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I did not go into work at all Saturday! Though I am about to after posting this. Start of the semester madness and a whole buncha new student workers who are learning the ropes. I'm hoping it's just a matter of some tidying up, signage and catch up on email/metrics so I can get home before 5pm. I can't wait for Labor Day when life settles into the usual weekly chaos.
This track reminds me a bit of my friend Professor Kliq. If I were to work on it further, I'd probably want to find some samples of tech people talking about computer specs, hence the title, but just as well that could sound terrible, ya never know.
All the synths are the old skool FLStudio plugin Poizone. I believe my original intent was to do some VNV Nation/Access Virus-style arps (which I've sorta realized is fairly similar to psytrance leads) but this tune is the result of such an experiment. I also had another intention of creating really atmospheric hyperglitched stuff, since I bought a soundpack full of electromagnetic sounds, but arps took priority. Maybe next week!
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metal techno!
Really nice this one. Listened to it about the fifth time in a row now.

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Good point!
While we are ranting over structures:
If I have a boolean case structure, and change it to a string case structure, why is there a 'True' case and a "'False',Default" case, this is silly and dumb.
I find the diagram disable structure limited, looking into the 'Conditional disable structure' is far more interesting (and suffers from the 'unwired defaults bug')
I'm a big fan of both diagram disable structures – they have made rapid prototyping even more rapid, and that's a good thing I agree that setting output tunnels to propegate default values by default isn't the way to go (I assume that would be a relatively easy change, NI?)
That said, I don't think that wiring inputs to putputs automatically is the answer. It would work pretty well in your example, but it would fail (or, even worse, wire up the wrong tunnel pairs) when you have more than one of a type and/or have unbalanced inputs and outputs (2 strings in, 1 string out – what to do? Or imagine 1 string in, 2 strings out – wire up one, the other, or both? ) Yes, it would be cool if it could read our minds, but I'd prefer that it didn't even try rather than getting it wrong as that would lead to the same issue as using default outputs.
Actually, unless I am mistaken, I have seen three modes of behavior from the diagram disable node using LV 8.2.1
1. behavior as described above
2. An error cluster constant containing F/0/empty string
3. I *think* I have seen it wire my error cluster for me on occasion
Maybe I will try to re-create 2 and 3 and see if I can describe conditions.
Ton: I agree about the True/False case. There was a similar issue when converting to an Error Case. NI eventually gets around to fixing these usability issues, but only after much complaining from us
crelf : I think that auto-wiring should be optional and very intelligent. I'm pretty sure that we could come up with a rule-set for auto-wiring that would work in a majority of situations. Also, the auto-wiring output tunnels would be MUCH safer than outputting default values.
Rick: I'm curious to see if you can reproduce the wiring of the error cluster issue — that's spooky.
Jim: I'm not so sure: the reason I don't like default outputs is that they don't break the code and make me wire them up to something intelligent – won't autowiring have the same issue (it'll wire something up, which might or might not be wrong) and not break the code. I don't see the difference (other than it *might* get it right, but sometimes a default response it right too…)
Chris: Here are my thoughts on this….
There are two reasons that you might want to comment out a block of code:
1) You don't want to execute a block of code
2) You want to execute a different block of code, instead of an original block of code (but you don't want to delete the original block of code — only comment it out, and put the new block in the enabled frame of a DDS).
In case #1, I think that it is acceptable to auto-wire an output to an input that is exactly the same data type and vertical position as the input. If a reference, path, error, or other "chained" data input and output are not the exact same vertical position, I consider this to by a style bug in the user's code. The worst possible thing that could happen is that some input argument is the same vertical position and data type as an output argument and you don't want to auto-wire them. This has a small chance of causing problems. Perhaps it would be good to limit the data types that we allow to be auto-wired to error cluster, path, refnum (i.e., object, VISA, datalog refnum, DAQmx, etc). Also, if a simply commenting out a block of code (and making no changes to it, other than auto-wiring chained data) will not prevent the parent code from executing, then I can only imagine a couple situations where it might be bad to have a non-chained input argument accidentally auto-wired to an output return value.
In case #2, auto-wiring doesn't hurt, because you're going to edit the newly created, enable frame and will likely make significant changes, anyhow.
And, if one's worried, they can disable (or not enable) the feature in the options
Jim wrote: "I think that it is acceptable to auto-wire an output to an input that is exactly the same data type and vertical position as the input"
Sure – now that you've made those qualifications, I think that use case is absolutely valid.
Does that Smiley look a tlittle evil to you? I think it's because of his eyebrows…
Crelf: I made those qualifications in my original statement (in the article)
Crelf: Yes, that is an evil-looking smiley. I hope it doesn't lead to any hostility, here
Grrrrrrr Yeah – he's cool.
Well, if you must make it obvious that I didn't completely read your original article Sorry – I'd just skimmed – you're absolutely right – as always… :p
Crelf: Sorry, I assumed that you'd actually read the article :p
Jim: Where's the (mooning) emoticon?
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Hili doesn't have one jealous bone in her body. She looked at the pictures and said: Nice kitten. And Jerry looks well. And she ran into the orchard.
I would buy a Jerry Coyne the Cat coffee mug if the proceeds went to the FFRF or another worthy charity, but since that's not an option I joined the FFRF with a $40 donation just now because it's seemed to be the right them to do.
Ack, I need an editor. "right thing to do"
Mmmmhh, that latte looks good. I probably would have been inspired to get myself one as well if it wasn't so hot outside (or my office was air conditioned)
It should say, "Jerry Coyne Cool Cat" . I'd buy one for the FFRF. When do they go on sale? 🙂 I'd also like an "If Jerry Coyne were Noah" mug.
Mmmmm latte!
In that first pic, the combination of Professor Ceiling Cat's right cheek plus the cinnamon or whatever is sprinkled on the foam looked to me like a little brown frog.
I'm perspective-challenged with the backgrounds, here…
(Oh, yeah–cool mug!)
Did anyone else notice that we can see sides of the mug even though Prof Ceiling Cat is holding it in his right hand in both photos? And the bookshelves moved from one side of the room to the other. Was this a test?
that is, …we can see BOTH sides…
That's what I was alluding to at comment 8 above. Notice that PCC's hair is reversed as well.
One of those pics must have been reversed?


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Houston To Drive For PPI At Michigan
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The No. 98 Ronald McDonald House Charities Ford will be fielded alongside the team's No. 32 Tide Ford, driven by Scott Pruett, as part of PPIM's development toward a full time two-car effort in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series in 2001.
"From an R&D standpoint, the benefits of running a second car add nothing but value to our overall racing program, both now and as we build a foundation for next year," said Cal Wells III, president and owner of PPI Motorsports. "We have always believed very strongly in a two-car, one team approach, one that shares testing and race weekend information and resources to make both efforts twice as strong in a shorter amount of time. In running a second Cup car at Michigan, we're striving to accelerate our learning curve as we continue to gain momentum through a very critical part of our first Winston Cup season. It's the right time for us to do this, and fortunately we had the resources to make it happen.
"We're extremely pleased that a driver of Andy's caliber was available to take the reins for us in Michigan," Wells added. "He's a very capable, talented athlete, as he's proven in the Craftsman truck series, and we're looking forward to watching him take on his first Winston Cup race in one of our cars. And we're thrilled that we could also provide some exposure to Ronald McDonald House Charities, at no cost to them, with this effort."
Andy Houston, 29, of Hickory, N.C., currently stands fourth in NASCAR Craftsman Truck series points as driver of the No. 60 Cat Rental Store Chevrolet for Addington Racing. To date, he has claimed two race wins (Homestead and Portland) and one pole (Pikes Peak) going into this weekend's truck series race at Nashville Speedway. Houston won his first truck series race at New Hampshire International Speedway in his rookie season after 19 starts (1998), then claimed his first series pole in 1999 at Fontana. Prior to joining the truck series, Houston competed in the NASCAR Goody's Dash Series and the NASCAR Winston Racing Series late model championship, which he won in 1994.
"I'm of course very excited about the opportunity to drive the Ronald McDonald House Charities Ford at Michigan," said Houston of his new assignment. "It's a big step for me, because ultimately I'd like to drive Winston Cup cars full time. But I'm not focusing on the future so much as just doing a good job for PPI Motorsports. My goal is to race - to make the race and do a good job, and show everyone what I'm capable of doing. I'm getting some of the biggest opportunities of my life right now. I just need to be patient and try to make the best of them."
Ronald McDonald House Charities, a non-profit, 501(c)3, provides comfort and care to children and families through its network of nearly 170 local Charities currently serving in 32 countries. The Charity makes grants to not-for-profit organizations, primarily for programs that provide services aimed at improving the health and wellness of children, and provides support to Ronald McDonald Houses worldwide. To date, Ronald McDonald House Charities' national body and global network of local Charities have awarded more than $225 million in grants to children's programs worldwide.
"We supported PPI Motorsports' decision to field a second car in Michigan, because we knew it would ultimately benefit the development of our joint 2001 Winston Cup program," said Georgina Roy, McDonald's Motorsports Manager. "When Cal extended the offer to run the Ronald McDonald House Charities colors on the car, we were extremely appreciative of the opportunity to acknowledge a charitable cause that is such an important part of the McDonald's family."
PPI Motorsports will return to Michigan Speedway (where Pruett and the Tide team finished 19th in early June) following competition in this weekend's NASCAR Winston Cup Series race at Watkins Glen International, Aug. 11-13.
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So I woke up this morning with a well-oiled plan to leave my luggage at the hostel, pick up my passport and new visa at the Vietnam consulate, then head to the bus station for Siem Reap. I had detailed Bangkok-Siem Reap transport instructions, a small pack full of a few days' necessities, passport-sized photos for Cambodian immigration, and accomodation options all ready to go. Only problem? I forgot that it's SATURDAY . . . and therefore the consulate is closed!!!
Booooo, me. So now I've no option but to stay in Thailand until my departure for Hanoi on the 25th. I'm deciding whether to stay in Bangkok (surprisingly, I'm really starting to like it -- much better impression than the first time around, probably because Jean and I had so little time to settle in and enjoy the city), or find somewhere close enough to warrant the return journey over the next few days. Earliest I can pick up my passport is the 23rd, but if I leave the city I can get it on the 24th, then stay a last night in Bangkok before my flight.
I've been here for 3 days so far, having arrived from Singapore on July 18th. An interesting mix of eating, shopping, riding river ferries, and visiting cultural sites has filled my days, though I haven't taken as many pictures as usual, either here or in Singapore. Since my last update from Guilin, I've visited several places and will make an effort to add those entries soon. I think the lack of updates annoys my mom, who can finally reach me now that my phone's operating again. It stopped working for about 2 and a half weeks in China.
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Most places seem remarkably clean, though I myself have been quite smelly and sticky. Apologies to all those who've had to smell me. I wash, I swear!
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text: Older HIV-Positive Adults in Xiangxi, China: Infection Modes and Associated Risk FactorsChen, Xi MD*; Li, Xingli PhD†; Qin, Biyun MD*; Zheng, Jun MD*; He, Jianmei MD*; Wang, Lu PhD‡; Wang, Ning PhD‡; Hsu, Ann BA§; Khoshnood, Kaveh PhD§Sexually Transmitted Diseases: September 2012 - Volume 39 - Issue 9 - p 716–719 doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e31825af361 Original Study Abstract Author Information Article Outline Objective: An unusual increase in HIV/AIDS cases among rural older adults was reported between 2005 and 2008 in Xiangxi Prefecture, Hunan Province. We explored the reasons for this increase and suggested preventive measures for the future control of HIV infection in this population. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using an HIV/AIDS registry in Hunan Province, China, to explore the likely transmission mode and risk factors of HIV/AIDS among older adults. The data were collected by face-to-face interview. Results: A total of 80 participants including 5 couples were interviewed. Among them, 46 (57.5%) participants were male and 34 (42.5%) were female. Of 46 male HIV-positive participants, 45 (97.8%) reported to have sexual intercourse with commercial sex workers. None of the female HIV-positive participants reported to have engaged in commercial sex activities. Among 46 male participants' spouses, 71.7% of them had received HIV testing and 48.5% were HIV-positive. Among 34 female participants' spouses, 92.2% of them had received HIV testing and 87.1% were HIV-positive. Ninety-seven percent of the participants reported never using condoms during sexual intercourse with their marital partners or commercial sex workers before knowing their HIV status. Eighty-two percent of participants did not know that condoms could prevent HIV/AIDS/STIs. Conclusion: Chinese older adults are an underappreciated at-risk population for HIV/AIDS. The likely transmission mode of HIV/AIDS among rural older adults was unprotected sex. The HIV/AIDS/STIs knowledge among this population is very limited. From the *Department of AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Hunan Provincial Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Changsha, People's Republic of China; †School of Public Health, Central South University, Changsha, People's Republic of China; ‡National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China; and §School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT X.C. and X.L. contributed equally to this work. Supported by the China National Mega-project of science Research No. 2008ZX10001–003 and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities No.2012QNZT203. No conflict of interests exists. Correspondence: Xingli Li, School of Public Health, Central South University, No. 110 Xiangya Rd, Changsha, Hunan 410078, People's Republic of China. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com. Received for publication January 4, 2012, and accepted April 17, 2012. Abstract MATERIALS AND METHODS Definition of Older Adults Study Site Sample Data Collection Data Analysis RESULTS Sociodemographic Characteristic of Participants Baseline CD4 Counts and Mean Age at the HIV Diagnosis High-Risk Behaviors HIV Status of Participants' Spouses Marital Sex and Condom Use Commercial Sex and Condom Use Factors Associated With Commercial Sex HIV/AIDS and STIs Knowledge DISCUSSION REFERENCES A number of evidence suggests the recent increased proportion of persons aged 50 years or older among the HIV-infected population.1 Between 2000 and 2007, in the European regions, the number of new HIV diagnoses doubled among older adults.2 Between 2003 and 2006, in the United States, the HIV prevalence among old individuals increased from 20% to 25%.3 Based on China CDC's statistics, the prevalence of HIV/AIDS infections increased from 7.8% in 2006 to 14.9% in 2009 among elders.4 This recent worldwide rise may be in part due to the extension of life expectancy as the result of the implementation of highly active antiretroviral therapy and the increase of newly acquired infections. Unfortunately, the elders have been seldom recognized as high-risk group for HIV infection. The exploration of detailed epidemiologic characteristics of older HIV-positive persons will be helpful for understanding the recent rise. Limited studies built associations between HIV infection and unsafe sexual behavior and lack HIV prevention knowledge for the elderly.5–8 However, the epidemiologic characteristics remain unknown for older HIV-infected persons in China. In this article, we conducted a cross-sectional investigation into the likely transmission mode and associated factors of HIV infections among older adults aged 50 years or older. Back to Top | Article Outline MATERIALS AND METHODS Definition of Older Adults Older adults were defined as individuals aged 50 years or older at the time of HIV/AIDS diagnosis.8,9 Back to Top | Article Outline Study Site Hunan is a landlocked province located in South Eastern China. The study was conducted in 4 counties of Yongding, Sangzhi, Cili, and Jishou of Hunan Province. All of 4 counties are located in the remote west mountainous region that is heavily populated by ethnic minorities. These 4 counties comprised 63.4% of all HIV-positive cases aged 50 years or older for Hunan Province in 200810 and had significantly increasing HIV-positive case rate from 2005 to 2008. Back to Top | Article Outline Sample All of participants were identified through the Hunan HIV/AIDS Registry System. According to the data of 2008, 109 HIV-positive cases aged 50 years or older were found in the 4 selected counties. Of them, 80 cases were alive when recruited into this study, including 5 couples. All of 80 cases agreed to participate in this study. When the suspected HIV-positive cases were initially detected, they would be reported to local CDC where the HIV antibody was tested using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and an HIV-1/2 Western Blot immune assay. At the same time, the CD4 counts of HIV-positive persons were also tested. All of relevant personal information was entered into the HIV registry system of local and Hunan Provincial CDC. In China, HIV test is offered only to patients who need surgery or blood transfusion or who have signs and symptoms of HIV/AIDS at hospitals. Only 1 of 80 participants was found through self-requested HIV test, 47 cases were detected in the tests for operations. Another 32 cases were diagnosed by the active HIV test at local CDC because their spouses were found to be HIV-positive. Back to Top | Article Outline Data Collection Because of illiteracy, participants were surveyed by face-to-face interviews. Each interview lasted about 45 minutes to an hour. At the beginning of the study, interviewers introduced the aim, procedure, and plan to every participant. Every volunteer participant pressed his fingerprints on the information consent form before the formal survey. Because the subjects were primarily minority population, the interviews were conducted by experienced health care professionals working for the local CDC who were from the same population in ethic minority dialect. Before the survey, all interviewers received training on communication skills and protection of human subjects. On the basis of previous research, we developed the survey questionnaire, including (1) demographic and socioeconomic characteristic (age, ethnicity, education, marital status, housing status, income); (2) sexual behaviors, including marital sex (sexing frequency after 50 year old, sexual satisfaction, condom use with spouse and commercial sex workers [CSWs] before and after HIV diagnosis, the reason of not using a condom) and commercial sex (commercial sex frequency, gender of commercial sex partner, health status of commercial sexual partners, condom use, the reason of not using a condom, sex acts performed, venue location for CSWs, cost, the reason of purchasing sex); (3) knowledge and channel of HIV/AIDS/STIs, including the transmission mode of HIV, prevention methods, clinic symptoms; (4) other risk behaviors, including illegal drug (heroin, cocaine, marijuana) and mode of use (orally, smoked, injected) and history of blood transfusion. In addition, we also collected the infection status of participants' spouses and the baseline CD4 counts of all participants. The infection information of participants' spouse was collected through asking the participants and double checking with the information from the local CDC. In China, if the husband or wife was found to be HIV positive, the local CDC will provide free HIV test for their spouses and put them under the formal charge of HIV-positive cases. Confidentiality of personal information was protected. In our study, the baseline CD4 counts of participants were extracted from the history records of the HIV/AIDS Registry System. The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Hunan Branch of China Preventive Medicine Association and conducted between March and July 2009. Back to Top | Article Outline Data Analysis All data were double entered and validated in Epi-Data version 3.0. The analyses were performed using SPSS for Windows, version 13.0. We used the x[Combining Macron], s to describe quantitative data and used proportion, median, and quartile to describe the qualitative data. Back to Top | Article Outline RESULTS Sociodemographic Characteristic of Participants A total of 80 participants were interviewed. Forty-six of them (57.5%) were men. Ages of participants ranged from 51 to 82 years. Twenty-three percent (18/80) of participants were between 50 and 60 years of age, 45.0% were between 60 and 70 years of age, and 32.5% were older than 70 years of age. The average age was 65.2 (SD: 7.2). Sixty-one participants (76.3%) were Tujia minorities. Forty-five percent were widowed and divorced (Table 1). Table 1 Back to Top | Article Outline Baseline CD4 Counts and Mean Age at the HIV Diagnosis Table 2 showed that 20 men (44.7%) and 10 women (31.0%) had CD4 counts <200 cells/mm3. The mean age of them at diagnosis was 70 years and 61 years old, respectively. In all, 26 men (55.3%) and 24 women (69%) had CD4 counts ≥200 cells/mm3. According to the mean incubation period of HIV infection progressing to AIDS, most of participants were infected with HIV after 50 years of age. Table 2 Back to Top | Article Outline High-Risk Behaviors One case had a history of commercial blood donation in 1981. Eight reported to have received the blood transfusion, 3 before 1976 and 5 after 1984. Of 46 male participants, 45 (98.0%) reported to have sexual intercourse with CSWs before their HIV diagnosis. None of the female participants reported to have engaged in commercial sex activities. None of the participants reported to have injected drugs (Table 3). Table 3 Back to Top | Article Outline HIV Status of Participants' Spouses Among the 46 female spouses, 33 received HIV testing and 16 (48.5%) were found to be HIV-positive. Among the 34 male spouses, 91.2% (31/34) received HIV testing and 27 (87.1%) were found to be HIV positive (Fig. 1). Figure 1 Back to Top | Article Outline Marital Sex and Condom Use Thirty-eight of 46 male participants (82.6%) and 26 of 34 female participants (76.5%) reported to have more than one time sexual intercourse per month with their marital partners after being 50 years old. Ninety percent reported not having marital sex after being separated, widowed, or after loss of libido. The average age of participants who reported not having sexual intercourse with their marital partners was 60.5 (SD: 8.9). None of the participants reported using condoms during sexual intercourse with their marital partners before knowing their HIV status because they thought that other contraceptive measures were adequate (45.0%), or they did not perceive themselves at risk of HIV/AIDS/STIs and were unaware that condoms were a method to prevent HIV/STIs transmission (55.0%). After knowing their HIV-positive status, 5 positive couples still reported to have unprotected sex. Back to Top | Article Outline Commercial Sex and Condom Use Among the 45 male participants that had sexual intercourse with CSWs, 15.8% (7/45) reported to visit CSW once, and 84.2% of them reported more than 2 times before knowing their HIV-positive status. The mean frequency of seeking sex with CSWs was 4. All of the CSWs were female. The average age of the first and the last sexual encounter with the CSWs was 56.9 (SD: 10.6) and 64.2 (SD: 7.9), respectively. Among the male participants who had sexual intercourse with CSWs, 97% reported never using condoms. Also, 90% were unaware that they should use a condom, and 7.0% thought it was unnecessary. Back to Top | Article Outline Factors Associated With Commercial Sex Participants reported having sex with CSWs because they were unsatisfied with their marital sex (76.3%) or were approached by CSWs (23.7%). Seventeen male participants still reported having strong libido after knowing their HIV-positive status, and 64.7% (11/17) of them had sex with CSWs to satisfy their libido without using a condom. They knew where to find CSWs through friends (44.8%) or approached by CSWs (55.2%). Usually, they found CSWs in small rented houses near crowded market vendors and paid 5 to 20 RMB ($1 to $3 USD) for each sexual encounter. Back to Top | Article Outline HIV/AIDS and STIs Knowledge Of the participants, 82% did not know that condoms could prevent HIV/AIDS/STIs and two-thirds never heard of HIV/AIDS before HIV diagnosis. In addition, 14% of participants knew HIV could be transmitted by sex, 11% through blood, and 4% from mother to child (Table 4). Table 4 Back to Top | Article Outline DISCUSSION Our study results showed that heterosexual transmission was the likely mode of HIV/AIDS infection among Chinese older adults in rural areas. For male older adults, the transmission mode of HIV/AIDS was mainly from unprotected sexual intercourse with CSWs. For older women, the main mode of infection was likely from having unprotected sex with their husbands. The results suggested that many Chinese older adults remained sexually active, and most of them were infected with HIV/AIDS/STIs after 50 years of age, similar to findings from international studies.11–13 Many older men stopped having marital sex because they became separated, widowed, or their spouse experienced loss of libido after menopause. The strong sexual desire along with the availability of cheap commercial sex may be primary reasons for commercial sex. Hong and Li reported that there are approximately 4 to 10 million CSWs in China.14 According to sentinel surveillance data, the prevalence of HIV/AIDS among CSWs reached 5.2% in some places of Hunan.15 Eighty-two percent of CSWs have the STIs in Cili county.16 Li et al reported that the average rate of using condoms was approximately 38.7% when sex workers have sexual encounters with clients in China.15 Our results showed that the rate of using condom among these low-tier CSWs in rural areas was lower than the average rate, and rural elders are more likely to purchase sex from low-tier sex workers, similar to findings from study by Pearline et al.13 The low proportion of condom use and high prevalence of HIV/AIDS/STIs among CSWs along with the demand for commercial sex from older males could explain the increased HIV infection prevalence among older adults in China. This study found that almost all of the participants never used a condom during sexual intercourse with their marital partners or commercial sex partners. This may be due to the misleading nature of the word "condom" in Chinese. In Chinese, the word for condom, "bi yun tao," transliterates into "prevent pregnancy device." Therefore, people may perceive condoms as a contraceptive device rather than as a method of protecting themselves from HIV/AIDS/STIs. Ethnic minority in China, many older adults lacked basic health literacy and appropriate channel of obtaining health knowledge. Especially many older adults had limited HIV/AIDS/STIs prevention knowledge. Our study results showed that approximately 50% of male HIV-positive adults contacted with CSWs by the suggestion of their friends. In rural areas, many older adults lack the fun of entertainment and commonly spend time together outside their homes with each other. Peer education may be an effective way to prevent and control HIV/AIDS infection among this group of people. Currently, educational campaigns focus on younger people and older adults are generally overlooked.1 Furthermore, many people even including health care providers do not perceive older adults as the high-risk population for HIV/AIDS.17 Therefore, further educational campaigns targeting older adults are essentially needed. There are several limitations of this study. We recruited our participants from an existing HIV/AIDS Registry System with unknown selection biases, although attempts were made to reduce the selection bias by inviting all alive HIV-infected older adults from these regions. Also, sensitive private self-reported information, such as sexual frequencies and condom use, may have information bias. Despite aforementioned limitations, our study first reported epidemiologic characteristics of older adults with HIV in China and specified the transmission modes and associated risk factors of older Chinese population in rural areas. Our results stress the importance of providing HIV/AIDS prevention program among older Chinese population. Back to Top | Article Outline REFERENCES1. Kearney F, Moore AR, Donegani CF, et al.. The ageing of HIV: Implications for geriatric medicine. Age Ageing 2010; 39:536–541. Cited Here... | View Full Text | PubMed | CrossRef 2. Smith RD, Delpech VC, Brown AE, et al.. HIV transmission and high rates of late diagnoses among adults aged 50 years and over. AIDS 2010; 24:2109–2115. Cited Here... 3. Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report 2006. Vol 18. Atlanta, GA: Department of Health and Human Services, Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, 2008:1–55. Cited Here... 4. Ministry of Health of People's Republic of China. 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2. I still have more to tell about our Melaka trip, but unfortunately I haven't had the time to post those entry.
3. I haven't had sufficient sleep for for the past few days. To make things worst, God tested us. My wife fainted last night and I've to bring her to a nearby clinic and she was dripped. We stayed at the clinic from 12.00 AM to 3.30 AM. It took almost 3 hours to fully empty out that water bottle (for dripping). 5 hours after that, I went off for work!!!
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Doctors name and record patient's activity levels as one of their vital signs as a way of tackling obesity.
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If the last item isn't part of the usual drill at your doctor's office, a movement is afoot in the USA to change that. One recent national survey indicated only a third of Americans said their doctors asked about or prescribed physical activity.
Kaiser Permanente, one of the nation's largest nonprofit health insurance plans, made a big push a few years ago to get its southern California doctors to ask patients about exercise. Since then, Kaiser has expanded the program across California and to several other states. Now almost 9 million patients are asked about their activity levels at every visit, and some other medical systems are doing it, too.
Here's how it works: during any routine check of vital signs, a nurse or medical assistant asks how many days a week the patient exercises and for how long. The number of minutes per week is posted along with other vitals at the top the medical chart. So it's among the first things the doctor sees.
"All we ask our physicians to do is to make a comment on it, like, 'Hey, good job,' or 'I noticed today that your blood pressure is too high and you're not doing any exercise. There's a connection there. We really need to start you walking 30 minutes a day,'" says Robert Sallis, a Kaiser family doctor. He hatched the vital sign idea as part of a larger initiative by doctors groups.
He says Kaiser doctors generally prescribe exercise first, instead of medication, and for many patients who follow through that's often all it takes.
But it is a challenge to make progress. Some patients may not be aware physical INACTIVITY is riskier than high blood pressure, obesity and other health risks people know they should avoid. A US- government study concluded that people who routinely exercise live longer than others, even if they're overweight.
Carrie Jaworski, a NorthShore family and sports medicine specialist, already asks patients about exercise. She says some of her diabetic patients have been able to cut back on their medicines after getting active.
William Dietz, an obesity expert who retired last year from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says measuring a patient's exercise regardless of method is essential, but that "naming it as a vital sign kind of elevates it." Figuring out how to get people to be more active is the important next step, he says, and could have a big effect in reducing medical costs.
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Naanovo, the company that sought and gained the blessing of local government to conduct a feasibility study for a waste-to-energy plant in Del Norte County, never came back.
The Canadian-based firm had shown a great deal of interest in building one of its plants here. And when Naanovo's representatives left town in February, its president said they would soon return.
andquot;They haven't come back because they haven't been invited to come back,andquot; said Crescent City City Councilman Herb Kolodner. andquot;What they got was an approval to continue to study the concept ... now we have another company with a strong desire to do this project.andquot;
Kolodner, who has spearheaded the idea of the facility in Del Norte, said he received a letter from Naanovo President Thomas Morrow last week. In that letter, Morrow indicated the company wanted some basic assurances before investing anymore time in the project.
andquot;They wanted us to guarantee a certain (trash) supply they said they needed to convert into power,andquot; said Kolodner. andquot;There are no guarantees yet.andquot;
Morrow did not immediately return messages yesterday.
Kolodner said he was more impressed with an unnamed company he has been in discussions with in recent weeks.
andquot;They have one facility in Minnesota,andquot; he said. andquot;My comfort level goes up considerably when I can go there and touch it - talk to the people, the mayor, and ask if they have any problems. Naanovo doesn't have any plants in the U.S.andquot;
Kolodner travelled to Sweden to visit a Naanovo plant last year. Afterward, he said he was impressed with the technology the company used.
Waste-to-energy plants have been built in several regions of the country since the 1970s. The concept is to burn household waste and convert it into electricity and steam, thus reducing trash disposal costs and providing a local source for electricity.
The problem is many of the earlier plants have gone idle because of the high cost to maintain them and because of environmental reasons. Kolodner said these problems would not plague Del Norte.
andquot;There are two provisions that must be met: One, there must be no pollution connected with it, and air quality is a concern that has been raised often. And two, it must be financially viable,andquot; he said.


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July 16th, 2013, 14:50
I tried to log in the other day, took too long, got a red connections sign, and decided that it'd need some time to wait and then to retry it. I forgot it. *blushes*
Loading seems to indeed take quite a long time now, and after that, I very often get a red connection symbol. Which more or less means "game over" for me, at least for the next 1/4 - 1/2 hour, or until I restart my PC.
Which is a shame, really, because I'd really like to try it again, but maybe I'm spoilt by SWTOR already (no connection problems, no display driver problems …)
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