falsely, I might not be in such a good state.
All of my best wishes,
Response from Dr. Frascino
Hey Gary,
I could stare at you incredulously as well, because I've answered these questions multiple times before (check the archives), but you'd never know, because our interchange is via the Internet and not face to face. (Come to think of it, I could also be typing this buck naked and you wouldn't know that either.)
To briefly answer your question, neither Celexa nor tetracycline will affect HIV test results. Antibodies are not the same thing as antibiotics! Antibodies are circulating blood proteins produced by the immune system to fight specific invaders. Antibiotics are drugs (medicines) used to fight infection.
Dr. Bob
Can medication affect HIV test results??? Apr 14, 2004
Hey there Robert, I have read many of your postings and your work is truly brilliant. Each answer you give long or short always has sympathy and understanding and that is why I would like you to answer this question. I have been HIV tested recently and got a negative result which is good but I was on Antibiotics and decogestants for a sinus infection and I wanted to know if that would affect a HomeAccess test result?? Please write back, this bugs me a lot.
Response from Dr. Frascino
Just like Dorothy's ability to get back to Kansas (Wizard of Oz), the answer has been here the whole time. Dorothy had to click her ruby slippers three times, but all you had to do was click your mouse on the archives to see I've answered this question multiple times before. The answer remains the same: "Nope!" Antibiotics and decongestants do not affect the results of HIV tests, nor do they alter the duration of the window period. So yell, "WOO-HOO" (or perhaps "Ding-Dong the Witch is dead. Which old witch? The Wicked HIV Witch.")
Stay well.
Dr. Bob
Please help me woo hoo, I will donate !!!!!! Dec 6, 2003
Dear Dr. Bob,
This is a unique question about Ora-quick and anti-biotics !!!
In april 2003 i had oral sex with other man. I am bi-sexual male. he swallowed me and i did oral on him for about a minute. i guess he might be pre-cumming but not so sure . He did not ejaculate in my mouth.
I took ora-quick test in November 2003 and got back my results in 20 minutes which was negative. I was on antibiotics for sinusitis since last 7 days including the day of my test. I was taking amoxicillin. When I asked my counselor that will the anti-biotic affect the result, he said it might have some overall affect but not so much as to change the result. He appeared little confused and am now worried if I am really negative or that the antibiotics made my test negative.
Please please answer me and I will donate to your foundation Dr. Bob. I will appreciate if you send me details on how to send donation.
P.S. I like your style of humorously answering questions !!
Roy Kol
Response from Dr. Frascino
Hello Roy,
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I remember when moving from 480x360 to 512x384 was controversial!
Our group's first encode was 320x240
|2007-12-25, 09:41
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consider that 720p or 1280x720 is more then 4 times the resolution then 705x396 then yes it's quite crappy. I have yet to understand why some groups only release LQ files nowdays even when titles air in HD, The difference is quite stunning. Specially if you run an higher rez monitor or biger TV in general, for peoples who live still in the era of yesterday with maybe an SDTV and so on won't notive much but for those who have the thing it's like night and day.
|2007-12-25, 09:51
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I just watched the esp, God I love it, the number of tiny little things in the show you can see for the comming esp is wonderful.
I could probably open up with an entire mad discussion on the ships, people and mechs of the show.
But Yes, this is one of those shows I want to download a 1080 version. There is just so much lost detail if you don't.
|2007-12-25, 10:05
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On a side note, nothing annoys me more than when people ask me "Why don't you encode in HD?! The raws are in HD!!" When the HD raws that people see online are merely upsized SD videos created by silly Japanese encoders There are dozens of shows like that.
|2007-12-25, 11:12
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|2007-12-25, 12:03
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I'm ONLY referring to shows who do air in HD but yet gets no HD release, example is Idol master.
|2007-12-25, 13:56
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Visually speaking its really awesome but it seems predictable like its a mix of SDF Macross and Macross 7. Also does it really have to be space monsters? I was hoping for an advance race not some Dunbine mecha rip off.
Still besides the minor complaints it was an excellent first episode.
|2007-12-25, 14:02
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|2007-12-25, 14:06
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Oh the Joy and Agony of the First episode!!
Joy in watching an awesome first episode, and the agony of having to wait until April for the series to start..
Yes I loved Macross, it was the first show that got me really hooked to Anime when I was young. Yes yes, it was called Robotech when I saw it.
Woot Shinsen has released their sub of eps 1.
|2007-12-25, 14:25
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Man, that was an impressive. There is no way they can keep up this pace of eye candy goodness through the rest of the series unless someone decided to throw some stupid money at it.
Heh, I guess they get some of the money from the mention of the "Rockstar Energy Drink U.S. Open" and "Oakley" with the "James Stewart signature model Crowbar MX Goggle".
Either way, looking forward to the rest of the series starting in the Spring.
|2007-12-25, 14:59
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If what people are saying about Roy, Hikaru, Minmay and Misa appearing briefly at the beginning is true, then this will be the first time they've appeared even in a still in anime since 1987. Shoji Kawamori once swore that we would never ever see these characters again and that there story was done, but even a brief glimpse would break that vow of his. Either way 20 years is a long time to wait.
|2007-12-25, 15:59
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just watched ep 1, oh nice, they used the same song from SDF for the ED
|2007-12-25, 16:09
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For die hard fans you may have noticed all the obscure ref's to other macross series in this episode.
1). Sheryl Norme starts her concert by saying "Listen to my song!", this is what Basara would say before he sang.
2). The female Lt. who escorts Sheryl Norme is a Misa Hayase look alike.
3). The Chinese restaurant is decorated exactly like the "Little White Dragon" (The restaurant from SDF Macross that Minmai worked at.
4) Luka's phone is a play on Mylene Jenius's pet... the little tibble thing she had.
5) When the episode ends with Alto in Gerwalk posed as he was and the enemy posed is a play on Hikaru's first close encounter with the Zentradai in SDF Macross.
theres more, i just can't remember... tired... lol
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|2007-12-25, 16:34
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It's a torture to wait till march for the start of the series
Do hope they kept up the quality of the animation, i really like all the little details of the background, very vibrant and life like especially the billboards but some scene could use a bit more animation in it like high production value series like seirei no moribito and GitS.
The 3D animation of the valkyries and alien craft is ok, still can tell the difference between 3d object and 2d backdrop though.
|2007-12-25, 16:36
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That was a good episode.
I am very impressed by Aya Endou's singing. She really has a lot to live up to, following the footsteps of Mari Ijima and Yoshiki Fukuyama. And to think her most recent role in my mind is her as Miyuki from Lucky Star.
The VF-25s are a great homage to the original VF-1s. They look like compact versions of the VF-1. And Hikaru's colours on the unit that Alto takes over is a very nice touch.
I'm waiting for a manly tear inducing death for the current CO of Skull Squadron, considering how he's voiced by the man who did Kamina in TTGL and how Roy went out in DYRL and SDF.
|2007-12-25, 18:38
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Go go go go Freedom!!!
This one came out of the blue for me.Actually excited by an anime series first in a longtime.
Macross like others mentioned also got me into anime. Very strong opening. Noted lot of references to original Macross .
I wonder if some of the story arc will be like the original?.
Unsure of the music - one of the things i liked about the original. Coool Valkyries........cant wait for the next ep....
|2007-12-25, 19:12
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It's out! Now! I haven't been following this too closely, but I thought it wasn't until spring!
I think I just discovered the meaning of Christmas!
Everytime an episode of Macross Anything is shown an angel gets its wings!
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This is a fun project for a Summer day or for a group of kids for a camp project. Made from a twig, string and Metal washers, it is also an inexpensive project. Fun to watch in the breeze!
Items needed:
- Twig, 10-12 inches
- String
- Glue
- Fender Washers (4) 1 1/2" wide
- Streamers (made from Ribbon or craft Foam sheets)
- Find a twig that is about 10-12 inches long. Peel any loose bark from twig and rinse off any dirt.
- Tie a piece of string ( 18-20 " long) to both ends of the twig, to use as the hanging portion of your mobile. Tie a loop in the exact center section of the string.
- Cut 4 streamers that are 18" long. We cut thin streamers from craft foam. Loop into center of washer and tie off.
- Cut 4 pieces of string, 12-14" long, and tie one end of each to the twig, spacing equally apart.
- Attach Washers to string, tying securely. Alternate washers, so that one is higher, the next a little lower, etc. But be sure that washers are close enough in length so that they will bump into each other in the wind.
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Participants in sex-selective abortions should be charged with murder, said Holy Spirit Missionary Sister Helen Saldanha, secretary of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India Office for Women. Her opinion comes as momentum builds to end female feticide in India, a practice that finds families terminating a pregnancy because the child they are expecting is a girl. Filing criminal charges for killing a child in the womb because of its sex would "change the killer attitude" toward girls in Indian society, Sister Helen said.
Although the practice of sex-selective abortions is illegal under Indian law, there is no provision for criminal prosecution. Recent census statistics indicate that the practice appears to be widespread. The census data show that the national ratio of girls to boys younger than 6 years old has dropped from 927 for every 1,000 boys in 2001 to 914 for every 1,000 boys in 2011.
The call for mandatory murder charges was endorsed in July at a convention of more than 300 leaders from village councils in northern Indian states where there are now about 800 girls for every 1,000 boys. A similar call came a week later from officials in Maharashtra state when they urged the national government to amend the Indian Penal Code to require the filing of murder charges against parents as well as physicians involved in female feticide.


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NEW HAVEN, Conn. - A pair of former Yale rowers are gearing up to represent the United States in world championships later this month. Alexander Rothmeier '08, who helped Yale's lightweight varsity eight to a third-place finish at the IRA Championships this spring, will compete in the lightweight men's pair at the 2008 FISA World Rowing Senior and Junior Championships scheduled for July 22-27 in Linz-Ottensheim, Austria. Charlie Cole '07, who helped the Yale heavyweight varsity eight to a victory over Harvard as a senior, will sit in the U.S. men's eight that will row at the 2008 FISA Under 23 Championship scheduled for July 17-20 in Brandenburg, Germany.
"It is a great honor to be representing my country at one of the highest stages in the sport of rowing," Rothmeier said. "It is truly an international event and I am looking forward to not only the racing, but also the atmosphere that accompanies an event like this and meeting people from all around the world."
Rothmeier will be paired with fellow Ivy Leaguer John Nichols, a 2001 Dartmouth graduate. Rothmeier has considerable USRowing experience. He won a silver medal in the lightweight men's four at the 2005 National Championships and also won a silver in the men's junior eight at the 2003 National Championships.
"It is going to be a very competitive event, and I am looking to gain as much experience and knowledge from the event in order to continue to improve myself in hopes of making future senior teams," Rothmeier said. "While it is always a great honor to make the team, the goal for me of this world championships and this summer is development and improvement for the future."
Cole also has a long history of competing in USRowing events. He finished 14th in the men's quadruple sculls at the 2006 FISA Under 23 World Championships and placed fifth in the men's eight at the 2004 FISA Junior World Championships.


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The Melges 20 Class is growing as this exciting new boat tours the country. The Melges 20s are now on their way to Houston, Texas where John Kolius and KO Sailing will be giving test drives on Saturday, November 8. The Melges 20s will remain there for an additional 10 days. The next stop: Macatawa Bay in Michigan on Saturday November 22. Stay tuned to melges20.com and melges.com so that you have the opportunity to see this hot new sportboat up close!


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New York: The UN chief on Friday urged Hamas to end its rocket attacks on Israel and told Israeli leaders to exercise maximum restraint.
Ban Ki-moon has been calling international and Middle East leaders in a bid to de-escalate the crisis that erupted this week and intends to visit the region shortly, his spokesman said. Martin Nesirky said the secretary-general "is extremely concerned about the continued violence in Gaza and Israel, and deeply worried by the rising cost in terms of civilian lives."
"He urgently appeals to all concerned to do everything under their command to stop this dangerous escalation and restore calm. Rocket attacks are unacceptable and must stop at once. Israel must exercise maximum restraint," Nesirky told reporters.
Ban`s "paramount concern is for the safety and well-being of all civilians. All sides must respect their obligations under international humanitarian law in this regard," his spokesman said.
"A new cycle of bloodshed will make neither Israelis nor Palestinians more secure. Nor will bloodshed open the door to negotiations that could achieve the two-state solution necessary to end such violence permanently," Ban said through his spokesman.
Nesirky would not comment on questions about where Ban would travel in the region, and whether he would visit Gaza or Israel.
On Wednesday, the Security Council held a closed-door emergency meeting on Gaza, but did not issue any formal statement or take any action. The council did not have any further meeting on Gaza scheduled as of Friday afternoon.
At least 23 Palestinians, including 12 militants and six children, as well as three Israelis have been killed in the fighting.
The dead included a teacher who worked for the UN Marwan Abu El Qumsan, who was in his early 50s and taught Arabic at a school run by the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East in Jabalia, was killed Wednesday.
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YouTube has actually improved its Content ID copyright takedown system, making it less biased towards copyright holders – a much needed improvement as many a frustrated user will testify. They have announced three significant changes to the evolving Content ID system which aim to set a more even balance between copyright holders and uploaders (users).
The first change is the most important, introducing a new appeals process. Previously, there was no appeal possible if a copyright holder filed certain types of takedown notice, such as monetization claims. If a user now believes that this was filed in error, the copyright holder will have to file a formal DMCA notice or release the claim, putting the video back up.
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From Lakeshore Drive, exit at 47th Street. Proceed West along 47th Street until you come to Woodlawn Avenue. Turn left on Woodlawn Avenue. Proceed South on Woodlawn Avenue until you come to 57th Street. Turn right on 57th Street. The Regenstein Library will be on your right. Parking is available in the garage on Greenwood Avenue between 55th and 56th Streets.


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In a partnership with SpokesWomen Syndicate, an organization dedicated to getting more women into the sport of cycling, the Performance Bicycle Racing Team is set to make its debut for the 2010 season.
The Performance Bicycle Racing Team is an elite women's cycling team, composed of women who have reached USA cycling category 1 or 2 status. The 2010 Performance Bicycle Racing Team is made up of cyclists Cara Applegate, Evie Boswell-Vilt, Kirsten Davis, Kathryn Okenatez-Mahoney, Chris Tommerdahl, Dana Treiber Martin, Nicole Vincent-Jordan, Gina Voci and Bergen Watterson. The team is supported by professional mentors and development team leaders Annie Lux, Ainhoa Perez-Diez and Hadley Trotter. Primarily focused on road bike racing, the team also includes top and professional level mountain bike, triathlete and cyclocross riders as well.
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This team is about much more than just competition. It's also about setting goals, sharing expertise and nurturing a passion for cycling within the larger community of female cyclists. Team members will provide expert tips on training, riding, bike selection, bike setup, nutrition, and much more throughout the racing season and beyond. And according to Laura Seay, co-founder and president of the SpokesWomen Syndicate, our sponsorship is a great fit for their team:
The biggest asset of the Performance Bicycle sponsorship is the support and enthusiasm they provide for women who love to race bicycles. The best female cyclists have full time jobs and families to support. Having Performance as our title sponsor enables our elite members to focus more on their training, their professional lives and their families, while giving them a national support system to encourage and promote their dedication to the sport.
Look for the Performance team at National Racing Calendar (NRC) and regional events all over the country. They are currently scheduled for the following races: Sunny King Criterium, Speed Week, Wilmington Grand Prix, Kelly Cup, Tour of Somerville, Nature Valley, Fitchburg, Presbyterian Hospital Hanes Park and the US 10K.
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When they're putting in the base training miles, the team will wear race-inspired Performance apparel, including the Performance Women's Ultra Short Sleeve Jersey and the Performance Women's Ultra Bike Short, and will stay hydrated with Nuun hydration products.
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Reyes' offense not enough to go around in finale
TORONTO -- The Blue Jays are expected to have at least a couple of openings in next year's starting rotation, but so far J.A. Happ has struggled to prove he should be guaranteed one of the spots.
Toronto's left-hander essentially began auditioning for a job in next year's starting five when he returned from a head contusion and severe left knee injury at the beginning of August. It has been a struggle ever since, and time is starting to run out.View Full Game Coverage
TORONTO -- The Blue Jays are expected to have at least a couple of openings in next year's starting rotation, but so far J.A. Happ has struggled to prove he should be guaranteed one of the spots.
Toronto's left-hander essentially began auditioning for a job in next year's starting five when he returned from a head contusion and severe left knee injury at the beginning of August. It has been a struggle ever since, and time is starting to run out.View Full Game Coverage
Happ's rough stretch continued Thursday night as he was roughed up for four runs over 4 1/3 innings to overshadow a perfect night at the plate by Jose Reyes in a 4-3 loss to the Angels at Rogers Centre.
"As far as my delivery and everything today, I tried to be a little more athletic feeling and let it come natural," said Happ, who is now 4-6 with a 5.28 ERA. "Going out there to start the game I thought it was going to go really well. I just need to try and repeat that feeling, and hopefully the results will be there next time."
Happ entered this year's Spring Training without a job despite having six previous seasons of experience in the big leagues under his belt. Following the offseason acquisitions of R.A. Dickey, Mark Buehrle and Josh Johnson, it appeared as though Happ was headed for Triple-A Buffalo.
As a sign of faith, the Blue Jays still decided to sign Happ to a two-year contract extension. But his standing within the organization would soon change after left-hander Ricky Romero struggled and ultimately lost the No. 5 starter's job.
That allowed Happ to break camp but not before weeks of constant questions about the uncertainty of his role. That is something everyone would like to avoid next year, but to do so Happ will need to finish the 2013 campaign on a positive note. Otherwise the questions and concerns will be even more prevalent next season.
So far it has not gone according to plan, as Happ has pitched more than 5 2/3 innings in a game just once over eight starts since his return with an ERA of 5.58.
"I'm just trying to prove to myself more than anything," Happ said when asked about proving himself to others before next spring. "We have egos, you want to have success and you want to keep the team in the game and you want to have respect. I'm thinking about the team more than I'm thinking about anybody else analyzing me. I hope to go out and finish strong, that's for sure."
Happ did begin Thursday's outing on a positive note as he recorded a three-up, three-down first inning only to experience trouble throughout the rest of his outing. He allowed one run in each inning from the second until he was pulled with one out in the fifth. It marked the third time in Happ's past four starts that he failed to make it past the fifth.
The biggest blows against Happ on Thursday night included a fourth-inning solo homer by Kole Calhoun to center field and an RBI double by Mike Trout in the fifth. Happ was charged with all four runs on six hits while walking two and striking out six and throwing 54 of his 87 pitches for strikes.
To make matters even more frustrating, the Blue Jays had taken the lead on two separate occasions only to see it evaporate during the following frame. It was an ongoing problem against the Angels, and ultimately the lack of a shutdown inning was the main reason behind a three-game series sweep by Los Angeles.
"That's what kills you; that's a huge part of baseball," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said of not getting a shutdown inning. "We're not throwing out our top-notch lineup right now offensively, so we're scratching for runs, we're not going to get a ton of them. So that's when the pitchers and starters got to step up … and find a way to get a shutdown inning, and we haven't been able to do that the last two nights."
Reyes led the way on offense with a 4-for-4 night, including a homer in the third inning and two doubles to go with a walk. It marked Reyes' fifth multihit game in September and his second with at least three hits as he continues to finish the season on a strong note.
Moises Sierra also had two doubles, and he now has 10 this month, which is tied with Washington's Jayson Werth for most in the Major Leagues. Thirteen of Sierra's past 19 hits have gone for extra bases, and his average now sits at .322 in 20 games since being called up from Triple-A Buffalo to replace the injured Jose Bautista.
Amid the strong games at the plate by Reyes and Sierra, the rest of the Blue Jays' lineup combined for just four hits. Angels right-handed starter Garrett Richards was charged with the three runs on nine hits while striking out four over 6 2/3 innings.
Toronto mounted a rally in the bottom of the ninth inning when Reyes doubled to lead off the frame, but Angels closer Ernesto Frieri escaped without any damage.
"Right now, we're playing good baseball -- timely hitting, great pitching," Angels first baseman Mark Trumbo said. "The reality is we still have a long way to go as far as making a playoff spot, but the next-best thing is playing great baseball."
With that, the Blue Jays were swept for the first time since a four-game series against the Yankees from Aug. 19-22. The three-game set vs. the Angels also ended Toronto's streak consecutive series wins at four, and the club will now look to regroup against American League East rival Baltimore on Friday night.
Gregor Chisholm is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, North of the Border, and follow him on Twitter @gregorMLB.


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After my survey of the possibilities for USB surround sound in Linux, I ended up ordering a Creative X-fi Surround USB. As you could read there, there is a helpful webpage that includes e.g. ready made .asoundrc files.
Windows XP
On my netbook, without installing any special drivers, playing a song on an otherwise unoccupied Windows XP utilizes about 20% CPU, minus the almost 5 % that somehow seem to be there almost always...
I've read reports that there are clicking sounds, which I can imagine well with a heavy system load. I've heard them at first after plugging it in, but by now they disappeared. It sounds crisp on my Sennheiser headphones and the base is noticeably better than my onboard sound, obviously, but that doesn't say much.
Now let's see how it fares in Linux...
Reboot. Plug. Play. It could hardly be easier. All I had to do was to tell mplayer which device to use (mplayer -ao alsa:device=hw=S51). Then it happily started playing over my new external sound card. The sound is as excellent as under Windows. But better than Windows: Surround sound works out of the box in my Kubuntu 9.10 system.
The combination of AC-3 surround with VAAPI accelerated 720p movie on my netbook utilizes around 10-12 % CPU. There is no stuttering in Linux, even with heavier load. Just playing music hardly seems to have any impact -- maybe around 5 % CPU. I'll have to let the Phoronix suite benchmark all this sometime. In Windows even just playing music in VLC and increasing the volume setting with the knob on the device can create stutters.
Right now for some reason the slightly dusty Chromium version on this netbook keeps bringing the system into a hard stutter making characters appear slowly on the screen up to a second after I type and the mouse does not move smoothly. But the sound plays smoothly in the background. Just plain wonderful.
I can definitely recommend the sound card for USB (surround or stereo) sound in Linux. I'm not sure if I would use it for Windows. Let's see after I installed the drivers, which will probably drive me mad.
But be aware that there are clicking sounds when the card is first intialized. If you want to use it for e.g. system sounds, you may not be very happy with that. They also seem to appear during heavy disk access (apt-get dist-upgrade), even if I'm not playing any music. That's definitely weird...
The microphone input works flawlessly. I didn't have problems with over-amplification, though I can imagine that being an issue with the lack of hardware mixing. And I definitely have a sound card for surround sound HD movie nights now. And the crazy thing is I can do it all perfectly with my little netbook. Thank you, Linux. Thanks also to you, Mandar.
Post Scriptum
Some additional information for nerds: When the card is not in use, it produces not wakes in powertop, when in use, it produces about 200-300 wakes/s (no matter if surround or stereo sound).
The clicking sound seems to be related to the power supply. The problem disappears in the same work load (e.g. heavy disk updatedb) if I plug the power adapter into my netbook.
As I almost expected the device is not anywhere as good in Windows as in Linux. The crystalizer does sound nice, but there are many glitches in the Windows driver. E.g.
- sometimes when you pause they playback, the result is a constant beep until you press play again,
- during forwarding in movies, there are short beeps.
- Once after removing the plug and putting it back inside, the entire system hung, only working again after removing it again and then showing and error message.
- the driver uses much more CPU than in Linux and it's a 50 MB package
- there are no volume controls for rear, center, lfe and front channels, only 1 master control (in Linux you can fix this -- maybe MatrixMixer works for Windows?)
- the microphone input sounds slightly noise shaped, esp. in combination with the "crystalizer"
Update3 (9/2011)
Unfortunately I only just tried recording in Linux for the first time. And it seems it doesn't work at all. I got only noise. I've tried Line in and Mic in. There's no real setting for the record options anyway. (Which channel, etc.) So that's definitely a downside. I had never tried that in Linux before. btw. Check here to get the remote control and volume know working. It should come out of the box with kernel 2.6.37+.
And here's my .asoundrc so far:
pcm.!default {
type plug
slave.pcm "softvol" #make use of softvol
# create softvol master channel
# see http://alsa.opensrc.org/index.php/How_to_use_softvol_to_control_the_master_volume
pcm.softvol {
type softvol
slave {
pcm "dmixer2" #redirect the output to dmix (instead of "hw:0,0")
control {
name "Master" #override the PCM slider to set the softvol volume level globally
card S51
# create stereo dmixer, because using the 6 channel one causes stutter if the channels are empty
pcm.dmixer2 {
type dmix
ipc_key 2343
slave {
pcm "hw:S51"
channels 2
pcm.dmixer6 {
type dmix
ipc_key 2342
slave {
pcm "hw:S51"
rate 48000
channels 6
period_time 0
period_size 1024
buffer_time 0
buffer_size 4096
# reroute the channels because rear and sub/lfe are exchanged
pcm.mysurround {
type route
slave.pcm "dmixer6"
slave.channels 6
ttable.0.0 1
ttable.1.1 1
ttable.2.4 1
ttable.3.5 1
ttable.4.2 1
ttable.5.3 1


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Welcome! More! More! What are their names? How'd they adopt you?
The two little ones are Kit and Kat. It's kinda hard to tell them apart in the pic.
The 'adoption' kinda has a bit of a story to it.
We already had a 110lb chocolate dobie (ya, he's a little over weight ) when he was 9 yrs old and we had been looking to adopt a puppy for him because he grew up with other dogs. First we were looking at Neo Mastiffs, but then we heard about all the health problems that they were prone to, so we started to research Pits.
We were going to adopt an adult... but it's really difficult to find an adult Pit that the foster's were willing to let go to a house with kids (I've got a 10, 8, and 2 year old) and pratically impossible to find one that would go with cats (I've got 3 of them). I was looking at a pair of Pits that was being cared for by Brockton Bluedog, but no cats... and they got me set on a pair.
Soooo, we settled that it would have to be a puppy... and that I was hoping for 2 but would settle for 1. After about a month of searching the web forums, I found a guy in the town next to me (hobby breeder) who's girl just had her 2nd litter. I jumped when I saw that he was letting them go for 125$ each. I got the last two out of the litter
They are *counts on fingers* eight weeks in the pics, but turn 16 weeks this weekend. I'm still trying to get over how smart they are!! They already know sit, here, stay, in, and jump. and they are sooo testing everything! hehe, just 'cause they 'know' it doesn't mean that they think they have to do it every time... but they are starting to get it.


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Calling Azure AD protected web APIs in a web app using OAuth 2.0
In the sample, an existing web app with its own way of signing in users adds the ability to call an Azure AD protected web API, in this case the Graph API. This sample uses the OAuth 2.0 authorization code grant with confidential client and the Active Directory Authentication Library (ADAL) to obtain access tokens for the web app to call the Graph API with the user's identity.
This sample is useful if you want to add a web API calling ability to an existing application that authenticates Azure AD users using Windows Identity Foundation and WS-Federation. If you want to build a new web application that signs users in using Azure AD as well as calling web APIs protected using Azure AD, check out the WebApp-WebAPI-OpenIDConnect-DotNet sample. OpenIDConnect provides a more efficient way to get access tokens for a user to call a web API, by obtaining an authorization code for the user at the time they sign in. This also means your application can skip having logic for sending OAuth authorization requests and processing OAuth authorization responses.
For more information about how the protocols work in this scenario and other scenarios, see Authentication Scenarios for Azure AD.
Looking for previous versions of this code sample? Check out the tags on the releases GitHub page.
How To Run This Sample
To run this sample you will need: - Visual Studio 2013 - An Internet connection - An Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) tenant. For more information on how to get an Azure AD tenant, please see How to get an Azure AD tenant - A user account in your Azure AD tenant. This sample will not work with a Microsoft account, so if you signed in to the Azure portal with a Microsoft account and have never created a user account in your directory before, you need to do that now.
Step 1: Clone or download this repository
From your shell or command line:
git clone https://github.com/Azure-Samples/active-directory-dotnet-webapp-webapi-oauth2-useridentity.git
Step 2: Register the sample with your Azure Active Directory tenant
- Sign in to the Azure portal.
- On the top bar, click on your account and under the Directory list, choose the Active Directory tenant where you wish to register your application.
- Click on More Services in the left hand nav, and choose Azure Active Directory.
- Click on App registrations and choose Add.
- Enter a friendly name for the application, for example 'WebApp-WebAPI-OAuth2-UserIdentity-DotNet' and select 'Web Application and/or Web API' as the Application Type. For the sign-on URL, enter the base URL for the sample, which is by default
https://localhost:44323. Click on Create to create the application.
- While still in the Azure portal, choose your application, click on Settings and choose Properties.
- Find the Application ID value and copy it to the clipboard.
- For the App ID URI, enter
https://<your_tenant_name>/WebApp-WebAPI-OAuth2-UserIdentity-DotNet, replacing
<your_tenant_name>with the name of your Azure AD tenant.
- From the Settings menu, choose Keys and add a key - select a key duration of either 1 year or 2 years. When you save this page, the key value will be displayed, copy and save the value in a safe location - you will need this key later to configure the project in Visual Studio - this key value will not be displayed again, nor retrievable by any other means, so please record it as soon as it is visible from the Azure Portal.
Step 3: Configure the sample to use your Azure AD tenant
- Open the solution in Visual Studio 2013.
- Open the
- Find the app key
ida:Tenantand replace the value with your AAD tenant name.
- Find the app key
ida:ClientIdand replace the value with the Application ID for WebApp-WebAPI-OAuth2-UserIdentity-DotNet from the Azure portal.
- Find the app key
ida:AppKeyand replace the value with the key for WebApp-WebAPI-OAuth2-UserIdentity-DotNet from the Azure portal.
Step 4: Run the sample
Clean the solution, rebuild the solution, and run it.
Explore the sample by registering an account in the application, signing in using that account, clicking the Profile link, on the Profile page linking an AAD user's account and seeing their profile information, signing out from the application, and starting again.
How To Deploy This Sample to Azure
Coming soon.
About The Code
Coming soon.
How To Recreate This Sample
- In Visual Studio 2013, create a new ASP.Net MVC web application called WebApp with Authentication set to Invididual User Accounts.
- Set SSL Enabled to be True. Note the SSL URL.
- In the project properties, Web properties, set the Project Url to be the SSL URL.
- Add the (stable) Active Directory Authentication Library NuGet (
Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory), version 1.0.3 (or higher).
- In the
Modelsfolder add a new class called
UserProfile.cs. Copy the implementation of UserProfile from this sample into the class.
- Add a new empty MVC5 controller UserProfileController to the project. Copy the implementation of the controller from the sample. Remember to include the [Authorize] attribute on the class definition.
- In
UserProfilecreate a new view,
Index.cshtml, and copy the implementation from this sample.
- In the shared
_Layoutview, add the Action Link for Profile that is in the sample.
- Add a new empty MVC5 controller OAuthController to the project. Copy the implemementation of the controller from the sample.
- Open the AccountController controller, find the
LogOff()method, and add this line at the beginning of the method:
OAuthController.RemoveAllFromCache();. Also note the comments that are included in the sample file in the
- In
web.config, in
<appSettings>, create keys for
ida:GraphResourceId, and
ida:GraphUserUrland set the values accordingly. For the public Azure AD, the value of
https://login.microsoftonline.com/{0}the value of
https://graph.windows.net, and the value of
- In
web.configadd this line in the
<sessionState timeout="525600" />. This increases the ASP.Net session state timeout to it's maximum value so that access tokens and refresh tokens cache in session state aren't cleared after the default timeout of 20 minutes.
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- Azure AD B2C: Call an ASP.NET Web API from an ASP.NET Web App


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There are even known examples of blocks cast and assembled the same day!Ed
The Flint motors would be pretty difficult to be cast & machined the same day due to the trucking required between Saginaw & Flint.
The best time possible at Tonawanda = 30 minutes on the pouring loop to shake out on lines 1 & 2 (block lines) + 4 hours in the cooling court + 20 minutes through blast, grind, chip & inspect. The door to the Tonawanda Motor Plant was only about a 50 foot fork truck ride from the end of both block finishing lines. Sometimes the blocks were pretty warm when they arrived at the motor plant. At that point, the block could go right to the motor plant machining line. So...it's clearly possible for a casting to be produced and assembled the same day. We weren't "just in time" in those days though. Most casting waited on pallets in inventory que. If a block fell off of the conveyor in the cooling court it would sit up there until Christmas or Summer shut down. So a casting date could be many months before build date. The Flint motors would be pretty difficult to be cast & machined the same day due to the trucking required between Saginaw & Flint.


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Michele McNally, Assistant Managing Editor for Photography at The New York Times, provides a voice-over introduction to this riviting multi-media show, speaking to the parameters of deciding which iconic, memorable images make the cut for this this year-end summary.
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We got about a half-hour now! Time to put on the jersey.
I hope the Steelers don't do what the Giants did last Monday and not take the Bengals seriously
Ok about 5 minutes yet...let's do this!
Ed Hochuli is the head ref for the game..
Ed Hochuli is the head ref for the game..
Oh crap!
Ok we get the ball first..Najeh returning
Nice return Dookie, ok offense..right down the field!
oh nice, fumbled the snap right off the bat. good thing we got it back
Nice job Heath, ok big 3rd down right off the bat!
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Josh Greene led with 23 points for the Matadors (13-14, 5-7 Big West). Stephen Maxwell and Ben Vozzola added 17 points apiece.
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I was lucky enough to stay at a place near the YMCA camp, so my wife dropped me off at lumahai and I kited back to tunnels. The point just east of tunnels is were most kiters ride waves. If it's windy here's where you'll meet the locals. Let the surfers ride the waves at tunnels if they are there.
Locals told me of winders from ahnini and hanalei. I didn't do that. Be aware of the beaches and wind shadows if you do.
I'm sure you can just bum a ride in the back of a pickup from tunnels back to hanalei. There's only one road in and out.
Also, don't just be aware of the tide height and the reef. There are weird currents in the channels between the reefs.
Have fun!