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Questions surround fatal shooting of Manchester manBy DOUG ALDEN
New Hampshire Union Leader
December 28. 2012 9:01PM
The New Hampshire Attorney General's office confirmed Friday that Daniel Langlois died Thursday night at Elliot Hospital. He had been shot once in the head around 3 a.m. Thursday near the corner of Nashua and Jane streets, where he had collided with a parked car.
Neighbors who heard the crash told police they saw at least two people get in a third vehicle that fled the scene before officers arrived. Some also reported they believed they heard gunshots.
"All the circumstances are still under investigation," said Jeffrey Strelzin, senior assistant attorney general for the homicide unit.
Strelzin would not comment on witness reports that a man who was a passenger in the SUV was at the scene as officers cordoned off the area and was overheard saying his friend had been shot.
Langlois was behind the wheel when the Toyota SUV collided with a small sedan that was parked on the street, leaving both vehicles back-to-back in the middle of Jane Street. Strelzin said it was not clear yet whether Langlois was wounded before or after the collision.
"We can't tell the exact timing," Strelzin said Friday afternoon. "As far as exactly where, we just don't have those details."
Strelzin said investigators believe an earlier incident at another location led to the shooting at the intersection just south of Bridge Street, but would not elaborate. He also declined comment when asked whether Langlois was being chased when the shooting occurred. Officers initially thought it was a hit-and-run accident before finding Langlois and speaking to neighbors.
Police on Thursday were reviewing surveillance video Thursday that showed the entrance of a club on Auburn Street, but would not disclose whether that was where investigators believed the incident that led to the shooting began.
"The Manchester Police Department is running that down," he said.
Strelzin said no further details would be released Friday because the investigation was ongoing.
Relatives said Langlois, who lived in Manchester, had a 3-year-old daughter and another child on the way.

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Murder charge expected against Phillip Byrd of Janesville in Mazomanie woman's death
MADISON--A murder charge was expected to be filed Thursday against a Janesville man suspected in the February gun slaying of a Mazomanie woman, authorities said.
The Dane County District Attorney's Office on Thursday will file a criminal complaint charging Phillip Byrd, 39, Janesville, with first-degree intentional homicide in the Feb. 23 shooting that killed 43-year-old Mazomanie resident Cheryl Gilberg, according to the Dane County Sheriff's Office.
Dane County Sheriff David Mahoney said at a news conference Wednesday that Byrd is a former Gilberg boyfriend.
Byrd was named the prime suspect in the killing last month and has been in Rock County Jail since Feb. 24 on unrelated charges, including possession of anabolic steroids. He also had prescription drugs authorities said belonged to Gilberg.
Investigators still are looking for a partially pink .38 caliber revolver, a Charter Arms Pink Lady Undercover Lite, according to a news release. The weapon may have been used in the killing.
The gun is one of a number of "items" missing from Gilberg's home, police said earlier.
Byrd was a person detectives wanted to speak with early in the investigation because he was identified as a past boyfriend of the victim, according to the news release. Dane County detectives conducted several interviews with Byrd at the Rock County Jail, and he soon became as the primary suspect.
Byrd is a 1992 graduate of Janesville Parker High School. He wrestled in high school and later at UW-Whitewater.
Byrd has been held on Rock County warrants for charges filed in 2011 for failing to pay child support and for third-offense drunken driving, police said.
He also was arrested on new drug-possession charges.
Byrd was arrested Feb. 24 in a residence at the Woodland Heights mobile home park in Janesville. A search of a bedroom at the residence turned up bottles of medication prescribed to Byrd and a prescription bottle of amphetamine prescribed to Cheryl Gilberg, according to a criminal complaint.
Also found in the room were several bottles of testosterone, syringes and 50 tablets of anadroxyl/oxymetholone, which is a synthetic anabolic steroid and a federally controlled substance.
-- The Associated Press contributed to this report


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Thumbs down to hazards for Harmony School students. As parents do at many elementary schools, lots of Harmony parents drop off and pick up their kids, and area streets aren't conducive to easy access. Granted, it doesn't help that the Milton School District reduced busing for Harmony in recent years to save money. It likewise doesn't help parents that the school is on Rotamer Road, which doesn't allow parking. It's understandable that the school roped off its C-shaped drive to keep parents from jamming the fire lane. Still, parents need to consistently use common sense, courtesy and obey traffic and parking laws before a child gets hurt. No driver, for example, should block a crosswalk or someone's driveway or—worse yet—steer across the schoolyard. Perhaps officials from the district, the city of Janesville and the adjacent town of Harmony could hold a joint meeting with parents in the gym to discuss the dangers and possible solutions to this daily traffic jam and fraying of nerves.
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Thumbs down to those who resort to "revenge porn." Wednesday's Gazette story, about a failed relationship in which the man "got even" by posting nude pictures of his former girlfriend on Facebook, should serve as a cautionary tale for all in this era of taking and spreading risqu� photos of partners. While it's not domestic violence, it is manipulative, controlling behavior and emotional abuse. Still, the man who posted pictures of this Janesville woman broke no law because they were taken with consent of willing partners. Sure, Facebook removed them within an hour, but by then the former couple's acquaintances had plenty of time to leer and post hurtful comments. The woman could file a civil suit, but then the onus is on her to prove damages. State lawmakers might be advised to catch up with this era of social media and enact a law—similar to ones in two other states—that prohibits unauthorized distribution of such images.
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There is no HIV?? But there is AIDS??
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There is no HIV?? But there is AIDS??
I read an article that was brought to me by my cousin. It was stated there that HIV is the virus that is calculated by its behavior but has never been photographed nor physically spotted in any other way.
Here is a brief summary of that article transladed by me from Russian. (sorry for my mistakes if there are any)
"Immunodeficiency virus has never been found. Given that no one denies that AIDS has been known for more than 40 years, it causes the most serious diseases: from pneumonia to tuberculosis, etc.) However, the hypothesis that the disease is responsible for the spread of HIV is not scientifically confirmed.
This implies another interesting consequence. As you know, in order to make a diagnostic test for a virus you need a protein extracted from a particular virus. But if there is no virus, there is no protein and its derivatives. All existing tests for HIV are not performed in this manner, they do not diagnose the virus itself, but merely trying to guess the existence of immunodeficiency itself but that is not the same thing. Accordingly, the test gives a positive result in all cases with a sharp decline in immunity."
I was wondering if there are any ideas???
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Medical diagnostics of HIV relies on detection of the viral proteins as well as nucleic acids (here RNA), so that alone should pretty clearly indicate that there is a virus and that it has been identified. Also, detecting specific antibodies in the patient's blood gives indirect evidence of the virus.
Furthermore, multiple electron microscope images of HIV exist, pick your favourite microbiology textbook or some reliable (university/research centre) microbiology web site and have a look.
HIV or its fragments can be isolated from AIDS positive patients, and HIV positive persons almost invariably develop AIDS at some stage, although proper medication can delay that for decades. People suffering from AIDS can infect other people, who then become HIV positive and later develop AIDS.
There is nothing in HIV that would make it so special that it couldn't be diagnosed or visualised in a similar way many other viruses are. There is a lot of more evidence of HIV and its relationship to AIDS than there is for many other viruses and their respective diseases.
To be honest, I don't know what the hell the author of that "article" is trying to say or achieve, but sounds like they're either completely clueless or try deliberately confuse people who do not know much about the given disease...
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Well, just crossed my mind... from what year that article was? I mean, if it's 2008 or so then it's just bullshit. But if it's like 1986 or something this is a completely another story
There's an article with pretty much similar claims (mostly referring to articles from -97 to -99 or so):
There's a lot of room for nitpicking here: certain people claim that HIV hasn't been "found" if the whole viral particles can only be found from cell/virus cultures and not from the blood of the patients. I'm not sure why they insist on isolating complete viral particles from the blood in the first place, since viral proteins & nucleic acids pretty clearly indicate the existence of the virus. Furthermore, the virus can be readily isolated from the white blood cells where it replicates. For most of the time during the infection, the amount of the actual virus in the plasma is small, but it does exist in the plasma and can be detected from there.
Maybe the tests 10-15 years ago indeed were as poor as claimed in this article, but I can assure you that for example my colleagues do HIV testing almost daily in the building next to me, and their systems are extremely reliable in detecting the presence of the virus itself, as well as its direct link to AIDS.
Although you shouldn't blindly believe in anything, you should still consider what are the odds if 1 scientist claims that there is no HI virus and the tests target something completely different, and then there are 9999 scientists who have carefully studied the virus and its diagnostics for decades and agree that the current tests reliably do what they are said to do.
If you have any doubts, I suggest you read e.g. Janeway's Immunobiology (7th edition, 2008) by Murphy, Travers & Walport and read the chapter concerning HIV. It's very comprehensive and well-written, and pretty damn clearly explains the existence of the virus (even with pictures of the virus itself )
Yes i agree!! But still... which are the chances of a wrong "HIV positive diagnosis" by the "indirect evidence". Other viruses might have viral proteins, nucleic acids and RNA. I still did not share the idea of this article from the first place but today i found this link from a different forum. So, this article was written by AIDS dinialists and here is a source from wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDS_denialism
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Well, it seems every broadly accepted theories have people who doubt them, be it AIDS, evolution, vaccination safety or whatever. To a certain degree this is good, because the fact that a lot of people believe in something does not guarantee that something is so. After all, everybody thought the Earth was flat less than a millennium ago. Or as a more recent example, only a few decades ago any scientist or physician who would have claimed that gastric ulcers were caused by bacteria would have been laughed at and even endangered their career, until one Barry Marshall actually ate a culture of Helicobacter pylori in order to prove the sceptics that it were bacteria, not stress or spicy food that actually caused the ulcers.
This being said, whilst certain amount of scepticism is okay, refusing to look at an overwhelming amount of scientific facts isn't okay, it is stupid. Wrong negative HIV test results may happen in certain very rare cases, and even these are usually double checked. False positive results with modern diagnostics are RARE, I dare to say that with up to date equipment and kits they do not happen, unless someone mixes up the samples. Without going too much into details of today's HIV diagnostics, I can assure you that even though all viruses contain viral proteins and nucleic acids, the modern tests can reliably pick out the HIV specific ones - just like in any other similar viral diagnostic procedure.
I think even the introductory part of that Wiki article quite well states that the group of AIDS denialists base their shaky theories on outdated data and refuse to accept an overwhelming amount of scientific evidence. Some people just stick to their weird ideas no matter what you say or how you try to convince them.
Rest assured, my friend, HIV does exist, the strains of that virus are the causative agent of a condition called AIDS, and it can be reliably and specifically identified with routine laboratory diagnostics. The virus can also be cultured, or with some more sophisticated methods it can be isolated from the white blood cells, lymphatic tissue or even from the plasma.
Ironically, I'm in the process of editing that very Wiki article for it's amazing amount of inconsistencies and sometimes downright wrong/deceitful portrayl of the facts. I am really saddened to see how little is really known about HIV right back to it's supposed origins.
I'm not going to do a massive history lesson, but suffice it to say a lot of the "science" around HIV has been guess work or assumptions. While some believe that HIV doesn't exist, most HIV DISSIDENTS believe either it alone cannot cause AIDS (i.e. a co-factor is required or it is useless, such as it's actual founder, Luc Montagnier, believes), or that HIV exists, but cannot create AIDS no matter how you cut it. You'll find a considerable amount of the HIV defenders themselves try to cite original, "outdated" data that has now been proven to be corrupted by Gallo and rewritten to suit a very specific agenda. In fact one line scribbled out by Gallo specifically stated that, "Despite intensive research efforts, the causative agent of AIDS has not yet been identified." Source: http://www.fearoftheinvisible.com/ Even if you believe that the original studies were pure, when Gallo was called to trial in an Australian court he admitted that only 40% of the original AIDS patients he studied had HIV.
When HAART drugs were introduced into the market in the early 90s their effectiveness at "saving lives" convinced several dissidents to jump on the HIV=AIDS bandwagon, BUT when you look at a few other interesting circumstances you see how useless/dangerous the drugs really are. First, why the decrease in deaths when HAART began? Well in 1993 the CDC changed the definition of AIDS patients to allow perfectly healthy, symptom free HIV+ people to be diagnosed with AIDS if their CD4 cells dropped below a certian level. Because this can happen naturally, changes throughout the day, and has been shown to be a useless diagnosis of immunity, more healthy people than ever were being given drugs for which there was no cause. Of course there weren't as many AIDS patients dying when the definition of the disease just changed. The LATEST figures from any government/scientific census show that the leading cause of death among "AIDS" patients is kidney/liver failure/disease. Unfortunately, those aren't the result of any of the opprotunistic infections that can afflict an AIDS patient-- those are the side effects of the drugs the AIDS patient is taking.
"If HIV doesn't exist then how is it destroying Africa?!" It isn't. South Africa's own government acknowledges that HIV/AIDS amounts for ONE percent of all mortalities in the country (I know Africa is more than just South Africa, but it's just one example). source: http://www.statssa.gov.za/publications/ ... P03093.pdf
I'm not saying there isn't evidence to support the HIV/AIDS theory, because there is. However, to be scientific and objective you have to look at the many holes in the theory AND the support of evidence for the HIV=Harmless side as well, which the orthodox is blindly ignoring (with the exception of the Semmelweis Society who awarded Prof. Duesberg <the scientist most outspoken against HIV=AIDS> with the prestigious "clean hands" award). This is just the tip of the iceberg for the case against HIV, but that alone will hopefully make some people think.
Probably any new theory in today's science, when it's first published, has its flaws and there may even be plain mistakes on the way as well. I don't think citing some old work from Gallo or other early HIV researchers really helps anything - there is a lot of recent data with more solid basis because of all the independent data gathered since. Whether HAART treatment is the right choice for HIV patients is a whole different story. I'm pretty sure that everybody who has had anything to do with that treatment knows that it causes a lot of side effects and problems, and many patients stop taking their medication because of that. This being said, I've seen pretty solid figures about the HAART 's effect on the progress of the disease, and in most cases it can give years, even decades for the patients.
And what comes to South Africa and it's government: they have a long tradition of giving out misleading data as well as misleading information on their HIV/AIDS situation, so I'm not sure if their reports are worth that much. Their current government claims the times have changed, but much of the data under that url is from -97 onwards, so who knows how correct it is. And even if it was correct, AIDS accounting for 1% of deaths is a lot for any country, even though I know many African countries have much worse AIDS situation than South Africa.
I also admit that there are things we don't know about HIV yet, and the treatments are new as well. So yes there is certainly lot to improve in HAART, but I don't think the drawbacks in it are nearly as severe as the disease it treats (unless of course you have that kidney failure and kick the bucket...). Pharmaceutical companies surely want to give a rosy picture about their precious tools of trade for sure, so I'm more than glad that there are people who view the situation critically.
I'm not quite as happy to see people still claiming HIV to be harmless or not causing AIDS, though, because THAT link has been so extensively studied and proved that there shouldn't be any doubt left. If someone manages to disprove that, then I guess the next thing we'll see is that the Earth is flat after all
Re: There is no HIV?? But there is AIDS??
I'll acknowledge that every new theory has it's flaws, but the problem is when you present a clearly flawed theory from the start as fact and begin treating people accordingly. Remember, in the past Gallo tried to link HIV to cancer during the "War on Cancer," and as soon as the fight changes to AIDS, HIV is now the cause of that too. I think the dissidents focus on the early research not because new data counters their claims, but because the new data is in some way BASED off of the old research.
You mentioned HAART drugs prolonging lives, but again, remember that these numbers are often from healthy, active people who happen to test HIV+ and have low t-cells (which even newer studies are beginning to question the assumed importance of T-cells since many people can have an AIDSish number and still be very healthy) so were given HAART to save them from the future. You make the side-effects sound like an upset stomach or a dry mouth. The side-effects can range from AIDS type diseases, or kidney/liver shut-down. Again, looking at the cause of death in AIDS patients, MORE are dying from drug type side effects than the known opportunistic infections.
I'll also agree that 1% of deaths is still a lot, but it's hardly an epidemic of massive proportions. Even if they give misleading data, I highly doubt they would be downright fraudulent (i.e. the mortality rate from HIV is really 20%). In fact, I think it was the CDC that just admitted the number of AIDS victims in Africa may have been overstated by 7 million, with independent researchers hypothesizing the numbers may be as high as 15 million. I'm not sure on this one but I think I read something about a similar situation in India.
It will be very hard for someone to disprove that HIV=AIDS theory because everyone is operating off the paradigm that this theory is correct. Therefore all the research is geared towards how/why. Think about how many times the theory on how HIV worked or what it does has changed SO many times. You could argue that we're learning more, or you could also argue that the theory doesn't quite fit so we have to keep giving the virus new properties/methods for it to fit into the existing idea.
Luc Montangier just won the Nobel Prize for his discovery of HIV, but he has been interviewed saying quite a few disturbing facts: 1. He did not purify HIV (side note: the photographs of HIV are all "old" and these photographs that came from Gallo were in fact proven to not be HIV by the very lab taking them <that's actually in the feartheinvisible.com papers>) 2. HIV cannot cause AIDS by itself, it needs a co-factor 3. A normal, healthy person's immune system will render HIV harmless. Even the man who created the PCR, the test used to show the viral load is an HIV Dissident and said his test should NOT be used in HIV.
I have to run, but just wanted to comment real quick.
I still think it is not worthwhile citing isolated quotes from few selected scientists in order to support these claims. We'd need to know for example the date of the interview, the context in general and whether the given scientist has later changed their mind. And even so, one can always find quotes that support whatever claims one might have - I think the big picture is what counts, not what a few persons have said. Much may have been said when these persons didn't yet know as much about the virus as they did afterwards. Also, the inventor of PCR does not necessarily know much about HIV, or viral diseases in general.
Also, out of curiosity, what is this co-factor that HIV is said to need? It is well known that HIV requires that certain receptors are expressed on the surface of the target cells, and that along its primary target molecule the virus also needs a so-called co-receptor (the receptor/co-receptor requirements vary by the HIV strain). But this does not change anything about the virus and its realtionship with AIDS. Or does someone suspect there is some completely independent co-factor, like another virus or a drug..? And if so, what that might be?
Then something about statistics: you say that HAART causes more deaths than opportunistic infections. Well, at the moment this could even be the case among patients on HAART, because they do not develop secondary (opportunistic) infections - that is the ultimate goal of the treatment after all. When you compare populations on HAART and with no treatment at all, you can see that virtually all people without treatment eventually die on secondary infections and their life expectancy is much shorter than for people that receive treatment. Treating AIDS is a lot like treating cancer: the methods are often harsh, but the disease is even more so. Both treatments also have many side-effects, of which some are very serious.
A normal person's immune response may be able to eliminate HIV before it can cause a systemic infection - as far as I know the scientists still aren't sure about the initial first steps of the infection. That is, it is unclear whether the immune system can sometimes protect us from the infections if we get exposed to the virus. However, what is not unclear is that when exposed to the virus, vast majority of us is in danger of contracting the disease, and when the infection is established, it is permanent (with current treatment options). Some very few people seem to have mutations in the target receptors of the virus and are thus immune to some strains. Also, I think there are some cases of people (mainly prostitutes) who have been repeatedly exposed to the virus, but their immune response manages to eliminate the virus. Some of these people have later been infected when they have lessened their exposure to the virus, apparently because the immune response has weakened with lesser exposure.
These are some very rare cases, though, so you or I would probably be majorly screwed if we were exposed to the virus...
Finally, not all electron micrographs or other images of HIV come from Gallo like your side note suggests. There are loads of reliable pictures from various research groups published every year. Here is a 2003 example of some nice AFM images for you in a peer-reviewed form:
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articl ... tid=254268
That is also a good article about imaging HIV and its structure in general with various quality control methods to ensure the results are what they are supposed to be. There are also good references to other such studies. Enjoy.
I'm not a biologist but I did read somewhere that many cases of aids in 3rd world countries are diagnoses without blood sampling. They're also not usually treated. So in the case of many African countries, local doctors (not in the big cities) would diagnose based on symptoms or the presence of other diseases that don't usually occur unless one has a compromised immune system. A seperate article I read was that long term bacterial infections like malaria in 3rd world countries can suppress the immune system enough to allow diseases like TB to surface and others usually seen in someone with a compromised immune system. So in my mind, putting clues together I theorize that many people that are claimed to have aids in 3rd world countries may not, but rather, have a compromised immune system from common bacterial infections and then manifest herpes breakouts, tb and other diseases considered triggered by the lack of immunity.
Still, HIV does exist, if the above is true or not and there is an undeniable link to AIDS. Even if research is iffy, millions of examples suggest a connection.
That is probably true: whilst AIDS patients often develop typical secondary infections, you cannot give a reliable diagnosis based on those, unless the patient has been earlier tested positive for HIV. However, in Africa most of the patients diagnosed only by symptoms are quite likely AIDS patients, since other pathogens fairly rarely make patients susceptible to similar secondary infections. This cases do occur, though, and can be falsely categorised as AIDS.
Any statistics emerging from many parts of Africa must be viewed critically, because the local epidemic surveillance is often much behind of the standards we've used to in the industrialised countries.
Re: There is no HIV?? But there is AIDS??
These things never have to be proven to the patient, or even the doctor: the important thing is putting faith in the research scientists who set up the protocols. Consider the how history of this medical hypothesis was fraught with controversy: the accidental ingestion of the inhalant amyl nitrate could cause kaposi's sarcoma and pneumonia, but this was not explored as a disease source in the initial patients - instead, a theory was developed of the first retrovirus that was said to be deadly within an indeterminate amount of time, antibodies to which would mean infection, the target cells being something that belonged in the lymph nodes where the technology was just emerging to count in the blood. Less than half the patients exhibited the antibodies, which were a group of ten or so proteins, and a standard has never been universally applied for their evaluation; when data was made available from military inductions, a strong trend towards those of African descent being more frequently positive was shown (this tendency has been depicted as showing the results of greater promiscuity in the black community) so the notion these are genetically normal antibodies has not been eliminated. This was also the first time antibodies were used to demonstrate hopeless infection rather than the body overcoming an infection, because the theory was the body's system failed. The test inserts all say that particular test is not conclusive proof of the presence of the virus - however, once a test is done with the group of proteins for the antibodies combined, it is confirmed by virtually the same test that simply separates the proteins so that each band can be identified: while neither test claims to show the virus, both together being positive would show the antibodies are there, and faith in the presumption they are relevant enforces the belief the virus is present. In Africa, a slimming disease that had existed long before somehow became indisputable evidence of the effects of a new virus; a recent 60 Minutes piece showed testing splitting up happy couples, giving a message of doom to the seemingly healthy, and implied the children who tested positive but were not taken in for treatment died of disease (my suspicion was the community would no longer feed them) - taking the medication was all-important, even though one young girl could not say what would happen if she did not. Treatment for a retrovirus had never before existed.
The testing for azt by available accounts, did not stand up to ideal scientific method: reputedly, patients in the placebo group became aware the others were getting the real 'medication' because they were becoming so ill they required transfusions for anemia, and they began to share; as patients became progressively sicker, there may have been some switching across groups; and as was reported on public radio, when the toxicity of this drug at high doses had its ultimate effect, the camera came in to show the world what aids was. There are numerous personal accounts where those who for some reason did not take the high-dose azt had to bury their friends who did. Then came the era of the cocktail, the current protocol, where azt was reduced to a level where its toxicity would be less immediately apparent, hence the lives of patients were 'lengthened': the insert says it can cause the symptoms people associate with aids. It stops replication because it resembles the amino acid in dna that terminates the chain. The protease inhibitor has been associated with failure of the digestive tract (from independent testing on mice). The 'side effects' are endured in the hope of the villain virus being held at bay; some patients are switched onto similar protocols when they have been undergoing severe reactions. The inserts admit to a variety of problems that can be caused by ingesting those substances. But the t-cells were tagged and monitored by a virologist who found those using this cocktail may have had higher counts in the blood, but those cells were dying faster than the ones in untreated patients whose t-cells remained where they belonged in the lymph - cell migration has been admitted as the reason for higher cell counts in treated patients.
As for the testing of the progression of 'the disease' there are two surrogate markers, viral load and t-cell count. The count of t-cells in healthy people can vary widely, and its response to protocol has been considered. If viral load testing were done on the general public, many healthy people could be terrified at how high theirs is - but it comes down to undetectable once a dna chain terminator has been introduced into the system, which makes patients feel good about their condition, perhaps despite how they actually feel. The viral load test counts the growing of fragmentary material in the laboratory. It is not the job of even a specialist in the field to question the protocol; and since the patients have a predetermined death sentence, fervently inducing them to use apparently toxic medication to have better results for misleading surrogate markers until they perish (liver failure has been reported as frequent) cannot be spun as anything but an act of kindness. It is not necessary to prove anything about hiv and aids, but we all must believe what we have been told, lest we become the guilty party for having lost faith in our betters.
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Gov. Walker has shown us that he dislikes unions. That is, labor unions. However, there seems to be a union that he likes very much.
This union seems to have Gov. Walker in its back pocket, so to speak, because it is willing to donate thousands and thousands of dollars to keep him in office. Evidently this organization will not even admit that it is a union because it will only call itself the Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce.
Yes, this group is the definition of a union—a group of individuals or organizations banding together to improve their situations and/or bargaining power. Perhaps we had better keep this information from Gov. Walker and his Republican cronies or they may very well hamstring this union like they did the labor unions.
No, Gov. Walker is much too smart. He would never cut off this pipeline of campaign funding for him and his wealthy buddies.
The only way to stop his attack on the working folks is to vote these greedy people out of office. If we allow money to continue buying our legislators, we may well return to the oppressive situation our Founding Fathers left behind when they founded this great nation.
Whose union will be next, the NFO, the Farm Bureau, Landmark, Cenex, the League of Municipalities or any person or group that needs to band together to resist the "Big Money Group"? Think about that!


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JANESVILLE—Janesville firefighter/paramedic Rob Calhoon was using a thermal-imaging camera to search for people in a second-floor apartment fire Oct. 1 when he came across a dog.
When he crouched down close in the smoke-filled room, he could see that the animal was breathing.
Confident that everyone else was safe, Calhoon knew he had to act quickly to get the dog out of the smoke and into fresh air. But he needed help with the purebred Rottweiler, which weighed nearly 100 pounds.
That's when firefighter/paramedic Nick Nolte, who had been pushing a fire hose up the stairs, came to Calhoon's aid and helped carry the dog downstairs and outside.
"The dog was suffering from heat and smoke inhalation. It was panting pretty heavily and unresponsive," Calhoon said.
He told Nolte to grab a pet rescue mask from the ambulance so they could give oxygen to the dog.
"In about 4 to 5 minutes, the dog came around," Nolte said.
The co-workers took turns holding the oxygen mask on the dog until he could be reunited with his owners.
The reunion between the dog, named Mauser, and his owners was emotional. Both firefighters received hugs and words of thanks.
"It was pretty cool," Calhoon said.
Although the Janesville Fire Department doesn't keep statistics on pet rescues, Shift Commander Bill Ruchti said it's common for firefighters to deal with pets in fires.
Even the U.S. Fire Administration doesn't keep statistics about the number of pets lost to fires, but it estimates that at least 40,000 pets die each year, mostly from smoke inhalation.
So how much risk are Janesville firefighters willing to take to rescue pets?
"Getting human lives out of the way of harm is first. Animals will be secondary in fire safety," Ruchti said.
"We are not going to risk our life for an animal if we're concerned there's a high risk of a building collapse. We take a much higher risk for human life and a much lesser risk for animals, and not because it's not important to rescue animals, but you have to put it into perspective," he said.
The fire department received donations of oxygen masks of varying sizes for animals several years ago.
The department does no formal training for animal rescues.
"It basically tends to be common sense," Ruchti said.
Basic medical training is generally what is needed to help an animal such as Mauser, Calhoon said.
Animals typically get out of a fire on their own and leave willingly when a door is opened to provide a way out, Ruchti said.
"The ones that truly need to be rescued are those not moving (such as Mauser), and we're more than happy to bring them out," he said.
Ruchti said firefighters will rescue and resuscitate animals if the fire is under control and they aren't worried about it spreading and endangering other things.
"If personnel is available, we will do everything we can to help an animal recover," he said.
For that, Mauser's owners, John Hamm and Jenni Sotos, are grateful.
"We were hoping he'd be OK and that the firefighters were doing everything to aid in his rescue. They did a phenomenal job," Hamm said.
"I was in shock" when we came home from running errands to find the apartment on fire, Hamm said.
"It was intense. But we were happy and relieved" that Mauser was safe, Hamm said.
After being rescued, Mauser was taken to the emergency veterinarian clinic in Madison, where he received oxygen for two nights and three days. He is back to normal health.
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Who is using Crossfire ?
One of the main goals of Crossfire is to provide a simple and straight-forward method for tools in other processes to obtain the same kind of information that Firebug has about the Web pages the user is debugging.
- The Firebug Working Group is currently planning to use Crossfire in future versions of Firebug as a solution for the out-of-process plugin architecture of Firefox 4.
- Webtools JavaScript Development Tools from Eclipse is using Crossfire to provide Firebug and Internet Explorer debugging capabilites; JSDT Debug Wiki
- The 8.0 beta version of IBM's Rational Application Developer is using Crossfire to enhance their existing Firebug integration. RAD Open Beta Demo video
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Getting started with Crossfire contains some helpful information for getting started. This is mostly intended for developers interested in building tools that connect to Crossfire, and assumes some familiarity with Firebug and Firefox extensions.
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How old is your car?
My vehicle isn't getting any younger. I drive a small sport-utility vehicle that I bought new. It's a 2006 model, and I have about 85,000 miles on it. Having a car that long seems odd to me. Three of the four previous vehicles I owned were also new when I bought them, but I traded them in for various reasons after they were only 2 or 3 years old. Now, of course, my vehicle is already 7 years old. That seems hard to believe. Should I be trading it in?
Well, market research company Polk recently reported that the average age of cars on U.S. highways is now at an all-time high of 11.4 years. Polk also expects that average age to keep climbing.
A decline in new vehicle purchases during the recession pushed the average vehicle age higher because people kept their old cars running longer, Polk says. The number of vehicles older than 12 is growing especially rapidly. Also, says Polk, the trend of cars growing older has been building for a long time. In 2002, the average age was 9.6 years. In 1995, it was 8.4 years.
My wife's car is a 2009 model that she likewise bought new. Guess we should take comfort in the fact both our vehicles are that young.
The aging cars that Americans own and operate is one reason, analysts say, for the surge in new car purchases. Your car won't last forever. Eventually, if you plan to keep driving, you'll need to replace them.
How old are the cars in your family?
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Guest views: Postage stamps for the email generation
If you're preparing to send out hundreds of holiday greetings in a single email blast, you probably missed the dust-up between the philatelists and the marketing department over the U.S. Postal Service's new Harry Potter stamps.
Last month, the post office released 20 stamps featuring the boy wizard and the rest of the Hogwarts cast. The pictures, scenes from the Warner Bros. movies, are meant to appeal to the youngsters enthralled by the J.K. Rowling books on which the films were based.
Which is pretty funny, when you think about it, because that audience has never licked a stamp in its life. We know, we know, stamps are adhesive now. Try making them into temporary tattoos, and you might find a market among the Harry Potter generation. But if you think kids are going to stick them on envelopes, well, what's an envelope?
More and more, today's young people—and by "young people," we mean "people under 80"—rely on the Internet to exchange messages, pay bills and share snapshots. Nobody has much need for stamps anymore, which is a big reason the post office lost $5 billion in its last fiscal year.
To get people to buy more of them, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe told The Washington Post, the agency "needs to change its focus toward stamps that are more commercial." That has led to some skirmishes between the Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee, which makes recommendations to the postal service about what should appear on stamps, and the agency's marketing staff, which is working feverishly to update the postal brand.
For more than half a century, the advisory panel has sifted through tens of thousands of public petitions each year, recommending designs that best chronicle the American experience. Lately, though, the marketing team—led by a former Coca-Cola executive—has promoted a more contemporary line of stamps, with an emphasis on pop culture.
That explains what Bart Simpson was doing on a postage stamp a few years back. It explains the Harry Potter stamps, too. The hope is that kids will become collectors, if not correspondents.
But the advisory panel members are feeling marginalized. They see the standards slipping.
Two years ago, the post office dropped a rule requiring the subjects of stamps to be deceased, clearing the way, some grumble, for the inevitable Lady Gaga stamp. The public is invited to nominate subjects via Facebook, Twitter, or, you know, the mail.
The postal service has had mixed success with celebrity stamps.
In 1993, it issued a 29-cent Elvis Presley stamp, after polling Americans on whether they'd prefer a depiction of "young" or "old" Elvis (they picked young). Two years and three cents later, the first-class stamp featured Marilyn Monroe, celebrating what would have been her 69th birthday.
But the traditionalists rose up in 1997, when the postal service dedicated a 32-cent stamp to Bugs Bunny.
"The USPS is promoting stamps as a fad, like hula hoops, POGs and their ilk," a reader wrote to the editor of Linn's Stamp News, the philatelist's bible. (POGs! Remember them?)
"Every time the USPS places another childish gimmick on a postage stamp, another child decides stamp collecting is for babies and gets on with hobbies that don't patronize," wrote another.
"We need to stay in business," a postal service spokesman told the Baltimore Sun. Do we hear a shrug there?
Then, as now, the idea was to sell stamps to young people who rarely mail anything. That doesn't sound like much of a turnaround strategy. It would take an awful lot of Miley Cyrus stamps to save the U.S. Postal Service.
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Why is knowledge on phylogeny important
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Why is knowledge on phylogeny important
I'm going to extend my question with a specific example:
Why is knowledge on phylogeny of insect pollinators (for example bumblebee's) important?
I have a compulsory course entitled "Phylogeny and molecular evolution" and I just don't understand why phylogeny is important?
Thanks in advance
Re: Why is knowledge on phylogeny important
I'm going to give a part of the answer myself from something I found on the internet:
But now I am still wondering why the phylogeny of insect pollinators is important?
seems like an interesting and rather specific course, but I can speculate that the phylogeny of insect pollinators is important because understanding their evolution and ancestral species could give insight into the origin of relations that the pollinators share with plants. Some insects and flowers have co-evolved in very specific fashions, and these instances are very interesting to some, while providing a nice template for evolution. By looking at the insect phylogeny, it may give insight to when the relationship developed, because many of the adaptations for co-evolution are phenotypic changes. Hope that helps!
Re: Why is knowledge on phylogeny important
Thanks, that seems logical!
It also seems important in a process called "pathogen spillover" (The transmission of infectious agents from a reservoir population (for example commercial bumble bees) to a sympatric wild population). This happens when commercially bred bumble bees are transported to other countries to aid in the increasing demand for pollination
=> Pathogen spillover seems most likely to occur when the reservoir host and potential novel host are phylogenetically close (e.g., Perlman & Jaenike 2003). So in this case phylogenetics might aid to assess where certain bumble bee species can be introduced (in regions where the wild bumble species is a rather distant relative) and where not (In regions where the wild bumble bee species are rather close relatives)?
So I'm guessing that in the case of the insect-plant co-evolution the same principle can be applied? That when a certain bumble bee population declines/goes extinct (what is actually happening at the moment in a lot of countries), phylogenetics can give clues as to which bumble bee species/subspecies can be introduced to re-establish the pollinator-plant interaction in a certain region. Although this reminds me of my applied ecology course, that introducing replacement species to restore function can have drastic results on the community/ecosystem
Thanks for the discussion,
Phylogeny also is needed to understand when you're looking at divergent (new species in same clades evolving in parallel) or convergent (new pollinator / plant relationships built on shift in old abilities) evolutionary patterns.
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Cold Weather Victories
In the short time window before the cyclist's light turned green and the woman's taxi arrived, somehow the two ended up in a conversation. As I walked past, I caught bits of their exchange. "But how can you... in the cold?," and so forth. By the time the cyclist replied, I was out of earshot. But whatever it was he said to her, they both laughed that special laugh that rings with anticipation. And when I looked back over my shoulder discreetly (I hope), sure enough the woman had her phone out and it looked like they were exchanging numbers. His light had turned green. Her taxi was waiting. They were on the side of the road smiling. "Stay warm!" I thought I heard him yell when he finally took off on his bike. More laughter.
Briskly walking down the street as I fiddled with my scarf, I experienced a moment of longing for my roadbike, and for my technical layers of cycling clothes! It's just so much nicer to be on the bike in cold weather, I caught myself thinking...
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- HeatherNovember 27, 2012 at 2:25 PM
Charmant! People often ask if I am cold. "Aren't you cold?" as if I am just sitting still in a cold arctic blast. Even in the heavy rain if I have all my gear on, it's usually fine. I have poor lady circulation so it's one way to get the blood flowing and warm up-except for my feet. For whatever reason the blood does not reach my feet and have had very white and painful feet after long rides in cold weather. I'd have to be pushing very hard to warm them up. so have taken to wearing winter boots even if it isn't that cold. I don't know what I would do if I was riding clipless. But for the rest of me, I overdress and regret it within minutes and have to take things off. Always a conversation starter, but wish more people would just believe me and ride.ReplyDelete
Because, waiting at the bus stop is cold/freezing/horrible/boring. Especially close to the ocean on cold late november nights! Nobody stops and asks if I am cold and would I like a ride in their nice warm car.(people have offered to drive me home with the bike in back!)
My mom just sent photos of a park with all the snow in her city, and my first thought was that I would love to ride my bike on the bike paths in the photo! I used to ride in winter snow on those paths so I felt nostalgic.
Most definitely. I was out riding around (up and down steep hills here in Pittsburgh's Dirty Dozen) Saturday and didn't feel cold at all, except when waiting for everyone to finish trying to ascend the 37% grade Canton Ave. Meanwhile, a friend of mine was at a rally protesting drones, and complained of the bitter cold.ReplyDelete
Absolutely. I was suited up to ride the bike to work this morning when I double-checked schedule and found a re-scheduled meeting I had forgotten about. My commute can be almost two hours each way, so I really need to plan and prepare. My schedule sometimes gets the best of me. This morning had to undress and drive. Was not happy.ReplyDelete
I ride to and from work every day all winter. I also talk a half hour walk at lunch in my work clothes and sweater/coat. Guess when I'm cold?ReplyDelete
Somebody ran a twitter contest recently about the best advice for new bike commuters dealing with the weather. Mine was: "start riding at the time of the year when you are most comfortable doing so, then keep going." You figure the rest out on the way, and it turns out dressing for the cold on a bike isn't too hard at all.Replies
As a beginner, the gradual transition to winter only helped me so much. The real difference came when I made the switch away from a mostly cotton wardrobe.Delete
Actually, my winter "regular clothes" wardrobe is all cotton (I love my flannel shirts) with wool or fleece vests or sweaters, but when it gets below 20 or so I add long underwear. I use technical undershirts, but for the bottoms I've actually found cheap flannel pajamas under my pants to be the most comfortable. They're a little bulkier and a little more windproof, and they don't hang up on my legs when I pedal like the combination of cycling tights and regular pants tends to. And when it's that cold I don't generally sweat in them enough for it to be a problem.Delete
Emily: so cotton under wool above 20F does not cause a soggy/cold problem with the base layer? Or did I misunderstand you? I've tried regular cotton T-shirts under wool jerseys down to about 40-45F for shorter rides, but fear to wear cotton for longer rides lest the T-shirt get soggy, I get cold, and expire in figid agonies from hypothermia along an unfrequented road. OTHO, I don't use an impermeable layer until it gets below 20F, just layers of wool (and in the event, cotton) knits, so perhaps the ventilation will obviate the collection of moisture in the cotton? Any advice welcome.Delete
I think it just comes down to individual differences. I am miserable riding in the cold wearing cotton base layers, but for others it must not be an issue.Delete
If it's a "bike ride" I wear the same old synthetic bike clothes that everyone else does.Delete
For regular clothes, yes, it's cotton on the bottom except for the addition of a technical undershirt when it gets really cold. But otherwise, I like my flannel button-down shirts and they don't need anything underneath most of the time.
Sometimes I'm sweaty when I get where I'm going, and then I'm often chilly until my shirt dries, but with a wool or fleece vest and maybe some fingerless gloves if necessary, I'm fine until my clothes dry. But there's still nothing like nice cotton flannel for all-day, every-day comfort, if you ask me. :)
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- AnonymousNovember 27, 2012 at 4:26 PM
Of course Napoleon was a "big winner" at one point in his career. But that unfortunate invasion of Russia kind of took the wind out of his sails. I'm curious: Was Peugeot having fun by making a tongue-in-cheek comparison? (See? We've compiled more victories than Bonaparte himself!) Or were they trying to make a serious statement about French ingenuity?ReplyDelete
You mean that's not a woman in a fur coat on the poster?..Delete
I really enjoy old cycling posters, and this is one of the better ones I've seen. (A reproduction?) No doubt the French have trouble coming to grips with their feelings about one of history's most beloved and reviled characters.Delete
You're right. He does look a bit like a woman in a fur coat taking her mini dog for a walk
- AnonymousNovember 27, 2012 at 4:40 PM
Twenty seven this morning for the commute. Polite conversations at various stop lights, as always, but no phone numbers exchanged :( But, then, I don't have tights and the nasal drip was probably not too sexy, either :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 27, 2012 at 5:59 PM
Some guys have all the luck. I asked a woman like that on a date once, but she smacked me with her purse.ReplyDelete
Wearing cycling clothes is easier, because it is basically a uniform. Once I figure out what works, I don't need to think about it.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 27, 2012 at 9:05 PM
I have never found men in bike clothing attractive. But I looove to see men biking in suits!ReplyDeleteReplies
Two very different looks. I think men can look great in cycling clothes actually. Tall and skinny men have the advantage there. But as with wearing a suit, a lot depends on the cut, colour, how it sits on the body. Cycling clothes are not all the same. And I've seen some terrible-looking suits.Delete
I finally broke down and bought an actual winter jersey along with some UnderArmor and some thermal bike tights to go over my shorts - got it all used at the thrift store for a few bucks a piece and had the first nice ride of my life in chilly weather. Having wind resistant materials really makes a HUGE difference!ReplyDelete
But my feet are still freezing. I ride with toe clips (contemplating upgrading to clipless, but the though still frightens me...) Anyhow, in warm weather I generally ride with light lace-free tennis shoes, but my feet are getting REALLY cold - any suggestions?
Plus... how do people keep their ears from freezing? Do you wear a skull cap or some other sort of hat under your helmet?
Any suggestions for the newbie would be greatly appreciated!
- AnonymousNovember 27, 2012 at 11:50 PM
You might try shoes that are slightly bigger(clips, clipless, whatever), wool socks and a plastic bag over the sock to keep the wind out. It's my favorite method now and better than the dang near impossible to put on, sweaty hot half the time, $130.00 winter riding boots I wore last year...Delete
I cycled all last winter in tennis shoes and Power Grips, wearing 2 pairs of thin wool socks. My feet only felt cold in sub-20F temps.Delete
Ears: yes, wool beanie type hat that covers the ears. They also make wool cycling caps with ear flaps.
Let me know if you need more details than this and I can post some links to products. I am also planning to writ a comprehensive post on both commuting and roadie winter dressing.
Air movement from wind plus the cyclist's motion is a large factor in chilling, and the feet move relatively faster than the cyclist as they come up over the top of the pedal stroke. It's hard to insulate them practically, but neoprene cycling shoe covers help a lot without impeding pedal motion. I use a windstopper fleece ear band under my helmet when needed for the ears.Delete
Thanks so much for your thoughts everyone! I think I have one of those ear bands somewhere... perhaps I should try it.Delete
Also, I thought those neoprene shoe covers only worked with clipless pedals, am I wrong?
I think bigger shoes with more socks and/or plastic bags would be a good first step - especially since I'm... er... um... kinda cheap! :-)
re: keeping ears from freezing -> look for "belgian cycling cap".Delete
I've got one in merino from Swrve that served me well!
- AnonymousNovember 28, 2012 at 5:19 AM
Yup, plastic bags for the feet are a great value (over wool socks) and a balaclava for the face & ears, when it gets really cold (under 30 degrees F).Delete
Chicago cycle commuter.Delete
For feet, wool socks under tennis shoes. On exceptionally cold or windy days (of which we had zero last winter in Chicago) I wear Spatz from Rivendell over my shoes.
I wear rx glasses which present some challenge to head covering fit. For the past four winters I have used 180s occaisionally suplemented with a light weight balaclava.
Again, with few exceptions the past four winters in Chicago have seen mainly above average temperatures and below average snow fall. If you live somewhere that actually gets winter weather my solutions may not be adequate.
Sorry for the double post. Forgot to mention that I do not use cycling jerseys or special riding pants commuting.Delete
Moderate days I wear merino wool base layer under my dress shirt topped with a merino wool sweater. Colder days I have cashmere sweaters which are lighter and warmer than merino. My one vicuna sweater only goes on if temps go below 15 degrees F. My jacket is a Schoeller fabric windbreaker.
If there is precipitation I wear loose fitting nylon pants over my regular pants.
The clothes are lightweight and allow easy movement. It takes less than a minute to remove and stuff in my pannier when I arrive at work. Many of my nearby coworkers have no idea that I cycle commute as I am completely corporate casual by the time I make it to my office.
Thanks guys! I'm in Denver, so we get our fair share of cold weather, although this year has been unseasonably warm and dry. But I work from home, so cycling is recreation and exercise for me... hence, I don't have to ride if it's too cold... just don't want to spend 2-3 months off the bike!Delete
Y'all reminded me that I do own a pair of neoprene socks that I purchased years ago for caving... they fit under my tennis shoes OK (although a bit snug) so I think I'll give them a try.
The Belgian cycling caps look wonderful - especially the brim because the setting sun can be downright blinding in these parts. But I'll have to see if I can find one with a ponytail opening!
Thanks again for all of your suggestions!
- AnonymousNovember 27, 2012 at 11:37 PM
My dogs seem to be happiest outside when it's below freezing, they tear around the field leaping and rolling around like they've lost their minds. If there's snow they seem to want to get every flake either back into the air or up their noses. When they've run themselves into a goggle-eyed foaming exhaustion they come in and the plump middle aged Border Collie/Guinea Pig mix falls over in front of the woodstove and the scrawny pure-bred sociopath Border Collie lays around by the back door where there's a bit of a draft.ReplyDelete
I'm more like the draft loving one. Who wants to feel like a biscuit in the oven all winter? This is my favorite time of the year at work as long as the boss is gone and I can turn the heat in the shop down, the machines give off enough that I can just go hang out around them for a bit if I want. The furnace is so stupid loud you have to turn the radio up so far that when the thermostat clicks off suddenly Johannes Bach or Terry Gross or David St. Hubbins is screaming in your ear. I prefer to keep the mechanical manipulation of my environment to a minimum and just put on a sweater, seems more like gracious living to me. Anyway, it sucks to roll out the door on your bike for the ride home when it's 30 outside and you've been inside at 72 all afternoon.
Since moving into my current digs in '04, I've gotten by with the thermostat topped out at 60.Delete
Last year I replaced the Honeywell thermostat with the new fangled super automated Nest http://www.nest.com/
The Nest allows you to program graduated temps. Middle of the day or deep of night I can drop the temps to 50 then have it gradually warm up to 60 for when I awake or come home. Pretty swell.
My big secret is to start with very warm hands and feet, running them under hot water for several minutes if necessary. It takes much longer for them to get cold. Sometimes I use some kind of embrocation on my feet too. The right clothes are essential also. You cant beat the comfort of cycling-specific cold-weather clothes for rides of any length. Winter shoes and/or shoe covers, etc.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 28, 2012 at 6:59 AM
Everyone keeps worrying about me riding my bike as it gets colder..are you STILL riding! they day. My bike is in the shop this week for its winter tune-up and I am in my car. When I walked outside to the parking lot last evening after work it was cold, dark, and rainy. I had an overwhelming desire for my bike. I love riding through the night,on cold streets shining with rain water and reflected lights from the city. I was so jealous of the bike riders who I know would be arriving home with their faces stinging from the cold and that secret deep down happiness you get from cycling. Nothing like winter bike commuting.ReplyDelete
Refreshing post to read, even though it pertains to cold weather (ooh, the irony). I am looking forward to riding my bicycle in Ma during the middle-beginning of winter in the next couple of months; this will be a new adventure for me, being a naturalized Floridian. I am looking forward to this new found dare devil like experience, with excitement, thanks to this post.ReplyDelete
We should be edging into the low 80s today in Arizona.ReplyDelete
I know people I've known for ten years who still ask me, when it starts to get cold or snowy, "Did you ride your bicycle in this weather?!?!?" as if I had any other practical option and as if they have ever seen me arrive any other way. Are they expecting me to decide the weather's terrible for cycling, and fly instead?ReplyDelete
If you want to keep your ears warm, have a look at this free downloadable sewing pattern for a cycling cap with ear flaps: http://www.dillpicklegear.com/?p=811
It's a fun project, works in a variety of materials, and not too terribly difficult.Replies
- AnonymousNovember 28, 2012 at 6:00 PM
Thanks for sharing this, Emily. Tis, the season for warmth!Delete
"....Are they expecting me to decide the weather's terrible for cycling, and fly instead?"Delete
You *do* seem to be a very talented and capable person.
It might be a mistake to put it past you. ;)
Thanks for the pattern! Now to go hit the decent fabric store in town for some merino....
- AnonymousNovember 28, 2012 at 11:38 AM
What an imagination! I guess this post keeps the consistent theme of 'for the romance of cycling' going strong. Cyclist being ruddy and relaxed and non cyclist looking uncomfortable and cold--characters defined--anticipation....romance? Maybe...:) I want the next chapter!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 28, 2012 at 11:43 AM
The ending to the story leaves me scratching my head, but maybe that's okay!ReplyDelete
Anon 11:38 and 11:43 - You give me too much credit; this wasn't a fictional story : )ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousNovember 28, 2012 at 11:58 AM
:) of course not...maybe they knew each other, maybe she wasn't cold and uncomfortable, maybe he was anxiously checking his phone, but your mind created the romantic potential....maybe there's hope between cyclists and non cyclists after all :)Delete
Wait a minute, are you saying perception is, like, subjective??Delete
Mind blown.
- AnonymousNovember 28, 2012 at 12:18 PM
i'm saying your posts are entertaining...lovely.Delete
Thanks, I know - was just trying to make a little joke. Hard to do without smiley faces!Delete
- AnonymousNovember 29, 2012 at 4:28 AM
A useful tip for anyone like me who rides with toe clips and straps is to put duct tape over the front of the cage to keep cold air away from your feet.ReplyDelete
Wow how much fast thoughts are going and how the interpretations are coming. great thinking. i dont have much imagination like this hehe.ReplyDelete
Here in the north-west UK we had our first proper autumn/winter day yesterday. Clear sky and temperatures below zero degrees C - lovely, especially the lack of rain. I did discover though that my bargain cycling gloves (£5 - waterproof and windproof) weren't really up to the job. Time for a thin pair underneath.ReplyDelete
If you can get Sealskinz products in the US they're well worth a look - warm and waterproof socks, gloves, hats etc. Other manufacturers may be available!
I saw someone go by the house in Dover yesterday morning in shorts!ReplyDelete
What's funny is that people keep saying that stuff to me here in North Carolina, where winter is DEFINITELY not the problem. Yet they don't say it in July. Weird.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 29, 2012 at 7:12 PM
I'm all for the romance of cycling.ReplyDelete
How about secret bicycle relationships anyone? I'm starting to develop a crush on the most charming lady cyclist who passes me almost every day on the trail... and it's driving me crazy. The odd thing is that it happens even when I'm traveling at different times of the day. No matter if it's 9 am or 11 am, Monday or Saturday, she keeps on appearing.
I said hello with a smile one day, but I don't think it had any effect.
Then one day I met her going the other direction... so I stopped behind her at a light. I was too shy to say anything or even let her see I was there. I felt like a 3rd grader. I need help! Maybe I'm like a cat who can only chase after the mouse. But it does add fun to my bicycle routine.
Clearly there is nothing for it but to keep on biking. But I'd do that anyhow. I suppose I like playing cat and mouse... so I guess it'll just keep on.
- AnonymousNovember 29, 2012 at 7:26 PM
thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 29, 2012 at 9:28 PM
Talking about the romance of cycling, I just watched this...ReplyDelete
and loved the remark 'it's that initial ten seconds, when I start out and clip in, it doesn't matter what kind of day you're having before that because it just feels good in your heart'.....Oh yes, the romance of cycling!
This is actually a lot easier on a bicycle than a motorcycle, where you get 70 mph wind chill and no exercise to warm you up.ReplyDelete


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A biological way to indirectly proof that God exists? No BS
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A biological way to indirectly proof that God exists? No BS
Ok, lets face it, a biologist does not believe in God, scientific proof is needed.
Now i stumbled on something interesting while reading people who experienced near death experiences. Now the Near death experience is something that already borders the edges of Biologic science, it has a LOT of sceptics, but i found that in one of the stories there IS something that CAN be
experimented and proven by biological science, and IF this is true, it means a break thru in biology science.
Ok please bear with me for a bit.
From David Oakfords near death experience, his "spiritual guide" says to him and i quote
"He told me that there is much to this planet that spirits can see which humans do not see with their eyes because their vibrations are so low. He showed me life in the trees that I could see as a spirit but could not see in my human form."
Ok, immediately lets switch into scientific mode.
I claim that life after death hypotheticallly could exist (because this information comes from the Near Death Experience)
That biological science, if it will find proof of life in trees, that lies outside of the human visible spectrum, the first indication of God's existance, and consiousness lying outside of the human brain proof can be made.
Think about it in all seriousness. Biology has ALWAYS looked for biological life that lies "inside" the spectrum of the human eye sight.
Meaning that, IF we find life in the trees, forms of biology that lie outside of the human spectrum field, like infrared, or even on higher frequencies like gamma, or x-rays,
Think about it, life forms, that exist on a different frequency that lies outside of the human eye spectrum, regardless wether you believe or not, the idea that life would always fall inside of the limited human eye is already disproven by microscopes, now if the story above is true, we would be able to proof a whole new field of biology that lies outside of the human eye + we would be able to have our first possible indication that life beyond death exists, because the theory does not come from me , but actually from a spiritual guide.
Now biologists only need to do what i cannot do. Namely investigate it, i have no means to go out with infrared, gamma or x-ray equipment to see if life beyond the human spectrum exists in the trees.
Is there any crazy biologist out there who would want to give this a try? To find life beyond the human visible eyesight? New biological species that are to be found on a different frequency, who would ever thought of it?
I am not a biologist but cameras are in use that let us see whats happening in different spectrum, I would have thought that we have seen something already with this equipment. I used to use infra red light in a security job at night, the only life i saw was human, fox,s rabbits, and Deer, and known insects
Re: A biological way to indirectly proof that God exists? No BS
Maybe these invisible life forms are made of dark matter. Or maybe you shouldn't believe everything you read.
Re: A biological way to indirectly proof that God exists? No BS
well, they are actually investigating it.
at the moment, there is the AWARE Study from Moody which wasn't published yet and will take (probably) till 2012.
There is huge evidence that during NDE's, people seem to report things they can not know, like people who died during their NDE and noone knew they were dead or young children describing their grandparents they never knew and so on.
This type of evidence is anecdotical and maybe convincing but as anecdotical not the best evidence.
Although, there are many researchers like Bruce Greyson who investigate these things.
You should read about them.
If you're interested in spirituality and possible life after death I'd like you to check Dean Radin who does some 'PSI'-research..... Sounds strange but if one reads how he does tests with the scientific method and finds strange, even if weak, phenomena, stuff gets interesting.
hope that helps
Re: A biological way to indirectly proof that God exists? No BS
It's difficult to see how this would work, primarily, what age did the grandparents appear to be? My father died young but my mother is still alive, when I die, what ages will they appear to be? And if they're the entities that they appear to be, what ages will they experience being?
Have you any details concerning this kind of problem?
In any case, I don't see how any of this stuff would support theism.
this stuff would support the theory of survival.
well, you would have to read the books from the researchers on this (named many of them above) or their research papers, but it would be a little too much work for me to find how these cases are in particular.
but I agree that it's difficult with these young children to verify it.
I guess mediumship research suggests that these mediums do, if they truly as they claim see the dead, see them at about the age they died or something like that...
I also think that during NDE's, people who died old or are remembered old are also old then.
Here's a collection of NDEs: http://iands.org/research/nde-archives/ ... index.html
By the way: this thread appears to be in the wrong forum.
Re: A biological way to indirectly proof that God exists? No BS
This is the weirdest thread ever, can any other top this.
Re: A biological way to indirectly proof that God exists? No BS
I might be wrong, I'm only a seventeen year's old student after all, but I believe that in Near Death Experiences where people claim they saw someone or something they "never knew" is something more rooted in what psychologists such as Freud describe rather than biologists.
See, the human consciousness is only the tip of the iceberg most of the things that are in our brain is in our id, our subconscious, we don't actually know these things consciously, but we may access that knowledge when we sleep for instance.
I believe that in near death experiences a deep subconscious part of our brain might be "activated" and that way we come in contact to things we "didn't know" when in reality we knew those things, they were just rooted deep down in a part of our brain that we don't normally access, as if we were sleeping.
As I said, I may be totally wrong, but such thing would explain what Niclas brought up about children seeing their grandparents they never knew. I also don't know if such theory has already been disproven by researchers so excuse me if it has.
Re: A biological way to indirectly proof that God exists? No BS
read; heaven is for real by Todd Burpo.
I have met this author and find him to be rather credible.
his young son had nde, and tells amazing stories about people never met etc.
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Tolerability, Safety, & Efficacy of Argon Plasma Coagulation to Treat Anal Intraepithelial Neoplasia in HIV-Positive Men
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|Anus Neoplasms HIV Infections
|Procedure: Argon Plasma Coagulation
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Phase II, Prospective, Open-label, Pilot Study of the Tolerability, Safety, and Efficacy of Argon Plasma Coagulation for the Treatment of Anal Intraepithelial Neoplasia Grade 2 or 3 in HIV-positive Men Having Sex With Men
- High grade dysplasia (AIN 2/3) [ Time Frame: at 1 and 2 years ]
- Anal human papilloma virus (HPV) [ Time Frame: at 1 and 2 years ]
- Tolerability and safety of the treatment [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
|Study Start Date:
|February 2007
|Study Completion Date:
|July 2016
|Primary Completion Date:
|February 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: Single Arm
Procedure: Argon Plasma Coagulation
Argon Plasma Coagulation (APC) is a non-contact electrosurgical technique delivering a high-frequency electrical current through ionized argon gas i.e. the argon plasma. This current produces a zone of coagulation, desiccation, and devitalisation 2-3 mm deep. Patients will be offered up to 3 treatments if recurrence occur after the first two.
Detailed Description:
HIV infected men having sex with men (MSM) are at increased risk of developing anal cancer compared to the general population and the incidence continues to increase despite better control of HIV infection with HAART (Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy). The causative agent is known to be Human Papilloma Virus infection which can lead to dysplastic changes in the anus, detectable by High Resolution Anoscopy with biopsies. The analysis of the abnormal tissue can then be graded as Anal Intraepithelial Neoplasia 1 to 3, with AIN 2 or 3 considered as high grade dysplasia. These lesions are cancer precursors, but the proportion of lesions progressing to invasive anal cancer and the time to event are unknown. There is currently no recognized treatment to offer as standard of care although it is of general belief that treating these lesions, as it is done for women with CIN 2 and 3 (Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia) could help decrease the number of progressions to invasive anal cancer in MSM infected with HIV.
By experience at our center and results of this technique for other gastrointestinal pathologies, we believe Argon Plasma Coagulation (APC) could be a safe, well tolerated and efficient treatment of high-grade dysplasia (AIN 2/3) in HIV infected MSM.
This study will assess the APC treatment in 20 patients, all HIV infected MSM, with established AIN 2/3 (as confirmed with their last two anal biopsies, at least 4 months apart). Patients will then be followed with regular High Resolution Anoscopies for two years. The primary objective is to assess if APC is a safe and well tolerated treatment method for AIN 2/3 in HIV-positive MSM. As secondary objectives, the efficacy of APC treatment on AIN 2/3 lesions in HIV-positive MSM, the number of treatments with APC necessary to obtain regression or resolution of AIN 2/3 over two years and the efficacy of APC treatment to decrease anal HPV in this population will also be addressed.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 65 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 18-65 years
- The last two High Resolution Anoscopies (HRA) of the patient, occurring at least 4 months apart, revealed histologic diagnoses of AIN 2 or 3
- HIV infected for at least 6 months
- Patient must be a man having sex with other men (currently or anteriorly).
- Able to provide a signed and dated Research Ethics Board (REB)-approved informed consent form (ICF) for the study
Exclusion Criteria:
- History of invasive anal cancer
- International normalized ratio (INR) > 1.5
- Platelet count < 50,000
- Previously (or currently) received chemotherapy or radiotherapy for AIN or anal cancer
- Currently receiving interferon or cidofovir treatment
- Diagnosed with circumferential (diffuse) high-grade AIN, or involving > 75% of the anal canal.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00428285
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00428285
|Canada, Quebec
|Notre-Dame Hospital (Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal)
|Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H2L 4M1
|Royal Victoria Hospital (McGill University Health Center)
|Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H2X 2P4
|Principal Investigator:
|Alexandra de Pokomandy, MD
|Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)
|Principal Investigator:
|George Ghattas, MD
|McGill University Health Center and Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)
|Responsible Party:
|Alexandra de Pokomandy, MD, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00428285 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Submitted:
|January 25, 2007
|First Posted:
|January 29, 2007
|Last Update Posted:
|August 1, 2016
|Last Verified:
|July 2016
Keywords provided by Alexandra de Pokomandy, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM):
Human Papilloma Virus
HIV infected MSM
Treatment Experienced
Treatment Naive
Anal Intraepithelial Neoplasia
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Carcinoma in Situ
Anus Neoplasms
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Rectal Neoplasms
Colorectal Neoplasms
Intestinal Neoplasms
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
Digestive System Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Digestive System Diseases
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Intestinal Diseases
Rectal Diseases


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Expenses leave widower with cancer with no food, rent
Dear W.C.,
I work at an apartment complex. I am worried about one of our older tenants. He has been sick and is two months behind in his rent. The management has given him an eviction notice but I don't know where he will go. His wife died years ago and he does not have any family. Could you please check on him?
Dear Readers,
I visited this man after speaking to the woman that wrote the letter. She asked me to not tell him she had written on his behalf. She was worried about losing her job. I assured her I would not reveal who had brought him to our attention.
After knocking on the door of the apartment I waited several minutes for an answer. The chained door was slowly opened by a senior man. He looked at me puzzled and asked, "Do I know you?" I said, "Not yet but let me introduce myself." After we spoke at the cracked door for a few minutes, I explained to him why I was there, and I showed my identification, he invited me inside.
I entered the apartment not knowing what to expect. After his initial hesitation he seemed truly happy to have someone to talk to. He showed me his small apartment. It was a little crowded with old furniture and pictures of people who I assumed were his family. I asked him who some of the people were in the old photos. He pointed out his mother and father, his wife and daughter. "They are all gone now," he said sadly. I did not see any pictures of his daughter any older than a teenager. He said, "She got cancer when she was a teenager. That was almost forty years ago. There wasn't anything they could do for her. Now I got cancer and the treatment doesn't seem much better."
The senior man told me his wife passed away years ago, "From a broken heart." is how he put it. "After our daughter died my wife lost all hope. She just couldn't cope with the loss. She died from a heart attack."
I asked him about his cancer. He said he had done some chemo but it had made him so sick he couldn't function. He was not seeking any other treatment for cancer. He had made his peace with dying. I asked him about his delinquent rent and if he had any other outstanding bills. He told me how he had been trying to buy his wife's and daughter's graves a nice headstone for years. He had never been able to save enough to get something nice. I asked if he had spent his rent on this and he admitted he had, along with his utilities money. He said, "I couldn't die without making sure they had a proper burial place. Who would do this once I'm gone?" I asked if he knew he was in risk of eviction.� He said, "Yes, but I can die homeless." He held his frail hand up to his eyes to cover his tears. I could see his tears pass by his hand onto his cheeks. I told him, "No. We will not let you become homeless. The Time Is Now to Help will do all we can to make sure you stay right here in this apartment."
After I asked the senior gentleman's permission, I looked around the small apartment. Everything was surprisingly neat for an elderly man living all alone. I commented on that and he said, "What else do I have to do with myself? My wife has been gone a long time so I do things for myself." I did notice his refrigerator and cabinets were nearly empty. I asked if he cooked and when was his last meal? He told me he was a good cook when he had money for food, but he had spent every last penny he could on the headstone. His last meal had been a can of tomato soup. I asked what he liked to eat. He was puzzled by the question. He said, "First you offer rent, now you ask me what I like to eat. Are you for real or am I dreaming?" With that he leaned over and gave me a gentle push, then said, "Okay you are real." I laughed. He wiped his tears away with his forearm and asked, "What is this Time Is Now helping?" I explained about all of you and how together we do good works to help our fellow Americans. He sat in thought for a minute then asked a few more questions. The elderly man concluded with, "There really are people who care? Before you came by I thought I would starve before the cancer got me." I immediately called for a hot meal to be delivered and made another call for help filling his refrigerator and cabinets. I watched as fresh tears fell while I made these phone calls. Within a short time we were eating together. After a good meal and several hours of my visit I could see the elderly man felt much better.
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Sir Dave Brailsford will lead the Great Britain team in the Road World Championships later this month, despite relinquishing his performance director role in April to focus solely on his role as Team Sky principal.
The 50-year-old remains close to Shane Sutton, the British Cycling technical director, who will not travel to Ponferrada in Spain for the World Championships, which take place from September 21 to 28.
Sutton will instead focus on the track, with the British Championships taking place in Manchester from September 24 to 28 ahead of the European Championships in Guadeloupe next month.
Sir Dave Brailsford will take charge of the Great Britain team at the Road World Championships in Spain
Sutton said: "It made sense for me to ask Sir Dave to attend the Road World Championships as obviously the road is his focus and full-time role.
"The decision allows me to stay in Manchester with the track riders for the Nationals and to focus on the performances there which are increasingly important at this stage of the Olympic cycle."
British Cycling announced its long list for the Road World Championships on Thursday, with 2011 world champion Mark Cavendish opting out of the event.
Chris Froome and Sir Bradley Wiggins, Tour de France champions under Brailsford at Team Sky in 2013 and 2012, have been named and could feature in the same team for the first time since last year's World Championships in Florence.
Lizzie Armitstead, the Olympic silver medallist and Commonwealth Games champion, leads the British women's team.
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