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Tweaked Recipe from Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child
(My best friend bought this book for me a few years ago and it's really a must have! Put it on your xmas list!)
1 1/2 lbs. or about 5 cups of thinly sliced yellow onions
3 tablespoons of butter
1 tablespoons of olive oil
1 teaspoon of salt
1/4 teaspoons of sugar (helps the onions to brown)
3 tablespoons of all-purpose flour
2 quarts beef stock
1/2 cup of dry white wine
Salt and Pepper to taste
Slices of French Bread
1/2 cup of gruyere, grated
Cook the onions slowly with the butter and oil in the covered saucepan for 15 minutes.
Uncover, raise heat to moderate, and stir in the salt and sugar. Cook for 30-40 minutes stirring frequently, until the onions have turned an even, deep, golden brown.
Sprinkle in the flour and stir for 3 minutes.
Off the heat, blend in the boiling liquid. Add the wine. Simmer partially covered for 30-40 minutes or more, skimming occasionally. Correct seasoning.
Preheat oven to 400F.
Pour into soup cups. Top with a slice of crusty bread and a handful of grated Gruyere cheese. Place soup on a baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes, or until cheese is melty and brown.

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text: "1984 was Frankie's year (Goes To Hollywood, that is). Nobody had heard of them before. Nobody would ever really care about them after. The root of it, I figure, was a line from Two Tribes (which won't be on this list because I'm assuming you've heard it). 'Are we living in a land where sex and horror are the new gods?' The land they were from was England, but given the degree of international success they had, it's safe to say they were speaking of the whole mad Cold War world. Which would put the Pleasuredome everywhere, with the bombs about to fall, might as well get your kicks before the whole sh**house burned down (to borrow one from Jim Morrison). Or in the case of Frankie's debut double album, spread all over the entirety of side one." (Philip Random)


text: BBC Secret Gardens: In A Hole In The Ground There Lived A Tolkien (1992). Back into the T_ape archive for this charming and (to the best of my knowledge) never repeated radio drama imagining the creation process of The Hobbit as it percolates through the young Tolkien's mind. The play was written by Humphrey Carpenter (1946-2005) who also included the 1977 Tolkien biography amongst his many literary achievements.


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Drake Throws Shots at Skylar Diggins' Boyfriend
Is Drake taking his Instagram flirting with WNBA star Skylar Diggins to a new level? After he posted some photos on the social network of the basketball-playing beauty, the rapper is opening up about about his lust and threw a jab at Diggins' current boyfriend.
"I've never met Skylar, but I'm sure it'll be extremely awkward if she does show up," Drizzy said during a press day with ESPN to talk about the ESPY Awards, which he will be hosting. "She probably won't though... her boyfriend will probably have her tied down to a chair that night." Ouch.
Recently, Skylar's man, Daniel Smith, took his own shots at Drizzy. Smith tagged the Toronto native in an Instagram photo of himself cuddling up next to Skylar.


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|Home > Dual-Polarized Partially Reflective Surface Antenna With MEMS-Based Beamwidth Reconfiguration
A partially reflective surface (PRS) antenna design enabling 1-bit dynamic beamwidth control is presented. The antenna operates at X-band and is based on microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology. The reconfigurable PRS unit cell monolithically integrates MEMS elements, whose positions are chosen to reduce losses while allowing a considerable beamwidth variation. The combined use of the proposed PRS unit cell topology and MEMS technology allows achieving low loss in the reconfigurable PRS. In addition, the antenna operates in dual-linear polarization with independent beamwidth control of each polarization. An operative MEMS-based PRS unit cell is fabricated and measured upon reconfiguration, showing very good agreement with simulations. The complete antenna system performance is rigorously evaluated based on full-wave simulations and the unit cell measurements, demonstrating an 18 degrees and 23 degrees variation of the half-power beamwidth in the E-plane and the H-plane, respectively. The antenna radiation efficiency is better than 75% in all states of operation.


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Watch how to make this recipe.
Cut peaches in half and remove seed. Place clove in the center of each peach and sprinkle with mint and cinnamon. Melt butter and mix with honey, cinnamon and brown sugar. Brush each peach with butter mixture. Place peaches skin side down on grill and grill to heat through about 4 minutes. Whip cream and 4 ounces powdered sugar together until stiff peaks form. Place 2 halves of peach on plate and garnish with 1 tablespoon of whipped cream. Garnish plates with remaining 4 ounces of powder.
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Fort Myers Orthodontics Life with Braces
Now that your braces are on, you need to know what to do to take care of them. Taking care of them throughout the period of treatment is important for the best results.
Eating With Your Braces
Your treatment will not take long, and soon you will be able to eat everything you want. We want to make sure you don't damage your appliances, so during the period of treatment, you need to take special care – don't worry, it won't take long!
Foods to Avoid While Wearing Braces
There are certain foods that you will need to avoid during your treatment. Here are some of the basic food types to avoid during your orthodontic treatment:
- Chewy foods: Avoid any food that is particularly chewy, including breads such as bagels, protein bars and other chewy foods.
- Crunchy foods: During your treatment period, avoid popcorn, chips, crunchy cookies and crackers, and all other crunchy foods and snacks.
- Sticky foods: Avoid sticky foods like gum and sticky candies.
- Hard foods: Foods that are harder, such as hard candies, nuts, brittles, pretzels, hard taco shells, and other similar foods must be avoided.
- Foods you must bite: Try to avoid foods that require you to bite down with your front teeth, such as corn on the cob, apples, hard veggies, pizza, or even burgers. Some of these foods can be eaten if cut into reasonably-sized pieces.
Good Ideas of Foods to Eat While Wearing Braces
Generally, you want to eat softer foods that are easy to chew. Some of the most popular foods to eat while wearing braces include:
- Chicken, meatballs, luncheon meat
- Seafood
- Pasta and noodle dishes
- Bananas
- Yogurt
- Soft cheeses
- Soft crackers
- Mashed potatoes
- Steamed vegetables
- Melons and other soft fruits
- Peanut butter and jelly
- Grains
- Treats such as ice cream, milkshakes, cakes, etc., without crunchy bits
Handling Soreness or Other Discomforts
Your teeth and mouse may feel sore and hurt a bit just after you get your braces, but this won't last long. Your mouth and teeth are adjusting to the appliance or braces.
If it bothers you, try rinsing your mouth with lukewarm saltwater to alleviate the soreness. Some patients take a mild pain reliever when needed.
If a tooth feels loose, that is normal. For the teeth to shift into the correct position, they need to loosen first. We are always available to speak with you if you have questions.
Regular Hygiene
Flossing and brushing are two of the most important ways to maintain your dental health. While under treatment, you will need to continue brush and floss.
Depending upon the type of braces or aligners you have, brushing and flossing may require different modifications to be done successfully.
Brushing & Flosing with Braces
Flossing with BracesWith metal braces, we will teach you exactly how to care for them, including the procedures for flossing and brushing. You will need a floss threader when wearing certain types of braces, and we make sure you get plenty of practice in our office so you are confident before you go home!
Brushing & Flossing with Invisalign®
No extra care is needed for Invisalign. Simply remove the aligner to brush and floss as you normally would. Make sure to wear the aligners to bed, however.


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When hundreds of women recently protested against dictatorships in Tunisia, Yemen and Egypt, it seemed that an era of oppressive governments with sexist traditions might be coming to an end.
The excitement was short-lived.
On March 9, International Women's Day, a group of women were groped and harassed in Cairo's Tahrir Square after marching for social justice. Last week, Amnesty International reported that another group of 18 women who were arrested during protests in Tahrir Square were taken by the military, tortured by electric shocks, subjected to strip searches and given "virginity tests."
According to an Egyptian Center for Women's Rights study in 2008, 83 percent of women have been sexually harassed in Egypt, as well as an astounding 98 percent of foreign women living in Cairo. (The study defines sexual harassment as unwanted sexual conduct that results in physical or psychological abuse.) Yet, due to a lack of cultural and legal support, only a small percentage of cases are taken to the police.
Director Mohamed Diab captures this grim reality in his new feature, "Cairo 6,7,8," showcased in this year's New Directors/New Films series at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The film is based on real-life experiences of sexual harassment faced by three Egyptian women.


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School DescriptionThere at Rockvale, not only do you have the multifarious activities of an established school at our disposal, but you are much closer to the surrounding countryside than you might imagine. Rockvale Academy was established in the year 1984 and is affiliated to the ICSE and ISC Board, New Delhi, and offers prescribed course in Arts and Commerce at the +2 level.
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Fee Structure for the session-New Day Scholar:- Nur-UKG is Rs. 6,500
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VI-VIII is Rs. 20,250
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Fee Structure for the session-Old Day Scholar:- Nur-UKG is Rs. 4,500
I-V is Rs. 9,900
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Fee Structure for the session (New Boarders):- Nur-UKG is Rs. 68,950
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VI-VIII is Rs. 91,200
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Fee Structure for the session 2014 (Old Boarders):- Nur-UKG is Rs. 70,150
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VI-VIII is Rs. 92,200
IX is Rs. 88,900
X is Rs. 91,800
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A TIME FOR ATONEMENT: Will this Yom Kippur Bring Justice for the Palestinians?
A TIME FOR ATONEMENT: Will this Yom Kippur Bring Justice for the Palestinians? by Gil Maguire On September 29 American and Israeli Jews celebrated Rosh Hashanah. The ten days following Rosh Hashanah are days of reflection and repentance for Jews … Continue reading
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I was just sitting watching Kate + 8 when the Princess just came out & walked around the kitchen island. I asked her what was wrong & she said "I don't know". I followed her back to her room & told her to go to the bathroom. She just laid down & closed her eyes. Pretty sure she wasn't awake. About 10 min later she does it again only this time I cornered her & took her to the bathroom. Yep, my daughter still can't make it through the night! Poor kid. She couldn't ever make it as a baby & I'm pretty sure that she'll never make it all night as an adult. Yeah, never thought I'd write about my kids bathroom habits but there you go.
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More than $31,000 raised for family of boy who triggered shooting threat lockdown in Twin Cities suburb
ORONO, Minn. -- An online fundraising campaign has raised more than $31,000 for the family of the boy who posted threats on social media last week that triggered the lockdown at Orono public schools in the western suburbs of Minneapolis-St. Paul.
The GoFundMe page was started with the blessing of the boy's family on Saturday. The boy, who has autism, was arrested Wednesday at school and is being held at the Hennepin County Juvenile Detention Facility.
Orono public schools were placed on lockdown Wednesday after a "direct threat of gun violence at Orono schools" was posted on both Twitter and Facebook.
"The social media post was made in frustration with a group discussion regarding school safety, without the benefit of impulse control," according to a statement placed on the GoFundMe page. "There was no intention, nor the means, to carry out the threat."
According to the post, the boy "is deeply broken, and the situation is dire. He is despondent, and his special needs condition prevents him from coping with his detention. He is in an immediate health crisis and needs legal representation to navigate through his circumstances and get him the care and treatment that he desperately needs."
The money will be used to help pay "legal expenses associated with psychiatric and psychological assessment, medical expenses, lost wages, and other tangible impacts," according to the site.
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- Madmarx commented on Lau Han Ching's instructable DIY 2G/3G/4G wireless cell phone signal booster3 years ago
i also followed your suggestion as you see in the picture of 7 round / turns on the outside antenna and 5 on the inside.View Instructable »
I made it. There may be a only a tiny improvement in signal. I found the strongest signal location to be the east side of my house. 15 meters of cable between the outside antenna and the inside antenna which i placed in the middle of my house ground floor on the ceiling. Any suggestions on how i might improve my results? If i shorten the cable will that improve my inside signal strength? its much too long.


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Israeli Ambassador Expelled, as Turkey's Erdogan Accuses Netanyahu of War Crimes
Pictured Above: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. (Wikimedia Commons).
(JNS) Turkey has told the Israeli ambassador to the country to temporarily leave in protest of the situation in Gaza, which saw nearly 60 Palestinian rioters killed by Israeli forces on Monday.
Ambassador Eitan Naeh was summoned to the foreign ministry and told to "return to his country for a period of time," said a Turkish foreign ministry official, AFP reported.
Turkey has also recalled its ambassadors to Israel and the United States over the Gaza situation.
Naeh had been serving in his post since December 2016, following a reconciliation agreement between Israel and Turkey stemming from a break down in relations due to the 2010 Mavi Marmara flotilla incident.
At the same time, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan also lashed out at Israel, accusing the country of being a "terror state" that has committed "a genocide."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded on Tuesday, calling Erdoğan, who has long supported Hamas, of himself being involved in "terrorism and slaughter."
Erdoğan then responded again, saying that Netanyahu leads an "apartheid state."
"Netanyahu is the PM of an apartheid state that has occupied a defenseless people's lands for 60+ yrs in violation of UN resolutions," Erdoğan wrote on Twitter on Tuesday. "He has the blood of Palestinians on his hands and can't cover up crimes by attacking Turkey."
Israel's Education Minister Naftali Bennett also responded to the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador and Erdoğan's comments by blasting the compensation deal with Turkey over the Mavi Marmara incident and calling for the recognition of the Armenian genocide.
"Erdoğan is soaked with Hamas terror from head to toe. It was a severe mistake to sign a compensation deal with him, worth tens of millions of dollars, following the Marmara incident," Bennett wrote on his Twitter account Tuesday.
Bennett, a member of the Security Cabinet, added: "At the time, I said he would return to hurt us, and I even voted against that shameful agreement, which unfortunately passed in the cabinet."


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David Hieber, a senior bridge engineer and Associate at Dewberry's Fairfax, VA office, has over 15 years experience analyzing, designing, and managing transportation structures. He is familiar with both design-bid-build and design-build delivery methods, and most recently led a team of 18 bridge engineers during proposal development of a $600M design-build project, which included 42 bridges. Mr Hieber is first Vice President of the American Society of Highway Engineers (ASHE) – Potomac Section, and serves on the American Concrete Institute's Committees 341, Earthquake-Resistant Concrete Bridges, and 343, Concrete Bridge Design. He brings his considerable engineering design experience to CEIE students, teaching the senior design capstone course.


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It's going back, back, back, back, he's at the wall, it's going, and it's gone…Grand slam homerun!! That's the call from the press box at a baseball game. The call is a little different for the prized Offshore Grand Slam. It begins more like, 'There he is, right short!' and ends with hootin' and yellin' mixed with a few joyful profanities. This week had several crews close to tallying the last species in the Slam as Blue Marlin, Whites, and Sails are off the Mid-Atlantic coast.
The billfish bite heated up the latter part of the week. The excitement started when 'Canyon Express' returned to the dock with seven Whites and a Sailfish to their credit. Weather conditions were perfect for the following day and saw the fleet head out in search of the bills. Most headed to the Triple Zeros and south to the 900 line. Others took towards the Norfolk Canyon and points north. 'Mimi' returned from the Canyon with 2 of 5 Whites and 'Matador' scratched 2 of 3. 'Desperado' chalked up four White Marlin and a Sailfish, 'Victory Lap' caught five Whites. 'Wired Up' had three Whites and a Sailfish at the end of the day, while 'Poor Girl' hung eight White Marlin flags from the riggers. 'High Hopes' scratched two Whites a day after they caught and released a Blue Marlin. 'Backlash' also caught a Blue one earlier in the week. 'Frog Pile' came close to the Offshore Slam on Saturday. They caught the hard one…a Blue Marlin…along with three Whites. Three other Whites and a Sail, the final species for a Grand Slam, jumped off before getting leader. These are great numbers for this time of year. Perhaps the predictions of another banner season are coming to fruition!
The fleets out of Pirate's Cove Marina and the Oregon Inlet Fishing Center got into the dance as well. Boats returned to the docks with multiple White and Sail releases. Fifty Billfish were tallied out of Pirate's Cove alone. Tuna, Mahi and Wahoo were also lying on the docks at the marinas. Hatteras is reporting plenty of Sailfish for the taking along with some Mahi and Wahoo scattered around.
Back at the Beach, Tuna, Mahi and Wahoo are also on the menu. Tuna are still hitting baits near the Canyon. Fish are ranging from 40 to 60 pounds. Larger Dolphin are being caught as well. 'Blue Eyed Sons' boated several Mahi with two meeting the 25 pound citation minimum. Scott Bitler and crew worked the Cigar and went 3 for 4 on Wahoo with one going citation.
The Rudee Headboats are scoring some great action deep-dropping offshore. Clients are filling the coolers with Tilefish, Grouper, Barrel Fish, and more.
Until next week, get out there and…
Catch 'em up!
By Captain Don Malkowski
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Supertyphoon Pepeng (international name: Parma) weakened slightly, but it's still considered a supertyphoon. Thus, days before its expected arrival, thousands upon thousands of Filipinos, particularly those who were living in the already flooded areas of Laguna de Bay, have totally evacuated the place. Malacañang Palace even declared a state of calamity all over the archipelago. The bad news is that there are still many places that are still flooded due to last Saturday's Typhoon Ondoy.
But here's the good news: Pepeng suddenly –and miraculously– changed its course!
Weather officials said Parma, billed as a supertyphoon, altered course toward the northernmost tip of the Philippines' Luzon Island.
It was now expected to land Saturday evening on the province of Cagayan, north of its earlier predicted landfall in Aurora province and about 400 kilometers (250 miles) from the nation's capital.
Parma was packing wind gusts of up to 210 kilometers per hour (130 kph), easing from 230 kilometers per hour on Friday, the weather bureau said.
Don't downplay this weird alteration of the said typhoon's course — to put it bluntly, it's an incredible miracle. God listened to our collective pleas to Him!
Now we have to refocus on the relief operations for Ondoy's victims.
Read the rest of Pepeng's change of plans here…


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Last Sunday's well-orchestrated Hamas attack, which prompted what many here are calling a regional crisis, was originally slated to coincide with the start of the upcoming G8 Summit of world leaders, sources say. The Summit is widely expected to focus on Iran's nuclear program.
Israeli security officials say they have information Iran ordered Hamas to carry out the attack close to the opening of the July 15 Summit, calculating that a major Hamas assault on an Israeli military base and the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers would draw Israel into an escalated state of conflict with the Palestinians, and that this would dominate world headlines and become a primary focus of the G8 meeting – distracting in part from the Summit's Iran agenda.
But the Hamas operation was moved up to last week following an operation in which elite Israeli security forces operating under cover in the Rafah section of the Gaza Strip arrested two Hamas members last Saturday. The forces worked on intelligence information that the two were involved in orchestrating an imminent large-scale attack against an Israeli border target. Realizing that the Israeli arrests might jeopardize the entire Hamas operation, according to the security officials, Hamas and the other terror groups assembled and attacked the Kerem Shalom military station within 12 hours, killing two Israeli soldiers and kidnapping Gilad Shalit.
The Israeli interrogators working on the two arrested Hamas members were not able to garner enough information about the attack prior to Hamas's successful operation against Kerem Shalom.
Meanwhile, with the G8 summit starting next Saturday, Israeli security officials say they have information Iran has ordered Hamas, the Popular Resistance Committees and the Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades terror groups to carry out still more attacks, including suicide bombings inside Israel.
Israel is on high alert along its northern border with Lebanon, where Hizbullah guerillas are stationed with more than 10,000 short and medium range missiles pointed at Israeli towns. There is fear that the primary Hizbullah backers, Syria and Iran, will attempt to escalate the conflict by drawing Israel into border clashes.
One of the major claims then-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon made to the Israeli public prior to implementing the country's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip 10 months ago was that if the Jewish state needed to re-enter the territory in response to Palestinian attacks, the international community would understand and would support any Israeli action.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has made similar claims regarding his proposed withdrawal from Judea and Samaria – mountainous terrain having Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and the country's international airport within rocket-firing range. But with Israeli ground troops entering the Gaza Strip in response to last week's Hamas attack, countries around the world have been urging restraint and are demanding an immediate Israeli retreat.
Mitchell Barak, managing director of Kidron Strategies, a Jerusalem-based political consulting firm, commented, "Israeli leaders have traditionally deluded voters into thinking that by giving land away it will give Israel more freedo of military action as far as support from the international community if the terrorists use land they gain to stage attacks. The events in Gaza the past few days couldn't make it any more clear that this is not the case. It is absurd to further believe an Israeli withdrawal from Judea and Samaria would also result in more backing for Israel from the world."
A group of prominent rabbis is calling on President Bush to refuse political and financial support for Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's plan to evacuate most of Judea and Samaria, pointing out that the withdrawal is against U.S. interests and that it violates basic tenets of Jewish law.
"U.S. interests are being impacted by Israel's proposed retreat from terrorist strongholds in Judea and Samaria. In addition, as rabbis our obligation is to teach, guide, and lead our congregations to conduct their daily lives in accordance with Jewish Law. This holds especially true in a matter of life or death threatening the residents of Israel," states a letter sent to Bush and signed by leaders of the Rabbinical Congress for Peace, a coalition of over 1200 rabbinic leaders and pulpit rabbis.
The rabbis contend in their letter that the proposed Israeli withdrawal violates Jewish law because an evacuation will lead to massive violence.
"There is a clear definitive ruling in the Jewish Code of Law 'Orach Chaim' Chapter 329 which rules that it is strictly forbidden to give up even one inch of a Jewish border town to foreigners because it will lead to bloodshed. How much more so regarding retreating from holy land that enemies bent on your destruction have already stated will be used to launch attacks against Jews," the letter continues.
The rabbis wrote to Bush that Israel's withdrawal from Gaza last summer has already affected regional U.S. interests and that Olmert's proposed Judea and Samaria evacuation will have "disastrous" consequences for the American-led war on terror.
Aaron Klein is Jerusalem bureau chief for WorldNetDaily.com. He is a co-host of ABC Radio's nationally syndicated John Batchelor Show and can be heard regularly on other top American radio programs. Klein is editor of the upcoming Galil Report, an e-mail intelligence newsletter focused on news about Israel. Subscriptions are available at www.g2bulletin.com.


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Dr Marios Efthymiou is a Gastroenterologist and Interventional Endoscopist, passionate about providing excellent medical care to his patients.
He works at the Austin Hospital in his role as the Deputy Head of Endoscopy. His expertise lies in general gastroenterology and all aspects of advanced interventional endoscopy including gastroscopy, colonoscopy, ERCP, endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), capsule endoscopy, balloon enteroscopy and endoscopic mucosal resection.
Dr Efthymiou provides consultation services through his rooms at John Fawkner Hospital and performs procedures at Epworth Hospital (Richmond), John Fawkner Hospital (Coburg) and also the Austin Hospital (Heidelberg).
Non-procedural expertise:
Colon cancer screening
Management of difficult polyps
Barrett's oesophagus
Swallowing disorders
Difficult to treat Helicobacter Pylori
Irritable bowel syndrome
Food intolerances
Coeliac disease
Inflammatory bowel disease
Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding
Abnormal liver function tests
Fatty liver
Bile duct stones
Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction
Pancreas Divisum
Chronic Pancreatitis
Pancreas duct stones
Procedural expertise:
Gastroscopy and Colonoscopy
ERCP for treating bile duct stones and obstructive jaundice
Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) for staging tumours in the gastrointestinal tract, assessing submucosal lesions, diagnosing bile duct stones and investigating patients with pancreatitis
Endoscopic mucosal resection for large polyps and early mucosal cancers
Endoscopic treatment of oesophageal pouches and achalasia
Capsule endoscopy for identifying causes of small bowel bleeding
Single and double balloon enteroscopy for treating small bowel bleeding


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Greenville Heights is a 11.4-hectare residential subdivision with an average lot size of 120 square meters. Situated in Casili Consolacion, Cebu, the subdivision offers a scenic over looking view highlighted by its world-class features and amenities typical of Sta. Lucia Realty's quality developments.
Prices of Lots starting at PHP 5,000.00 per square meters.
Combining hints of Hispanic and Mediterranean-style residential estates and strong influences from Cebu's own heritage.
How to get there: Only a mere 15-minute drive from Cebu City, Greenville Heights brings to you a new era in suburban living. You are close to the city and yet sweetly secluded in your sanctuary from the noise of urban living.


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We all have defining moments. Do you think they chart the course of our lives? Yesterday, like on most other days, I startled when my alarm went off at 7:00 AM. And like on most other days, I routinely made my way to the bathroom, shuffled into the kitchen, pressed the button on my coffeemaker to brew myself my usual dose of caffeine. Stirred in the half and half. Waddled into my office. Carefully set the steaming hot cup down on my desk, where I checked my emails and scanned the news headlines. But then, just as suddenly as I'd jumped when my alarm went off, I paused, and my morning's { Read More }
Can You Prevent Breast Cancer?
"You have cancer." Those three words hold so much power. They're life-altering in too many ways to measure. They're words that every women hopes they'll never have to hear. And as a survivor who has heard those words, I'd like to be able to say that you'll never, ever have to hear them. But there's no sure way to do that. What I can do is tell you ways to reduce your risk - and be aware enough (or in some cases, lucky enough) that if you do get diagnosed with breast cancer, it will be found at an early stage, where it's typically more treatable. While there are many factors that influence your breast { Read More }
Do You Fake It?
I used to. Sometimes, circumstances were such that I had no choice. But after a while, I decided it wasn't worth all the effort. I wasn't fooling anyone. In fact, faking it was getting dangerous. People could tell. Especially when they got...so long. They knew what I was up to. Especially the time my false eyelash fell into my drink at a bar. What can I tell you? As a young 20-something, I wanted to look glam. But instead, I looked like Lucille Ball in the movie, Yours Mine and Ours. (A truly funny scene - in the movie, not in the bar). But I considered faking it again after I hit 50 and along { Read More }
Ten Things I'd Change If I Were in Charge Of the Midlife World…
My boys, when they were teenagers, used to say "If I were in charge of the world, here's what I'd do." It usually translated to things like: Eliminate homework Drink soda for breakfast Never make my bed and Play video games all day without mom yelling at me to get-outside-and-get-some-fresh-air! Well, now it's my turn. There are so many things about this so-called midlife I embrace and celebrate. But then again, nothing's perfect, is it? There are many others that I think need changing. And at the end of this post, please chime in with yours. After all, the truth is that we ARE in charge. We { Read More }
Menopause and Anxiety – A Connection?
Note: I'm bringing you this post from my other blog, MidlifeMatters, which runs on healthywomen.org. It first hit the website in 2011, and attracted lots of eyeballs and comments. And a lot of women were relieved and comforted, feeling like "it" was not all in their head. (Midlife Dictionary: It (used to represent a vague sense of unease, only understood by women of a certain age, about to be understood by those same women, or in the immediate context, is capable of producing feelings similar to becoming completely and utterly undone): It is bothering me today, and threatens to unhinge me and everyone { Read More }
The Case of the Missing Mojo
My mojo has left me. I'm not sure what I did to offend it. I'm searching for answers. I wonder if this is why... Last week, I took a little time off. My BFF came all the way from California to visit. We hadn't seen one another since January, and I was guilty of being just a wee bit excited. Much more than a wee bit, if you really want to know. The day before Ellen arrived, I sat down at my desk. I put an "out of office" message on my inbox. I made notes of things I had to do for the following week. I got up-to-date on my assignments and other work. "Mojo," I said. "Here's the deal. Tomorrow, I { Read More }
Dealing with Hot Flashes in the Heat
Now that the heat of the summer is engulfing many parts of the country, it's not as easy to find immediate relief from those hormonal waves of sweat. And hot weather is a big hot flash trigger. I see it every time I am with a friend who is in the midst of menopause. I easily recognize that dazed and dreaded look that precedes the hot flash; I watch sympathetically as the droplets of sweat start to form on her upper lip; I offer a cold glass of water or even a handful of ice cubes when she starts to squirm uncomfortably or look like she might just pass out. I feel so utterly helpless, { Read More }


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Jun 14th, 2016
BCH helps Fund for the Arts, Jennifer Lawrence Foundation and Churchill Downs launch the inaugural Awards in the Arts
Envelope, please! BCH recently helped the Fund for the Arts launch Louisville's inaugural Awards in the Arts, a new initiative to recognize artists and their impact on the community.
This was not your typical awards gala, as it had added star power. In addition to the Fund for the Arts, the event was co-hosted by The Jennifer Lawrence Foundation and Churchill Downs, during Opening Night at Churchill Downs Racetrack. The entire evening took on an arts theme, with arts performances around every turn, award presentations in the Winner's Circle between nighttime horse races, a swanky VIP reception in the Stakes Room, and even an arts-themed signature cocktail, the "Opening Night."
Since this was the first event of its kind in Louisville, the Fund for the Arts needed a unique brand for Awards in the Arts. BCH created an original logo that the hosts loved so much, they set it in stone – literally.
The angular "A" design made its mark on all press materials, event deliverables, and was carved into stone by local artist Mike McCarthy as the trophy for award recipients. The statue was featured on the cover of The Voice-Tribune and on the event program next to Jennifer Lawrence's face.
We are proud to have created the image for this iconic event, which the Fund for the Arts, The Jennifer Lawrence Foundation and Churchill Downs hope to continue for years to come.
For more, visit www.awardsinthearts.fundforthearts.org.


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So a little while ago I was at the HomeSense showroom to check out the sculptural, whimsical, and festive collection for Fall/Winter 2012. First up is a room full of crystal + silver, and plenty of creamy white for this holidays season. This collection is set to wow your guests with glam and glitter. Before we head inside, let's take moment to check out these faux fur stools and this super soft luxurious area rug.
Isn't this adorable? I love the soft faux fur seat and these legs with a weathered wood finish for an organic touch.
Here are a few items that caught my eyes: quirky side tables with polished chrome top for a health dose of whimsy, and a cluster of vintage inspired trophies and candlesticks in mercury glass style.
And just how can we have this glamourous talk without something from the Hollywood? HomeSense has a collection of licensed reproduction photography of Hollywood icons including Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn. Love how fantastic these black + white photographs with mirror/gilded gold frames look against that lavender wall, and check out this beautiful rug in plum! Totally on trend.
I have to bring these bookcases to your attention. With trims on both top and bottom, beadboard details as backdrop, a creamy satin finish, a ladder, and all for $499, these stylish bookcases won't stay in the store for long. I now wish I have a spare bedroom to turn into a study! Tribal pattern is also hot hot hot this season and so are these pillows. Geometic, ikat, chevron, these pillows have them all!
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Griffiths & Armour are pleased to announce the expansion of their Professional Risks division following the appointment of an experienced Professional Indemnity team. The appointments and subsequent plans support the firms continued development and provision of service excellence to the growing national client portfolio advised from their Manchester office.
The joining team, formerly of Towergate Professional Indemnity, includes Rowan Davies (an Insurance Broker specialising in IT), Matthew Didlick (responsible for Business Development for SMEs and Intermediaries), Mark Day (an Account Handler) and Charlotte Morgan (an Assistant Contract Reviewer). They will be joined in the new year by Peter Monks (an Insurance Broker specialising in Construction) and Jim Brindley (an Insurance Broker specialising in Solicitors). The team will work in close collaboration with Griffiths & Armour Professional Risks Development Partner, Paul Berg and Director, Graeme Tinney, who heads up the firm's Manchester Professional Risks team.
Paul Berg commented: "The team have a reputation for providing first class support to a broad range of professional clients, from architects and engineers through to solicitors. Each individual has shown great enthusiasm for the significant opportunities that life at Griffiths & Armour will provide. Graeme and I are both excited about the potential for growth, and we look forward to building a successful and integrated team."
Griffiths & Armour Professional Risks Managing Director, Carl Evans, added: "We are pleased that the team have joined the Griffiths & Armour family. We are an excellent home to professional individuals or teams who place excellence in client service as their priority, and these appointments represent a focus on providing a high quality of co-ordinated services to all of our clients from our established centres of excellence in the North West. Such appointments support our wider development and growth ambitions, and we expect this to be the first of a number of similar arrangements".
Group Chief Executive, Steve Bamforth concluded: "Our plans to create a seamless service proposition across our corporate and professions businesses make this acquisition of experience, technical capability and enthusiasm an ideal fit to our growing business. We welcome the team to Griffiths & Armour."
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Wiggins backs Cavendish for Rio Games
Sir Bradley Wiggins says Mark Cavendish will make Great Britain's track team for the Olympic Games in August.
Cavendish is not guaranteed his place but Wiggins told BBC Radio 5 live he is "the right man to ride the omnium".
Wiggins added: "I think Mark will be in Rio and I want him there.
"The Olympics is the one that it's really about for him. Once he gets given the green light for that, his performance will go up again because he's got nothing to lose."
Cavendish intends to combine his dream of winning Olympic gold for the first time with his glittering career on the road.
Wiggins: "I'd love to play in a rugby match"
In the build-up to Rio, the 30-year-old from the Isle of Man intends to ride in the Tour de France again with the hope of adding to his 26 stage wins in the race.
Wiggins, who won the Tour de France in 2012 and is also an Olympic champion on both the road and the track, says Cavendish will make sure he does what is right to achieve success in Brazil.
"Mark is a special character and he needs to be given freedom to do it his way," said Wiggins, who partnered Cavendish to madison gold at the Track World Championships last month.
"He'll do what he thinks is best for him and I think he'll think that riding the Tour de France for his fitness will be better for him for the omnium."
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How to Make the Most Money From Your Ranch Property
Choosing to buy a ranch for sale comes with many responsibilities. Whether you own more than 100,000 acres like the Flying D Ranch that Ted Turner bought in 1988, or if you have a more modest-sized property, knowing how to make improvements to the ranch property is important. Here are some tips to help you improve your ranch real estate once you've purchased a ranch for sale.
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Antonio Conte says his men passed an important test of character in coming from a goal behind to beat a solid Chievo side 2-1 in this evening's Serie A encounter at the Bentegodi.
The manager again witnessed his troops concede the first goal of the game but chose to focus on the positives after a spirited second-half fightback eventually put the well-drilled hosts to the sword.
Speaking after the final whistle, the 44-year-old said: "We're going through a peculiar moment. Buffon was a non paying spectator until they scored and once again we found ourselves a goal behind.
"To lift our heads and overturn the deficit as we've done in the last two games shows that this team has important qualities. We know it's a tough league and we'll have to fight in every game in order to gain a result.
"Hats off to Chievo, they were very organised. We did well to prevent them from breaking on the counter, but going forward, especially in the first half, we attacked with very few players. That's something that can happen though, it's our fourth consecutive game, the sixth for those who played in the international fixtures, and we've rotated many players."
Conte concluded with a reflection on Alberto Paloschi's disallowed goal which subsequent TV replays ruled to be perfectly legitimate.
He added: "Today there was an incident that went in our favour and we'll take heed of it. We could have one go against us in future and we'll accept the decision with the same sportsmanship shown by Sannino and Campedelli."


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Dyson, R., Baldwin, D.S., Mayers, A.G., Tiernan, A. and Jenkins, G., 2002. The reported use and effectiveness of Hypericum (St John's wort) on affective symptoms in a depression self-help group. Primary Care Psychiatry, 8 (3), pp. 99-102.
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A recent meta-analysis suggested that Hypericum perforatum (St John's wort) is an effective treatment for mild to moderate depression and may have a superior side-effect profile to some antidepressant drugs. The aim of this study was to assess the use of herbal remedies in treating depressive and anxiety symptoms, as reported by members of the UK self-help organization Depression Alliance using self-completed questionnaires. More than 50% of the 452 respondents reported using Hypericum, onequarter of whom also reported concurrent use of traditional antidepressants. Most of the sample reported sufficient symptoms for warranting a diagnosis of major depression, with the majority also describing symptoms suggestive of co-morbid psychiatric conditions. One-half of the Hypericum users experienced symptom improvement, which for most occurred within the first 4 weeks of use. Response was better for those with mild as compared to severe symptoms and poorer for those taking Hypericum alongside other antidepressants. The responders were generally older than non-responders. Adverse effects were reported by one-quarter of users and were mostly psychological in nature. This retrospective survey indicated that use of herbal remedies was common in this population. Although often helpful in relieving symptoms, particularly in those with mild depression, there is a risk of adverse events and drug interactions
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The Cruelty (The Cruelty #1) by S. Bergstrom ~ Review
The Cruelty (The Cruelty #1) by S. Bergstrom
Hardcover, 384 pages
Expected publication: February 7th 2017
by Feiwel & Friends
Source: ARC Provided by the Publisher
Rating: 4 Out of 5 Stars
When her diplomat father is kidnapped and the U.S. Government is unable to help, 17 year-old Gwendolyn Bloom sets off across the sordid underbelly of Europe to rescue him. Following the only lead she has—the name of a Palestinian informer living in France—she plunges into a brutal world of arms smuggling and human trafficking. As she journeys from the slums of Paris, to the nightclubs of Berlin, to the heart of the most feared crime family in Prague, Gwendolyn discovers that to survive in this new world she must become every bit as cruel as the men she's hunting.
Thank you Fierce Reads for providing me an arc of The Cruelty for review. This in no way affected my opinion.
The Cruelty is such a fitting name. This book packs a punch. Very intense and graphic at times. I would not recommend this for younger readers. I however flew through the pages. This book was an emotional and vivid masterpiece. If you love the movie the Taken then you will want to grab The Cruelty. Roles reversed as it is Gwen's father who is taken and he is the only family she has ever known after her mother was murdered when she was still a child. Now Gwen will do whatever it takes to find and bring him home. Now I do mean whatever it takes.
You will be glued to Gwen's journey and be rooting for her to succeed with every turn of the page. That being said I know any parent would go to extreme lengths to save their child but I do not know many teens who would go to the lengths Gwen does to save her father. How believable this was did at times stump me. Gwen was not even a trained assassin or spy but decides she is going to be better then the government. I am interested to see where Bergstrom will be taking the next book.
This book is a must read for action fans who like a fast paced read full of non-stop fighting. This book is great for all genders and I think for older teens.
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NCLR (National Council of La Raza), Largest National Latino civil Rights and Advocacy Organizationby GDN Shared Post October 2, 2010
NCLR President and CEO Janet Murguía to address thousands at historic One Nation Working Together rally at the Lincoln Memorial on Saturday, October 2
Washington, DC—Exactly one month before Election Day, NCLR (National Council of La Raza), the largest national Latino civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States, will join leading human and civil rights organizations, labor unions, students, and religious groups to host a rally on the National Mall in Washington, DC for jobs, justice, and education.
As a leader of the One Nation Working Together campaign, NCLR President and CEO Janet Murguía will share her vision of a new economy with the diverse crowd, which is expected to draw more than 100,000 people from all 50 states. The event will also feature Latino talent, including comedian Paul Rodriguez. The historic gathering will take place from noon to 4:30 p.m. EDT on Saturday, October 2.
"One Nation Working Together is a movement of hardworking Americans who believe it is within our power as a country to build an economy that works for everyone," said Murguía. "We are calling on our political leaders to enact commonsense solutions that put America back to work immediately, tackle the foreclosure epidemic, empower consumers, restore fairness to the labor market, and improve wages and conditions for all workers by passing comprehensive immigration reform."
"We recognize that building a strong, new economy won't happen without a collective will or leadership and vision. The energy of the thousands who gather in Washington, DC on October 2 will create momentum leading up to Election Day that will carry through to next year and the next decade. These moments are the first steps on the road to an economy built on fairness, accountability, and respect for the contributions of all workers," concluded Murguía.
The One Nation Working Together rally is timely, as new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that 15 million Americans were out of work in September.
Visit www.OneNationWorkingTogether.org to learn more and join the movement.
WHAT: One Nation Working Together march at the Lincoln Memorial
WHO: Thousands of people from all 50 states who are workers, business owners, students, teachers, parents and grandparents, U.S. citizens, recent immigrants, and more
Janet Murguía, NCLR President and CEO, alongside leaders of leading human and civil rights organizations, labor unions, students, and religious groups
WHEN: Saturday, October 2, 2010, 11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Media Access: 8:00 a.m.
Media Entrance: Media should access the site via Henry Bacon Drive, NW or 23rd Street, NW from Constitution Avenue, NW. The media check-in location is on the east side of the Lincoln Memorial.
Workspace: Seating, workspace, and power will be available to working, credentialed members of the media. Camera risers will be available for TV and still photo use. Power and audio mult boxes will be available on the riser. Additional tented workspace and a lit interview set will be available on the south side of Lincoln Memorial Circle.
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Elopements are typically small, intimate weddings including the couple, the officiant and sometimes a small gathering of close friends and family members. There is generally no rehearsal. Elopements have the advantage that not much space is needed. In fact, almost any lovely spot will do. And, of course, they are more intimate than a large gathering of friends and family members. I have officiated at elopements in private homes, in parks, at vineyards, on the Grounds at UVA, on a beach, beside the canal in Richmond, at guest houses, hotels, at bed and breakfasts, and at air B&B's. Of course, elopements are not as expensive as weddings–a definite plus if you are on a budget.
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The base times are defined every year, based on the latest World Record that was approved by FINA. For short course (SCM) the base times are defined with the cut-off date of August 31st. For long course (LCM) the base times are defined at the end of the year (December 31st).
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Maybe I should have titled this post 'Does Anybody Want the Penn State Job?' Because it seems that nobody, or at least those who have been connected to the job, has come out saying they would take the job. Dan Mullen, head coach at Mississippi State, was said to be a top candidate earlier this month but nothing has come about and it appears that the school has moved on. Boise State head coach Chris Peterson was floated as a potential hire but there has been no actual reason as to why Peterson would leave Boise and finally announced before Christmas he had no interest. The most recent 'flavor of the week,' taking a cue from Governor Sarah Palin, was Tennessee Titans head coach Mike Munchak, a member of the Penn State class of '81. The only problem is that Munchak has been a member of the Oilers/Titans organization since being draft with the eighth overall pick in 1982, that'd be thirty years, and now is the head coach of that organization. Even as he says that he "loves [his] alma mater," he also mentions that he has "no interest in being the next coach at Penn State," and that he never wants to leave Tennessee. He also said he hasn't communicated with anybody from the school. And any comparisons to Nick Saban leaving the Dolphins for Alabama are misguided because Saban was coming off a disappointing season in Miami, he didn't have the ties to Miami that Munchak has to Tennessee and Alabama will always be a better job than Penn State, not to mention the fact that the Crimson Tide were not dealing with a big sexual abuse scandal and cover-up.
So where does that leave us now? Harvard coach Tim Murphy has been mentioned as a top candidate and has been extremely successful at Harvard while maintaining a clean track record but wouldn't be a great sell for a fanbase that thinks they deserve a big-name. I know a couple guys that go to PSU and they don't consider Murphy to be 'qualified,' mostly saying "We want a big name." Wake Forest head coach Jim Grobe has been rumored of late and has done a really good job at what is not an easy job to win at, even winning an ACC title in 2006, and he has also coached in the Midwest but he also isn't that much of a big name. Note that the coach before Grobe, current Colts
Interim head coach Tom Bradley is considered a candidate but it remains to be seen how interested a school looking now to move forward from the black cloud that is the Sandusky scandal would be in a longtime lieutenant to Sandusky and Paterno.
But there is actually one guy that has been adamant in his desire for the job is Green Bay Packers quarterbacks coach Tom Clements. Clements, a native of western Pennsylvania, has a long track record of developing quarterbacks, turning Elvis Grbac, Kordell Stewart and Tommy Maddox into Pro Bowlers, not joking, a tremendous final year in Green Bay for Brett Favre as well as developing Aaron Rodgers into the machine he is today. But Clements has never been a head coach and only two seasons as a coordinator, two mediocre seasons in Buffalo, and hasn't coached in college since serving on Lou Holtz's staff at his alma mater, Notre Dame, in 1995.
So the question over who Paterno's successor remains and I'm sure more turns are on the horizon.


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At Canadian Blood Services, we periodically review our donor eligibility criteria, including those related to men who have sex with men. In 2016, Health Canada approved Canadian Blood Services' and Héma-Québec's applications to reduce the men who have sex with men ineligibility period from five years to one year. In other words, as long as they meet all other donor eligibility criteria, a man is now eligible to donate blood if it has been at least one year since he last had sex with another man. These changes are important steps towards being as minimally restrictive as possible while also maintaining the safety of the blood supply.
This change in eligibility was made after extensive review of scientific and epidemiologic evidence. Equally important was the consultation with high-interest groups, including patient groups representing heavy users of blood and blood products as well as members of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer community groups.
What's next?
Canadian Blood Services is exploring the possibility of moving toward behaviour-based screening.
Our aim is to identify a long-term solution that prioritizes patient safety while minimizing the societal impact on certain groups of people. We established a working group, which includes representation from patient advocacy groups, as well as LGBTQ community organizations, to serve as a forum for ongoing discussion and consultation as we develop further changes in eligibility criteria. We have also committed to research funding, as described below.
A two-day meeting was held in January 2017 with national and international stakeholders to identify research priorities for closing knowledge gaps that impact donor eligibility for men who have sex with men. Read more
Facilitating blood research
Many deferred donors in Vancouver (and those travelling to the area) are eligible to donate blood for important research and development projects at our Network Centre for Applied Development (netCAD).
Canadian Blood Services is a world leader in discovery research and applied development related to blood and blood products: your donation could help us build the future of transfusion medicine. Make an appointment to donate blood for research.
Key Facts
International standard
There is no international consensus on an optimal deferral period for men who have sex with men, since the patterns, causes and effects of HIV infection differ by country. Currently many large blood suppliers such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and the Netherlands have or are implementing a one-year deferral. In 2014, Australia's health regulator denied a proposal to move from a one-year men who have sex with men deferral period to six months.
One-year deferral period
Men who have sex with men account for the largest proportion of new HIV infections reported in Canada. A one-year deferral period, which was implemented in 2016, was chosen as a safe incremental step forward in updating our blood donation criteria based on the latest scientific evidence.
In 2013, the ineligibility period was reduced to five years, replacing a previous regulation which affected men who had sexual contact with another man even once since 1977. Canadian Blood Services is exploring the possibility of moving toward a behaviour-based screening criteria.
Blood testing
We use antibody testing and nucleic acid amplification testing (NAT) to test blood for HIV. Introduced in 2001 and since upgraded, NAT greatly reduces the length of time HIV can go undetected in a person infected with the virus. However, there is still an approximately nine day period shortly after infection when an individual may transmit HIV but the virus is not detected by our tests. That's why we use screening questions before a donation is made as part of a multi-tiered safety system to protect patients. Learn more here.
Stem cells and organ donation
Regulations for organ and stem cell donations are different than those for blood donation. For more information, visit our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on the topic.
Men who have sex with men eligibility history
In the mid-1980s, Canadian Blood Services' predecessor, the Canadian Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service introduced a donor selection criterion that excluded all men who have sex with men since 1977 to protect the blood supply from HIV. In 1992, blood products became regulated by the national blood system regulator, Health Canada, and the criterion was 'grandfathered' into existing regulations.
Canadian Blood Services thoroughly reviewed the men who have sex with men eligibility criteria in 2006. In June 2007, the board of directors concluded the current men who have sex with men deferral criteria should be maintained, but Canadian Blood Services should actively gather information to gain more knowledge on the subject.
In 2010, in response to a Charter of Rights and Freedoms challenge launched in 2002, the Ontario Superior Court ruled that the deferral criteria for men who have sex with men is not discriminatory because it is based on health and safety considerations. Justice Aitken of the Ontario Superior Court ruled that:
- Blood donation is a gift, not a right
- There is no requirement under law to accept the gift of blood
- Donors have a duty to answer questions honestly
- The men who have sex with men deferral is not discriminatory, but is based on health and safety considerations
- The need for lifetime deferral period was not demonstrated
In 2011, Canadian Blood Services' board of directors approved plans to move away from the long-standing permanent deferral for men who have sex with men since 1977 to a defined term of not more than 10 years and not less than five years since last sexual contact.
In 2013, Health Canada approved the change in donor selection criteria for men who have sex with men from an indefinite deferral period for any man who had sex with another man even once since 1977 to a time-based deferral of five years since last sexual contact.
In June 2016, Health Canada approved our proposal to reduce the blood donation ineligibility period for men who have sex with men from five years to one year. This new eligibility criteria was implemented on Aug. 15, 2016.
A two-day meeting was held in January 2017 with national and international stakeholders to identify research priorities for closing knowledge gaps that impact donor eligibility for men who have sex with men. Read more
Additional Resources
- FAQ – Men Who Have Sex with Men
- FAQ – HIV Testing
- Backgrounder – Men Who Have Sex with Men
- Backgrounder – HIV Donor Testing
- Report on Donor Selection
- Men Who Have Sex with Men Policy Change
Research: 2014 Data Summary
- Men Who Have Sex with Men: A Canadian Perspective
- Men Who Have Sex with Men: Donor Deferral Risk Assessment
- Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing (NAT) for Hepatitis C
- 2014 Ipsos Reid Survey
- 2012 Ipsos Reid Survey
- Letters of Support


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Mark Halperin's and John Heilemann's new book Game Change about the 2008 Presidential campaign is full of hilarious revelations. Among these is the news that Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid listed among Barack Obama's electoral advantages that he was "light skinned" and had "no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one."
Reid quickly apologized for the comments and President Obama just as quickly accepted his apology. Rightbloggers were less forgiving, which is understandable: Obama's race has been a sore point for the anti-Obama movement, as was recently seen when a photo surfaced of Tea Party activist Dale Robertson holding a sign with the word "Niggar" on it. The opportunity afforded by a top Democrat's racially insensitive remarks to turn the tables was just too good to pass up.
The temptation to go a little too far was also too strong to avoid. Some rightbloggers compared Reid's comments to those for which Trent Lott was forced to resign as GOP Majority Leader back in 2002. "Lott was kicked to the curb, because he is a Republican," said Gay Patriot. "Democrats, meanwhile, have fostered racism throughout the past 30 years and their Senate Leadership (at least) is chock full of 'em."
Lott got in trouble then because he said of Strom Thurmond's 1948 presidential candidacy — in which Thurmond forsook the Democrats because of their Civil Rights innovations, and ran on a States' Rights Democratic Party ticket under the slogan "Segregation Forever" — "When Strom Thurmond ran for president, [Mississippi] voted for him. We're proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over all these years, either."
Comparing Reid's offensive remarks to Lott's wish that an explicitly pro-segregation candidate had been elected President is a little rich. Nonetheless Big Government, the Weekly Standard, and others drew the same equivalence. Flopping Aces even suggested Reid's comments were worse: "You would have thought Lott wanted to bring back the Jim Crow era of segregation," they said, "which he clearly did not," Lott's retroactive wish for the election of a Jim Crow ticket notwithstanding.
Moonbattery called Lott's comments a "similar faux pas" to Reid's, and elaborated: "So far I have heard from liberals only one sincere reason for voting for Barack Obama: because he's black… The thrill came precisely from knowing that [Obama] was not qualified. Liberals are so noble, they are willing to sacrifice their own country as an offering to blacks, who could never achieve anything that wasn't handed them undeservedly by whites" — before cautiously adding, "or so the liberals half-secretly believe." They're not gonna get him like they got Trent Lott!
The impulse to tell the world who the real racists are was felt elsewhere. "[Democrats] aren't racists," observed Riehl World View. "They simply don't believe blacks can be successful without being helped by a white person." "DEMOCRATS RACIST ROOTS EXPOSED," said Atlas Shrugged. "The party of keep 'em down. The party of illiteracy, hand-outs and statism." "I think that Harry Reid is a racist because he is part of the political power structure that brainwashes black americans into the lie that they cannot get anywhere in this country without big-government," said Left Coast Rebel.
"Liberals are uncomfortable with their own racism and project it onto Republicans,"said Nonsensible Shoes. "Classical transference."
At National Review, Jonah Goldberg noted that George Will had disputed the racism of Reid's remarks, and observed, "Well, I dunno. If Reid had used the word 'African-American' instead of 'negro' I would say Will has a better case." This is odd coming from Goldberg, who in 2002 found it "depressing that 'people of color' has replaced 'colored people.' In a very important sense, the old phrase was better — even if it represented something worse." You'd think, then, that Goldberg would be more sympathetic to Reid's retro usage. But he found it "yet another example of how Washington's liberal Democrats have one set of rules for themselves and another for everybody else."
How times change, and how quickly! A little more than a week ago, a Democrat was found to have emailed a Photoshop of Obama shining Sarah Palin's shoes. While some of the brethren had a laugh at this reversal, others who may have noticed that the image was popular among a certain class of conservatives disputed that the image was racist at all.
Tom Maguire said that Rush Limbaugh had been a shoeshine boy, so "I am going to take a flyer here and opine that when Rush gets out of the hospital he won't be agreeing with the notion that shining shoes is a demeaning job for blacks only." Also, "Horatio Alger wrote a rags-to-riches story about a shoeshine boy that eventually made it to the National Music Theater Network in 2001. I infer that in the original story the kid was white."
Instapundit went with it: "Rush Limbaugh actually was a shoeshine boy. Yeah the racial stereotype is a bit shaky — when I was a kid I knew older brothers of friends who did that; even in Birmingham, Alabama they were white. By the time I was a teenager, of course, shoeshines were on the way out."
When this didn't go over, Instapundit added, "Well, my first reaction here was that the pic was racist; I was trying to be fair by noting Maguire's response. I still think the pic was racist, but now that every criticism of Obama is called racist, I suppose I've gotten jaded."
Sensitivity to racist imagery, and remarks, tends to vary with circumstances, and Instapundit has at this writing several posts relating to the Reid incident. But the amount of political traction that can be had out of the controversy is probably negligible. If you believe one party is more racist than another, this probably isn't going to change your mind. Hell, if Henry Louis Gates didn't do it, what would?


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A Week of Miracles! 6-27-201612:17 PM
¡Hola Familia!
¡¡¡La semana pasada fue muy bien porque Fidencio fue a la iglesia!!! ¡Fue un milagro! This week was so good because Fidencio went to church!! It was a miracle! We found him Monday night and taught him about the gospel of Jesus Christ and why we get baptized. The spirit was so strong and his phone started ringing (we do the lessons outside) and all these cars pulled up and disrupted us, but it made me kinda happy because you know that's when it's a good lesson. Because Satan's doing everything in his power to ruin it. But it ended super well and I even got him on camera saying he would go to church this Sunday. Well... we didn't see him for the rest of the week. We called him and drove to his apartment every day but we couldn't get a hold of him. So we finally got a hold of him Saturday morning and scheduled an appointment with him for that night. We had to talk to him Saturday night or there would be no way he would go to church the next day. So Saturday night comes and we get to his house and were knocking on his door and calling and he's not answering. We were freaking out so we knocked a little harder and called a few million more times and he finally answered his phone! He told us he wasn't going to come out because he wanted to take a shower. We begged him to come out and told him why it was so important and we told him we needed to teach him some more things to get him ready for his baptism and he said, "I don't even want to get baptized." My heart dropped. We finally talked him into coming outside which was a miracle in itself. He came out and we asked him what all of his concerns and doubts were and we had a really good talk. We told him to go inside and say a prayer and ask specifically, "Heavenly Father, is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints the only true church?" and we promised him if he did that he would get an answer the next day at church and he promised he would. So Sunday comes around and Hermana Crowther and I drove over early to knock on his door and make sure he was awake (which he was) and we even brought him a blueberry muffin because we're the nicest missionaries in the world (; And then he came to church!! It made me so happy! He left right after church so we couldn't ask him how it went (because relief society went over) but the Elders said that when he stood up to introduce himself he said, "I'm Fidencio, I'm new I'll be here every week now." That made me so happy, I think he must have gotten his answer if he told everyone he'll be coming all the time now. But we are going to see him tonight to see how he's doing and how church was!
This week was just full of miracles. One day we went to North Middletown. It's this tiny little place and I haven't been there since I've been to Kentucky but Hermana Crowther and I had made our plans the night before and North Middletown wasn't in those plans but we woke up feeling impressed we should go there, and right after that we got a text from Sister Elizabeth saying, "Why don't we go to North Middletown today?" So we went. We went to find a member in our ward who hasn't been doing well but when we got there she wasn't home so we went to a random neighborhood and we decided to knock on just a random door. This teenage girl answers and starts talking to us and her dad came to the door and when he saw us he said, "Oh good, you're here!! She's back here you can come in." He went to the back room and Hermana Crowther and I just looked at each other, we were so confused. The teenage girl looked at us like we were weirdos for not following him. The dad came back and when we told him we were missionaries he started laughing. He thought we were home health nurses. That was kinda funny. But his wife has diabetes and she has a giant hole in her foot and hasn't been doing well. He asked us to come back and see her, she showed us a picture of her foot and it literally had a hole and you could see her bones and everything else. She was in a lot of pain. We asked them if they would all want to say a prayer together and they did. So we all bowed our heads and Hermana Crowther said the most beautiful prayer! It meant so much to them and they even asked us about our church after and said they wanted to learn about it and come. We're going to get the Elders and have them give the mom a priesthood blessing. The spirit was so strong and I know it was a miracle that we found them right at that time.
Well we were driving around the neighborhood and Sister Elizabeth was with us and we both felt impressed that we should go knock on one of the houses and so Hermana Crowther and I did and out came Isaac. He saw us and he just kinda laughed, he asked who we were and when we told him he started laughing and said, "No way!" We asked him some questions to just kinda get to know him and we asked him if he believed there is a God and he said, "Well it's interesting because I've been wondering if God is real and so I was praying and I asked God if he was real and that I needed to know and asked him if he would send me something or give me a sign or something to know that he's real and then you two show up. So either God sent you here or you just have really good timing." We were so excited and asked him if he had time for a lesson and of course he said yes so we taught him the restoration. The spirit was so strong and Hermana Crowther and I taught in a way we never have before and when we got to the part about Joseph Smith he said, "This sounds super familiar." It was amazing!! He loved the lesson and accepted a Book of Mormon and we invited him to read it and pray and ask God if it's true and if the things we taught him were true and he said, "Every single Mormon I have ever met is so happy and it must be because of this book. So I'll read it. And yeah I'll pray to him today, that's definitely going to go down." It was amazing the spirit was so strong! And there's this quote that says, "A teacher of gospel truths is not planting something foreign or even new into an adult or a child. Rather, the missionary or teacher is making contact with the Spirit of Christ already there. The gospel will have a familiar 'ring' to them." That's totally Isaac, he knows it already. He's going to get baptized, the only stinky thing is the Elders get him because he speaks English! But it really was a miracle we found him.
Another miracle... Tiffany! We found her outside of the library and we went up and started talking to her about the church and she said she didn't think she would be accepted into our church and we asked her why and she told us it's because she's gay. We told her that it didn't matter and that we love and accept everyone because that's what Christ would do and she was super surprised. We gave her the website mormonsandgays.org and told her she could see our church's stance on gays and she was so appreciative. Well for that rest of the day and the whole next day I was just thinking I really wish I would've told her right then that God loves her so much and cares about her and I was so mad I didn't do it. Well two days later we went to the library for a lesson with Margarito and he ended up not being there when we got there but Tiffany was! So we sat down and talked to her. She had so many questions for us and she asked, "If I want to become a part of your church what would that mean for me?" We explained that it's not a sin to have the attraction but it is a sin to act on it. She was very understanding and was just happy that she wouldn't be forced to marry a man. We talked more about it and she asked about the word of wisdom, and piercings and tattoos, and so many other things and she loved everything about the church! She then began to explain a ton about her past and how she went to a ton of other churches and they all told her she was going to hell and she was worthless and how her mom hates her and just all of these horrible things that no person should ever have to go through. And so I felt that super strong impression that I needed to tell her how much God loves her and cares about her and so I did. And she got super emotional and couldn't talk for a minute and she looked up at Hermana Crowther and I and said, "It's weird how hard that hits home right now. You both have some really good timing." We talked to her some more and invited her to church. She told us she wanted to go but she didn't have a means of transportation or any clothes. She only has one pair of basketball shorts and a tank top and we told her we could find her a ride and some clothes and she was so appreciative. She couldn't believe it that there were people who actually cared about her. It broke my heart. She didn't come this week but she just barely called us a few seconds ago so we're going to meet her tomorrow and probably teach her some more.
So we went over to the Salas's this week for FHE and it was so fun. We watched a mormon message together and we were all going around talking about it and the spirit was super strong and things were just going great. Well I was sitting in the corner where I could hide easily (that's important to this story) and their grandma started talking and bearing her testimony so everyone was super serious and the spirit was strong and it was great. Well their 6 year old just jumps up and goes running up the stairs and stops half way. He had a dog leash and a stuffed panda bear and he tied them together and he threw it over the stairs like a fishing pole and it smacked the grandma in the leg. I couldn't believe it and everyone acted like nothing happened and the grandma continued on and I couldn't handle it, I lost it! I was laughing so hard!! But thank goodness I was in the corner so nobody could hear or see me. But I couldn't stop laughing, like I was laughing so hard I couldn't breathe. And the thing that made it so funny is everyone just acted like nothing happened! So finally the 10 year old interrupts the grandma and says, "Hermana Swapp, are you okay?" And then I started laughing even harder and out loud. It was so bad I felt like the worst example to the kids but pretty soon the whole family was laughing so I think it was okay. It sounds so stupid over writing but every time I think about it I start laughing all over again. I replay it over and over again in my head!
So they had the Bourbon County fair this week which is a super big deal and the ward does a Tiger Ear Booth every year (it's like scones except for with holes in them). And we were scheduled to go Thursday, well this huge storm hits. We were in Winchester with Sister Elizabeth and she started getting tornado, flash flood, and severe thunder storm warnings on her phone. So the fair got cancelled for that night, so I was super bummed. But then I got really excited about the tornado, I just really wanted to see one or at least a funnel cloud or something. Well we needed to talk to people and Elizabeth needed to go to the bathroom so we went to the gas station.... the perfect place! We were talking to some people and the tornado sirens started going crazy! I was so pumped and so we got in Elizabeth's car and decided to drive back to Paris. Well we got back and nada. The storm stopped, I was so sad! But there was a tornado in Georgetown, just like a city over I think. So it wasn't my time, but maybe I'll get lucky and see a tornado another time on my mission! And don't worry we got to work at the booth Saturday night for like an hour or so, so it all worked out!
But this week was super good, I've already been out for three months, can you believe it? I love being a missionary and I love seeing all of the miracles God sends every single day. He is so loving and so aware. I love being an instrument for Him and I love being a witness of Jesus Christ. I hope you all have an amazing week and I love you all so very much!
Hermana Swapp
Sister Elizabeth bought us kiddie cones to celebrate my three month mark.
Here's what a tiger ear looks like!
Just a random picture with Elizabeth at church because Fidencio left too fast for me to get one with him!
Sorry I seriously slacked in pictures this week.


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I was always interested in Tim Burton's art and his way of perception which deeply resonates with my inner world. So can you imagine my excitement when I received an opportunity to go to Melbourne and visit Burton's exhibition at acmi.
I heard about this event a couple of months ago and was secretly dreaming about this opportunity with no hope for my dream to come true. But thanks to my friend's efforts we made it and came for a short trip to Melbourne. This is how our journey began. Honestly, I was expecting something fantastic and overwhelming but this exhibition surpassed all expectations, it was just unbelievably good. And I do not exaggerate.
The exhibition at acmi presents Burton's drawings, photographs, movies, puppets, models, poetry and sketches stretching back to his childhood. It provides access to personal and mysterious world of the auteur. Literally, his brain is on display.
Before the entrance to the actual exhibition visitors are able to have a look at some of Burton's photographs, paintings, models and a Batman car from the movie (you don't need to pay to see these exhibits).
I guess, all these things can be seen for free in order to generate a bigger interest and make passers-by pass into the paid Burton's section. In the photographs you can find characters from the Nightmare before Christmas, ex-girlfriend Lisa Marie and quirky objects.
I was personally fascinated by a photograph Untitled (Blue girl with Scull). It is at the same time engaging and confronting. I am amazed by the whole idea and the way it is presented, however, the baby with needles in his body is too much for me. This little part of the gallery already establishes a certain image of the "Burtonesque" style – quirky, dark and gothic.
The Batman car is situated just near the entrance to the main Burton gallery. Although, most people were impressed by the car (to me it reminded a huge and black animal), I was attracted to the window behind the car. It is so unusual. Made in a drop shape and surrounded by hypnotic circles it makes you stare at it for ages. I have received an impression that I am standing here, in Tim Burton's head and see the "real" world through his eyes.
Finally, we have decided to move to the main gallery. The entrance is decorated in a form of a giant mouth and reminds of an entrance into Luna Park.
Inside visitors can see nearly everything from Burton's art concerning all his movies. The exhibition begins with his early ages spent in Burbank and ends with a brand new movie Alice in Wonderland. The difference between the real world full of sunshine and more pale colours hugely contrast with the one created by acmi to present Burton's art. Inside, there is a special lightening; it is darks but still enough for you to clearly see all his artworks. The wall are mostly purple and black, however, some other colors are used as well. Everything is written in a "Burtonesque" style font. The designers of the gallery heavily used Burton's favorite "things", such as black and white tiles, spirals, and quirky special trees. Watch out, decorations and artworks can be at any place: beneath your legs or in front of your eyes. All in all, Burton's art is divided into the periods of his life and movies he filmed in a chronological order.
Critics say "Dark world of Tim Burton" but if you look closer it is not dark, there is so much colour in it. For example, it is shocking how many colours of black or grey you see. Even simple black in his vision is not simple black but something exciting. Interestingly, Burton's style approaches all audiences and, as a consequence, at the exhibition you can meet people of all ages, from toddlers to elders in their mid 80s. It is so much fun for everyone. After visiting the exhibition I was overwhelmed with the emotions and felt like doing and creating, and my friends have experienced similar emotions.
Burton's art is interactive. It is the art for everybody without any elitism. There is no wall between you and the artist; you are literally on the same ground. With not a hint of a snobbery, Burton welcomes everyone into his magical world.
Honestly, it is impossible to describe everything you see there in one article, even one book is not enough, I guess. So the best way to try his art is just to go and try it by yourself. The tickets cost within 20 dollars, basically the price for hours of entertainment, art and wonderland is the same as for one Burton's movie screened at the cinemas. Moreover, the exhibition will be held till the 10th October, 2010 so you have time.
Do you still doubt whether to go or not? Well, if you appreciate creative mind, you will definitely appreciate this exhibition.
Finally, I want to ask a question: "What would you give to have a cup of coffee with Tim Burton?"