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This Java programming example will teach you how you can define the static class variable in a class. When a number of objects are created from the same class, each instance has its own copy of class variables. But this is not the case when it is declared as static static.
static method or a variable is not attached to a particular object, but rather to the class as a whole. They are allocated when the class is loaded. Remember, each time you call the instance the new value of the variable is provided to you. For example in the class StaticVariable each instance has different copy of a class variable. It will be updated each time the instance has been called. We can call class variable directly inside the main method.
To see the use of a static variable first of all create a class StaticVariable. Define one static variable in the class. Now make a constructor in which you will increment the value of the static variable. Now make a object of StaticVariable class and call the static variable of the class. In the same way now make a second object of the class and again repeats the process. Each time you call the static variable you will get a new value.
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public class StaticVariable{
Output of the program is given below:
As we can see in this example each object has its
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C:\java>java StaticVariable No. of instances for sv1 : 1 No. of instances for sv1 : 2 No. of instances for st2 : 2 No. of instances for sv1 : 3 No. of instances for sv2 : 3 No. of instances for sv3 : 3 |
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I met Congressman Rick Boucher (D-Va.) in November. He was speaking to attendees at EEI's Finance Conference in Phoenix, and after his speech many people remarked that they wished other members of Congress were even half as well versed about the utility industry's issues as Boucher seems to be.
Of the many provisions in the bailout bill, few of them actually establish new federal policy. Instead, most just continue existing provisions that already were set to expire, and probably would have been enacted in some form—if not this session, then next session.
True story: At the dinner table recently, my 11 year-old son—who's running for 6th grade student council—bemoaned the arguments he's having with other candidates. I asked what they're arguing about, and he said "Everything." "Oh really? What's your position on the mortgage bailout." "It sucks!" he blurted. I countered, "But if we don't do it, the financial system will collapse."
(October 2008) The information in your Online ROE Database is very helpful and important for a state agency such as ours, which has very limited resources for the purchase of research information. May we have permission to cite and create exhibits from your online database of gas and electric authorized returns on equity and associated data?
(September 2008) In July 2008, two pronouncements on energy policy were made by well-known and respected public figures, T. Boone Pickens and Al Gore. While the T. Boone Pickens and Al Gore proposals are timely and merit further evaluation, at this time continued dependence on oil imports and only modest progress in replacing fossil fuel use for power generation have to be accommodated.
A series of avalanches thundered down the sides of coastal mountains near Juneau, Alaska, early in the morning on April 16. No people were hurt—not directly. But the avalanches took out several transmission towers that carried electricity from the Snettisham hydroelectric dam, cutting Juneau off from its primary source of power. The resulting crisis turned into an instructive experiment for Alaska Electric Light & Power Co.—Juneau's privately held utility—as well as the industry in general.
One of Hollywood's biggest blockbusters this summer has been Wall-E—Disney-Pixar's animated movie about a lovable robot who restores humanity's place on a trashed Earth. I doubt Wall-E's producers realized it, but they created a cynical metaphor for the U.S. utility industry.
An interesting development in the climate change debate occurred this summer in the U.S. Congress. It wasn't the Senate's work on the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act; that was a complete palaver and an embarrassment for American democracy. No, it was a bill quietly introduced by Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.), chairman of the House Energy & Air Quality Subcommittee.
Regarding "Transmission Rights Row:" While technological advances and the development of fiber optic communications was not foreseen by utilities companies when they executed easement agreements for transmission rights of way, the tremendous escalation of land values, especially near some metropolitan areas, may not have been foreseen by the easement grantors.
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The annual "Freshman Class" issue of XXL has hit newsstands. This year, the forecast calls for big things from the following: Hopsin, Machine Gun Kelly, Kid Ink, Don Trip, French Montana, Danny Brown, Future, Macklemore, Roscoe Dash and Iggy Azalea. To show the mag knows what it's talking about, a free mixtape has been put together featuring contributions from every freshman as well as co-hosting duties by DJ Whoo Kid, Diddy and T.I.
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Best night serum ever, I use it every night in combination with Midnight recovery concentrate from kiehls and I wake up with really good results these 2 serums are staples in my night care routine
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I have been using this serum for a while and I have to say that although I don't use it as an anti aging serum (I'm 22 so it's not a massive concern of mine just yet) it works amazingly at making my skin look more even and less red.
Although I dont suffer from breakouts often, when I do, I'm always left with red dots on my skin from where the spot has been. I find that this serum can pretty much get rid of that red spot overnight. It's absolutely brilliant and I've recommended it to my friend who suffers from acne and she loves it too!
Yes, its expensive but lasts absolutely ages. I'd say maybe 12 months as you only need a tiny bit.
I'm fairly fortunate not have have too many lines at my grand old age (I started getting acne when I was about 10 so have had a strict skin care routine for about 20 years. Start moisturising young is a good tip!) However I do have noticeable lines on my forehead and frown lines. Or rather I did have!
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I've been using Boots No7 Perfect & Protect for a couple of years. It's good stuff but I've found that I get through a £23 tube a month. With this Advance Night Repair serum a little goes a long way. The sample I was given was 5ml, I'm not even half way though this after a couple of months of using this. In fact I actually bought a large bottle of this today knowing that it'll last longer than the Perfect & Protect. It retails at about £58 per bottle but this will last 6 months at the very least.
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I had my THR-22 installed two weeks ago with a new Slim Line 3 dish and the B-band adapters since we are still using a lot of legacy equipment and don't have SWM. This is the first time we have had HD service, but we assumed that HD was a mature product and wouldn't give us any problems. I guess we were wrong.
Every show we record in HD starts breaking up at approximately 5 minutes into the show. The pixilation lasts about 3-4 minutes then goes away for the rest of the recording. It doesn't matter what channel, what time of day, or what the weather is like. Every show follows this pattern down to the minute. SD records flawlessly on all channels.
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You should call them and have them come back to fix your problem. It definitely should not be doing that. You have a 90 warranty after installation / upgrade that costs you zero.
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Dell has been busy showing off a whole fleet of new computers recently, from the enormous XPS One 27 to the bright pink, family-friendly Inspiron 17R. This time it's the turn of the XPS 14 -- a new 14-inch addition to the ultrabook category that aims to provide serious power from a slim and portable body.
Inside my review model is the latest Intel Core i5 processor, a healthy 8GB of RAM and a 500GB hard drive. That base configuration will set you back £1,029 from the Dell store, but like most of Dell's products, you can configure it to be more powerful. The top model packs an Intel Core i7 processor, 8GB of RAM and a 512GB solid state drive for £1,529.
Design and build
Dell might not be the first tech company that springs to mind when you think of stylish products, but it's clearly hoping to change your mind with some of the tweaks in its latest line-up. Outwardly, the XPS 14 is a thin and sleek slab of aluminium with square edges and minimal styling.
It might look very sleek but it's far from original. The simplistic all-metal chassis is extremely reminiscent of Apple's MacBook Pro, which has clearly been referenced at the design stage. Dell's XPS One 27 took a similarly large handful of design cues from Apple's iMac, so if mimicry is the most sincere form of flattery, then Apple must be blushing a deep shade of scarlet right now.
Whether you like the aesthetics of the XPS 14 depends on whether the stark designs of Apple's kit appeals to you. Judging by the huge popularity of the MacBooks though, it's safe to say there's a few fans out there. I found it to be very attractive and it manages to look both stylish and professional, making it well suited to one of those fashionable East London offices where everyone has ironic hair.
At 20.7mm thin, it's ever so slightly thicker than Apple's new 15-inch MacBook Pro, which comes in at a super-slender 18mm. It might be chubbier than Apple's offering but it's still very slim and will be considerably easier to slide into a bag than beefier machines like Dell's own Inspiron 15R. The metal casing feels extremely well built, with no flex found anywhere in the chassis.
The base of the XPS is made from black, rubberised plastic, which isn't quite as nice as the metal on top but it's very sturdy. It really seems like a laptop that's built for a tough life on the road, being shoved into bags and plonked carelessly down on train tables.
Around the edges you'll find two USB 3.0 ports, an SD card slot, a DisplayPort, an Ethernet port, HDMI-out and a headphone and microphone jack.
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Under the lid, things become rather less MacBook-ish. The keyboard tray and wrist rest dispense with the metal, replacing it with a black, rubberised material. It's quite pleasant to stroke although it's likely to show up scuffs, fingerprints and grime easier than the metal portions.
It's the same keyboard found on the XPS 14Z, meaning you get a large helping of rounded, isolated keys with a rather odd font. That might not be a massive issue, but I can't help but feel the XPS would look a little more suave with a classic typeface.
It's reasonably comfortable to type on, although the glossy coating means your fingers can slide over them a little too easily, which I found resulted in a few more mistakes than normal. It's a small issue though, and I have no doubt you'd get used to it after an hour or two of typing. The keyboard is backlit too, so you can keep on typing way into the night, or in an aeroplane when the cabin lights have been dimmed.
The trackpad is particularly big and has been given a rubberised feel, rather than offering an all-glass pad, as seen on ultrabooks like the Asus Zenbook or Apple's MacBook Air. It's clickable though so there's no space taken up by separate buttons. I found it to be very responsive and comfortable to click, which helps make fast web browsing that bit more enjoyable.
As the numbers in the title hint at, the XPS 14 offers a 14-inch screen. If you want more space to play with, opt for the 15-inch XPS 15 instead -- although you will find it slightly less portable.
The glass stretches from edge to edge so there are no unsightly plastic bezels cheapening up the place. It's Gorilla Glass by Corning, which is the same toughened material used on the front and back of the iPhone 4S, so expect it to be particularly resistant to accidental knocks.
The display itself offers a resolution of 1,600x900 pixels, which is above average for a 14-inch model. For a top-priced machine like this, I'd accept nothing less. You won't be able to enjoy full 1080p resolution video at its best, but it will cope with 720p footage, no problem.
The screen is very bright and extremely bold, which makes watching TV shows and YouTube videos particularly delicious. I found it to be tastily sharp, making my favourite YouTube clip of all time sparkle. The only downside is the glossy coating is quite reflective, which could prove awkward under harsh office lighting or in direct sunlight.
My review model came packing an Intel Core i5-3317U processor clocked at 1.7GHz, along with 8GB of RAM. The chip is from Intel's latest series, known as Ivy Bridge, which promises considerably improved graphics over its Sandy Bridge predecessors.
I booted up the PCMark05 and Geekbench benchmark tests to see how it compares to other ultrabooks and was given scores of 8,536 and 6,749 respectively. Those are very satisfying totals and put it easily up with the top-performing ultrabooks. By comparison, it beat the Lenovo IdeaPad U410's healthy 6,774 score on the PCMark05 test.
I found the XPS 14 to be a very capable machine, with heavy multi-tasking and demanding tasks like photo editing handled well. I fired up Adobe Lightroom 4 and the XPS 14 was able to edit even high-resolution photos without much delay.
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Conservation Through Hunting?
I watch the shows with Ivan Carter on the Outdoor Channel and follow his page on Facebook and he is always mentioning the idea of "conservation through hunting." I'm new to the whole hunting Africa thing and due to this I lack the knowledge to fully understand how much foreign investment from hunters/sportsman affect conservation efforts in Africa.
I don't know why but this topic peaks my interest. From the surface you would thinking that hunting would be decreasing the quantity and quality of game in Africa but from the little reading I have done it appears to be just the opposite. Can anyone go into a bit of depth on the subject of how foreign investment (I don't know if that is the exact term you would use but that is the term I'm familiar with) has resulted in an increase in animal quantity and quality as well as a repopulation of animals that were once on the way to extinction?
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Without going into all the intricacies, before sport hunting became popular game animals only function was to eat farmers crops and ranchers pasture. African pasture BTW is sparse and meager to begin with. The Landowners, by SA law, own the animals that are on their land whether penned in or just passing through and as such were prone to killing off the competition. Nowadays game is worth more sold to a foreign hunter than the pastuer/crop that he eats so $$$ talks and the farmers/ranchers have a viable reason to preserve native game. Game ranchers found that the expense of setting up a fenced property with all the essentials to keep game populations at their peak and the expense of bringing in and allowing non-native game to reproduce and increase in number was offset by the revenue that they could get from allowing foreign hunters to hunt them.
In wilderness areas, local tribes are given jobs and meat so they do not need to snare 'bushmeat' to extinction and foreign $$$ are used to fund anti-poaching units to stop both rhino and elephant poachers as well as any remaining bushmeat poachers. The local tribesmen are also more apt to be watchful for poaching activities because of the afformantioned reasons as well.
So plain and simple, like everything else in this world, the all mighty dollar is the savior of African game.The journey is the reward.
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Adding to Diamond's comments. It only makes good business sense for the outfitters to manage the numbers they take. If indeed too many animals were being taken such that the population was dwindling, eventually it would reduce to the point that no one would pay to hunt there. A bad long term business plan wouldn't you say?
You might want to look up Peter Flack. Peter is a South African who has written on this and explains very well why the business of hunting has resulted in an extraordinary comeback for wildlife in Africa.
A couple of countries to compare and contrast would be Kenya and Mozambique. Kenya outlawed hunting and now the wildlife is pretty much relegated to the parks. Mozambique having come out of a long civil war and little wildlife has now stabilized. Furthermore the gov't recognized that restoring wildlife to where hunting would make business sense was a good thing to do. And now Moz seems to be the rising jewel in southern Africa and seems to be headed for being what Zimbabwe once was. It seems every year more and more of the well known African outfitters are establishing shop in Moz.Bonse Aba
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Rinderpest is a good historical word to look up for a read regarding game numbers.
I'll correct one point: The animals "passing through" property are not owned and can not be by law. (RSA)
Anything that typically can not be held within a proper fence: Birds, Leopard, Monkeys, etc. have their own special little categories under the law.
RSA (grain and crops, etc) are still just as prone today to knock off competition. Eland escaping out of parks in the Free State were allowed to be hunted without license. Any wagers on the count on the escapee Eland?
Significant concerns are being expressed about the sustainability of that "wild" herd.
Bosvark eating grain crops; Problem animal control (PAC)
General Kudu hunting being restricted in EC.
Lots of reductions occurring in the grain crops.
Inside the fences there are still lots of Kudu!
"Communal Lands" (ZIM) The jist as D suggests"; The owners voluntarily reduce space used personally on their lands and provide an outfitter the opportunity to sell the hunts on that land. The owners retain meat ownership and are also paid and the money is distributed, typically annually, to the community.
There are also some jobs created.
Namibia: Community-Based Natural Resource Management Network (CBNRM) You have to have the acronyms.
Very successful process of leasing, job creation, etc in various areas with international and local partners.
It was explained this way in PH School: "Everything must pay its own way."
More money to be made on marginal land with game than cattle, guess which wins.
More money for Buffalo, Sable, White Springbok, Golden Oryx, Black Kudu, etc it will be attempted.
If it does not pay the game farm owner is not likely to continue.
I hold a more western view of animals having an "intrinsic value", but it appears the market forces always react quickly to point in time demand. The farmers, outfitters, trackers, skinners all have to eat and keep the lights on.
Lots of other examples. Just start reading.Practice whispering before you leave for Africa!
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As everyone above says, it is all about creating a dollar value for the animals.
Lots of people seem to have a very hard time understanding that killing animals can be good for the species. I use the analogy of chickens. We slaughter chickens by the millions and there is no chicken shortage. That is because they have economic value. Underwashed people in 'vintage" clothing don't need to hold protests to "protect" the chickens. They don't need to solicit donations or raise our chicken awareness. I fund habitat, health care, and people to watch over the chickens every time I eat a McNugget. It is same with every other animal. As long as there is someone willing to pay a trophy fee worth 6 months wages to shoot a buffalo, there will be buffalo.
It is too bad that the US won't allow cheetah trophy imports. The American market is a very big proportion of the revenue stream. Cheetah eat animals that can be sold. Most Americans are not willing to pay a trophy fee for an animal that they can't take home. So, cheetah have little economic value and eat animals that have economic value. What do you think happens to them? Our government is protecting them into extinction.
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Thanks for the info guys. It is a topic that intrigues me and I think I will have to do a bit more reading on the subject.
richkn , have a look through my facebook posts and as you scroll through i think you will get a pretty clear picture of what i am talking about ..
heres it put as best as a i know how ...
The next time you are in a supermarket go to the vegetable aisle and look there the most popular vegetables sit on the shelves , multiple varieties of each 釦ake potatoes for example hundreds of farmers across the country put great value in their potato crop and would never dream of farming something that nobody would buy they spray their potatoes, they spend a lot of time propagating their potatoes, fertilizing , eliminating all threats - and the potatoes have the very best chance of survival In todays world there are more potatoes than there have ever been in history because people use them a LOT and will pay to do so how is a rhino any different ? If people are allowed to use them ,trade them and hunt them , then hundreds of farmers will want to own a viable breeding herd and will spend significant money breeding rhinos, protecting them and ensuring that they are safely growing in number so that they can sell and trade in them the rhino will become a financially valuable commodity and through sustainable utilization we will see a comeback on the other hand if there is no trade allowed none but the very rich will own a herd of rhino because there will be no financial return. The numbers will decline (as they are today) and one will find oneself looking at an animal that no longer has a viable population. Zimbabwe, the Zambezi valley , one of the strongholds of black rhinos in the past , saw a peak in poaching in 1997 and today none exist in the lower valley and a small handful in the upper valley. If it became illegal to sell potatoes do you think that farmers would continue to spend money growing them just to preserve the species? Sustainable, ethical , well managed hunting is the only hope for the worlds firstname.lastname@example.com
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There is no evidence of HIV transmission through either touching, or the sharing of toothbrushes, utensils, or drinking glasses. HIV transmission is almost exclusively limited to "intimate sexual contact, transfusion of blood and blood products, and intravenous drug use."6 There is little risk of contagion during medical procedures, even when physicians must perform procedures such as mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, IV insertion, and drawing blood.
The risk of HIV transmission through mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, for example, is extremely slim because of low infectious virus titiers and properties of saliva that inhibit HIV.6 Additionally, physical barriers such as the bag-valve-mask or face shield offer added protection and alleviate clinicians' anxieties.
There is, however, evidence that the human bite is a potential route of HIV transmission. A bite from a patient could occur in the hospital setting. It is believed that the blood, not the saliva, is responsible for transmission, and that the risk of transmission depends on the degree of injury of both biter and victim.6 Every effort should be made to eliminate the possibility of being bitten by a patient regardless of the type of infection for which the patient is being treated.
There is a high level of concern among health-care workers regarding the risks of contagion through needlestick injuries and percutaneous or mucous-membrane exposures to blood or body fluids. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are reassuring. According to a 1997 CDC report:
"As of April 30, 1987, 332 health-care workers with a total of 453 needlestick or mucous-membrane exposures to the blood or other body fluids of HIV-infected patients were tested for HIV antibody at the National Institutes of Health. These exposed workers included 103 with needlestick injuries and 229 with mucous-membrane exposures; none had seroconverted. A similar study at the University of California of 129 health-care workers with documented needlestick injuries or mucous-membrane exposures to blood or other body fluids from patients with HIV infection has not identified any seroconversions. Results of a prospective study in the United Kingdom identified no evidence of transmission among 150 health-care workers with parenteral or mucous-membrane exposures to blood or other body fluids, secretions, or excretions from patients with HIV infection."
While the risks are low, there do appear to be some instances in which health-care workers did become seropositive as a result of needlesticks and contact between the health-care worker's skin and the blood or other body fluids of the HIV positive patient. The CDC notes,
"In addition to health-care workers enrolled in prospective studies, eight persons who provided care to infected patients and denied other risk factors have been reported to have acquired HIV infection. Three of these health-care workers had needlestick exposures to blood from infected patients. Two were persons who provided nursing care to infected persons; although neither sustained a needlestick, both had extensive contact with blood or other body fluids, and neither observed recommended barrier precautions. The other three were health-care workers with non-needlestick exposures to blood from infected patients. Although the exact route of transmission for these three infections is not known, all three persons had direct contact of their skin with blood from infected patients, all had skin lesions that may have been contaminated by blood, and one also had a mucous-membrane exposure."
Observing universal precautions can further reduce the risk of HIV transmission and may have prevented at least two of these infections.
The universal precautions were developed by the CDC to help protect healthcare workers from infectious diseases. The following are the most basic tenets of the guidelines and should be used with all patients:
The universal precautions provide detailed information protection from infection during invasive procedures, autopsies, dialysis, and dental and laboratory work. The entirety of the CDC's universal precautions are appended. You may also wish to seek out opportunities to work with people with AIDS in order to learn more about how to meet their needs.
Physicians can help decrease the spread of sexually transmitted diseases through prevention-focused education and early detection. However, few physicians take a sexual history from their patients. According to one survey, 47 percent of adults patients have never been asked by a physician about their sexual relationships. In California, only 10 percent of 1,000 physicians gathered enough information to adequately identify and counsel patients at risk for HIV infection.7
Patients are often less reluctant to give a sexual history than their doctors imagine. In fact, 91 percent of patients surveyed believe taking a sexual history is appropriate. A number of studies suggest that a lack of knowledge on sexual health or conservative attitudes regarding sexual practices prevent medical students and physicians from taking sexual histories.8
Education programs that include role-play, personal awareness groups, and persons from the community who are infected with HIV or AIDS have helped alter physician's attitudes and behaviors.8
All doctors are understandably uneasy delivering an HIV test result. A patient's reaction to an HIV-positive consultation is a significant factor in whether he or she will be a willing participant in treatment. Further, the manner in which the test results are delivered can help reduce suicidal behavior after notification of a seropositive HIV result.8
The following elements were described by patients as contributing to a helpful HIV-positive counseling experience:8
The following elements were described by patients as contributing to an unsatisfactory HIV-positive counseling experience:8
While doing all the right things during a consultation may provide the patient with a "satisfactory" experience, it is still difficult for most of us to understand the impact of receiving news many patients perceive as a death sentence. The following are comments and suggestions from patients drawn from AIDS Care, 1994:8
"The one aspect of being told that you are HIV is that as soon as you find out your mind becomes totally mixed with finding out how long you have before you die. Because of this all positive thinking is lost, your ability to think objectively about the future is muted. I think therefore that the consequences of a positive result, what would happen, and perhaps life expectancy, etc., should be discussed before the test is given. Once the test is given the result should then be available as soon as possible preferably within 24 hours as then the positive counseling would still be fresh in the patients mind." "I think that someone really needs a friend or lover with them at the time they are being told the results, as very often everything goes blank and really you are not sure about what to say or ask at the time. It's not easy walking out of a doctor's room after being told you are positive with just a head full of thoughts and no one to talk them over with."
"The one aspect of being told that you are HIV is that as soon as you find out your mind becomes totally mixed with finding out how long you have before you die. Because of this all positive thinking is lost, your ability to think objectively about the future is muted. I think therefore that the consequences of a positive result, what would happen, and perhaps life expectancy, etc., should be discussed before the test is given. Once the test is given the result should then be available as soon as possible preferably within 24 hours as then the positive counseling would still be fresh in the patients mind."
"I think that someone really needs a friend or lover with them at the time they are being told the results, as very often everything goes blank and really you are not sure about what to say or ask at the time. It's not easy walking out of a doctor's room after being told you are positive with just a head full of thoughts and no one to talk them over with."
"As the diagnosis didn't sink in, the shock came in the presence of work colleagues, which eventually proved a disaster. I lost my job. I think I should have been given some advice about not going back to work. Also, I had no follow-up help. I was left wondering if I was going to die in a few weeks. I had four weeks of trying to find someone to talk to. I didn't understand what the diagnosis meant."
"Each person is different and will require different approaches to being given a test result. A flexible approach is therefore required. Non-judgmental, non-prescriptive, open, honest, truthful, receptive approach. No attempt to give false reassurance. Plenty of written information and contact numbers of Body Positive, Positive Women, etc., plus opportunity for a second visit."
Clearly, there is no easy way to deliver such news to a patient. However, counseling skills improve with education and experience.
Terminally ill patients often harbor feelings of being a burden, being dependent on others for their personal care, and a loss of dignity. Recent surveys have found that these are the primary reasons terminally ill patients request physician-assisted suicide.9 While these feelings are most certainly shared by patients of all ages, they commonly strike a uniquely deep chord within younger patients, who are suddenly and unexpectedly faced with their own mortality and many of the indignities they had thought were endured only by the elderly and infirm. AIDS is the second leading cause of death (after accidents) for those aged 25-44.1
References 1. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Vital statistics report shows significant gain in health. HHS News Sept. 11, 1997. 2. Steenbok R. Battling HIV on many fronts. N Engl J Med. 1997;337(11):779-781. 3. Currey CJ, Johnson M, Ogden B. Willingness of health-professions students to treat patients with AIDS. Acad Med. 1990;65(7):427-434. 4. McDaniel JS, Carlson LM, Thompson NJ, Purcell DW. A survey of knowledge and attitudes about HIV and AIDS among medical students. J Am Coll Health. 1995;44(1):11-14. 5. Orlander JD, Samet JH, Kazis L, Freeberg KA, Libman H. Improving medical residents' attitudes toward HIV-infected persons through training in an HIV staging and triage clinic. Acad Med. 1994;69(12):1001-1003. 6. Sun D, Bennett RB, Archibald DW. Risk of acquiring AIDS from salivary exchange through cardiopulmonary resuscitation and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Seminars in Dermatology. 1995;14(3):205-211. 7. Ross PE, Landis SE. Development and evaluation of a sexual history-taking curriculum for first- and second-year family practice residents. Fam Med. 1994;26(3):293-298. 8. Pergami A, Catalan J, Hulme N, Burgess A, Gazzard B. How should a positive HIV result be given? The patient's view. AIDS Care. 1994;6(1):27-37. 9. Drickamer MA, Lee MA, Ganzini L. Practical issues in physician-assisted suicide. Annals of Internal Med. 1997;126(2):146-151.
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The Suda or Souda (Medieval Greek: Σοῦδα Soũda) is a massive 10th-century Byzantine encyclopedia of the ancient Mediterranean world, formerly attributed to an author called Suidas. It is an encyclopedic lexicon, written in Greek, with 30,000 entries, many drawing from ancient sources that have since been lost, and often derived from medieval Christian compilers. The derivation is probably[1] from the Byzantine Greek word souda, meaning "fortress" or "stronghold," with the alternate name, Suidas, stemming from an error made by Eustathius, who mistook the title for the proper name of the author.
The Suda is somewhere between a grammatical dictionary and an encyclopedia in the modern sense. It explains the source, derivation, and meaning of words according to the philology of its period, using such earlier authorities as Harpocration and Helladios. There is nothing especially important about this aspect of the work. It is the articles on literary history that are valuable. These entries supply details and quotations from authors whose works are otherwise lost. They use older scholia to the classics (Homer, Thucydides, Sophocles, etc.), and for later writers, Polybius, Josephus, the Chronicon Paschale, George Syncellus, George Hamartolus, and so on.
This lexicon represents a convenient work of reference for persons who played a part in political, ecclesiastical, and literary history in the East down to the tenth century. The chief source for this is the encyclopedia of Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (912–59), and for Roman history the excerpts of John of Antioch (fifth century). Krumbacher (Byzantinische Literatur, 566) counts two main sources of the work: Constantine VII for ancient history, and Hamartolus (Georgios Monachos) for the Byzantine age.
Little is known of the compilation of this work, except that it must have taken place before Eustathius quoted frequently from it in the 12th century. Under the heading "Adam" the author of the lexicon (which a prefatory note states to be "by Suidas") gives a brief chronology of the world, ending with the death of the emperor John I Tzimiskes (975), and the article "Constantinople" mentions his successors Basil II (976–1025) and Constantine VIII (1025–1028). It would thus appear that the Suda was compiled in the latter part of the 10th century. Passages referring to Michael Psellus (end of the 11th century) are considered later interpolations.[citation needed]
It includes numerous quotations from ancient writers; the scholiasts on Aristophanes, Homer, Sophocles and Thucydides are also much used. The biographical notices, the author avers, are condensed from the Onomatologion or Pinax of Hesychius of Miletus; other sources include the excerpts of Constantine Porphyrogenitus, the chronicle of Georgius Monachus, the biographies of Diogenes Laertius and the works of Athenaeus and Philostratus. Other principal sources include a lexicon by "Eudemus," perhaps derived from the work On Rhetorical Language by Eudemus of Argos.[2]
The work deals with biblical as well as pagan subjects, from which it is inferred that the writer was a Christian. A prefatory note gives a list of dictionaries from which the lexical portion was compiled, together with the names of their authors. Although the work is uncritical and probably much interpolated, and the value of its articles is very unequal, the Suda contains much useful information on ancient history and life.
The Suda has a near-contemporaneous Islamic parallel, the Kitab al-Fehrest of Ibn al-Nadim. Compared also the Latin Speculum Maius, authored in the 13th century by Vincent of Beauvais.
The lexicon is arranged alphabetically with some slight deviations from common vowel order and place in the Greek alphabet (including at each case the homophonous digraphs, e.g. αι,ει,οι, that had been previously, earlier in the history of Greek, distinct diphthongs or vowels) according to a formerly common in many languages system that is called ἀντιστοιχία, antistoichia; namely the letters follow phonetically in order of sound, in the pronunciation of the tenth century which is similar to that of Modern Greek. So alpha-iota (αι) comes after epsilon and the latter after delta; eta and iota come together after epsilon-iota (ει) and the latter after zeta; omega after omicron and the latter after chi; finally upsilon after omicron-iota (οι) and the latter after tau.[3] The system is not difficult to learn and remember, but some editors—for example, Immanuel Bekker – rearranged the Suda alphabetically.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Suidas". Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company.
- ^ Bertrand Hemmerdinger, "Suidas, et non la Souda," Bollettino dei classici, 3rd ser. 19 (1998), pp. 31f., defends the name Suidas (Σουΐδας), arguing that the form Σουΐδα/Σοῦδα is a Doric genitive.
- ^ Karl Krumbacher, Geschichte der byzantinischen Litteratur, pp. 268f.
- ^ Suidae lexicon: Graecè et Latinè, Volume 1, Part 1, page XXXIX (in Greek and Latin)
External links[edit]
- Suda On Line. An on-line edition of the Ada Adler edition with ongoing translations and commentary by registered editors.
- Suda Lexicon in three volumes, Cambridge, 1705; Greek text and Latin translation thereof at the Internet Archive:


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