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commandlinefu.com is the place to record those command-line gems that you return to again and again.
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Simply sourcing .bashrc does not function correctly when you edit it and change an alias for a function or the other way round with the *same name*.
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Merge Multiple PDFs In Alphabetical Order
for redhat systems works sometimes :S tested on dell poweredge r7+ systems
show off how big your disks are
on some distro's you have to replace "BogoMIPS" with "bogomips".
Another way to view some code by keyword and basic regular expression
Does a search and replace across multiple files with a subgroup replacement.
It find out the mic recording level at the moment of run the command and if a noise level is higher it starts to record an mp3 file. The resulting file will have only the sounds not the silences.
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Connects to the last adb connection in history.
-Qdt Lists dependencies/packages which are no longer required by any packages
-q Output only package name (not the version number)
-R Remove package(s)
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I just started out with Arch - so if there is any better/standard method to achieve the same - please suggest.
Get http://xkcd.com/now image, inverts colors (I prefer dark backgrounds) and set it as wallpaper.
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The DISPLAY variable is here to work as a cron job.
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I've always used tput in bash scripts but I guess it works on the command line too.
Doesn't work in all terminals.
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Tony Lucas, a former Columbia University standout who previously spent two seasons on the football staff at Georgetown University, was hired as running backs coach at the University of Delaware in February, 2013.
During his first season on the Delaware staff with head coach Dave Brock in 2013, Lucas guided a UD running attack that ranked No. 4 in the Colonial Athletic Association in rushing (177.0 yards per game) and was No. 2 in scoring offense (32.8 points per game). All-American running back Andrew Pierce capped an outstanding career by leading the team in rushing for the fourth straight year and earning All-CAA honors for the fourth time.
Lucas, a native of Bloomfield, Conn., was a standout defensive back at Columbia University and earned the team's Maniatty-Remmer Unsung Hero Award. He earned his degree in economics in 2003 and later earned a master's degree in economics at Trinity in 2010. He is currently pursuing a second master's degree in education from Bowling Green.
"Tony is a great addition to our staff," said Brock. "He came highly-recommended from several people that I have worked with. I'm excited for him to inherit one of the most talented positions on this team."
Lucas began his college coaching career at NCAA III Trinity College in Hartford, Conn. as a graduate assistant and outside linebackers and served for two years during the 2008 and 2009 seasons. He then moved on to Bowling Green State where he was the staff's defensive quality control coach and assistant academic coordinator.
He arrived at Georgetown in 2011 and spent two seasons there as the Hoya's running backs coach with head coach Kevin Kelly. Georgetown went 8-3 and rushed for an average of 147.5 yards per game in 2011 to rank second in the Patriot League. In 2012, the Hoyas ranked No. 3 in the Patriot League in rushing yardage with an average of 146.1 yards per game.
"I consider it a privilege to join a program with such a rich tradition as the University of Delaware," said Lucas, who will reside in the Newark area with wife Sarita. "I am excited for the opportunity to add to the legacy of Delaware football."
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Ken Tapping, August 6, 2008
In the sky this week...
> Around 9 p.m. Jupiter dominates the southeastern sky.
> Mars, Saturn and Venus are low in the sunset twilight.
> The Moon reaches First Quarter on August 8.
This July Canada hosted a major international space science meeting: the 37th Scientific Assembly of COSPAR, the international Committee on Space Research. It was held at the magnificent Palais de Congrès in Montréal. The hosting organizations were the National Research Council, the Canadian Space Agency and a group of Canadian universities.
For eight days scientists working in many aspects of space and space-related work, from all over the world, came to present their work, learn what everyone else is doing, and to get together in groups clogging corridors, stairs and any available space to talk science, face-to-face. The event was also a chance for Canada to strut its stuff to the world.
These days, thanks to the Internet and video conferencing we have better contact with our colleagues around the world than ever before. However, face-to-face conversations with new people, and having something you had never thought of brought into your mind in someone's presentation or a chance meeting in the corridor is not something you can achieve electronically. That's why we travel thousands of kilometres to science meetings. There really is no substitute.
Science meetings come in a range of sizes. The smallest is the "seminar", where an invited scientist gives a single presentation on his work to a group of interested colleagues and students. The next size up is the "workshop". This is a meeting focussed on a single scientific topic, with relatively informal presentations and lots of time for questions, discussions and swapping ideas. An example is the annual "Canadian Solar Workshop", where scientists and students from all over Canada, together with a few international invitees, get together to discuss solar and solar-related science. Workshops are easily my favourite types of science meeting.
Next size up is the "Conference". These are usually organized by national or international organizations, such as the Canadian Astronomical Society. These are big, with multiple sessions running in parallel, and a business meeting or two thrown in. If you want to pick a talk in one session and then a talk in another it takes some planning and often some fast legwork. This can be completely scrambled if a speaker does not turn up, so all the other talks move up one, and you arrive as the talk you wanted to attend is finishing.
Assemblies are mega-meetings, lasting a week or more, with many sessions running in parallel. Planning what talks to attend can be really difficult. The range of topics is amazing.
At the COSPAR assembly I attended sessions on space weather and solar physics, which are my research topics. I also got to discussions of the latest results in Mars exploration, lunar research, searching for planets orbiting other stars, life on other planets and so on. I came home with many new ideas. In addition we reported to scientists and engineers from all over the world on the innovative work we are doing with Industry Canada on protecting our observatory from radio interference. One very nice thing: the man who registered me for the conference said he likes my articles. I like science meetings.
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NEW RICHMOND, Wis (WSAU-Wheeler News) Wisconsin has some award-winning brewpubs -- and it's about to get one more, thanks to a more restrictive law in neighboring Minnesota. Barley John's Brew Pub in New Brighton Minnesota expects to break ground this spring for a new 10,000 barrel brewery at New Richmond in Saint Croix County.
Barley John's has won some awards during its 14 years of production. But owner John Moore tells the Saint Paul Pioneer Press that many craft beer lovers have never heard of the brand, because it cannot be sold in other bars or liquor stores. Wisconsin also has a number of limits on brewpubs -- but it does allow limited amounts of brewpub products to be sold in stores.
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Guide us all in the way everlasting;
Guide us all in the Way.
Give me that old time religion
Give me that old time religion
Give me that old time religion
It's good enough for me
We are one with the creatures,
One with the plants,
One with the life of Earth.
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That Friday, oh so long ago,
Why do we call it 'Good'?
It tells a wretched tale of woe,
Of thorns and cross of wood.
I don't want your pity, just help change my world, change my world.read more
Dream, dream and never give up,
Hope, hope of a world to be,
Work, work for justice and dreams,
Put others first and set people free.
How can the time of peace come to Earth?
When will all bombs be banned?
How can true justice blossom in mirth?
When will the violence end?
All those who choose the Way
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There are times when truth is this and partly that,
When love can bind extremes to be as one,
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Book Trailer Contest Kicks Off at Ralph Ellison Library
What are the previews of coming attractions at the movies good for? For whetting your appetite for a new movie.
Maybe teens would read more than they do if books came with trailers. The previews used to come after the movie ended and so are called "trailers" in movie-speak. The Ralph Ellison Library, 2000 N.E. 23rd, is giving teens a chance to make their own trailers for books and perhaps win $100, too.
"We know that teens love movies," said Ralph Ellison librarian Kim Ventrella, "and they may love YouTube videos even more, so we thought why not combine the two things and create a contest to see who can create the cleverest 'trailer' for a book?"
The library will begin accepting entries on March 1 and the contest runs through May 30. Creators must live in Oklahoma and be between the ages of 10-18. Most movie trailers last between two and three minutes. If books were rated like movies, the book chosen would have to be rated G, PG, or PG-13.
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It's Still All About Me, Right?
One mom is disappointed when her kids drop activities.
Homeschool Mom: My daughter has decided after over two years that she no longer wants to take horseback riding lessons, and I feel disappointed. What the heck? What do I care? Less money, less time spent on extra activities. No more choking on dust watching her ride. I should be saying "Hallelujah." Last Christmas she had been thrown from a horse and broke both her wrists and cut her chin, which then required stitches. It was traumatic, to say the least. I had nightmares for weeks after, replaying the whole incident in my brain in a terrifying loop. She actually bounced when she hit the ground face-first, and her legs went backwards up over her body at an angle that made me fear for her neck and back, but she was okay, compared to what might have been. The weird thing was that she wanted to continue riding. I was done then. I didn't want her to ever ride again. But I didn't have the heart to say so, and she went on to ride for another 10 months, until now. She doesn't want to anymore. It might be that she is fearful or maybe just tired of it because she knows the next step, a horse of her own, is beyond our means. I don't really know. But the weird thing is, I am disappointed.
It has been my job for these years to take her to her lesson, hanging in the barn making friends, connecting with horses and other parents for several hours every Sunday afternoon. She has friends too. She has horse posters all over her room. I'm sad to see it all end, and besides, it is what I did when I was young, although I had my own horse. Maybe I'm a creature of habit, or maybe I am vicariously living through her, I don't know, but I'm sad.
This got me reflecting on the fact that there have been other times when I have been disappointed because my kids stopped activities. When the same daughter was almost three, I bought her tap shoes and ballet shoes and adorable tulle skirts and signed her up for dance lessons. After about a month, she said, "No. I don't yike it!" I was outraged. "You don't yike it? Too bad. I will take away TV, friends, your favorite toys. You will dance, and you will do a good job. You don't yike it. Mommy doesn't yike forking out money ..." Needless to say, she quit dancing.
After much soul-searching, like five minutes, I think I know what it is, really. The truth has two components: A) Carting my kids around to various activities is my job right now, and so I get most of my social contact through these activities. Much like people who have jobs make social contacts through their workplace, I just happen to be in a barn or backstage. B) I like the picture of my children being active. "Oh yes, they surf, and play in three different bands, and horseback ride, and swim, and take ballet." And ... really, part of me likes it because having renaissance kids makes me look like a good parent. What it all boils down to is even when I try to be selfless, it's still all about me. Bummer.
|Homeschool Mom: Pam Heilman is a California Credentialed Teacher who once won some body lotion in a raffle at the Y. She is currently residing in Southern California with her husband Eric, and homeschools their three children.
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They spent one season together so far. That's apparently enough time for Redskins receiver Pierre Garcon to compare Robert Griffin III to one of the all-time greats -- and a former teammate.
Garcon spent three of his four seasons in Indianapolis catching passes from Peyton Manning. After one season with Griffin, Garcon is ready to make a judgment.
"He can be just as good as Peyton," Garcon told "NFL AM." "Peyton's very skilled with his arm. Robert is skilled with his arm and his legs, so that's what makes him more dynamic and more dangerous."
But what makes them alike is another word: leadership.
"They are very similar," Garcon said. "Quarterbacks are natural leaders. They take control of the huddle, their meetings, their teammates around them, communicate with all the players, from offensive linemen to receivers and running backs. They're similar to each other. Robert's going to be very good and just as good as Peyton."
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Next I want to knit a mohair sweater. The yarn I'm using is the pale lilac yarn on the left. I'm not sure if you can see it, the yarn has a bit of shimmer. The yarn is from China, no brand, no label, no information on yardage. I'm hoping that I will have enough yarn, if not I will have to improvise. I swatched with 4.00 mm needles and I got a gauge of 18 sts and 24 rows. I want to knit a slightly over-sized, dropped shoulders, cropped sweater for my daughter. I am still contemplating whether to knit in plain stockinetter or incorporate some cables or a bit of lace. I want a wide neckline either in rib or a cabled rib. The sweater hem will also be in rib or cabled rib and I'm still wondering if I should knit the back longer than the front. Before I can start though, I need to wind the skein into a ball before I can start knitting.
Sunday, November 10, 2013
finishing and starting
The Michael Kors cape is done! Well, the knitting is done, but I need to buy some buttons for it. Here's a preview.
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Thanks, Harriet, I would have preferred to knit it in a neutral coloured yarn , but my daughter likes pink :)Delete
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Thanks, Hana, my daughter chose pink, and it turned out prettier than I expected :)Delete
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On one level, the Academy Awards can have an enormous effect selecting which movies or singular movie will be designated as the most prestigious films from a single year. However, it's also possible that they're simply a reflection of opinions that have already been formed about the best films of the year, and when the Oscar pick for Best Picture disagrees too much with the popular and critical opinion, it gets swept aside. Driving Miss Daisy, for example, isn't exactly hailed as a lasting contribution to the history of cinema. Meanwhile two movies that weren't even nominated, Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing and Woody Allen's Crimes and Misdemeanors, are considered two of the greatest of their decade at the least, despite Oscar's lack of recognition.
So it's important to remember with the awards coming up that they may not even mean that much. They may be remembered as elevating a movie like Argo to a level it may not have enjoyed otherwise, but ultimately are somewhat irrelevant. It's tempting to think that in an age where powerful bodies with this type of previously perceived authority are dwindling, and that the Academy could go that way also. But then again, there are so many exceptions to the notion that Best Picture really does mean the best picture that maybe it was never that true in the first place.
For your consideration, I'd like to present several of these exceptions, movies that were up for the Best Picture award at the Oscars but was passed over for another film in a decision that now seems laughable in hindsight. Here are 8 big losers from previous years at the Academy Awards to remind us all that losing does not by any means translate into slipping from the cultural ethos into distant memory. In fact, it might even make them more hipster-cool.
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1) The Shawshank Redemption
The internet has decided that The Shawshank Redemption is the best movie of all time. Or at least, IMDb users have voted it as their favorite. And yet, it couldn't even get enough votes from the Academy to win a single award, most notably the Best Picture award which went to Forrest Gump. Needless to say, Shawshank has done pretty well for itself, partially because Ted Turner bought its rights for ridiculously cheap and so it played endlessly on his TV channels, but also in large part because it's just an excellent movie.
Forrest Gump is a fine film in itself, with some pretty seamless and impressive technological work, and a fantastical style that is a lot of fun and packs an emotional punch. Tom Hanks has a tendency to do that. I don't know many people who would argue it's better than Shawshank though, or Pulp Fiction for that matter. The friendship of Andy and Red is the driving force behind the affection people have for Shawshank, the patriarchal gentleness of Morgan Freeman combined with the quiet menace of Tim Robbins providing a memorable dynamic that you can't help but root for. Forrest may still have legs, but Shawshank has outpaced it in the race for the hearts and minds of the public since losing out at the Oscars.
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2) Saving Private Ryan
Consensus opinion seems to agree that Shakespeare in Love has no business having "Academy Award Winner" on its DVD cover. I watched it a long time ago and found it great and whatever, but seriously. I can see why The Thin Red Line didn't win that year, for the same reasons The Tree of Life didn't win last year. But how did Saving Private Ryan lose out? I have yet to find an explanation, although I haven't looked terribly hard.
What's undeniable is that the years that have passed since the 1999 awards ceremony are all the evidence needed to show that Saving Private Ryan is probably the most important film of 1998. It's impossible to watch a movie or television series depicting war today without seeing in it the influence of Spielberg's war aesthetic. The realism of the Omaha Beach sequence, the immersive feeling brought about by the background chaos, the use of sound, the casual shots of horrifying gore, these are almost cliches in the genre of epic war pictures now. It's why the 1999 Best Picture selection is most often regarded as a joke.
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3) Citizen Kane
Even though there's a bunch of hipster-critic pushback over the course of the past few years, Citizen Kane has long been considered the best movie ever made (if such a distinction even has any meaning). As far as the Academy is concerned though, it wasn't even the best movie of the year it was released. It lost the Best Picture award to John Ford's How Green Was My Valley. That one was apparently deemed less controversial and therefore more worthy of a statue. Sounds a little like this year's backlash around Zero Dark Thirty.
Who knows a thing about How Green Was My Valley today though? Who has even seen it? I know I haven't, partly out of spite, partly because it frankly has a stupid-ass title. Also, Quentin Tarantino says John Ford is racist so I hesitate to watch anything he did. Citizen Kane, on the other hand, has gone on to be considered such an advance in moviemaking history that it's the one film that virtually every Film 101 class studies closely. It wasn't textbook cinema at the time, but it is now. I think that says everything. Not only that, since the first time I saw it (and I don't usually respond strongly to movies from before the 1970s) it has always felt more like a contemporary movie than anything else from around that time. Some aspects are dated but it's surprisingly easy to watch, even today. It makes you realize the Oscars tend to be the short game, but in the scope of film history, the long game is what matters, and Citizen Kane kind of won at that. Maybe I'm not giving How Green Was My Valley the credit it deserves though. All you How Green Was My Valley fans, let me hear from you.
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4) Fargo
For some reason I don't think I "got" the Coen brothers until I saw Burn After Reading. The ending scene where they two guys are like "So what happened here anyway? What did we do? Nothing I guess. Oh well" sort of summed up how I felt about every Coen movie I had seen up to that point, and it was like an alarm bell going off and I was like "ohhhh so that's the point of all their movies!" It was revelatory. I went back and rewatched all of them, and now am so outraged that Fargo lost the Academy Award to The English Patient, which I also hated the first time but probably would like more if I ever cared to see it again. To be clear, I do not.
Fargo truly has something for everyone, though. Well-composed steadicam tracking shots? Got those. Beautiful landscape shots and sincere characters contributing to a realistic sense of space and place? At your service. A human being being fed into a wood chipper? Done and done. Steve Buscemi being sexually serviced? Thought you'd never ask. Scene after perfectly constructed scene, Fargo is mesmerizing and absurd, a perfect summation of the short-term thinking by dumb folks looking for easy money. At least they earned some kudos for No Country for Old Men.
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5) 12 Angry Men
Ok, so Bridge on the River Kwai is pretty good I guess, I'm happy for it, but 12 Angry Men is one of the greatest films of all time. Again, and I don't like appealing to them too often, but IMDb users are again on my side on this one. Why do modern audiences respond to 12 Angry Men when they see it?
For one, it has the same factor that I find Citizen Kane to have: it feels more like something that was made today rather than 50 years ago. There's something to the rhythm of the movie that doesn't feel as tired or corny as other 1950s films. I can't say the cast appeals to me that greatly since I'm not familiar enough with actors of the era for the facial or name recognition to have any effect, with Henry Fonda being the one appropriate exception. Maybe some of it is in its deceptively simple premise. People expect from it a typical court drama, and instead get drama that is extremely gripping for reasons that aren't really that obvious. It's strangely absorbing. That's usually the stuff that works best, when you don't realize the spell it's cast on you. That it can still cast its spell on today's audiences speaks to its greatness more than awards likely ever could.
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6) Singin' in the Rain
I always think I don't like musicals and then I see a musical and love it and think "well that's the exception to the rule that musicals are bad." Except this happens all the time. So I don't know what to make of it. But Singin' in the Rain was possibly the most unexpectedly enjoyable musical, perhaps movie, I've ever watched. Now, it is unlike the other films in this list since it wasn't even nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars, though it did receive a Best Supporting Actress win. Having watched it, this seems like one of the most bizarre oversights in Academy history.
It has a charm to it that's similar to The Artist, so maybe that movie's win was to make up for this one. From the opening scene, Singin' in the Rain establishes a tone that is uniquely its own, a combination of absurdity and satirical jabs at Hollywood figures, the vapidity of stardom, and the desperation of the rich and famous. This combines with Gene Kelly's charisma, which you want to resist because he seems way too smooth at first but then before you know it you're looking up tap dancing lessons online. I don't even want to know what won Best Picture for that year because it will just make me angry.
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7) Brokeback Mountain
I'm not one of the people, of which there are many, who think Crash is the worst Best Picture winner ever. I think it's more subtle than people give it credit for, that beneath the overt racism on its surface, which isn't as unrealistic as people think especially if you listen to talk radio, there are some fascinating observations made on how racism actually works subconsciously in a multicultural society. All that being said, Brokeback Mountain is an incredible movie that deserved all the awards.
It could have earned distinction simply from Heath Ledger's performance as the almost incoherently soft-spoken life pardner of Jake Gyllenhaal, who has also never been better even though his character was more vocal. Add to that the heartbreaking work of Michelle Williams and one of the least Anne Hathway-y performances of Anne Hathaway's career. It's easy to forget that although 2005 seems like a short while ago, making a movie all about a gay relationship like this was still taboo in the purportedly liberal Hollywood film industry. This movie doesn't make that taboo into mere gimmickry. It's a genuinely felt, beautifully realized and exceedingly emotional portrayal of a romance forbidden for arbitrary reasons.
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8) Apocalypse Now
I guess I can't blame people for not doling out awards to movies I didn't like the first time, like Fargo, and like Apocalypse Now. In my defense, the first time I saw it, I watched the 3 ½ hour version and couldn't make it through, but when I saw the original theatrical release for the first time, I was completely blown away. Maybe it took some priming from the first viewing. Maybe the original shorter version plays better. Maybe Kramer vs. Kramer was crazily important in 1980 (I've seen it; it's great). But today, considering Apocalypse Now anything but the best film of 1979, let alone one of the best ever made, is downright heretical.
It seems like the rule goes accordingly: awards bodies like the Academy tend to reward movies that everybody likes very much rather than movies that many love deeply but others have issues with. Work that is too controversial will sometimes garner a nomination but the press that would accompany a winner like Zero Dark Thirty would reflect too poorly on the Oscar reputation. What they don't realize is that while trying to protect their status as a reputable, wholesome organization, they're simultaneously solidifying opinions that insist the group is historically irrelevant, rewards the safe over the ballsy, and prefers populist fluff rather than enduring pieces of truly fine art. Granted, it's nearly impossible to determine what movies will have staying power, but it's usually safe to assume that films that take real risks ultimately influence future work more than stuff that plays off the usual conventions of their period, because those eventually fade away. I think the numerous movies that have gone unappreciated by the Academy and other recognition bodies of their era prove this.
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Rooms: DH and I had room 10230 an Aft facing balcony. Loved the balcony, room was pretty standard. Room steward wasn't very visible at first but became more helpful. He added a memory foam topper to our bed which helped it out a lot. Nice linens. Others in our group had inside & ocean view staterooms and a mini-suite.
Food: Cagney's and LeBistro very good! MDRs mostly just average with a few highlights. Lobster first night was good for a cruise, not overcooked. Souffle on last night was very good. Mahi mahi not good, also some of the ribeyes! In the future we would just plan on another night in a specialty restaurant. Very good sushi. Ate in the Market Cafe for several breakfasts, very good considering the cafeteria style.
Restaurant service: Mostly very good in Versailles, Cagney's, LeBistro. With our group we were unable to get reservations in Versailles later in the week, which was disappointing. Our second night in Aqua the service was horrible. Very slow (an hour from when we finished the meal and dessert!) and disjointed. The maitre De seemed to be searching for the waiter several times. At the end of the meal I complained to the maitre De. We received a call in our stateroom to resolve the issue. From them on we had the same table each night and one night we got complimentary wine and soda. The waiters were much better! All the staff took very good care on the kids as well as one of us who had special diet issues.
Photo: Very helpful people in this department. Sarah and Darwin gave excellent service. Took a lot of care in dealing with our large group. Photos came out very nice.
Entertainment: Sharkbait very good as well as the show "Band on the Run". Elements was good but didn't live up to the hype. Didn't really find great music on the ship.
Pool: Very small and the water slides were described as lame. Some in our group really enjoyed the hot tubs.
Ship: Lay out of the ship isn't very smooth. Lots of dead ends, having to go up or down and around to get to things. Did not like walking through Market Cafe to get to the pool from our aft location. Not a good layout with in Market Cafe either. Strange that some areas seemed new and well cared for and others showed a lot of wear.


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Futures higher on strong Chinese services data
Optimism was boosted by better than expected data out of China, but investors await the private sector jobs report.
U.S. equity futures rallied in early premarket trade following stronger than expected data on China's services sector.
The official non-manufacturing PMI in China rose to 55.6 in March from 54.5 in February and the HSBC China non-manufacturing PMI rose to 54.3 in March from 52.1 in February. All in all, better data out of China is creating a slight risk-on environment in equities.
In other news, the Bank of Japan began its first policy meeting under its new leadership, and Governor Kuroda is expected to launch new rounds of easing. Policy choices include abolishing the bank note rule, combining the asset purchase programs, and purchasing longer-dated Japanese Government Bonds in its programs.
Eurozone inflation slowed to 1.7% in March from 1.8% in February and was in line with expectations. The cooling inflation does give the European Central Bank room to ease tomorrow should it want to do so.
Reserve Bank of Australia chief Clenn Stevens was appointed to an additional three-year term at the bank following his successful time in his previous term.
S&P 500 futures rose 2.7 points to 1,567.10.
The EUR/USD was slightly higher at 1.2831.
Spanish 10-year government bond yields fell to 4.9% from 4.94%.
Italian 10-year government bond yields fell to 4.59% from 4.62%.
Gold fell 0.53% to $1,570.30 per ounce.
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Asian shares were mixed overnight as Japanese shares popped on hopes of additional easing coming from the BoJ meeting. The Japanese Nikkei Index rose 2.99% and the Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.11% while the Hang Send Index fell 0.14%. Also, the Korean Kospi fell 0.15% and Australian shares declined 0.56%.
European markets
European shares were mostly lower in early trade following the inflation data that showed a continued slowdown in the economy. The Spanish Ibex Index declined 0.38% and the Italian FTSE MIB Index fell 0.54%. Meanwhile, the German DAX declined 0.13% and the French CAC slipped 0.38% while U.K. shares fell 0.31%.
Commodities were significantly lower across the board overnight after Credit Suisse issued a note slashing its price forecasts for nearly all commodities on supply factors. WTI crude futures slipped 0.39% to $96.90 per barrel and Brent crude futures declined 0.43% to $110.29 per barrel. Copper futures slid 0.44% to $336.05 per pound. Gold was lower and silver futures dropped 0.73% to $27.10 per ounce.
Currency markets were rather quiet overnight once again as the yen resumed its sell-off and the Australian dollar continued to strengthen. The EUR/USD was slightly higher at 1.2831 and the dollar rose against the yen to 93.62. Overall, the Dollar Index slipped 0.02% on weakness against the euro, the pound, the Canadian dollar, and the Swiss franc. The Australian dollar was also notably strong in overnight trade, rising 0.25% against the greenback to 1.0476 and 0.43% to 98.0580 against the yen.
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Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF) shares rose 1.21% premarket after analysts at J.P. Morgan released a note on the company indicating that the stock price could double in the next year. They rate CLF "outperform."
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Hey guys I'm stuff between these Bose headphones which I know Bose always does a great job at and the new Untangleble beats by Dre headphones. The white one with controls to be exact. Has anyone owned both, how do they compare and which one is better in sound and quality?
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I have tried my friends "Diddy Beats" in-ear headphones and they sound pretty good, my 2 major gripes with them though is that the tips are very uncomfortable after 20 minutes of use and the bass in the beats headphones are very overwhealming, it almost drowns out everything in too much bass.
The Bose headphones do a fantastic job at keeping both the treble and bass in perfect balance and the tips are made of cushony silicon so you can keep them in your ears for hours and they will continue to be comfortable..
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Hi I recently bought the black dr dre's and to be honest was quite disappointed so I returned them to the shop and got a refund after sampling the Bose headphones in the Bose shop. I found the dr dre's very uncomfortable in the ear and could not find an ear tip to fit in my ear (maybe just a personal experience), however the sound quality was excellent and precise. When trying the headphones at Bose they were great - comfortable, great balanced sound. I would go as far to say they were better sounding than the dr dre's. However, they are not noise isolating so there will be some background noise. I was extremely impressed and am going out to purchase the Bose headphones tomorrow! Also- they are £20 cheaper!
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with 300-foot elevation gain; Season: March-May
The California poppy blooms on many a grassy slope in the Southland, but only in the Antelope Valley does the showy flower blanket whole hillsides in such brilliant orange sheets. Surely the finest concentration of California's state flower (during a good wildflower year) is preserved at the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve in the Mojave Desert west of Lancaster.
The poppy is the star of the flower show, which includes a supporting cast of fiddlenecks, cream cups, tidy tips and gold fields. March through Memorial Day is the time to saunter through this wondrous display of desert wildflowers.
The poppy has always been recognized as something special. Early Spanish Californians called it Dormidera, "the drowsy one," because the petals curl up at night. They fashioned a hair tonic/restorer by frying the blossoms in olive oil and adding perfume.
At the reserve, you can pick up a map at the Jane S. Pinheiro Interpretive Center, named for the painter who was instrumental in setting aside an area where California's state flower could be preserved for future generations to admire. Some of Pinheiro's watercolors are on display in the center, which also has wildflower interpretive displays and a slide show.
Antelope Loop Trail - Seven miles of trails crisscross over and around the hills on the 1,760 acre reserve. Some trails are gentle slopes, but many have slow climbs and descents. Check with park staff for the best hike for your abilities.
Directions to trailhead: From the Antelope Valley Freeway (California 14) in Lancaster, exit on Avenue I and drive west 15 miles. Avenue I becomes Lancaster Road a few miles before the Poppy Reserve. The reserve (day use fee) is open Sunrise to Sunset daily.
Spring wildflower displays are always unpredictable. To check on what's blooming where, call the Wildflower Hotline at (661) 724-1180 before making the trip.
The hike: Begin on the signed Lightening Bolt Trail to the left of the visitor center. The trail passes through an orange sea of poppies and fiddlenecks, then there is a steep slow climb to Kitanemuk Vista Point, 0.75 mile from the visitor center. Atop Vista Point are those flowery symbols of faithfulness and friendship, forget-me-nots, and an unforgettable view of the Mojave Desert and the snow-covered Tehachapis.
After enjoying the view, continue on to Antelope Butte Vista Point, where another lookout offers fine desert panoramas. From here, join the south loop of the Antelope Loop Trail and return to the visitor center.
However at the Antelope Vista Point end, there are two grades that are very steep, and not recommend to anyone but the most experienced hikers.
After you've circled the "upper west side" of the Poppy Reserve, you may wish to extend your hike by joining the Poppy Loop Trail and exploring the "lower east side." Which is our most popular because it's gentle most of the way with only a couple moderate grades, and has a nice display of poppies.
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No injuries were reported, and refinery officials spoke to several vehicle owners about having their cars cleaned. The exact number of vehicles affected wasn't immediately known.
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Every so often, we interview one person from the SFF field. We ask them four questions, and we're lucky enough to receive four answers back. Four questions for you (4Q4U) begins now:
4Q4U #1, October 2012: Cat Rambo
This month, we've asked Cat Rambo, who's just published an excellent collection of short fiction with Hydra House called Near + Far, to answer some questions for us. Cat Rambo is a first-class writer, editor, and workshop facilitator, specializing in workshops focused on SFF writing, editing, flash fiction, and promotion. A list of her current workshops are here. Take a look and take a class!
Now, on to the questions:
1: In the afternotes for 'Memories of Moments, Bright as Falling Stars' from your new collection Near + Far, you wrote, 'It drives me a little nuts when speculative fiction doesn't acknowledge issues of class.' How and why do issues of class influence your writing and reading of speculative fiction?
As far as writing goes, class is something that needs to be taken into account whenever you're writing about humans. I can imagine aliens having a classless – or more likely, a differently classed – society but even in writing that, you're choosing to think about class, really. What really bugs me in speculative fiction is when writers don't question their assumptions, the things they learned as kids which are as likely to be wildly off as they are to be accurate or when they don't take it into account when positing the convulsions of the future.
2: In the wake of this year's Readercon, the SFF community has embarked on a conversation about harassment, with a large part of that conversation focusing on how to respond to harassment and how to stop it. In your view, what can or should the community (from SMOFs to fans to editors to con organizers to writers) do to confront this problem?
I think one of the best ways to discourage it is to encourage those being harassed to speak up, and not to try to silence that speech, even with well-intentioned excuses. For men – and certainly there are many of you who don't do this – don't discount what women say about someone just because you haven't felt it yourself. Women usually have radar much more tuned to this than men. Support us if we try to move away from someone or pull back from an interaction with them, even if it seems like we're being rude.
3: You have a well-deserved place on the World Fantasy Award ballot for your work editing and managing Fantasy. What aspects of being an editor do you enjoy and why? What's difficult about the job that non-editors might not realize?
That's very kind of you. I am very excited about going to WFC this year. But onto the question! I really love taking prose and giving it that final polish that rubs off all the excess words and makes it shine. I also loved finding new writers as well as getting a chance to encourage some to keep going. I still run into people at conventions who tell me how encouragingly I rejected them and that makes me feel good.
What's difficult? It's hard saying no to people who are earnest and talented and just not quite there yet. It's also hard to comprehend the sheer amount of material a magazine is wading through. Towards the last days of my time with Fantasy, we were getting 550-600 submissions a month.
4: [From one of Kazka's readers] What is the best piece of advice anyone has given you about establishing a writing career?
Syne Mitchell told my Clarion West class, "Try all sorts of things, find out what works for you, and then do that lots." I think that's brilliant. You have to pay attention to your own process, find out when you're most productive, and then defend that time with tooth and nail if you have to. Find the places, the circumstances, the scented candles or other little rituals that get you in the groove, and then exploit them. Don't waste time trying to explain or defend them. If they work for you, they work, whether it's writing with pen and paper in a Denny's booth every 2 – 4 am or locked in a soundproofed room with Bach blasting in the background. Find your groove and ride it.


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Capitol View Commentary: Friday, September 17, 2010
By Pat Nolan, Senior Vice President, DVL Public Relations & Advertising
September 17, 2010
It was a significant and historic night last Tuesday (September 14) in Cookeville.
That's when, for the first time outside one of our major cities, the two candidates for governor of Tennessee met on the same stage for a statewide television debate and town hall forum. It was also the first time these two had ever squared off alone in a debate forum and the first such debate for them as a part of the general election campaign.
The program got a very good rating according to Channel 5 (9.5), and the station did a great job producing the show. But I doubt it made much difference in the race. The decided underdog, Jackson businessman Mike McWherter, tried to go on the attack against GOP front runner Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam, but it didn't seem to work.
While McWherter has definitely improved his campaign speaking skills, his attacks seem to come across to me as "warmed-over Wamp." That is the same issues Congressman Zach Wamp raised against Haslam in the primary and which didn't seem to work then either (since Haslam got nearly 50% of the vote against the Congressman and Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey). In fact, Haslam counter-punched effectively several times back at McWherter in responding to his questions and barbs.
There had been some who expected McWherter to try and go into some new directions during the debate to raise doubts about Haslam, including the Mayor's comments made during a Nashville Rotary Club speech on September 13. That's when Haslam seemed to position himself as being ready to be a "dashboard governor", a chief executive who would daily keep a dashboard of statistics and studies at the ready on his desk to monitor daily on how the state is doing in key areas like education and economic development. It is a model that many businesses try to use, including apparently Haslam's own family business, Pilot Oil.
As you might expect, this was a theme that seemed to go over well with the largely business audience at the Rotary. But at least one questioner raised doubts about the accuracy and timeliness of much of data the state generates and the media peppered Haslam with questions afterwards, asking for more specifics about what goals a Governor Haslam would try to achieve on his dashboard, which the GOP candidate declined repeatedly to do.
So why didn't McWherter see an opportunity here? Why did he just let it go? Why not talk about how sometimes when you watch the dashboard in your car (the state) you can only see where you've been and maybe not where you are or where you are going, especially if the data is outdated or flawed. For that, it takes leadership to be looking not only at your dashboard, but looking at the road that lies ahead, and so you can tell when to make turns, to speed up or slow down or make other course corrections.
Another sign of how this governor's race is going can also be seen on TV. Haslam has begun two new TV ads while McWherter seemed to have been off the air (or running at much lower levels) since his first and only round of ads right before and after the primary. Does he have enough money to stay on the air?
And what about the Bill Clinton rally here in Nashville? Did he attract the thousands reported by the McWherter campaign or just the few hundred reported by the media? And did Clinton leave any lasting impacts, like agreeing to do a TV ad for McWherter later on?
The two new Haslam ads are quite interesting. One is a reprise of his ongoing "halo" spots where the candidate, showcased in a very tight face shot, tells voters how strongly he opposes a state income tax. This is a defensive position for any candidate in Tennessee. If you want to be elected in this state, you must oppose any income tax for Tennessee.
The second Haslam ad goes more on the offensive. It's another in a series of ads that the campaign has done which feature average citizens who know and endorse Bill Haslam. This latest one features a black woman who appears to be a band director at a high school in Knoxville. She talks about how supportive the mayor has been and uses some ethnic expressions to show how much she likes and supports the GOP candidate ("The brother is real," she says, for example).
It's an ad that might not work as well during the primary season (because there are fewer minorities in the GOP), but in the general election this spot appears to be an outreach by Haslam to go after another potential strength of the McWherter campaign and the Democratic base, much like Haslam did in his first round of general election ads trying to align himself as a "strong leader" by comparing himself with McWherter's two strongest supporters, current Governor Phil Bredesen and former Governor Ned McWherter, Mike's father.
About the only problem the Haslam team has faced in recent days has been some damage control after the University of Tennessee men's basketball coach Bruce Pearl, who strongly endorsed and campaigned for Haslam during the primary, became embroiled in a scandal for lying to the NCAA about potential rules violations. UT agreed to cut Pearl's pay by several million dollars because of the incident, while the men's basketball program remains under investigation (along with the football program).
For now, Pearl still has his job, and Haslam has not asked him to rescind his endorsement, for whatever it is still worth.
The 2010 primary season is over. And while the results of the final contests seem to only reinforce the trends that have been developing throughout the year (throw the bums out, all of them!), the defeat by a Tea Party candidate of Delaware's longtime Republican congressman who was running for the U.S. Senate, seems to have an impact nationally much larger than the size or normal political influence of this small state.
Now the pundits are claiming the Tea Party candidate can't possibly win against the Democrats this fall, and so the Democrats will likely keep narrow control of the upper chamber next year. Maybe, but many of these same pundits were saying just a few weeks ago that there was no way the Tea Party candidate could win the primary, but she did. So maybe it's still a little early to predict what is going happen in Delaware or across the country this fall.
What is certain is that the Tea Party remains both the best thing and the worst thing that has happened to the GOP since the 2008 election cycle. It's the best thing because it has re-energized the party and in particular its base. It's been the worst thing because in their zest to change things that has also included many establishment GOP leaders who didn't seem to be Republican-enough (RINO). But has it opened up an opportunity for the Democrats to win some races they otherwise seemed destined to lose because the GOP/Tea Party-backed nominees are so far right now, they can't win the general election. Not only Democrats, but a lot of Republican are beginning to think and say that. I had two different, long- time Tennessee GOP leaders come up to me at a recent civic gathering here in Nashville and ask me: "So what 's so wrong with being a moderate?"
Good question and one that may decide several elections come November, although probably not so much here in Tennessee, where we appear to be a state, as former Senator Howard Baker put it some years ago, full of "raging moderates." We have had more than our share of Tea Party events and rallies here. It just has not translated to the races and the candidates who are on the ballot here for the GOP as it has in several other states.
This continuing voter anger also translates into problems for the Democrats. Here are two examples:
The first one involves 6th District Democratic Congressional candidate Brett Carter. He has become so concerned about being tied to controversial House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, he has now taken the extraordinary step of asking her to step down from her post. Many Democratic candidates are trying to distance themselves from her as much as they can (saying things such as "I won't commit to vote for her next term"), but few, if any, have gone so far as to ask her to resign her leadership.
But Carter's efforts to avoid voter anger are just making some Democrats in his own party mad. I know of at least one major labor group which is furious about what Carter has said and it might just hurt him in the campaign pocketbook!
Then here's a second example. It involves Nashville Democratic congressman Jim Cooper. This is normally a very safe Democratic seat. No incumbent has lost re-election since 1962. But Cooper's campaign signs (the first he has sent out in large numbers since his first election) only contain his name. No words like "Democrat", or "Re-Elect" or any mention of "Congress."
Is that any indication of how it's every candidate for himself or herself out there this election cycle? I think so.
One more note about Congressman Cooper. He is still considered the favorite to win and he will soon begin TV ads I understand.
Cooper had very good TV when he first ran, featuring his young children. They've gotten older now, so he may need some new stars for his talent. But the fact that Cooper feels the need to do TV is again a sign how, even in the most-blue or red of districts, no incumbent seems to feel very safe this fall.
Maybe that's why when Congress recently returned to Washington, they actually seemed to start doing a few things to get something done. For us in Tennessee, that meant a long overdue confirmation to fill a vacant judgeship and to confirm some long pending appointments to the TVA Board which has been operating with well less than a full roster for some time. But don't fret there are still plenty of issues left for our leaders to fuss about and deadlock on between now and the election.
Mayor Karl Dean is my guest this weekend on INSIDE POLITICS (September 17-19).
I teased him before we went on the air about how he felt being "Nashville's real estate developer-in-chief" with all the capital developments he is proposing these days.
It is an amazing and extensive collection of projects that will impact all parts of the city. That includes along with the ongoing development of the new convention center and its hotel: buying and/or leasing Hickory Hollow Mall and the old Peterbilt Plant, new roads, fire halls, libraries, parks, community centers, along with a new DNA lab and new police precincts. This is not a new role for a Nashville mayor (I made a living covering all the development projects Mayor Fulton did back in the 1970s and 1980s) but this may be the longest and most expensive list of projects I've ever seen.
We talk about how we can afford all this, and why it is good thing for Nashville. We also talk a lot about projects not yet in the funding phase. That includes the redevelopment of the old State Fairgrounds (although the mayor is ready to fund a park on part of the property). What about the rest of the acreage? Will it go to Vanderbilt or HCA as rumored? The Mayor says he hasn't decided a process on that just yet. What about the State Fair, now in its final days at the current Fairgrounds? Does it have any future in Nashville?
Then there is also the Sounds downtown baseball stadium. They still want to go to the old Thermal property on the riverfront, but the Mayor now wants that for a amphitheatre which is being strongly pushed I understand by prominent Nashville business leader and philanthropist Martha Ingram and the Nashville Symphony. How that will be funded and who will operate that facility? The Mayor says that has not been determined as yet.
As for baseball, the Mayor says he is not interested in putting both the ballpark and the amphitheatre together even though the Sounds think it will work and are ready to pay for the design work for it. The Mayor think the baseball park needs to go to the Jefferson Street/Bicentennial Mall area in North Nashville where historic Sulphur Dell ball park used to be many years ago.
But some find that choice odd because the Dell site includes, and is surrounded by, parking lots owned by the state. Why put it there instead of downtown where it can support and increase existing developments the way the convention will do?
Mayor Dean says he thinks the baseball park will work well there although he does not seem to be in any hurry to approach the state on the matter, even with the Bredesen administration thought to be supportive, about to leave office. It seems the city may have some time it can wait. The Sounds just signed a new two year agreement with the Milwaukee Brewers to keep a team here even though they will continue to play in an increasingly aging and outdated Greer Stadium.
Watch our show. It is a jam packed half-hour of very interesting conversation, especially if you are interested in the future development of Nashville. As usual, we are on NEWSCHANNEL5 PLUS, Comcast & Charter Cable Channels 250, as well as Channel 5's over-the-air digital channel 5.2. We air at 7:00 p.m. Friday (September 17), Saturday (September 18 at 5:00 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. and Sunday (September 19) at 5:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
Upon further review (especially legally) Governor Phil Bredesen admits he did not follow state law in recent years in the way he made appointments to the Tennessee Board of Regents which governs all of Tennessee's higher education institutions outside the UT system.
There are apparently state laws, even though never enforced, that require Regents appointees to be confirmed by the General Assembly and that the board's composition reflect the political makeup of the Legislature, Republicans versus Democrats.
All this has arisen because of the ongoing controversy, especially among GOP lawmakers, over the selection of John Morgan, the current Deputy Governor, to be the next Chancellor of the Regents Board. There may still be harsh words coming if lawmakers hold hearings later this fall about the matter.
At first the Governor said he found questions from reporters about this matter "offensive," Now he says according to an article by Tom Humphrey of THE KNOXVILLE NEWS SENTINEL (September 13) that he is "resigned to having his image tarnished in the waning days of his administration…if they want to give me a hard time, fine. I'm a big boy."
The Governor says what he wants to focus on is keeping his plan for higher education reform intact. But even though that was approved by lawmakers by an overwhelming majorities back in January, now it appears a real political blood bath is coming as schools and lawmakers fight over who keeps or gets ongoing programs at various schools, which may be moved because the criteria for state funding is now to be based on graduation rates, not enrollment. This fight over Regents appointments and how its new Chancellor was chosen is likely to only complicate that fight in some ways.
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What are systemic corticosteroids and how do they work?
Corticosteroids are steroid hormones that are either produced by the body or are man-made.
Systemic corticosteroids refer to corticosteroids that are given orally or by injection and distribute throughout the body. It does not include corticosteroids used in the eyes, ears, or nose, on the skin or that are inhaled, although small amounts of these corticosteroids can be absorbed into the body.
Naturally occurring corticosteroids, hydrocortisone (Cortef) and cortisone, are produced by the outer portion of the adrenal gland known as the cortex (hence the name, corticosteroid). Corticosteroids are classified as either:
Synthetic corticosteroids mimic the actions of naturally occurring corticosteroids and may be used to replace corticosteroids in people with adrenal glands that are unable to produce adequate amounts of corticosteroids, however, they more often are used in higher-than-replacement doses to treat diseases of immunity, inflammation or salt and water balance.
Examples of synthetic corticosteroids include:
Some glucocorticoids also in addition to their anti-inflammatory actions have salt retaining properties but they are used mostly for their anti-inflammatory effects. Fludrocortisone (Florinef), a synthetic mineralocorticoid has strong salt retaining effects with significant anti-inflammatory actions, and is used mostly for it's salt retaining capabilities.
What are some examples of systemic (oral and injectable) corticosteroids?
The following is a list of the systemic (oral and injectable) corticosteroids that are available in the United States:
For what conditions are systemic corticosteroids used?
Corticosteroids belonging to the glucocorticoid class influence the body system in several ways, but they are used mostly for their strong anti-inflammatory effects and in conditions that are related to the immune system function such as:
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